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Subject: Re: geography lesson - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 28-Jun-84 07:46:33 EDT
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inmet!andrew    Jun 27 19:54:00 1984

>	East - Spain
>	West - Outside of 128. (That's "Technology Highway" for those of
>				you on the other side of the world :-)

I was wondering when someone would bring this up.  I used to work in
Pittsfield, MA, a medium-size city about 10 miles from the NY/MA border.
When I first started interviewing in the 128/495 area, I was appalled at
the ignorance of Massachusetts geography prevalent here.  (I call this the
"Is there intelligent life beyond 128?" attitude.)  Some examples:

  Digital set up all the necessary travel arrangements for me to fly
  in from PittsBURGH.

  Wang refused to reimburse me for my interviewing expenses (340 miles,
  motel, and meals) because I was "traveling from within Massachusetts."

  Computervision's phone-screener forgot that he had dialed a different
  area code to reach me, and asked if I'd be commuting (140 miles).
 
Andrew W. Rogers		...{harpo|ihnp4|ima|esquire}!inmet!andrew