New York Visit - Page 2

Trilby · 07-28-2005, 10:12 AM

Bullitt--can you get some street shots? Just average-Joe stuff, a typical day? I love that stuff.

breakingnews · 07-28-2005, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Good name...it looks like a damn fort.

Hey I know that one ... three of my friends live in the same area.

Happy Monkey · 07-28-2005, 02:08 PM

Just as a shot in the dark, are they in the same house, and are the initials of one of them JB?

breakingnews · 07-28-2005, 06:03 PM

Sorry, not them. But that'd be pretty cool, no? Actually, this city is so small - I see people I know allll the freakin time. Scary.

Happy Monkey · 07-28-2005, 06:33 PM

Oh, well. It was a long shot. But things like that certainly happen - While visiting Greece I met someone from my high school Latin class.

footfootfoot · 07-28-2005, 08:27 PM

Growing up there, and now visiting almost every week, makes me feel kind of guilty that you all think so highly of it while for me, it doesn't blow my skirt up.

It really is an amazing city, each neighborhood quite different from the next. It has changed so much in my life. I remember as a kid having my dad take me around to see all the sights. He realized things wouldn't always be the way they were and he wanted me to see certain things before they were gone.

For those of you familiar with NYC and the Bronx (da bronx) When he was a kid Bruckner Blvd was a dirt road with wild raspberries and strawberries growing alongside it. He rode on the third avenue El before it was torn down and sold as scrap to Japan. When he was in Saipan during WWII, he and his buddies would refer to incoming shells as "here comes the third avenue El back at you"

It has been a long time since I lived there and I feel a bit estranged from the place, Everytime I go there I feel like I have to numb myself emotionally and psychically just to be able to deal with the level of general wackiness.

Still, it is a remarkable place.

Elspode · 07-29-2005, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Oh, well. It was a long shot. But things like that certainly happen - While visiting Greece I met someone from my high school Latin class.

The first time I ever went to Yellowstone Park, we pulled up in the Lower Falls parking lot, and parked right next to a car with a city sticker on it from Grandview, where I lived (and still live).

wolf · 07-30-2005, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Oh, well. It was a long shot. But things like that certainly happen - While visiting Greece I met someone from my high school Latin class.

Yeah, how does that work? I mean I went to see a show and ended up in line next to a guy that lived down the hall from me in my freshman year of college ...

footfootfoot · 07-30-2005, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Yeah, how does that work? I mean I went to see a show and ended up in line next to a guy that lived down the hall from me in my freshman year of college ...

To paraphrase Steven Wright:
It is a small world, but you still wouldn't want to have to paint it.

mrnoodle · 07-30-2005, 01:44 PM

The size of NYC and the number of people scare me. I'd love to visit sometime, but I'd be hopelessly lost as soon as I got off the plane. I'm one of those ppl who pay the windshield washer guys because they look like they need help.

On the other hand, I can wander for miles in the mountains and at the end of the day, usually make a beeline back to the truck/camp. I wonder if city people and outdoors people use the same part of their brain to find their way in their respective environments.

/sidetrack

footfootfoot · 07-30-2005, 08:07 PM

mrnoodle,
I think it is the same. I feel equally comfortable in both places. (though I prefer the woods) I think this poem is appropriate to either place.

(Lost)

What Do I Do If I’m Lost In The Woods?

Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you,
If you leave it you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.

David Wagoner

slang · 07-30-2005, 08:45 PM

Great images HM. I dont care for NYC but the photos you took are impressive. Looks like you have a little variety in the collection too.

slang

Happy Monkey · 07-30-2005, 09:15 PM

Thanks. I'm not sure I'd want to live there, but it's a great place to visit.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-31-2005, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by mrnoodle

I wonder if city people and outdoors people use the same part of their brain to find their way in their respective environments.

/sidetrack

Sure, a couple landmarks and a sense of direction will keep you informed of your relation to what's around you, city or country.

breakingnews · 07-31-2005, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Sure, a couple landmarks and a sense of direction will keep you informed of your relation to what's around you, city or country.

Just in the wilderness, it's, "There's that ridge," and "There's that lake." Here in New York, where we don't have the benefit of easily locating the sun, it's "There's that crackhead bum," "There's that bodega," and "There's that place where I puked outside of the cab."

07-28-2005, 10:12 AM	#16
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Bullitt--can you get some street shots? Just average-Joe stuff, a typical day? I love that stuff. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-28-2005, 02:08 PM	#18
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Just as a shot in the dark, are they in the same house, and are the initials of one of them JB? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-28-2005, 06:03 PM	#19
breakingnews Q_Q Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 995	Sorry, not them. But that'd be pretty cool, no? Actually, this city is so small - I see people I know allll the freakin time. Scary. __________________ Gone crazy, be back never.

07-28-2005, 06:33 PM	#20
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Oh, well. It was a long shot. But things like that certainly happen - While visiting Greece I met someone from my high school Latin class. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-28-2005, 08:27 PM	#21
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Growing up there, and now visiting almost every week, makes me feel kind of guilty that you all think so highly of it while for me, it doesn't blow my skirt up. It really is an amazing city, each neighborhood quite different from the next. It has changed so much in my life. I remember as a kid having my dad take me around to see all the sights. He realized things wouldn't always be the way they were and he wanted me to see certain things before they were gone. For those of you familiar with NYC and the Bronx (da bronx) When he was a kid Bruckner Blvd was a dirt road with wild raspberries and strawberries growing alongside it. He rode on the third avenue El before it was torn down and sold as scrap to Japan. When he was in Saipan during WWII, he and his buddies would refer to incoming shells as "here comes the third avenue El back at you" It has been a long time since I lived there and I feel a bit estranged from the place, Everytime I go there I feel like I have to numb myself emotionally and psychically just to be able to deal with the level of general wackiness. Still, it is a remarkable place. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs Last edited by footfootfoot; 07-28-2005 at 08:29 PM.

07-30-2005, 01:44 PM	#25
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	The size of NYC and the number of people scare me. I'd love to visit sometime, but I'd be hopelessly lost as soon as I got off the plane. I'm one of those ppl who pay the windshield washer guys because they look like they need help. On the other hand, I can wander for miles in the mountains and at the end of the day, usually make a beeline back to the truck/camp. I wonder if city people and outdoors people use the same part of their brain to find their way in their respective environments. /sidetrack

07-30-2005, 08:07 PM	#26
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	mrnoodle, I think it is the same. I feel equally comfortable in both places. (though I prefer the woods) I think this poem is appropriate to either place. (Lost) What Do I Do If I’m Lost In The Woods? Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and be known. The forest breathes. Listen. It answers, I have made this place around you, If you leave it you may come back again, saying Here. No two trees are the same to Raven. No two branches are the same to Wren. If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you, You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows Where you are. You must let it find you. David Wagoner __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-30-2005, 08:45 PM	#27
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	Great images HM. I dont care for NYC but the photos you took are impressive. Looks like you have a little variety in the collection too. slang

07-30-2005, 09:15 PM	#28
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Thanks. I'm not sure I'd want to live there, but it's a great place to visit. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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