CAHoya07
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Post by CAHoya07 on Jul 24, 2008 14:15:14 GMT -5
"70 and Sunny? Check." Wasn't it W.C. Fields that said something to the effect of "the coldest I've ever been was in San Francisco in July"? Actually, it was Mark Twain, and the exact quote was, "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." That said, mornings in what I always knew as "The City" tend to be foggy and cold, but it usually clears up by the afternoon, then it gets cold again at night. According to weather.com, today's afternoon forecast is 64 and sunny, so we can forgive SFHoya for being off by 6 degrees. |
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Post by strummer8526 on Jul 24, 2008 14:18:27 GMT -5
Lock, or send to the political board. Lock YOU, or send YOU to the political board. On second thought, maybe this has deteriorated. |
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Jul 24, 2008 14:33:57 GMT -5
another point of contention. The 5 boroughs need to be split up. NYC isn't one city it's 5 cities that we're pretending are one. or more accurately it's one city Manhattan and we included the suburbs as well and pretend it's still part of the city. It would be like including bethesda, arlington, alexandria, silverspring, and pretending all of them plus DC count as washington DC.
and i've been to other parts on NY brooklyn, the bronx and queens. I've seen most of the city but obviosuly most of my experience is manhattan. I'm not impressed. NY is no better than any other city and it's inhabitants better learn this fact.
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Filo
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Post by Filo on Jul 24, 2008 14:55:07 GMT -5
HSB - So you've seen the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, and you have spent time around the Garden during the BET. Well aren't you a walking almanac of all things New York, then? Your equating the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens to suburbs (and the snoozefests of Bethesda, Arlington, Alexandria and Silver Spring, no less) speaks volumes about your level of familiarity with those places. Sorry to say, you are beyond help.  |
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Post by Hoya TMF on Jul 24, 2008 14:56:15 GMT -5
Actually, it'd be like getting rid of SE, NE, and SW (DC's equivalent to Staten Island). They might not be as cool as NW, but DC would not be the same without them. Bethesda and Arlington are more like Long Island and Yonkers. They aren't a part of DC, but since no one outside of the area has really heard of them, people try and claim DC for convenience. Not the same. And New York is better than other cities; if you can't admit that then you're not being objective at all. It just doesn't make you a better person because you live there or if, like me, you're from there.
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vcjack
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Post by vcjack on Jul 24, 2008 15:06:06 GMT -5
If only ESPN could do a relative ranking of the sports accomplishments of these various cities, then we would finally know which city is best.
Unfortunately such analysis is beneath the bastion of media excelence in Bristol
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fatthew
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Post by fatthew on Jul 24, 2008 15:16:05 GMT -5
I'm amazed that someone mentioned Staten Island in this discussion.
Wu Tang, MF'ers.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Jul 24, 2008 15:31:22 GMT -5
I'm disappointed that my attempt to start a fight hasn't yielded better results. Oh well. It served it's purpose to entertain me at work. Thanks.
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Post by strummer8526 on Jul 24, 2008 15:54:11 GMT -5
I'm disappointed that my attempt to start a fight hasn't yielded better results. Oh well. It served it's purpose to entertain me at work. Thanks. It didn't start a fight, but I feel good about the stat-padding of this thread, and we got a pretty random mention of the Wu-Tang Clan, so that's a plus. |
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Filo
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Post by Filo on Jul 24, 2008 16:31:03 GMT -5
And Admin showed remarkable restraint in not moving this off the main board about 3 pages ago. Either that, or they were just having a busy day... By the way, that quote is not really attributable to Mark Twain. www.snopes.com/quotes/twain.aspAnd for another potentially on-topic apocryphal story... I remember hearing that the only two man-made structures on earth that were visible from the moon were the Great Wall of China and the Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island. On edit - of course it's apocryphal, but I have no idea where the Fresh Kills reference came from. www.snopes.com/science/greatwall.asp |
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fatthew
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Post by fatthew on Jul 24, 2008 23:12:02 GMT -5
Filo - I've been telling people that about Fresh Kills for years. I don't really know where I got it from, either. But I'll continue to say it. We have so little.
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jgalt
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Post by jgalt on Jul 25, 2008 0:44:03 GMT -5
Give me a random sample of 1000 people from NY and 1000 from DC and the DC 1000 will be hotter.
also New York is not better than other cities, ill say this and i am being more than objective.
Finally, New York is overrated, period
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Filo
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Post by Filo on Jul 25, 2008 8:56:06 GMT -5
Filo - I've been telling people that about Fresh Kills for years. I don't really know where I got it from, either. But I'll continue to say it. We have so little. LOL. Wu Tang Clan and Fresh Kills -- that's not enough? Throw in Todt Hill (former home to Paul Castellano) and the Staten Island Tuxedo, and you have more than anyone could ask for. |
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Jul 25, 2008 10:25:23 GMT -5
Give me a random sample of 1000 people from NY and 1000 from DC and the DC 1000 will be hotter. also New York is not better than other cities, ill say this and i am being more than objective. Finally, New York is overrated, period I think it's both. NYC is overrated, but I also think it's the greatest city on earth. (not that I'd want to live there - visiting is just fine with me). I can't believe I missed this whole conversation. |
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hifigator
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Post by hifigator on Jul 25, 2008 11:16:50 GMT -5
How in the world did you all manage to get four friggin' pages out of this thread?
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Post by strummer8526 on Jul 25, 2008 11:21:16 GMT -5
How in the world did you all manage to get four friggin' pages out of this thread? A lot of free time and a desire to engage in meaningless debate. Where were you this whole time? |
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hifigator
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Post by hifigator on Jul 25, 2008 13:47:30 GMT -5
How in the world did you all manage to get four friggin' pages out of this thread? A lot of free time and a desire to engage in meaningless debate. Where were you this whole time? That was pretty damn funny. I will give you that one. |
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