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TreasonousBastard

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8. Damn! I grew up just down the road where Utopia Parkway...

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #7)

Sun May 5, 2013, 11:22 PM

May 2013

becomes Homelawn Street. Figure that one out, will ya! And while you're at it, why does Utopia Parkway go through Flushing?

People constantly tell me I'm full of it when I tell them St. John's was a golf course when I was a kid. They think it was always there, but that campus was built in the 60's during a huge expansion. It was a lousy golf course, anyway.

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Met with Tim Bishop again and... [View all] TreasonousBastard May 2013 OP

I wish he was my congressman. hrmjustin May 2013 #1

Oh man... Staten Island! You guys always have it tough there with Redneck Heaven and... TreasonousBastard May 2013 #2

I am in the Brooklyn part of the district. Bay Ridge Brooklyn. hrmjustin May 2013 #3

My mistake-- forgot about Bay Ridge... TreasonousBastard May 2013 #4

Bay Ridge is a nice diverse area. hrmjustin May 2013 #5

I'm sure it is, but... TreasonousBastard May 2013 #6

I went to college at ST John's University in Queens and I agree queens is very hard to figure out. hrmjustin May 2013 #7

Damn! I grew up just down the road where Utopia Parkway... TreasonousBastard May 2013 #8