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Re: Getting rid of land line?



 On Tue, 20 May 2008 12:38:02 -0400 
Laura Conrad <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> >>>>> "Gordon" == Gordon Marx <[hidden email]> writes: 
> 
>     Gordon> This is because you people have no dang creativity! I 
>     Gordon> never had this problem in Virginia. :--) 
> 
> It's because what we now call Boston used to be a number of different 
> cities.  And it's sort of an accident that Allston and Brighton got 
> swallowed up and Brookline didn't.  So when all the different 
> Washington Streets were named, it made perfect sense for all of those 
> towns to want a street named to honor George Washington.   


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