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| 12/31/15 @ 12:28 pm
Posted on 12/31/2015 11:01:05 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: I want the USA back
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posted on
12/31/2015 11:29:40 AM PST
by
Stand Watch Listen
(Was addicted to the Hokey Pokey...but I turned myself around...((@))
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Yeah but like OMG Trump is like TOTALLY Hitler for like not wanting them in the country and stuff
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posted on
12/31/2015 11:33:56 AM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Can we please kill the guy already who invented the saying "My bad"?)
To: Stand Watch Listen
Yeah but they follow the Bible instead of The Satanic Verses.
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posted on
12/31/2015 11:35:35 AM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Can we please kill the guy already who invented the saying "My bad"?)
To: metmom; mass55th; Genoa
I thought Rochester was so wonderful because
- It was the home of Kodak, which I loved because I was really into photography (built my own darkroom, did all kinds of science-related photography), and also because Kodak had such a wonderful, positive, beautiful presence in American culture while I was growing up. Their commercials on TV were beautiful and encouraging. They also ran a series of very clever and informative advertisements in Scientific American, which was my favorite magazine as a child and into my teenage years. Also the gigantic picture of the young Cybill Shepherd that was displayed in Grand Central Station was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. She was literally so beautiful you couldn't take your eyes off her, which was of course why they paid millions of dollars to display her picture there as part of an advertisement that occupied the entire east wall of the main room.
- It was the home of Xerox, which I also admired as a company and as a part of our culture, although I wouldn't have expressed it in those words at the time (I would have said simply "Xerox is cool"). Their headquarters building was to die for. Polaroid had the same place in my system of esteem, but Polaroid was Boston, which was too far away to seem real to me.
- It was the home of the Eastman School of Music, which I thought was very cool, because it was the home of Frederick Remington, Howard Hanson, and Chuck Mangione, all of whom I loved as a boy and a teenager.
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posted on
12/31/2015 11:48:28 AM PST
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: Steely Tom
I'm 70....Born and raised in Rochester. It was a wonderful time...beaches, museums....excellent public schools.
Now...it's a Dem slum ruled by a new set of demographics.
High school graduation rate is about 40%...disgusting.
To: Behind Liberal Lines
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posted on
12/31/2015 11:55:55 AM PST
by
Beowulf9
To: Sacajaweau
So sad.
Now we must be content with beautiful virtual communities, on the internet.
In which Xerox played a crucial role, so the circle of irony is complete.
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posted on
12/31/2015 11:57:04 AM PST
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: metmom
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posted on
12/31/2015 12:14:57 PM PST
by
lysie
To: Steely Tom
I was born and grew up in Rochester. Graduated from highschool in '65. My brother, sister-in-law, and my cousin worked at Kodak. My other cousin worked at Xerox. As a grade school kid, I remember listening to the Rochester Philharmonic on the radio in our classroom when they had their broadcasts. We also toured the Eastman House a few times on school trips.
Frederick Remington was actually born in Canton, NY, and lived for a time in Ogdensburg, NY. When my kids were little, we took them to the Remington Museum in Ogdensburg. As a kid growing up, the best part of Rochester, and the Rochester area was our local movie theaters, Sea Breeze amusement park, and Don & Bob's Restaurant. We didn't have a car, so had to walk or take buses to get around. My Dad worked for the NY Central Railroad, and we could ride the train for free. We'd go to the State Fair on the train every year. We'd also take the train early on a Saturday morning to Buffalo, to visit the zoo, get back on the train in Buffalo, and head to Niagara Falls, then take the train back home to Rochester...all in the same day. I can still remember the warm bologna, and tuna fish sandwiches we dragged along with us from home. Had a great childhood in Rochester, but wouldn't want to live there now.
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posted on
12/31/2015 12:41:53 PM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: mass55th
Sad. What do our children have to look up to? Taylor Swift and Kanye West, I guess.
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posted on
12/31/2015 12:45:28 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: mass55th
We’ve been to Sea Breeze, by the way. It looks like its seen better days, but my children loved it when they were little.
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posted on
12/31/2015 12:46:54 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: Steely Tom
"Sad. What do our children have to look up to? Taylor Swift and Kanye West, I guess."
Thankfully, my sons are in their mid to late 40's, so Swift and West aren't of interest to them.
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posted on
12/31/2015 12:48:29 PM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: Steely Tom; metmom; mass55th
The last 50 years have not been kind to Upstate New York. I wouldn’t live there if they paid me. Especially after taxes.
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posted on
12/31/2015 1:08:03 PM PST
by
Genoa
To: Genoa
Some of us are looking to get out. Two of my kids have already and the third is in grad school in the eastern end of the state and wants out as soon as she’s done, when it’s time to find a real job.
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posted on
12/31/2015 2:41:05 PM PST
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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