Roosevelt Island NYC Walking Tour

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @bethevans9704
    @bethevans9704 3 года назад +36

    My husband and I lived on Roosevelt Island a long time...1980-1992. This was mostly before the subway to the island opened.. Now we live in Asheville NC. My husband was a mechanic for the tramway...he had to ride on the top rails of the tram every morning at sunrise to inspect the cables..no guardrail there! WHAT REALLY MADE THE ISLAND AMAZING at that time was that nearly everyone that lived there worked in Manhattan. The tramway ride each morning and evening was like being in the UN because so many diplomats lived on Roosevelt Island. On the ride to work, you could regularly hear 10 different languages being spoken. Although you didn't see much foot traffic on Main Street, because of the free red buses that run, residents were always riding the tram together. This created the most amazing sense of a global community for a little tiny island. Truly a wonderful experience to feel like a true citizen of the world.
    Thank you for this fabulous video. I love that the tour wasn't comprised of little film segments, but rather, included your walk to give a true scope of the island. Fantastic history. Fun delivery!

  • @kharyzma4u
    @kharyzma4u Год назад +15

    I'm a New Yorker, born and raised. Today was my first day visiting Roosevelt Island. I really enjoyed it!

    • @ilahildasissac1943
      @ilahildasissac1943 10 месяцев назад

      I lived in Chicago all my life, and I have never been to Willis Tower formerly Sears Tower.

  • @vanessadavis3330
    @vanessadavis3330 Год назад +6

    I lived on Roosevelt Island in the early 80’s. My friends and I would sneak into the ruins of Octagon park and run around. It did have a creepy feel but I have nothing but find memories of growing up there and running around the island with a band of latchkey kids.

  • @benwith1n528
    @benwith1n528 4 года назад +87

    Great video. Love the combo of real, historical info with a light-hearted, comedic approach. Keep it up! 😁👍

    • @EphemeralProductions
      @EphemeralProductions 4 года назад +5

      Yep. Tom is awesome with that stuff!!

    • @normam.o.3770
      @normam.o.3770 4 года назад +5

      It makes it kind of tough to watch other tour guides. They are horribly boring. Tom travel the world!!!!

    • @ilahildasissac1943
      @ilahildasissac1943 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@normam.o.3770You got that right!

  • @PierreMarkuse
    @PierreMarkuse 4 года назад +61

    As usual, great stuff and interesting. The presenter seems to be the right kind of mix of freakishly insane and genius.

    • @santi7616
      @santi7616 4 года назад +5

      I totally agree, Tom is magnificently perfect for the job 👌💯🥇😉

    • @bentleyv1233
      @bentleyv1233 2 года назад

      Very knowledgeable man. Perfect amount of enthusiasm and relatability as well.

  • @billpickard7848
    @billpickard7848 4 года назад +12

    Tom I'm a native New Yorker. This is the first time I've seen Roosevelt Island. I did some learning. I like that. Thanks

  • @milenabianca9787
    @milenabianca9787 2 года назад +3

    These videos are so bingeable

  • @fredj.quinones40
    @fredj.quinones40 Год назад +1

    The trees you passed at 12:38 in video are cherry blossoms. They were donated by the people living on the waterfront of Manhattan. They didn’t like seeing the hospital called Goldwater that was there before Cornell Tech.

  • @fangyu1066
    @fangyu1066 4 года назад +6

    Whenever Tom is show up, Our happy hour started.

  • @josephbordonaro
    @josephbordonaro 4 года назад +16

    Pulling out the Mae West, Buddy Hackett, and Al Lewis references for the kids. Nice.

    • @ansoniamuse401
      @ansoniamuse401 4 года назад +2

      Love it! Used to live right across on 1st ave(moved, too expensive)

  • @stephaniebloom4220
    @stephaniebloom4220 4 года назад +22

    I have been patiently waiting for the Roosevelt Island video and this did not disappoint, Tom! Excellent, as usual. Nobody does NYC history the way you do!

    • @tomdnyc1
      @tomdnyc1  4 года назад +2

      Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!

    • @stanleymasterson1135
      @stanleymasterson1135 3 года назад +3

      @@tomdnyc1 Fact: Law school degrees are the number one degree to be abandoned by graduates in favor of other occupations

  • @mariannefell1645
    @mariannefell1645 4 года назад +18

    Love that you are on 13k subs now!! Honestly cannot wait to get back to New York ... only 365 days to go 🙌🙌🙌 and yes I shall be booking a tour!

  • @AB-sy3cg
    @AB-sy3cg 2 года назад +4

    Hi, I lived on R I for many years..great place..the red buses you see in the video..goes up and around the island..makes it really helpful!

  • @tnteachertim
    @tnteachertim Год назад +1

    I was there in 90/91, and the place was deserted. It looks great now. Thanks.

  • @pongisland
    @pongisland 4 года назад +16

    I grew up in Queens and I don't ever remember visiting Roosevelt Island so this video was very educational for me. Liked and Subscribed to TOM D NYC! PS Tom you should do a NYC book review video?

    • @tomdnyc1
      @tomdnyc1  4 года назад +5

      Yeah I should, but seriously read "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx is Burning"

  • @ednaalvarez3485
    @ednaalvarez3485 2 года назад +1

    I love the video's I am 75 yrs old and I was born in the Bronx and grow up in Queens and the things that I see in the video make me home sick and I am shock of how things have change. Like they say you can never go back the memories is all that you have left. Thank you for your hard work, if you did not do this project knowing all the history and sharing the info many of us that even was born and live there we would of not known.

  • @abdobouchareb6791
    @abdobouchareb6791 4 года назад +23

    Tom, the walking encyclopaedia. 👍

  • @유영건-p8g
    @유영건-p8g 4 года назад +1

    Thank You, Tom for inviting me in Roosevelt Island and show me wonderful scenery with interesting stories. Have a nice weekend. from South Korea. ^*^

  • @Mrbeahz1
    @Mrbeahz1 2 года назад +1

    That little island south of Roosevelt (fka Welfare) Island once had a large fountain. It would spray East River water a hundred feet in the air. This is back when the river was pretty polluted. They had to shut down the fountain, because wind was blowing the spray over to Manhattan where people were getting sick from it.

  • @EphemeralProductions
    @EphemeralProductions 4 года назад +7

    Kitty was cute! Glad he came to visit! Thanks for showing us you giving him pets. :)

    • @tomdnyc1
      @tomdnyc1  4 года назад +7

      There is a cat sanctuary on Roosevelt Island and the cats run around Southpoint Park. Pretty cool.

    • @EphemeralProductions
      @EphemeralProductions 4 года назад +3

      @@tomdnyc1 Awsome. ❤️. I must visit this place! :)

  • @theotang681
    @theotang681 4 года назад +8

    tom. i love your informative walking videos and the touch of humor goes a long way to break up the monotony of just a walking video where some folks don't utter a single word. i love it how you just love to talk with so much trivial and random information about new york. may the youtube logarithms be very generous with their recommendations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    also a big up for the videos that you do with the sarah f. they are also very very enjoyable indeed!!!
    peace!!!

    • @PerthTowne
      @PerthTowne 4 года назад +3

      I agree. Tom, your videos are terrific because you actually KNOW the history in detail and you explain so many things that people are seeing. That adds so much. Also, great sense of humor. :)

  • @lyndawood3983
    @lyndawood3983 2 года назад +3

    Ed Koch famously said, Graffiti on subways are Bad Karma! Love your channel ♥️

  • @darlagts
    @darlagts 4 года назад +7

    Tom, you're the best! I went to Roosevelt Island a couple years ago, couldn't get into the Four Freedoms Park because it was already closed, despite it being only 4 or 5 p.m. at the end of summer. We walked around for a couple of hours, got some fantastic Manhattanhenge type of pictures and left. I wish I knew there was a lighthouse at the other end. I guess I'll need to go back when I can make it to NYC again. Gracias por otro increíble tour!

  • @OUTNABOUTwithYoursTrulyLIZZOC
    @OUTNABOUTwithYoursTrulyLIZZOC 4 года назад +34

    Tom you definitely need to be on Jeopardy! I heard they are looking for a new host, perhaps you should audition that! I will start a petition! 👍

    • @dC821957
      @dC821957 4 года назад +3

      great idea

  • @simonkell7967
    @simonkell7967 3 года назад +4

    i lived here all my life and still do and i still learned something :)

  • @Lassiter2013plus
    @Lassiter2013plus 3 года назад +3

    Thanks so much for putting this video together. I am part of the original group of people who grew up on Roosevelt Island. My parents and I moved there in 1977. I was 5 going on 6 years old. I lived at 560 Main Street and then 555 Main Street. I was probably in my third year of college when I moved away to Stuyvesant Town. It was probably one of the best places I could have grown up. It had its challenges at times as any neighborhood does. However, as a spouse of a recently retired Army veteran, I have been able to compare every place to RI. There just aren't very many places like it--and I certainly never lived anywhere else like it. By the way, where you were walking-towards the Cornell building? That's where I first learned how to drive. And I still can't believe there are dogs there now. I visited a few years ago, and I laughed when I saw someone walking their dog. It was just a matter of time.

  • @crystals8693
    @crystals8693 4 года назад +7

    Thanks for the tour! We didn't know much about the island. Definitely learned a lot!

  • @esmeesme7666
    @esmeesme7666 4 года назад +5

    Hey Tom! I can picture you now. Wearing a hat and reading a book, talking to a cat and planning the next tour strategy with Phil. No matter where you go Tom, you're the man. We really appreciate all your tours as we are stuck at home, with our cats of course....and dog....totally yearning to get back to NYC. Take care.

  • @skr2824
    @skr2824 4 года назад +6

    First time I've heard of Roosevelt Island. I enjoyed every minute of your historical tour. I'm ready to book my flight!

  • @emac1652
    @emac1652 2 года назад +1

    Love the Gem Spa hat. RIP...

  • @pramitmitra
    @pramitmitra 3 года назад +1

    As a long-time resident of Roosevelt Island, I thank you for this lovely video. I learnt a lot as well.... Subscribed!

  • @blue2134
    @blue2134 Год назад +2

    You don’t hear much about Roosevelt island, thank you for this video

  • @judithhinton5784
    @judithhinton5784 4 года назад +4

    Loved this Roosevelt Island tour, Tom. Such an interesting history, and your hilarious commentary made it even more enjoyable!

    • @tomdnyc1
      @tomdnyc1  4 года назад +1

      Thanks, Judith!

  • @kimmie7263
    @kimmie7263 4 года назад +2

    This is so great, thank you!! You are a genius, great thumbnail photo. Strike a pose!
    Love the duck joke. Hahahaa
    Looking forward to the next video.

  • @ericmontalvo6262
    @ericmontalvo6262 4 года назад +3

    Another great tour, I think viewers would be interested in seeing the Bronx thanx for the adventure. Eric

  • @mancello
    @mancello 4 года назад +3

    Good tour. Like the side jokes. Few New Yorkers have visited Roosevelt island. I visited it the first time last year and I'm a native New Yawker of 60 years. The Smallpox hospital has an interesting history and is creepy looking especially at night.

  • @IranTourism_official
    @IranTourism_official 4 года назад +2

    A nice place to visit! Enjoy your tour

  • @patriciaperkins4252
    @patriciaperkins4252 4 года назад +6

    This was great, as always. Thanks for letting your Patreon folks vote for this one. Worthy of a long walk whenever lockdown ends and my CA workplace allows us to travel back East again. Almost missed this one, but the 18-year old caught this while avoiding helping make leftovers this AM. He needs to get his own Patreon to support your history reviews of NYC.

    • @tomdnyc1
      @tomdnyc1  4 года назад +1

      Thanks for helping pick this, Patricia.

  • @monica-NJ-123
    @monica-NJ-123 4 года назад +7

    I didn’t know if I should laugh or cry , such a depressing place and you made it so interesting and entertaining , thanks for the walk

    • @johannsmithe2570
      @johannsmithe2570 4 года назад

      ... and Tom's Lower East Side*, Avenues A-D, walk was invigorating?
      Just asking
      * Video not having the cities' smells 👃 can be a good thing.
      24/7 constant noise 👂, pollution, overcrowding, crime, ...
      There are reasons why city transplants stay on the average two years.
      Makes Roosevelt Island's open spaces, cleanliness, quiet, parks, amenities desirable. Include isolation. And if you want the city it's a short ride away.
      Not being critical but having spent hot summer nights on a tenement roof the open breeze would be close to nirvana.

    • @ShaneCawthon
      @ShaneCawthon 5 месяцев назад

      A lot less depressing than living in NJ

  • @geoffreyselvage1673
    @geoffreyselvage1673 4 года назад +3

    Great video as always. Proud of you as a fellow UF Alum!

  • @CynthiaBanessasharing
    @CynthiaBanessasharing 4 года назад +4

    Love, love your tours 🌟 thanks!

  • @richsit
    @richsit Год назад

    Going through your catalog of vids and the "Nickerbocker" factoid has been in all 4 of the past vids I watched. Fingers crossed it makes its way into the next one 🤞

  • @ducadistaducati8225
    @ducadistaducati8225 4 года назад +4

    Great tour, hello from Santo domingo, DR.

  • @VonSolo5
    @VonSolo5 Год назад +1

    So interesting. Thanks for the fun tour, the trivia and all the great history too. 🙌🙏

  • @TXMEDRGR
    @TXMEDRGR 4 года назад +3

    As fun and informational as always. Thanks for the video.

  • @rejmayer967
    @rejmayer967 Год назад

    Oh my gosh! HOW do you store all of that information in your brain! Love your channel but am in awe how you can speak so easily about so many historical facts. Bravo!

  • @bentleyv1233
    @bentleyv1233 2 года назад +1

    What a great tour guide. You’re a knowledgeable guy earned my sub! Thanks for sharing some of it with us!

  • @ycryoon
    @ycryoon 3 года назад +1

    I lived in NYC for 20 years. I went Roosevelt Island 2 times to visit my friend's apartment. You are doing good job for me because You give me a chance to tour.

  • @adrianthomas9377
    @adrianthomas9377 4 года назад +3

    Tom it's truly amazing to watch your videos. You have a vast amount of knowledge about NYC. Your tours are the best!!

  • @fegu
    @fegu 3 года назад +1

    This is the video that made me appreciate New York on a whole new level, so much American history!

  • @GabrielTheMagolorMain
    @GabrielTheMagolorMain 2 года назад

    This is so great, love how I can see so many places I’ll probably never visit because of channels like yours. Thank you!!

  • @mitchelljarmellmiller6102
    @mitchelljarmellmiller6102 2 года назад +1

    Absolutely a joy to watch your videos

  • @Dolsie-tv6mh
    @Dolsie-tv6mh 2 месяца назад

    Now they have a subway line as well. Taking the tram is a beautiful way to start your morning .

  • @larrygrasso6032
    @larrygrasso6032 4 года назад +6

    Tom you're still the best !

  • @kymmcl8435
    @kymmcl8435 4 года назад +3

    Another great one Tom

  • @stanleymasterson1135
    @stanleymasterson1135 3 года назад +1

    3:30 The QB bridge does NOT connect to Roosevelt Island. To access the island you must use either the 59th St tram in Manhattan, the 36th ave bridge in Long Island City or the subway (F line) which was added in 1989

  • @susanaltman5134
    @susanaltman5134 2 года назад +1

    Very good. A lot of info packed in this one. There are also some cool Tom Otterness sculptures near the north west (facing Manhattan) end of the Island.

  • @robertmorris7256
    @robertmorris7256 3 года назад +2

    YOU ARE THE VERY BEST, THANKS, REALLY ENJOY YOUR VIDEOS

  • @helentravels2474
    @helentravels2474 4 года назад +2

    I walked around Roosevelt Island when I was in New York last year and it was a weirdly quiet place. I love NY and am missing not being able to visit, hopefully next year!Thanks for the video.

  • @saskiapanter
    @saskiapanter 4 года назад +2

    I really don't mind your longer video's. It's educational and funny. Which in my case is a perfect combination to really learn stuff. Also, I've seen so many of video's, I'm starting to recognize places and learning the way, the streets. So cool. 👍😊

  • @MrRezRising
    @MrRezRising 3 года назад +5

    And here it is. Day three, and of course you did a tour of where I grew up. Haven't watched yet. Moved to RI in 1977 when I was 6. Me and my hooligan cohorts were the first families to move in. My family is still there.
    Really enjoyed you covering my 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s. Looking forward to my 00s and 10s next.
    Off we go...
    EDITS:
    Buddy Hackett called me Poncho when I was 13. Al Lewis - Grandpa Munster - was over 6 feet tall and wore tall cowboy hats.
    The Ruins were a blast to play in, so creepy, and is the location of the arguably hardest mission in Grand Theft Auto 4. 🎮 (pro tip: Have a speedboat waiting nearby for your getaway.)
    RI was heavily underdeveloped until about 1995, heaven for little kids looking for adventures.
    For more on Boss Tweed's "vacation" on RI, there is a fun scene in Pete Hamill's novel Forever.
    The Octagon was an abandoned shell for the entire 70s and 80s. Fun Memory: My buds and I once found a Box Of Porn In The Woods in that building. So...Nellie Bly and Larry Flynt under the same roof.
    Yes, it felt haunted. As did the Lighthouse. Haven't been in there since 1988.
    Roosevelt Island was a great place to grow up. It was like living in a small town, but in NYC.
    At night, the views were incredible as nowhere else in NYC were you that close to the towering midtown Manhattan skyline, with only about 1/4 mile of water between you and the future.
    Like on Skull Island, when they stood under those massive doors keeping King Kong at bay. ANYTHING could be behind them!
    No wonder, 44 years later I'm still here in NYC. How could you leave that?
    I mean, once you've been carried around by a fifty foot gorilla, what else could there possibly be left to do?
    Great video. Really enjoyed the trip. 🤘🤠

  • @DarkandTwisted
    @DarkandTwisted 4 года назад +46

    Roosevelt Island seems very chill, and a bonus that the people that live there don't have to look at rats roaming through the garbage bags on the sidewalks since they don't have garbage pickup there.

    • @aysuppatruck6185
      @aysuppatruck6185 4 года назад +5

      @@janis3568 watch the video.

    • @ansoniamuse401
      @ansoniamuse401 3 года назад

      Like LA, or Boston, they don't leave garbage on the streets

    • @mariecolette170
      @mariecolette170 5 месяцев назад

      How pretentious..Paris has as many rats as Nyc..India, China and Brazil have areas with the same problems.
      But of course you wouldn’t know that since you never leave your zip code lol

  • @AmberBaerlin
    @AmberBaerlin 4 года назад +3

    I love your videos show us the macys window display please i never miss it had to this year thank you 😊

  • @vjeff777
    @vjeff777 4 года назад +7

    Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt. RIght on

    • @tomdnyc1
      @tomdnyc1  4 года назад +1

      Yeah, it's like "Brangelina."

  • @missgoodie222ify
    @missgoodie222ify 4 месяца назад

    New York Native born I visited Roosevelt way back in 1992 it was amazing back then I always wanted to live there but decided to move to Atlanta Ga, This video really brought back memories thank you for sharing. 🤗

  • @Alan-zi2rw
    @Alan-zi2rw 4 года назад +2

    Nice walking tour. Love it.

  • @robes.dornagon
    @robes.dornagon 3 года назад

    My mother worked at Coler Goldwater Memorial Hospital in the 90s! loved visting this island

  • @kew9164
    @kew9164 3 года назад

    I just found this today and can’t wait to watch all of the other videos. All of the facts and details with comedy. Well done. Thank you.

  • @davet1081AA
    @davet1081AA 4 года назад +1

    Gem Spa cap - nice touch!

  • @waltman333
    @waltman333 3 года назад

    Your video shared a lot of history of Roosevelt Island that other people's tours didn't! Thankyou Tom, Walt in Miami

  • @gowalker5416
    @gowalker5416 4 года назад +2

    This is another very pretty and wonderful journey from your side of the world, thank you for sharing!❤️

  • @ShaneCawthon
    @ShaneCawthon 5 месяцев назад

    Lived there in the 90s as a young kid and I have still vivid memories of those days

  • @tedmichaels1951
    @tedmichaels1951 3 года назад

    Thanks for a terrific tour. I visited here with a very special person in my life about 10 years ago….brought back many cherished memories.

  • @knelle1114
    @knelle1114 4 года назад +1

    Ten Days in a Madhouse used to be a required summer reading book when I was in middle school. The only thing I remember about it was that is was a short book.

  • @gabbeland14
    @gabbeland14 4 года назад +2

    OMG Nice!!

  • @WanderinginMotion
    @WanderinginMotion 4 года назад +3

    love the view of the island!

  • @LaLeoRonroneo
    @LaLeoRonroneo Год назад +1

    What a charming guy you are Tom. 😊 Phil seems coo. 😅 thanks for showing me around one of my hangout from back home 🏠

  • @zacharygordon2983
    @zacharygordon2983 3 года назад +1

    I live on Roosevelt Island. Great Video. Also went to UF, Go Gators!

  • @LibertyWines
    @LibertyWines 4 месяца назад

    First-class & upper tour & exposé!

  • @nancyking9718
    @nancyking9718 4 года назад +3

    Thanks Tom great facts and style as Always 🙏✌️🎄🗽🚶🏻see you later 😋

  • @siberangel
    @siberangel 4 года назад +1

    Loved the vlogumentary. Thanks!Tom!

  • @newhorizon1355
    @newhorizon1355 Год назад +1

    Small pox bldg area was closed for years, not opened to the public. Years ago Spider-Man movie had a fight scene, between green goblin & Spider-Man, where goblin, the father is killed.

  • @jonathansmith283
    @jonathansmith283 4 года назад +2

    thanks- thought about taking the tram to Roosevelt island several times, never did. good job ~ JDS/CT

  • @ricardohernandez8727
    @ricardohernandez8727 11 месяцев назад

    Love the tour. I've always wanted to visit and explore the island but never got around to it. I'm glad I found this video! I will subscribe! Did you do a Bronx Zoo tour? I gotta see! Thanks!

  • @MrStreetballer5Official
    @MrStreetballer5Official Год назад

    It’s crazy seeing this my mom worked at the hospital near the lighthouse for around 30 years and I even did volunteer work then. It’s quite cool to see a trip down memory lane and see some of the places, the place really has changed over the last 10-15 years

  • @WhatsGahd
    @WhatsGahd 13 дней назад

    I don't know the prep for a shoot like this, but the fact you never see him read cards is insane. Thank you for the guided tour on this island, Im just happy i was not having to keep pace like your cameraman Phil, you woulda lost me in a park chilling on a bench with the geese / pigeons.

  • @mariar3715
    @mariar3715 4 года назад +2

    I visited Roosevelt Island once and really want to go back. Its such a nice, quiet escape from Manhattan.

  • @Gustav0Silva
    @Gustav0Silva 4 года назад +2

    So nice!!! Thank you

  • @christinebojic492
    @christinebojic492 4 года назад +1

    So great vidéo as usual
    Thanks for sharing 👍

  • @JulianSteve
    @JulianSteve 4 года назад +4

    Oh shit you and Phil are at my potential home location in the future. Thank you for teaching me a lot of information I did not know🥲💯

  • @devinl1236
    @devinl1236 4 года назад +1

    Best NY channel

  • @rexlex1736
    @rexlex1736 4 года назад +2

    Great tour, dude!

  • @godhams
    @godhams 4 года назад +1

    I'm talking to u from tiny little Malta (9 miles wide..26 miles long but with tons of history!) right here smack bang in the middle of the med...always enjoy going further afield on these walking videos to BIG places like NEW YORK!!😊 usually they are silent videos so enjoyed the history lesson that came with this one! thank u very much!😁

  • @marcosalazar5267
    @marcosalazar5267 Год назад +1

    The way you walk you ran 🏃‍♂️ track nice video

  • @paulseoighemcgee5772
    @paulseoighemcgee5772 2 года назад

    Great work Tom!

  • @vondelpark8141
    @vondelpark8141 4 года назад +1

    Absolutely great tour!

  • @lindajohnson3846
    @lindajohnson3846 3 года назад +1

    Love watching your very informative walks, I’ve learnt quite a lot from these about New York particularly the history
    Xx U.K.

  • @harryjamessmithmusic7762
    @harryjamessmithmusic7762 4 года назад +1

    Great job, Tom!!! Perfect!!!!!!!

  • @SykeMediaTV
    @SykeMediaTV 2 года назад

    This is a Hidden Gem Channel

  • @albertofasoli4005
    @albertofasoli4005 4 года назад +2

    Thanks you so mutch from video Mister Delgado ! 😉 Salutation from Alvito ! ITALY