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Re:The Allure of Small Towns for Big City Freelancers by protomyth on Sunday July 22, 2018 @04:09PM (#17588678)
what a poll of "does the word Hasidic mean anything to you" would show

Since I am in a small town that doesn't have a Jewish population, I mostly think of B&H Photo and what days we cannot places orders. It struck me as odd when both myself and my boss added the Jewish Holidays to our calendars because its really important information. I guess we learn things in the oddest places.

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Re:The Allure of Small Towns for Big City Freelancers by Lio on Monday July 23, 2018 @07:39AM (#17591991)
Haha I love B&H Photo. On my first trip to New York I made straight for it.

Later that day I exclaimed my surprise to an old friend who lives in NYC that B&H Photo was closed on what, in my country, is the biggest shopping day of the week.

I just got a look and an explanation of the word "putz" in return.

I think this counts as a good example of how a big city was able to broaden the experience of this small town lad. :P

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