tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post2521994907727936471..comments2023-08-02T04:56:49.094-04:00Comments on ampersand seven: #90Therese Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07516328708322780202noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-79531141529024135462009-12-11T18:30:35.460-05:002009-12-11T18:30:35.460-05:00oops, by the time I had read the text and thought ...oops, by the time I had read the text and thought the thinks, I had forgotten both the number and its image.<br /><br />Shall go and clean the cat-tray as penance.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513648613788716017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-65193164952989827552009-04-02T10:29:00.000-04:002009-04-02T10:29:00.000-04:00Oh, they totally existed. It would be a weird thin...Oh, they totally existed. It would be a weird thing to hallucinate, no? I distinctly remember once buying (or trying to buy) a <I>New York Times</I> from one and having it eat my first 50 cents.Ray Gunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09608912826395230990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-43565986144449157492009-03-31T23:22:00.000-04:002009-03-31T23:22:00.000-04:00Jackie - thanks! The last line totally goes down w...Jackie - thanks! The last line totally goes down well with a single malt scotch.<BR/><BR/>Ray - it's crazy, right? Look around - nothing but cheap plastic stands with free copies of AM New York, the Voice, and the course catalog for the Learning Annex. I wonder if the vending machines really existed in New York or if I'm just confusing it with airports. <BR/><BR/>Anyone else remember when/if they disappeared? Were they ever here at all?Therese Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07516328708322780202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-22844560122299153262009-03-31T12:07:00.000-04:002009-03-31T12:07:00.000-04:00Tea, you've raised an interesting question (that i...Tea, you've raised an interesting question (that is, other than the one that asks how one-room schoolhouses help old ladies cross the street)...<BR/><BR/>It seems only a few years ago that there were still vending machines for newspapers here and there next to mailboxes and trash cans. But have they really all gone away? Why didn't I notice? Aside from the fact that I don't read the filthy things.<BR/><BR/>WVW Big Brother is watching:<BR/><BR/><B>preli</B> - the unenviable job of opening the bodega's shutters at early morning hoursRay Gunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09608912826395230990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-1728648116611472582009-03-31T06:47:00.000-04:002009-03-31T06:47:00.000-04:00T-- you really are hilarious. Loved this post. Th...T-- you really are hilarious. Loved this post. The last line - "How civilized. How civilized it all is" cracked me up. <BR/><BR/>pruized- a blemished piece of fruit that is repeatedly passed over in a supermarketJackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049441039504745936noreply@blogger.com