allen levine
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is there anyone here besides me that remembers the good old days in chinatown NY.
For two years I drove cross town on Canal st twice every morning. Once about 12:30 AM, and then on the way back at about 4:30 AM. Does that count?is there anyone here besides me that remembers the good old days in chinatown NY.
New Mexico was part of the US back then?
I spent a few years living and working in NJ when I was a young field engineer for a construction company. I was assigned to temporarily help on a power plant (garbage burner) we were building in Babylon, NY (Long Island). I remember clearly to this day the first time I drove over the Verazonno Bridge and took the Belt Pkwy to Babylon. Seeing the burnt out cars on the side of the road, I asked and was told that if your car breaks down and is left overnight, that is what you will find the next day. I am not sure but I believe I thought at the time that it was very hostile territory. Of course this was from a young man who was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest.allen levine;120105I said:grew up mainly in Queens and Brooklyn NY, anything west of Paramus NJ was considered uncharted and hostile territory back then.
New Mexico was part of the US back then?
bill, it still is tough territory.
Its so much easier if you need to get rid of something, like an old junker car, just push it a mile from your house, and in the morning it will be stripped clean like a fresh kill in the jungle.
Its a big city, some things will never change.
Growing up in New Mexico, the closest we came to Chinatown in the 60s and 70s was the canned Chung King Chow Mein dinner from the supermarket.
My mom loved me and my sisters so much, she'd buy an EXTRA can of the crispy noodles to go with the one in the package (which was never quite enough).OH MAN!!!.....with the crispy noodles in the second can....Holy Crap I loved those crispy noodles. I would add them a little at a time so that they wouldn't get too soggy. MMMMMmmmmmmm......crispy noodles.
Fa ra ra ra ra raaa......ooops, wrong holiday.Hey Allen -- I was born in the Bronx, lived in Hempsted then East Northport until the family relocated to Florida when I was 15. Never spent any time in the city, so I never played the chicken tic tac toe, only ate in China town once about 20 yrs ago (Thanksgiving Day dinner !! Loong story )
Tony