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re: Happy 2023 to OT - "Mecca" AKA Monroe the GOAT CITY to grow up in LA (PIC heavy)
Posted on 1/6/23 at 10:00 am to LSUmomma
Posted on 1/6/23 at 10:00 am to LSUmomma
quote:shite i remember riding my bike to the 7-11 in town & country to get my paw-paw some tobacco, rolling paper and liquor.
A regular source of income for me and a buddy was to get on our bikes and search the ditches for coke bottles. Sold them at the foot mart up front, was it Davis Food Mart? Or Fords Food Mart? It was where Dad sent me to buy his cigarettes.
clerk didn't bat an eye back then. i was happy to do it because he always gave me enough money to buy myself a slurpee too.
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Posted on 1/6/23 at 10:01 am to LSUmomma
quote:The things you learn on TD.
I'm sure both your brothers remember having a 373 first
Posted on 1/6/23 at 10:01 am to tigerfoot
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We had a Chinese person at Lakeshore?
In the same class with me and your middle brother all through Lakeshore. I believe they moved to West Monroe when the restaurant closed... Around the time we went out to OJHS
Posted on 1/6/23 at 10:22 am to CAD703X
I read it when it came out, thought it was ok. Most interesting part was that it was set in Monroe. If I remember correctly, he wasn't from here, but taught at NLU.
Speaking of books set in Monroe, this memoir is about growing up in north Monroe. Think she graduated from Neville around 76-77. Names are changed but you can figure out most. New York Times gave it a good review when it came out.
Speaking of books set in Monroe, this memoir is about growing up in north Monroe. Think she graduated from Neville around 76-77. Names are changed but you can figure out most. New York Times gave it a good review when it came out.
Posted on 1/6/23 at 10:27 am to rsb831
paging geauxt
Posted on 1/6/23 at 10:33 am to FreeState
I got to watch them implode it when I was there.
Posted on 1/6/23 at 10:36 am to LSUmomma
LSUmomma
You would certainly know my mother and probably my uncle. He passed away in a hunting accident about 15 yrs ago. They lived in Lakeshore during the same time that you said you lived there.
Reposted... Didnt know if you missed it
You would certainly know my mother and probably my uncle. He passed away in a hunting accident about 15 yrs ago. They lived in Lakeshore during the same time that you said you lived there.
Reposted... Didnt know if you missed it
This post was edited on 1/6/23 at 10:51 am
Posted on 1/6/23 at 10:38 am to rsb831
That's pretty cool! I am guessing the author is related to Thomas and that bunch?
Posted on 1/6/23 at 10:47 am to ChuckUFarley
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You would certainly know my mother and probably my uncle. He passed away in a hunting accident about 15 yrs ago.
I remember Mike, if that's who you are talking about.. I'm so sorry to hear about his accident. For some reason, your mom's name escapes me. Was she older or younger?
Posted on 1/6/23 at 10:50 am to LSUmomma
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I remember Mike, if that's who you are talking about.. I'm so sorry to hear about his accident. For some reason, your mom's name escapes me. Was she older or younger?
She was older than him by 5 years I believe.
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I'm so sorry to hear about his accident.
I appreciate that.
Posted on 1/6/23 at 10:52 am to ChuckUFarley
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She was older than him by 5 years I believe
Ah.. he was a year or 2 in front of me, so that's why.
Posted on 1/6/23 at 10:59 am to tigerfoot
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dad decided to eat one of those Chinese hot peppers in that stuff
This a Monroe rite of passage… only a person from Monroe would understand
Posted on 1/6/23 at 11:00 am to rsb831
quote:I know most of the 77 Neville class that went to LSU. Met most of them in high school. Besides my brother, they were the only people I knew at LSU before I moved to BR. Went to frat rush parties with the guys. Most of them pledged SAE or KA.
Speaking of books set in Monroe, this memoir is about growing up in north Monroe. Think she graduated from Neville around 76-77. Names are changed but you can figure out most.
Thanks for sharing that. I ordered the book off of Amazon.
Posted on 1/6/23 at 11:17 am to CAD703X
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343. my parents still have it.
Ours was 343 also… every number was Monroe… hell I remember Ruston and Shreveport being long distance calls
Posted on 1/6/23 at 11:33 am to lepdagod
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Ours was 343 also
All you youngsters
Posted on 1/6/23 at 12:30 pm to chinese58
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I know most of the 77 Neville class
Pretty sure my dad was in that class. Initials MF. He had a sister named Debbie that was a year or two older.
Posted on 1/6/23 at 12:31 pm to lepdagod
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Ours was 343 also
We had 343 and 345 for the kids line lol
Posted on 1/6/23 at 12:34 pm to ChuckUFarley
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kids line lol
What kind of craziness is this?!?!? I had to have special permission to use the phone in my parent's room and not be stuck sitting on the kitchen floor!!
Posted on 1/6/23 at 12:39 pm to LSUmomma
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What kind of craziness is this?!?!? I had to have special permission to use the phone in my parent's room and not be stuck sitting on the kitchen floor!!
Well this was in the 90's and we had cordless phones. My parents didnt want their line tied up all the time with people calling for me or my sister so they got a 2nd line. Standard procedure in those daysThis post was edited on 1/6/23 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 1/6/23 at 1:22 pm to ChuckUFarley
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phones. My parents didnt want their line tied up all the time with people calling for me or my sister so they got a 2nd line. Standard procedure in those days
Same o got a line when I was like 15, so me and my girlfriend could say I love you 750 times prior to hanging up.
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