Comments on: Boston Globe (and Filene's Basement) http://climateaudit.org/2006/06/23/boston-globe-and-filenes-basement/ by Steve McIntyre Thu, 31 May 2012 08:43:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ted Seay http://climateaudit.org/2006/06/23/boston-globe-and-filenes-basement/#comment-54036 Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:53:40 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=717#comment-54036 Mr. McIntyre: That zany global marketplace just keeps churning ahead. A relatively small retail store bites the dust; its inspired, years-ahead-concept stepchild, Filene’s Basement, lives on (and not just in Boston, either).

Great blog; please keep up the good work of informing climate laypeople that there is, Al Gore to the contrary, another side to the debate.

]]> By: TCO http://climateaudit.org/2006/06/23/boston-globe-and-filenes-basement/#comment-54035 Sun, 25 Jun 2006 11:47:36 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=717#comment-54035 subscription is the way to go. NOthing like the feel of cracking open a paper.

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Wall Street Journal was OK but I must boycott it, too – because they’re nasty to string theorists and moreover the newspapers are expensive.

Lubos, I urge you not to judge the entire paper by one science reporter — I’ve also found her stories not worth reading. Most of the rest of the paper is quite informative, which is especially rare now that the NYT has become so obvious in its social engineering mindset. An online subscription, while not cheap, is a substantial savings over the newsstand or delivery pricing.

]]> By: Luboš Motl http://climateaudit.org/2006/06/23/boston-globe-and-filenes-basement/#comment-54033 Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:42:45 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=717#comment-54033 That’s apparently a very interesting place in Cambridge that should be investigated more carefully, thanks. ;-)

]]> By: ET SidViscous http://climateaudit.org/2006/06/23/boston-globe-and-filenes-basement/#comment-54032 Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:14:29 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=717#comment-54032 Lubos.

If you exit from Sears on the other side of the food court there is a large old Mill building, adjecent to the new construction, that houses a corporation owned by some friends of mine, at least one of which is a colleague of yours as well, and likely some may have studied under you, though they focused in robotics. They do some presentations on high speed video at MIT at least once a year as well. Actually an old boss of mine also was also a colleague, what do they call it when someone isn’t a full professor, but teaches classes. That was on the Optics end.

I do some consulting work for them, though not much as of late because I’m too lazy, got to get down and test their code, they’ve gotten lax.

I’ve spent a fair amount of time around there myself. Ran into some other people I used to work with the last time I was in the Galleria. I avoid Cambridge/Boston like the plague nowadays though.

]]> By: TCO http://climateaudit.org/2006/06/23/boston-globe-and-filenes-basement/#comment-54031 Sat, 24 Jun 2006 23:01:56 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=717#comment-54031 WSJ rawks.

]]> By: Luboš Motl http://climateaudit.org/2006/06/23/boston-globe-and-filenes-basement/#comment-54030 Sat, 24 Jun 2006 23:00:54 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=717#comment-54030 Dear #1 ET,

I have just spent nearly 3 hours in Cambridge Galleria today, trying to buy various gifts. There are more pleasant activities in life. ;-)

Steve, I am going to boycott Boston Globe for the rest of the year. Wall Street Journal was OK but I must boycott it, too – because they’re nasty to string theorists and moreover the newspapers are expensive. ;-)

Best
Lubos

]]> By: Gary http://climateaudit.org/2006/06/23/boston-globe-and-filenes-basement/#comment-54029 Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:25:40 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=717#comment-54029 Steve,
I recall a trip from Rhode Island to Filene’s basement about 1959 when I was a child. It was a New England regional attraction back before the days of malls. Probably that was when I learned to dislike shopping. What a crazy crowd pawing over cheap clothing in big bins.

]]> By: L Nettles http://climateaudit.org/2006/06/23/boston-globe-and-filenes-basement/#comment-54028 Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:09:48 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=717#comment-54028 re #4 Jean, I took over as chairman of my County’s Red Cross chapter on 7/1/89 so I was chairman during the largest disaster ever. We we are 80 miles inland and always planned to take care of those poor people at the beach displaced by the storm. At 4:00 o’clock on the 21st the experts told us to tell the evacuees to keep moving and start worrying about how to take care of our own. Around midnight we got the word that the Emergency center in Charleston has lost it roof, North Trident Hospital has lost structural integrity and the storm was heading for us. So I remember Hugo well.

I knew a woman whose apartment was destroyed rather badly, so she decided to move to her sister’s place for a while in the beginning of October. Her sister lived in Oakland, CA,…

Ouch!, At least the Hurricanes show up on the satellite pictures.

I am amazed by the popularity of Hockey here. There are minor league hockey teams all over the state.

]]> By: Jean S http://climateaudit.org/2006/06/23/boston-globe-and-filenes-basement/#comment-54027 Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:27:47 +0000 http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=717#comment-54027 re #4: I happened to live in Charleston area in autumn 1989. When I arrived there, I barely knew what a hurricane was, but after September 22nd I became an expert in using a chain saw ;) I knew a woman whose apartment was destroyed rather badly, so she decided to move to her sister’s place for a while in the beginning of October. Her sister lived in Oakland, CA,…

BTW, do you think hockey is gaining any popularity there now after the Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup?

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