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getupandgo: Norman is no fun unless you are 21. The cops here are terrible. Its usually pretty dead on week nights. The only fun would be on thursday, friday, or saturday night. the most fun would be on a football......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

anon (209-33-72-18-purc.tex.sta.suddenlink.net): Norman is an awesome place to live. And I'd like to call attention to the fact that all of the negative comments regarding my town are made by people that are actually rather ignorant of......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Robert: [[img:36558]] Went to see your comment on Octopussy... Meanwhile here's another acrylic on canvas clown, the old man at the left is Norman Mailer in the 90s. Can you guess who the clown is? How about the other......

in response to: Pop Goes The Weasel by Robert

Myrna Spagnolo-Culver: Moved to 1000 President St. in 1954 and attended 241 with Linda Mantel and Norman S.. Was so impressed by neighborhood that I wrote a paper on the area. Ms. Kenny was my favorite......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Rick F.: Sure, we all remember Garcia y Vega on Franklin Ave, along w/knishes at Radins, black & white cookies at Normandie bakery, hot dogs and Ben & Sols, pickels at the appetizing store and egg creams......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

NewportbeachCA: I'll be coming to see some old friends who moved to Norman from Cali two years ago. I can't wait to see the home game this weekend. I really don't believe what people say about......

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Dustin: It seems to me Scott didn't leave the motel, with his photos. My conclusion is he is just starting controversy on this blog. I just moved to Norman and I really like it. It's a......

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R Howell: I was born in Belleville and the town reminds me of a Norman Rockwell town !!!!...

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No Kidding?: [[wiki:Collage]] LOL, Norman. LOL....

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anon (ip68-97-58-204.ok.ok.cox.net): depends on the time of year you go.. during collage time its packed always things to do.. during the summer there are festivals all the time.. and if you dont think its beautiful walk around......

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JustmovedtoOKC: My girlfriend and I just moved here from Kansas. And OKC (and Norman) is making Kansas look like freakin' San Francisco. There is absolutely NOTHING to do in this place! (Unless you......

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Norman Schimmel: Did anyone go to "Reading Time" on Thursdays at The Brooklyn Public Library ? They had chairs and a story was read by one of the people who worked there; to all ?...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (ny-bas00.csfb.com): Hi Everybody, Need your thoughts. I'm looking at a really great 2 family house on Norman Street, right off the corner of Wyckoff. It's about a block from the Halsey L train. What do you guys......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

normanite: i really wonder what this guy was thinking. he is either incredibly stupid because those pictures could be taken in every town of every state, or really good to stir up such a mess getting......

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Zephyer: You want boring? Head south on 35 to Purcell/Lexington. Thank goodness I got out of there and up to Norman....

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Nicole: wow, way to pick the 4 ugliest buildings in Norman for you picture examples. OU is a gorgeous campus, and the homes in Norman are quaint and cute and surrounded by trees- it's beautiful!......

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Hannah: Oh and also, I've lived different places other than Norman and have been to Europe, canada, the Dominican republic, and all around the United states. I lived in Philly and I don't find Norman boring.....

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Hannah: Norman isn't a boring town, thank you very much. I live here and happen to know that there is always something going on here. There are a ton of quaint shops to see, just because......

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Conspicuous : Gino is obviously not very intelligent. He spews his mouth off, and he thinks he is the best. Frankly Gino, if I found a British person in this country, I'd welcome him or her. It......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Linda: Hi Rick Feinstein: Sorry for the delayed response, but I do not have a computer and I use my friend Susan's computer. You may remember her, she lived on Carroll Street near Franklin......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Maggie: OMG! This site has brought back so many memories, good and bad but mostly very fond ones. I grew up in Bushwick from the mid to late 70's until early 90's and regardless......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

ridiculous: ja is norman vename....soo good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXgr5CBboZ8...

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

Shirley: I just happened onto this blog an dfind it very offensive. For someone who stayed at one of the worst hotels in a town of over 100,00 without the University of Oklahoma, If you had......

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DON S.: I was born at 263 Central Ave. That's between Greene and Harmon Streets. It was a time when there were no robberies or muggings. It was a time before the great escape. We could sleep......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon (wsip-70-183-54-48.ok.ok.cox.net): I just happened on this blog by accident and cannot believe anyone can be so boxed in to an idea as this guy. I have been in and out of Norman for the last 30......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

anon (ip68-97-4-225.ok.ok.cox.net): Norman is full of music festivals and indie concerts! ...

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Cherastina: I don't think people 'passing through' should comment on the coolness or dullness of a very large town. If you traveled into the town, you would see we are really quite amazing. We have Griffin......

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Sol: Norman, I recall that PS241 reunion 12 years ago. In fact, I also was hoping for a repeat. The reunion was in the auditorium. I drove there from NJ. I think that......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Rick: Hey Norman - I think I had lunch at B & S every Thursday from kindergarten (with my Mom)through 8th grade (with my buds)when I was at 241. Other times, I would stop in for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

norman: my dad ben owned ben and sol's deli on franklin snd president st for 42 years.i go back to the neighborhood once every 2 years.it has really changed.p.s.241 is still there.they built classes in the school......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Franny Wentzel: What? No Olympic sports playing? No stuffing sausages into a cocktail shaker? No kite flying... but hey, there's no rules against recreating the Normandy invasion! I think I can round up an old Nazi shore battery......

in response to: The Cemetery of No by Peter

Chuck Roast: My son goes to OU on an academic scholarship. He is treated like a king, and he came from Austin, Tx. Compared to Austin, Norman may not have the night life, but it......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

jack: i grew up not too far from there. during the war many fighter planes would circle around my home and i could watch them descending for a landing. the drone of the engines......

in response to: NYC Naturally by CartLegger

Non-Ugly American: I think this joe guy should be proud of himself. Protest is an American right, granted, and to hang a replica of MY American flag upside down means he must be very passionate about his......

in response to: Floyd Bennett Field: Let All Flags Fly by CartLegger

Eileen Ritter: I think this joe guy should be ashamed of himself. Protest is an American right, granted, but to hang a replica of MY American flag upside down is an absolute disgrace. You, joe, disgust me.......

in response to: Floyd Bennett Field: Let All Flags Fly by CartLegger

rick: Doc S - I graduated 241 in '57, so, obviously, I am younger, but I do remember Pasternak. I am still friendly with (and have recently seen) some of the guys and girls of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Keith Bernstein: Jane--The lady who worked at Normandie Bakery was named Rosalie. I lived on E 84th St between Avenues L and M and visited Canarsie a couple of years ago and everything seems different from my......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Jane: Keith, Thank you for the nice comments. I'm glad I brought back some nice memories. You stated that your friend's mother worked at the Normandie Bakery. My mom and I would shop there......

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Keith Bernstein: Jane--you have brought up some nice memories. I am a couple of years older than you and lived on EP and Troy. I used to go to the Carroll for the Saturday matinees (26c or......

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Jane: I had to comment. This is awesome. I was born in 1949 and I lived at 1587 Carroll Street which is between Carroll and Schnectady. I lived there until I was 12 years old.......

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Howard : I saw Harry Truman in a motorcade campaigning for President riding through Eastern Parkway. It was Petach Tikvah (Gate of Hope)on Lincoln Place & Rochester Ave. . For a couple of years Dubrow's had......

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Keith Bernstein: What memories these posts conjure up! Although I can't remember exactly what Judy O looked like, I do remember her as tall and pretty and all of the boys in the class thought so. I'm glad......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

rick: Hey, Doc - the grocery store was the Big Apple, there was also a candy store on Carroll St, around the corner from Klein's, the drugstore, where I, and seemingly, every other guy in the......

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JP1515JeffersonAve: I find it amazing that so many have so many different views yet we all have a common thread...the Love of our hood. I grew up in Bushwick back in the 70's through the 90's.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

janet: Richie--Thanks for the "Gref" reminder. I've been trying to remember the name of our corner deli (the only deli on St. John's until you got to Rochester (or was the next as distant as......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Money Magazine 6th Best Small City: Norman was just voted a best small city and it deserves the ranking. We came from NJ 40 years ago and wouldn't leave for anything. It's a great place to live culturally and......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

OU student: Driving through a city and taking a few pictures of the shittiest hotel you could have possibly roomed in during your one-night stay off the highway is a pretty idiotic way to judge a place.......

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Normanite: I used to live in Manhattan. Granted, this is a much different kind of action, Norman really has a lot going for it. In addition to what has been said, check the city's......

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Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Gary sparkes, re the maypole there was a shop that sold electrical goods next to the shoe shop and laundrette on the other side. Over near lesters newsagents there was a haidressers. The supermarket was......

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

Gary Sparkes: i am drawing a overhead plan of the maypole(irlam shopping centre)so far i have the TSB, harrys chippy(lovely),hesketh amd claire(butcher),gemtime??,electronic shop???,bingo place???,supermarket???,norman lownes grocer with mrs egan knittware,optician???,newsagents (stuart???),cant remember any more,does anyone have any......

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LoveNorman: I moved to Norman from Telluride, Co about 9 months ago....and I would NEVER move back!!! Norman has what Telluride could never have....moral, friendly people, available housing and jobs for the working class, and......

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Bob Salmon: Hi James Off hand I cannot remember Mike Melani although the name rings a bell somewhere? Peter Robinson I remember from school and have not heard of him since we left school. Malcolm Kennedy was a good......

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Ashton: You were in a boring area of Norman.. but it's not as boring as it seems. Oh and by the way someone was shot in the parking lot of that motel. There is a lot......

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SCW: Norman is one of the more scenic and interesting communities in Oklahoma. I lived there and in Oklahoma City (just north of Norman) for 13 years; moved in 1989 to coastal Texas, south of......

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You are an idiot.: Of course you would show the picture of the crappiest hotel in the city to try and prove your point. "Passing through" does not give you enough taste of a city, especially one as interesting......

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Fort: There are a lot more boring cities in the US. Norman has become really big right now, with all the new developments. I'm surprised to come across this blog entry....

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norman sucks: it's funny how the dullest people in the world are defending a dull city in the dull state of oklahoma. i've been to norman. it's only good during the college football season, otherwise it is......

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Patty: I don't live in Norman, but I'm in town on Saturdays for football season. I love it. The next place we move to will most likely be Norman. It is so beautiful and I LOVE......

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anon 2: This is a bit of a late response, but for people who wander across this later.... I grew up in New York City and San Francisco. When I was in Las Vegas, I made a......

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Michelle: Hmm...I live in Norman and it's NOT boring!! This is actually a booming college town with a MAJOR unversity called OU, that you would have seen had you actually gone INTO town!! And no wonder......

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Norman Watkins: My uncle worked at Aquila for the Ministry of Supply upto 1954 on something to do with anti-aircraft missiles. He was killed in a road accident in 1954 and the briefcase he had with him......

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birdy[kirstiem92@gmail.com]: Kay, first off, if you would have gone a tiny bit further down Main Street Scott, you would have found Sooner Fashion Mall. Or you could have continued going down Interstate 45 headed towards Moore,......

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hairsy: hi norman i lived across the street from alex& billy miller they had red hair i don't know what happened to then but who knows where anybody it now. i talk to the gillis and......

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

norman : hey hairsy,that name sounds familiar. doyou know a bill miller,he lived on front st. at cambria.I was born and raised in kensington,and it makes me laugh when I read some of the comments from peoplewho......

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34 years in Norman: I came to Norman, OK in 1973. Never intended to stay. I love the people and especially the big sky. The trees, haze and mountains elsewhere that block the sky make me......

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rick: I lived at 881 Washington Ave (Carroll St) across from Botanic Gardens, Clara Barton (H.S. for Homemaking) and PS 241. What a place to grow up - deadend street to play in plus three school......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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......

in response to: Lest We Forget by Michelle

Okie Pappy Daddy: I like living in Norman It is only boaring if you got to allways be going out and doing stuff all the time like if you have to go out to resterants every night or......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

nothing to gain: Norman is a sanctuary for Oklahoma City. So, by comparison with mundane OKC, it seems nice. Oklahoma is caught between progressive West, and agressive Texas. If you try to talk the talk,......

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Big Momma Becky: Never been to Norman,but after reading all these posts,I want to visit. Sounds like a cool place to me. But then again, I'm from Hutchinson,Kansas.So what do I know?? We made Scott's list also.Check out......

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william weber: norman is a fun town and if you do think so well you are a mean person...

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David: The charm of Norman Oklahoma is that it is kept away from lazy researchers that can't spend enough effort to see the cities for what they truly are. Perhaps rating Barbie dolls would be more your......

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Bushwicks baddest chic aka Bobbi j : this goes out to all you bushwick peeps i was born and raised on irving the streets were two way back then i went to 86 what you know about that the 83 was not......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

DeadRagabash: First off, I was born in a nice little Indian Reservation in Oklahoma, lived all over Okalhoma lived all over New Mexico, Texas & Colorado. As well as 15 odd places in Germany over 2......

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justAgirl: I think it's kinda interresting that Scott says he ate at the first Dennys one day and the second Dennys the next when all four of these photos are of the exact same building from......

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returned_farmboy: I was going to go to all the trouble to refute some claims about Hutchinson made in this post, but then I cam to the realization that: 1) If the author was doing a serious......

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just came back: I recently returned to norman after 10 years of traveling the world. I can easily get bored here, but with a little research and creativity you can always find something fun to do. Norman......

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Kari: What amazes me, seriously, is that this debate isn't just about Norman. It's about the sameness that we have spread across the US. The original set of photographs, honestly, could have been taken......

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oh dear...: iman: 4th Apr 2007 - 00:25 GMT i'm glad i live in a fun town where people know how to live good. i am never moving to the south. I just want to let iman know that......

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Hahaha.: I love all of you who defended norman :) I've lived here pretty much all my life, and it's not half bad. Is your opinion of an entertaining city someplace like Dallas? If so, your poor,......

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J: I've been to Norman and didn't think it was too bad. Hell, it was better than Tulsa. Now there's a boring city......

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chelsea: norman is a cool place. you took pictures of the same place like 5 times. you didn't get cool places like campus corner and the university. open your eyes, you'll see that norman is awesome....

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gingha: i used to live in oklahoma city. the thing the makes norman, and the greater oklahoma city area seem lackluster is because of its relative regional proximity to the dallas/ft. worth area, and also because......

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The Business: I live in Norman, on Boyd Street about a mile from the photos OU Professor posted. Norman is probably one of the better places to live in this state, but the problem with any......

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Peter: is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that the only people arguing that norman isnt a boring place are people that are... from norman?...

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soonercel: Sorry you found Norman so boring. Norman is a great place to live. If you're looking for a broad spectrum city life, you'll have to go elsewhere. We do offer some city-like action, but by......

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Just a thought...: I love Norman! I moved from Austin which is one of the most exciting towns I've ever been to, and Norman holds its own very well....

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EvilGentleman: I could have sworn the first conquest of Alexander was Greece. So the big question would then be, was it a civil war or an invasion? Considering the classical Greek habit of describing both Macedon......

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GC: Thanks to the OU professor for adding pictures of the real Norman. Norman is a wonderful city that has a small town feel. However, Norman is a town that strives for excellence and is home......

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9400: How can Norman be boring? This is the place that Barry Switzer and his gang of highly-paid football players terrorized the streets for years. Can someone say Uzi on a balcony?...

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Ex-Normanite: This is great. I am from Norman and have not looked at pics for a while. That Denny's is the old Howard Johnson's. First, I would like to say that I like......

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hgb: Well, I browsed through all of Scott's boring towns, and feel sad he missed the life of them, or missed any life at all! I moved to Norton, KS in 1969 and thought I......

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OU professor: Ohh, did I forget to mention that over 100,000 people live in Norman! And the Oklahoma metropolitan area, whch we are part of, has over 1,000,000 people! On top of that, a major living magazne......

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OU professor: Norman is the best place to live in the state of Oklahoma! Screw anyone who says otherwise! I've lived here for fifteeen years[[img:18036]] (in addition to several other places around the country) and I'm still learning......

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Bru : Norman is boring, how many times can you go to the art histroy museum or natural science museum before it gets old. It may not be boring to someone who has never ventured out of......

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Karmen King: Its not very smart to say that you "experienced" Norman in any way since you were never farther than 10 feet from the highway. You missed Reynolds Performing Arts Center, Sam Noble Museum of Natural......

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Norman Hudson: A 'Blast from the Past!' 1964 Barnoldswick Gala Day, the Barnoldswick Youth Club Float. PHOTO SHOW Brenda Robinson(Hudson), Norman Hudson, Eileen Waterworth, ?, Dennis Bamber,David Metcalfe(back)Jimmy Stocks(front)Chris stuttard,John Stuttard, ?, George Kirrage(back),Susan Duxbury, Front kneeling Margret Perry, Susan Palmer. The......

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EvilGentleman: General Eisenhower went on to become President, while this old General did not die, but just faded away. Old Blood and Guts was one of the most controversial and amazing men of the 20th century. A......

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Sarah: I have grown up in Dallas... a not so boring town. I am attending OU and would like to tell you that you are not able to get the "life" of norman until you leave......

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