tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247517235049746149.post810590226099773883..comments2024-01-17T19:20:47.939-05:00Comments on SALTAIRE38.BLOGSPOT.COM: THE FIRE ISLAND NEWS IS DEAD-- LONG LIVE SALTAIRE38.BLOGSPOT.COMDerfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504593165582977053noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247517235049746149.post-6386745782710037762009-06-12T10:33:15.486-04:002009-06-12T10:33:15.486-04:00Descendant bamboo?--Hogwash!
Uncle Pete's...Descendant bamboo?--Hogwash!<br /> Uncle Pete's 10 foot bamboo torture pole is safely locked up in a hermetically sealed research room in the Smithsonian in D.C. Reportedly Saltaire has requested Federal stimulus funds which are being utilized by a prize winning group of researchers to determine ways of "cloning" the "Big Stick" for usage in Red Cross swimming Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247517235049746149.post-75570023650937088212009-06-11T22:12:39.630-04:002009-06-11T22:12:39.630-04:00Bamboos from 'Nam? Absolute nonsense.
The ba...Bamboos from 'Nam? Absolute nonsense.<br /><br />The bamboo plants are descendants of the ten foot bamboo poles that athletic director Uncle Pete Kurachek (1954-1964) used in swimming lessons to gently push the kids faces back into the water if they turned up for air too soon. He would walk up and down the swimming dock as all the kids were practicing kicking and turning their heads in and jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780000828411692639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247517235049746149.post-58837703386178567522009-06-11T21:04:13.394-04:002009-06-11T21:04:13.394-04:00"Big E" seems to have the pulse of the c..."Big E" seems to have the pulse of the community--As for the bamboo found illegally abundant throughout the community--talk amongst the remnant old timer element is that it was imported to Saltaire from Vietnam by disgruntled Army veterans of the village. The ultimate natural infiltration fauna. Beware of the water supply--it has high Agent Orange levels.Fielding Mellishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247517235049746149.post-47933470237934248692009-06-11T15:58:34.020-04:002009-06-11T15:58:34.020-04:00Hey! There was lots of interesting feedback via em...Hey! There was lots of interesting feedback via email on this! Where's the comments folks?BigE.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00134898995107244791noreply@blogger.com