You Know You're From Long Island When... (Hempstead, Freeport: amusement park, prices)

[NYer]

Originally Posted by 41Willys

Ahhh, never heard of that one. Which house?

I don't want to say since his mom now lives there!!!! But, it is on a main road and it is on the water. You can see the top of the greenhouse from the road. The bell to open the gate is right out on the road- you don't have to get out of the car to ring it.

[amsm196]

Hufo & Commander oil are gone huh? I used to work for Hufco oil back in the late 80's. And do you remember the Commander trucks with the german shepard plastic dog on the top of their repair vans?

[momix5]

There used to be a Wetsons in Lake Grove it is now an appliance place , it is called two guys

[41Willys]

Originally Posted by momix5

There used to be a Wetsons in Lake Grove it is now an appliance place , it is called two guys

I thought they were all closed up! Like the department stores my mom worked at when I was a kid. "Gertz" and "Corvettes"

[Rock0324]

Dont forget TSS Times Square Store in Levittown and Woolworths remeber the lunch counter in Woolworths, they hung balloons above the seats and you could pop a balloon and inside was a slip of paper with a price written on it, that was the price you would pay for a bannana split.

Or the pet department where you would buy one of those little turtles for 25 or 50 cents. The ones that after a week or two the shells would start to get soft then they would die

[41Willys]

Originally Posted by Rock0324

Dont forget TSS Times Square Store in Levittown and Woolworths remeber the lunch counter in Woolworths, they hung balloons above the seats and you could pop a balloon and inside was a slip of paper with a price written on it, that was the price you would pay for a bannana split.

Or the pet department where you would buy one of those little turtles for 25 or 50 cents. The ones that after a week or two the shells would start to get soft then they would die

LOL,,when we were little we use to steal fish out of the pet department at Woolworths at the Gardener Manor mall.(Bayshore) When I was REAL little I could remember that mall being outside! It wasnt enclosed yet.

[Dedalus]

How do you shoplift a fish?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[Dedalus]

Originally Posted by Rock0324

Dont forget TSS Times Square Store in Levittown and Woolworths remeber the lunch counter in Woolworths, they hung balloons above the seats and you could pop a balloon and inside was a slip of paper with a price written on it, that was the price you would pay for a bannana split.

Or the pet department where you would buy one of those little turtles for 25 or 50 cents. The ones that after a week or two the shells would start to get soft then they would die

I used to get those. The guy in the pet department told us to feed them these little dried up things labelled "ant eggs." Actually, pupae, I now realize.

Poor little things all died of vitamin and mineral deficencies.

[41Willys]

Originally Posted by Dedalus

How do you shoplift a fish?

Inquiring minds want to know.

LOL,, I was waiting for this question! The pet department was ajacecent to the mall and no one ever was in the pet department. We use to walk in grab a plastic bag put a fish with water in it and walk out the door. It was the perfect crime, the fish never died because we walked home and put them in our tanks!

[momix5]

remember cheap johns!