Thanks for pointing that out. I think I can find a reliable source on this. When in drivers ed I remember it being mentioned and I have seen it used in New Hampshire. Though, I wonder if there is a more common term for it? I can't seem to remember what they called it in drivers ed, but Anderson parking doesn't ring a bell. It seems like a variation on tandem parking mentioned in the 'ad hoc' segment. I'll ask around. Aykantspel ( talk) 17:08, 12 June 2009 (UTC) reply

I can't find a name for this parking, also it is not a self-park configuration like the article claims. So I removed the name and moved it into the section about other methods of parking. It still impresses me that you were able to point that out. Thanks Aykantspel ( talk) 22:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC) reply

Thanks for correcting the typo on Islamic Movement of Turkestan. KazakhPol 17:57, 8 November 2006 (UTC) reply

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If you want information about specific skate brands, I'd check the manufacturer's web sites. Or ask around on the various message boards frequented by participant skaters if you want equipment recommendations.

The article could probably use more photos, but it would be good if they could illustrate some feature not already covered by the ones that are there already. E.g., a photo of one of the new hinged boots would be good, or a K-pick, or a comparison of a dance blade and a freestyle blade. Dr.frog 17:02, 28 November 2006 (UTC) reply

Hi, thanks for following my progress on expanding the Dracut article... being from Dracut, I felt the need to get the word out to other people. As for the Greater Lowell/Greater Boston "conflict", I feel that both should be included in the main article (considering Dracut is part of both). Greater Boston and Greater Lowell are both essential elements to the town and it's history, so I feel they both should be mentioned. The inclusion of Greater Boston... I feel that it will also be useful in the article, giving the town some "non-local" awareness. So yes, I would be pleased to see the Greater Lowell article remain in, and linked with Dracut as well as keeping Greater Boston included.

Thank you for you're interest, and I hope together that we can expand all of the local articles (I've noticed that Methuen needs some work). -- MisterM87

With regard to deleting town government financial info on a town page,

You wrote: (rm section entirely. It is old info, I can't find my sited source (it was at http://www.mma.org) and no other town pages picked up the format.)

I think it's not a bad idea to include it. I asked for a ref because I just wondered about where you got it from (town website? newspaper?). Just because other towns don't have it listed, doesn't mean it's not of interest. We spend many hours at town meeting each year listening to discussions about the town budget. As a resident, it's of interest. Is there a standard for town articles? Should it be contained in the Government section? Or stand on its own?-- Dalmatian Mommy 17:13, 3 March 2007 (UTC) reply

Your point about steam not surpassing hydropower until quite late in the nineteenth century in the U.S. was interesting. I've no idea of the equivalent UK date, but now I certainly will be trying to find out — thanks for the pointer! -- Old Moonraker 21:55, 6 March 2007 (UTC) reply

Thanks for your help with the Bruschi link verifying he is alive. I've been constantly undoing edits saying otherwise, and I know it's in violation of WP:3RR but I figure it's important to stop the spread of false info, and it's also been proposed for semi-protection so there's really nothing else I can do. Please continue to watch the page like I am. Thanks.► Chris Nelson 04:15, 25 July 2007 (UTC) reply

And thank you for your kind praise and for letting me know before the DYK notice was put on my talk page. Dang lazy DYK admins! =) I couldn't have done it without a solid History of Lowell, Massachusetts page. If you know who wrote that one, tell him thanks! —  Scartol ·  Talk 00:50, 31 August 2007 (UTC) reply

Sincere thanks for your help on the jigsaw puzzle accessories page. I wander if you would be kind enough to help me with the categorization of the page..... After I wrote the article a message appeard at the bottom of the page stating that it needed to be added to a category. It seems logical to fit the page under "Puzzles" and so I have done that. However, (oddly!) the Jigsaw page is not categorized under "Puzzles" and to be honest I cannot come to grips with the way in which the Jigsaw page has been categorized. Any enlightenment would be very much appreciated. Thanks in anticipation ColinKing 16:11, 24 September 2007 (UTC) reply

Ever heard of a peanut butter and jam sandwich? -- Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 16:39, 30 June 2008 (UTC) reply

The point is that most people use the generic term jelly when referring to fruit preserves, the PB&J is the prime example. I personally prefer seedless raspberry jam on mine, my wife likes strawberry. -- Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 20:50, 30 June 2008 (UTC) reply

I see you edited the Massachusetts Route 40 article earlier today. I need to mention that I was reverted for doing exactly what you did today, i.e. replacing redirects in the infobox with direct links, in this diff. The editor cited WP:R2D, which is pretty clear on the matter. I didn't argue, but I am leaving it up to you to either change them back or tell me why you disagree with the guideline if you don't change them.

I do have a question about the Route 40 and Route 4, which you can help answer since you live in the area. According to the GIS data I have from the Mass Executive Office of Transportation, Route 4 ends at the junction of Princeton Blvd. and North Road (Rt. 4) in North Chelmsford, while the Wikipedia articles have it continue with Route 3A to Vinal Square. Google maps even has Route 4 going past the square all the way through Tyngsboro along Middlesex Road with 3A. Do the signs at the square say "to Route 4" or is Princeton Street south of the square signed as both Route 3A and 4? I have run into this before, usually in urban areas where the state will show a route junction that is a short distance from the "official" end of the route as still being that route. An example is Route 147 in Agawam and West Springfield. It's just a technicality, but according to the EOT, Routes 4 and 40 each end about a kilometer away from each other where they meet Route 3A. Sswonk ( talk) 22:50, 16 November 2008 (UTC) reply

Thanks for going out of your way to look into the intersection issue. The signage might explain why Google maps labels Princeton Street south of Vinal Square as Route 3A/Route 4, but still doesn't explain this! They have a way of correcting such errors via feedback, but the only time I tried it they took several weeks to change it and then just deleted the wrong point without moving it to the correct one: Five Corners, Braintree was listed as the land in the middle of Braintree Split, when it actually is the intersection of Granite Street, West Street and Franklin Street a mile south. Yahoo still shows it the incorrect way. Anyway, thanks and by all means add any interesting sourced local info and/or photos to the road articles. Over half the WP:MASH articles are still stubs ( WP:USRD/A/S). Sswonk ( talk) 19:13, 17 November 2008 (UTC) reply

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If you wanna contribute Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael J. Sullivan (mayor) Gang14 ( talk) 08:08, 18 March 2009 (UTC) reply

I've closed the above AFD debate. Please remember that a merge should always be followed up with a redirect unless the title is offensive or otherwise problematic. Since people who are looking for this person want to find the information in the band article, there's no particularly valid reason to delete the history. (See Wikipedia:Merge and Wikipedia:Merge and delete for further information) - Mgm| ^(talk) 11:09, 19 March 2009 (UTC) reply

Merrimack College has a division of continuing education inside the city. I drive by it everyday. They also have a private high school in the city, but that is a different division. Gang14 has shown a propensity towards edit warring, and I did not want to see such a simple correction blow up into one. Since Gang14 freely admitted the link was improper, I felt that the immediate reversal of my edit was a preemptive move. EraserGirl ( talk) 05:49, 6 May 2009 (UTC) reply

I can see why you dislike that intersection! In the aerial view, the pavement arrows are similar to that of a multi-lane roundabout, yet the lane striping is more similar to a traffic circle in that is is continuous around the circle rather than spiraling out the exits. Notice that the arrows that show "straight ahead" (in both lanes) must mean exiting, yet the lane striping continues around the circle. If "straight ahead" is an exit and continuing around is a "left turn", then the skip stripes (at the 1, 4 7 and 10 o'clock positions) should lead out of the circle, not around it.

When you look at it in Google StreetView, the skip stripes actually do BOTH (out of the circle and around it), I'm assuming the StreetView is more recent than the aerial. I would still consider this a rotary because of its size and tangential entries, but even as far as rotaries go this one is quite poorly engineered and presents many conflicting messages to drivers. It is unusual as far as rotaries go in that the inner lane is allowed to exit, it was probably done for capacity reasons. It could be made more like a roundabout and likely improve its oprations considerably by converting the 8 o'clock and 2 o'clock regions to a single lane. It'd be poor as far as roundabouts go, but certainly an improvement over the current setup. But I digress.

Either way, there are a lot of bizarre hybrids of traffic circles, roundabouts, and rotaries, which doesn't help people understand any of them any better. I'd still call this a rotary, but with some roundabout flavor. I would venture a guess that it wasn't always striped the way it is now, it probably used to be a more pure rotary but that wasn't working well, and going only halfway (towards making it a roundabout) probably made things worse. Hope this helps, if you have suggestions for how I could improve the article accordingly, I'd be happy to entertain it, or you could add it, you've probably done this longer than I have. Bigfitz79 ( talk) 02:25, 12 May 2009 (UTC) reply

I'm not sure if I'm supposed to respond to your questions on your talk page or mine... If I'm supposed to answer it on mine, do let me know, I admittedly don't know some of those finer points of WikiPedia, but I'm learning.

I was interested to see on maps.live.com using the Bird's Eye View feature that the Methuen roundabout actually already had been changed per what I had suggested (changing parts of it to single-lane). As someone who lives there, I'd be curious to know if that change did indeed improve things, but as I said, it's probably still pretty poor just because of its general shape.

I did add a reference and also did some significant rewriting to better accomodate what you brought to my attention. The other two rotaries mentioned, from what I could tell on GoogleEarth, do not have lane striping within the rotary so it gets a little murky as to if it really has an "inside lane" or not, even though it's certainly possible to circulate side-by-side. Bigfitz79 ( talk) 01:36, 14 May 2009 (UTC) reply

I appreciate the feedback. I also just noticed that I said "roundabout" instead of rotary in my previous response (just a few lines above this), so I just fixed that. Thanks again for the pointers and also for the critical thinking! Bigfitz79 ( talk) 03:07, 14 May 2009 (UTC) reply

I just finished a day of serious data entry, and created List of Massachusetts State Parks. If anyone gets bored and wants to lend a hand. Most of the parks aren't even stubs. 8) EraserGirl ( talk) 19:18, 16 May 2009 (UTC) reply

Here's my proposal:

• The existing section from Boston Manufacturing Company becomes a new article - the Waltham-Lowell System. All related redirects (and there are tons) go here. We mention in a blurb that this system was expanded at Lowell and that name stuck, but it was used elsewhere as well (BMC article already says this actually).
• Boston Manufacturing Company loses section on the Waltham System and is replaced with a link to the new article.
• I undo my redirects from Lowell System to Lowell Mill Girls and put them to Waltham-Lowell System instead. If there's any information of use in Lowell Mill Girls, it gets migrated.
• The Rhode Island System redirect goes to Waltham-Lowell System (in a section describing how it came first, the differences, etc) instead of Samuel Slater, with some info being moved out of that page's existing section.

Good? Thanks, CSZero ( talk) 04:51, 14 June 2009 (UTC) reply

I believe the labor organizing information in Lowell Mill Girls is important enough to merit its own article. Scartol •  Tok 23:54, 14 June 2009 (UTC) reply

I think this is a good plan. I just read through Lowell Mill Girls, and there's nothing that needs to be removed from that article, but Waltham-Lowell System should indeed summarize and link to it. -- Beland ( talk) 17:00, 16 June 2009 (UTC) reply

The IP you reported hasn't been causing enough trouble to make me think that it needs to be blocked now. However, I've semiprotected the Chelmsford article for two weeks; hopefully this will calm things down somewhat. Nyttend ( talk) 15:23, 9 July 2009 (UTC) reply

Tell me if vandalism continues at North Chelmsford; I'll semiprotect if necessary. Nyttend ( talk) 15:25, 9 July 2009 (UTC) reply

Two things I wanted to bring up, since you've contributed to the article.

Firstly, I agree that a section on election methods for the council would make a good addition to the article. Unfortunately, I can't say I know enough to add it myself.

Secondly, I was thinking of removing the paragraph regarding New England towns you've edited. Your contribution there was fine, as it shows that some places haven't fully evolved from city commission to council-manager, but overall, the paragraph seems out of place. It doesn't really describe the form as a whole, like the rest of the introduction, nor does it fully fit with the section on the system in the US, which simply states the first and the largest cities to use it. It just reads as being out of place, and overly specific for the article.

What are your thoughts? oknazevad ( talk) 17:43, 10 July 2009 (UTC) reply

Yes, the strength of municipal vs county governments is an unusual feature of New England, and the whole northeast to a lesser extent. It's been talked about here in New Jersey because we have both and it is seen as the worst of both worlds at times. That said, that may be excessive detail for the article, and in light of the additional research you dug up, I agree that it is best to eliminate the paragraph in question. oknazevad ( talk) 19:24, 10 July 2009 (UTC) reply

I removed the paragraph of New England towns from the article, but I left in the bit about 12,000 residents, because I believe you're misinterpreting it. It doesn't state that 12,000 residents is needed to have council-manager, it's to illustrate how common it is. The key portion of the statement is a majority of municipalities over 12,000 have it, not that the majority of municipalities that have it are over 12,000. I do agree that it needs a cite, though.

As for your other comments, since New England towns seem to fit weak Mayor-council better, and that article covers the prevelance of the form in small municipalities already, I don't think any addition needs to be made. Likewise, the council-manager article covers the apolitical nature of managers and it evolution from commissions pretty well, I think. oknazevad ( talk) 19:39, 10 July 2009 (UTC) reply

As roundabouts are becoming more popular in the US - and especially since 4 of them are being installed on consecutive intersections of a busy highway in Irondequoit, NY (just NE of Rochester), with one of them being right near a school - I am thinking that some folks around here may be coming to this article to find out about these roundabouts.

So, yes, I believe that a quick explanation like I just inserted about Brit "anticlockwise" being equivalent to US "counterclockwise" is warranted, and does not hurt the article's Brit flavor. Maybe there are other things in the article that need to be thus clarified, too.

(There's some less-than-sharp folks around these parts driving automobiles, and they need everything spelled out for them like this!)

Aside from that, I'm a relatively new user of this Wikipedia thing, so pardon me if I'm unaware of all editing 'protocols'. Getting good information to someone who seeks it is more important, I think. Especially if that "someone" may be a typical New York driver hurtling through a roundabout he/she knows nothing about - with a schoolfull of little kids in close proximity!

Be well.

Manburger 486 ( talk) 12:56, 21 September 2009 (UTC) reply

I saw nothing on an old Boston & Lowell station along that line, and I never meant to suggest that the Central Street Station existed there. You should expand on this. In the meantime, I'm going to try to clarify the location of the old Boston & Maine station. ---- DanTD ( talk) 14:06, 29 October 2009 (UTC) reply

I was actually going to reach out to you, but you won. I'm currently attending Umass, and live on the Cape. I'll check out your site now. Thanks for the reachout, as now I have a possible co-conspirator when it comes to Lowell things. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 18:44, 21 November 2009 (UTC) reply

After looking at your website, I was shocked. I think you are the only person on this earth who has taken a photo of everything in Lowell. You took photos of everything I wanted to take photos of. Thanks. I especially liked some of the descriptons on some images. I've pondered starting a Lowell project, but since I don't know as much about this area as you might, I have been cautious. What do you think of the idea? Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 19:07, 21 November 2009 (UTC) reply

I'll get around to it then. Happy editing! Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 04:00, 22 November 2009 (UTC) reply

It has been done: Wikipedia:WikiProject Lowell, Massachusetts. Come join! Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 00:20, 23 November 2009 (UTC) reply

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		For your tireless contributions to Lowell, Massachusetts articles. It's not like you weren't on every fourth page I edited, but your contributions are appreciated nonetheless Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 04:32, 23 November 2009 (UTC) reply

I was reading over your site, when I noticed some things that might be of interest to you. You mentioned the age of the Pawtucket Street bridge over the canal. From what I read on the state website, the bridge was built in 1919. This is a great thing to know since I use the bridge every single day. From what I read on old maps, University Avenue Bridge was also known as the Textile Avenue Bridge. On the second page, the building on King Street was torn down and there is now a rubble parking lot. We had a parade down there last Saturday and we offloaded there. On the second page, you mention the Freudenburg building, but you don't have a photo of it. From what it looks like, the pictures on page three might be part of the original canal system. This makes sense since all the structures are removed, but they don't resemble the modern canal locks. They also are part of a narrower canal system which better resembles the Middlesex Canal. For page 5, do you have a picture of where your father's church sat and the one which you belonged to? How old are the brick and mortar projects around the Acre as they resemble factory housing, but they also seem to be an imitation per se. On page six, you might want to mention that the School Street Bridge has been replaced as that might confuse a few people. A good incident with the Spaghettiville bridge involved me getting lost in Lowell thinking that I was going towards Cawley Stadium when I was actually going towards Chelmsford. Needless to say, I got there, but I wish that they would mark some of the roads like they do in downtown. On page 9, did that Boy Scout ever finish his Eagle Scout project? I was wondering if you had any idea why some of the Umass North buildings and Lowell High buildings use a yellow brick. On page 11, that truck in the middle of the parking lot is the marching band equipment truck. Around the area where the plant is, the band spraypainted hashes into the lot, which has supposedly angered the university. This of course made band camp hellish. From what I saw on old maps, the GE plant location was originally the "International Cotton Mills". I also remember from aerial photos what looked like a bridge between the plants. Where the plant was across the tracks exists the foundations of a dorm that the university was building before the city told it to stop. Now there is just the first floor and some rebar sticking out. The dorm was built to replace Smith, because of the whole nanotech thing. You know the rest, I hope. Looking down at the river rocks, I thought you might be interested to know that the rocks down by the University Bridge and it looks like the falls appear to the roots of mountains. Don't cite me on that, as I need to confirm that with a book that I have at home. That is just the first 12 pages, so I'll get back to you tomorrow with the rest. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 03:16, 1 December 2009 (UTC) reply

Wow, thanks for the very solid response. Checking the fall line page, this page looks like an extreme version of Pawtucket Falls. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 04:29, 1 December 2009 (UTC) reply

Now for part two. On page 14, you mentioned the Worsted Mill. I Googled "Worsted Mill" and apparently Worsted is a brand name, as a few other mills pop up under the results. Nothing is mentioned when it comes to if Worsted is something. I love the line painting on 14 as I have experienced firsthand the lack of lines on Pawtucket. I think at one point I did an illegal maneuver, but I didn't know since there are absolutely no lines on the road! That and the fact that the stop lights are timered makes me hate driving in the city. On page 15, you mention the reservoir in Belvidere. I wasn't able to locate anything on Google Earth, using photos from 1996. Of course it was filled in that year, but there is usually a sign that somethign "big" happened in a city the size of Lowell. The band practiced in the an enclave of the Appleton Mill on Saturday before the parade. Amazingly, you can fit 100 college students into a perfectly fitting arc within that. That was also the only parade other than a Boston one where I felt like I might have my teeth knocked out on the cobblestone. On page 17, the stones are pretty spacy when you consider that one of the cemeteries off of I-95 in New York has then within inches of the other. I noticed on a previous page, you mentioned that they would have to lay rail to Nashua should they ever extend service. You mention on page 18 that there is track, which is correct. You might want to clarify that a bit. On page 19, the railroad granite thing copied that of the Quincy quarry railroads. Page 20:"second picture are ca." Typo? On page 21, It's Martha's Vineyard.

I've wondered where the city treats its wastewater and gets its tap. Coming from the Cape, I can't stand the chlorine, but it wouldn't suprise me if they recycled the water here. I was also looking out across the river from Leitch Hall today when I saw what looked like a wooden structure in the woods just above the Merrimack. Do you have any idea what that might be? Also, does St. Joseph's still operate as an independent hospital, or was it absorbed into the nearby rehabilitation hospital? It looks good though! Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 23:21, 1 December 2009 (UTC) reply

The reservoir is really right there in the 1996 photo, as the embankments are shown. That structure can be seen on Google Earth and is around 42°39'12.23"N, 71°19'26.03"W. It's great to know though that we're drinking the Merrimack every day! Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 19:08, 2 December 2009 (UTC) reply

So I hope you've had a happy holidays, because I sure have. I just noticed the recent additions on your site, so I figured I might as well bug you about them. On page 24, you know that Umass bought the Tsongas, so that is a bit dated. On 26, you could mention that Anton's is also in Wakefield (the things you find out during band trips). I like that thing on the Tyngsboro bridge, as it sounds a bit Chuck Norrisy. On 26, the Hub Hoisery sign is back, as my mom pointed out when we were driving by one day. It was up by October of this year. I'm sure you probably know this, but page 27 is down.

I would strongly suggest that you take a tour of Boott Mill. There is a room in there with all the weaving equipment, and when I went for a class trip, they turned on a few machines. I think the cost is also around 5-10 dollars. It is supposed to be very loud in there, but the machines are rather quiet compared to city life. Unfortunately, they spread out the machines, and there isn't a constant cloud of cotton dust in the air. How un-fun. We walked through the room and went upstairs, where there was a museum, and a bar down at the end. It was rather disappointing as I expected a lot more from the National Park Service. After that, I walked down the riverwalk with a friend. This was early December, so there was a lot of snow and ice to negotiate, but it was really cool to do. the walk is pretty straight, except for walking behind the power plant. When we walked by those tunnels that were covered, the lovely smell of pot wafted by. I guess that's what college kids do these days on public grounds. We walked further to behind the Lawrence Mill and I'm not sure but there seem to be rapids below that widening of the river by East Campus. We eventually walked back to East, successfully completing the lower half of the walk.

Have a great new years! Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 21:51, 30 December 2009 (UTC) reply

So I was looking through this page when I began to wonder how high the Lowell and Lawrence chimneys were. I saw a page here which stated that the Wannalancit mill chimney was 251 feet tall. The same site showed a picture of the Pacific Mills Complex and Lawrence, and I began to wonder if that one was the winner. Do you have any idea what the winner might be as well as its height, because I am totally stumped here. Thanks. By the way, the new page looks amazing, and green. By the way, are you ever planning on visiting West Campus? I know that it used to be the Middlesex County Truant School and then the Training School for the state college. I meant to go over there, but I never was able to get off of Wikipedia and go there. Any pictures of that would be great. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 03:47, 5 January 2010 (UTC) reply

Ah, and I'm not even planning on going back to Lowell for a month (I transferred to Amherst). I would assume that West Campus would be open since it is part of the open campus. On Google Street View, there isn't a gate or anything of concern, just a long, creepy driveway. I guess I'm a bit adventurous, as I was the one who walked into a restricted area at the South Weymouth Naval Air Station just because there was nothing stopping me. I'm not stupid, just a bit rogue. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 15:27, 5 January 2010 (UTC) reply

I think I might just knock your socks off here. I have created a page on the state college and technological institute. I've currently expanded the college one to a good length, and I am in the process of digging up facts on the technological institute. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 23:40, 29 January 2010 (UTC) reply

Wow, you're a celebrity. I interviewed for something else recently, but I told the editor, if she ever wanted something on Wikipedia, I was game. Since there is nothing to do today, I might finish up work on the Fall River and New Bedford textile schools. Who knew that Lowell would have other schools copying them. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 17:43, 30 January 2010 (UTC) reply

I see a future job ahead after running into this. I've moved the Tsongas to a name that seems to fit the proper usage of the name, but I'm unsure if it's correct. I've gotten an e-mail from Lowell calling it the Tsongas Center at Umass Lowell, but I don't like the idea of acronyms in the name of an article. What do you think of this, since you live there. Thankfully, I'm coming up Saturday for a banquet in Dracut, so maybe I'll do some snooping in my free time. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 03:26, 1 February 2010 (UTC)` reply

Yeah, we could do that. I haven't removed the red-links as there are bridges over the Taunton River that all have a page. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 05:30, 1 February 2010 (UTC) reply

It's been three months, so you might as well go out and invite those who haven't stumbled upon the project yet. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 06:44, 28 February 2010 (UTC) reply

I was wondering if you would be willing to collaborate on some articles in Lowell to bring them to GA and then eventually FA status. We might as well do something as I am off on break next week and will have nothing better to do. I would be willing to start fixing up the articles in this category since they are all top-importance in a way. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 05:56, 11 March 2010 (UTC) reply

Hey CS0- JJozoko here, thanks for the complements. I like to keep a low profile, but basically I'm a 5th generation Lowellian with a lot of connections, hence the low profile. I got out of town for college, but settled back here for all the right reasons. I find Wikipedia to be the perfect venue for info-share. Basically, if I could find the switch for AskYahoo it would be nixed. I like your Wiki-input as well, and you have to share how to load up pics. Thanks, again. -J —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjozoko ( talk • contribs) 20:43, 22 April 2010 (UTC) reply

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Did you know that Lowell once had an airport? Technically it also seems to have been in Tewkesbury and Billerica, but that's besides the point. Lowell had an airport! (What's worse is that I didn't notice this looking at maps of the city for many hours.) Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 16:33, 27 June 2010 (UTC) reply

You could attribute it to Paul Freeman, the guy who writes the page. A lot of my abandoned airport pages are based on his work. I might just create a page for the airport in the next few days. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 03:59, 28 June 2010 (UTC) reply

Both Arlington Catholic and St. Agnes School are parochial schools; they are both connected to the St. Agnes Parish in Arlington. Please reverse your deletion. Frostandchill ( talk) 06:29, 13 August 2010 (UTC) reply

Thanks for your watchfulness. I've now been able to verify my sources and, you are correct, Frederick Ayers had a son that he named James Cook Ayer. I cannot find any information at this time about JC Ayer II's occupation - although general reports are that the Ayer fortune allowed many descendants of Dr. J.C. Ayer and Fredererick Ayer to live comfortable lives and devote themselves to philanthropy. Hlodynn ( talk) 18:57, 10 September 2010 (UTC) reply

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Thanks for clarification of labor force, early 19th century, in Technological and industrial history of the United States‎. We should definitely have something like this in New England History and Massachusetts history, and probably other related articles as well. If not there already! Student7 ( talk) 17:32, 24 April 2011 (UTC) reply

Did you not see the big-ass red warning saying that {{ expand}} is deprecated? Ten Pound Hammer and company • ^{( Otters want attention)} 22:07, 18 September 2011 (UTC) reply

• Sorry for being so snappy. The template's been deprecated for quite some time now and I'm amazed anyone still thinks to use it. What you wanted was {{ Expand-section}}. Ten Pound Hammer and company • ^{( Otters want attention)} 00:54, 19 September 2011 (UTC) reply

• {{ Unbalanced section}}. Alternatively, you can put "more info about X" into the expand-section template. Ten Pound Hammer and company • ^{( Otters want attention)} 01:22, 19 September 2011 (UTC) reply

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