Comments about their lives

There are 100 comments about "their lives"

Peter: toys always have lives of their own :-0...

in response to: Creepy Baby by elaine

Rohinton Ghandhi: November 27th, 2008 To City Noise Editors, I have recently begun writing articles for the Verdun Messenger's new English Corner segment. They cover Verdun's history and the people within it. I thought your group......

in response to: Verdun Neon by CE

American Male: Huh, racist? Protestants and Catholics are a race? Also, I've been to N. Ireland, and the same sort of thing is in the Nationalist areas, what with the PLO/IRA one struggle mural. Honestly, saying one......

in response to: The Waterside by Jamie

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......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

The System: Denial of what? You're using this nebulous sense of "victimization" to play devil's advocate for those who don't take advantage of the system, on their own, to benefit. Don't build walls -- because hey, I......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

unknown: I met my now fiance in a small town. I learned that he was born and raised in CG until he was shot not in his neighbor, but on the southside of the Chi. The......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Warren S.: "Putrid lives" speak for yourself... Simple fact: child abuse is wrong, it's illegal, and children suffer for it well into their adult lives. Nowadays it's illegal to see it and NOT report it. Maybe you......

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

Ed "Class of 60": I guess there are some people that look in the mirror and don't like what they see. They blame everyone but the person in the mirror for their miserable putrid lives. They look......

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

arquitecto: Xavi, good post. I feel your pain. I am a central american immigrant who grew up in cleveland. Went to school in Portland and am living in Sacramento CA. I have gained......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Joe Drexler: From a building design standpoint many blocks in Bushwick were attached "row frames" as known by firefighters these row frames differed from attached brownstones in that the space or void between the roof and the......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

augydoggy: To all the naive people in here that think raccoons are cute and are their backyard pets: These are wild and cold-hearted omnivores that care nothing about you and would eat you alive if given the......

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

Bea K.: Lou Romero, Upfromflames, all: I've heard so much about "white flight" just about all my life, that I honestly don't think that 'term' will 'ever' go away, how sad it that? I've also wondered if......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

nate: my great aunt (my mothers aunt who her uncle married) lives their)...

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 13 by Scott Sargent

Warren S.: To: Mary A... I wonder you and I know each other... I blotted out so much of “back then” I forgot exactly when I would have graduated St. B's -- if I had graduated --......

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

Mary A.: I graduated from St. Barbs elementary school in 1962. May all the nuns I had experience with at St. Barbara's burn in hell. They knew nothing else but to strip you of any......

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

Ecto 5000: i lived on Menahan st and Wilson ave rite on the corner in the projects.They were called p60 now they are called Hope Gardens, ive moved away and came back and things have change.But for......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Anna: Now that a team has won in Philadelphia (Souls) I guess the curse is broken! But I didn't see on the news that the El was set on fire or cars and buses were......

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

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

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

Who Cares for Kensington: Sandy describes a perfect example of failure of the most basic services. At what point does a city department administrator decide that he/she will not offer resources to respond to a problem in a given......

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

Cecilia Midiri: Read backwards Joseph, you brought up the race card: JOSEPH BRIDGE: 22nd Jun 2008 - 12:21 GMT yeah, white flight. that about sums it up. I'm white and I know that that is when people started moving out...I......

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

Sandra Hampton aka Sand 120, 111... 1956: RIP Alfred, Harold, Gladys, Keith Hampton i am the grandmother of 5 of the grandchildren of lajoes older sons i have had recent contact with the family of the book. they are doing fine and......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Me: Re to Returnee What baffles me is that these so called "happy and better off since I left Hutchinson" people just keep posting their negativity on this site. If they are so much better off and......

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

James cashan: Hello jon B. Malcom Kennedy is related to my dad through marriage of his mum to Ken connor (pics of Train), I lived and dad still lives across road from Pete n......

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

B Street: I grew up across the street from one of the few working factories in Kensington starting in 1965 until I was forced out 22 years later. While I too have fond memories of wall ball, swimming......

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

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

Stasia: Just out of curiosity, what is the HA's stance on getting involved in domestic disputes? I have two friends who are being stalked and harassed by some loser who shows up at their houses......

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

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

chiamattt: jack, its funny you should say "in an area of possible war" because NO ONE here thinks the DPRK will invade the ROK. It's just not gonna happen. Also, there are NO real guns here.......

in response to: Cosplay by chiamattt

Matt Parde: I was born and raised in Belleville, lived there for almost 30 years. I always had something to do and had a lot of fun. It's nice to know who lives in your......

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

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

ex-Bellevillian: Personally...I think Belleville is the most boring town in the world and I grew up there. Still have family there too. Belleville has always had this gran idea of itself because it host......

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

Sue Hadingham:24th April 2008 -19:50 GMT: My Grandfather was the senior administrator at Netherne for many years and similarly my Grandmother worked on the wards as a nurse. My fondest memories were also visiting the pantomime and staying at my......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

Joe: Hello CB Dare, Sounds like you have very important things to say and the courage to go with it. I can only explain my experience with my early years in Kensigton. There is somethimg to be......

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

Tex Re: Me: I know people like you don't want to hear the truth, you're probably a crook or a drug dealer that enjoys the lifestyle that exists in Hutchinson since it caters to your lifestyle. But,......

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

Peter: tom: i think its ludicrous to simply look at the "thousands of lives lost that day" without trying to dig deeper into the why and how of it. i think it disrespects both those who......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

Tom: hi, i'm from the u.k, so u probably won't care what i think, but sod it. I dnt kno the politics of your country v.well, but wether it's a cover up or not, the terrible......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

ExKansan: I guess I missed all the above mentioned incest, pedophilia and lynch mobs growing up in Belleville, but I must say that would hardly be boring! Like other posters here I moved away to a......

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

Peter: so... perhaps we can get past all the pointless name-calling and someone who actually lives in {hutchinson} can post some photos that prove their point? otherwise, this thread is just becoming a big, endless argument......

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

B. B: I live in Henry Horner as well from 1982 until 1989. I have to say that my time in the Horner projects was a learning experience. I raised 5 children there and none......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Vicki: I grew up in Kensington (Coral and Clearfield) or Coral and Elkhart...block down from Frankford Ave. I went to Mastbaum for HS, Conwell for Middle and Williard for Elementary. I have many great......

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

jack: happy new year, i like the memorial for those who lost their lives, knew a fellow airborne ranger in my outfit, keung (pronounced: kern) great guy we were friends, his uncle fought in WWII, he......

in response to: Chinese Lunar New Year NYC by Laura

EvilGentleman: Ah yes, I know this run well. Journeyed from Nunavut to Winnipeg by plane, then to Montreal and back by Greyhound. With my son, who was age six at the time. And that was all......

in response to: Greyhound Stops Along the 17 by walkhere

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Norma, Greetings from Adelaide ( arrived here in september 1980 ),and many thanks for your condolences on the passing of our much loved son Brian.He leaves his wife Jen and their 2 lovely children, Chris......

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

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......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

StudentofArt: I wonder how much effect the crucifixes have on the people who wanted to but don't take their lives. Is it the biblical purgatory and fear that turns them back, or the inconvenience of it......

in response to: A Life Saver by elicar

Diana Manchur-Henke: Rick, Michael lives upstate now near Albany. I'll let him know you asked for him. My father passed away 2004. My mom lives in Queens and is doing well. I'm glad the neighborhood is......

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

Evinrude: Alfred. Again you stated over again what has been brought up before. If you have looked through the site you will see that old bastards like yourself enjoy the same things, the comsmosphere, NJCAA,......

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

jack: yeah, it looks like a nice building, the old architecture must give way to the newer sleek buildings, i am old architecture, and i have given way to the newer sleeker young buildings that have......

in response to: Viagra Headquarters? by serlingrod

Kimberly: I am happy to hear other people know the truth,I only wish someone with some pull would walk in & do something about it.But this town seems to cover their tracks very well.But if only......

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

Padre Island: I am honestly not a Hutch hater, I was born there and grew up in that area. It just saddens me to see what the city was 30 to 40 years ago, and the situation......

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

rachael: hmmm... many of the comments i've read have either amused me or angered me...but I'll go on anyway... i'm a brooklyn native and originally from east flatbush. my parents left there to move to long island [for......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: sorry about the health care problem there, i am on medicare now but all my working years i paid over $400 a month for my health plan, it was the best, when i had open......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

Someone Who Made it Out: I lived in Hutchinson for the majority of my adolescent life. By the time I had reach the 8th grade at Sherman back in 1999-2000, I had already become a product of which Hutch has......

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

JOHNNY MOSS: I HAVE TRAVILED THE UNITED STATES QUITE A BIT AND HAVE LIVED IN SEVERAL DIFERANT CITIES AND STATES, AND CAN TESTIFY TO THE FACT THAT ANY TOWN THAT YOU GO TO HAS MORE THAN......

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

Anonoymous: I will try to be succinct with my words. The symbols, ideology, artwork, whatever you prefer to call it serves one grand purpose, and this purpose, I will reveal in the conclusion of this......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Peter: hey "like it is": even our 'beloved' [[4368:hutchinson, kansas]] has more sex offenders per capita than {bushwick}! your brand of reactionary bullshit is just that... bullshit. whats your point? i mean... i live in {bushwick},......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Trek 9800 OLCV: Stolen last night off my porch (along with my wifes bike) - if you manage to see it around town please let me know. Queen + Carlaw area. Funny thing is I was walking my......

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

Cloned Prince: I wrote a Parkour Rap! Things just aint the same for todays traceurs, Cops and pigs want to see us in handcuffs Yamakasi and the Belle are aging, The old traceurs, well they're all changing, Making way for new......

in response to: Parkour Trip to Lisses by Ben Nuttall

Mr M Gates: yes i was raise in the horner and i will miss that place mainly because of the remember of growing up there and the many friend that was lost because of the gangs and also......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

jack: thanks little ukraine, would like to know your first name, but i informed my son who lives on the street where that drug bust took place. i'm generally down there every so often and......

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

Former Salt Hawk: I read this multitude of comments with bemusement, shock and sorrow. I was born and grew up in Hutchinson, Kansas, and, like the old familiar Neil Young lyric, "All my memories are there". ......

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

Teresa: Jim, I took your email and will be in contact some time soon. A reunion of some sort would be awesome, especially the school in the school, I've wanted to go in numerous times just don't......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Bushwick Girl: My Bushwick...I love this neighborhood. I've been in the bush since 1988 I migrated here when I was 8 yrs old. Back then I was too young to understand what was really happening in this......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: I dunno how terrorism is supposed to be stopped by more guns. If the terrorists are deterred by machine guns on USCG boats, then they are pretty lame terrorists. Fact is, America and Canada are......

in response to: Did You Bring Protection ? by joey

Bobs Ferry Accident: We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When the walk had ended I had a chat with Mrs Heap the ‘Irlam Historians’......

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

gioconda: I live in Los Angeles. Just lost 2 cats to raccoons in 2 weeks. Faccoons come to eat grapes & oranges that grow in my backyard, and since its' summer and everything is ripe, they......

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

realworldgirl9: You know, the reason our entire country is in a shit hole right now is because of the lousy attitudes of people today. I have lived in many places in my life, for instance:......

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

Alec: I did an engineering internship there 21 years ago when I was 19. I went there this morning and viewed basically the same thing as the photos show (my first time back there). ......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Guy McLaren: Thats a protest against Mugabe methinks, the fearful two are subjects fleeing for their lives...

in response to: Quite Possibly the Weirdest Mural Ever Made! by CE

Cort: I just finished the book and it was amazing. To get a window into the lives of the children and their mother was a gift. ...

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

jack: very good writing eg sad story i've known girls who lived that life i want to beat up fathers who do those things to their little girls i know one father i shouldn't call him......

in response to: Lost by EvilGentleman

jack: once upon a time, an aging man, was left home, alone, his wife had gone off to work, his children all at their places and with their families, and this old man, well older gentleman,......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

.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

Francis: That is not their personal vehicle and they are working. People who work at restaurants get free food and people who work at candy factories get free candy. Cops get to park illegally WHILE working,......

in response to: Traffic Enforcement Or Not! by groovehouse

amnda fouracre: do you remember julie anderson at number thiteen ,,and karen and marie cunningham that lived at number three,where you with us when the jarvis's went on holiday and we snooped around their house after finding......

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

joh: [quote] EvilGentleman: 1st May 2006 - 02:31 GMT Why does everyone want to think only of their own cities? [......] And sorry to say this, but Toronto seems to have a lot of sore winners! Shut up,......

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

NERC: "He can never compare to graffiti artist that have nothing and risk every thing including their lives to lose,all for their art, people with no other outlets, and if it wern't for graffiti they'ed probaly......

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

Yo Miss: i've been teaching at one of the neighborhood middle schools in bushwick for 5 years now, and even in just that short amount of time i have seen a TREMENDOUS amount of positive change in......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

John Day: I don't think artist should get preferential treatment because they believe the universe is centered around them. What about all the other talented people in Toronto who go on with their daily lives and contribute......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

susannah: ..I will concede that I know very little about the HA except what I have been exposed to in the media. I remember many years ago an open house for a rental apartment in......

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

Graff lover Nab: Man,first bombing and piecing are two different things,but you need both to become a true king, a real well rounded graff writer Ja just has the bombing aspect just about any one can kill any......

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

JNJ: Again. The problem isn't your, "whiteness". Human phenotypes don't necessarily always reflect the genotypes. "White", just like Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, is just a generic term used to separate people for the......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

JNJ: "I was running in Humboldt Park the other day, as I have for a few years, when 2 Puerto Rican 17ish year olds rammed their bicycles into me. I stepped to them, as it were,......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

TruLyes: "stop" is actually a french word in origin, which was actually an arguement that was made a little while ago by the French Language Police, but the end result was that STOP was originated in......

in response to: Montreal Signs 4: Westmount and Mount Royal by EvilGentleman

caringmom: My son has made a movie about and for the people from Cabrini. It is their story. He has given hope where there was no hope. He is trying to change their lives by helping......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

rev roger: i think alot of you people take yourselfs way to fucking seriously its like being in high school all over again,jealousy over who is making money and whos not in the art biz.fuck.. for once......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

ross: hey im from Engalnd and i was reall y touched by the event. and i think they should build a big monument with all the names of the people who lost their lives....

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

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......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

Joseph Sassone: I was 15 years old when Bobby Sands died and remember it rather well. The other 9 men who gave their lives for the cause are sadly overshadowed somewhat by Bobby but someone had to......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

angel_fish: I can understand why people who have no previous knowledge of vampire freaks are concerned, and if I didn’t belong to the site and know as many truly intelligent and compassionate people from it as......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

hrifijnbdksjnfksdf: I i had just read the book i am 12, i am very interested in the other life that i could be living now. It's scary to think that it could be me waking up......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Kat: I love the third picture. It always makes me smile to see a grin like that on an older person's face, when they've been through so much pain in their lives. My grandparents......

in response to: August 26 2006 Vancouver by hool

EvilGentleman: Rest in pieces, you worthless shit. The girl, Anastasia DeSousa, was only 18 years old, and now she's gone forever, a permanent hole in the hearts and souls of the DeSousa family. Who the fuck......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

OGLACH: MP Bobby Sands grave has been spat on! He never Died So we could Give up our right to irish independence ! Certain political groups gave it up! look it up! He never died so......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

Karlo: Volunteer Im not trying to convince you of my views,i am merely trying to reach an understanding with you as a human being. If i were standing next to you,i would offer you my sincere condolences and......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Karlo: Whilst appreciating their reasons,I do feel it would be better if whoever was controlling this site didn't delete posts such as the one made by volunteer. Although it was bitter in the extreme,and potentialy liable,what it......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Tony: I WAS born in a house on Bushwick Avenue and Halsey Street. My father and mother were both immigrants from Italy, They left italy for the new world to improve their lives and to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

vanessa vargas to boc: corrections to my previous post before boc attacks me lol the ppl in the community have to start caring about themselves and start taking control of their lives the* way you have. i applaud you! forget*......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

vanessa vargas to boc: glad to see you're doing something with yourself. i know all about slang, but there is a difference between slang and incorrect grammar and mispellings (i.e. intrest, definitly, their vs. there, etc.). that......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew