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To: LLCF who wrote (71501)12/12/2009 5:09:44 PM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (1) of 74559
 
DAK, re: Message 26172168

That was on Elmat's thread, and he banned me so I'll have to reply here where the unworthy minds hang out. ;)

I was a few blocks up the hill from you, just around the corner from the frat houses on upper Langdon Street. I fondly recall coming home late one summer night to a prolonged bottle rocket fight between the frat boys on both sides of Langdon. Troops were stationed behind trees and on porch roofs, and the air was filled with ribbons of fire and smoke. One house even deployed artillery in the form of a giant slingshot stretched between two trees, firing handfuls of firecrackers. My date and I were unable to negotiate No Man's Land, so we wisely retreated to Gilman Street. :0)

Note: These days you can visit Madison virtually via Google Street View, so you won't freeze your fingers and toes. Madison does have nice warm summers, of course...

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Back over on Elmat's thread, TJ posted the following response to me a bit further downstream. He lived next door to Carl Sagan's place while studying at Cornell in Ithaca, NY...

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