Re: Barry Freed is in NY

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I have been forgetting to post this since sometime last week -- sorry about that. The kids were home and my job is giving me severe effluent-related agita. I am not feeling kindly toward civil engineers.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 07-11-22 4:53 PM
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Thanks LB


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 07-11-22 5:17 PM
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I'm very wary of human interaction for obvious reasons, but I can try!


Posted by: A White Bear | Link to this comment | 07-11-22 5:32 PM
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There must be someplace nice to sit outdoors in the (nominally) fresh air.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 07-11-22 5:34 PM
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3: Wait. Covid or just because humans?


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-11-22 5:36 PM
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AWB!


Posted by: NickS | Link to this comment | 07-11-22 5:40 PM
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JM and I would be up for it but unfortunately can only do Wednesday or possibly tomorrow, and then we're heading out of town.


Posted by: Mr. Blandings | Link to this comment | 07-11-22 5:51 PM
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I could do Wednesday


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 07-11-22 6:05 PM
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5: We just got past a long hard bout of COVID at ours, my spouse's second. I've still got long COVID from March 2020. We're not really going anywhere.


Posted by: A White Bear | Link to this comment | 07-11-22 6:38 PM
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Sorry to hear that and hope you make a complete recovery.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-11-22 6:42 PM
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ouch awb lovely to hear from you & much much sympathy.

have a wonderful time in ny barry!

might as well gatecrash this thread - anyone in paris we're around & could possibly meet up for outdoor shady drinks tonight or possibly tomorrow midday. v insane vacation trip filled with odd work obligations that are fascinating but definitely contributing to my vast appreciation for the better half's good nature. faaaaaar too much time spent in the 8th & 1st ugh. escaping east every chance!


Posted by: dairy queen | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 2:05 AM
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11: Escape to Berlin!


Posted by: Doug | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 3:11 AM
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I could do Wednesday


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 3:52 AM
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Wednesday may be possible but work is a colorful expletive madhouse into the evening hours lately so unpredictable.


Posted by: Flippanter | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 3:54 AM
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So, Wednesday it is, and we need some kind of outdoor-seating bar. Barry, are you still heading for Penn Station at the end of the night?


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 6:01 AM
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15,16 yes.


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 6:07 AM
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Trash though it is, I bet there's some kind of big outdoor drinking area at Hudson Yards. Or anyplace else anyone has an idea for.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 6:23 AM
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So, this thread seems the most appropriate place: I will be in NYC too, but not overlapping with Barry: only the following weekend, Friday 22nd through Tuesday 26th.

I've never actually been to Fresh Salt, so I might just pick a time, tell the thread when I'll be there, and see who can make it. But if anyone has ideas, I'm open.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 7:26 AM
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18 ah too bad, I'm leaving on the 22nd


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 7:44 AM
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I haven't been to New York since 2003. I need to get out more. I've been thinking about how to do it and I'm wondering if driving to Harrisburg to catch the train isn't the easiest.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 8:02 AM
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18: I work downtown Tuesday Wednesday and Friday, so those are the days I'd be likely to show up.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 9:43 AM
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21: Unfortunately I get in Friday evening and leave Tuesday morning.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 10:08 AM
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Eh, I'm not saying I wouldn't stretch a point to show up. But Fresh Salt, aside from all the Unfogged history, was selected way back in the day as convenient from my office rather than being a bar with any remarkable attractions of its own, and that's not operational these days other than Tuesdays Wednesdays and Fridays.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 10:14 AM
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Any better ideas if it's Sunday or Monday?


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 10:42 AM
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I hear good things about Brooklyn.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 10:45 AM
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Brooklyn is the enemy.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 10:52 AM
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Everyplace that comes to mind is up in my actual neighborhood, and I unfortunately basically live on the moon. But you should be driven by convenience for where you're staying, as long as no one's expecting me to go to Brooklyn.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 10:54 AM
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Brooklyn is the setting for lots of great literature, like Knufflebunny or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 11:01 AM
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I've been thinking about how to do it and I'm wondering if driving to Harrisburg to catch the train isn't the easiest.

The train doesn't go to Pittsburgh?


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 11:08 AM
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And Welcome Back Carter, which is known for having one of the few positive portrayals of a Nebraskan on television in the 70s.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 11:10 AM
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29: Infrequently and slowly.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 11:11 AM
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Do we have a venue and time?

I'm very sensitive to COVID concerns and I'm pretty cautious myself. I got my second booster about two weeks before coming back to the US and I'll take a rapid test tomorrow before I get on the train.


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 11:13 AM
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30: Is that a Family Guy reference, not a mistake? I should quit my stupid job and devote myself entirely to researching your jokes.

And even though I did watch Welcome Back Kotter when it was originally on TV (it was a sensation among 7th graders at the time) I did not remember that Mr. Kotter's wife was from Nebraska.


Posted by: peep | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 11:19 AM
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Just a mistake.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 11:22 AM
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34: But it's such a great idea. A sit-com about Jimmy Carter going back to teach Sunday School after his Presidency ends. The series focuses on his attempts to reform a quartet of no-goodniks known as the Sweathogs.


Posted by: peep | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 11:32 AM
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I have a spec script for that, but what happens is a Secret Service agent shoots them.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 12:02 PM
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Commenters by email are leaning towards Tiki Chick (IKR?) on Amsterdam and 85th. They have a lot of outdoor seating.


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 5:27 PM
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Is that for Wednesday tomorrow?


Posted by: A White Bear | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 7:19 PM
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38 yes


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 07-12-22 8:00 PM
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I arbitrarily say 6 pm.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 07-13-22 4:38 AM
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As always, lurkers welcome if there are any these days.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 07-13-22 4:39 AM
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41: Are you sure about that?


Posted by: Count Fosco | Link to this comment | 07-13-22 8:50 AM
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Ha. Not a lurker anymore.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 07-13-22 9:20 AM
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I'll likely be there a bit before 6


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 07-13-22 10:20 AM
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Blandings and LB are here


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 07-13-22 2:36 PM
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And jackmormon and neb


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 07-13-22 3:21 PM
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Woo liveblogging!


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 07-13-22 3:23 PM
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And our dog.


Posted by: Mr. Blandings | Link to this comment | 07-13-22 3:24 PM
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Many thanks to all that came out. See you next year!


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 07-13-22 5:20 PM
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Well? How was it?


Posted by: Unopinionated Mutombo | Link to this comment | 07-14-22 1:56 AM
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