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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Shakestheground on March 17, 2008, 06:02:51 pm ---Are you sure they know its St. Patrick's Day?
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Actually, I just saw a TV news report about a big parade in Dublin, so, yeah, they know it's St. Patrick's Day.
southendmd:
--- Quote from: susiebk on March 17, 2008, 07:29:32 pm ---I wondered the same thing and so researched it before coming here. They do indeed celebrate here, but they don't dye the river green like in Boston. And there are a lot of Americans and other foreign visitors.
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Aw, c'mon, we haven't dyed the river green in yeahs.
Plus, it's all them Hahvahd and MIT boys that do that. And they got bettah things to do these days.
Most of the Irish folk around Boston just have their traditional boiled dinner of corned beef, cabbage and potatoes (pronounced p'daydahs). A little Guiness never hurt no one, either.
southendmd:
--- Quote from: susiebk on March 18, 2008, 07:33:05 am ---Ah, so that's what you sound like. ;D
I haven't seen the green river myself, but my step-mom told me of visiting Boston and thinking that the river was just very polluted until someone set her straight.
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Well, the Charles River was polluted at one time, inspiring the Red Sox anthem "Dirty Water" by the Standells. Here's the song and a nice little tour of "our fair city":
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tJL4Qf4qpQ[/youtube]
Shakesthecoffecan:
Wow that was nice. I liked Boston, it reminded me a bit of London, but much cleaner.
loneleeb3:
That was so cool!
I recognized a lot of those places.
I think one of the most moving and interesting things I saw while in Boston was the holocost memorial down by the markets.
I also loved the Paul Revere trail. I asked what the red lines were going across the street. When my brother in law told me I thought how cool it was to actually be standing where Paul Revere took his Midnight ride!
What a great City!! ;D
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