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  1. *r* and Biff —

    The Slope of the Prospect Park Glacier — perhaps this accounts for some of the “dangerous” slipping and falling in Park Slope — (ha).

    In commenting about the following two posts, has anyone yet mentioned that there is a GLACIER under Prospect Park by the North Slope, and that this is the reason that Park Slope Slopes?

    Oh, yes, I have lived there. Well the GLACIER is real and it is google-able. Sorry that I do not have the web site handy. It is part of the Wisconsin glacial system, and from one geological site I checked, has glacial “hills” going from north Prospect Park out Long Island probably all the way to Montauk.

    Perhaps this is cause for some of the slipping and falling in “hazardous” Park Slope. (ha- ha, not that anyone fell, but that one slipped because of the sloping GLACIER.) Sorry for the silliness and hope the person who fell is recovering. Well, we answered it anyway.

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    this makes it the 5th time i’ve fallen down the hill in park slope in 6 months! is it just me or is the area just really dangerous? dont answer that.

    *r*
    Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 5, 2009 9:34 AM

    They really should do something about that hill in Park Slope. It’s extremely hazardous.

    Posted by: Biff Champion at February 5, 2009 9:37 AM

  2. I used to be in the insurance industry 😉

    Don’t get upset about it BRG, not good for you blood pressure. Remember, all it takes is one patch of ice to get your money’s worth and then some 🙂

  3. thanks, THL…holy shmoley, that is low.
    What do they expect people that have a modest income to do for health insurance?

    Now, I’m getting pissed thinking about how much we pay for health insurance!

  4. We used to shoplift from the Woolworth’s on 125th Street off of Bway. Used to frequent the tool section.

    Re Family Health Plus, it’s run by the HMOs. Be careful which one you pick. My wife is an expert in the field, email me thru my profile if you need any help.

  5. it’s sad that for some people it’s economically more advantageous to remain poor than to try to increase their incomes as best they can. hmmm let’s see, if i make 20K a year i will get free healthcare (well only if you have kids tho) and possibly subsidized housing, but if i made 30K a year i can get neither of those. (im pulling those numbers out of my butt tho, but you get my gist)

    *r*

  6. MM, I remember Woolworth’s! Didn’t they have a popcorn machine right near the entrance. Wasn’t there a May’s too? Didn’t May’s have patterns or was it another place that I’m thinking of that used to be on Livingston?

    My mom used to sew some our clothes, I remember going to get patterns and threads and …. rick rack! [She was crazy…she would sew all those little edging and border things on her little Singer. She also had pinking shears and some that had a scalloped edge – I still have no idea what that would be used for.

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