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[Veruca Salt]

OK--Spawned straight from the Growing Up Gotti thread and by popular demand--introducing the Long Island TWoPcon! All interested parties can merge here like a traffic jam on the LIE.

[chrysanthemum]

Veruca Salt, I am so excited you did this! By popular demand! Or, at least, by four of us on the Growing up Gotti thread.

Seriously, do we have to watch what we say?

So, I'll start, apparently. I grew up in Uniondale, home of Nassau Community College, Hofstra University, Gino's Pizza, and various other oddities.

Ironically, I am now living in San Diego, as I wanted to see what west coast living would be like. It isn't much, or, it is, the water anyway, but I miss the New York lifestyle.

So, I move back to LI on August 21. I'll stay with my mother in Middle Island until I find an apartment of my own. So this thread timing is perfect.

Usually, I post on these boards on the Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Bachelor/ette, Arrested Development, Apprentice, Amazing Race, and Survivor threads.

Look forward to getting something going with you guys though. Welcome all!

[MisterZ]

Hey, even though I live in the city now, I grew up in Bohemia (yes, that makes me Bohemian...). If a TWoPcon materializes on LI, I'm so there.

[Veruca Salt]

Ah, MisterZ--I remember you from the Trading Spaces boards! I did the reverse--I grew up in Queens and moved to Massapequa a few years ago. I just attended a seminar at Dowling in your old neighborhood.

I ususally post in Candid Reality, The Amazing Race, Survivor, Sopranos and The Apprentice threads. Also Sitcoms--especially The Odd Couple (hi valny!)

(Early) Welcome back to LI chrysanthemum. Hopefully we can get something up and running by the time you come back. Again, we may want to keep our outings under wraps via email for a while lest the Hot Boys drive by with Frankie's monster golf cart. ;)

Edited by Veruca Salt, Aug 5, 2004 @ 12:26 PM.

[destinydriven]

Another Amityville resident here - name the TWOP-Con and I am there :)

[chrysanthemum]

What is up with Amityville and Massepequa dominating these boards? (OK...it's hard to dominate with 5 posts, but still...)

I have such bad memories of your towns whooping Uniondale's softball team, repeatedly.

But yes, as you've all echoed, name the TWoP CON and I'm there. It'll be helpful, too, perhaps, to see what shows you all watch - we can schedule premiere / finale viewings that way.

[Veruca Salt]

Hee! The South Shore is representing on this board! We need to recruit on the North.

A viewing party is a great idea for our first TWoPcom. We could have one for our favorite paisans the Gottis or Six Feet Under. Any and all suggestions for locations are welcome.

[MisterZ]

Since Trading Spaces kinda JTS, I've been living over on the 7th Heaven boards.

I live on the North Shore of Manhattan, does that count?

It's been quite a while since I sampled the nightspots on the Island -- is there anyplace near Melville that would be willing to put up with us? (I figure that's about as central as you can get, right?) I doubt any of the places I used to go are still around, and they were all pretty small anyway.

[destinydriven]

Keep going...just an accident on the Southern State. Nothing to see here... :)

Edited by destinydriven, Aug 6, 2004 @ 2:17 AM.

[Suga Wuga]

I went to college near Great Neck and still have family in the area so I tend to visit from time to time. I'll check here before I take any trips that way and see if you all have anything planned.

[MisterZ]

I only suggested Melville because I know of a few people on these boards who live way out East (Mattituck, etc.) and who mkght not want to drive all the way into, say, RVC or Garden City. Of course, since I'd be coming from the other direction I'm all for meeting in Western Nassau.

[Veruca Salt]

I guess we should try to get a consensus as to where everyone is coming from so we can decide on a good mid-point. As I am relatively new to LI, I know a few places, but not as many as the natives. We should probably look for a place that is not too far off the beaten path, has ample seating and of course a mighty big TV. And mighty big drinks.

[Star from IHJ]

Hey all! I'm another person from the South Shore (Merrick). I used to post on the TAR forums before they became so busy. Now I'm a sporadic poster because I mostly lurk. However, I do go into TAR's Chatroom set up by fellow TWOPpers. I also tend to go in the chats for most of the reality TV shows set up by TWOPpers (like Survivor and The Apprentice). I even went to TARcon last year! Like most of you I too found out about this thread from the Growing Up Gotti thread. At first I refused to watch the show because as an Italian American I hate how we're usually portrayed. But, I caught it while waiting for Airline and I was hooked (my Father works for the airlines so Airline is the one reality TV show we can enjoy together).


While I was not asked for my opinion on a meeting location I know from experience how hard it is to set up any sort of meeting on LI. I'm in charge of a LI based Star Wars club and we are still trying to figure out where is the best location to have meetings. At first we tried to alternate locations between Nassau and Suffolk, but no one knew a good location to hold meetings in Suffolk because we're mainly composed of South Shore people also. So maybe if we get equal response on this board from South Shore as well as the North Shore we could try to do that. If not I think we should probably try to meet on the boarder of Nassau and Suffolk County like my club has decided to do. So that's my two cents and within minutes I've already outed myself as a geek. Heh.


Can lurkers come to TWOPcon LI? I've been going to Fametracker's NYCcons even though I only lurk there.

[Veruca Salt]

Welcome Star from IHJ! Any and all TWoPers for LI are welcome!

You are probably right about the challenge in getting LIer together at a centralized place. But I have faith in our little group. We'll just a pick a place when the occasion is right and whomever shows, shows. For now, we can just chill and get to know one another and just snark on whatever comes to mind.

[destinydriven]

Hey destinydriven! I wonder if we know each other? I always say Amityville is small enough that even if you don't know someone, you know someone who does. Forget 6 degrees of separation, it's more like 1 degree.

Dbonz, we probably do. :) Where did you go to High School?

I am thinking Melville area also, because it's central. But if I had to go to a bar in Port Jeff, I am down. :)

[valny]

Hey you guys! I finally made it over here. I have a black belt in procrastination so I'm lethal at getting anything into gear quickly. I apologize.

Let's see, I guess so far I'm the only one from the East Meadow area,(do some people know where that is?- I won't give specifics, I don't want any Gotti's coming after me. :) ) I actually lived in Queens(Astoria) but the family moved out of there for the 'burbs when I was around 2 1/2". I post mainly at the Buffy boards(stop laughing) but I really have dabbled all over the place like Sitcoms(hi back to Veruca from the Odd Couple thread), and some reality threads like Trading Spouses and of course, the Growing Up Gotti, which got me here. I've just started watching Six Feet Under this season, so I don't do much posting over there since I don't really know the characters and their backstories very well.

Anyway, I agree with Veruca Salt that once we get a concensus of where everyone is from, then we can plan this thing out a little better. I have a feeling it might take a while, but it'll be worth it. (I also agree with the mighty big drinks part too Veruca!)



sidenote: I have an on-line friend from another board who's coming in from California for some business meetings and if she has a dinner break we were going to try to get together for a bit just to say hi. She said she'll be staying at the Hilton in Melville. I really not too familiar with Suffolk County so can anyone tell me the easiest way to get out there? I'm talking the Directions for Dummies way. I'm guessing I'd be taking the LIE and getting off around Rte 110? Gah! I've only lived here all my life! I suck. Any help would be appreciated my fellow Long Islanders!

Edited by valny, Aug 8, 2004 @ 4:28 PM.

[MonaCK]

Holy smokes. Another Amityville resident here! :) I'm originally from New Jersey, but have been living in Amityville for the past 3 years.

I don't know if I'd be able to make a con or not, but i just had to pipe up. ;)

I am usually on the Third Watch thread in the "Drama" forum -- as I am a huuuuuuge Third Watch fan.

But yeah -- anyway -- *waves to fellow Nassau/Suffolk South Shore Border people*

[Veruca Salt]

Hey valny--

Take the LIE to exit 49S toward Amityville. That will put you on route 110. The Hilton will be on your right about 1-2 miles down the road.

I went to Hofstra and used to hang out in East Meadow all the time--at Chelsea Street and The Big Easy Roadhouse back in the day. Also at Spit in Levittown if there are any reformed headbangers out there.

Edited by Veruca Salt, Aug 8, 2004 @ 7:01 PM.

[valny]

Thanks for the driving instructions Veruca Salt. I can't believe you used to hang out at Spit. Me and my friends loved that place back in the day. But we went on New Wave nights. If I remember right, it was on Mondays and Wednesdays and maybe Sundays too. I still have a few red Spit t-shirts and a bunch of Spit buttons. They had heavy metal nights there too? Spit and The Malibu were some of our favorites places. We all really loved dancing. I only recently found out that Malibu was no more. All the good places are gone. :( Even my favorite radio station(WLIR 92.7) is gone.

Ha, I just took a picture of my Spit shirt and buttons so you can see it. Go HERE. Hope you can see them.

my best friend lives in East Meadow, behind the 7-11 on Hempstead Tpke.

Cool, I know exactly where you're talking about Dbonz.

The Big Easy! Oh good God, I spent many a Saturday night there, with my bible study group of course! It was called something else too, but I can never remember the name. We also used to go to Buttle's. which I think is now Chelsea Street.

Oh great, now I'm going to rack my brains trying to remember what The Big Easy used to be called! I remember sometimes a bunch of us used to go there for Happy Hour after work. Damn it what was it called?!! I remember Chelsea Street used to be called Buttles too. I almost got into that place. I say almost because it was one of those nights where we couldn't decide where to go, so we ended up at Buttles and were all set to go in but the guy at the door wouldn't let my friend's boyfriend in because he was wearing sneakers! Give me a break!

Edited by valny, Aug 8, 2004 @ 9:48 PM.

[MonaCK]

Dbonz

We live right on County Line Rd -- around the corner from Ireland Place. :)

Valny

We used to live in East Meadow -- right off of East Meadow Road - Powers Avenue.

[zbkat]

another lawnguylander here. how i envy those of you who have escaped from matzohpizza and oniondale (minicinema, anyone? midnight rocky horror?) to move onto sunnier shores. alas, i have remained anchored to this sandy wedge. grew up in franklin square, college at hofstra, subsequently resided in lynbrook, garden city park, and finally rooting myself in oyster bay. i work in copiague and often escape to the beach in amityville for lunch. i have fond memories of rockin' the casbah at spit and 99 luftbaloons at the malibu and catching a very young, angry billy bragg at my father's place in roslyn. let's do lunch, kay?

[MisterZ]

More about me -- born in Queens (Astoria General), parents lived in Whitestone until I was a year and a half old and then moved us to Bohemia. Lived there (not counting college at Syracuse, also not counting a two-year mistake in Boston and back in Syracuse) from '65 until '91 when I moved back into the city, where I've lived all over the place but am now happily ensconced in Inwood with EponasWildDaughter.

Oh, good lord...I'd forgotten all about MFP. (How the hell could I have forgotten MFP? Damn.) Anybody remember the OBI? And the Uniondale Mini-Cinema was the site of one of 'LIR's greatest radio concerts, featuring the Good Rats (Rat On!) right after they released From Rats To Riches. I think I still have that tape. Peppi Marchello busting Denis McNamara's chops all night was classic!

Good times... We need to get this together soon 'cause all this reminiscing is making me a bit misty.

Edited by MisterZ, Aug 9, 2004 @ 7:21 AM.

[MonaCK]

Dbonz: Do you know where the transmission shop is on County Line? Near Oak Street? Without getting specific, I'm near there.

I know just where Ceder is. I'm a member of a chorus, and a former chorus member lives/used to live on Ceder.

*begins to hum a few bars of 'It's A Small World'.* ;)

[MisterZ]

I'm a member of a chorus

You wouldn't be a member of the Long Island Choral Society, would you? 'Cause I sang with them for 5 years a long time ago.

[MonaCK]

Nope - I'm a member of the Greater Nassau Chorus - a division of Sweet Adelines, Intl. We're an all women's 4 part acappella barbershop harmony chorus that practices in Baldwin. :)