Robin -

You have ABSOLUTELY come to the right place, as many of us are irreverent,
sarcastic, and humourous NYer's.  What are you, another Cuyler and david west, with the ou's? Believe it or not, it was a high school coolness factor What does coolness have in common with Manlius, NY?, Whadya mean, Manlius.  I never lived in Manlius.  Moved from Ithaca to Camillus (the OTHER side of Syracuse) the day after graduating from IHS.  Manlius is for people who like to think they're rich cuz they live near Fayetteville and Dewitt.  All I know about these little jerkwater towns north of Da Bronx from which the thousands of Folletts sprung forth is what Ed Koch told me: those people wear Sears and Roebuck suits. I don't WANT to know any more. and had nothing to do with marrying a Brit (which I first typed as "Brie" - makes me wonder...) Limp cheese? What's to wonder about? Enjoy the ride and welcome. Fasten your seatbelt, Bette Davis Thighs.  Are you a fly on my wall? More like a fly on the dustbin of history.

- Pam She's really an upstater, so don't get too excited, Robin.  Hey, I paid my dues living in the middle of Hassid country - Boro Park, B'lyn long before I paid you any dues. You may have paid THEM your dues, but I didn't see any in my mailbox.  Must be the post office still has them. Somehow I have a feeling it's the Phleps Post Office, or Phlegm Post Office or whatever you call it that has your dues,  not the Summit Post Office. Ours was the only Italian neighbourhood around, where it was safe to go to the corner bodega at midnight because the dude who lived across the street got picked up in a limo in the morning, if you know what I mean.  Careful, the Eyetalian gentleman I pissed off may still be lurking. No, it was safe cuz I lived in the neighbourhood and they knew who lived where and who was "good people".  Unfortunately, the Jarhead was in that category, too. Just goes to show you, even Da Boys can be poor judges of character. Ask Big Pussy. But then again, I'm a native Californian exiled to Joisey. And Chrif if a goddam midwefterner.  Maybe a midwife, too.