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91. What I remember most about the two times

Wed Jul 17, 2013, 11:27 PM

Jul 2013

I've been there, for vacations with family while growing up, was that there were hardly ANY directions anywhere. We had no idea where the hell we were or how we were supposed to get to where we wanted to go half the time. We were told by several people that it was "just assumed that people knew where they were going" or things like that. It's funny now, but it sure wasn't then. Of course, that was back in '78 and '79, so I don't know if things have changed at all in that respect.

I also remember getting lost while we were walking, and walking past a school with a ton of "white power" and "niggers go away", etc., graffiti on the outer walls. Our parents had to explain to us what had recently been going on in the city and all of the racial tensions. Being a naive young teenager, I couldn't understand how such a "liberal" eastern city could have such attitudes and problems. Ah, the innocence of youth, lol.

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Boston is pissed [View all] graywarrior Jul 2013 OP

because? HiPointDem Jul 2013 #1

It's all over the news graywarrior Jul 2013 #2

oh. that's too bad. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #13

well then, this is right too... sigh. themaguffin Jul 2013 #17

Yabut, Charlie ain't cute graywarrior Jul 2013 #19

actually, in his heyday, if you didn't know he was manson, he was cute. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #28

Oh, I forgot....hubba hubba graywarrior Jul 2013 #29

I'm surprised their first reaction wasn't "They're still printing that?" hughee99 Jul 2013 #30

And Bob Dylan. Don't forget Bob Dylan! graywarrior Jul 2013 #32

Lots of great musicians on the cover, but there was some turds too. hughee99 Jul 2013 #37

That was a horrible, horrible decision for them to do that. themaguffin Jul 2013 #3

Yes graywarrior Jul 2013 #5

What's wrong with Willie Nelson's bus? Renew Deal Jul 2013 #4

I'm in the Boston area and have neard nothing about this. Why would we be pissed? virgogal Jul 2013 #6

Because channel 7 told us ! graywarrior Jul 2013 #8

Oh that's right. We're mad as hell, and we'll do what we're told. R. Daneel Olivaw Jul 2013 #10

We're Bostonians. We're just mad. graywarrior Jul 2013 #11

I'll agree with that. 45 minutes to go from exit 12 to 10 on 93-S. Fekking mad. R. Daneel Olivaw Jul 2013 #14

93 and 495 are the worst of the worst graywarrior Jul 2013 #15

You can add routes 2, 3, the pike, Storrow and the tunnels. R. Daneel Olivaw Jul 2013 #21

Huntington Ave SUCKS!!! graywarrior Jul 2013 #22

I-95 SUCKS! I once had to drive alongside the whole thing - local streets till South Connecticut. bettyellen Jul 2013 #45

Channel 7 is ABC and ABC tends to be conservative Warpy Jul 2013 #23

CBS has Jack Williams! graywarrior Jul 2013 #25

All three channels are conservative: 4, 5 + 7. R. Daneel Olivaw Jul 2013 #36

Yeah. I live in the Boston region and have heard nothing. People in this region have bluestate10 Jul 2013 #35

Me either.... Marrah_G Jul 2013 #49

Ew - I'm not I favor of that rock-star looking cover. cyberswede Jul 2013 #7

Meh. RS had Charles Manson on the cover, too. Blaukraut Jul 2013 #9

Who in hell reads Rolling Stone? graywarrior Jul 2013 #18

I do! They sent us complimentary issues for a few months, so why the hell not. lol n/t Blaukraut Jul 2013 #24

I look at the pictures graywarrior Jul 2013 #26

OMG this doesn't reinforce a terr'ist stereotype!! n/t leftstreet Jul 2013 #12

Are they mad because they are in Boston? Or is it Bostonians that are just mad Katashi_itto Jul 2013 #16

We're mad because we're Massholes graywarrior Jul 2013 #20

From urban dictionary, gray... snort~ sheshe2 Jul 2013 #47

OMG, that is classic! graywarrior Jul 2013 #48

That's a wicked pissah description of a Masshole. n/t Gormy Cuss Jul 2013 #60

Ya Wicked! 2naSalit Jul 2013 #62

lol! I turn into a Masshole as soon as I hit the border. bunnies Jul 2013 #67

understandable Liberal_in_LA Jul 2013 #27

Perhaps judgement should be reserved until the article is read. nt RedCappedBandit Jul 2013 #31

Reserved judgment here? At DU? graywarrior Jul 2013 #33

Beyond disgusting to put that photo on the cover Justice Jul 2013 #34

Agreed. GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #56

Yeah, I hated when they made Manson a sex symbol too justiceischeap Jul 2013 #76

People like you! Fawke Em Jul 2013 #84

Yes. The four people the Boston bomber murdered.. Cha Jul 2013 #88

Michele Bachmann should have done Rolling Stone instead of Newsweek. Ian David Jul 2013 #38

. graywarrior Jul 2013 #39

AAAAAHHH!!! Make her go away! She's too scary for MSM. Tigress DEM Jul 2013 #41

The people in Boston drive horribly. postulater Jul 2013 #40

I was in a bus one time going into the Callahan Tunnel when a car hit the side of the bus. graywarrior Jul 2013 #42

What I remember most about the two times liberalhistorian Jul 2013 #91

Cow pasture streets. lol graywarrior Jul 2013 #93

The bomber was on the bus with Willie Nelson? Incitatus Jul 2013 #43

This is serious! Smarten up. graywarrior Jul 2013 #44

That's lame exploitation flamingdem Jul 2013 #46

Kick It! sheshe2 Jul 2013 #50

Ironically, he looks a lot like the Dylan gif Fawke Em Jul 2013 #51

My brother said the same thing the other day! graywarrior Jul 2013 #52

I prefer "realist." Fawke Em Jul 2013 #53

Nice handle you got there, Fawke Em graywarrior Jul 2013 #54

The indictment vs. Tsarnaev is heavily flawed temmer Jul 2013 #55

I know that, too. Fawke Em Jul 2013 #77

My old journalism training kicked in when I saw that, too deutsey Jul 2013 #75

Hey, Zimmerman is suing NBC for slander. Fawke Em Jul 2013 #85

We also had editors who would've called bullshit on "Capt. Sum Ting Wong" deutsey Jul 2013 #92

I understand how some people are angry over this picture. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #57

LOL Scurrilous Jul 2013 #58

On a serious note, Boston has every right to be pissed Gray. sheshe2 Jul 2013 #59

Thank you! graywarrior Jul 2013 #63

You better believe it! Thanks sheshe2 Puzzledtraveller Jul 2013 #65

Sorry, I don't get the anger ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2013 #61

Neither do I Capt. Obvious Jul 2013 #74

Dear Boston, The Heros gray~ sheshe2 Jul 2013 #64

Mahalo, She! Cha Jul 2013 #90

He's hot, he's sexy and will soon be dead. AngryAmish Jul 2013 #66

Like the Jim Morrison cover that it actually looks like. Fawke Em Jul 2013 #87

Well who ISN'T pissed off about the general inaction and indifference to climate change? Blue_Tires Jul 2013 #68

why are they so down on Jay-Z? nt markiv Jul 2013 #69

I thought it tasteless as well. It's seductive. nolabear Jul 2013 #70

This is as upsetting Capt. Obvious Jul 2013 #71

Slightly off-topic, but: Print media wonders why it is dying. Atman Jul 2013 #72

I wonder abut that when they keep sending me their mag thru email graywarrior Jul 2013 #73

Boston is more entitled to be pissed off than Rolling Stone is to pull of this stunt. nt AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #78

Can you support your assertion? Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #79

No graywarrior Jul 2013 #80

So you don't agree that the Bomber is the bomber or that he's a monster? You take issue Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #81

I believe he knew very well what he was getting involved in graywarrior Jul 2013 #83

Oh come on...No wavy? trumad Jul 2013 #82

They made a bad decision with that photo graywarrior Jul 2013 #86

Boston Strong! burnodo Jul 2013 #89