<div>I thought it was a great letter. </div>
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<div>Until I realized that at the time of creation, the Back Bay as cited was a swamp and the roads were backed up with horses, carriages, mud, and (as Colonel Potter used to call it) "horse puckey."</div>
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<div>Different to cars, but not much safer, and a different kind of dirt. Pro bikes, good, but appealing to the historical sense seemed to have a big flaw.<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 28/11/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Lee Peters</b> <<a href="mailto:lfpeters@gis.net">lfpeters@gis.net</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Hey kids -- This is the 1st letter I got past the editors of the Globe. (Turtle provided guidance on how to do this a couple months ago, thanks!)</font></div>
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