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Date Posted: 19:50:46 08/07/02 Wed
Author: Lijdrec....;-.)
Subject: Cultivating a police presence, perhaps?
In reply to: Glory 's message, "We already do, sort of. :)" on 19:04:16 08/07/02 Wed


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[> [> [> [> Tang's Donuts -- Glory, 20:16:49 08/07/02 Wed [1]

OK, out of boredom I checked to see if there were any pictures online of Tang's, and there weren't, but I did find a pretty hilarious article about it. Really gives you a sense of the Tang's Donuts atmosphere. LOL. Apparently it's a hot spot for chess players, too. I've copied and pasted the best quotes below. If you're REALLY bored, you can read the whole story at the link below.

Late Night at Tang's
This 24-hour donut shop in Silverlake hosts chess games through sunrise. And that's just the beginning of the weirdness.

A man who gives his name as "John" is hailed by a couple of the other regulars as being one of the top players at Tang's. He says he's been playing here for six years. "This is the strongest (competition) in L.A.," John says. "Every time I come here, somebody is playing. It's always been a chess hangout."

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A sign posted behind the cash register reads, "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone." Considering the motley post-midnight crowd that congregates here - a mix of night owls, club-goers, homeless people and assorted fried- and glazed-dough junkies - it's hard to imagine that right being invoked.

During the pre-New Year's Eve overnight, for example, an often-incoherent man wearing high-top sneakers way too large for his feet sat down and devoured some instant soup. Pall Mall cigarettes dropped, one by one, out of the back pocket of his jacket and onto the floor. Noodles dangled down to his chin.

Later, another man arrived wearing a long overcoat, flip-flops and a derby hat. His thick black mustache was shaped like the side-view of a granite table. He stomped, stammered, swore and sang for half an hour. A pony-tailed regular wearing madras shorts successfully warned the man not to open the bottle of booze he had just flashed. That same regular later told a woman--one of only three females to sit down over a 12-hour period--that she shouldn't spend so much time staring at the demonstration loop of a video game. "This is not a cartoon," he told her. "It has no story."

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Isn't that last quote the best! LMAO.


http://events.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Guide-X!ArticleDetail-16480,00.html


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[> [> [> [> [> Sweet -- Seril, 20:43:16 08/07/02 Wed [1]

Donuts and Chineese? I'm there. I'll have to remember that the next time I'm in LA (which i have no idea when that is)


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[> [> [> [> [> [> We will take a field trip there, should you ever visit. :) -- Glory, 23:59:24 08/07/02 Wed [1]


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[> [> [> [> [> Wow! This would be a little slice of heaven for Seril! Now, if they are Krispy Kremes ... PARADISE! -- Phaedra, 21:25:52 08/07/02 Wed [1]


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