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My Favorite Hobby
What is your favorite hobby or pastime? What I like to do is fix up store shelves. I can’t help it. My kids ridicule me. Their kids ridicule me. My wife makes believe she doesn’t know me. But having retired after almost 50 years in retail, I cannot help it. I especially like it when Continue reading
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The Most Famous Person I Ever Met
Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met? In the late 1970s I was walking up 6th Avenue one afternoon and passed a crowd of people in front of Sam Goody (a record store chain), a block south of Radio City Music Hall. It was like they were waiting for someone. Continue reading
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How often do you walk or run? You wouldn’t believe me if I told you. Continue reading
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What is one word that describes you? Bewildered Continue reading
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Dear 100 Year Old Phil:
Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. It’s enough already. Continue reading
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It’s None Of Your Business
What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain. “Where are you from?” I’m from Brooklyn. “No, I mean where are you from? You’re family. What ethnicity?” Why is that anyone’s business? Continue reading
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1956 BC
What are three objects you couldn’t live without? I was born in the year 1956 BC (Before Cellphones), and let me tell you, life was no picnic. When I wanted to go somewhere, I would drive around in circles because – get this – there was no voice telling me which way to turn! I Continue reading
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Most Days…
Do you enjoy your job? I sure do. I wake up every morning whenever my eyes feel like opening. I shower, then spend the day with my wife, which is always a great way to spend the day. Sometimes my job takes me upstairs, to spend time with my 12 year old grandson, Jonathan. Or Continue reading
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Teenagers
Actually I have had the opportunity to speak to my teenage self. Several times. I refrained from giving myself advice right off the bat, because as you know, teenagers think they know everything. So I waited a couple of weeks, then I told me I wanted to talk to me about something very important. To Continue reading
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Bagel!
What snack would you eat right now? Right now? Bagel. Earlier? Bagel. In a little while? Bagel! I love bagels. A little bit of salt on them. Sometimes cinnamon raisin. Or even everything! What other snack can give you everything? With butter early in the day, otherwise cream cheese. Lox is both delicious and too Continue reading
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Safe Streets
Come up with a crazy business idea. Not too long ago I read about a councilman’s idea to pay people for reporting obscured license plates. The plates in plastic holders, the plates with leaves taped to them, the plates that are faded. Which makes them impossible to read on toll bridges and tunnels, costing the Continue reading
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Decapitation
Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it? I was attached to a doll I named Goggi. He belonged to my older brother before me. He was an ugly little boy doll wearing overalls, about eight inches tall, with the top of his head painted a light orange, Continue reading
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