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Originally Posted by Chris in Mass
Joe, Third person? Get out of the house!
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Joe says "IT PUTS ON IT'S LOTION!"
Yeah, the Block was a special place for me as a young man in the long ago - and more beautiful than anyplace I ever lived in the Caribbean without a doubt - but the locals - of whom I knew more than a few - were always the jewel in the crown for me.
I suppose the atmosphere probably has changed a good bit with the downturn - haven't spent time there in probably 10 years or so - man, looking back I wish my great-grandfather had bought the cottage he stayed in there many years ago - I still have an early 1900's photo of him in front of that place with his arm around a heifer - the BI Cumby's of the day, I guess...that house still stands today.
I'd be willing to bet Papa probably fished the old bass stands that once stood behind The Surf, too -
You're right Joe - it will always be a special place, regardless of the latest wave of off-Islanders. They come and they go...
