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I ate there a few times, but not for many years. I used to call it Leonards of London. There was a pub on the next corner that had a couple of names over the years that had decent pub food, so that was a nice little section of Queens go out to eat at, as long as you didn't mind looking for a spot for a half hour. And a few blocks down 63rd Dr. was the Shalimar diner, which was my familiy's regular go to joint in Queens when I was a kid. My dad loved their Boston Scrod. I passed that site by a few weeks ago and they are just finishing up the large apartment building they have put up in its footprint. SIGH!

THANK YOU!!! 2 set-ups in 2 days: Synopsis: In the series finale, Blanche’s Uncle Lucas comes to visit and she pawns him off on Dorothy. To get even with her, Dorothy and Lucas scheme to pretend to fall in love and get married. But then they fall in love for real. Dorothy: “Well, he was so thoughtful and considerate, affectionate...” Blanche: “With whom?” Dorothy: “With me. No, I had the time of my life last night. And even if he never calls again, at least we'll always have Don's Crab House.” Sophia: “Ingrid Bergman had Paris, my pussycat has crabs.”

Astoria’s Neptune Diner set to close its doors for good this Sunday And another one's gone, And another one's gone, Another one bites the dust...

Maura Tierney will be the new lieutenant, replacing Camryn Manheim.

I finally got around to asking my sister if they liked the ABBA show: Loved ABBA! Have something for you from it. We're definitely going when it comes to Vegas, and you're coming with us.

Good for her! She battled so long and hard to try to get control of her health, at least she had peace of mind that she'd have some control over her death.

The joke is actually 'Lawrence Welk', not 'the drummer'.

A veritable spring chicken compared to Eva Marie Saint, who is (somehow) STILL 100 today.

But wait, there’s more. A fan of the late legendary television pitch Billy Mays skipped the flowers during a visit to his gravesite and instead left a bottle of OxiClean — the cleaning product that made Mays a household face across the 2000s. “lol just got to pittsburgh and someone left oxiclean at my dad’s grave,” Mays’ son, Billy Mays III wrote on X Monday after a visit to his father’s cemetery. The grave itself was a proper memorial for Mays — including an etched illustration of him flashing his signature thumbs up in an OxiClean shirt, and referring to him not only as a “Beloved husband and son,” but as as a “Pitchman.” Mays died in 2009 at age 50 from a heart attack at his Florida home, and a subsequent autopsy found that cocaine use was a “contributory cause of death” that exacerbated heart disease he was already suffering from. But his family contested that finding, calling it and subsequent reports of drug abuse “speculative,” according to NBC News, and a subsequent medical examiner’s report found that cocaine did not contribute to his death but also didn’t refute his drug use. Mays came to prominence as a loud-talking salesman for products like OxiClean, Orange Glo, Kaboom, and Mighty Putty.

94 years young

Office plant potted 15 years ago grows into 300-foot beast, is named after ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ character An office plant potted 15 years ago has grown into a 300ft beast — and is now nicknamed ‘Audrey II’ from The Little Shop of Horrors. Bosses Allie Brennan, 52, and husband, Des, 58, initially bought the ivy from B&Q for their bathroom at home. But due to the plant’s ‘rapid growth’ they were left with ‘no other option’ but to take it to work. Now, more than 15 years later, the plant has grown to ‘well-over’ 300 feet long — sprouting new shoots to pin up across the office walls and ceiling “every day.” Managing Director Des said: “The ivy goes wherever it wants too. It even dips down onto our desks before it returns back to the ceiling.” The impressive plant hangs from computer monitors, down to employee desks and on the ceiling – and even has its own sponsorship deal. The ivy grows at a stellar rate of six inches per month at Protective Solutions Ltd in Stonehouse, Glos. — the packaging company Des founded in 2006.

Pair of endangered Siberian tiger cubs make their adorable debut at German zoo I swear mom, I didn't eat the antelope and spoil my dinner!

I thought you'd appreciate this: Cindy Adams Farewell to Lou Dobbs, my dear friend

FDNY unveils ad campaign to combat lithium-ion battery fires

GrowNYC and the Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce joined forces to host New York City’s first “Pop Up Garden” at the Flushing Greenmarket on Wednesday, July 17. The Pop Up Garden is designed to provide free outdoor horticultural education and in-person gardening demonstrations for New Yorkers interested in starting a garden at home. Maureen Regan, founder and executive director of Green Earth Urban Gardens (GUEG), is the brains behind the Pop Up Garden. “We fully support the development of local agriculture and horticulture as an essential step in addressing climate change,” Regan said in a statement. The Pop Up Garden will continue to be a part of the Flushing Greenmarket through cultural programming efforts led by the Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce. The Greenmarket is open every Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Nov. 27 at Bowne Playground, located at Sanford Avenue and Union Street in Flushing. The Greenmarket features farmers selling baked goods, eggs, cider, fruit and vegetables from local farms, including Breezy Hill Orchard, Knoll Krest Farm and R&G Produce. The Flushing Greenmarket is managed by GrowNYC, an environmental nonprofit that works to give New Yorkers access to farm fresh food, and a direct marketplace for farmers to sell their goods. GrowNYC Greenmarkets are producer-only: farmers strictly sell what they grow, raise catch or bake themselves. The program includes partnerships with small to mid-sized farms from 250 miles north, 120 miles south and 170 miles east and west of New York City. Angela Davis, director of GrowNYC Food Access and Agriculture, urged residents to come and experience all the Flushing Greenmarket has to offer. “The seasonal bounty and selection of producers at GrowNYC Greenmarket sites is unparalleled, from just-picked fruits and vegetables, artisan bread and baked goods, jams, freshly caught fish, maple syrup, flowers and so much more week after week, all season long,” she said in a statement. New York City’s first ‘Pop Up Garden’ takes root at Flushing Greenmarket – QNS QNS.COM Two local organizations joined forces to host New York City’s first "Pop Up Garden" at the Flushing Greenmarket... Far Rockaway community garden to host service event Aug. 3 – QNS QNS.COM A local veterans community service group is leading a community service event on Saturday, Aug. 3 at Bay 84th... A local veterans community service group is leading a community service event on Saturday, Aug. 3 at Bay 84th Street Community Garden. Volunteers from The Mission Continues (TMC), an organization that connects veterans to community service projects, will be at the garden from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Civilian volunteers are also welcome to join the event. The volunteers will be working on updating the compost station and general upkeep of the community garden. Children participating will be painting miniature wooden birdhouses, which will be displayed throughout the garden. Also on hand will be donated books for youngsters to take home, a seed-planting session and a family-friendly BBQ. Girl Scout and Boy Scout members are encouraged to participate and earn their gardening patches during the service event. “We are not just a community garden, we are here to serve and improve the community through productive positive experiences,” said Spencer L., a liaison for the community garden. Founded in 2018 by local community activists, the Bay 84th Street Community Garden has brought together the Far Rockaway community with an array of local events throughout the years. The garden strung from a former dumping ground that was later converted with the help of the NYC Department of Sanitation and JetBlue volunteers. It is under the jurisdiction of NYC Parks and supported by GreenThumb, the nation’s largest urban gardening program. To sign up for the event, click here.

I got 770/800 on my math SAT (660 on the English). I'm always calculating sports stats in my head or dividing numbers I see during the day by 3 or 7, or other stuff like that. applause.wav Baby, you're incredible.wav I am the master.wav you're doing it wrong.wav That's the way I like it.wav

I watch this a couple of times a week. His body is beautiful to look at, and it just makes me smile and chuckle every time watching all the reactions.

NASA’s Curiosity rover made a “mind-blowing” discovery on Mars — yellowish-green crystals of pure sulfur, never before seen on Earth’s mysterious red neighbor, according to scientists. The literal ground-breaking find was made after the one-ton Curiosity drove over a pile of rocks and cracked one open while probing the deep and winding Gediz Vallis channel, believed to have been formed by water 3 billion years ago. “I think it’s the strangest find of the whole mission and the most unexpected,” Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory [JPL] in Pasadena, California, told CNN. “I have to say, there’s a lot of luck involved here. Not every rock has something interesting inside.” The rover’s operators spotted white stones in the distance and mission scientists wanted to investigate further. On May 30, Vasavada and his team reviewed images from the rover that showed a crushed rock in the wheel’s tracks. What they saw when they zoomed in was “mind-blowing,” he said., as they viewed the “gorgeous texture and color inside” of what had initially appeared to be a typical Martian rock. They were even more shocked when analysis proved it was completely sulfur. “No one had pure sulfur on their bingo card,” Vasavada said. Sulfur rocks are usually “beautiful, translucent and crystalline,” according to Vasadava — but the millions of years of weathering sandblasted the rocks’ exterior, blending them with the rest of the orange Martian landscape. Curiosity had previously discovered a number of sulfates, or salts that contain sulfur that are formed when water evaporates. Pure sulfur only forms on Earth under extreme conditions, such as volcanic processes or in hot springs, CNN reported. The Gediz Vallis channel is dug out on the sides of the 3-mile-tall Mount Sharp, which the rover has been steadily climbing for 10 years. The rock was broken open when Curiosity ran it over Curiosity snapped a photo of a rock nicknamed ‘Snow Lake’ in June, which is similar to the rock the rover smashed.

THANK YOU!!! It's been so long since somebody set me up for a GOLDEN GIRLS quote: Synopsis: Dorothy and Stan plan their wedding while Sophia still doesn’t approve; the girls welcome Truby to replace Dorothy as their roommate. Truby: “My husband passed just last summer.” Rose: “Passed what?” Dorothy: “A slow-moving Winnebago, Rose.”

NASA’s Curiosity rover made a “mind-blowing” discovery on Mars — yellowish-green crystals of pure sulfur, never before seen on Earth’s mysterious red neighbor, according to scientists. The literal ground-breaking find was made after the one-ton Curiosity drove over a pile of rocks and cracked one open while probing the deep and winding Gediz Vallis channel, believed to have been formed by water 3 billion years ago. “I think it’s the strangest find of the whole mission and the most unexpected,” Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory [JPL] in Pasadena, California, told CNN. “I have to say, there’s a lot of luck involved here. Not every rock has something interesting inside.” The rover’s operators spotted white stones in the distance and mission scientists wanted to investigate further. On May 30, Vasavada and his team reviewed images from the rover that showed a crushed rock in the wheel’s tracks. What they saw when they zoomed in was “mind-blowing,” he said., as they viewed the “gorgeous texture and color inside” of what had initially appeared to be a typical Martian rock. They were even more shocked when analysis proved it was completely sulfur. “No one had pure sulfur on their bingo card,” Vasavada said. Sulfur rocks are usually “beautiful, translucent and crystalline,” according to Vasadava — but the millions of years of weathering sandblasted the rocks’ exterior, blending them with the rest of the orange Martian landscape. Curiosity had previously discovered a number of sulfates, or salts that contain sulfur that are formed when water evaporates. Pure sulfur only forms on Earth under extreme conditions, such as volcanic processes or in hot springs, CNN reported. The Gediz Vallis channel is dug out on the sides of the 3-mile-tall Mount Sharp, which the rover has been steadily climbing for 10 years. The rock was broken open when Curiosity ran it over Curiosity snapped a photo of a rock nicknamed ‘Snow Lake’ in June, which is similar to the rock the rover smashed.