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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:48 PM Original message |
Just got back from DC/NY...loved DC (except for the idiot in chief) hate NY..you can have it |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Don't let one bad experience spoil your view of the Apple. It's America's great World city. .... |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. well, it was also very cold and very rainy the entire 2 and 1/2 days we were there |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 05:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
39. I lived in Miami for four years and found it to be hell on earth. NYC is great! |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. As a born and raised New Yorker, I have one thing to say |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. that's just street wise 101, isn't it? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. FUNNY, my brother in law and I went to the Anthropology museum |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 04:47 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. when i go to underground parties i divide my ID from my credit cards, too |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. You're right...I should have said |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 04:58 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. that's even better direct advice. i totally agree with both things. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. I hate to say this, but I ALWAYS carry my electronics |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. well, we were on a school tour trip and did what we were told |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Not necessarily and I have been on tours as well |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
49. It's the |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
63. Sorry to hear about your loss, was likely the staff, they may be able to get |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
62. Me too, when travelling they never leave the bag I carry with me. It |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. Can you get the meds filled quickly? |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. yes, we called them in while in layover in Atlanta |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. That's pretty much my evaluation of both cities, too. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. the broadway show was cool, bought a knock off purse |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You didn't go to New York City...you went to Midtown |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Ugh. Midtown? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I take my peoples to Brooklyn |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
45. That's where I live! Prospect Heights... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Lived for years on 5th Avenue between Park and Prospect |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Oh yeah... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Yeah, my bro lives in Cobble Hill |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. we were everywhere |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The very fact that you think that's "everywhere"... |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. *ahem* those are the "rides" at Disneyland Manhattan |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 04:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Yes! Grand Central! Absolutely. |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #30 |
43. I go to Grand Central twice a day |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. I think you mean Penn Station... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 04:45 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. No Lincoln Center, Columbia, Harlem, Greenwich Village.... |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. I had my wedding reception |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #25 |
42. Take it from a New Yorker |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
55. exactly |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. You bought a knockoff? |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. yea, I knew it was |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 04:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. LOL! |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
44. Hey now!!! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. You had a laptop in a laptop bag? |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. it was one bag among 70 other bags |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Were they all LAPTOP bags? |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. 3 were lap top bags |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
48. It totally sucks... |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. Laptops are special circumstances |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I dont know why he brought it at all, we NEVER had time to use it |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I do hope that you did get to see a lot while you were there. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Yup, when I'm in transit, I don't let my laptop bag out of my sight |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. Sorry for yours and hubby's misfortune. Sucks. nt |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. thanks |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
27. "Sheridan Manhattan Security team sucks" Did they get you a police report? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Home insurance also will cover some of the loss |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
40. Sorry you're soured on NYC... |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
41. I'm sorry you're getting so many mean and nasty responses, Greenbriar |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
52. Shoulda gone to Olive Garden |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Since when are there Olive Gardens in Manhattan? |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Go ask the Lounge |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Why would anyone eat at Olive Garden with all the great Italian restaurants in Manhattan? |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I double-dog dare you to ask that in the Lounge. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Done |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Spladow |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
53. Why were you carrying $4000 in goods in one bag? |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
54. I'm sorry about what happened but that could have happened anywhere, not taking |
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