also what is with mobsters and pigeons?
It's not just mobsters. It's that entire generation of inner-city Italian American men. My Dad is going to be 85 years old and he still goes to his buddy's coops on Bronxdale a few times a year.
But I keep forgetting that most of you grew up in a world where video games and the Internet rule the day. And I'm not judging you. God bless ya. But you have to remember that there was a time that kids had to entertain themselves in MUCH more primitive ways.