\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted June 24, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 James Horner died today, too. The best composer in Hollywood after John Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I do t get the reference to cheektowaga? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Don't worry. There's still Mary on the Half-Shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Don't worry. There's still Mary on the Half-Shell.Whatever happened to the website Virtual Cheektowaga? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhg Posted June 24, 2015 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 24, 2015 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guffalo Posted June 24, 2015 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 24, 2015 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Polish Living Room... Polish porches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 What the hell is a polish porch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted June 24, 2015 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 garage with screens and indoor outdoor carpeting with furniture...for summer time enjoyment What the hell is a polish porch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 24, 2015 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted June 24, 2015 Share 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted June 24, 2015 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted June 25, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 25, 2015 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 25, 2015 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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