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the gigantic multi-level department stores from the past - this is Hechts in DC - needed elevator operators
It was actually a skill. I was on one old one with no buttons that somehow survived to the 1980s. In an office building and not really for the public. Hard to believe how they once worked.
the VW bus was a legend
most dudes who owned one would put a bed in the back
it was a rolling love shack for the free spirits of the era
if they happened to open the big door when you walked by you would get a contact high
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Sure, you get used to it, but summer in NJ is hot and humid.
I recall one evening when I was a kid it was hell: big fan on in the window, no sheets over me, wearing only my underwear, motionless, yet sweating continuously.
Now I know why so many of us fled to the lakes of New Hampshire in the summer for a few weeks of cooler weather.
Air conditioning: the unsung hero of modern civilization.
Lake Mead, the largest human-made reservoir in the U.S.,
there weren't a lot of scammers back in the day - they didn't have digital means
but there was one guy I knew of who had a pretty effective nickel and dime con
he stood in front of Georgetown bars collecting a $3.00 cover charge
except those bars didn't have a cover charge__________________________________(~:/
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there weren't a lot of scammers back in the day - they didn't have digital means
but there was one guy I knew of who had a pretty effective con
he stood in front of Georgetown bars collecting a $3.00 cover charge
except those bars didn't have a cover charge__________________________________(~:/
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Speaking of scammers, I think Frank Abagnale's (real person for the movie "Catch Me if you Can" with DiCaprio) best story on Johnny Carson clip is at the 7:50 mark) I don't think it was in the movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIYtKR24LQs
Quote: rxwineQuote: lilredrooster_____________
there weren't a lot of scammers back in the day - they didn't have digital means
but there was one guy I knew of who had a pretty effective con
he stood in front of Georgetown bars collecting a $3.00 cover charge
except those bars didn't have a cover charge__________________________________(~:/
.
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Speaking of scammers, I think Frank Abagnale's (real person for the movie "Catch Me if you Can" with DiCaprio) best story on Johnny Carson clip is at the 7:50 mark) I don't think it was in the movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIYtKR24LQs
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If you haven't read the book, you should. The best book I have ever read. One of the few where the movie was good, but the book is incredible.
Quote: rxwineSpeaking of scammers, I think Frank Abagnale's (real person for the movie "Catch Me if you Can" with DiCaprio) best story on Johnny Carson clip is at the 7:50 mark) I don't think it was in the movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIYtKR24LQs
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I remember the scene. If it wasn’t in the movie, then it may have been a deleted scene…
I enjoyed his description and Carson’s interaction.