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Les Shaw's restaurant was on "our" side of the tunnel. I worked
there for a while as a bus-boy wearing a stupid chef's hat, apron
and
bandana, walking around the dining room handing out "popovers" to
anyone who wanted one. My girlfriend and her entire family (her
idea) decided to have dinner there one night, unknown to me, and
I
was mortified with embarrassment.

I hope you're kidding, or talking about pure teenage foolishness.
Can't
imagine EVER being "mortified" at doing my job, and I've had some
menial
ones.

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I was 16 or 17 years old at the time. You try walking around in
that outfit at that age when trying to impress a girlfriend.

Yep. Part of teenage foolishness is she probably thought your
"uniform"
attractive - maybe even "hot" - and you not knowing that.

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Oh, yeah. She thought it was "cute". I thought it sucked.

On Tuesday, 26 March 2013 22:06:39 UTC-3, Eisboch wrote:
"Boating All Out" wrote in message

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In article ,

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In article ,

says...





Les Shaw's restaurant was on "our" side of the tunnel. I worked

there for a while as a bus-boy wearing a stupid chef's hat, apron

and

bandana, walking around the dining room handing out "popovers" to

anyone who wanted one. My girlfriend and her entire family (her

idea) decided to have dinner there one night, unknown to me, and

I

was mortified with embarrassment.



I hope you're kidding, or talking about pure teenage foolishness.

Can't

imagine EVER being "mortified" at doing my job, and I've had some

menial

ones.



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I was 16 or 17 years old at the time. You try walking around in

that outfit at that age when trying to impress a girlfriend.



Yep. Part of teenage foolishness is she probably thought your

"uniform"

attractive - maybe even "hot" - and you not knowing that.



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Oh, yeah. She thought it was "cute". I thought it sucked.


What did she think of your little 'Popeye outfit' when you were in the navy?

On 3/26/2013 10:40 PM, True North wrote:
On Tuesday, 26 March 2013 22:06:39 UTC-3, Eisboch wrote:
"Boating All Out" wrote in message

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In article ,

says...



"Boating All Out" wrote in message

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In article ,

says...





Les Shaw's restaurant was on "our" side of the tunnel. I worked

there for a while as a bus-boy wearing a stupid chef's hat, apron

and

bandana, walking around the dining room handing out "popovers" to

anyone who wanted one. My girlfriend and her entire family (her

idea) decided to have dinner there one night, unknown to me, and

I

was mortified with embarrassment.



I hope you're kidding, or talking about pure teenage foolishness.

Can't

imagine EVER being "mortified" at doing my job, and I've had some

menial

ones.



------------------------------------



I was 16 or 17 years old at the time. You try walking around in

that outfit at that age when trying to impress a girlfriend.



Yep. Part of teenage foolishness is she probably thought your

"uniform"

attractive - maybe even "hot" - and you not knowing that.



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Oh, yeah. She thought it was "cute". I thought it sucked.


What did she think of your little 'Popeye outfit' when you were in the navy?

A lot of the girls were fascinated with the 13 buttons.

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On Tuesday, 26 March 2013 22:06:39 UTC-3, Eisboch wrote:
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Oh, yeah. She thought it was "cute". I thought it sucked.


What did she think of your little 'Popeye outfit' when you were in the
navy?

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She was long gone out of my life by then. It was Mrs. E's turn to
comment.

On 3/26/13 7:49 PM, Eisboch wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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The tunnel *is* the one on the Wilbur Cross/Merritt Parkway...the tunnel
was renamed "Heroes' Tunnel.

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That's right too. I'd forgotten that the parkways were one and the same
for some miles.

Used to date a girl from Ansonia. Now *that* was a rough town. She was
a senior at Ansonia High School and I was a junior at Amity.
She asked me to take her to her senior prom. Place was like "The
Blackboard Jungle" except it was co-ed.

I haven't been in that area for many, many years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRhYNLaziO8


I have absolutely no memory of ever being in Ansonia. I do remember
Shelton, because back then you had to drive through it to get to Lake Zoar.

I do remember fondly how close together so many cities and towns in
Connecticut were and, obviously, are. In the summer, we hung out at
Woodmont with a crowd of kids from New Haven, Milford, Waterbury,
Woodbridge, Stratford, Bridgeport, even from such far away places as
Brooklyn and, gasp! Ansonia. In fact, I remember a nice gal named Rhoda
from Ansonia.

When we got driver's licenses, no one thought it was a big deal to drive
a half an hour to Waterbury or Bridgeport to pick up a special gal for a
date. The Connecticut Turnpike was fairly new, and I think it was two 25
cent tolls to Bridgeport.

My memory of "Blackboard Jungle" was that the school *was* co-ed. I
could be wrong about that. Hey, who would want to go to a single-gender
high school, anyway?

"F.O.A.D." wrote in message ...


My memory of "Blackboard Jungle" was that the school *was* co-ed. I
could be wrong about that. Hey, who would want to go to a
single-gender
high school, anyway?

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Pretty sure it was a boy's only vocational high school in New York
City although it had at least one female teacher.

It was a novel by Evan Hunter later made into a movie back in the
50's.

In article ,
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On 3/26/13 4:39 PM, Eisboch wrote:


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On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 4:49:58 PM UTC-3, Eisboch wrote:
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On 3/26/2013 3:04 PM, *e#c wrote:



Is that how he got Herpes??? Maybe Dick was with him and ****ed
the

same slut, thats why he posts in ALT SUPPORT HERPES !!!!!





Harry's a loner and a douchebag. Why would anyone hang out with
him?



How did you find out that Harry has herpes?



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*e#c is either a very disturbed creature or an insignificant troll

with an apparent I.Q of about 70. I suspect the latter. I put him
in

the bozo bin and ignore him.


I'd bet on the former.
You may have seen his insane threats against me and my wife last
summer/fall.

==============================

Ignore them and him. Eventually he'll tire of not being listened to
or
getting any attention. That's all he's after.



Well, maybe. I have *e#c bozo-binned several different ways, along
with
only a few other posters here, including your old buddy, but they both
keep trying. Another moron in my bozo bin changes his handle a bit
every
couple of days, and only is here to comment about me in an idiotic
way.
But he isn't "binned" on his handle or email address. He'll never
figure
it out. (Yes, Earl, I mean you.) I have a couple of other idiots down
there in the bin.

I keep PsychoSnotty out of the bin for reasons you suggested in
another
post. It's fun to watch him misinterpret everything in the news,
everything posted here, and his belief that everyone he doesn't like
here is me. He's a genuine crackpot and I am convinced he's the same
in
his real life, and one of these days he'll shoot one of his neighbors
in
Windsor.

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I guess I don't share in your pleasure of witnessing people's problems
or perceived problems or seeing them twist and turn with their
rebuttals. There's something bizarre about that for me.

Don't get me wrong. I am not professing any "goody-goody" attitude.
I have often enjoyed some of the debates and especially some of the
humor that is expressed from time to time. But, it should be
light-hearted IMO and not mean spirited. You are a wordsmith and can
clobber people sometimes who don't have your expertise with prose.
So what? That doesn't make them any less of a person.

Whatever. I'll try to stick to my style and way of expressing
myself. Others have the same right.

You are so correct, and have presented the problem and solution very
well!

On 3/27/13 8:30 AM, Eisboch wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message ...


My memory of "Blackboard Jungle" was that the school *was* co-ed. I
could be wrong about that. Hey, who would want to go to a single-gender
high school, anyway?

------------------------------------------------

Pretty sure it was a boy's only vocational high school in New York City
although it had at least one female teacher.

It was a novel by Evan Hunter later made into a movie back in the 50's.

I saw the movie when it first came out at the Whalley Theater which,
sadly, is now no longer a theater. I think I was about 11 or 12. My mom
took me to a matinee. I just can't remember whether it was a
single-gender school in the movie. Next time it pops up on cable, I'll
watch it.

Do you recall "Hopkins Grammar School" in New Haven? Private boys'
school. It merged with a private girls school some years ago. I had some
friends who went to Hopkins and we always teased them about their
"School for Monks." The great Hillhouse football/basketball player,
Floyd Little, went to Bordentown Military Prep, an all boys prep school,
to toughen up after "normal" high school, before he went on to Syracuse
University.

On 3/27/2013 8:41 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:


I saw the movie when it first came out at the Whalley Theater which,
sadly, is now no longer a theater. I think I was about 11 or 12. My mom
took me to a matinee. I just can't remember whether it was a
single-gender school in the movie. Next time it pops up on cable, I'll
watch it.

You were boffing sluts when you were 10. Did your mom supervise those
events too? Way kinky!

"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
m...

On 3/27/13 8:30 AM, Eisboch wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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My memory of "Blackboard Jungle" was that the school *was* co-ed. I
could be wrong about that. Hey, who would want to go to a
single-gender
high school, anyway?

------------------------------------------------

Pretty sure it was a boy's only vocational high school in New York
City
although it had at least one female teacher.

It was a novel by Evan Hunter later made into a movie back in the
50's.

I saw the movie when it first came out at the Whalley Theater which,
sadly, is now no longer a theater. I think I was about 11 or 12. My
mom
took me to a matinee. I just can't remember whether it was a
single-gender school in the movie. Next time it pops up on cable, I'll
watch it.

Do you recall "Hopkins Grammar School" in New Haven? Private boys'
school. It merged with a private girls school some years ago. I had
some
friends who went to Hopkins and we always teased them about their
"School for Monks." The great Hillhouse football/basketball player,
Floyd Little, went to Bordentown Military Prep, an all boys prep
school,
to toughen up after "normal" high school, before he went on to
Syracuse
University.

-------------------------------------------------

No recollection of Hopkins Grammar School. We only lived in the area
for about 2 and a half years and I was in high school.

My mother had (and still has) a voracious appetite for books and
reading. She's 88 now and in a nursing home. We got her a Kindle and
an account at Amazon and had to have her own Wi-Fi set up in her room
so she can download books. She also still uses her laptop daily for
news and email.

When I was a kid she insisted that I read at least three books during
summer vacations. She didn't care what I read as long as I read
something.
I remember plowing through "Hawaii" by James Michner soon after it
first came out. I was about 10 or 11 years old. It had some content
that some thought was too adult for a 10 or 11 year old, but she
didn't care. It was a great book and I've reread it a couple of
times.

The only time she "interfered" with what I read was one summer when I
got hung up on the original "Hardy Boys" series. I think there were
about 26 of them at that time. After a while my mother suggested
that although the Hardy Boy's stories were good to read, I should also
read other stuff as well. Most I really don't remember but a few have
stuck in my head, like "The Blackboard Jungle", "Hawaii", "The
Miracle of the Bells", "The Little World of Don Camillo" and a few
others.