Recent content by zzmike

I used to work in the East Village, at 7th & Broadway (late 80s). There was a shoeshine (and shoe repair) shop on the west side of Broadway there. Can't excactly remember how much, but a "Cream Shine" was well less than $10, and did greatly buck you up in mood. I just looked at the location on...

Yep, you nailed it. (What's your zip code? I might join you!! There are 1-2 days per year when the SE TX climate is sublime. Only trouble . . . . there are 363 OTHER days!

Alaska (appropriately enough) was the 49th state I have explored. (Great fun, but hard to buy firewood, except by the cord. :-) ) Not sure if I will ever make it to Hawaii now.

G'day! I have ex-UK relatives and friends in Woolgoolga, Melbourne, and Margaret River (spread out!) . . . but I may be too old now to ever visit. Love watching videos about AUS, particularly the Outback tracks and hotels.

G'Day, Tish. Relatives and friends in Woolgoolga, Melbourne, and Margaret River (spread out!) . . . but I may be too old now to ever visit. Love watching videos about AUS.

My favorite US State! KS. Beautiful, beautiful country. Thank you.

Long time since I visited, but I still remember it most vividly! Love Ontario. Thank you.

My wife (then girlfriend) lived in Mossley for some while as a teenager! I loved the miniature steamed s&k puddings in the chippies there when I came to visit her. I recently made a "rag pudding" . . . which I had never heard of until a guy in Diggle mentioned it.

Thanks, Thanks a lot, Mack!

Hello everyone, I thought I would introduce myself after recently discovering this forum. I’m originally from the UK (Blyth, Northumberland) but have lived in the United States (NY, MN, MI, OK, TX) for 40+ years and am now in southeast Texas not too far from Houston. These days I live fairly...