Re: What would you do?

If it is imminent, wait and see. If there is a time lapse, start digging to Middle Earth. ?

On Jun 17, 2016, at 8:31 PM, Steve Ruggieri sjrugged@... [lafamigliaruggieri] wrote:

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Allegedly, 96 years ago a Parisian newspaper posed this question.

"A scientist announces that the world will end, or at least that such a huge part of the planet will be destroyed, and in such a sudden way, that death will be the certain fate of millions of people. If this prediction were confirmed, what do you think would be its effects on people between the time when they acquired the aforementioned certainty and the moment of cataclysm? Finally, as far as you're concerned, what would do in this last hour?"

I paraphrased the above quote to bring it up to more modern speech.

While I'm not looking for any dire predictions on the upcoming elections, the questions are still daunting. I just think individual responses will be funny. It's ok to lie.

In 1922 some answers written in to the newspaper were;
1. Head for the nearest church or bedroom.
2. Climb a mountain to admire the scenery and flora.
3. Men would shed all inhibitions since no long term consequences applied.
4. People would omit spending their last hours contemplating the extraterrestrial future and would be too taken up with worldly pleasures to give much thought to readying their souls for the afterlife.
5. Devote oneself to a final game of bridge, tennis and golf.

The last was said by Marcel Proust, who never played bridge, tennis or golf.

So, I ask again, in the interest of summertime folly, what would you do?

Steve Ruggieri
414-630-2558

Re: What would you do?

#4010

eat, drink, and be merry

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On Jun 17, 2016, at 8:31 PM, Steve Ruggieri sjrugged@... [lafamigliaruggieri] wrote:

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Allegedly, 96 years ago a Parisian newspaper posed this question.

"A scientist announces that the world will end, or at least that such a huge part of the planet will be destroyed, and in such a sudden way, that death will be the certain fate of millions of people. If this prediction were confirmed, what do you think would be its effects on people between the time when they acquired the aforementioned certainty and the moment of cataclysm? Finally, as far as you're concerned, what would do in this last hour?"

I paraphrased the above quote to bring it up to more modern speech.

While I'm not looking for any dire predictions on the upcoming elections, the questions are still daunting. I just think individual responses will be funny. It's ok to lie.

In 1922 some answers written in to the newspaper were;
1. Head for the nearest church or bedroom.
2. Climb a mountain to admire the scenery and flora.
3. Men would shed all inhibitions since no long term consequences applied.
4. People would omit spending their last hours contemplating the extraterrestrial future and would be too taken up with worldly pleasures to give much thought to readying their souls for the afterlife.
5. Devote oneself to a final game of bridge, tennis and golf.

The last was said by Marcel Proust, who never played bridge, tennis or golf.

So, I ask again, in the interest of summertime folly, what would you do?

Steve Ruggieri
414-630-2558

What would you do?

#4009

Allegedly, 96 years ago a Parisian newspaper posed this question.

"A scientist announces that the world will end, or at least that such a huge part of the planet will be destroyed, and in such a sudden way, that death will be the certain fate of millions of people.  If this prediction were confirmed, what do you think would be its effects on people between the time when they acquired the aforementioned certainty and the moment of cataclysm?  Finally, as far as you're concerned, what would do in this last hour?"

I paraphrased the above quote to bring it up to more modern speech.

While I'm not looking for any dire predictions on the upcoming elections, the questions are still daunting.  I just think individual responses will be funny.  It's ok to lie.

In 1922 some answers written in to the newspaper were;
1.   Head for the nearest church or bedroom.
2.   Climb a mountain to admire the scenery and flora.
3.  Men would shed all inhibitions since no long term consequences applied.
4.   People would omit spending their last hours contemplating the extraterrestrial future and would be too taken up with worldly pleasures to give much thought to readying their souls for the afterlife.
5.   Devote oneself to a final game of bridge, tennis and golf.

The last was said by Marcel Proust, who never played bridge, tennis or golf.

So, I ask again, in the interest of summertime folly, what would you do?

Steve Ruggieri
414-630-2558

Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY

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Happy Birthday Amy. Hope you enjoy your special day. Paul & Becky

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From: lafamigliaruggieri@... [mailto:lafamigliaruggieri@...]
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 10:49 AM
To: lafamigliaruggieri@...
Subject: Re: [lafamigliaruggieri] HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY

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Thanks, Aunt Lonie!

I’ll be throwing those crutches out in two weeks, I believe.?

What a spectacularly beautiful day for a birthday!

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On Jun 8, 2016, at 9:33 AM, 'Melanie R. Eapen' mreapen@... [lafamigliaruggieri] <lafamigliaruggieri@...> wrote:

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Hi Amy. Have a great day. Throw away the crutches and go out dancing! Love, Aunt Lonie

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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY

Janetsverizon

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Yeah Burn those bastardo crutches! I'll go dancing with you Amy!

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On Jun 8, 2016, at 10:57 AM, Dorothy Mehl dhmehl@... [lafamigliaruggieri] <lafamigliaruggieri@...> wrote:

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Sorry to hear about crutches.? Just use them as you are supposed to--that's advice from one who did not!? The beautiful day is just for you--enjoy your birthday.? Dorothy

From: "Amy Pappas anspappas@... [lafamigliaruggieri]" <lafamigliaruggieri@...>
To: lafamigliaruggieri@...
Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [lafamigliaruggieri] HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY

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Thanks, Aunt Lonie!
I’ll be throwing those crutches out in two weeks, I believe.?
What a spectacularly beautiful day for a birthday!

On Jun 8, 2016, at 9:33 AM, 'Melanie R. Eapen' mreapen@... [lafamigliaruggieri] <lafamigliaruggieri@...> wrote:

Hi Amy. Have a great day. Throw away the crutches and go out dancing! Love, Aunt Lonie

Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY

#4006

Sorry to hear about crutches.? Just use them as you are supposed to--that's advice from one who did not!? The beautiful day is just for you--enjoy your birthday.? Dorothy

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From: "Amy Pappas anspappas@... [lafamigliaruggieri]"
To: lafamigliaruggieri@...
Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [lafamigliaruggieri] HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY

Thanks, Aunt Lonie!

I’ll be throwing those crutches out in two weeks, I believe.?

What a spectacularly beautiful day for a birthday!

On Jun 8, 2016, at 9:33 AM, 'Melanie R. Eapen' mreapen@... [lafamigliaruggieri] <lafamigliaruggieri@...> wrote:

Hi Amy. Have a great day. Throw away the crutches and go out dancing! Love, Aunt Lonie

Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY

#4005

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Thanks, Aunt Lonie!

I’ll be throwing those crutches out in two weeks, I believe.?

What a spectacularly beautiful day for a birthday!

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On Jun 8, 2016, at 9:33 AM, 'Melanie R. Eapen' mreapen@... [lafamigliaruggieri] <lafamigliaruggieri@...> wrote:

Hi Amy. Have a great day. Throw away the crutches and go out dancing! Love, Aunt Lonie

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY

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Hi Amy.  Have a great day.  Throw away the crutches and go out dancing!  Love, Aunt Lonie

Re: Snipes

Janetsverizon

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I believe words, labeling and name calling help us control or at least aleviate?fear, jealousy, ignorance, plain annoyance or disturbance in our comfort zone. Anglos had reasons to fear, be jealous of and annoyed by people of African, Italian, Irish, Polish, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Japanese, etc ethnicity. Let's continue this thread I find so interesting in light of current Trump fever. More thoughts later.?

On May 9, 2016, at 10:02 PM, 'Melanie R. Eapen' mreapen@... [lafamigliaruggieri] <lafamigliaruggieri@...> wrote:

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Steve. ?Never heard of it. ?Somehow I think the word Spic comes to mind. ?Does it refer to an Italian or a Puerto Rican? ?Our word for them was WASP...White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant.

On May 8, 2016, at 8:16 AM, Elaine Ruggieri elaineruggieri@... [lafamigliaruggieri] <lafamigliaruggieri@...> wrote:

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Never heard of it. Some people always have to feel superior and name calling is one of their weapons (Trump?). The term "snipes" might have been in use only for the railroad workers. I'm sure the Poles, Germans, Swedes, and Irish also had derogatory names thrown at them.

On May 8, 2016, at 7:58 AM, Steve Ruggieri sjrugged@... [lafamigliaruggieri] wrote:

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While reading deep into a Wikipedia article on railroad Maintenance of Way workers commonly referred to as Gandy Dancers, I stumbled on a new to me derogatory term for Italians. ?SNIPES. ?Anyone else heard this one? ?I'm pasting the paragraph below. ?I will follow up with more research. ?Bigotry seems universal, persistent and continuing, in other words, human.

A story published in the August 1931 edition of?, a monthly magazine published by the??for boys 6 to 18, mentions the term "gandy". In the story, "Eddie Parker", about 17 or 18 years old and characterized as the all-American type, takes on a job as a worker in a railway section crew. His new co-workers are all Italian immigrants, or, as referred to in the story, "snipes". The "snipes" are characterized as lazy, stupid, and lovers of garlic, olive oil, and Italian music - certainly very prejudicial by today's standards, but an illuminating look into America's past. As the story goes, Eddie figures a way to get the "lazy" Italians to work at pumping the??(used to get to and from the section the crew would be working on that day) by using their love of music. He explains that he "hooked a??onto the under frame and attached the handle to the axle crank..,[and] whenever the axel turns the handle has to follow it". Interestingly, in this story the workers are referred to as section crew workers, but the hand-car is referred to as a "gandy".

Steve Ruggieri
414-630-2558

Re: Snipes

#4002

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Steve. ?Never heard of it. ?Somehow I think the word Spic comes to mind. ?Does it refer to an Italian or a Puerto Rican? ?Our word for them was WASP...White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant.

On May 8, 2016, at 8:16 AM, Elaine Ruggieri elaineruggieri@... [lafamigliaruggieri] <lafamigliaruggieri@...> wrote:

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Never heard of it. Some people always have to feel superior and name calling is one of their weapons (Trump?). The term "snipes" might have been in use only for the railroad workers. I'm sure the Poles, Germans, Swedes, and Irish also had derogatory names thrown at them.

On May 8, 2016, at 7:58 AM, Steve Ruggieri sjrugged@... [lafamigliaruggieri] wrote:

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While reading deep into a Wikipedia article on railroad Maintenance of Way workers commonly referred to as Gandy Dancers, I stumbled on a new to me derogatory term for Italians. ?SNIPES. ?Anyone else heard this one? ?I'm pasting the paragraph below. ?I will follow up with more research. ?Bigotry seems universal, persistent and continuing, in other words, human.

A story published in the August 1931 edition of?, a monthly magazine published by the??for boys 6 to 18, mentions the term "gandy". In the story, "Eddie Parker", about 17 or 18 years old and characterized as the all-American type, takes on a job as a worker in a railway section crew. His new co-workers are all Italian immigrants, or, as referred to in the story, "snipes". The "snipes" are characterized as lazy, stupid, and lovers of garlic, olive oil, and Italian music - certainly very prejudicial by today's standards, but an illuminating look into America's past. As the story goes, Eddie figures a way to get the "lazy" Italians to work at pumping the??(used to get to and from the section the crew would be working on that day) by using their love of music. He explains that he "hooked a??onto the under frame and attached the handle to the axle crank..,[and] whenever the axel turns the handle has to follow it". Interestingly, in this story the workers are referred to as section crew workers, but the hand-car is referred to as a "gandy".

Steve Ruggieri
414-630-2558

Re: Snipes

#4001

Never heard of it. Some people always have to feel superior and name calling is one of their weapons (Trump?). The term "snipes" might have been in use only for the railroad workers. I'm sure the Poles, Germans, Swedes, and Irish also had derogatory names thrown at them.

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On May 8, 2016, at 7:58 AM, Steve Ruggieri sjrugged@... [lafamigliaruggieri] wrote:

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While reading deep into a Wikipedia article on railroad Maintenance of Way workers commonly referred to as Gandy Dancers, I stumbled on a new to me derogatory term for Italians. ?SNIPES. ?Anyone else heard this one? ?I'm pasting the paragraph below. ?I will follow up with more research. ?Bigotry seems universal, persistent and continuing, in other words, human.

A story published in the August 1931 edition of?, a monthly magazine published by the??for boys 6 to 18, mentions the term "gandy". In the story, "Eddie Parker", about 17 or 18 years old and characterized as the all-American type, takes on a job as a worker in a railway section crew. His new co-workers are all Italian immigrants, or, as referred to in the story, "snipes". The "snipes" are characterized as lazy, stupid, and lovers of garlic, olive oil, and Italian music - certainly very prejudicial by today's standards, but an illuminating look into America's past. As the story goes, Eddie figures a way to get the "lazy" Italians to work at pumping the??(used to get to and from the section the crew would be working on that day) by using their love of music. He explains that he "hooked a??onto the under frame and attached the handle to the axle crank..,[and] whenever the axel turns the handle has to follow it". Interestingly, in this story the workers are referred to as section crew workers, but the hand-car is referred to as a "gandy".

Steve Ruggieri
414-630-2558

Snipes

#4000

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While reading deep into a Wikipedia article on railroad Maintenance of Way workers commonly referred to as Gandy Dancers, I stumbled on a new to me derogatory term for Italians. ?SNIPES. ?Anyone else heard this one? ?I'm pasting the paragraph below. ?I will follow up with more research. ?Bigotry seems universal, persistent and continuing, in other words, human.

A story published in the August 1931 edition of?, a monthly magazine published by the??for boys 6 to 18, mentions the term "gandy". In the story, "Eddie Parker", about 17 or 18 years old and characterized as the all-American type, takes on a job as a worker in a railway section crew. His new co-workers are all Italian immigrants, or, as referred to in the story, "snipes". The "snipes" are characterized as lazy, stupid, and lovers of garlic, olive oil, and Italian music - certainly very prejudicial by today's standards, but an illuminating look into America's past. As the story goes, Eddie figures a way to get the "lazy" Italians to work at pumping the??(used to get to and from the section the crew would be working on that day) by using their love of music. He explains that he "hooked a??onto the under frame and attached the handle to the axle crank..,[and] whenever the axel turns the handle has to follow it". Interestingly, in this story the workers are referred to as section crew workers, but the hand-car is referred to as a "gandy".

Steve Ruggieri

414-630-2558

Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETE

#3999

Nice photos! Elaine

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On Apr 18, 2016, at 10:27 AM, Pete Ruggieri lancaster505@... [lafamigliaruggieri] wrote:

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Thank you all for the birthday wishes. The cruise was fun.
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Peter J. Ruggieri

- Editor
- Scarfmonger
- Assistant Lighthouse Keeper

On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 9:51 AM, 'Melanie R. Eapen' mreapen@... [lafamigliaruggieri] <lafamigliaruggieri@...> wrote:

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Hi. Happy Birthday. Hope you had fun on the cruise. Love, Aunt Lonie

Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETE

#3998

Thank you all for the birthday wishes. The cruise was fun.

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Peter J. Ruggieri

- Editor

- Scarfmonger

- Assistant Lighthouse Keeper

On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 9:51 AM, 'Melanie R. Eapen' mreapen@... [lafamigliaruggieri] <lafamigliaruggieri@...> wrote:

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Hi. Happy Birthday. Hope you had fun on the cruise. Love, Aunt Lonie

Re: Happy Birthday Laura

#3997

Happy Birthday Laura.? Hope all is well in Vermont.

Love, Dorothy

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From: "Paul Andriole pandriole@... [lafamigliaruggieri]"
To: "lafamigliaruggieri@..."
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2016 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [lafamigliaruggieri] Happy Birthday Laura

Hi laura - me & becky too!

On Apr 17, 2016, at 10:09 AM, "'Melanie R. Eapen' mreapen@... [lafamigliaruggieri]" <lafamigliaruggieri@...> wrote:

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Hi Laura. Hope you, Eric, and Keith have a great day. Love, Aunt Lonie

Re: Happy Birthday Laura

#3996

Hi laura - me & becky too!

On Apr 17, 2016, at 10:09 AM, "'Melanie R. Eapen' mreapen@... [lafamigliaruggieri]" <lafamigliaruggieri@...> wrote:

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Hi Laura. Hope you, Eric, and Keith have a great day. Love, Aunt Lonie

Re: Happy Birthday Laura

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Happy Birthday, Laura. Enjoy the day. Elaine

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On Apr 17, 2016, at 10:09 AM, 'Melanie R. Eapen' mreapen@... [lafamigliaruggieri] wrote:

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Hi Laura. Hope you, Eric, and Keith have a great day. Love, Aunt Lonie

Happy Birthday Laura

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Hi Laura.  Hope you, Eric, and Keith have a  great day. Love, Aunt Lonie

Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETE

#3993

Hope you and Stephanie have a great day! Elaine

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On Apr 10, 2016, at 9:51 AM, 'Melanie R. Eapen' mreapen@... [lafamigliaruggieri] wrote:

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Hi. Happy Birthday. Hope you had fun on the cruise. Love, Aunt Lonie

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETE

#3992

Hi.  Happy Birthday.  Hope you had fun on the cruise. Love, Aunt Lonie