Who needs a MOJITO time? (The sequel)- Page 256

Posted: 10/28/05 at 10:49am

Liotte - NYC ticker tape parades are the stuff of legend! Lindberg, Apollo 11 (which I was at!) and so many others.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 11:00am

The last one in Chicago was the Bears in 1985. It was frigid cold. I was a freshman in college and in class that day.

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 11:10am

Liotte, check it out:

http://www.earthcam.com/events/yankees99/

http://www.earthcam.com/events/yankees/2000/

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 11:29am

So painful that this parade is not for the Cubs!

[liotte]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:01pm

Ah, see, I didn't move to NY until 2001, so that's why I didn't know about those. I lived in Peoria IL before that, and then in Carmel CA, where there are NO ticker tape parades :)

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:07pm

Liotte - I hope they have a big one while you're there - they are something special to be a part of!

[liotte]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:09pm

Me too! And I really hope it is for the 2006 World Series Champions, the Yankees!

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:10pm

I'd love to experience one sometime...

Lovely day in the great Pacific Northwest; a little overcast but sunny still, chilly.

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:13pm

It was very cool. I didn't actually go. Seeing it on t.v. was good enough for me. One of the newscasts did a special with the place in Bayonne or Jersey City, forget which, that was designing all the floats for the players to ride on, explaining everything and how they'd be up working through the night. You also saw the flatbeds ferrying the floats over to NY.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:16pm

Good morning DD - busy weekend for you.

I think it is just busses here today.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:18pm

Liotte - here you go:

A ticker-tape parade is a parade event, held in a downtown urban setting, allowing the jettison of large amounts of shredded paper products from nearby office buildings onto the parade route, creating a triumphal effect by the snowstorm-like flurry.

The term originated in New York City after a spontaneous celebration held on October 29, 1886 during the dedication of the Statue of Liberty, and is still most closely associated with New York City. The term ticker-tape referred originally to the use of the paper output of ticker tape machines, which were remotely-driven devices used in brokerages to provide updated stock market quotes. Nowadays, the paper product are largely waste office paper that has been cut using conventional shredders.

In New York City, ticker-tape parades are not annual events but are reserved for special occasions. Soon after the first such parade in 1886, city officials realized the utility of such events and began to hold them on triumphal occasions, at first only for extraordinary events, such as the return of Theodore Roosevelt from his safari in Africa.

Up through the 1950s, they were commonly given to any visiting head of state, but in the 1960s, following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, they became increasingly rare. They are generally reserved now for space exploration triumphs, military honors and sports championships. The last ticker-tape parade was when the New York Yankees won the World Series in 2000. The section of lower Broadway through the Financial District that serves as the parade route for these events is colloquially called the "Canyon of Heroes". Lower Broadway in New York City has plaques in the sidewalk at regular intervals to celebrate each of the city's ticker-tape parades.

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:19pm

The one for the Apollo 11 astronauts was truly one of the most incredible experiences of my life. Unbelievably exciting, emotional and thrilling.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:21pm

Look for me on the news! I will be the one wearing a BWW t-shirt and a majito in hand.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:23pm

Now THAT'S class!

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:27pm

You are making me relive game six of the NLCS a few years ago!

I have my confetti ready. Our building is old enough to have windows that open.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:28pm

Did you get a Bi-Soxual t-shirt? I hear they're selling like hotcakes.

(what ARE hotcakes, anyway?)

[Pip]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:31pm

Gasp! Addy! Hotcakes are another word for pancakes; at least where I come from! I have no idea why they are the benchmark for sales volume, though...

[liotte]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:34pm

Thanks Addy! Sounds like fun. Enjoy brdlwyr!

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:36pm

I guess hot cakes sell better than cold cakes?

[NYadgal]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:40pm

There you go... That's what I love about BWW: between the bunch of us we've got all the answers.

I think that deserves a drink. Is it too early?

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:41pm

Do not tempt me Addy! I do not really eat hotcakes I would rather have eggs and bacon.

Libby indicted. Go Pat! Updated On: 10/28/05 at 12:41 PM

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:56pm

Bloody Mary?

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:57pm

Or Mimosa more your style?

[liotte]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 1:05pm

I'll take a mimosa.

I'm off to work, have a good day all! (and Shira, when you eventually come back online, CALL ME about tonight!)

[NYadgal]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 1:06pm

I'll take a mimosa. Perfect.