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You owned roller skates with keys.
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You played Hit The Penny, Stoop Ball, Skellsie, King/Queen, Johnny Ride
the Pony, Mum Freeze, Box Ball, Ring-a-Levio, Punch Ball, Triangle and
"I declare War on...."
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You owned a pair of shoes from Miles, National's or Thom McCann's.
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You played hide and go seek at dusk.
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There was at least one pizzeria within 1 block of your house and a candy
store on the corner.
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You waited for the Good Humor, Mr. Softie or Bungalow Bar guy to come
around your block.
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You went to Saturday matinees all the time.
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You know the difference between going with, seeing, making out
with, fooling around with and going out with someone.
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You went to Friday night dances at a local Catholic school and the
clergy would come by and say "make room for the Holy Ghost."
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You know what a
"johnny pump" is.
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You made a scooter from orange crates and an old skate.
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You never realized you had an accent until you left Brooklyn.
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You know what a
"Spauldeen" is.
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You know what an "El" is.
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Your friends came over to hang out on the stoop.
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You've had a pigeon dirty your car and/or your
head.
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You played stickball in the school yard.
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You roller-skated and bicycled in and around
the traffic.
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You had a "cellar" not
a basement.
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Everybody knows someone from the neighborhood - even if it is your
mother's cousin's son-in-law's sister's boyfriend.
