It can also be a pejorative, as in: "I wouldn't touch that with a 10-foot Long Branch." Not in wide use as I only just now thought of it.
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:31 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes and yes. Long Branch is a community immediately west of New Toronto, > where I live. > > Started off as a resort community (still some old summer houses by the lake) > then as Toronto grew it became a suburb. Long Branch Avenue is also a street > although a rather small and insignificant one. > > They laid out the plan for the suburb in the late nineteenth century but it > became more heavily populated once they built the streetcar tracks in the > late twenties. > > At one point it was a semi-autonomous town but was subsumed first by > Etobicoke which in turn became part of Toronto. Long Branch is now officially > Toronto proper; beyond it lies Mississauga, a large city now part of the GTA > (Greater Toronto Area). > > It's now in economic decline as most industries have long since shut down > (although there's still a Chrysler block casting facility there). > > So now you know. > > :-) > > Thanks for the kind words, Dan. > > Cheers, > frank > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com> > Sent: November 14, 2012 11/14/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: PESO - Wet Tracks > > I really like that image, Frank. Is "Long Branch" the name of the > line, a section of the city, a street, or what? > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 10:27 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com > <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Please excuse the banal title. Taken one night last week, a dreary, wet week: >> >> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/11/blog-post.html?m=0 >> >> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. >> >> Cheers, >> frank >> >> "If the world were clear, art would not exist." -- Albert Camus >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
