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Username: 14509glenfield
Post Number: 1816
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 10:09 am: |    |
Why isn't this thread incorporated into the Eastside Megathread. Same old / same old. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 966
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 10:14 am: | |
Don't forget my brother and the big old honking furnace in the basement. |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 2372
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 10:17 am: | |
OK, you got it from both sides. I understand. It's not your fault, you were injured psychologically.
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Eastburn
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Post Number: 274
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 10:19 am: | |
KR - not only do I remember the Kroger/Calcaterra set up but could, if I wasn't so sensitive, pass on some of the crude jokes going around SJS re the transformation from super market to funeral home. I believe that basically the whole Kroger store became Calcaterra's with just some additions. That's why it looked like no funeral home I've ever seen.
Regarding street sales/service people: We had the knife sharpener guy, the milk man, the bread man, Home Juice Co., the Fuller Brush man, a guy who sold needles, thread & "notions" to name just a few. There was a truck that came around periodically that sold just about everything but I can't put a name to it.
Remember, in the 40s & 50s most families had only one car so Mom couldn't just run out shopping.
Speaking of that, I recall that after a real heavy snowfall (12+") my Dad ran out of beer, booze and cigarettes. Since Detroit streets weren't ever plowed (see "Ruts" way above) he couldn't get the car out. He called Lenzion's party store on 8 Mile, put in his order & sent me - with my sled - to pick it up. I was 8. Guess I came by some of my traits naturally.
End of story time for now, kiddies. |
7andkelly
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Post Number: 958
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 10:20 am: | |
14509glenfield, we're different! |
Zitro
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Post Number: 967
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 10:24 am: | |
14509glenfield: Thanks for your insightful contribution to the discussion. |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 2375
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 10:43 am: | |
We like it here. |
Kellyroad
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Username: Kellyroad
Post Number: 660
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 10:48 am: | |
JAZZSTAGE: Dennis Wrosch was a good friend of mine starting in 5th grade. I changed my route walking home (walked a block toward Redmond instead of cutting down Rex) so I could talk with him when walking home. I learned a lot about life with Dennis...He had two much older brothers..so things like model cars, slot racing, weight lifting, all the great music from the British invasion bands and of course subjects that one can enjoy especially when having two older male siblings around was pretty evident at his house on Laing. It was nice expansion of a St. Jude school education. We went our separate ways after SJ..saw him at the 20th reunion in 87..... not to sound sappy but he was a genuinely nice person and I wonder how he's doing. When was the last time you saw him? Yes, I hope he's in good health. |
Kellyroad
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Post Number: 661
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 11:00 am: | |
Eastburn: You hit the nail on the head...Most families had one car or relied on public transportation even in "modern" area such as St. Jude. "Oh where have all the milk chutes gone? long time passing"..let's hear it now |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 2379
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 11:07 am: | |
Where have all the Coal Chutes gone,
Long, long time ago |
Kellyroad
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Post Number: 663
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 11:32 am: | |
EB: I concur about the Calcaterra funeral home. It was a unique design...I thought was modern in appearance with the glass surrounding an inside patio and an all white stark exterior....Not a bad conversion from a grocery store. I can imagine all the SJS jokes going around during its conversion.
12468: I believe the name of the pet shop or tropical fish store was called Sea World (not 100% sure). I made the same observation as you concerning the gift shop on Moross and Kelly...hardly ever saw anyone in the place and trust me we were down on that corner more than once a day either to the bakeshop or George's party store. The few times I did go in there, I felt like a bull in a china shop...A lot of expensive crystal lamps displayed on tables. I was actually nervous...There may have been a selection on greeting cards.. It's still amazing how long that gift shop lasted on that corner |
Zitro
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Post Number: 969
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 11:33 am: | |
Abraham, Martin & John |
Zitro
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Post Number: 970
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 11:38 am: | |
It may have been a front |
Jcole
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Post Number: 2384
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 11:43 am: | |
Z, yeah I guess the housewives in their house dresses cashing in their betting slips and buying their moonshine from the female shop owners would have flown under the radar. Maybe that's why our mother's seemed so harried when we got home from school. They just got back from their debaucheries, and had to hurry and clean and cook. |
Zitro
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Post Number: 971
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 11:49 am: | |
They were obviously more clever than we ever gave them credit. |
Jcole
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Post Number: 2386
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 11:54 am: | |
We had five cops on our block, so they were probably on 'the take' from the Housefrau Gang, which is what kept them out of jail.
That's probably why we were sent outside to sit on the steps so often. We were sittin' chicky |
Kellyroad
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Username: Kellyroad
Post Number: 664
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 11:58 am: | |
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Z: Oh my GAWD, How intuitive, A front..Of course! All those years right under our noses...What else could it be? They sold candles there too. Oh my GAWD...The butcher, the baker, and the candle stick maker..It's all making sense now...they were all in on it. I'll bet the barber and George were in on it too. Z, I got to tell ya, all those long distance bike adventures out of the St. Jude neighborhood at an early age made you no one's fool. Thanks for the insight. |
7andkelly
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Post Number: 961
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 12:13 pm: | |
It was no coincidence the undertaker was right across the street. |
Jcole
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Post Number: 2389
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 12:15 pm: | |
They probably filled caskets with bottles of cooking sherry and shipped it out of the back of the funeral home. |
7_and_kelly_kid
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Post Number: 217
Registered: 12-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 12:16 pm: | |
KR.........the gift shop was owned and operated by the butchers son.............just to kep ANY business in there............that guy was kinda wierd too.....(if you know what I mean)......... |
Jcole
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Post Number: 2391
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 12:18 pm: | |
I take it he was a very happy, meat loving man? |
Kellyroad
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Post Number: 665
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 12:56 pm: | |
JC: prime cut and always fresh
7Kid: Not Carl, no way |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 973
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 2:00 pm: | |
Check out the new logo for our Anaheim Ducks affiliate. The name is kid of corny (pun?) but the porker is kind of kool.
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Jcole
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Post Number: 2400
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 2:01 pm: | |
Looks like a wild hog more than the vehicle for pork chops. I wouldn't want to get anywhere near it. |
Zitro
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Post Number: 974
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 2:02 pm: | |
He's a mean lookin' cuss |
12468_laing
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Post Number: 32
Registered: 07-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 2:05 pm: | |
have one for you, too. There is a minor league hockey team in Macon, GA called Macon Whoopee. True story! They came to Nashville back before the Predators came to town. By the way, any plans for the old school building? Is the gym also vacant? |
Zitro
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Post Number: 975
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 2:11 pm: | |
We're (SJS group) is going to buy it and turn it into a bowling complex and yours truly will run the operation |
7andkelly
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Post Number: 962
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 2:11 pm: | |
Larish makes it 3-2 so far. |
Jcole
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Post Number: 2401
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 2:14 pm: | |
'Another Bride, another June, another sunny honeymoon. Another season, another reason for Macon Whoopee'
Kinda loses something in the translation |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 976
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 2:17 pm: | |
Hmm, both Sheffield and Renteria on the bench and their winning. |