healynCurrently at a possibly haunted train stop in Bumblefuck, Long Island, 2 hours away from where I live. If I never post again, tell my family I love them
Every train station I know has two tracks. One going east and one west. This place has one track
Jill :firefish:@healyn
Long Island, man, I don't know. Possibly the weirdest place in the US.Strip mall, strip mall, mega-mansion enclave, vast agricultural fields, strip mall, mega mansions, Awful Italian food, awful pizza, great bbq, more awful Italian, very cool grocery, very cool winery, strip mall, strip mall.
Long Island, man, I don't know. Possibly the weirdest place in the US.Strip mall, strip mall, mega-mansion enclave, vast agricultural fields, strip mall, mega mansions, Awful Italian food, awful pizza, great bbq, more awful Italian, very cool grocery, very cool winery, strip mall, strip mall.
@geerue a land of contrasts
@healyn
In my youth (60+ years ago), we'd visit Oak Beach each summer: Aunt and Uncle (Dad's brother) who were super smart, alcoholic, and very bohemian. They worked in Manhattan, had no kids, by choice; my family had 3-4 kids depending on the year. Fire Island, Jones Beach, horseshoe crabs, rickety motorboat to pick up potable water. So I guess that has been my notion of "Long Island". But in the last 5 years I've vacationed there (with a big family/friend, i.e. "we-need-an-estate" group), so I've seen more of the "island". Maybe it's just striking to me that I thought I'd been to Long Island, but really never was there. Life lesson! (Like when tourists come to DC and think they then know the place.)
In my youth (60+ years ago), we'd visit Oak Beach each summer: Aunt and Uncle (Dad's brother) who were super smart, alcoholic, and very bohemian. They worked in Manhattan, had no kids, by choice; my family had 3-4 kids depending on the year. Fire Island, Jones Beach, horseshoe crabs, rickety motorboat to pick up potable water. So I guess that has been my notion of "Long Island". But in the last 5 years I've vacationed there (with a big family/friend, i.e. "we-need-an-estate" group), so I've seen more of the "island". Maybe it's just striking to me that I thought I'd been to Long Island, but really never was there. Life lesson! (Like when tourists come to DC and think they then know the place.)