[Magdalen] Sons (and Daughters) of Norway.

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Thu Jun 11 16:30:35 UTC 2015


That's really a great idea.  I read a man's explanation of how he got in an
accident.

"I got to what should have been my house, but on the wrong street, turned
into the driveway and crashed into a tree I don't have."

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> Back in the Day, our old neighborhood of Bay Ridge Brooklyn had more Sons
> and Daughters of Norway living there than in all of Oslo.
>
> The streets have names like Bay Ridge Avenue, Bay Ridge Parkway, Bay Ridge
> Terrace, Bay Ridge Place, Bay Street, Ridge Avenue, Ridge Terrace, Bay
> Terrace and the like.
>
> The local wags have always claimed those old Norwegians named them that
> way so they'd know they were on the right street when getting home from the
> bar.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie
>


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