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notehead
Citizen
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 863
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 4:29 pm: |     |
Ah, Cato, I remember when I used to be vilified for making similar arguments. Glad to see someone else doing it.
One time I said something along the lines of "I'd rather pay an extra dollar for a T-shirt that I knew was made in a factory that treated their employees properly than in some child sweatshop somewhere" and I got my virtual butt handed to me. That was at least a few years ago, though. I think the current roster of "regulars" would be more amenable to that concept. |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 572
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 4:31 pm: | |
You should check out one of those Thule carriers, you may not have to go SUV, they have a TON of storage. |
Redsox
Citizen
Username: Redsox
Post Number: 390
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 6:07 pm: | |
Tom, when in my early twenties, i used to walk a lot in Boston as well.
specifically, when i was loaded in kenmore square after 1:00a.m and the street car stopped running.
where u one of those BU geeks that we used to terrorize whilst swaggering up comm ave to the bright spot(i.e. brighton)? |
curb
Citizen
Username: Curb
Post Number: 368
Registered: 1-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 6:28 pm: | |
Hey pub, you want a SUV go get one.
And marvin, do us all a favor and keep the Trojans for yourself. Better yet split them with cato. |
Reflective
Citizen
Username: Reflective
Post Number: 237
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 6:37 pm: | |
sportsnut - do you ever go on vacation?
With that low mileage on both cars yet, what do you do?
(Being sportsnut means that you have an expensive flat tv-screen in every room and there is no need to go on vacation) |
ffof
Citizen
Username: Ffof
Post Number: 1816
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 7:28 pm: | |
Mr. pub - I have 4 kids and a dog and we travel all over the northeast - to Maine, NH, Vermont, Virginia. And with skis too! We have taken an extra kid with us on occasion and even a babysitter and WE ALL FIT and can still see out the rearview mirror! My kids are big too! Get a big Thule for gear and bags or just one for the bags with seperate rack for skis or bikes or whatever set up works for you.
A friend of mine in Connecticut has 5 kids and won't get the Suburban cause it's too darn big for the small roads - the van is zippy in comparison.
How much is a Suburban? $40,000 at least? You can get a 2003 Towne & COuntry for $20,000 right now.
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sportsnut
Citizen
Username: Sportsnut
Post Number: 848
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 8:44 pm: | |
Yes, we do go on vacation. Took car service to the airport, flew to Hawaii, took car service home.
Actually most of our trips are short drives i.e. Hershey, Vermont, Cape May.
We just don't drive that much. My family is only 60 miles away and my wife's family is on the other side of the world. |
Reflective
Citizen
Username: Reflective
Post Number: 239
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 9:16 pm: | |
Sports - pls don't take me seriously.
But two more thoughts
Suggest you stay away from vermont during the primary, and
The flight to Hawaii, was the equivalent to 36,000 SUV miles.
just joking..
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sportsnut
Citizen
Username: Sportsnut
Post Number: 849
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 9:51 pm: | |
I didn't take you seriously.
I go to VT for the scenery not the people.
I'll ask if they have a hybrid plane to take me to Hawaii in the fall. |
michael
Citizen
Username: Michael
Post Number: 459
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 10:17 pm: | |
SUV GOOD
VINYL WINDOW BAD
NEW PUB GOOD
DWI BAD
HEAT GOOD
OIL BAD
Support the Maplewood/South Orange Ministry of Propaganda
(otherwise known as the CCR)
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SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 285
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 10:49 pm: | |
Village Pub - I'd recomment a van over an SUV - we had a grand caravan when our three kids were growing up. It held all of us, and usually one of the kid's friend & tons of camping gear. |
Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 1755
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 11:35 pm: | |
Yeah, I was one of those BU geeks, but I wasn't a computer geek at the time, I was a music geek. I was there from 1978 to 1980, dropped out and hung around Boston until September 1981.
I remember one night, the last bus of the night passed me by in Allston, even though I was standing conspicuously at the bus stop. Had to sleep at my friends' place that night.
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
There is nothing
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ffof
Citizen
Username: Ffof
Post Number: 1817
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 8:10 am: | |
And the prize for Best in the Non-Sequiter Department goes to......Tom Reingold (tpp)!!!!! |
Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 1756
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 8:40 am: | |
Redsox will know what I'm talking about. It's a non-sequitur to the rest of you.
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
There is nothing
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ffof
Citizen
Username: Ffof
Post Number: 1818
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 9:07 am: | |
(woops! missed the Redsox post ) |
bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4309
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 9:13 am: | |
Becareful how much you put on the roof of your mini-van or SUV. A careful reading of the owners manual usually limits the load to 200 pounds or so. Also watch the GVW on a mini-van. The usual carrying capacity is very limited. This can be a real problem with the el cheapo original equiptment tires.
must be the weather. I am just full of good news this morning |
notehead
Citizen
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 872
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 6:57 pm: | |
Wait a minute, the title says "morons"... I thought he said "Mormons"...
I was wondering why he thought we were all Mormons. I'm gonna have to re-read this whole thing... |
ML1
Citizen
Username: Ml1
Post Number: 1463
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 7:03 pm: | |
I don't know, the phrase "keep on truckin'" never made me think of the Church of LDS. Somehow, I don't think this guy is a Mormon:
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ML1
Citizen
Username: Ml1
Post Number: 1464
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 7:06 pm: | |
of course that guy does make me think of LSD, however. |
Reflective
Citizen
Username: Reflective
Post Number: 242
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 7:09 pm: | |
I think sportsnut meant "highbird" plane, not hybrid.
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