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10-15-2008, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by LightningMcQueen
Speaking of TV shows and commercials, what about "Crazy Eddie", the electronics guy. I heard his business tanked and he ended up fleeing to Israel (?) Now, I need to look this up on Google.
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His name is Eddie Antar. His business tanked, filed for bankruptcy, he fled indictment for securities fraud. He was eventually returned and convicted.
The guy on the commercial was an actor, not Antar. |
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10-15-2008, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by jax78
They still have the knife truck. I hated that when I was little because I always thought it was the ice cream man, but nope, just the knife guy. 
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Wow, I can't believe it! What part of Queens are you in? |
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10-15-2008, 08:08 PM
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The knife truck also comes to Manhattan!!!
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10-15-2008, 11:17 PM
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Just a thought... Any NY-ers (not the proper Manhattan type -- I'm talking Queens, Bronx, Bklyn) living in Minneapolis/St. Paul area? Just curious.
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10-16-2008, 09:49 AM
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do kids play skully or skellzies, punch ball, stick ball, stoop ball, box ball, in nyc these days. Anyone see any of this anymore?????
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10-16-2008, 10:41 AM
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We have snow in Arizona!
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Originally Posted by 1952 KID
do kids play skully or skellzies, punch ball, stick ball, stoop ball, box ball, in nyc these days. Anyone see any of this anymore?????
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Now a days I don't think kids are even allowed to sit out on their front stoop. When I was a kid, we played outside until the street light in front of Kathy's house came on.
Oh and another thing, if we didn't know someone's last name, we'd politely address the adult as, Mrs. Kathy's Mother, or Mr. Tommy's Father. I'm sure it wasn't a NY thing but a cute tid-bit from my past. |
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10-16-2008, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by zonababe
Now a days I don't think kids are even allowed to sit out on their front stoop. When I was a kid, we played outside until the street light in front of Kathy's house came on.
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I was born in Brownsville (it was sort of different then!) When I was a kid, people on the block used to leave their front doors open on warm nights. That's almost impossible to imagine these days.
Also, we knew that game as skelly. And let's not forget ringolevio. |
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10-16-2008, 12:50 PM
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another ny memory; fishing for sewer balls with a wire coat hanger, there were two types of balls,
spaldeen, and a pensie pinkie, depending on where u lived in nyc, woops wiffle ball too! and i know its spalding,but we said it the other way,spaldeeeeeeeen. anyone remember,salugee,if thats how you spell it.
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10-16-2008, 01:06 PM
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I've heard both skully and skelly - I'll have to check out that website posted earlier for the other games. I loved melting the crayons and remember the cheaters used to put a penny in the cap. We also said Spaldeen. It's strange to think of the filth we used to crawl through or the roofs we used to climb on the get the ball back because no one had 25 cents for a new one. I remember the knife guy!! My father was a tailor and used to bring his scissors down too. My father also made custom suits for Eddie Antar. When he'd come to the house my brother and I would say that's crazy eddie?!? I love this thread.
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10-16-2008, 01:07 PM
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On permanent vacation for the rest of my life
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Originally Posted by NYCGeek
Just a thought... Any NY-ers (not the proper Manhattan type -- I'm talking Queens, Bronx, Bklyn) living in Minneapolis/St. Paul area? Just curious.
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Hmmm Don't know if I'm a Manhattan type or not but living in the Twin Cities |
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