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Date Posted: 16:26:34 01/10/07 Wed
Author: Ralph Sadek
Author Host/IP: cache-mtc-ac05.proxy.aol.com / 64.12.116.134
Subject: Re: a small dose of nostalgia on a rainy saturday
In reply to: M Slotnick 's message, "a small dose of nostalgia on a rainy saturday" on 10:45:12 05/07/05 Sat

Mrs seigel was a panic-I remeber"ecoutez et repetez-lol >My message was archived? Oh well, time for another
>one!
>
>I remember many things about growing up in Canarsie.
>It was a great place to grow up. It was safe. I
>wouldn't let my kids walk home from school for lunch
>like I used to at age 7 back in second grade. I
>remember the excitement of being in 5th grade (PS115)
>and having a dollar to go out to lunch with my
>friends. That was a treat. We'd go to Joes, Domino's
>or Originals Pizza, get two slices, a coke, ices and a
>dime change from our buck! Sometimes, we'd go to
>Sylvia and Pauls luncheonette where you could get a
>cheeseburger deluxe, coke and a sugar cone of Louis
>Sherry (or something close to that) ice cream for that
>same buck. When we went to Bildersee, going out for
>lunch was like a jail break! There was a great place
>for Falafel named Irvings, next to Danza. There was
>always Franks pizza, but I like Ave L pizza a lot
>more. My ultimate treat was putting a whole small
>package of Philly cream cheese on an everything bagel
>that just came out of the oven from the bagel store on
>81st and Flatlands. We could ride our bikes from 3
>O-clock until dinner. My parents never knew where I
>was. That's something else my kids will never know.
>Canarsie definitely toughened us up though. I'm
>embaressed to say how many times I was on the losing
>side of a 3 O-clock fist fight. It took a lot of
>beatings before I finally said enough of this shit and
>learned how to kick some ass! These are lessons that
>kids of today won't get because of politically
>correct, zero tolerance laws motivated by liability
>worries! Now that was a helluva sentence, huh? Not
>getting picked for a team in a pick up game because
>you sucked at that game was another lesson we learned.
>It was a hard lesson to learn. Trust me, I know! But
>again, growing up in Canarsie taught us many lessons.
>But we have become a soft America and IMHO, we can't
>afford to be so soft anymore. Our fucking enemies sure
>as hell aren't! OK, I'm starting to ramble. Anyone
>want to say hi to me, feel free. I get nostalgic like
>this every so often. I'm fortyfive now. I wake up in
>the morning and feel like twenty. Then I look in the
>mirror and say, "Who the hell are you"? That's not
>funny! I had a lot of friends back in the day. Now the
>few I still keep in touch with are scattered all over
>the place. I just want to play one more game of
>stickball at 276 park with my old buds again. Oh well,
>time to take the family somewhere. Gotta fly.
>
>
>
>7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- mitch, 23:45:29 04/05/01
>Thu (NoHost/64.12.101.174)
>Anyone who still remembers what a mazo-thud was or has
>a vauge memory of mrs Seigal saying etudez,or, better
>yet mrs Rogers saying DETANTE [ lol ] please be kind
>enough to respond. It's been a million years and I
>think we should round up everyone for a party or BBQ
>or something. So many stories, so much history. We had
>a great class. Much better memories than high school!!
>
>[Edit]
>
>Replies:
>
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Robin, 19:38:09
>04/25/01 Wed
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- mitch, 23:55:20
>08/08/02 Thu
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Robin, 23:03:36
>08/24/02 Sat
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Mark Melnick, 10:45:16
>05/05/01 Sat
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Stephan Lerman,
>20:44:35 06/01/01 Fri
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- mitch slotnick,
>16:06:50 06/26/01 Tue
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Zeev Jankielewicz,
>19:00:26 09/18/01 Tue
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Larry Jortner,
>08:30:32 04/10/03 Thu
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Mitch, 14:31:13
>04/22/03 Tue
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Larry Jortner,
>08:32:11 04/10/03 Thu
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Mike Cohen, 23:50:51
>05/24/03 Sat
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Mitch Slotnick,
>14:41:58 06/01/03 Sun
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Steve Rothstein,
>18:40:32 06/16/03 Mon
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Mitch Slotnick,
>20:38:06 06/24/03 Tue
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Lori Slobin, 07:47:34
>07/27/03 Sun
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- TJ, 18:40:27 08/09/03
>Sat
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Mitch, 19:07:35
>08/17/03 Sun
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Steve Accardi,
>11:37:35 09/24/03 Wed
>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Back to section
>3...Sonny Boy!, 21:37:05 11/18/03 Tue
>re: Mazo-Thud (TM) -- Eric T. Mazo, 18:31:14 11/23/03
>Sun
>Re: re: Mazo-Thud (TM) -- Mitch, 16:32:44 01/02/04 Fri
>Re: re: Mazo-Thud (TM) -- Eric, 19:33:53 02/09/04 Mon
>Re: re: Mazo-Thud (TM) -- mitch, 17:56:02 03/26/04 Fri
>Re: re: Mazo-Thud (TM) -- Eric T. Mazo, 04:33:08
>06/19/04 Sat

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[> [> Re: a small dose of nostalgia on a rainy saturday -- sean (;-)), 10:04:12 01/26/08 Sat (ool-182f2d9c.dyn.optonline.net/24.47.45.156)

>Mrs seigel was a panic-I remeber"ecoutez et
>repetez-lol >My message was archived? Oh well, time
>for another
>>one!
>>
>>I remember many things about growing up in Canarsie.
>>It was a great place to grow up. It was safe. I
>>wouldn't let my kids walk home from school for lunch
>>like I used to at age 7 back in second grade. I
>>remember the excitement of being in 5th grade (PS115)
>>and having a dollar to go out to lunch with my
>>friends. That was a treat. We'd go to Joes, Domino's
>>or Originals Pizza, get two slices, a coke, ices and a
>>dime change from our buck! Sometimes, we'd go to
>>Sylvia and Pauls luncheonette where you could get a
>>cheeseburger deluxe, coke and a sugar cone of Louis
>>Sherry (or something close to that) ice cream for that
>>same buck. When we went to Bildersee, going out for
>>lunch was like a jail break! There was a great place
>>for Falafel named Irvings, next to Danza. There was
>>always Franks pizza, but I like Ave L pizza a lot
>>more. My ultimate treat was putting a whole small
>>package of Philly cream cheese on an everything bagel
>>that just came out of the oven from the bagel store on
>>81st and Flatlands. We could ride our bikes from 3
>>O-clock until dinner. My parents never knew where I
>>was. That's something else my kids will never know.
>>Canarsie definitely toughened us up though. I'm
>>embaressed to say how many times I was on the losing
>>side of a 3 O-clock fist fight. It took a lot of
>>beatings before I finally said enough of this shit and
>>learned how to kick some ass! These are lessons that
>>kids of today won't get because of politically
>>correct, zero tolerance laws motivated by liability
>>worries! Now that was a helluva sentence, huh? Not
>>getting picked for a team in a pick up game because
>>you sucked at that game was another lesson we learned.
>>It was a hard lesson to learn. Trust me, I know! But
>>again, growing up in Canarsie taught us many lessons.
>>But we have become a soft America and IMHO, we can't
>>afford to be so soft anymore. Our fucking enemies sure
>>as hell aren't! OK, I'm starting to ramble. Anyone
>>want to say hi to me, feel free. I get nostalgic like
>>this every so often. I'm fortyfive now. I wake up in
>>the morning and feel like twenty. Then I look in the
>>mirror and say, "Who the hell are you"? That's not
>>funny! I had a lot of friends back in the day. Now the
>>few I still keep in touch with are scattered all over
>>the place. I just want to play one more game of
>>stickball at 276 park with my old buds again. Oh well,
>>time to take the family somewhere. Gotta fly.
>>
>>
>>
>>7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- mitch, 23:45:29 04/05/01
>>Thu (NoHost/64.12.101.174)
>>Anyone who still remembers what a mazo-thud was or has
>>a vauge memory of mrs Seigal saying etudez,or, better
>>yet mrs Rogers saying DETANTE [ lol ] please be kind
>>enough to respond. It's been a million years and I
>>think we should round up everyone for a party or BBQ
>>or something. So many stories, so much history. We had
>>a great class. Much better memories than high school!!
>>
>>[Edit]
>>
>>Replies:
>>
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Robin, 19:38:09
>>04/25/01 Wed
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- mitch, 23:55:20
>>08/08/02 Thu
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Robin, 23:03:36
>>08/24/02 Sat
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Mark Melnick, 10:45:16
>>05/05/01 Sat
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Stephan Lerman,
>>20:44:35 06/01/01 Fri
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- mitch slotnick,
>>16:06:50 06/26/01 Tue
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Zeev Jankielewicz,
>>19:00:26 09/18/01 Tue
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Larry Jortner,
>>08:30:32 04/10/03 Thu
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Mitch, 14:31:13
>>04/22/03 Tue
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Larry Jortner,
>>08:32:11 04/10/03 Thu
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Mike Cohen, 23:50:51
>>05/24/03 Sat
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Mitch Slotnick,
>>14:41:58 06/01/03 Sun
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Steve Rothstein,
>>18:40:32 06/16/03 Mon
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Mitch Slotnick,
>>20:38:06 06/24/03 Tue
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Lori Slobin, 07:47:34
>>07/27/03 Sun
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- TJ, 18:40:27 08/09/03
>>Sat
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Mitch, 19:07:35
>>08/17/03 Sun
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Steve Accardi,
>>11:37:35 09/24/03 Wed
>>Re: 7spe1-9spe1 from 73 to75 -- Back to section
>>3...Sonny Boy!, 21:37:05 11/18/03 Tue
>>re: Mazo-Thud (TM) -- Eric T. Mazo, 18:31:14 11/23/03
>>Sun
>>Re: re: Mazo-Thud (TM) -- Mitch, 16:32:44 01/02/04
>Fri
>>Re: re: Mazo-Thud (TM) -- Eric, 19:33:53 02/09/04 Mon
>>Re: re: Mazo-Thud (TM) -- mitch, 17:56:02 03/26/04
>Fri
>>Re: re: Mazo-Thud (TM) -- Eric T. Mazo, 04:33:08
>>06/19/04 Sat


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