“If you think patience is a virtue, try surfing the net without high speed internet”

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

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Entry from February 22, 2018

“If you think patience is a virtue, try surfing the net without high speed internet”

“If you think patience is a virtue, try surfing the net without high speed internet” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. “If U still think Patience is a Virtue, try downloading music with a Motorola V360 cellular phone” was posted on Twitter on April 7, 2012.

“If you think patience is a virtue, try surfing the net without high speed Internet…. ~Anonymous” was posted on Twitter by Cool Funny Quotes‏ on January 8, 2014.

Wikipedia: Patience is a virtue
Patience is a virtue is a proverbial phrase referring to one of the seven heavenly virtues typically said to date back to “Psychomachia,” an epic poem written in the fifth century.

Twitter
MarvineM‏
@MarvineM
If U still think Patience is a Virtue, try downloading music with a Motorola V360 cellular phone
5:02 AM - 7 Apr 2012

Twitter
Cool Funny Quotes‏
@CoolFunnyQ
If you think patience is a virtue, try surfing the net without high speed Internet…. ~Anonymous http://www.coolfunnyquotes.com/author/anonymous/surf-net/ …
7:12 PM - 8 Jan 2014

Twitter
Akih Juu‏
@akihjuu
If you think patience is a virtue, try surfing the net without high speed Internet.
8:56 PM - 8 Jan 2014

Twitter
Jessica Hawk‏
@hawk_luvs
If you think patience is a virtue, try surfing the internet without high speed.
9:01 PM - 8 Jan 2014

Twitter
Mirson‏
@Ameersheshe
If you think patience is a virtue,then try surfing the net without high speed Internet.
2:24 PM - 15 Feb 2014

Me.Me
IF YOU THINK PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE TRY SURFING THE NET WITHOUT HIGH SPEED INTERNET #MOMUNCENSORED MEME
FOUND ON 2016-10-21 23:16:29 BY ME.ME
SOURCE: FACEBOOK

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UCLanComputing‏
@UCLanComputing
If you think patience is a virtue, try surfing the net on a 14.4k dial up connection. #techjokes #geekjokes
2:55 AM - 1 Feb 2018

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