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[judy]

Originally Posted by jrsygal37

Hi Judy. 71 and 78 pct. were s*** houses. LOL. Hubby's description not mine. No, I've always been a Jersey Girl. Born and raised on the Jersey Shore. Marrying a Brooklyn man let alone a Brooklyn cop has been an experience. Remember, I'm just a beach girl from Jersey. LOLOLOL. And not only did I marry a Brooklyn guy, but a Brooklyn cop and an Italian no less. And, my two boys have their father's Brooklyn accent and mouth. LOLOL.

Good Luck, with your new home. Elaine.

I think that's a perfect match! The Italian boys were so gorgeous to us Brooklyn girls! We were always lusting after them. He "got off the block" by marrying a Jersey girl. It was very important which block(s) you were from, and often you were expected to marry and stay at least close to "the block," if you were Italian. Jewish girls, like I was, were expected to marry only Jewish boys and move to Long Island, have nose jobs and be really snotty b******.

These were some of the many Brooklyn rules during the baby boomer days. Don't blame me - I didn't make them up!

[Janet]

Gee, I love reading about these Jersey, Brooklyn, Jewish, Italian rules!!! Sounds like a TV show..so tell more!

[judy]

Originally Posted by Janet

Gee, I love reading about these Jersey, Brooklyn, Jewish, Italian rules!!! Sounds like a TV show..so tell more!

It was such a wonderful place to grow up! There were so many kids! We were the baby boomers, and we had so much fun!!!

I will tell you more Brooklyn stories. Gina - you have to help me out here.

One thing I will tell you - we had the absolute best egg creams in the entire universe! Our pizza was also amazing. Brooklyn food was so good. We would cut out of school early when it got warm, and take the train to Coney Island.
We would go to Nathan's and have hot dogs and their fries, which have never been duplicated! They also had chow mein sandwiches, which consisted of chow mein and noodles on a hamburger bun. Disgusting isn't it? But - so good.

[Marilyn]

Like Janet, I love hearing about you growing up in Brooklyn. Big difference between your childhood and ours on a So Tx farm.

I just had one scarey visit to Brooklyn, but one thing I remember about my visit to Coney Island was the soft serve ice cream. They had pistachio. I couldn't believe it. Around here the only soft serve we get is vanilla or chocolate. We have lots of other flavors of ice cream, of course, but that's all that we have in soft serve. I got a big pistachio waffle cone. Sooooo good!!