Mark "I dream in Black and White" Jurras re-stated:
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>> Red/Orange/Green must exist in your dreams
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>I have heard of this condition independantly from three people who do
>not know each other.
As an ex-Bostonian who was smart enough to keep his cars in
a leased garage at the end of the Green Line (just off route 128),
I think I can shed some "light" on the matter.
1) The "in you dreams" comment came from an ex-Boston
cabbie. No Boston cab driver would ever pay much
attention to the stoplights, so he can be forgiven
for his lack of specific knowledge.
2) The tri-color light condition would seem to have been
one of many side-effects of the Kevin White administration.
When Mr. White was mayor, everyone got the answer they
wanted from City Hall, even if the answers were in
conflict with each other. (Those were the days... Kevin
was in the mayor's office, pretending to be Mayor, the
Patriots still pretended to play football in the state
of Mass, the Celtics still pretended that they could
START aging short white guys in their lineup, everyone
pretended that the Boston Garden basketball court did
not have any loose floorboards, and most people pretended
that the infamous WALL at Fenway Park was fair...)
3) The lights were (and are) not the problem with downtown Boston
driving. It was (and is) the POTHOLES!!! Some of those
suckers could swallow an MGB whole! The Boston Globe
newspaper had a contest to find the largest pothole in
Boston back in the late 70s, and I won. The "largest
pothole" had filled up with water over time, and had been
named "Boston Harbor"...
Scientists and Engineers try to make the future some sort of theme park.
Humanist Intellectuals wish the future did not exist.
Ecologists point out that the future may not exist, after all.
james fischer jfischer@supercollider.com
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