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  1. Well - if he fires the AG on day one, as he says he can do, and he gets behind law enforcement officers - then he deserves a chance far as I am concerned. Maybe we can deal with the dems and a-holes in the Legislature on the next go-around.
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    Blue Dolphin

    Every time we go to the greater Binghamton area for something - we usually stop at the Blue Dolphin. One of our favorite local restaurants - been going there for 25 years or more. It's not one of those all-too-often boring same old same old chain restaurants.
  3. Been there to Ollie's a few times and I concur with Chris - you won't find everything there but it's a cool place non-the-less. What's even better is, I don't have to go to Ithaca to go to Ollie's anymore. Woowho!
  4. I don't remember a Dog-n-Burger by the EFA - there was one on south side at Bulkhead and another one over by Ernie Davis school. We used to leave the dance at the Hayloft and race right over to bulkhead to catch Dog-n-burger before they closed for the night. yum yum
  5. How did Nichols Discount and Dog-n-Burger not make the list? Five burgers for a buck!!! Can you believe it? We've come a long ways baby. (:(
  6. And I thought no one could be worse than Cuomo! What was I thinking???
  7. I remember going to Sears in downtown Elmira in the late 50s and early 60s with my folks (I was a teenager) and riding the escalators up and down while they were shopping. We were simply amazed by those moving stairs.
  8. And we thought nobody could run NY worse than Cuomo was doing. Holy moly!!! Appreciate what you're trying to do Mr. O'Mara but you need some help (and somebody new) in the governor's office, as well as more help in the Legislature.
  9. We've been there to eat many times - and my honey bun would spend two hours in the shops afterwards (which was a bit less enjoyable than eating there - for me anyway). Maybe we'll run down there before the end of February - just for old times sake. It will be a sad day when it closes, to be sure.
  10. It doesn't take much research to learn about crime rates in Upstate NY. Couple of things: upstate covers a rather large area and there are many categories of "crime" ranging from murder to petite larceny. Well there may not be rise of crime in one area - there may be a significant rise in another area. There is crime in upstate to be sure - and there has been a rise in crime - as some of the following articles point out: Ithaca - on average a crime happens every 2 1/2 hours - https://crimegrade.org/violent-crime-ithaca-ny/ Shootings all over Elmira - https://www.mytwintiers.com/crime/elmira-shootings-where-are-most-of-elmiras-shootings-happening/ Binghamton area - Total crimes are up - violent crimes are up - property crime is up - https://www.areavibes.com/binghamton-ny/crime/ Syracuse area - total crimes, violent crimes and property crimes all up - https://www.areavibes.com/binghamton-ny/crime/ From a Rochester news outlet in December 2021 - https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/local-news/mcso-rochesters-homicide-rate-up-126-higher-than-buffalo-and-syracuse/ Suffice it to say - we have a problem of way too much crime in upstate NY (IMHO).
  11. I remember it like it was yesterday - July 1970 - I canceled our subscription for home delivery of the Star Gazette. That's when I realized for the first time that the supposed National news was being spoon fed to the masses by a small hand full of people. Almost all the national articles had the byline (AP) or (UPI) and they were the arbiters of the news - take it or leave it - the local papers all across the nation just regurgitated whatever the AP or UPI had to say verbatim. And sadly, with the small hand full of billionaires currently controlling the news business, I believe the situation is even worse today. With that said, it would be nice to have a polite discussion of the "National News". Skeptic that I am though, not sure if that's possible.
  12. New York State outdoor Burn Ban in NYS from March 16 thru May 14. Open burning is prohibited in New York, with several exceptions: Campfires less than 3 feet in height and 4 feet in length, width or diameter are allowed. Small cooking fires are allowed. Fires cannot be left unattended and must be fully extinguished. https://youtu.be/zNdd9ibSmQw Only charcoal or clean, untreated or unpainted wood can be burned. Ceremonial or celebratory bonfires are allowed.
  13. Well I got curious about the fishing regs on Shepards Creek - so here's what I found out from DEC: it is open season all year long with a limit of 5 but no more than two of the five can be over 12" - and no minimum length. But here is an exception to that rule: Cayuta Creek from the Wyncoop Creek Road Bridge upstream to the NY Route 223 bridge - open all year - daily limit of 2 - but minimum length is 12" and artificial lures only. So 33 miles of this creek has one set of rules and a two mile stretch in the middle of this creek has a different set of rules. Does that make any sense to you? It sounds like a revenue enhancer for the game warden to me. Government!!!! Ugh.....
  14. I haven't read the fishing book in a few years but, at least a portion (if not to whole creek) is open year around. Most folks call it Cayuta Creek nowadays. Just wanted to see how many old timers might be on here that remember it as Shepards. There is a historical marker sign in Waverly that refers to it as Shepards Creek though.
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