[TheForge] completely off topic (John Lennon) OT:

[Dave Mudge]

Larry, Once upon a time, many years ago, (late 70's) I had a
girlfriend who was raised in Queens
but ended up way down here. She talked me into going with her to visit
her parents and tour Manhattan
with a native rather than going as a tourist. We saw lots of metalwork
(blacksmithing content) and
lots of art at the museums and around town. She had to worm up to her
parents rather slowly
(3 days) before they invited us to stay with them. The St. George
hotel on Staten Island was the
cheapest place that we could find.

On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 3:19 PM, peter fels & phoebe palmer
<artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
>  Having spent a bit of time in both places,
> Most of the folks ain't bad,
> And all the culture and stuff you could ever desire
> are nearby...if you can afford it.
> The nasty stuff is what makes the news.
> It's an almost totally artificial environment,
> with people and concrete instead of trees and mountains.
> People there live off other people mostly...
> and the competition is unceasing.
> I'm good for a week or 2 at best.
> Then begin to look for an escape route
> with increasing urgency.
>
> On 10/10/2010 4:22 AM, Larry Brown wrote:
>> Dump/ dive, never stayed there, but your upholding the reputation I've
>> heard of ;-)
>> How did you end up there? Have to ask..
>>
>>
>> At 11:16 PM 10/9/2010 -0500, you wrote:
>>> I have been to Staten Island. Stayed in a dump named St. George Hotel
>>> (I think it was) froze my ... ears off.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Larry Brown<lp.brown at verizon.net>  wrote:
>>>> Remember it all too well, gunfire here in NYC (I'm in Staten Island, NYC's
>>>> ugly step child) that was heard around the world. I remember the DJ's
>>>> crying on air while broadcasting as many knew him.
>>>> Larry Brown
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At 11:57 PM 10/8/2010 -0500, you wrote:
>>>>> Our younger friends may not be as moved as we baby boomers are by the
>>>>> death of John Lennon.
>>>>> It is hard to put into words the effect that this man's life had on us
>>>>> and the whole world.
>>>>> Had he lived, he would be 70 tomorrow.(10-9-10)
>>>>>
>>>>> love&  peace,
>>>>> dave
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lduaMSZqn1Y
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