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Marie: I grew up in LaJunta and when I hit college, I learned that I had gotten a great education. I was far ahead of the other students in math and science and history. ......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent

judy: the 2 or 4 leg kind? i think both...

in response to: Keep Bushwick Clean & Rats Out by Peter

Grant: Thank god Park Slope windows didn't show up for our two appointments we scheduled for an estimate. Sure they wasted 2 days of my time, missing both appointments, however after reading all these comments,......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

anon (customer7722.pool1.unallocated-111-0.orangehomedsl.co.uk): the sun has reflected off some glass on a building somewhere to create the bottom shadow?...

in response to: Sunset at Clayton, a Birds Eye View by joey

eyeofodin: Iron Maiden was my addiction back in grade, middle and high school. Nothing was so exciting as hearing and feeling the Somewhere In Time album infiltrate every pore of my body and make......

in response to: Heavy MTL 2008: Iron Maiden by EvilGentleman

Liz in Canada: I am Canadian and my ancestry is Irish/Scottish. Some of my ancestors were Catholic and some were Protestant, but I am non-religious by choice. My Irish ancestors were forced out of Ireland and......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

Cartlegger: **or this one?** WATERMELON MAN Herbie Hancock Hey - Watermelon Man Hey - Watermelon Man Bring me one that rattles when you lug it One that's erd and juicy when you plug it Do you understand - Watermelon Man Hey - Watermelon Man Hey......

in response to: Watermelon Man by Cartlegger

Waltson: My grandfather owned the Midwood Inn & the Paramont Inn, both in Flatbush during the pre-depression 1920's & 1930's....before my time. He told me that Rudi Valee sang there....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Cecilia Midiri: I have to say that it is so true about monkey see, monkey do...every weekend when I'm off from work, I get out to sweeping and I never end up alone doing it. Sometimes......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Roke3 Nyc: This masterpiece measures a staggering 250’ x 55’ (nearly the size of a football field) and took 125 gallons of latex roller paint and a year of carefully planned nights to complete. Every supply......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

EvilGentleman: Two years and a few months later, this article still defines several different conflicts in a way that few if any articles can. {Motorists} vs {Cyclists} {Road Rage} vs {Radical Activism} {Male} vs {Female} {Entitled} vs {Empowered} The article that......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Brushman: Today, lawyers would have a field day with our antics. We played Kick the Can, where everyone would hide in various places and then try to run in and kick the can before being tagged by......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

zagg: One these saturday's I'll bother to photograph Sarnia's Farmer's Market. Question: it has the name of different countries near the ceiling - does this Farmer's Market boast of international bearings? Our market is......

in response to: Dekalb Farmers Market by Peter

chae sone: Mad cowed assemblymen. WHO REPRESENTS KOREA? The Korean people want to be free from the mad cow riots. It reminds Rousseau’s statement. “Man is born free, yet everywhere he is chains.” In this social condition, he proposed......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

Anonymous Honest Tax paying citizen of Fredericton: This is yet another example of how much the fredericton police are a bunch of uneducated airheads, typical protests and offenses most cities in canada wouldnt be bothered with or treat with less scrutiny......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

Captain Obvious: What really grates about Quebec's degenerate infrastructure, is that they have not only incredibly high taxes, but they *also* have incredibly high subsidies from all the more productive provinces, BOTH. To have billions poured into a......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

Tabersnack: 68. People on the street ask you if you speak English or French and you assume they will just ask you for money and keep walking. 69. The habs win one damn series and......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

living in Hutchinson: Wow. Interesting website. I would like to comment too. I live in Hutchinson. I have been here my entire life. I moved to big cities in other states for a few......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

CJ: Hello! I found this website because a co-worker of mine is considering a move to North Florida. I told her about my experiences but she didn't believe me. Perhaps she'll believe you......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Karl daniels: Norma Bannon = sorry for the long and slow reply, Lesley daniels is my mum and she used to work there, its a doctors now and the play school is at the bottom of ferryhill road. Lynne......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Violet Birchall: Hello Anne and Brian, Seems such a long time ago when we all went out for a drink together and such a suprise to find you on this site ,we are both enjoying retirement there is......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

julie lorraine jackson: 166 TALBOT ST E LEAMINGTON ON N8H 1M2 MS JULIE LORRAINE JACKSON...

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

julie lorraine jackson: hello diane magee this is julie lorraine jackson my brother stuart jackson passed away last feb 29/08 of massive heart attack age 49. would like send me old picture of me deaf in milton......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Cecilia Midiri: All the people up there who are talking about when Kensington changed are talking about when the neighborhood became desegregated and people of color started moving in. Anyway...I work every day and so does......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Peter: if i had a dollar for every time ive heard someone from a hard/bad/depressed/rebuilding neighborhood comment something like ##"_______ is really that bad and has been for years"##... [[76:cabrini green]], [[1727:henry horner]], [[4368:hutchinson]], [[646:bushwick]], to......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

JOSEPH BRIDGE: what kind of boost are we talking about. we both agree that goverment assistance didn't work. it sounds like you believe corporate america will do the trick. i think they will take advantage of the......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

serlingrod: Thanks Peter. It's nice to have a friend back you up. I just marvel at the stubborness of it though.....I mean, "keep on painting" ... Really? I've made it perfectly clear I'm not an artist..I'm......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

surviving: Tex ......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Anne - Ontario: Hi John, So it is you. Hope you are well and are enjoying retirement by now. We are both retired and travel as much as possible. Our daughters live out of town and also out......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter: yeah, these were from the day-after cleanup leftovers-barbecue. for some reason, i didnt catch a photo of the approximately 200 lbs of beer bottles strewn about before we bagged em up, hahaha... whatever recycler came......

in response to: Letters by Peter

Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Annon I am one of the O'Reilly's from Caroline Street. Very respectable family! You will see an earlier entry about my dad Tom, he had an allotment on Tramway Road. Both he and my......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Tracy Kelly: What a great site first visit but will definately be returning.i have been talking to a great couple, and Mr Jack Scallan told me that No 7 Marlborough Road used to be a police station......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Returnee: Just happened on this site and was amazed that so many "high Paid executives" would spend so much time bashing someplace. Is your glass half full or half empty? Don't bother to reply......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Anon: Anything done in public is public domain, and international law, as a whole, is of this mindset, both legally and socially. It's quite simple, actually. Don't want someone taking photos of it? Then don't do......

in response to: A Homeless Man Sleeping with His Most Cherished Possession by Leroy Allen Skalstad

A Free Mind: Sharon, thats a touching story, i felt the hairs on my neck stand up. The thing is as Karlo said, What life would ur son want you 2 live after his death? (not as you......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Alice: My mom was born and grew up on Greene Avenue. We lived there in the 50s, I went to St. Barbara's elementary, (played fife!). Moved away in 1960 after finishing 5th grade. My Dad went......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Janice P.: I lived in Kensington on East Dauphin St. from 1941 until 1962. I attended H. A. Brown Elementary and Penn Treaty Junior High. Both excellent schools at that time. I then moved to......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Jamie: Some interesting {Plasma Slug} stuff: [[http://www.robotswillkill.com/graffiti/showgraff.php?artist_id=2664]]...

in response to: Infante by Peter

1life2live: I from brooklyn my whole life the truth is shit can happen if your in the wrong place at the wrong time im lucky i have many friends stabbed or killed for stupidity but as......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

funnyface: ahhhhh... thanks for the picture/laugh. the goo link topped it off. (bottomed it out?)...

in response to: Anal Jewelry by Peter

mrsleep: If you can, find the film 'Dark Days' It is a documentary, of sorts, made by the people who used to live in the tunnel. A film that is both beautiful, and tragic....

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Signs-of-time: NWO, bar codes with 666, micro-chips, veri chips, nano bots, real ID, RFID chips, bio-microchip implant... who needs a BIG BROTHER like this? Ever heard of... the Mark of the Beast? And his #......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

fembot: that spray can head character is totally fresh!...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Who Cares for Kensington : B Street, Well stated, but you have probably upset the professional social worker class, professional community activists and some local and long seated goverment officials of both parties that like to be known as public servants......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Peter Creer: Hello Eric Teal< I came across a Lancashire Steel Education Prizegiving Programme for 1958. We are both on it.If I had your Email address I could scan it for you. regards Peter....

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter: also, for those that dont know: ##"...Two famous stone lions guarding the entrance were sculpted by Edward Clark Potter. They were originally named Leo Astor and Leo Lenox, in honor of the library's founders. These names......

in response to: 42nd Street Library Lion Lenox (or Is It Astor...?) by Mike L.

colavitos ghost: both of those are definitely keepers!...

in response to: Trash Day by Ilona

Bill F: Yea, I still have a problem with Mike being gone. We spoke on the phone regularly, and saw each other at family functions. I miss him. Nick and Diane are both doing well, Nick is......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

jack: ahh shucks, i told the wrong story, it goes like this, every morning the king would go to the tower and ring the bell to wake up the citizens of the town, so when he......

in response to: Ruby Begonia by Biff

jus: scrap yard is pretty good. very small, but there's a lot you can buy. Toys from Kid Robot, Caps (3 for $1), markers (dalo, uni, deco, etc.), mops (do em dirty, molotow, on the run,......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

colavitos ghost: first picture: robot castle face???...

in response to: Haunts of Ohio by joey

dan: Life in Jacksonville is what you make of it. No matter where you live, there will be folks who hate and love that place. There are valid reasons for both sides - it kind......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Dean Ogden: Hi Sheila, Yes my dad was the youngest. He always used to spend his time on Barton Grange Farm with his mate Steve Ratcliffe messing around with cars and motorbikes. He was born when the......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Dean Ogden: Wow, what a site. Im only 25 and i feel like i know what everyone is talking about. I see pictures of what Irlam and Cadishead use to be like and listen to the stories......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Julian Austin-Seal: Hi Natalie, I think you might be talking about my twin brother, his full name being Mark Leonard Austin-Seal, my brother did go through a phase in which we did refer to him as Leonard,......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Jamie: ah, the benefits of shooting raw. I've somehow missed this "Compilation" series somehow. I really like the photos you've been posting lately, they're both technically accomplished and inspiring. Good work chap....

in response to: Compilation by chiamattt

Jamie: i second jack's comment on the last shot. It's almost as though the highrise buildings are the spectators/robot-slave-masters...

in response to: 08 Marathon by fuzzytank

Miss_1989: I had lived in hutch for 12 years growing up as a child, but my family ended up moving due to my parents job transfers and also because Hutchinson (even in the middle class neighborhoods)......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Seeking Contact: Ella Street, Stever passed away about 15 years age. Both Fiolo and Danny (with the big Doberman dog that jumped the the front door glass, but loved to play rough when I wore my leather coat......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Jamie: These have both been on UK TV recently. Elaine's {Sixy Trolls} have been in a {Volvo} advertisement too....

in response to: robot building by elaine

Jamie: Robotfaces selling us stuff we don't want [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_ezAe5KNRI]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Z5tvzoKsE]] i guess **everything** is derivative of something...

in response to: robot building by elaine

Stuart Brennan: Hello again Deb Nice to see in your avatar that you've still got that big sunny smile! I'm not really in close touch with any of the old Irlam High lot. I last saw Gaz Siddall about six......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Julian Austin-Seal: Hi Anne, thanks for your reply, tried replying earlier, but found problems posting my comment, im glad you have simmilar opinions about the film 'stand by me', now its summer and i would like to......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

James cashan: hi norma , yes i remember brian,may know your brothers by face,we would get anywhere from 1 to 2 hundred people down at tarzan bridge,crossie was a regular face at our shin digs and would often......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Rob..... think I'm forming a reputation here... and I told you in confidence!! hahaha. James - I remember my younger brothers (Stuart & John), talking about Tarzan Bridge. They are the same age......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

ChiPhi: Christopher and others, why is there always a: "...somebody needs to do something to help..." why don't people take responsibility and pride for their own? I have lived in this neighborhood for 5 years......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time. --- We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

prospects wife: Michelle, I have commented on on this page. No I am not the moderator of this page. Clearly the message I left was not intended for evweryone to understand. You ask me why I am so......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Turk Tickler: I Googled Flatbush Gardener's blog. If you haven't seen it, you're not missing anything. How Flatbush Gardener thinks that their blog "covers that area of Brooklyn" in any way beyond just regurgitating already widely publicized......

in response to: Ditmas Park by Peter

AeonRS: mad props to sane smith, JA too man, ive seen him in movies and shit, both the actual person and his throws, pretty funny, respect fo life....

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

Peter: brick robotface!...

in response to: Time Travelling by elaine

john boardman: Hi all, I came accross this site by accident,I lived in hollins green until i was 11 yrs old and went to both of the primary schools (School lane) until it was demolished, then birch rd......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Simon : Have family in both Clee and Hunny! And i live in Blackpool !!...

in response to: The Great British Seaside by Jamie

janet: Steve--I must have known your father when I taught at Tilden from 1958 to mid-1960 (I had graduated from Tilden in 1951). It was a fine school in those years. Most of the graduates......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

janet: How terrific is this! Alma, I do remember the knish place, but it was across Utica Avenue from the movie house (which from time to time we affectionately called "the Itch"). I didn't buy knishes......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Re: Me: If you bother to read this entire thread you'll see that people have gone to the city council meetings, only to be insulted and ignored. ...

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Joe: I still wonder if my fond memories of growing up in Kensington are real or simply a product of youth. It is striking that most people I encounter have such a favorable memory of their......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

gus1ganks: respect to both east coast,and west coast....

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

skippy oner: yo neck face sucks.he got no handstyles, he just draws lil pictures on the wall and says hes a writer. last year he got caught by v sqaud, and they give 20 percent off your......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Hard-working 'NEW JACK': Hey, Bilrock, all I gotta say is... check yourself before you wreck yourself, ya fuckin' has been. We both know that I've put more work in a month than your whole graff career, face it......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

jeeff: thx tiara i think many of us are still around. i'll remember the trick with chalk, but i agree that ultimately you must adapt. to answer your question, i think the change was......

in response to: casualties of war by jeeff

AGEONER: ah man, i laughed hard at the caption to the urine bottle photos. From Los Angeles, thanks for the pics....

in response to: Graf on the Tracks, Pt. 3 by Peter

Gary Sparkes: will do sam i ,live in melbourne now i will be back tiis year but in the mean time i will e mail a couple of mates in irlam(cash)james cashan,jim white,both good friends with crozzie......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Nobody: Saul- perhaps you'll find this constructive-- you've commented ten times on this post and managed to still not say anything constructive, yourself. So, as I have repeatedly above, I urge you to to stop merely dropping......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

former Hutch resident: I moved from Hutch about 25 years ago. I was born & rised there. Couldn't wait to get out. I lost both my parents 4 years ago & want to come 700 miles to decorate......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Joe: As others have stated, the good memories exceed those that were bad: Joe the pretzel guy at Front & Allegheny, Christmas and the stores on the 3200 block of front St., local bakery shops and......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

EvilGentleman: These pictures show 3 of the 5 or 6 police cruisers to be burned. I started photographing around 1:10 this morning. Unfortunately, my lithium batteries chose this day to die, and I had forgotten to bring......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Street Level Nine and TPA Crew: SAGE and FDT 56 TPA...great to hear from you both! Franky, great talking to you this weekend. Glad you're well and I'm amazed to even see you on here. hehehehe. Miracles do happen! The......

in response to: Old School by Dr. Revolt

Sheila Vaudrey: Hiya again Sheila H, Nice to hear that you are in touch with Arnold, We were both in the same class at school, I often think about him, I thought I saw his name on......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Candy: Well im a dancer there .... its 15$ per song contact but 20$ per song for a vip room not more not less ....usually in the weekend were about 40 to 55 girls workin we......

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Jenny and Janet(Sutton), I lived at No 42 Harewood Road and I do remember you living there also I remember the field that belonged to your granddad, it came at the side......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

anon (rrcs-24-199-29-166.west.biz.rr.com): Cope kills, bottom line best graffiti artist alive stay up Cope!...

in response to: Metro Cope2 by METRO KD OTB DMC

eon 1: this store is the sickest store for people that are just learning how to bomb or it is also great for people that know what they are doing.I just started about a year ago and......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

EvilGentleman: As far as the urban legend aspect of things goes, how could we get a website like [[http://www.snopes.com]] to have a look at it, and see what they dig up? I am really curious about......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: dirana1, thank you for commenting. I can respect your opinions and your insight into the prison is a welcome bit of education for the rest of us. I am certain you know a lot more......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

Peter: back in my day, we had to make graffiti with sticks and mud. uphill both ways. in the snow. *shakes fist at kids these days*...

in response to: Graf Trux 8: NYC by Peter

Stee 3 lsk: yeah for real ja just does throw ups hella of a lot of them and cope2 does burners and hella throw ups but respect to both of them...

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