You Know You're From Long Island When... (Babylon, Brentwood: babysitters, cars)

[41Willys]

Hey what page is that list on?? Yes I wanna send it too someone!!

[Diane Giam]

Originally Posted by woodturner

greetings,

i grew up in woodmere and went to hewlett hs 57-61 then left the state in 67 after college at nyit in manhattan. i remember many of the places you had on your list and am sorry to see some of them are gone but in the 40 years i have been away it's to be expected. i am trying to write a funny short story about some of my years there on the south shore and thought of wetsons on sunrise highway. we would go there to eat and pick up drag races, mainly from the light on that corner heading east so everyone could watch from the parking lot. could write lots more but dont want to bore anyone. if anyone out there went to hewlett hs same years i did please write.

thanks

Len Q

Yes Wetson's, 15 cent hamburgers! I was there but was a child in parents car.Nope, Went to Lawrence schools

Diane

[Diane Giam]

Originally Posted by momix5

Just a question does Sizzler exist anywhere outside of LI!?

Yes, We have it in Nashville along with every chain that exists.

Diane

[Callie_D]

Originally Posted by 4StanleyCups

Okay, here's something I was reminded of today. I apologize if it comes across as being a "downer" but I don't mean it that way...

You know those "memorials" that people sometimes place at the site of where a loved one died in a car accident....we've all seen them.... Are they a uniquely Long Island thing? I seem to recall reading something a few years ago that said these aren't usually done in other areas, and that there's a tacit understanding that they aren't removed by whatever entity maintains our roadways.

It is true that I never noticed any of them when driving in CT, NJ, RI and Mass ... so now I wonder if they are indeed a "Long Island thing"?

Has anyone else seen 'memorials' at all, or with any regularity, elsewhere than on LI?

I'm originally from LI, now in FL, and I see these memorials all over the place here. So I guess it's not exclusive to LI.........

[ClarkStreetKid]

The home made memorials are illegal in many states and get removed by the clean up crews. Some states will allow a memorial sign to be purchased and placed at the scene of the accident.

[NY62]

Originally Posted by Diane Giam

Yes, We have it in Nashville along with every chain that exists.

Diane

hey have you eatin in someplace in nashville,the last part is called roadhouse? I forgot the name but boy that place had the best steak I have had in a very long time.
Oh yea you know your from long Island if your used to being broke.

[momix5]

Anyone remember Chandlers pub in Port Jfferson?

[wazoopizza]

Rember BRENTWOOD,charlies hotdogs,jack-in-the-box,grants,the park,great memories

[Diane Giam]

Originally Posted by NY62

hey have you eatin in someplace in nashville,the last part is called roadhouse? I forgot the name but boy that place had the best steak I have had in a very long time.
Oh yea you know your from long Island if your used to being broke.

Texas Roadhouse I Assume. Yes I have, the one in Cool Springs in the Mall Parking Lot, which is not far from my home.

Diane

[Diane Giam]

Originally Posted by momix5

Anyone remember Chandlers pub in Port Jfferson?

I do! I went there one New Years Eve before my children were born. I lived in Mt Sinai at the time.

Diane