So today at work a customer, a woman about 30 with a daughter about 6, asks where Military Rd is. We're in Amherst. I tell her to go down Sheridan and it will hit Military. She gets this real confused look on her face and says "is it in Amherst?" I told her no it's not and she seemed worried and asked how far it was. I explained she'd cross Delaware....then she stops me and goes "Delaware? Is that a dangerous street? I try not to leave Amherst." This wasn't a visitor folks this was someone from here. I know most suburbanites tend to stay away from the city but holy shit. I hate the suburbs.
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04/21/2008 00:09 #44074
Sheltered!!Category: people
04/12/2008 11:36 #43989
Brush Up BuffaloCategory: volunteerism
I know it's two months away, but I'd like to take part this year. It's Saturday, June 14. Time and place TBD. I thought maybe we could get several volunteers from (e:strip)? Check out their website for more info and let me know if you're interested.
04/03/2008 20:29 #43888
becoming domesticatedCategory: house
So I finally closed on my house Thursday. The family came and helped me move on Saturday and helped me get things setup in the house. I absolutely LOVE IT!! I love living in N Buffalo....not far from anything really, and my neighborhood is very nice. The inside of the house really needs no work, all updated very recently. I do have some work cut out for me outside though...need a new roof, privacy fence along the back, and now the insurance company wants me to replace the driveway/walkway?! Screw them, that's 3rd on the list! :) Also have some work I can do myself...scraping and painting the sides of the garage, replacing gutter downspouts, repainting the trim (I don't like the color), etc. My parents bought me a washer/dryer which was a HUGE boost and picked myself up a lawnmower yesterday.
I'm finally at that point where I get just as much if not more out of spending money on something for my home as I do the latest video game :) It's weird to be grown-up!
I'm finally at that point where I get just as much if not more out of spending money on something for my home as I do the latest video game :) It's weird to be grown-up!
03/18/2008 21:16 #43725
what happened!So this morning I'm at work, probably about 8:30 and I notice a Buffalo Police car sitting in the closest parking spot to the store. I guess I noticed because it's Amherst and not Buffalo. He was sitting there for a bit....fast forward about 10 minutes and he was joined by what had to be 20 cop cars, mostly K-9 units...Amherst Police, Buffalo Police, Lockport Police, NFTA Police, Border Patrol, Lewiston Police, you name it. The secretary said they threw a guy into the back of a car behind the building so I figured...something like this will be on the news for sure. Alas, I can't find a thing on it!! But we get news about how well the super draft dodger works on your door. Anyone know what was up?
james - 03/18/08 22:44
Once, on a warm July Sunday, I was sitting on my porch overlooking Delaware ave. The church crowd had left the area about thirty minutes ago when all of the sudden, a knock out gorgeous women completely naked walks down the street. Cars were honking their hard on honk as they drove past.
I checked the police blotter every day for a month hoping to hear the rest of the story. Where was the media then!
Once, on a warm July Sunday, I was sitting on my porch overlooking Delaware ave. The church crowd had left the area about thirty minutes ago when all of the sudden, a knock out gorgeous women completely naked walks down the street. Cars were honking their hard on honk as they drove past.
I checked the police blotter every day for a month hoping to hear the rest of the story. Where was the media then!
03/16/2008 12:29 #43691
St Patty's DaySo I'm really happy to see that a big deal is made here out of St Patrick's Day. It seems Buffalonians love every holiday! In Florida you wouldn't even know the day happened...no mentions of it anywhere. We'd get in a little bit of st Pats merchandise at my store down there and barely anything would sell but up here it flew off the shelf!! I guess there aren't many Irish folks down there, but it's not just Irish people celebrating it! Again evidence of the culture and history present in this area. Wish I could check out the parade today from what I hear it's great, but now that I've broken it off with the g/f I have nobody to go with...plus I told my crazy aunt & uncle I'd meet them at some dive on grand island at 2.
tiburon1724 - 03/16/08 23:13
Thanks paul, I'd have come along but already committed to spending the day with the fam.
Thanks paul, I'd have come along but already committed to spending the day with the fam.
paul - 03/16/08 13:11
You could go with us. We are leaving from 24 Linwood by North at 1:50ish.
You could go with us. We are leaving from 24 Linwood by North at 1:50ish.
metalpeter - 03/16/08 13:07
City culture is something that I guess a lot of people don't think about that often. I was in Toronto once on St. Pats and they have a pretty big parade I have heard Boston and Chicago it is pretty big to. In on of those cities I have seen pictures where they turn the lake or something green I think it is Chicago. Hope you have a good time.
City culture is something that I guess a lot of people don't think about that often. I was in Toronto once on St. Pats and they have a pretty big parade I have heard Boston and Chicago it is pretty big to. In on of those cities I have seen pictures where they turn the lake or something green I think it is Chicago. Hope you have a good time.
Huh! That's funny. I try not to leave the city.
No offense to anyone who lives in or likes Amherst, it's just not for me. And it's a little scary too.
Well, hopefully these security cameras will make Elmwood slightly safer...
Amherst is a far more dangerous place. I would hate to catch that fear.
Actually she had an accent, I think she was Hispanic of some sort...which doesn't mean she's not American necessarily of course
You sent her to TT?! Man, she's never going to make it back across Niagara Falls Blvd with all of her hubcaps.
- Z
Sounds like the world is a dangerous place for her. Maybe she is just urbanophobic, lol. Was she American or a foreigner living in Amherst?