Duck AlleyJay Tasti and Albert Nikozak grew up in 1950's and 1960's in a tough little section of Long Island called Duck Alley. Most of the time the sounds of garbage cans clattering and railroad cars rambling by were drowned out by their teary-eyed laughter. Days were filled with baseball, dreams, and absurd jokes. |
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... James Albert that I had the power over gravity . I would hold my arms out and swoop down over the top of his crib and tell him , " Look , James , your daddy's flying . He's fly- ing ! " I don't remember how this idea started , but it ...
... James Albert that I had the power over gravity . I would hold my arms out and swoop down over the top of his crib and tell him , " Look , James , your daddy's flying . He's fly- ing ! " I don't remember how this idea started , but it ...
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... James Albert , Gallaga pulled his chair up close to the recliner where I was sitting . He looked at me with what he apparently thought would pass for earnestness . Since he had begun attempting to get into politics , Bobby had tried to ...
... James Albert , Gallaga pulled his chair up close to the recliner where I was sitting . He looked at me with what he apparently thought would pass for earnestness . Since he had begun attempting to get into politics , Bobby had tried to ...
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... Albert . I never stopped writ- ing . Albert never wrote back . In my classroom , I used to tell the kids this joke . William Cullen Bryant wrote " To a Waterfowl . " But he died a broken man , because the waterfowl never wrote back . James ...
... Albert . I never stopped writ- ing . Albert never wrote back . In my classroom , I used to tell the kids this joke . William Cullen Bryant wrote " To a Waterfowl . " But he died a broken man , because the waterfowl never wrote back . James ...
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