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Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 23:51
Subject: Re: [BP] Something else to restore
In a message dated 12/27/2004
10:57:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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Around here dumplings are "boiled
bread" and they are nothing like bagels. There's also a glaze on bagels, and the dough must be coarser than
dumplings, because they're much chewier. When they're stale, they're
inedible.
Do you mean to tell me some people use rendered chicken fat like butter???
I agree, YUCK! You ain't kiddin,
honeychile.
Thanks for the explanation of The Bronx.
Now how about the other four?
parts of NYC? I can't think what they are called Minhattin, Booklyn, Queens, Staten
Island. Minhattin is the county of Minhattin.
Queens is the County
of Queens. Think
you've got it now? Brooklyn is Kings County, and Staten Island is the county of Richmond. I've always thought of SI as the forgotten borough,
like it came straggling along because it didn't want to be left behind with NJ,
so the other boroughs said, "OK, if you REALLY have to come along, but
walk 5 feet behind us, wouldya? We don't want anybody knowing you're with
us." Don't know why I think that, just the impression I get, maybe
cuz Fishkill is there (a landfill - BTW, "kill" is some Dutch word of
which I don't recall the derivation, it's not supposed to be a description of
what the area does to the waterlife). May be the accent of the big haired
women who would transfer from the ferry to the #4 or #6 train. The Verazzano Narrows Bridge
is pretty nice, though. Or Romanov, if you believe Sharpshooter. five but I'm not sure. Brain fart, at my age I'm entitled. You're not alone, either.
Ralph