When I was a boy in Brooklyn
posted May 1st, 2023 at 8:32 PM
When I was a boy in Brooklyn, everything was closed on Sunday, except the many churches and one designated pharmacy. When the fog came in from Gravesend Bay, you could only hear the church bells and the fog horns. Now that the world moves at 24/7, and nothing is ever closed, I wonder if anyone will ever hear the church bells and the fog horns.
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Post a CommentAnonymous
May 2, 2023 at 4:31pm
Nice story
But No sleep til Brooklyn
Beastie
Anonymous
May 2, 2023 at 4:39pm
Brooklyn did you say Brooklyn ?
Me too I'm from Brooklyn !
Well ain't that a kick in the pants.
It was...
May 2, 2023 at 7:37pm
... the same in Canada until recent memory. Sunday shopping laws were a thing. And if you think about it whether you're Christian or were you just view that as a mythology that created the excuse for a day of rest for everyone, it's a pretty good idea that we should have one day off a week where we can relax and visit together. Lack of a unified day off also creates the idea that we have more infrastructure than we do. If everyone got Sunday off and went to the beach in the summer, we realize how overpopulated things are.
@It Was
May 3, 2023 at 8:04pm
Mythology...funny you don't mention the other religions
@Anony
May 3, 2023 at 10:26pm
And now in Van... that must be painful.
Anonymous
May 4, 2023 at 6:32am
True dat over populated. Many things are at the point of breaking down completely. And nobody gets it. Oblivious
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