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There were around 100+ hits and no comments, good, bad or indifferent on the thread by the time I decided to remove it. It seemed like a waste of bandwidth. So, I attempted to delete the thread; but, that wasn't possible. The content was specifically removed because there wasn't any appreciable interest in it. No more, no less. I thought it was a good, fact-based historical narrative; but, that's a subjective opinion on my part. I've seen more than a few threads which racked up views but no comments, for whatever reason, and felt it was best to 86 it.

Yeah. We need more Charlie Manson threads to brighten our day. I did a lot of research, combing through U.S. Census records, old telephone directories, contemporary newspaper articles and the Burton B. Turkus Papers in the Lloyd Sealy Library Digital Collections of John Jay School of Criminal Justice for the facts. I was able to complete this story with the help and blessing of her sister, who is my friend's mother, her namesake niece who is a friend of my older sister, other family members and surviving old timers from the neighborhood who provided additional information to fill in blanks. I wrote this with the intention of getting the corner of the street where she and her family lived named in her memory. Our City Council member forwarded the document to our local Community Board with a petition to get this done. Going through my files, I thought that this would have been of at least some passing interest here. That's what I get for thinking. In the future, I'll limit my postings here to the history of Greek diners and bum wines.

Hmmmm......there's only one older than me.

Deleted due to lack of interest. Won't make that mistake again.

Plastic coffee stirrers would work better. They were around back in them dark ages.Their small diameter is perfect for applying tube glue in precise amounts. We kids got them from Sloppy Joe's Coffee Shop and used them in class for different art class projects when we weren't carving gats out bars of Ivory Snow soap. Who do I see about collecting the five bucks?

I sent a PM and nobody replied. I had the same issue with "404 Error" messages for over a year.

No, it was NASA surplus. In other words, the real deal. Read the article in the link Daddy fink provided in his post.

Re-releases, to be precise. You can find earlier releases on ebay, and at other places in the wild and whimsical world of cyberspace, for less than half of what these are going to sell for.

"The first kid who won a pony lived in New York City. In an apartment." So, what's the big deal about that? Par for the course here. There's the story of Ming the Tiger, living in a housing project apartment with an alligator and eight kids SAY HARLEM APT. WAS SHARED BY TIGER, ALLIGATOR & 8 KIDS Then, there was everybody's favorite homicidal maniac, "Crazy" Joe Gallo. Joe lived on President St., in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. He kept a pet lion in his basement, which he used to terrorize the living krap out of mooks who owed him money or were being uncooperative in other matters of greater or lesser import. Crazy Joe enjoyed a laugh or two. Mobster Joe Gallo's 1950s Headquarters

Uh, plastic straws were specifically mentioned in that particular hint; and, they were around in the technologically primitive 1960s.

Cap's Hobby Hints debuted in March 1966 in DC Comics titles. It was originally titled "Cap's Hobby Center". The idea to ask readers to submit their hobby tips arose from the fact that DC Comics featured a lot of ads from model companies and would be a great way to promote the advertisers.

These were the only important ads in DC comics when I wasa kid. Free admission and rides are always swell. Those ride coupons were worth their weight in gold to kids going there on a summer day camp trip:

1955 Chevrolet Body Styles 1956 Chevrolet Body Styles

You weren't looking in the right place. Price 30 clams: Belly Tanker

You're approaching something extremely and painfully simple in execution with needlessly complicated solutions. Check out Hauler Models HQT004 Stainless Scribers HERE. The one on the upper left is perfect. I used it to open the front grille of a Johan '64 Caddy ragtop.

Yeah, it is. Funny thing about this is that this car, a '56 150 4 Dr. sedan, is missing the front trim normally found on the '56 150 4 doors. It doesn't look like it was even on it in the first place. '55 150 4 Dr. sedans didn't have any side trim. Plus, the lower color looks more like Coral than Sierra Gold. It might be that Aussie GM products of the time differed from the U.S. models in trim and colors offered. The India Ivory/Coral combination and '55-style trim options might have been still available for Australian-built Chevys.

Upper color is India Ivory and lower color is Coral. The two-tone combination code is 629 with the upper color Ditzler code 8026 and the lower is 70573. These are the colors available for 1955 model year Chevrolet cars

P.O. boxes cost money.....no kidding. Of course I know. I don't live on Tobacco Road. Check the statistics on mail fraud. P.O. boxes are typically used as drop-offs by and for con artists and other species of scammers. I don't need to worry about when a package is delivered, wait at home for the mail carrier to arrive or if my stuff was dumped on the stoop so some skell can get a five finger discount. The carriers here won't/can't do that, especially if a signature is required. Besides, the lobby man in my building accepts all incoming parcels and secures them in a package cage until a tenant stops by the front desk to retrieve their items. Despite all of the wisecracks made about NYC, it sure is swell to live in a place where civilization, and all of the expected services, exist.

Just received my $20 Azpen tablet delivered by USPS. To my door. Now, I can get some posting done! Self righteous? Nope, just using street smarts daddio. P.O. boxes are typically used by individuals perpetrating scams. If you want to be precise, you weren't scammed by the guy since he paid for the decals. What he did afterward sucked; but, that is beyond your control.

It's a muscle car, not a shopping mall shuttle.

As long as the brick was stowed in a cargo pocket, that would not be considered a fashion faux pas.

Software engineers also made electronic fraud, identity theft, and oodles of other fun activities possible. Life is dull only if you allow yourself to be addicted to and controlled by the technology and, for one reason or another, you lose access or the ability to use it. Like I stated before, technology is great. BUT, there is no physical permanence to software and what it creates. It exists only in the abstract in the form of lines of code. You can't touch it. If your hard drive fizzes out, all that neat collection of electrons which constitute your life in the modern world is gone. Just playing devil's advocate, don't take it personally.

"I you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with b*****t." Every profession follows that precept to a degree, some more than others.

That translates into "We specialize in vague generalities."

Technology is great......until it stops functioning. My point is that if, God forbid, a major catastrophe occurs and civilization as it is presently exists comes to an end, an overwhelming percentage of the population would not be able to cope with what's left. Techies are useful when it comes to working with virtual reality. It's a whole different ballgame when having to use your hands, as well as your brains. When their magical devices no longer function, the jig is up, pal. They're as useful as attempting to screw in a left-handed light bulb into a right-handed socket. I don't need a computer to perform mathematical operations or to design something. I can use a slide rule, drafting equipment and hand tools just as easily. I appreciate technology; it's that I don't depend on it anywhere nearly as much as some other people might.