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Originally Posted by NickAdams

Little Shop of Horrors!

I think there's a local paper for each neighborhood in Queens (Ridgewood, Woodside, Sunnyside, Flushing, etc).

Yeah Brooklyn has those too, but they are not daily and they are not broad sheets. Staten Island Advance is a full fledged paper.

Here's their web site: http://www.silive.com/

Little Shop of Horrors!

I think there's a local paper for each neighborhood in Queens (Ridgewood, Woodside, Sunnyside, Flushing, etc).

Thanks Equality. Hey I just noticed Samercury commented in their too. She snuck a comment with me noticing. Nice to see you Same. Thanks.

Ohmahgawsh. That was hilarious!

Oh ok. I think some communities have some sort of allottments. Not many though.

Allotments are a national institution in UK Basically it's a rented patch of land which you can use for growing vegetables or flowers or whatever takes your fancy. Sadly they're becoming increasingly hard to get hold of; I know my Dad always wanted one but never got one, sadly. They are often rented by older men ostensibly to grow veggies but no one's fooled. Not when there's a shed and, usually, a bottle of whisky, and the veggies never turn up. But what a great way to escape the wife You can read about allotments here: http://www.allotment.org.uk/articles...nt-History.php

Thanks Fifth. I didn't even think about possible paedophiles. Yes, that would be a concern. The article does say that the parades still go on in New Jersey and I was hoping someone from New Jersey (Jersea ) would comment if she had ever seen one.

I still think motorcycles are dangerous, but hey if people want to ride them it's their life. But they ought to be presented with the data. What I've been presented is that one is twice as likely to get into an accident with a motorcycle than a car and given an accident, being on a motorcycle was four times more likely to be deadly than in a car. Intuitively I would have thought it would be worst than that, but that's still pretty bad if you ask me.

I have been tempted to ask my neighbor if I could cut the branch off. I'll do it myself. We'll see. Actually the branch looks like it my break given the angle and size. And i've been hoping for that but so far it hasn't. Allottment? I'm not sure I understand what you're referring to.

Sweet stories Virgil
I think the baby parade is kind of cute. Of course it couldn't happen these days due to the ever present, and possibly over-egged, concerns over paedophiles; but the sight of all those proud parents showing off their kids to a smiling crowd is kind of heartwarming. Not quite like those baby beauty queen contests which are kind of vicious.
Motorbikes. Hmm. My hubby had a motorbike when he was younger and was hit twice by cars. On both occasions he was uninjured. Leathers are quite protective and people often forget that the reason you need airbags and seatbelts and the like in a car is actually to protect you from being injured by the structure of the car itself. But if you've ever watched stunt riders, there's a way to roll to avoid injury though of course what you roll into might be what kills you. It's a risk. And often you find motorcyclists, especially young motorcyclists, are reckless. Something about having that contact with the outside world can either make the danger more real or the ride more exhilerating. It used to be the case in the UK that you could ride a motorcycle if you had a car licence, but now you have to take a motorcycle test and I think that might have cut deaths here. I've considered getting a little Vespa or similar, but in the next year or so we'll be getting a train station in our village so I'll stick to my bicycle 'til then, and when the train station opens I'll be able to walk. Besides, I still enjoy the cycling!
Nice cabbage! Maybe you should ask your neighbours if they'd mind if you thinned their tree. It'd be a shame to give up the gardening because of that. Could you get an allotment? Do you have allotments in the US?

Thank you Nick and Saladin. I'm glad you liked it.

Hehehe. Pretty hilarious story, Virgil.

i liked the second, but man! the last one made me laugh out loud!! Great blog Virgil!

I did indeed.

Thank you Rich, Andy, Jo, And Walker.

Jo - I'm glad you got that good of a kick out of it. Hope people didn't think you were crazy unexplainably laughing.

Andy - that's one of those unmentioned things that comes with marriage. If it were mentioned, the marriage rate might fall dramatically.

Walker - Rocky was in Philadelphia, not Brooklyn, but it was that same ethnic Italian-American sub culture. Yes I see what you mean.

I'm glad everyone liked them. I thought they were funny too.

Virgil! haha great story, wonderfully written. I liked very much the gym part, as Becca said it could be from a film! it kinda made me think of Sylvester Stallone and his character: Rocky

Loved the second last one though they were all great.

I am just catching up Virgil you are to funny I was laughing for hours after reading this

These were funny! I especially liked the first two. And I didn't find your jokes 'elderly' at all, but very fresh and new.

You are just so kind to cheer up people who seem to be down.

I read an article in New Yorker (was it New York Times?) last year where a group of professional women describing of what kind of husbands are appealing sensually: a man who fixes broken doors, faucets, or any other house appliances, a man who cooks, etc. A useful man in a house of a busy couple is the sexiest, it concluded. Was the first woman crying because of a lost cooking man or some other reason?

:lol: I especially love the first one:D