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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: haqihana who wrote (27859)	8/4/2000 7:18:42 PM
From: lorrie coey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

I think it was more your charming personality that got you such a reception! Just a thought-

To: haqihana who wrote (27859)	8/4/2000 7:59:45 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

how a country boy, in western boots, was treated in Manhattan??? Back during the bicentenial I was in Manhattan, wearing boots (and hair like Willey Nelson). It was a hoot. We stopped a random pedestrian and asked them how to get to the Statue of Liberty. At first glance you would have thought we asked for his wallet, but then he looked us up and down and gave clear directions of which subway to take and how to get on the ferry. More interesting was the evening, all evening we spent between Times Square and Rockefeller plaza. That was where those who couldn't afford a hotel stayed. It cost a pack of cigarettes to "join the club". There were lines of people sleeping with shifts of guards. There were gangs kicking over trash cans in Times Square and endless traffic. It was 4 hours of sleep and 2 hours guard duty I think. We played cards and shared quarts of beer while guarding, then went back to sleep. One of the guys told us about an unlocked janitor's closet in Rockefeller Center with a big sink where you could wash up. TP