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Good morning folks;
It’s time for my weekly trivia quiz. This one goes to my engineering roots:
When Brooklyn was an independent city, it had its own water supply system. It had an elaborate supply system that drew water from lakes and aquifers in Nassau County. This system was eventually abandoned when Brooklyn was incorporated into NYC near the turn of the 20th century. However, parts of this system are memorialized in the names of places and streets, such as “Aqueduct” race track and “Conduit” Ave.
Today’s trivia quiz concerns another street that is named after a part of this system. Arguably, it is the strangest street name in NYC, if not the entire country. What is the name of this street, where is it located, and what is the meaning of its name?
Bonus trivia question: as long as we’re on the subject of Brooklyn public works, here is another trivia question. The City of Brooklyn also had its own garbage landfill (actually, it wasn’t owned by the city, it was owned by a private concern that had an exclusive license with Brooklyn). Where was this landfill located, what was built over it, and who was in charge of this improvement?
okay, big obnoxious umbrellas today caused me to not probably go into detail about asking my DQOTD (dumb question of the day) because i have to rant first about huuuuuuuuuge umbrellas. does anyone else find them as annoying as i do? a huge umbrella that can house a family of 10 should not be used unless you are 5000 pounds and it’s a thunderstorm. not on a single person. and if you insist on using your big obnoxious umbrella at least LOOK where youre walking. and also, there is no need to use an umbrella when it’s a slight mist out and not even raining. just cuz the ground is wet doesnt mean you need an umbrella. and if youre wearing sweat pants and a tshirt, you REALLY dont need to be protecting your clothes from a slight drizzle.
okay, seriously my DQOTD.
where does a 32 year old man buy normal people clothes? I have not boughten (yeah i said boughten shut up) clothes NEW from a store in probably close to 15 years (except for dainties such as underwear and socks). 95 percent of my wardrobe is work inappropriate. 90 percent is just plain inappropriate for walking around in the general public (according to my BFF kristy who confronted me a few weeks ago about my clothes). I’ve only boughten things in thrift stores but these days it’s harder and harder to find good salvation armies and goodwills cuz of the gnats that infest them in the mornings and steal all the good stuff to sell in their overpriced “thrift stores”. im looking at YOU williamsburg and bushwick! anyway, it doesnt matter. i need to find a good source to buy clothes that i dont look like an idiot.
when i say budget i mean like maybe a step up from Kmart / wallmart. (fyi does anyone remember back 20 years ago or so Lay-Away programs?) lol before credit cards (i think) where you’d put money down and get your clothes when youd pay it off? i think that’s how i got most of my back to school clothes. my grandmother would work in the summers at the local pool and do a lay away thingie. ahhahaha. also, if kmart and wallmart has decent clothes, im fine with that. im just retail clothing phobic (seriously). i get really terrified when i go into a clothing store. maybe i need a personal shopper? an ambush makeover? im up for anything. also what is the avg. price for mens jeans? i feel like if a pair of jeans is the price of a new video game (50-60 bux) im like omg NO way. but now im learning that i am 100 percent sure id get more use out of a pair of 50 dollar jeans than a 50 dollar video game, since i buy video games and never play them anyway!
HELP ME PEOPLE! I need to fix my wardrobe and be a normal 32 year old man! Also id rather advice from straight guys and straight women and gay women. If youre a gay man, im probably not going to listen to your fashion advice, cuz i dont wanna go there. and i bet this is the first time in your life a gay man is asking for fashion advice.! on that, i say to you, stop stereotyping people.
“The band is The Cure but why does the drum say “The Cures?”
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 9:26 AM”
To stop people from stealing it. The apostrophe is very small but it actually reads “The Cure’s” (and then “do not steal” in very small text underneath it)
Nikilissa…we always went for “dibs on the middle” in between my parents!!!! Then there was always the “way back” of the station…great because the “long arm of the law” could never reach that far back to swat you!!!!
Good morning folks;
It’s time for my weekly trivia quiz. This one goes to my engineering roots:
When Brooklyn was an independent city, it had its own water supply system. It had an elaborate supply system that drew water from lakes and aquifers in Nassau County. This system was eventually abandoned when Brooklyn was incorporated into NYC near the turn of the 20th century. However, parts of this system are memorialized in the names of places and streets, such as “Aqueduct” race track and “Conduit” Ave.
Today’s trivia quiz concerns another street that is named after a part of this system. Arguably, it is the strangest street name in NYC, if not the entire country. What is the name of this street, where is it located, and what is the meaning of its name?
Bonus trivia question: as long as we’re on the subject of Brooklyn public works, here is another trivia question. The City of Brooklyn also had its own garbage landfill (actually, it wasn’t owned by the city, it was owned by a private concern that had an exclusive license with Brooklyn). Where was this landfill located, what was built over it, and who was in charge of this improvement?
okay, big obnoxious umbrellas today caused me to not probably go into detail about asking my DQOTD (dumb question of the day) because i have to rant first about huuuuuuuuuge umbrellas. does anyone else find them as annoying as i do? a huge umbrella that can house a family of 10 should not be used unless you are 5000 pounds and it’s a thunderstorm. not on a single person. and if you insist on using your big obnoxious umbrella at least LOOK where youre walking. and also, there is no need to use an umbrella when it’s a slight mist out and not even raining. just cuz the ground is wet doesnt mean you need an umbrella. and if youre wearing sweat pants and a tshirt, you REALLY dont need to be protecting your clothes from a slight drizzle.
okay, seriously my DQOTD.
where does a 32 year old man buy normal people clothes? I have not boughten (yeah i said boughten shut up) clothes NEW from a store in probably close to 15 years (except for dainties such as underwear and socks). 95 percent of my wardrobe is work inappropriate. 90 percent is just plain inappropriate for walking around in the general public (according to my BFF kristy who confronted me a few weeks ago about my clothes). I’ve only boughten things in thrift stores but these days it’s harder and harder to find good salvation armies and goodwills cuz of the gnats that infest them in the mornings and steal all the good stuff to sell in their overpriced “thrift stores”. im looking at YOU williamsburg and bushwick! anyway, it doesnt matter. i need to find a good source to buy clothes that i dont look like an idiot.
when i say budget i mean like maybe a step up from Kmart / wallmart. (fyi does anyone remember back 20 years ago or so Lay-Away programs?) lol before credit cards (i think) where you’d put money down and get your clothes when youd pay it off? i think that’s how i got most of my back to school clothes. my grandmother would work in the summers at the local pool and do a lay away thingie. ahhahaha. also, if kmart and wallmart has decent clothes, im fine with that. im just retail clothing phobic (seriously). i get really terrified when i go into a clothing store. maybe i need a personal shopper? an ambush makeover? im up for anything. also what is the avg. price for mens jeans? i feel like if a pair of jeans is the price of a new video game (50-60 bux) im like omg NO way. but now im learning that i am 100 percent sure id get more use out of a pair of 50 dollar jeans than a 50 dollar video game, since i buy video games and never play them anyway!
HELP ME PEOPLE! I need to fix my wardrobe and be a normal 32 year old man! Also id rather advice from straight guys and straight women and gay women. If youre a gay man, im probably not going to listen to your fashion advice, cuz i dont wanna go there. and i bet this is the first time in your life a gay man is asking for fashion advice.! on that, i say to you, stop stereotyping people.
*rob*
Hey DIBS, only 345,000 people got fired in May – let’s have a party!
station wagon
“The band is The Cure but why does the drum say “The Cures?”
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 5, 2009 9:26 AM”
To stop people from stealing it. The apostrophe is very small but it actually reads “The Cure’s” (and then “do not steal” in very small text underneath it)
“dibs on the middle”
Otherwise known as “monkey in the middle”?
(Sorry, how can we resist such a setup?)
All right folks…time for me to start earning the $$$…chat with you all later 🙂
biff, i’m fine with mrs champion soon to be mrs. clown suit
Nikilissa…we always went for “dibs on the middle” in between my parents!!!! Then there was always the “way back” of the station…great because the “long arm of the law” could never reach that far back to swat you!!!!