\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/24/business/don-featherstone-inventor-of-the-pink-flamingo-in-plastic-dies-at-79.html
DC Tom Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 James Horner died today, too. The best composer in Hollywood after John Williams.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 Don't worry. There's still Mary on the Half-Shell.
PromoTheRobot Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 Don't worry. There's still Mary on the Half-Shell.Whatever happened to the website Virtual Cheektowaga?
dhg Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 I do t get the reference to cheektowaga? Pink Flamingo's have been associated with "Cheektovegas" forever, a lot like the screens people put on their garages that turn their garage into a living room for the summer months. Both, for some reason, are distinctly a Cheektowaga thing.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 Pink Flamingo's have been associated with "Cheektovegas" forever, a lot like the screens people put on their garages that turn their garage into a living room for the summer months. Both, for some reason, are distinctly a Cheektowaga thing. Polish porches.
Guffalo Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 Polish porches. My mothers cousins (polish) had the Polish porch, but they were from Grand Island, I always thought it was a grand island thing.
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted June 24, 2015 Author Posted June 24, 2015 Pink Flamingo's have been associated with "Cheektovegas" forever, a lot like the screens people put on their garages that turn their garage into a living room for the summer months. Both, for some reason, are distinctly a Cheektowaga thing.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 My mothers cousins (polish) had the Polish porch, but they were from Grand Island, I always thought it was a grand island thing. No they do it in upstate NY too. My mom's aunt lived in Glens Falls, and they had one.
K-9 Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 What the hell is a polish porch? I think it's a reference to the well-endowed rack of Polish women.
The Poojer Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 garage with screens and indoor outdoor carpeting with furniture...for summer time enjoyment What the hell is a polish porch?
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 garage with screens and indoor outdoor carpeting with furniture...for summer time enjoyment Doesn't even need the carpet. Great-Aunt just had a lacquered/painted floor with the specs. Was actually really nice in the summer.
Gugny Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 Doesn't even need the carpet. Great-Aunt just had a lacquered/painted floor with the specs. Was actually really nice in the summer. I'm in Queensbury and I've seen a couple. Did your aunt still use the garage as a garage in the winter?
Just Jack Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 When I had my house in Syracuse, I found the screen panels next to the garage while clearing out some brush that had grown up through the years. Ended up putting an ad on Craigslist for free and someone came within two days and took them.
mead107 Posted June 25, 2015 Posted June 25, 2015 We used to set the garage up with screens and furniture back in the early 80s before we we had a deck
DC Tom Posted June 25, 2015 Posted June 25, 2015 Pink Flamingo's have been associated with "Cheektovegas" forever, a lot like the screens people put on their garages that turn their garage into a living room for the summer months. Both, for some reason, are distinctly a Cheektowaga thing. Not just "pink flamingos," but egregiously tacky and overdone lawn ornamentation. Like, "can't see the front lawn for the thirty flamingos, seventy lawn gnomes, three minature deer, and a Mary-on-the-half-shell" overdone. And occasionally a Santa...because at that point, why the !@#$ not? I don't know how people in Cheektowaga tore themselves away from bowling and lawn fetes to put up such obsessive ornamentation.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 25, 2015 Posted June 25, 2015 I'm in Queensbury and I've seen a couple. Did your aunt still use the garage as a garage in the winter? Sure did. Her husband was a car guy.
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