The Massholes

[QUOTE=WebDog]What about the four aspiring musicians murdered in their own home last year (or the year prior?) Was there ever an arrest made there? If that happened in Milton there would be arrests made within weeks.[/QUOTE]Yes the murder was resolved. The driver of the car confessed that his friend made the hit. The shooter didn't tell the driver what he was doing, told him to stop the car at the house and he was going inside. Then the shooter came out with a gun. The driver had no idea he got involved in a murder.

with South Boston, Charlestown, Somerville...........

Kikyo, that isn't quite what happened but close, that case has been splashing around in the media the last couple of days.

Webdog, four aspiring musicians? They were rappers wanna be who were real life bangers. The whole thing was a weapons hit. The 'four aspiring musicians' had a AK47 and a Glock someone else wanted. Gee, I wonder if those guns were legally registered and in possession of their licensed owner. ;)

BM, you want to see a montage of yuppies in Southie, Charlestown and Somerville set to Riverdance? You missed the murder, extortion and street prostitution in those places by about 15 years. If they can ever get a handle on the housing projects in Robury the same thing will happen - look at the shithole the Southend used to be. 20 years ago you could pick up a brownstone for 15-20k, now it's 1-5mil.

[QUOTE=Cruiser D]
BM, you want to see a montage of yuppies in Southie, Charlestown and Somerville set to Riverdance? You missed the murder, extortion and street prostitution in those places by about 15 years. If they can ever get a handle on the housing projects in Robury the same thing will happen - look at the shithole the Southend used to be. 20 years ago you could pick up a brownstone for 15-20k, now it's 1-5mil.[/QUOTE]

Even though they showed the Mary MCCormick Projects in that video, it is in Southie along with the Old Colony. Both have plenty of white trash. C-Town is the WORST project in Boston and it too is plenty white. The white trash is still in Medford, Somerville and a few parts of Cambridge, very few. Believe me, I still have friends and relatives involved.

Roxbury is already changing.....

[QUOTE=WebDog]one of the greatest neighborhood cities in America -- destroyed.

How and why? I honestly don't understand. In 1-2 generations, a great working-class area turned into a wasteland.

I have my suspicions on the root causes, but don't want to get into politics here.[/QUOTE]

I don't know. That video is pretty silly to me. Sure, some of it was negative and indicative of urban decay, but at least half of it was just pictures of regular citizens and regular streets where honest people live. I mean, they showed Heath street and believe me, you must have big bank to purchase on Heath. Sure the projects are there, but that's not stopping the yuppie parade. Otherwise, show murals that depicts the faces of people who live in a neighborhood, not sure I get why that's "the jungle", but maybe that's just me.

BM, bodies popping up as a weekly event is still quite active in Roxbury. It hasn't happened in Southie or Charlestown in about 15 years. It's not a racial thing, the yuppies just started moving into those places about 15-20 years ago. The 'white' projects were always considered the worst and most dangerous - someone would generally try to rob you. During the day time you are generally left alone in Roxbury and places like that.

Robury is changing, it's hard for Jack the crackhead to afford the monthly rent on a place that is worth 300-600k even with section 8 help from his baby's mother. The large concrete block housing projects are slowly being torn down and replaced with town houses - Academy Homes 2. Although I'm not too sure how happy I am with a very small select few living high on the hog on my tax dime. Public assistance should be about helping people through a rough time - not a generational lifestyle. It should be about having a roof over their heads and food to eat. Not community college, daycare, Section 8, WIC, Townhouses with rec centers, etc, etc... I remember one working girl I used to see who got knocked up and her complaining about how she wasn't getting anything for free like she should. I also remember dating a project girl from Cambridge who had a brother who was 28, she was 22 and a sister who is just turning 18. The mother had been on public assitance all her life - talk about a girl with a plan, popping babies out for a free ride - nice.

CD, it has become bizarre to say the least. C-Town used to be the biggest sh*thole this side of the Charles, then *WHAM*, they push it all down to Medford Street. But if you know anyone who lives there or Southie, the project trash comes out at night like cockroaches, stealing, robbing, etc. All the riff-raff and section 8 is heading to the new frontier, Brockton, Lawrenece, Lynn, etc. The city seems like Disneyland to old hands like us.

I know there are phone services that essentially allow you to get a phone number that forwards to your phone, but what about a service where you call a number and it gives you false number to show up on someone else's caller id? That would solve the issue of getting a monger phone, b/c then you could just call from your phone with no worries about the provider having your digits... or the digits that do show up could then be used to redirect to your phone. Does anyone know of a service like this?

What about a phone card? Could you use your cell phone to call an 800# on a phone card? I am pretty sure that the caller ID would be from the phone card system.

Toodw

[QUOTE=Rosine]I know there are phone services that essentially allow you to get a phone number that forwards to your phone, but what about a service where you call a number and it gives you false number to show up on someone else's caller id? That would solve the issue of getting a monger phone, b/c then you could just call from your phone with no worries about the provider having your digits, or the digits that do show up could then be used to redirect to your phone. Does anyone know of a service like this?[/QUOTE]I do not use the phone much, but pay phones have worked quite well for me in the recent past.

Sure, if you can find them. they're pretty much extinct now.

[QUOTE=Triesharder]I do not use the phone much, but pay phones have worked quite well for me in the recent past.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Toodw]What about a phone card? Could you use your cell phone to call an 800# on a phone card? I am pretty sure that the caller ID would be from the phone card system.

Toodw[/QUOTE]I got a few freebies I have to check it out and get back to you all.

[QUOTE=Rosine]I know there are phone services that essentially allow you to get a phone number that forwards to your phone, but what about a service where you call a number and it gives you false number to show up on someone else's caller id? That would solve the issue of getting a monger phone, b/c then you could just call from your phone with no worries about the provider having your digits... or the digits that do show up could then be used to redirect to your phone. Does anyone know of a service like this?[/QUOTE]

This is called [i]" Caller ID Spoofing "[/i] , and there are plenty of companies that offer
the service

For starters , try :

[url]http://www.spoofcard.com/[/url]

[url]https://www.itellas.com/signup_1.php[/url]

[url]http://spooftel.com/[/url]

[QUOTE=PsyberZombie]This is called [i]" Caller ID Spoofing "[/i] , and there are plenty of companies that offer
the service

For starters , try :

[url]http://www.spoofcard.com/[/url]

[url]https://www.itellas.com/signup_1.php[/url]

[url]http://spooftel.com/[/url][/QUOTE]You might also want to look into the illegality of it, and fines/jail time involved. I remember reading an article about it that said it was a serious crime with serious penalties.

Very true..I was doing a late night run in CT and the place just had the usual assortment of crackhead SW's. So I wanted to find a payphone to give a girl I know a call. Didn't feel like using the phones in CT (there are two or three that I know of). So I went to Copley Square found out they shut those phones off (except for 911) after a certain time and ended up finally finding one on lower Newbury. They are indeed a dying breed. Anyone out there remember actually phone booths? The first to go..;) Gimme lots of payphones and SW's in Boston. ;)

[QUOTE=Spaz2580]Sure, if you can find them. they're pretty much extinct now.[/QUOTE]

Savior, the serious crime penalty for caller ID spoofing has more to do with telemarketers.