We went to visit a friend of my wifes parents, in Rochester, back in 1983. I don't really remember the city or mch of the trip, except i remember there was a liquor sale on that weekend.
We don't have those here. Dave On 5/16/07, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, in any case, it's worth visiting this summer if > only for the Ansel Adams exhibit at the Geo Eastman > House. > > Rick > > --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 5/15/07, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Condolences not necessary. It's actually a > > pleasant > > > city. It could use some jobs to replace the > > 50,000 > > > that Kodak has cut in the last 10 years, though. > > > > I was being my usual snarky self. I've never been > > to Rochester, so I > > oughtn't have commented; in any event, I was being > > tongue-in-cheek. > > > > I do know that unemployment is rather high due to > > those nasty Kodak > > layoffs, otherwise, I know little about Rochester. > > > > Several years ago some brilliant entrepeneur decided > > that a high-speed > > hydrofoil ferry service between Toronto and > > Rochester would be a good > > idea. After fleecing various levels of government > > for money, the > > thing was a bust. IIRC, It made all of about two or > > three round trips > > before it went belly-up, leaving behind a trail of > > creditors. > > > > As the inaugural run approached, one of our Toronto > > dailies printed an > > article, wherein they opined that the ferry would be > > a bust because > > (a) no one in Rochester has any money, as everyone's > > poor due to the > > layoffs, so no one from that end would pay to come > > to Toronto, and, > > (b) Rochester is such a barren wasteland, with > > ghettos and crime and > > no nightlife or culture, that no one from The Centre > > of the Universe > > (Toronto) would want to go there. > > > > I exaggerate a bit, but the slant of the story was > > that Rochester > > isn't a very appealing place. > > > > I kind of figured they were wrong, or at least > > engaging in hyperbole... > > > > cheers, > > frank > > -- > > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > > Cartier-Bresson > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________Luggage? > GPS? Comic books? > Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search > http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
