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 From: mybaconbutty@hotmail.com 
  
 On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:50:58 -0800, Darrin  wrote: 
  
 >On Nov 6, 12:36?am, Mack A. Damia  wrote: 
 > 
 >> I miss Nathan's hot dogs.  <*sob*>> 
 > 
 >Dave, long time no see!eh Nothing beats Nathan's Famous! Well, perhaps 
 >Hebrew National - they answer to a Higher Authority!! eh I wish you 
 >would have quoted the original message, so not to deprive the touchy- 
 >feely killfilers of a good edumacation (ehe) lesson!eehe Then again, 
 >Junior's Cheesecake will arrive by you soon enough!eh Let the noshing 
 >begin!eh -D, NYC "More hot dogs are eaten at New York's Yankee Stadium 
 >- 1.8 million in 2003 - than in any other major league ballpark in the 
 >country" - LITTLE BIG BOOK OF NEW YORK.."In 1871 Charles Feltman, a 
 >German butcher, opened up the first Coney Island (America's First 
 >Amusement Park) hot dog stand and sold 3,684 dachshund (or "little- 
 >dog") sausages during his first year in business. Nathan Handwerker, a 
 >former employee of Feltman, opened Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs and 
 >competed with Feltman's by charging only five cents  per dog, instead 
 >of ten cents. When people began questioning the quality of his cheaper 
 >dog, he offered free hot dogs to interns at Coney Island Hospital on 
 >the condition that they come to his stand wearing their white coats. 
 >Nathan's gained a reputation for being the place where the doctors 
 >ate. Since 1916, Nathan's has hosted an annual hot dog eating contest 
 >on July 4th" - IBID 
 > 
 >> mad 
 >> On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:18:28 -0800, Darrin  wrote: 
 >> >On Nov 4, 7:23?am, Mike.....  wrote: 
 >> >> Following up to  Darrin  wrote: 
 >> 
 >> >> >New York Post (oldest, continuously published newspaper in America; 
 >> >> >founded by one of our founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton) 
 >> >> >October 30,2007> 
 >> 
 >> >> you would think there would be an older newspaper. 
 >> >> Mike 
 >> >> Remove clothing to email 
 >> 
 >> >1801 is not old enough for ya?eh Along with Sir Isaac Goldsmid 
 >> >(Yiddish-British), Hamilton also founded The Bank of New York in 1784, 
 >> >making it the oldest bank in the US. NYC is a "city of firsts." Take a 
 >> >guess where the world's first steel suspension bridge lies? "The 
 >> >Brooklyn Bridge" sound familiar?ehe -D, NYC "I think in terms of 
 >> >quality and diversity, NY is the restaurant capital of the world. In 
 >> >terms of price, NY is the most expensive dining city in the US" - 
 >> >TIMOTHY ZAGAT (CEO/founder of The Zagat Guides/Surveys), interview on 
 >> >BLOOMBERG (4th Jewish Mayor of NY) TELEVISION.."If food were a 
 >> >competitive sport, New York City would have more gold medals than 
 >> >anywhere else in the world" - TRACY NIEPORENT, Myriad Restaurant Group/ 
 >> >NYC & Company Restaurant Committee Chair.."New Yorkers spend $11 
 >> >billion a year eating out, making NY the restaurant capital of the 
 >> >world" - JANE'S NY (Jane Hansen, NBC 4 NY - Rockefeller Center - NBC 
 >> >World News Headquarters: home to SNL, Dateline, Late Night With Conan 
 >> >O'Brien, Today Show, and Nightly News With Brian Williams).."New York 
 >> >City has the zoo, aquarium, museums, fashion center, diamond center, 
 >> >U.N., Statue of Liberty; and it's got the Yanks and the Mets; and it's 
 >> >got every kind of food but lousy; and it's the home of the one-namers 
 >> >like Harrison, Dustin, Calvin, Katie, Rosie, Bianca, Bernadette, Matt, 
 >> >Bryant, Vanessa, Julia, Halle, Gwyneth, Donald, Ivana, Puffy" - CINDY 
 >> >ADAMS (umpteenth sweet, Jewish NYer, Page 6 of the NY Post).."New York 
 >> >City is the central home for this entire planet. The Olympics draws 
 >> >contestants from all countries. Wherever they come from we've got a 
 >> >family for them, a neighborhood for them, a group who speak their 
 >> >language, cook their food, support their religion, understand their 
 >> >needs. We have someone for everyone" - JUDGE JUDY, umpteenth sweet, 
 >> >Jewish NYer, as told to sweet Cindy Adams of Page 6 of the NY 
 >> >Post.."Historic Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain is the site of 
 >> >major victories in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution" - 
 >> >LITTLE BIG BOOK OF NY.."On July 9, 1776 the Declaration of 
 >> >Independence was read aloud to General Washington's troops in New 
 >> >York" - IBID.."More history happened in New York than in any other 
 >> >place in the nation" -  KENNETH T. JACKSON, Columbia University 
 >> >Professor, Encyclopedia of NY.."The people of New York are proud of 
 >> >their state and proud to be at the 'center of the universe.' 
 >> >Everything revolves around New York" - JOHN T. WHITE, WORLD RESERVE 
 >> >MONETARY EXCHANGE.."Between 1892 & 1924, 16 million immigrants entered 
 >> >America through Ellis Island - 71 % of all immigrants in the United 
 >> >States -seeking freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and economic 
 >> >opportunities" - LITTLE BIG BOOK OF NY- Hide quoted text - 
  
 I thought I quoted your original message; how about this? 
  
 I know back east Nathan's frankfurters are sold in supermarkets; I 
 don't know about the West Coast, though.  I need to check. 
  
 Probably not Mexico - although we have a new Cosco on the south-side 
 (Ensenada).  Must look for them. 
  
 Did you see my new Jaguar, Darrin? 
  
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/90039878@N00/?saved=1 
  
 Drove it back here from Pennsylvania about a month or so ago. 
 -- 
 mad 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
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