so livyjr I was in Manhattan all morning and around lunchtime was by Madison Square Garden, where i noticed they had a roy rogers restaurant
Didn't know those still existed
But it wasn't just Roy, it also had a Nathan's in it.

and guess what-
I saw they sold Knish's and bought one.
Though they had it spelt wrong- Kinsh instead of Knish
and it wasn't like any Knish I had before, so I was disappointed.

sometimes you can't go home again I guess

Maybe they didn't spell it wrong, graham .....

Maybe they were trying to come up with an imitation of a knish as the new sensation ....

Like a knock-off, so to speak ....

"YOU THINK KNISHES ARE GOOD, TRY OUR KINSH, IT IS EVEN BETTER!"

Advertising, graham ....

The power of advertising ....

The kinsh is not anywhere near as good as the knish, but the power of advertising will have you believing that it is better, and doubting your own senses when you know that it is not ....

And that is touristy up there, anyway, graham ....

How many of those people eating kinshes have ever really eaten a REAL knish?

Outside of you, who would know the difference?

I could come down there from up here, and get suckered in to buying one of those kinshes, thinking I was getting a knish, and I would get ripped off and not even know about it ....

Sort of like following the Nathan's dude, only to find out that he gets his hot dogs at the same supermarket that you go to - maybe a Walmart's, even ....

Do you have a Walmart's that sells food down there where you are, graham?

And so ...

we don't have a Super WalMart however they do have one aisle of refrigerated food, and one aisle of canned food

I have been in those big ones on the road where they have everything(or at least bland versions of everything)

btw-do you know Walmart's sells CDS' = but they edit the cd
No dirty words
No overt sex
No controvery
If the artist won't authorize an OK to sell it, they won't sell that artist
Total blackmail

The reason advertising is so potent is that nature abhors a vacumn...if most heads are empty, they will become
filled...

Boy, you sure are not kidding there, rla .....

Whoever came up with that Kinsh advertising campaign is a genius .....

I have had kinshs on my mind all day ....

In fact, you could say that I was salivating for one .....

There is a Roy Rogers at one of the Thruway rest areas, I think, and I almost got in my vehicle to head there and get one .....

Or maybe even several of them ....

But I couldn't tell from graham's post if he got one at Roy Roger's or Nathan's .....

That uncertainty is the only thing that kept me in check, I think ....

I'll be dreaming about a kinsh all night, now, so full of them my head now is ....

Talk about the power of advertising, alright ....

And so ...

They have one up here, graham, that even has an escalator in it for your shopping cart ....

A SUPER WALMART'S .....

Can you even begin to imagine that .....

An escalator for shopping carts ....

What do you think they will come up with next, graham?

Maybe some type of better crowd control when they are selling those SUPER DUPER EXTRA WIDE SCREEN TV's ....

So another Mr. Damour does not end up getting stampeled to death under the churning hooves of a berserk mob ....

And so ...

It was in the 1/2 of the store that was the Nathan's
both were in the same building Roy and Nathan's
When Roy roger's first opened, the roast beef sandwiches were really good
then someone bought them after Roy was no longer involved with it, and the roast beef seemed to taste like cardboard

it is possible they sell a Knish in the frozen food department of the supermarket, though I will not suggest they taste the rightway
I personally like the outside to be real crisp, and the potatoe inside to be fully warmed up and then to put alot of mustard on it/in it

Used to be in Coney Island/Sheapsead Bay stores that just sold Knish's of all types
(50 different fillings/ flavors of Knish)

I believe that I would take a pass off of a knish from the frozen food department of a supermarket ...

And graham ....

You are casting the seeds of confusion on the water in here with your statement right above here about all of the different flavors and fillings of a knish ....

Can it really be all of those different things without being a ravioli?

I thought that a knish was a distinct in its identity as a matzo ball ....

And so ....

Speaking of that, graham, did you ever get a cheese blintz at that one place near the theater district that used to sell them?

Have you ever seen a cheese blintz anywhere but NYC?

Do they have them down in Nashville, do you think?

And so ....

Ed McMahon was a Marine, graham ....

Did you know that?

yes I did. Good for Ed.
I have nothing against the armed forces.
I have something against some of the people running it and the bad ones.
Same as the police.
Which is why the good ones should out the bad ones and get rid of them.Because all people ever hear about are the bad ones. Never said otherwise.
Same as in baseball

All players are tainted with steroids. One would think someone who knows they were not users would want to out all 100% of the ones who were, because some people look at the clean ones and say, well, he must have used too...

makes sense, no?

do you mean the Carnegie Deli that is still there, I was abused a few weeks ago by the waiters there
There are a few other places that sell it. You pay 4x too much for some items there to be treated like crap by the waiters...and people love it.
Part of the schtick! I don't really like it, but you should see their Corned Beef Sandwiches, about 8 inches high. (same with roast beef and anything else).

I would say NO Nashville does not have them, though they a few years ago actually had a NY Bagel store (which unfortunately closed quickly)
run by a NewYawker I think. Used the good ingredients and real cream cheese and LOX!!!

Of course if you want southern cooking, Nashville got some great places (but then again Sylvia's on 126th.street will beat any place down there)
and all are welcome. And get one helleva great meal too.
That is what I love livyjr- that anyone can go up to 126th street and feel welcome in Sylvia's. Whereas I personally have been to places down south
where a Jew from NYC was made to feel real uncomfortable. And real unsafe of being driven off the road by some locals.


It is possible a diner might have a Knish, though like the frozen, I would not recommend it.

a Knish is filled with potato
ravioli is cheese
and you got me wanting a real one...I am in the city, should have gone to a better place, but I wanted something quick and thought I was going
to get roy.
They have a few places near broadway now that are 4 stores in one, almost a mini-food court.
Guess same owner. Like in a rest stop.

I'm recalling more of a sit-down resturant that was quite crowded on Sunday mornings with people who were there for cheese blintzes ....

Although it could have been called a deli, I suppose ...

I had an aunt that used to live down there in NYC, and she used to take me there when I was young ....

That is the only place I ever saw or heard of a cheese blintz ....

And so ...

It does to me, graham, anyway .....

But the world seems to operate on a different set of gears than what I have in my own transmission ....

And so ...

Carnegie is open for breakfast so are other diners. Last few years has had a big changeover in restaurants in Broadway area as they have
cleaned the area and disneyfied it too much.

Actually, a ravioli is filled with many different things today, graham, being as how this is the TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, and not the 1900's no more ...

I just had some with lobster filling the other day, in fact, although rich for my taste buds ...

And if a knish is filled with potatoe, then where do all the different fillings and flavors come from?

Or is that just an advertising gimmick?

"ANY FILLING AND FLAVOR THAT YOU CAN EVER HOPE FOR OR DREAM OF SO LONG AS IT IS POTATOE ...."

Like the old Model "T" Fords which came in any color you wanted so long as it was black ....

And so ...

I used to have to go down there years ago on business, and I can recall walking the gauntlet down there in Times Square with every other person it seemed being some kind of drug dealer, or maybe undercover narcotics agent, trying to sell you a bag or a few hits of this or that ....

And so ...

Those Corned Beef sandwiches are over twenty bucks a pop, aren't they, graham?

yeah, they sure are.

You know, went to see French singer Charles Aznavour a few weeks ago and we were planing on eating fondue at La Bon Souppe (which is the only midtown fondue place left since LaFondue closed)...and walked there and found it had a recent fire and was fixing things up so was closed.
After much arguing, and with time narrowing to eat, we went to Carnegie (which annoyed the wife to no end because she wasnot in the mood for that) and yes, they are damn overpriced.

I got a Henny's Delight #10 special, which is a bagel w/cream cheese and lox and some deep fried potatoskins and it was $25 bucks just for that.
The man next to me (they have those long tables and sit everyone together in tight), had a red borscht soup and blintzes, and he mixed them together.
I don't know...

should have gone somewhere else

people stand on line some days for an hour to get abused by them.

they have cleaned the street up around there.
Now all you see is the police with their guns, and the cops now are nasty ones. Back in the 70s you could joke a little with them. Now they
are all biz. Heaven help if you are lost, don't ask a cop, ask a resident instead.

(of course there are bad people around too, just not in the Times Square area.

There are starting to be alot more homeless people again too.

graham ....

What do you think the chances are of finding an actual NYC resident in Times Square who knew where anything was in NYC?

What is the probability that you will even find someone who speaks English?

Everybody you find down there is just as likely as not to be a tourist ....

I used to go out to San Francisco, and people would stop me and ask me where this or that was, as if I lived there ....

I would have to apologize and tell them I didn't have a clue, as I wasn't from there ...

And so ...

actually now they have little kiosks with people who can easily tell you the info you are searching for

and there are millions of people in NY, not that many are tourists

NYers are some of the most friendly people in the world

But we are talking around Times Square, graham ....

What do you think the break-down is there?

And I have tried this experiment before down there, trying to find someone who both spoke English and who could tell me where something was ....

God help you if you are in hurry to get somewhere where you are late getting to down there, if you have to depend on asking someone where it is ...

One time, I went down by train to Manhattan and had to go to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which of course means leaving the comfort and security of Manhattan to venture across the river to Brooklyn ...

And here, I am referring to the cab drivers, not me ....

I had trouble finding a cab driver who would go across the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan into Brooklyn, as if that were a totally foreign country over there ...

Finally, I found an Indian dude who would take me over only on condition that I had to tell him how to get to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and if we got lost, I was responsible for the extra fare ....

And so ...

And how about the world of SHOW BIZ, graham ....

Billy Mays is barely dead, and already there is a contender for his crown looming large on the horizon, is what I am hearing up here, anyway ....

Yes, graham, the SHAM-WOW dude .....

Can you just imagine it ....

People in the know up this way say he is poised to fill the vacuum left by the passing of Billy Mays, AMERICA'S BEST PITCHMAN EVER BAR NONE ....

And so ....

Say, graham ....

You're pretty knowledgeable about this and that and some other things, as well, being from NYC and all ...

Earlier today, I was outside and there, next to my driveway was a little snapping turtle, headed south ....

Or facing south, anyway .....

What's up with that, do you think?

Maybe all of that talk in here about knishes got him to feeling hungry, so he is headed down your way to get some ....

And so ...

I like turtles

A few weeks ago on the Grand Ole Opry
Little Jimmy Dickens ended his segment thanking the audience and said
If you ever see a Turtle on a post by the highway, remember, he had help getting there, and he thanked the audience for their help all these years

maybe that little turtle is indeed looking for a knish, if I see him, I will point him in the right direction

I noticed just yesterday that Ed McMahon was advertising for these bathtubs for those who are elderly or infirmed who cannot lift their leg over the side, and it has a door that opens, and someone else was doing the commercial.Same exact words ed used, but it wasn't him...
and I can't think who it was, but I thought, where in the world did they dig this guy up from

Billy Mays, where in America, anyone can become famous...I still think the Grim Reaper got his assignment to pick up Willie Mays and he said say hey, I love Willie Mays, it ain't his time yet, let me see...and he turned on the tube and there was one of those commercials and the reaper smiled his crooked grin and said, ...

That would be appreciated, I am sure, graham ....

And so ...

Oh, graham ....

Where you come up with these things ....

And so ...

And what about the SHAM-WOW dude, graham ....

Have you seen his infomercials?

Do you think that he can take the crown, and become the KING?

Maybe there should be an American Idol spin-off dedicated to pitchmen in America to determine these kinds of questions ....

And so ...

3486 @ 3:10 PM EST

haven't seen him yet, but who knows I just youtube'd it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwRISkyV_B8
he will be in the top 5 in no time


I personally like the guy from Florida though
for Appliance Direct, think his name is Sam and the girl is his wife I think. We should invite him here to CGCS
one year I stayed up all night watching him and then watched early morning too

white porcelain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI2moioob30

wackee nu nu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgxcYz5cLN8...feature=related

Billy Mays: The Rap Tribute

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-GswlNxkgA

Whoever signs him up as his agent is going to be rolling in dough, graham ....

I think the SHAM-WOW dude is a contender for the crown now that Billy Mays has gone on to his reward ....

And so ...

Dude is making a fashion statement, alright, graham ....

But he is a little too laid back and serene to be considered as the TOP DAWG PITCHMAN in America, is what I think, anyway ....

I think America is looking for the kind of PIZZAZ that the SHAM-WOW dude brings to the game ....

And the SHAM-WOW dude is younger, too, graham ....

Remember that America is in love with youth ....

Maybe even obsessed with it ....

Which maybe explains why we are stuck with such immature politicians as "I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT MY LOVE LIFE AND SEXUAL INDISCRETIONS" Sanford, the governor dude of North Carolina ...

The next republican president of America ....

And so ...

here is a song I always liked

Joe Jackson (no relationship to another jackson, this one actually has talent and is still alive)
slow song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q5fMyaosAg...PL&index=32

Happy July Fourth, graham ....

Bluegrass is on the radio this morning ....

So all is right with the world this morning ....

And so ...

Jimmy Driftwood is singing right now ...

Happy Interdependence Day to G4A and Livyjr and anyone else who may be stoping by...Holidays are always the busiest time in the grocery business so my wife has to work today...I promised to save her a piece of watermellon which is what I'm having for lunch...

Happy 4th of July everyone.
It looks like for the first time in a month or more, it will be sunny the entire day today.

here is a perfect country song for any time of the day

so good he re-made it 10 years later himself
very obscure artist, you can hear him doing background vocals on 100s of songs

Kay-John Wesley Ryles (original, more pronounced southern accident)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6mKAFPURgc...=PL&index=8

Kay- John Wesley Ryles (redone with more regret almost, as if he was still driving that cab a decade later)
This has a great slide show of Nashville in the video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Rpk7PHFqs...=PL&index=9

a more recent great country song with a great kicker in it
Daryl Singletary(who should be a major star, he has one of the greatest voices to come along the last decade or so, but leave it to modern country to toss aside this wonderfully talented artist, who keeps it real country (and is one helleva nice guy too).
The Note

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7RbbWL4GhA

For a rainy 4th of July in Iowa:

Field of Dreams

Happy Interdependence Day back to you, rla ....

Enjoy the watermelon ....

It sounds good ....

And so ...

Born on Fourth of July Extended Soundtrack - John Williams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQpYd39eOs...PL&index=29

Yup. The world should do the same. Build one world and everyone will join in hand in hand in peace and prosperity and be welcome.

I like RLA's word. interdependence. We all are dependant on one another out there in the real world.

That's what wrong, graham ....

TOO MUCH DEPENDENCE ....

Not enough self-reliance ....

And so ....

The Infamous StringDusters -Three Days In July

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrqM1HxTI-0...PL&index=10

The point is that dependence is not the only alternative to independence.

Too much independence and self-reliance can be as maladaptive as too little...

I had a good friend who committed suicide because she couldn't achieve complete independence with a broken neck
even though she was a fully functioning professional...

And that is an alternative that is always available to people, rla ....

Why should she have been made to live to your standards as someone with a broken neck?

I was wounded in the head and neck in Viet Nam, and each day I have to live with that ....

And of course, I always consider suicide as my right and my alternative, and NOBODY can take that away from me ....

But right now, I am pretty independent, and suicide is a permanent solution to what may, upon further study, be temporary problems ...

So I don't invoke the alternative ....

And so ...