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margarita kontarovich : i will be decorate of the christmas on monday december 1st, 2008. i will be buy real plastic tree christmas day on thursday december 18th,2008. it is very cold today. new york city very cold...... Paul Baines: I agree about the beach ones - little bit king Canute goes a long way... Richie Rubin: Yeah,dem N.Y.C.street games..how innovative WE were!
a`Spauldeen'made a day of fun/excercise/kvetching,etc.
WE played into da nite..no?did anyone else fill their
`checkers[bottlecaps]w/wax?to make`em heavier? & did
anyone play`Chinese'[against a wall]those were`city'
games,but when WE went away for the summer[catskills,
beach,bungalows f-a-r...... Richie Rubin: ALAN K:`Coney Island Joes'[in brownsville/E.N.Y]W/train
tracks behind da joint..yep,great`hotdogs'[franks were
made of 100%beef[parts]&greasy fries!I usta work a few
blks down Linden Blvd @ COCA-COLA bottling plant nr
Georgia st.in early`60's,did anyone ever go to the
`batting cage'/min.golf on Penn.ave.nr Belt...... Rich: Hi Everybody,
I lived at 1003 Carroll ST between Franklin and Bedford from 1957 til 1969, we then moved to 1048 President St which was directly behind the first address. Needless to say, for all of...... dglenn: Getting back to Toronto neighbourhoods... The Bluffs, The Beach, Queen West, Kensington(Kensington Market), Cabbagetown, Corktown, Regent Park, Liberty Village, Yorkville,
Christie Pits, Swansea, Parkdale, Roncesvalle Village, etc.... Jules: Okay....BORING is the reason my husband and I left Jacksonville in July '06. We did everything a modern Metropolitan couple could do. We lived on the river, we had season tickets with the...... Robert: since the 80`s , The N.S.B Norgate Solide Brothers,,,there are extremly dangerous crews affiliate
with a lot of Gang in Montreal City,thers rolling Cote-Vertu Metro with the BLF Bronw Latin Family,Décarie street and...... jan: My grandparents (Rankin) and my Mom later (Raney) lived on Barren Island for a lot of years-they brought their houses by boat to "Bergan Beach" to continue living, They had to leave because of Floyd...... Barker777: I love Jacksonville. We moved here from Northern California and have not been back to Nor Cal since - 5 years now. Same as Nor Cal – spread out but if you can...... linda: I'm a teacher on my first day of school. Came outside, 3pm, school's out, sun's out, it's gorgeous. Love to swim in bays and sounds, saltwater, no waves, so having passed this closeby...... debbie brown: I was at Plum Beach in 2005. I was sadden by the way it was kept up. I live in Michigan we don"t have beautiful places like that is. I stumbled over this article, while...... transplant: Older neighborhoods near downtown - Riverside, Avondale, Springfield, etc. make it easy to use your car less and get out into the world more. If you are really open-minded you can always find like...... CartLegger: [[img:28540]]
This was probably abandoned after being stolen, found on the swampy edge of Howard Beach.
... Amber: Nice shots. I like the stormy one the best. And I love the smoke stacky one -- great composition. Same with the cityscape, beach, foliage in front. Thanks.... JoeyD: Sticky: 4th Aug 2006 - 01:13 GMT
UUummm, that's a skater kid, not a hippie, check out the "rainbow family" or all the kids that used to be on Phish tour type stuff for what modern...... A: Jacksonville is a really nice place to live compared to a lot of places in the country.
There are really only 3 good public high schools...... Steven: Back in the early 80's I lived in a great old dump of a building on Kings Hwy directly overlooking the N Train line as depicted in the last image. My fire escape hung...... jack: now this area i know well since i grew up in bensonhurst and gravesend and the last picture looks like the sea beach express which is in gravesend and kinda skirts bensonhurst, better know as...... jack: well i have no idea about that part of ca. but the sign said lajolla beach and there were many people walking about it and i assumed it was lajolla. i took pic's of...... Jess: That's not really the beach. That's the cove :) You can see La Jolla Shores in the distance of the third picture, but noone calls the La Jolla beach the beach. ... John (aged 44 and a bit): Ahh so many memories. I left irlam in 1985 not i may add for the sandy beaches and climate of a far off land but the more mundane surroundings of Oldham. I grew up on...... IBM: Lived in St Laurent 1980-88. Just east of Decarie on Cote Vertu in fact. Probably ate more Decarie Steamies than was good for me and I still have the occasional Jones for a couple. You'd...... Arnold Magraner: In the mid to late 50's even into the early sixties, I used to go to Brighton Beach Bay3, during the summer with many of my friends from the Borough of Manhattan.
We had formed a...... Jilch: I agree with several postings here. I love living here in Jax. I am a technology professional, who lives in the south side of the city, which is much cleaner than a lot of parts...... yeah yeah: i think its amazing how people are suggesting that jacksonville should become like miami or orlando in order to become more "entertaining"... havent any of you people taken a walk around outside or a swim...... Michael Aronne: I grew up at Barren Island Marina in the early 1980's thru late 2000 and still go back. I grew up sein netting and combing those beaches from the one bridge the belt Pkwy goes...... Louie: I loved the article well written and so true. Its to bad NY politicians arent interested in caring for the beaches and they arent cleaned up.
A high school extra credit outing of cleaning up the...... anon (205.173.35.130): I have lived in Jacksonville for all of 3 months now, and I have to say that I haven't found it all that great. Once you get over the beach and the shopping/dining, there...... Tex : Yes come on down, you'll are welcome! It's a little piece of heaven down here, I earn about twice as much (72k) as what I made up there, no state income tax, no taxes on...... shawnie: It was point lookout causeway @ Jones Beach toll Booth.... Andrew Smith: Nice photo's Jamie,
On the subject of the Great British Seaside, Hunstanton in Norfolk has most of the things you would expect.
A fairground and promenade
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A Pitch and Putt course
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and beach huts
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It did have a pier too...... Hannah: Cleethorpes is great :) I live here, and I've been to the beach and it's an awesome view!
I came across this page whilst trying to find info on the dog walking area! None so far......... Peter: i never made it to the shore in summer 05. come to think of it, i havent been down the shore since, shit, 2001? wow. thats the [[wiki:jersey shore]]. i mean, ive been to [[wiki:coney...... iman: and the second one had to be from rocky point or sound beach... EvilGentleman: Wait, is it possible the "fuck" is actually a verb, and not an adjective? If so, then am I in compliance, considering my wife is an ex-cop? Mind you, she did quit that job before...... clucky hen: We just returned from Kauai, and we must also admit, the birds made the trip. Everywhere you go, from Walmart to the beach- you will see birds. They are hillarious and beautiful. Not to worry,...... anon (75-164-240-214.ptld.qwest.net): You are a very articulate imaginative Intelligent & WISE person~ You NEED to consider writing as a serious avenue of success~ IF that
is what you may find to be your forte! You may have been...... Lorraine whitford: My grandfather grew up on barren Island. My grandmother worked at her aunts candy store during the summers.My graet grandmother bought the jailhouse on Barron Island and moved it to bergen beach. I...... Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Thanks for the last pics... Cyril I was unsure when Brian passed away and didn't want to upset you by asking, now I know. Believe me, life will be different but you will slowly...... Guy: It was at the very least a song. A band called the Euclid Beach Band made up of studio musicians including David Sanborn recorded a song by that name in 1978. A homemade vid of...... jack: anyone who has rode the subway remembers this sign, i took the n train which is the old seabeach express into brooklyn to kings highway. many, many years ago.... Not-a-dicks-fan: It is what it is, but in comparrison to other "Favorite local eats" it doesn't compare to the goodness of others.
The comet in Milwaukee
Hodads in Ocean Beach
... Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Norma,
Yes, we have enjoyed driving through the Adelaide hills up to Hahndorf village many times.We live 5 miles from Glenelg on Henley Beach road.
I went to Irlam Central school with a...... Elicar: Well, sad to say, the snow is almost gone. Itwill be gone for sure tomorrow as forecast is 8 degrees Centigrade.
Here's more snow beach shots.
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... Peter: snowy beach shots are always cool... and yeah, no real snow here in {nyc}. whats up with that? it was flurrying this morning, as mentioned, but nothing stuck...... EvilGentleman: Thanks, little ukraine and Peter. My family was indeed part of the Mohawk ironworking community.
I went to the museum in my hometown of Kahnawake with my grandmother one time, and there was a good-sized display...... kEmS: Palm beach county graff game has and had mad talent. I think normel is dope and tearing shit up for real out here.But i think maer has the illest style in palm beach. Who...... riana: I moved here in 1989 and if you people hate Jacksonville now you would of really hated it back then, there was really nothing to do, and everyone here talked funny. Ive seen it grow...... Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): PS Deb, We are in South Frankston near the beach, so it is only 1 hr for us to come and see you, or vise versa.x... Remenber when: This is the beach that I went for my first BJ by another guy. I was 15 yrs old and was 1970. When skipped school the warn spring day (I attended Wn E Grady class...... XSPARKS: The aerial view of the harbor is nice, but you have the islands wrong. Swinburne is south of Hoffman, which is just off South Beach and close to the bridge. I spent months...... Chris: Washington Baths, Tilyou's Steeplechase Park [the fan blowing up the skirts , the giant slide, the spinning circle, the round ticket with George's face on it] Wonder Wheel's sliding car, Nathan's fried shrimps in...... jack: I love that song, i marched again with my VFW post on Veterans Day, the old men tell me stories about the attack on Pearl and the invasion of normandy and what it was like...... jack: peter you bring tears to my eyes, the old brooklyn-manhattan transit, the sea beach express, the f train and others, i rode them almost everyday, i would walk to school and pass under the el...... BathBeach: In December of 2006, I moved from Salt Lake City to Manhattan. I lived there around 66th street for half a year. [rent: $2,500 a month]. After I had been here a while, I realised...... tSB: good view , you know the boards near the so called bristol arena , that group who do blairaq is a section of classwar , a general anarchic movement which is alot more based in...... Ilona: I love these pictures and I love Brighton Beach..It's great to see how
russian that area is.... pat montelbano: we lived on knickerbocker bet willoughby @ starr atended ps 123 jhs 85 then on to bushwick hs i satayed later on in grove street park. there we heard the fascinators and the...... susannah: haha - I'm at the beach and would like to be on the amtrak coast starlight...sort of... 2less2: it's to bad that you guys haven't taken the time to see the actual truths as they relate Las Vegas and all you've managed to find fault with.
first, one of the biggest reasons the...... steve : Cartlegger; I'll try to be brief with some details. Please don't hold me to the exact dates because I am going back from memory and not researching. Barren Island as we knew it...... colavitos ghost: jack: you say this beach is "too dirty and too trashy"...
do you believe you want change? if so, go clean up this beach!
in related news, all cleveland area readers: this sunday i'm organizing a beach...... jack: too dirty and trashy, i was there many years ago when it was an ok place to run around, floyd bennett had air shows that were spectacular, the beaches were clean, breezy point was nice...... steve : I have this bike in a "Beach Cruiser" style. Anyone interested in purchasing, let me know.
elitecomm1@sbcglobal.net
... BANKSY: This is a follow up work to statues placed on a little known beach in the North of England, I think the beach ones are better ... CE: Ah, the ETS residences, there always seem to be weird parties in that building. I was invited to the annual beach party in the court yard by some people at the bizarre student dep....... jack: barry, you lucky dog, i wish i could go out on a party boat and catch some stripers. i usually go down the shore to union beach and fish for stripers but i only...... bushwick facts:: in the 60-70s all white italian and germans on irving side
Puerto ricans were from other side of central it was like a border
muslims locked down bushwick ave in the 70 -80s and prior...... JoEllen: I just came back from the beach in Coney Island. I moved to Jersey but still love to come back to Brooklyn to see my freinds and hang out on the Boardwalk. Coney...... RickC: I stand corrected. Paul got whacked in the city. I used to love getting pizza at that restaurant. Back then only italians hung out on that part of knickerbocker. I wonder if any of the...... anon (c-66-177-176-226.hsd1.fl.comcast.net): I agree with Dave, Jacksonville is terrific! These 6 pictures are of buildings and over passes downtown...whoever photographed these should have ventured out to the beaches or intercoastal water-ways...Jacksonville is beautiful...if you don't like it...... EvilGentleman: The gray areas of the beach in the satellite photo are beach gravel. The two stripes running lengthwise through that gravel are seaweed from the high tides. That is where this shot was taken. [[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&om=1&t=k&ll=61.600641,-71.958443&spn=0.002485,0.007231&z=17]]... EvilGentleman: Photo 5 was taken from the east end of this hill, looking SE at the lake. [[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&om=1&t=k&ll=61.601947,-71.936975&spn=0.00994,0.028925&z=15]]
Photo 6 was taken along the beach to the W of town, looking N [[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&om=1&t=k&ll=61.598763,-71.988516&spn=0.019882,0.05785&z=14]]... EvilGentleman: Photo 1 was taken from the protrusion at the north side of the lake, looking west. The road was not there yet, and the vantage point has since been buried under gravel. [[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&om=1&t=k&ll=61.600702,-71.929293&spn=0.00994,0.028925&z=15]]
Photos 2, 4,...... EvilGentleman: The pictures were taken looking NW from this strip of beach:
[[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&om=1&t=k&ll=61.600518,-71.95943&spn=0.002485,0.007231&z=17]]... Loretta McKenna: My Father James McKenna worked at 233 Butler St. ASPCA...as a child I played along Gawanas Canal..waiting for his truck to pull in. He eventually was manager of shelterin LONG BEACH..until his death....... Misawa: Jhymie Two Hats, the Birdman of Bondi should be allowed to live in peace on his cliff-side perch. Save the Caveman of Bondi Beach. Laguna Beach rules!... robert: I know yall moved off the subject of ConeyIsland but some ppl talkin like its a nice place. Maybe if you stay by the amusmentpark you will be okay but if you go into places...... iman: and the first one was from mastic beach, right?... iman: man i grew up in sound beach, selden, centereach, rocky point and middle island.... Peter: i got out of bed this morning and saw snow! id rather see beaches and flowers, for sure...... SMOKE: in the movie lord of war close to the starting of the movie when the dude is by the beach on the wall if you look closley you can see sane's tag its realy cool...... EvilGentleman: I see it mentions just about every kind of wheeled transport except... **motorcycles!**. Maybe the bikers have reserved the beach nowadays?... joey: where is the **no** smoking, cell phone, graffiti, loitering sign ##?##
kind of conservative there in laguna beach... EvilGentleman: In May 1989, I stopped in Laguna Beach to watch a wakeboarding championship at the beach. It was pretty cool.... Don't worry about it: I love the shot of the moon in the last photo, It makes plum beach look romantic.TIP for guys don't bring your date there it smells and has garbage around ... seasideguys: we moved to cleethorpes a year ago,great place.fantastic dog walking beach,loads to do.better family place,not bombarded with amusement acardes and the like.
and in the winter it stays open!... emily.stella: Gotta love Kew Beach.... colavitos ghost: i think you should make a spooky movie involving aquatic zombie children on that beach/playground.
or at least do a vogue fashion shoot there.... Red: Moved into 2555 Linden Blvd. in Cypress Projects when they were new; until I got into a fight (1964) with one of the black neighbors...we were all so friendly for a few years and...... don\\\'t worry about it!: I went to plum beach a couple of times,sadly it's dirty and if u walk all te way down (away from the bay) it gets a little less filthy. There are thousands of them! They...... jeeff: i think its just one of those silly things people hang on to in order to seperate "us" from "them". just like the endless argument over "the beach" or "the beaches" neighbourhood.
my own opinion...... tomig: ok.. as famous as bondi is, being austrlia's most popular beach and msot central beach... why do so many people assume that its actually a GOOD beach? i got a lotta mates who live there...... hool: love the one with the red mushroom lighthouse and checkered headscarfed person on the beach. ... jack: WELL NOW, A TRIP TO THE PAST...the last time i was at the fair was when it was in it's actuality. it was in full bloom, you kids should have seen it. it...... adam: thanks! i don't really know how/why things work over there but its definitely different than most other beach areas in la.. ... colavitos ghost: wow, venice beach looks pretty amazing! i would expect it to be kind of cheesy, but this shit looks real. seems like the authorities don't care about people tagging up the beach....is there...... jeeff: great entry! you really convey the strong sense of place in these photos. i've seen venice beach portrayed in movies and video games, but never before has it been "real" to me.... procyon: the second one is my favorite. my aunt lives in huron by a beach that looks a lot like that, and the crane toward the left reminds me of the crane some developers apparently left......
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