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Managing the give & take of life: Meet @ray666 Oct 2, 2023 | By John, Volunteer Mentor (@johnbishop)Comment receiving replies
Good morning, Susan Ellen (@SusanEllen66)
Or now that I know you were born in Brooklyn, maybe I should say, “Hey, wazzup?” LOL I was born and grew up in the Bronx, way up in the NE corner, Pelham Bay. I lived there until my early 20s. I never intended to leave NYC. In a way, I still haven’t. I miss NYC terribly.
Brooklyn was a foreign country to my family. I can still remember my mother pleading with my brother when he started dating a girl from Brooklyn: “Oh, Bill, promise you’ll lock your car doors and roll up the windows when you drive through Brooklyn.” I imagine your friends in Brooklyn said the same thing about driving in the Bronx.
How about a Neuropathy Forum just for us NYers?
Cheers!
Ray (@ray666)
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I am from HOBOKEN is that close enough to NEW YORK? THANKS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMNT...MargaretOB
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@ray666 you are exactly right!
The Bronx was scary to us. All I knew was the Bronx Zoo, and Yankee Stadium.
Pelham reminded me of the movie, “Taking of Pelham 123”!
I actually spent most of my childhood on Lawn Guyland.
My paternal ancestors settled much of the Island, and Connecticut beginning in the early 1600’s. They were also in Salem during the witch trials. My uncle, Giles Corey was pressed to death! He is the subject of a Longfellow play, and a character in The Crucible by Arthur Miller.
Ancestry is a hobby!