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
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> 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
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