Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane? (Post 385156)

We're all at wwtdd.com looking at Kelly Brook's TITS.

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 385160)

Unlike any other Monday?

Originally Posted by Fugee (Post 385154)

Deader than usual on Monday, probably because the guys lost all NCAA Tourney bragging rights to DTB.

So, on to current events.....

Madonna, apparently concerned about how far she's falling behind Angelina (not to mention the Octomom), is off trying to adopt another child accessory. Is this a good thing or would it be better to fund an orphanage or even fund adoptions for people who can't afford an international adoption?
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/0...awi-court.html

Should Manson family members ever get out of jail? And do their sentences compare to those for more recent murders or have we gotten jaded? http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/30/...ing/index.html

In local news, my aunt & uncle in Moorhead (on the Minnesota side of Fargo) have 5 sump pumps going in their basement and my cousin and his wife outside Fargo have to canoe up to their house (but it is apparently not flooded).

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 385165)

Tomorrow is the election in NY's 20th CD (birthplace of your's truly and 2 US Presidents, and home to a ton of 19th Century Robber Barrons). The great thing about NY 20 (since this is the FB not the PB) - the big campaign stops are almost all diners. As I read it, the two candidates and their surrogates visited about 5 diners yesterday. Where else but upstate NY can you find so many diners left - with people in them?

Originally Posted by Fugee (Post 385166)

Doesn't every town have a diner?

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 385172)

I know of less a half dozen left in Massachusetts, mostly ones frequented by students late at night. There are a couple in Boston catering to urban professionals looking for pricey comfort food (not the $1.99 special). A dozen years ago, perhaps, most towns had one, but they were fading even then.

Most of my favorites are gone.

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 385165)

Where else but upstate NY can you find so many diners left - with people in them?

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 385174)

Are you excluding the classic NYC Greek diner (and I don't know why you would)? Because there are 2 on every block.

TM

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 385174)

Are you excluding the classic NYC Greek diner (and I don't know why you would)? Because there are 2 on every block.

TM

Originally Posted by Cletus Miller (Post 385177)

Can you get 2 eggs, 2 pancakes, 2 sausage, 2 toast and hash browns for $2.99? Then it ain't a "real" diner.

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 385172)

I know of less a half dozen left in Massachusetts, mostly ones frequented by students late at night. There are a couple in Boston catering to urban professionals looking for pricey comfort food (not the $1.99 special). A dozen years ago, perhaps, most towns had one, but they were fading even then.

Most of my favorites are gone.

Originally Posted by dtb (Post 385180)

You're kidding, right? There are at least four diners within my little orbit up here. And there's not much else up here.

Originally Posted by Cletus Miller (Post 385177)

Can you get 2 eggs, 2 pancakes, 2 sausage, 2 toast and hash browns for $2.99? Then it ain't a "real" diner.

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 385178)

A classic diner is a stand-alone building. I believe a TCOTU one was in After Hours, and maybe Stand Up?

Originally Posted by Fugee (Post 385183)

Not always stand alone. In the small towns on either side of the Fugee Farm, the buildings on the main street "downtown" are attached old brick like this:

[too big and I don't want to look for another]

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/apx/images/downtownGaylord.jpg