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OLD BROWNIE by Peter Nolan Smith

January 22, 2014 – 8:12 pm

Yesterday was a quiet day on 47th Street. A winter snow was having its way with New York City. Snow piled up on the street. The porters had a hard time clearing the sidewalk and I was having difficulty looking busy. There was nothing to do. No one came into the store. No dealers, no […]

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GLATT CHATEAU BACCHUS by Peter Nolan Smith

September 12, 2012 – 7:58 pm

These days most people in America have no money and the middle-class survive from paycheck to paycheck, dreaming of their lost wealth. Even the lower upper class are struggling to make ends meet and New York’s Diamond District has been feeling the pinch, so that my bosses Richie Boy and his father Manny couldn’t offer […]

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Dining On Diamonds

May 18, 2012 – 1:56 pm

The BBC News reported that a Canadian man had been arrested in Windsor for swallowing a 1.7 carat diamond worth $20,000. Police xrayed the 52 year-old thief, however diamonds do not appear in x-rays, so they have forced the robber to drink several bottles of laxatives without any movement of the gemstone trapped in his […]

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More than 10% Divine

April 15, 2011 – 7:55 am

Ava, my co-worker at the diamond exchange, said the other day that she had no gay friends. The Brazilian mother of one is a firm fundamentalist and a devout believer in the Bible. Hell is a place for sinners and God has a special oven for the worshipers of man-sex for her church. It is […]

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Back In The Land Of the Ice And Snow

January 28, 2011 – 10:08 pm

My flight from Incheon Korea lasted over 13 hours. Our landing at JFK was delayed by an hour. The airport was only operating one runaway. Snow plows were still working to unbury the other runways after a 19″ snowstorm. During the final approach I stared out the window at the ground. Most of the major […]

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