Posted by Goody Sandy on April 13, 2000 at 13:20:03:
In Reply to: Re: News for Three Tales, A Mystery Solved but Treachery Continues posted by Bill R on April 13, 2000 at 12:43:39:
: : : back to Philadelphia
: : Your dispatch about the treacherous Buffalo Sabres has been passed to Commandant Clarke and all Broad Street Bullies have been put on full alert. Reinforcements have been ordered east through South Jersey and across the Walt Whitman Bridge to Broad Street. Another detachment will travel the Blue Route south to the end and then take the Ninety-Five to Broad Street, and a third will arrive via the Schuykill. The troops will gather at the First Union Centre with a rousing cheer of �GO FLYERS!!!!�
: : Best wishes,
: : Goody Sandy
: Goody Sandy,
: It is good(y) Sandy, to see that you FINALLY root for a GOOD team! You are a wee bit schizo though, aren't you? You root for Flyers, but not the ubiquitous Philadelphia Phillies? Tsk tsk.
: What did Boston ever give us but Sam Adams, blockades, snowball throwing mobs, tax evaders and a war nobody wanted but them.
: Now Philadelphia.....aaaaahhhhh. Ben Franklin wise and witty, the Declaration of Independence, capitol of our nation, largest city in America, the longrifle, city of brotherly love - and let's not forget Bookbinder's wonderful snapper soup, home made scrapple, our thirteen star flag all in a circle, the first formal fire department, the first post office (there ya go Richfed!) oh my! I could go on and on!!!
: Bill R
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: Bill R
Hey Bill R:
I�m originally from Philly. Can�t you tell by my accent?!?!? ;o)
You forgot Tastykakes, cheese steaks, hoagies, pork roll, Lebanon bologna, soft pretzels.
Other Philly Firsts in America: The first city to guarantee religious freedom (beginning in 1682), the first zoo (opened 1874), the first Thanksgiving Day parade (1919), the first botanical garden (1728), the first stock exchange (1790), the first totally air-conditioned building (1932), the first world�s fair (1876), the first art school and art museum (founded 1805), the oldest theater in continuous use in the English-speaking world (since 1809), the oldest continuously occupied street in the Western Hemisphere (since 1728), first African-American church (1794), first and oldest hospital (opened 1751).
Go Phillies!
Best wishes,
Goody Sandy