Comments on: The Best Neighbor Ever. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/29/the-best-neighbor-ever/ The Neat Side of the Web Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:20:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: b http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/29/the-best-neighbor-ever/#comment-117027 b Wed, 30 May 2007 14:39:47 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/29/the-best-neighbor-ever/#comment-117027 “Maple Leaf” that is so awesome. “Maple Leaf”

that is so awesome.

]]> By: cybele http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/29/the-best-neighbor-ever/#comment-116947 cybele Wed, 30 May 2007 05:51:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/29/the-best-neighbor-ever/#comment-116947 When I lived in Pittsburgh I went to meet a friend for lunch who worked at WQED. She gave me a brief tour and we ran into Fred Rogers. She introduced me. He was very sweet and I told him that when I was a kid I thought that the trolley went to the town of "Maple Leaf" (not Make-Believe) ... I thought it was in Canada because they had a monarchy (all I knew was that they had kings & queens on their money and we had presidents) and we were a democracy. He thought that was funny. When I lived in Pittsburgh I went to meet a friend for lunch who worked at WQED. She gave me a brief tour and we ran into Fred Rogers. She introduced me. He was very sweet and I told him that when I was a kid I thought that the trolley went to the town of “Maple Leaf” (not Make-Believe) … I thought it was in Canada because they had a monarchy (all I knew was that they had kings & queens on their money and we had presidents) and we were a democracy.

He thought that was funny.

]]> By: SPIIDERWEBâ„¢ http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/29/the-best-neighbor-ever/#comment-116930 SPIIDERWEBâ„¢ Wed, 30 May 2007 04:02:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/29/the-best-neighbor-ever/#comment-116930 I once mentioned Mr Roberts to one of my sons. He said he feared him. It confused me at first until I realized I was always soft spoken before disciplining my sons. Mr Rogers was the epitome of my darker side. NO! I almost never used corporal punishment on my children. After spanking one son with Matchbox tracks and seeing the horrible welts, I never ever physically attacked any of them again. Yeah, I'm a fucking saint. I once mentioned Mr Roberts to one of my sons. He said he feared him. It confused me at first until I realized I was always soft spoken before disciplining my sons.

Mr Rogers was the epitome of my darker side.

NO! I almost never used corporal punishment on my children. After spanking one son with Matchbox tracks and seeing the horrible welts, I never ever physically attacked any of them again. Yeah, I’m a fucking saint.

]]> By: dag http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/29/the-best-neighbor-ever/#comment-116903 dag Wed, 30 May 2007 03:20:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/29/the-best-neighbor-ever/#comment-116903 Not to to denigrate the memory at all, but this section of the linked article reads to me like the habits of an obsessive-compulsive: <i> Tom Junod explained that Mr. Rogers weighed in at exactly 143 pounds every day for the last 30 years of his life. He didn’t smoke, didn’t drink, didn’t eat the flesh of any animals, and was extremely disciplined in his daily routine. And while I’m not sure if any of that was because he’d mostly grown up a chubby, single child, Junod points out that Rogers found beauty in the number 143. According to the piece, Rogers came “to see that number as a gift… because, as he says, “the number 143 means ‘I love you.’ It takes one letter to say ‘I’ and four letters to say ‘love’ and three letters to say ‘you.’ One hundred and forty-three.”</i> Not to to denigrate the memory at all, but this section of the linked article reads to me like the habits of an obsessive-compulsive:

Tom Junod explained that Mr. Rogers weighed in at exactly 143 pounds every day for the last 30 years of his life. He didn’t smoke, didn’t drink, didn’t eat the flesh of any animals, and was extremely disciplined in his daily routine. And while I’m not sure if any of that was because he’d mostly grown up a chubby, single child, Junod points out that Rogers found beauty in the number 143. According to the piece, Rogers came “to see that number as a gift… because, as he says, “the number 143 means ‘I love you.’ It takes one letter to say ‘I’ and four letters to say ‘love’ and three letters to say ‘you.’ One hundred and forty-three.”

]]> By: mickeydog http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/29/the-best-neighbor-ever/#comment-116822 mickeydog Tue, 29 May 2007 22:59:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/29/the-best-neighbor-ever/#comment-116822 I'll agree with all of those points are reasons to like Mr R., except the Michael Keaton one. I’ll agree with all of those points are reasons to like Mr R., except the Michael Keaton one.

]]> By: quinnn http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/29/the-best-neighbor-ever/#comment-116820 quinnn Tue, 29 May 2007 22:43:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/29/the-best-neighbor-ever/#comment-116820 my husband wrote to his family right after his death. He received a letter in return thanking him for all his kind words and thoughts. You don't find people like him anymore. The video of him discribing his show to a commitee to ensure funding for PBS in the (I think) 60's always brings tears to my eyes. my husband wrote to his family right after his death. He received a letter in return thanking him for all his kind words and thoughts.

You don’t find people like him anymore.

The video of him discribing his show to a commitee to ensure funding for PBS in the (I think) 60’s always brings tears to my eyes.

]]> By: Ben http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/29/the-best-neighbor-ever/#comment-116777 Ben Tue, 29 May 2007 21:33:38 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/29/the-best-neighbor-ever/#comment-116777 I once wrote a letter to Mr. Rogers and he wrote me back! When I sent him a second letter he told me not to write him anymore because he was too busy. I try not to hold it against him. I once wrote a letter to Mr. Rogers and he wrote me back! When I sent him a second letter he told me not to write him anymore because he was too busy. I try not to hold it against him.

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