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Comments about hands

There are 100 comments about "hands"

mutjatjo: and forget about, he will never finished, if a construction company doesnt help, he told me he needs 30 more meters up, and finish the roof, but his hands were completely smash by concrete, u......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Donburi: AVOID these cretins AT ALL COSTS! What everyone above said -- they will take your deposit, promptly forget about you, then exhaust you with so many delays and astoundingly inane excuses that you almost give......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

Richie Rubin: Allan;yep,I also played in Lincoln Terrace pk[base/basket/softball, w/guys from your blk & general`hood[even played in a`Blackhawks vs Pigtown'football game..`rough tackle'..many of US got hurt!but it fended off a`gangwar'& WE shook hands & went to `White Castle'for .10 cent burgers......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: hi joey, its been almost two years since you asked for a story about the beat generation in the village. well its better late than never, so here is a short one. my......

in response to: Blue Note Lounge by jack

Anne Poulsen: Dear Pearly Kings and Queens. I'm currently studying for my PD. and my next project is on the Pearlies. I live in Denmark and it is only recently that I have learned about your amazing culture.......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

JoAnn LaForte: oh and a P.S. God help any one of the teachers that MY 2 KIDS had [throughout their 12 years of catholic school] if they ever laid hands on them, the way they did......

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

GGP: What a charming and handsome couple. Blessings to them and the priest who had the courage to make it so....

in response to: Gay Marriage in Church by Rune Willem

Mako Sands: I love going places I'm not suppoed to, so I was sad to find they'd put this on a fence around my school. I was just following a Pukeko. It washed off my hands with......

in response to: Anti-Climb Paint by kobe

dave: I stopped there looking for a nice place to fish never realizing it's past history. Is this place safe?. After reading these articles I don't think I'll ever visit this place again.To bad because the......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

Warren S.: Sometimes, I had to report to the cloakroom straightaway or directly to the hallway. One nun had a big steel edged ruler, named "Mr. Brown;" she whacked kids across the palms of their hands with......

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

bikeguy: Uncle Jacobs is getting a lot of negative reviews here as a stolen bike shop. Look, if you're going to sell used bikes in the world capital of bike theft then you're obviously going to......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

vickie : I was living in Texas at the time of the Murrah bombing. As I watched the coverage on television, my eyes filled with tears, not just for the victims, but for the way Oklahomans......

in response to: OKC - June 9th, 2007 by Brad

Ursus: I have just applied the Black Anti-Vandal/Intruder paint to My connifer because the local brats were severely damaging it, It looks a real eyesore from the damage they caused so I decided to coat it......

in response to: Anti-Climb Paint by kobe

Hands and Feet: Just got this today. The reality is this all started about the mid fifties or earlier. I remember moving several times before I was five years of age. This was due to depressed economics in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

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

anon (hrtl-01-0036.dsl.iowatelecom.net): New York should be number one, hands down. It's simply too large to even place in a photograph. ...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

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

MR: Loved Kensington!! Grew up at Somerset & Jasper, worked at a deli on Kensington Ave & Somerset in the early 70 thru to the early 80's. Never had to worry about being robbed. Everyone looked......

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

sharon, swansea: hi to all thanks for the lovley comments, like i said, it was karl`s way of getting the message through, it was a very vivid dream, i`ve always been a sceptic, when......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

truehater!!!: neckface his no handstyle hes needs 2 gain sum style n dem hands cuz dat shit is wack!!!!!...

in response to: Graf Trux 21: Neck Face, NYC by Peter

Peter: {brooklyn bretta} has been around for years, and are hands-down the best scooter shop/repair in the area. i wouldnt take my scoot anywhere else. [[http://www.brooklynbretta.com]] ...

in response to: Brooklyn Vespa by Peter

m: hydrants are holding hands i think...

in response to: Hydrant to Hydrant by POWcityblog

Nick Aceto: I had to comment on this one, plus it was written on my B-day. Anyway, I, too am reaching that age, 27, where skateboarding just doesnt feel quite the same. Still, I've found that a......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Reginald McAdam: To the person who said - ##"firstly the person in question does not wash their hands after urinating"## Seriously. What's the fascination with washing your hands after urinating. If your penis is dirtier than your hands......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot! A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo. [[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]] by Adam Enright I was thrilled to read about......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Stolen while I worked... Curses!: Hello this was my bike. Scott FB60 Speedster - Black, Grey, Gunmetal, 24 spd, 23c tires It was stolen between 5-7 on Thursday, May 30, 2008. In front of the University of Toronto Athletics Center,......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

sharon, swansea: hi could i explain why i`m posting this please, I LOST MY 19 YR OLD SON KARL,( AKA KARLO...) TO METHADONE MISUSE, IN OCT 2007, AN ABSOLUTE WASTE OF A LIFE, HE WAS......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

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

Josine: I've been last week there. It's fantastic what he's making with his own hands. Now he got a vieuw workers with him. Respect for Gusto he is amazing and adorable...

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

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

Alan Taylor: Hi Sheila & Cyril, I recall both farms and used to go and watch 'young' Max Shacklady and his followers practice wrestling in one of the upper barns behind which the threshing machine with long belt......

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

SKIP365 bbk ssp : anyone that says that this stupid toy neck face is a god knows NOTHING about graff.neck face scribbles his horrible tag with no handstyle. heres a few REAL legends. cope stay high 149 revs cost etc neck face is no......

in response to: Is Robert Oppel Neck Face? by Peter

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob Really interesting old photos.I can all but see the "back entrance" under the railway to the Steelworks canteen. I wonder if there were many loyal workers there as my father-in- law was, after spending 50years......

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

darius: ok look for all you new people who have no fucking clue im frome frisco cali and stright bus hopping is our thing. look you get a basic mop mini mop shoe polish mop whatever......

in response to: Snatch by Peter

JoeyD: ahhh I see he has the muffler in his hands in your photo> I used to live just around the corner from this big guy on wilson st... I sure do miss......

in response to: Babe\'s Muffler by JoeyD

Alan Taylor: Hi Marissa, Your last picture I recall it as a thriving shop for sweets & toys and when it changed hands the new owner an ex-barber from Burtonwood AAF Base built the almost flat roofed side......

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

janet: Hi Stan—and all you 167 alums out there—The beautiful public library in classical style on Schenectady & Eastern Parkway was a place to visit, to use, but for me not to hang out in and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

CHEDDI-FKS, JVC. G11 - NYC QBORO: Spoiled or not....your man is up, way up....up in the muthafucking sky. RESPECT. The NYC streetscene and subway system cannot be compared to, hands down the illest vandal cicumstances. If anything and @ the least......

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

jeeff: i use my hands....

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

walkhere: no, i can't claim them as my own. there are more, though, or there were, at least, i don't know how many are still around. the spot the first hands i posted are in, though,......

in response to: Need a Hand? by walkhere

procyon: in the front page thumbnail it looks like the hands of the drowned coming up through black water and ice......

in response to: Need a Hand? by walkhere

Bob: The Hutchinson, KS haters amuse me. I'm sure some of them have lived in other cities, some have attested to it in their diatribes. However it seems that they are either young or......

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

Beanz: Whoever pees on the street is a dirty bastard anyway, firstly the person in question does not wash their hands after urinating, secondly children especially little girls do not wanna be walking past grown men......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

BJ: I agree with ette. Looking at corporate war profits in USA and Europe today shows how immoral war is. We blindly send our youth to wherever the powers that be decide, then start shipping them......

in response to: Memorial to Berlin Wall Deaths by nomad

BENO: Great throwies,NYC Handstyle foeva.. ...

in response to: NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up by Metro1

Victoria Ware: i was in the class of 2007 and to be honest my first impression of acorn wasn't a good one. i was always the quiet type and never spoke to any one (yeah i did......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Mitch Waxman: The legs are from abcesses caused by the heroin. Used to know a guy on 22nd street called "Johnny Rottenlegs" who did this to himself as well. Shoot dope, and veins collapse, causing swelling and......

in response to: Homeless Subterranean by Peter

Elicar: In Flanders Fields By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still......

in response to: Lest We Forget by Michelle

jack: that's a new craze dance step from roseland on 43rd street in manhattan, it's called the penquin walk and you can't use your arms only your hands and tiptoe around, really good shot....

in response to: Oct 26 2007 New York by hool

SNARE.ONE F1C: River Park is actually a small washed-up grouping of dated townhomes adjacent Watson Park along Wellington. Part of this area IS abandoned. That was the second letter I recieved for tags in this area. ......

in response to: Respect in River Park by jeeff

Doug Burdette: Although I have traveled the world several times I still live in Aberdeen. The Ideal diner is probably the one place in town that constantly reminds me of my youth and of a great era......

in response to: New Ideal Diner by EvilGentleman

MaGoo: Thank you, Editor, and UFF and Cartlegger. I won't go hog-wild here- as I realize that there are so many other areas of human endeavor that come into play when discussing this topic, that it would......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Ilona: Thank you Serlingrod. I remember many night of sleeping in airports and train stations, holding your bags with one hands and wiping drool with the other.:)...

in response to: Waiting at Penn by Ilona

CartLegger: Li'l U: I'd love to get my hands on the tompkins square riot to my students. Any clue on how to get hold of it?...

in response to: Your House Is Mine - Return of a Legend by little ukraine

daniel: i bought a parrot (blue fronted amazon, it was very young) about five years ago, and have kept it in the room beside my kitchen. at first it would always try to bite me when......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

Metro otb mafia: [[img:23032]] dondi has been my biggist inspirations in graffit and art in general. I painted a canvas that hangs in his mothers home in brooklyn today..He was hands down the greatist artist ever in my......

in response to: Dondi: NYC King by Peter

tiara lingua: Oh my freaking goodness, Jeef, my side hurts from laughing. This is the coolest freaking thing I've read in AGES! There is no way he'll read this because his comment is from 2006, but......

in response to: casualties of war by jeeff

Eric: Wow, what a thread! I've always been amazed at peoples attitudes toward peeing. Unfortunately, it's something that every living human does. We don't breath or blink in private. The age old myth that washing......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

BelRoC IOFcrew: I don't but, TC5 & FC are some real serious crews. That RYSK tag is very interesting to me because I've meet RYSK IBM from Brooklyn. But he lived someplace in the South not far from where I......

in response to: DMC DA MASTAS OF CREATION. by DEZO

jack: at one time randalls was an adventurous place, dumps, weird people, but in the 70's they built apartments and a tram and now it's respectable. don't be afraid of times square, i worked at......

in response to: Times Square by Cinic

Tony T: Reading through all of these posts brings up a mixed bag of emotions. Like many here, I left Bushwick years ago (16 years ago actually). Japan is my home now, and it is a far......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CE: Yeah, seriously, when I make food, I don't wash my hands every 30 seconds and have never made it a point to wear a cap while cooking. I seem to be doing ok. The poutine......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

Dick: When I was a kid I asked my father who was a doctor whether it was important to wash one's hands after urinating. He replied that urine does not carry disease causing organisms. ......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

EvilGentleman: Wanna bet that Antoine gets sick more often than the rest of us? If so, it is probably due to the fact that his body has no germs to build immunities to. Put down the......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

Antoine: It doesn't mean that if it's OKAY with you then it's fine. A food inspector went to pay them a visit and yes, he confirmed that no one was washing their hands neither wearing a......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

female just wondering: Question? is any one concerned with washings ones hands when your done peeing? Don't know how santitary this would be to continue with out washing , but I do see many with the opportunity to wash......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Shadow sage: Hey Chris I emailed you on your Parkour invitation and I emailed you too jack on the club. Ive recently started parkour and have wanted to parkour with someone for the longest time. I am......

in response to: Oklahoma City by Saint Clair

I hate Hutchinson: Hutchinson is full of thieves, drug heads, drunks and general losers. All the people with any promise move from this town and get a life. I was happy to see this website, Exposing the nasty......

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

Antoine: Have you noticed that the staff don't care about hygiene? They handle cash and food at the same time. I never see them washing their hands after operating the cash registery and they handle raw......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

Carmen Milagros Matias: My dearest sister, I came across this article while on a search of some questions of my own past. I was unaware of so many things and upon reading this article, I was consumed with emotion.......

in response to: 180 Central Avenue: What Was Lost by upfromflames

Chiamattt: I don't like point and shoots because I can't hold them and press the shutter like I can with a dslr. The blur is due to hardly shooting while standing still. I am in motion......

in response to: Dongdaemun by Chiamattt

John : Hmmm. Whatever the hell they do here, there seems to be an abundant need of bagged snacks and work gloves. So their hands don't get the powdered cheese on them, I wonder?...

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 9 by Scott Sargent

groovehouse: Yeah! A right across the jaw! The other guys hands are down, this could be the final round!...

in response to: Stoop Boxing by CartLegger

upfromflames: cjh: thanks again for your post. I used it on a walking tour of Bushwick today. One more story to add to the many, found in buildings gone, standing, and yet to be. Hope you......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: Lea, you definitely have "the eye". Keep up the good work. And as far as your choice of photo editing software goes, I tend to do all my cropping and resizing with Microsoft Photo Editor......

in response to: Vancouver by Lea

Jamie: Yeah Microsoft Photo Editor is quite possibly the suckiest piece of photo editing software in the universe. To be honest, just about anything you can lay your hands on is better. [[goo:The Gimp]] is pretty......

in response to: Vancouver by Lea

pearlseeker: We live on a farm. We have about 15 feral cats...and now 2 raccoons! When I call the cats to eat, the raccoons come out to eat, too! They act like they......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Don Canham, Lt. NYFD Ret.: That fire was no "all hands" fire. It was a Boro Call. A boro call is when you run out of enough companies to handle the fire and resort to using companies from other boros,......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: The All Hands Fire by upfromflames

yourmom: you know what?? this shit is really good. But why doesn`t dubside take pics of my hands?? huh...

in response to: Hawaii Graffiti by dubside

rasputin: is it possible to purchase one of these posters? i'd really like to get my hands on a couple if not the collection. - please hlp me find one. dsk3808@hotmail.com...

in response to: The Patron Saint of Eternal Suffering by groovehouse

jack: very humorous pictures. i was laughing when i saw the saw the guy on the phone telling his child that he caught tweety bird and has it tied to his back, and the old man......

in response to: April 21 2007 Toronto by hool

Marilyn : I have lived in Norton for 32 years. To some people it may seem "boring" but I assure you a person can be as busy and involved as they want to be. We have......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

jack: iman you sound like a smart kid, in the 50's in brooklyn there were little street gangs on every other corner. a gang then were just a group, a clan, kids from down the......

in response to: But There Is No Other Door for the over 50 Year Old Gang by jack

Caleb Chatfield: Yes Scott, the old Sankey Motors building comprises the sum total of what goes on in Belleville. Maybe this is your point, to get a rise out of individuals and to make broad sweeping......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

Earnest ( Bubble) Pettis, Crane '68": Well I grew up at Henry Horner at 1920 W. Washington # 606 and like John Bland, a classmate of mine so aptly stated this plan has been in effect for many years due to......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

jack: they're coming, i've seen them looking down on us, space creatures, slowly taking they're postitons on this, our planet, our earth, they are disguised as power poles, sucking our power, ready to pounce on us......

in response to: Utility Pole by groovehouse

EvilGentleman: You always seem to have a pun close at hand. Quite a handy ability, jack. I have to hand it to you, you are the Olympic pun champion, hands down....

in response to: Anonymous Eternal Fame by EvilGentleman

Hunter : I am not under the impression that any of these murals were intentionally dictated to Leo Tanguma by some elite agency. Instead, I think he may have been picking up on some type of a......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

jack: my two favorite girls, prancing about in london, the next thing you know citynoise will have a convention in manhattan, oh my, oh my, i don't want you to see me and lose the illusion......

in response to: Out and About with Elaine by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: Part IB - Birth - Billyburg's First Hipsters Came From.....Bushwick: Bushwick was mainly pastoral in pre- and post-Revolutionary War Kings County; salt meadows offered excellent grazing. Farming was central to the local economy. However, by the......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

jack: i can see myself driving down an open highway, cruising at 105 mph (like i did when i had my 56 chevy) police officers out there, sorry, never got a ticket for that one, i'm......

in response to: Classic Cars 2 - 1966 Sting Ray by EvilGentleman

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

grange: 23. You go to a resturant , only read english , forget your glasses at home , and have to leave . 24. You only speak english , someone who only speaks french trys to......

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

genn: i can see that everyone has their own personal opinion about hellz angels. Its like a well known family. they have their business, problems, just like a normal family would. yes the sell yes they......

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

The Optick One: Ja is a god of graffiti. All hands down. He is in the elite of Graff legends/underground legends. Ja is known to ppl everywhere, in every city block of Now Why Cee. Regardless of who......

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

kc: as if the city were enmeshed in a cat's cradle. if that's what it's called. that string in your hands thing....

in response to: Wires in the Sky by joey

jack: its amazing, i can translate this, it say's 'jack is the greatest' 'jack is the best', jack is a handsome fellow' 'there is no one as smart, sophisticated, daring, wonderful, and humble as jack' ......

in response to: Wires in the Sky by joey

Mike m - Apopka, Fl: What he has done is amazing But can you imagine the people he could of helped with the spirit and determination he has? A church or cathedral being built for God starts in the Hearts......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

ENES MZC IMOK: JA is a real king of bombing! hands down end of story....

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

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