Recent content by JerseyMike

Be careful what you wish for .... I'm not counting on the Supremes to do the right thing. I hope that I'm wrong but I expect that a Supreme Court decision on the issue of gay marriage will be something akin to the Dred Scott decision. (Which will invalidate the laws and/or court decisions in...

Concord, MA woman fights for the right to use a clothesline. http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2010/01/10/for_a_concord_woman_its_life_liberty_and_the_right_to_line_dry/ http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2010/01/10/for_a_concord_woman_its_life_liberty_and_the_right_to_line_dry/

I'm so very sorry My thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time. Mike

OMG! What a beautiful machine! I hope that someone is able to save it. Mike

I live in an apartment and have to use coin operated Neptunes. I select the following cycles: "white" (hot wash) for underwear, "colors" (warm wash) for towels, permanent press (warm wash - medium spin) for sheets and lighter colored dress pants and shirts, and "bright colors" (cold wash) for...

I worked at my local "Y" when I was in college. (I graduated in 1979). They had a manual switchboard when I worked there. You had to dial "O" and ask for an outside line when you wanted to make a call from the rotary phone in boss' office. Mike

Hi Ray, I'm sorry to hear about your diagnosis. :( Getting an infection is one of my biggest fears. I shouldn't say this too loudly -- I've been lucky; I've had psoriasis since 1964 and even though I'm constantly scratching, I haven't had any major infection. (The psoriasis in my underarms...

I've got psoriasis on my hands. Wearing rubber gloves when washing the dishes and disposable vinyl gloves when cleaning helps -- up to a point. I still need to moisturize. I sometimes use a prescription moisturizer called Lac-Hydrin. It's actually the most effective moisturize I've ever used...

Fascinating! I live in an apartment and can't have a line. I have two racks that are in almost constant use. I also sometimes put up a small line in my back hallway. My 85 year old mother gave the dryer that came with her house to the Salvation Army two weeks after we moved in. She never used...

"Unless there was a flood recently, it shows up just fine on Yahoo! satellite maps (see link)." There are five Boroughs that make up New York City. Manhattan (New York County), Brooklyn (Kings County) Queens (Queens County), Staten Island (Richmond County), and the Bronx (Bronx County). The...

Celiac's Disease People who have Celiac's Disease cannot eat gluten. The Celiac Sprue Association has several recipes, along with some tips about how to adapt to a gluten free lifestyle, on their website. (See link below). http://www.csaceliacs.org/recipes.php

Hi Steve, I'm in Hoboken. I've been here all of my life, so the City has literally always been part of my life. In my younger days, we went there with my mom. (Don't tell anyone, but my friends and I started sneaking into the City when we were 10 years old. We took the PATH trains, because...

The JC Penny on 33rd street opened where Gimbel's used to be. (I miss Gimbel's, but I digress.) Gimbel's morphed into Manhattan Mall, which was anchored by A&S and then by Stern's. When Stern's closed, the mall was reconfigured and became much smaller. JC Penny occupies the lower levels of the mall.

Happy Birthday, Gary! I hope that it's the best one ever! Mike

I just got the above error message when I tried to post a test message. (It's 10:41 p.m. eastern time according to my computer.) I was able to preview my post. I got the error message when I clicked on post this to Discuss-o-Matt