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Username: Faircoma
Post Number: 5
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Friday, July 25, 2008 - 10:08 pm: |    |
Cozy Corner---Yeah, all the local firemen hung out in that bar- didn't go there much- cops hung out at different joints--Remember the "Parakeet Lounge" by 7 and Hayes? My little sister used to call it the " Parakeet Lung" cause she couldnt read too well yet. It was across the street from Franks Nursery-my first job at age 16 in 1968. When my date picked me up after work- I smelled like the fertilizer they sold- YUKKY! |
Kellyroad
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Username: Kellyroad
Post Number: 734
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Friday, July 25, 2008 - 10:19 pm: | |
Faircoma: Remember Parakeet Lounge very well but was never in it (I can put that in the category of right under our noses but never in). It was right next to Revco drugs. For some strange reason even as a little kid I was always intrigued by the neon parakeet sign that was in the window. Franks was always THE place to get Christmas decorations/Christmas trees especially after the empty lots on the northeast side disappeared. |
Kellyroad
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Username: Kellyroad
Post Number: 735
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Friday, July 25, 2008 - 10:23 pm: | |
Z: another great reply by JL
reporter Katrina: Was that the pitch you wanted Jones to pitch to J. Dye?
JL: You don't want a pitch that lands in the seats |
Faircoma
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Username: Faircoma
Post Number: 6
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Friday, July 25, 2008 - 10:35 pm: | |
Kellyroad-are you a Denby grad? |
Eastburn
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Username: Eastburn
Post Number: 323
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Friday, July 25, 2008 - 10:47 pm: | |
Is there anyone here who's not a Notre Dame or Regina grad? We consider you an honorary Regina grad, JC. |
Kellyroad
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Username: Kellyroad
Post Number: 736
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Friday, July 25, 2008 - 11:07 pm: | |
NDHS 71,
My guess is that you are a Denby grad 70,71
BTW, There are a couple of Denby threads going on in the Mega East side threads. Also, there is an "Eastwood" and "Heilmann" thread that have long ago evolved into a chatroom mostly unrelated to the subject matter. Although the main contributors of this thread stray we try to reroute, at least occasionally, to the subject matter at hand namely St. Jude and the surrounding northeast side neighborhood. Hope you join in.
I lived on Morang then Eastwood attended Columbus then SJS
Street? Schools? |
Faircoma
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Username: Faircoma
Post Number: 7
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Friday, July 25, 2008 - 11:45 pm: | |
Tacoma, Burbank,Denby, Fairmount.Urban blight... Burbs....... |
Faircoma
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Username: Faircoma
Post Number: 8
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Friday, July 25, 2008 - 11:49 pm: | |
I think I first posted on the Eastwood thread- |
Kellyroad
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Username: Kellyroad
Post Number: 737
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Friday, July 25, 2008 - 11:56 pm: | |
Faircoma: Fairmount, Tacoma (Hence your post name) Burbank and Heilmann right outside your door. great neighborhood back in the day wasn't it? |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1200
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 9:17 am: | |
KR: That question asked to the old man was just about as stupid as the one asked of Doug Williams at the Super Bowl years ago. It looked like he wanted to smack her. Any idea who that was, I didn't recognize her voice.
Who goes off topic?? |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1201
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 9:30 am: | |
Faircoma: We have to shorten your name. Fair? FC? Anyway, I grew up on Liberal between Cordell & Boulder. There was a small market on Boulder in between Novara & Tacoma. We called it Frank's. It was owned by 2 brothers Frank & Rudy Ruggerri. They had a third brother who was a barber at the barbershop on Kelly & State Fair we haven't come up with the name yet.
This store had the sawdust on the floor and most families had credit there and they kept little spiral notebooks with each families names on them in cigar boxes. I think it was SOP to square up the account once a month.
Any recollections? |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1202
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 9:34 am: | |
7: Come down off the ledge, We don't blame you for last nights' disaster. As long as Jones is our closer we'll rarely win the big games. |
Kellyroad
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Username: Kellyroad
Post Number: 738
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 10:35 am: | |
Z: Let's stay on topic
St. Jude patron of hopeless cases
Re: question about Jone's pitch
That was by Katrina Hancock a local WDIV . sports anchor/reporter. Actually she is usually right on. But JL has a way to make "captain obvious" questioners look like fools. Remember in 06 during the division/wild card race with Chicago the question was asked to JL about the importance of winning the majority of the games and was cited the example if you win the next two you the Tigers could be only 2 1/2 out, if you lose you're 6 1/2 out...Could you comment on that? Leyland paused a couple of seconds looked up at the reporter and said "I didn't go to school to eat lunch, I can do the math" LMAO
Go Jets
ALL: Was there a couch, teacher, priest at SJ you recall that had the same no nonsense approach as Jim Leyland?
Sr. James Marie |
7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1047
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 10:44 am: | |
Thanks Z, I just needed some time to shake that one off.
It's not just Jones who's washed up. Sheffield, and Edgar Gonnaria Diahreaha Rent-urea have also seen better days.
On the bright side, Guillen is getting to be better at third this year than he was at short last year...not Inge good, but enough to keep him starting there, considering his consistency at the plate.
Migs is not half bad at first. |
7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1048
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 10:48 am: | |
No couch...just unpadded pews. |
7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1049
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 10:51 am: | |
On Topic? On Cupid.
On Donner and Nixon. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1203
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 11:09 am: | |
Glad to see you haven't lost your sense of humor. It's a great elixir for what ails you. |
Kellyroad
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Username: Kellyroad
Post Number: 740
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 11:09 am: | |
7: sorry bout the typo. Of course unpadded pews at St. Jude reminded you of Leyland. |
7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1050
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 11:23 am: | |
Z, I forgot I took a short drive-by video of your Franks after my visit to capture the bells and school. Now if we could just get them to cut the grass...
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7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1051
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 11:26 am: | |
"Migs is not half bad at first"...what does this mean? |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1204
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 11:41 am: | |
Thanks 7 for the pics. It was a Detroit News paper station for quite a few years after the market closed. That's where I bought my baseball cards. It wasn't hard to add a few packs onto the bill when I would get sent there for a couple lb's of beef, especially when it went onto the tab.
"Migs is not half bad at first"...what does this mean? We've accepted mediocrity as the standard?
He has been making some nice digs out of the dirt, I'll give him that. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1205
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 11:45 am: | |
JC must be goofing off again. She'll probably make some excuse how it took her 25 hours to get home and she's tired or something. |
7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1052
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 12:32 pm: | |
I just hope she didn't forget my corn. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 1206
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 10:17 pm: | |
Well another 40,000 plus go home spitting nails |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 2636
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 11:21 pm: | |
Ok, I'm Heeeeere |
Eastburn
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Username: Eastburn
Post Number: 324
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 11:32 pm: | |
Welcome back. Hope you brought back enough corn for all. Assuming Z did his part. |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 2637
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 11:36 pm: | |
I think it was stolen by the time my train got there 5 hours late. At least, if Z did his part. |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 2638
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 11:38 pm: | |
Faircoma, welcome. Did you know either a Danny or Darlene David from Burbank or Denby? They lived on Maddelein between Redmond and Boulder.
Also, did you know the Stanton's on Fairmount? |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 2639
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 11:40 pm: | |
7 and Z, I remember that store. We didn't go there much, because we did most of our shopping up on Kelly, but I do remember going there when I was in Bluebirds/Campfire at Mary Diegel's house. It was really small if I remember correctly, and had a lot of candy |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 2640
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 11:42 pm: | |
KR, no nonsense approach in a nun. Wasn't that all of them? I don't remember being able to get away with nonsense at anytime with a nun, with the possible exception of Sr. Joyce in 8th grade, but she was barely a nun. |