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Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
18. Me too.
Thu May 5, 2016, 08:01 PM
May 2016

I was born on Miami Beach (St. Francis Hospital...now condos). My Dad was a civilian employee of the Coast Guard and worked out of the Miami Beach station on MacArthur Cswy. My uncle was head of the Beach Patrol (lifeguards) and my aunt worked at Moseley's on Lincoln Road for over 4 decades (it's now the Apple Store). I spent a lot of time there hanging out as a kid. You could get a fresh bagel for a nickel everywhere. You'd see retired ILGWU ladies sitting on benches reading their Yiddish language commie rags. By the 80's the place was a wasteland. Now it's the place to be. My sister lives there now (off Meridian) and when I visit my jaw drops. I think I saw the doublemint twins jog by one day when I was people watching on the boardwalk. You walk one block and you hear a dozen different languages. And the food... I live in the suburbs though (Miami Lakes). The same neighborhood Harry Casey "KC" lives in. I see him from time to time driving around.

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I'm here for the music! Scurrilous May 2016 #1
How about some Miami music from back in the day? DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #3
Excellent choice. Scurrilous May 2016 #8
I can remember South Beach when it was comprised of retirees living on SS. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #14
Me too. Scurrilous May 2016 #18
I graduated from NMB . I remember when they called Haulover Park Quaulude Beach. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #19
Good!!! Beacool May 2016 #2
Yeah, but Sanders beats Trump by TWICE the margins that Clinton does. Peace Patriot May 2016 #4
He can be the President Of (Poll)land. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #6
And maybe his parents should have stayed there for the Holocaust? Peace Patriot May 2016 #9
My maternal grandfather was from Poland. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #10
Yes He Will Win Exactly ZERO Electoral Votes Stallion May 2016 #11
We all know how durable Hillary's polling is over time. morningfog May 2016 #5
That was a gratuitous comment. I was beginning to expect more from you. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #7
You got me. morningfog May 2016 #12
No problem. I hope they both poll well against Trump. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #13
Run like she's behind, fight like hell, all 50 states. morningfog May 2016 #16
Wait until they debate. JaneyVee May 2016 #15
LOL! Bernie out-wins HRC in GE polling against ALL GOP candidate but HRC supporters say too early t amborin May 2016 #17
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