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<p>[QUOTE="silverthwait, post: 69609, member: 103"]Incidentally, I saw that American Experience thing about the '77 blackout. I was not living in the city anymore, so the impact on me and my family was slight. But good heavens! What an awful mess in Manhattan! I had forgotten all about the news coverage then.</p><p><br /></p><p>By contrast, '65 was FUN! We had a friend who was opening his restaurant in the east 60's that night, and we went to commiserate. But lo! He had candles all over, free champagne and cooked food. How he did the latter, I don't know, the food was excellent, and so was the whole evening.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Besides which, one of my bete noirs had been caught in the subway. I did <i>not </i>laugh out loud; a smirk makes no noise.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="silverthwait, post: 69609, member: 103"]Incidentally, I saw that American Experience thing about the '77 blackout. I was not living in the city anymore, so the impact on me and my family was slight. But good heavens! What an awful mess in Manhattan! I had forgotten all about the news coverage then. By contrast, '65 was FUN! We had a friend who was opening his restaurant in the east 60's that night, and we went to commiserate. But lo! He had candles all over, free champagne and cooked food. How he did the latter, I don't know, the food was excellent, and so was the whole evening. (Besides which, one of my bete noirs had been caught in the subway. I did [I]not [/I]laugh out loud; a smirk makes no noise.)[/QUOTE]
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