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Re: The Bronx is Yearning [Re: Lilo] #656074
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My dad owned a store on Walton Ave, everytime I had a trip to the zoo I would stock up on peanuts and other chips so that when I got there I would throw (attempting to hit them) the peanuts at the elephants, and other chips at the giraffes. I would like to think I contributed to the healthy eating habits of these animals while having some fun. smile

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Tommy Shots: They want me running the family, don't they know I have a young wife?
Sal Vitale: (laughs) Tommy, jump in, the water's fine.
Re: The Bronx is Yearning [Re: Lilo] #656077
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Couple of Bronx indie filmmakers are shooting reality show about "life in the Bronx"

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bron...ticle-1.1117237

Tommy Shots: They want me running the family, don't they know I have a young wife?
Sal Vitale: (laughs) Tommy, jump in, the water's fine.
Re: The Bronx is Yearning [Re: Lilo] #656135
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Speaking of the Bronx and NY City in general, what is ya'lls sales tax there? How much of it is the State's and how much the City's? Does it apply to groceries also? In Texas, our sales tax does not apply to groceries or prescriptions.

"Generosity. That was my first mistake."
"Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us."
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Re: The Bronx is Yearning [Re: pizzaboy] #656136
07/19/12 11:40 PM 07/19/12 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted By: Turnbull
Breasts and genitals were rubbed shiny by countless generations of kids who grabbed them when teacher wasn't looking.

Even the kids from Brownsville? whistle

...like me and my classmates...

Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
Re: The Bronx is Yearning [Re: olivant] #656138
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Originally Posted By: olivant
Speaking of the Bronx and NY City in general, what is ya'lls sales tax there? How much of it is the State's and how much the City's? Does it apply to groceries also? In Texas, our sales tax does not apply to groceries or prescriptions.


Sales tax is 8.875% with 4% of it going to the state. It also applies to groceries and prescriptions. In NYC sometimes there is no tax on clothing and footwear under a certain amount (usually $110).

Tommy Shots: They want me running the family, don't they know I have a young wife?
Sal Vitale: (laughs) Tommy, jump in, the water's fine.
Re: The Bronx is Yearning [Re: Dapper_Don] #656139
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Interesting. Ours is 8.25% (max by law). 6.25% goes to the state.

Our city property tax (for my city) is $0.69 per $100 of valuation, $0.25 county tax, and $1.30 school district tax. There is no State property tax.

"Generosity. That was my first mistake."
"Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us."
"Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."
Re: The Bronx is Yearning [Re: Lilo] #656214
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The multitudinous neighborhoods of New York City are legendary. Is there any stigma associated with any of them. For example, would some of you New Yorkers who are from one neighborhood tend to look down on (or maybe up) those from another neighborhood? Are there those kind of sociological things at work?

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Re: The Bronx is Yearning [Re: olivant] #656232
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Re: The Bronx is Yearning [Re: Sicilian Babe] #656243
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Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
Yes. I heard the Sharks and the Jets don't get along. tongue


When you're a Jet you're the top dog in town you're a gold medal kid with the heavyweight crown!

When you're a Jet let em do what they can you've got brothers around you're a family man!!! wink

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Winter is Coming

Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
Re: The Bronx is Yearning [Re: Lilo] #656244
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Hey, cigarettes and last dying day aside, I'm serious. Is there any social stigma associated with certain NY neighborhoods.

"Generosity. That was my first mistake."
"Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us."
"Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."
Re: The Bronx is Yearning [Re: olivant] #656247
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Originally Posted By: olivant
Hey, cigarettes and last dying day aside, I'm serious. Is there any social stigma associated with certain NY neighborhoods.


Yeah. At the top there are good neighborhoods, bad neighborhoods in the middle and then there is Pittsburgh.

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Re: The Bronx is Yearning [Re: SC] #656248
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Originally Posted By: olivant
Hey, cigarettes and last dying day aside, I'm serious. Is there any social stigma associated with certain NY neighborhoods.


Yeah. At the top there are good neighborhoods, bad neighborhoods in the middle and then there is Pittsburgh.


Stated as a true Bowery Boy.

"Generosity. That was my first mistake."
"Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us."
"Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."
Re: The Bronx is Yearning [Re: olivant] #656326
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When I was in high school centuries ago, each NYC high school took in students from several adjacent neighborhoods. The kids from the neighborhood where most students were drawn from always looked down on the kids from the other neighborhoods. So, when I attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, most students were drawn from Brownsville and East New York. The handful of kids from Canarsie were derided as lepers or worse.

Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
Re: The Bronx is Yearning [Re: Turnbull] #656356
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Originally Posted By: Turnbull
When I was in high school centuries ago, each NYC high school took in students from several adjacent neighborhoods. The kids from the neighborhood where most students were drawn from always looked down on the kids from the other neighborhoods. So, when I attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, most students were drawn from Brownsville and East New York. The handful of kids from Canarsie were derided as lepers or worse.


This thread reminds me of that Lark cigerette commercial of the 70s. Remember that one: "Show us your Lark." Also, remember George Carlin's parody of it: "Don't try that Lark thing in the Bowery." Those guys will show you their larks, man."

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