RE: Hub, forecasters take it on chin

["Bill O'Neill" <billo@shoreham.net>]

> Bill  -- I know you are a transplant but you shouldn't wear it on your
> sleeve!  When I have watched NECN, it appeared to be to be primarily a
> Massachusetts news service.  The transplants in the
> hinterlands can buy the
> Globe to get the news from the Motherland.
>
> -- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine

In these parts, the Globe is pejoratively slugged "the GLOB."  The
Sunday Herald's always good for a <harp sfx> trip home.  But, true
enough Dan.  Wishful thinking that a service with the "New England"
label would consider the other 65% of the region.  And the word is
"flatlander (for life)."  Flannel helps.  Sold the suits a long time
ago.  Ties work well to hold the van door closed on dump day.  And any
leather shoes with a shine and have laces, bust it, it's just too
difficult to talk about those neglected, dusty Bally's.

Bill O'Neill
Shore'm, Vuhmaant
(By the way, I have just confirmed that the venerable Shoreham Hotel in
D.C. was named by it's original owner for this town in which the owner
was reared.  That, and sharing the ferry to Fort Ti, and that's all,
folks.)