u/Swiggy1957

It was still a nice house when I lived in this part of town in the 60s. To bad it was a rental forest many decades.

It's likely no surprise that businesses don't want universal health-care. Easier to keep workers enslaved

Our house got one when I was 8. It was immediately confiscated by my older brother.

Dad was born in 1920: he was a city boy. Aside from household chores, he did have to worry about working. His stepfather worked in the steel mill, and Grandma worked at the upscale department store downtown.his parents never got past the "rent an apartment" stage.

Mom was born in 1927: she was a farm girl. He4 folks lived with her grandparents and great-grandmother on the farm until around 1938. Grandpa worked for the railroad and helped around the farm on days off. Being a farm girl, she never missed a meal. "Them what say ain't, eat."

For all my friends and relatives in the Youngstown-Niles Ohio area.

Back in the I worked at Alberini's on the Strip. Most of you have been there at one point or another. I was just reminded of a story Pop's Alberini told us years ago when Rich was still alive and Ray Izzy was managing the place.

If you look at the one wall in the dining room, there is a mural of a Venice "street scape" with houses lining the canals. Pops pointed out that every window in that mural had red curtains. The reason is because nobody could see a light or lantern during the daylight hours, but those red curtains were the same as a red light in the window at night.

Yes, Alberini's: One of the area's top restaurants has along its one wall a Venetian Red Light District.

I dont know if it's there anymore or how much of the original decor is still in the building.