Re: A slow day

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Jim Bianchi wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 12:04:23 EST, David Uri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The geographical center of Boston is in Roxbury. Due north of the center we
> find the South End. This is not to be confused with South Boston which lies
> directly east from the South End. North of the South End is East Boston and
> southwest of East Boston is the North End.
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

If I followed the directions right, I make it somewhat like this:


      EB        N
   NE SE SB     ^
      Rx        |
                |

Oddly, this looks *internally* consistent - ignoring only the True North
orientation. If it's analogous to the situation in California's Silicon
Valley, I'd guess there was a freeway or geographical element that is
"known" to have a certain orientation "everywhere", but runs 90 degrees
off-course through Boston. Out here, US 101 is well known to be a
North-South freeway, and it's common to refer to all directions relative
to it, even for other, parallel roads. Too bad it runs almost directly
East-West through the southern San Francisco Bay Area! In a geek territory
like this, it works to have "logical North" and "physical North"...

Dave
37.277N 121.966W