> > > > Worcester?  Cool.  
> > > It's an up-and-coming city, which Pawtucket is not.
> > True.  It's got the transportation access Pawtucket doesn't.  
> 
> Pawtucket having the disadvantage of being in
> a different state from the big city. On the
> other hand, this added a little frisson of
> exoticness to a trip to McCoy.
> 
It was also be a good time for a soda/beer run if you live in CT, 
back when. Rhode Island bottles have the CT deposit code on them but 
Rhode Island never had a bottle deposit in the past. 

> > > For sure, but I never actually dated much, if
> > > that term implies the ritualistic stuff.
> > I wouldn't know either.  
> 
> I'm guessing we haven't missed all that much,
> and whatever good was undoubtedly balanced by
> bunches of tsouris.

I've heard a lot about dating from those who did it.  We probably 
didn't miss much.
 
> > > A Trabant wouldn't have gone fast enough for
> > > him to have gotten into the trouble that he did.
> > Did Trabants get out of first gear? 
> 
> I'm not sure. Never drove one, and the last time I saw 
> any there was a big procession of them down past the
> Berlin Cathedral. Maybe it was a belated funeral for 
> the East.

Or for the factory. 
 
> > > You'd be surprised. There are a lot of desperate
> > > women out there.
> > And some women like starving artists. Go figure.
> 
> Let's face it - in most matchups there's a certain go
> figure component.

Some of them I never could understand.

> > > > Or shedding a tear, cats not being fond of sweaters. 
> > > Which they tear to shreds.
> > Or at least pull to death.  Christmas sweaters done in by Santa 
> > Claws.
> 
> A manifestation of feline good taste.

Or at least the need to sharpen claws and stretch a bit.
 
> > > Eh, that can be fixed.
> > The question being is the violin worth enough to bother. 
> 
> As you said, it was extensively played. of
> course, it might have been played by someone 
> with a tin ear.
> 
And lead hands. 

> > > > Can't say I've ever heard one.  Possibly just as well.
> > > Whether one has heard one or not is a massive
> > > irrelevancy to one's life. I know that jewelry can 
> > > be worth a lot, despite not having worn any.
> > Or at least it sells for a lot; worth is another story.  
> 
> In this particular case, as there has never been any 
> depreciation except based on damage, it comes as close
> to worth and value as anything on the planet.

Too true, at least when it comes to manufactured items.  Gold bullion 
is even better, but not nearly as much fun.
 
> > > I always liked the name lucite.
> > Dupont got one right then.
> 
> It got a number of things right. Silverstone is one of
> the great inventions.

Ick. Not for me thanks.  
 
> > Back 250 years ago, nobody could. They probably knew a bunch of 
> > Taylors and such. 
> 
> Pork roll burgers
> categories: New Jersey, sandwich, wwtt
> servings: 4 to 6

I haven't had pork roll in 30 years. 
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