Subj : Children of... To : Marc Lewis From : Roger Nelson Date : Sat Jun 24 2017 07:46:38 On Fri Jun-23-2017 13:04, Marc Lewis (1:396/45) wrote to Roger Nelson: ML> Hello Roger. ML> Lewis regarding Children of... > ML> [snip] ML> Only *very* slightly before my time (I'm 68+,) but I can truthfully ML> say you've hit the nail on the head. A great compilation to say the ML> least. MANY things WERE markedly better, and many were MUCH worse ML> than now. I do miss milk in glass bottles and nickel Cokes. RN> I'm older. (-: RN> NOPSI in our day would have the Germans jealous. ML> To clarify for non-New Orleanians reading, NOPSI was New Orleans ML> Public Service, Inc., a private, for-profit, public utility ML> company exclusively serving the metro area of Orleans Parish with ML> lights, natural gas and public transportation. At one time, their ML> bus service had the most daily runs per line of any other city in ML> the USA, save New York's subway system. ML> There is actually a new hotel that's about to open in New Orleans ML> called "NOPSI", but it's not yet been unveiled to the public. It, ML> fittingly enough is located in the old NOPSI main building at 317 ML> Baronne Street in downtown New Orleans. You can bet on one thing, ML> it won't be cheap. :-) ML> A side note: The Regional Transit Authority took over the ML> transportation in New Orleans and for the last decade and a half ML> have been intensively restoring and renovating the Perley Thomas ML> street cars. The craftsmen are doing an awesome job that includes ML> manufacturing from scratch many parts that have been obsolete for ML> MANY years. Worth a trip to New Orleans just to ride them. I miss riding the street cars of yesteryear, and while it may be a novelty to tourists, I won't go back to New Orleans as long as a Landrieu lives there. When I was in grade school, I was riding a school bus to and from Gentilly to McDonogh #9 on N. Tonti (of the Iron Hand), but when I graduated to high school, my mother gave me 40 cents per day to ride the bus to and from high school and the extra 26 cents I could spend on whatever I wanted, as in lunch -- usually Mrs. Drake sandwiches and a soft drink. Grade school lunch was free. I keep waiting for Hubig's to reopen because I like their pies, but now I'm thinking it won't happen. My favorite bakery is gone from there too. Lawrence Aiavolasiti's (Mr. Wedding Cake) on Elysian Fields in Gentilly. The old boy passed away some years ago and he apparently didn't pass on his knowledge to his heirs or they wanted nothing to do with it. A real shame. There is an Aiavolasiti's bakery listed in Folsom, but I don't feel like driving up there. I should call first. Regards, Roger --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+ * Origin: NCS BBS - Houma, LoUiSiAna - (1:3828/7) .