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dizengoff, along king george,       a conversation with another         Iton:  yes - noisy and dirty -
           along allenby, to carmelit          customer                            thats what the woman i met in
           gets you everywhere                 i'm not making this up              their building said
           Iton:  nice                         they were talking about             Nik:  really?
           Nik:  the 62 does something         someone's shop that had been        Iton:  i think she was referring
           very similar                        arsoned                             to their building though
           but doesn't stop outside my         that's it                           Nik:  she's probably not wrong
           house                               Iton:  wow - thats your brush       Iton:  she said she'd lived
           Iton:  what about parking, isn't    with organised crime                there for 40 years
           that difficult in RG                scary stuff                         Nik:  crikey
           Nik:  yup                           Nik:  ramat gan is huge             Iton:  can you see yourself in
           lots of wardens, especially         in israeli terms, yes               RG in another 33 1/2 years
           around the centre                   it's got some very very rich        Nik:  hope not
           ALWAYS pay and display              neighbourhoods                      i hope to have moved to tel aviv
           Iton:  so you wouldn't              ramat gan is full of iraqi olim,    by then
           recommend a car then                or at least used to be              if i'm not dead
           Nik:  if you need to go             Iton:  i really thought i could     Iton:  those are the two
           anywhere apart from ramat gan       put together an interesting and     options?!
           or tel aviv i would                 quirky look at ramat gan            Nik:  i'd love to move to tel
           though what i would really          Nik:  but?                          aviv as soon as i can
           really really recommend is a        i'm not helping?                    it probably won't be before the
           moped                               Iton:  sorry                        girls leave home
           15 minutes from the beach and       Nik:  there's not much              other options are open
           everywhere else in tel aviv         interesting and quirky about        but unforeseeable right now
           Iton:  dangerous no?                ramat gan                           Iton:  what percentage of
           Nik:  drive carefully then          you know that 2 scuds fell very     Ramat Ganians would rather be
           the most time and cost              near my house in 1991               living in Tel Aviv
           efficient way of traveling          they even replaced the tiles on     Nik:  probably most of the
           the insurance costs less than a     the roof because of that!           under 30s
           year's worth of monthly bus         Iton:  but you were still in        Iton:  under 30's?! you wish!
           passes                              england at the time - before        Nik: but some parts of ramat
           Iton:  any famous people live in    your aliyah                         gan are very posh
           RG                                  Nik:  i was at school innit         people there are probably v.
           Nik: silvan shalom (i think)        good schools in ramat gan           happy
           Iton:  right                        Iton:  any good anagrams from       and then there's the people in
           all the celebs                      Ramat Gan                           ramat gan who want to move to
           Nik:  pnina rosenberg               Nik:  you tell me                   modiin or to a moshav
           Iton:  rosenblum no?                Iton:  ta granma, a nag tram        Nik:  so it takes all sorts, don't
           Nik:  yes                           Nik:  rang a mat etc                it
           rosenblum                           Iton:  a gnat arm                   Iton:  ok - well thanks for the
           um                                  Iton:  do you know tiv tam          interview
           some gangsters                      Nik:  yes                           Nik:  np
           apparently                          is that where they live?            and don't forget to ask if any
           Iton:  ahh, this could be           Iton:  they live opposite           of them fancy some babysitting
           interesting                         Nik:  f****** hell                  work
           gangsters                           right on herzl/jabotinsky
           tell me more                        Iton:  theres a chicken place on
           Nik:  once, i was in the            the corner
           shwarma/felafal joint right by      Nik:  on the main road they live?
           my house                            Iton:  yes - on herzl above the
           Iton:  you are making this up       chicken place
           Nik:  when the                      Nik:  noisy and dirty
           shwarma/felafal guy was having      handy for the buses though
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