Open Thread Wednesday 7/20/11

Thanks for the 311 suggestions, I’ve made the call. Didn’t think I could do it while traveling, but 212-NEW YORK is the same thing (clever!).

They say they’ll check it out within 10 days. Anyone else who parks on Cranberry, perhaps you can call it in as well, give a little push?

Thanks!

Mike

Yes, Demonter. The Johnny Pump is the hydrant next to the gutter!

Well, what do I now see? DOZENS of posters for that most UNCatholic play “Romeo & Juliet” ILLEGALLY posted on like 30 or more lampposts all Over the Heights…..

Gee, I wonder if I or my associates put up signs Promoting something like:
http://www.americanfreepress.net or say,

http://www.mindszenty.org

Or…I could go on…I wonder what the reaction would be……

I just went past Fortune House. The doors were open but there is a new sign posted that says “Closed for Renovations”.

And it’s soda, not “pop”.

Sorry TK, my store won’t work, but I’ll bet Modells has them – or can get them.

@John: “my store won’t work”?

@ German, if you don’t want people stereotyping Germans you shouldn’t call for Zucht und Ordnung.

Nabeguy, how about this old one: “The Bronx? I never go there.”

demonter, we could do this for days. When I was about 12, I came up with an idea for a book that set out the rules for all the wonderful ways we distracted ourselves during the summer months. I even came up with a title for it…A Guide to Gutter Kids Games.

Johnny on the Pony, Kick the Can, Ringalevio (or Cocolevio as an alternative name),stoop ball, punch ball (with a Pennsy Pinkie, cause Spaldeen’s were too hard), box ball, Skelly (or Skittles as it was sometimes known).

How many do you remember? Maybe we can collaborate and get that book published, if only for us nostalgic old-timers who realize what todays bubble children are missing.

Does anyone (other than Since47) remember the game called “Russia,” which involved throwing a Spaldeen against a wall and doing certain movements, which became increasingly complex, before the ball returned? My sister and I — and one of the Gillespie kids, who were the offspring of the super at 8 Clark — used to play it against the more northern portions of the wall of the Towers on Willow Street (the blocks of the wall closer to Clark were too low). On summer early evenings, it was great to play while watching people enter the hotel for ballroom events.
And remember when Good Humor was sold with a simple “slip-on” waxed paper cover, instead of the hermetically sealed device? And the go-with napkins that had a cut for the stick to slip through?

Eddy, since you mention pitching pennies, can you help me remember the name of the game where you had to hit a penny centered between two sidewalk squares?Was it Acey-Deuacy or was that a card game? Speaking of which, how many idle hours did you spend playing Hearts?Our generation of kids may have been bored, but dammit if we weren’t inventive!

There was a Good Humor truck which frequently parked near the Pierrepont Street playground in the early 70s. I’m sure that people from that era remember this guy. For my sixth birthday, my mother hired the Good Humor guy and his truck for the afternoon. Half of the turnaround on Grace Court was closed and we had a party.

Went to Pier 6’s Bark Dogs beer/wine bar for another visit. For such a great location, I would have thought the place would be much more crowded. Obviously they are doing something wrong. No advertising and no decorations/plants, etc may be the reason? Don’t know

oooo penthouse alert y’all. Hicks and Jorelemon. I didnt know they could build on top of these old Brownstones.