Re: [CTRL] [Re: [CTRL] New York, New York (Mortuary)]

1999-08-18 Thread Robert Tatman
-Caveat Lector- jabr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- Some entity I am convinced now is usurping body parts probably from every newly dead corpse for consumption. I have no evidence, so pardon my inate bluntness about this. My father made the point as we visited the mortician

Re: [CTRL] [Re: [CTRL] New York, New York]

1999-08-17 Thread Robert Tatman
-Caveat Lector- jabr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- Bill: It has been awhile since I was last on CTRL and I just re-subscribed yesterday. HEY!! Welcome back, Judith!! We've missed ya... :^D Bob = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: [CTRL] New York, New York

1999-08-17 Thread William Hugh Tunstall
-Caveat Lector- Speaking of conspiracies, I've often wondered about the mortuary business. Most of us know absolutely nothing about the business until a loved one dies, then we are dragged into a number of unpleasant considerations in order "to make arrangements" for the recently departed. Of

Re: [CTRL] New York, New York

1999-08-17 Thread jabr
-Caveat Lector- Yeah, I hear you on this. I hadn't meant to wax and wane so much about Manhattan -- but truth is, according to MOB syndicate history books, NYC is controlled by 26 Mafia families. This includes a pop of about 13 million (or more now) living stacked into 5 burroughs (Manhattan,

[CTRL] The Burying Business (was: Re: [Re: [CTRL] New York, New York])

1999-08-17 Thread Robert Tatman
-Caveat Lector- William Hugh Tunstall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- Speaking of conspiracies, I've often wondered about the mortuary business. http://www.philly.com/specials/99/burying/html/bury02.asp The Burying Business: Why funeral costs stay so high Examining rituals and

Re: [CTRL] New York, New York (Mortuary)

1999-08-17 Thread Clifford L Davis
-Caveat Lector- On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:34:02 -0500 William Hugh Tunstall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: -Caveat Lector- Speaking of conspiracies, I've often wondered about the mortuary business. and the possibilities for abuse are certainly there. Yes they are. My Uncle as well as many other

Re: [CTRL] New York, New York (Mortuary)

1999-08-17 Thread William Hugh Tunstall
-Caveat Lector- Thank you for the response, Mr. Davis. I've suspected as much. Certainly, in my former state of California, the mortuary-cemetery biz (scam) has become a fine art. My stepmother once worked for Rose Hills...She would listen to the salesmen discuss their trade in private. She

Re: [CTRL] New York, New York (Mortuary)

1999-08-17 Thread jabr
-Caveat Lector- Some entity I am convinced now is usurping body parts probably from every newly dead corpse for consumption. I have no evidence, so pardon my inate bluntness about this. My father made the point as we visited the mortician making up my grandmother in 1989 that these people he

[CTRL] New York, New York

1999-08-16 Thread William Hugh Tunstall
-Caveat Lector- It was in the summer of 1973. With the death of my father, i decided to leave California and head back to the East Coast. Perhaps some of you know that feeling. You've lived in a place for years, and you reason that if you don't break out of the old familiar patterns, you

Re: [CTRL] New York, New York

1999-08-16 Thread Ric Carter
-Caveat Lector- Yeah, when I went to NYC from San Bernadino in 1968, aged 18, all that kept me in the Big Apple were 1) having all my possessions stolen, and 2) being charged with possession of explosives. As soon as those things were resolved, I was outta there. Yow. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER

Re: [CTRL] New York, New York

1999-08-16 Thread Ric Carter
-Caveat Lector- Oh yeah, I forgot to mention my wonderful accommodations whilst I inhabited The Heart Of The Capitalist World. The X-flat [condemned tenament] on E.11th St. between B C Aves, with regular shootings/ knifings/etc. The unventilated closet over Cooper Square. The old

Re: [CTRL] New York, New York

1999-08-16 Thread jabr
-Caveat Lector- Bill: It has been awhile since I was last on CTRL and I just re-subscribed yesterday. I read this email and felt it was very nicely done expose on Manhattan. I did what you did, moved to the city from out west in 1981. By 1984, however, and one year as a grad student at NYU,

Re: [CTRL] New York, New York

1999-08-16 Thread jabr
-Caveat Lector- At least you gave the city a shot. All the problems you encountered FIT into the scheme of things everywhere, realize. All of em were weird. All of em had different personas UNDER these masks. The great thing about NYC is that you had the availability of being alone and

Re: [CTRL] New York, New York

1999-08-16 Thread Nicola Molloy
-Caveat Lector- Ric I gotta add this! If you read Scarlet and the Beast - John Daniels reckons London is Babylon. Where else could you have a man in the next flat looking like Santa with front tooth missing, standing in his jockeys waiting for his prostitute buddies attempting to crawl up to

Re: [CTRL] New York, New York

1999-08-16 Thread William Hugh Tunstall
-Caveat Lector- What a bummer, R. The day after I was robbed at gunpoint, tied up by three thugs in my hotel room(the window was open..and I kept wondering if the Neanderthals might decide to toss me out the window for kicks...), I was on the next Greyhound back to the Golden State.

Re: [CTRL] New York, New York

1999-08-16 Thread William Hugh Tunstall
-Caveat Lector- Jabr, Welcome back! And thanks for the interesting take on the city. You're right about Midwestern cities to some extent. Next year, when I relocate, I'm thinking about moving to Madison. I'll be looking forward to reading your posts as always, Best wishes, Bill On Mon, 16

Re: [CTRL] New York, New York

1999-08-16 Thread Ric Carter
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: William Hugh Tunstall [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was told in no uncertain terms by one of my co-workers to leave it alone. Why? Because another business on the street had paid the Mob protection for that parking space! The Mafia controlled all