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..one of the earlieest "rock videos" done back in 1967. well before the days of "Empty Vee"..
...still raining there accroding to my weather site though not as bad as the other day.
...not bad here, 74° with a "feels like" of 77°. Wet stuff and chilly though for the weekend.
Maybe we won't see those 100s again this summer as it isn't expected to get above 80° for the next ten days. Nrmally this is when we begin to go into "heat wave" mode.
If you lived in/around Astoria, the red elevated subways were the R34 "Redbirds"... The last were retired in the mid 90s... Most are now part of an artificial reef somewhere down around the Carolinas. Back in the 70s they were mostly drab dark green... The red scheme came about the the early 80s... But they were mostly the 7 line, which was a Flushing line... They didn't really go into Astoria, just Queensborough Plaza then up Queens Blvd. The N and the R, which ran into Astoria and also through Greepoint (over the years they keep switching the N & R's routes), those had all sorts of different (filthy) colors... Some still had "64' Worlds Fair" light blue colors into the early 80s... I grew up on Crescent Street (Long Island City, or L.I.C.... the area was also known as Dutch Kills), three blocks from the 59th Bridge... (Ed Kotch bridge now?)... Those were interesting times... NYC was falling apart, crime was rampant and the area was an industrial mess... Every other block had a burned down factory or abandoned lot... One whole block was a crumbled lot near 21st street, complete with a ten foot deep, 30 ft diameter crater where a water main broke and the city only caped (and never filled in the hole for about six years). There were some areas that were abandoned for so long that you'd occasionally find pheasants in, that had flown over from the LIRR freight yards near Queens Plaza (Long Island animals used to wander into the area by traveling along the tracks). The area was a favorite dumping ground for stolen cars and contractors who just dumped whole loads of demolition debris on the streets... At least one block was impassable to cars due to the amount of debris dumped on the street. But as terrible as it was, it wasn't so bad to me as a kid and could be sorta fun at times... In a Fallout 4 kinda way... (Really, if you have played the game, they got the urban destruction details perfect)... There were no rules... You could explore anywhere, nobody cared... We had countless buildings, half of Roosevelt island, and even the (then) abandoned 63rd street subway tunnel project to explore... On Roosevelt island we once found an open hatch that led down to some access tunnels that ended up in the giant aqueduct tube which was still under construction at the time... Even the 59th street bridge was our playground... We used to ride our bikes down the outer roadways when they would close them down for perpetual repairs... A half mile downhill run... if you were lucky you could get your bike to 50mph. My friend and me once made soapbox racers (more like "assorted garbage racers") and ran them down the south roadway... On my turn it broke to pieces... I have no idea how fast I was going, but it was feet from the concrete decking... Theres nothing like falling on studded steel decking at speed to make you appreciate falling on concrete. One summer a stupid game we had involved climbing out onto one of the scaffolds above an abandoned lot near the river and dropping bottles into a 55 gallon steel drum below... We would lug dozens of bottles up the bridge in a folding shopping cart... We got pretty good at it and eventually someone moved the barrel... We had a mini adventure getting into the lot to reset the barrel... When we found it, it was almost 1/3 full of glass... We were really bored I guess. Another side effect of living there was, if you were mechanically inclined, you could find almost anything to build almost anything, virtually anywhere if you looked long enough or knew were certain things tended to be found... Granted, stuff tended to look like it was made by the raiders from The Road Warrior, but you learned to be innovative... That and you hardly had to have any money to have fun (none of us did anyway). my step dad still lives in Long Island City in that same house. The neighborhood is totally different now. Some of the old houses are still there and many of the crappy old factories too, but one by one they are turning into hi-rise hotels and condos... The neighborhood is now an odd mix of working class and tourists, with stray groups of bohemians and wealthy hipsters mixed in... (I preferred the rats to the hipsters... They have more personality). That LIC is long gone... Some of it I wouldn't wish on anyone... Some of it is why I hate apathetic mismanagement of infrastructure by hired officials... Some of it is why I don't trust the intentions or rhetoric of "urban developers"... Some of it made me a little tough and quick to fight... Some of it made me somewhat street smart, but at a cost... Some of it made me quite cynical... But some of it I wouldn't change... Because some of it gave me some of the best closest friends anyone could want... We went through hell in a place nobody cared about and learned to watch out for one another on the way... As bad as it was, sometimes you can't find that in other places...
Sorry... This started out with me mentioning the trains and I got to thinking about the ones that ran to Greenpoint, which was mentioned... It reminded me of a friend who died last year and some of our crazy adventures and crazy Fourth of July's (stuff that would get SWAT teams into the area today, but back then the cops would just tell you "hey, stop that" and drive on)... My friend's family had a Deli in Greenpoint, so that was why I started thinking about all that and the other stuff...
...same goes for me here in Portland. At least the rats didn't drive the rents up or attract a Starbucks to every other corner in the city. Sad that I can actually get a pint of "industrial" beer for less than a cup of coffee these days (and that's not happy hour price either).
Crikey at those hipster bars, even a simple Whiskey Sour or Tonic and Gin can run you 8$ to 10$.
Dang beatniks...
Frankenstein Vs. Ariel
Complaint: I just got my new phone from TracFone. I hate it. If I look at it funny it does things all by itself. If I try to touch it, it shakes and beeps and flashes and puts stuff on the screen that I have no idea what is. I tried to work with the TracFone help desk by calling them from my landline I worked with her for about 30 minutes before I gave up in frustration. She was very patient and I told her so and thanked her but I said I had to hang up until I got my emotions under control. My problem was that I followed the instruction that came with the phone. They didn't say anything about assembling the phone ahead of time and learning how to use it, they just said login into the website. Well, the website gave up and told me to call the live people.
Now, after two hours of alone time with this accursed device I've beat it into submission and learned how to tickle it just right to keep it from freaking out. Or rather I should say that it has me trained to touch it's "G" spots just right so that it has the proper types of orgasms. But still it needs a cover to keep the screen from getting scratched by my keys when in my pocket. This is a 21st century nightmare. I miss my flip-phone already. What was wrong with phone booths?
Too hard to use to take selfies.
One should never use logic when talking to Mom.
gilligan??
oh yeah the 7! use to take it to Hunter's Point from Grand Central. ears popping. scared to death of the tunnels now. terror vortex subway tunnels and ferris wheels
dunno if i could get to staten island ferry, no tunnels on the way
havent been to avery fisher hall in 20 years, never been to the big one, the met
Thankfully this device is so cheap that it only has a camera on the back side. No selfie capability. Yea!
Don't want nobody seeing my age spots on my forearm.
cant a gal get a mars bar in the States anymore?
We're OK but lower ground is a bit soggy, all the dark places homeless ppl usually sleep in are wet, is causing some problems um nothing to be done but show some support and wait for better times. I could have a big rant but not much point, won't change anything ;)
feels like 42 !
have a bite of mine :)
More rain than we're used to I guess it goes to show be careful what you wish for but on the upside our roof isn't leaking, the central heating works and I got a few days off so could be worse :)
I saw some photos of flooded roads in New South Wales.
The company that I brought a shirt from is now asking for payment. Um, I already paid for the shirt using my pre-paid debit card. The transaction cleared. Even the clothing company's website states that I don't owe any money. I have a balance of $0. This company must have poor accounting practices.
Sorta. Bob Denver as Maynard G Krebs. The G stood for Walter. Before the island, he was a beatnik on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
...yeah, I miss phones that used to plug intho the wall.
...I used to watch that show.
I got a snickers bar as a gift but I forgot where I put it. I know I have not eatten it yet.
Yeah, I still have those. They're landline but they're wireless with an answering machine and a "LocateMe" button on the master station and a "call log", etc. HOWEVER, I also have a 40 year old dumb phone (as in "moron"). It does nothing except ring, make calls, and let me talk through it.
I keep it in a drawer near the phone jack in the kitchen just in case the power goes out and I need to make a call because "I've fallen and can't get up" or the house is filling with smoke. (Note: I have no cellphone service in my house).
mellllting Thunderstorms, some heavy, this afternoon through this evening
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come on LOTTO!! momma needs a beachside vacation
megam NEXT DRAWING : 07/08/2016 NEXT JACKPOT: $508 MILLION
snickers and milkyway - a po'boy mars bar
can't even get a po'boy hoagie in these pars. no grits either. big buttery bowl of grits with bacon bits.
no mustard for my burger.
he'll always be Gilligan to me.
Dusty's trail. Far Out Space Nuts. i said lunch not launch
NOMMY nom nommss
Thanks!
can i change the way the date is displayed in my outlook inbox?
my favorite date notation is 2016.07.07