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We lived in an apt in Astoria,…
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We lived in an apt in Astoria, Queens and as a little girl I use to prop upa blanket like a tent. Me and my siblings would hang out especially on hot summer nights. We had to be in at 8:00 and everyone was still out. So being on the fire escape made us feel we were not missing anything. Also there would be a group of boys from a gang called the Barons and they would harmonize to the tune of Duke of Earl. Oh the days of little wants.
I lived on Steinway St in…
Whenever my family pissed…
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Whenever my family pissed me off I would buy a $15.00 round trip bus ticket to Atlantic City. The bus drivers knew me well. I was way too young to drink or gamble, so when the usual preachy speeches they gave were over they’d let me follow them around and eat at the buffet tables until it was time to return. To this day my folks can’t figure out where I went.
My first summer job on the…
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My first summer job on the books was at Mickey D’s by Prospect Park. I was 15 and so happy to get my little work permit, until I got hit with a little thing called taxes. The money I brought home was a joke compared to the “free” money I earned doing hair, or baby sitting. I was beginning to cultivate a bad attitude about working on the books until I got a new cute young manager. Gave me something to look forward to. My check sure wasn’t much to look at.