http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next en-US Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:33:41 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://brooklynian.com/forum/search.php http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764554 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:52:51 +0000 Hamilton 764554@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>or Yankee Caps to Farrell's Bar.</p> <p>About two years ago I was wearing a Yankee Cap and was asked by a neighborhood Priest, are you a Yankee fan,?<br /> No Father, it was the only hat I could steal<br /> He laughed and said, then you must be an Episcopalian.<br /> Yes Father, I had been for a while ,but it was to difficult to spell.<br /> He laughed and went on his way, but for some reason, unknown to me, whenever he spots me, he'll cross to the other side of the street.</p> <p>Must be that damn Yankee Cap. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764399 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:27:08 +0000 Hamilton 764399@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <blockquote><p><cite>whynot_31 <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764395">said</a>:</cite><br /> And, now, breaking news from Ireland:</p> <p><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=135432809951290" width="640" height="352" frameborder="0"></iframe> </p></blockquote> <p>thats why I don't wear cowboy hats while visiting Ireland </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764397 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:19:14 +0000 whynot_31 764397@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>And now, word from FDNY:</p> <p><a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/pdf/stats/2013/fire/cw/fire_cwsum_0113.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/pdf/stats/2013/fire/cw/fire_cwsum_0113.pdf</a> </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764395 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:00:56 +0000 whynot_31 764395@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>And, now, breaking news from Ireland:</p> <p><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=135432809951290" width="640" height="352" frameborder="0"></iframe> </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764289 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:47:10 +0000 Hamilton 764289@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <blockquote><p><cite>booklaw <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764281">said</a>:</cite><br /> Great story, great reminder of the debt we owe the firemen.</p> </blockquote> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>there is a continuance to the story</p> <p>My wife had passed and I went to Greenwood to visit Poncho's grave.<br /> As I approached it, I knelt down on one knee and placed my open palm on his grave and asked him to do me a favor.<br /> Poncho, I hate to impose on you , but, Bonnie has just passed and is on her way up to you and I'll need you to tend to her till I get there, if you don't I'll punch the fucking shit out of you when I arrive.</p> <p>I then stood up and noticed two woman and a man standing two graves away, Their faces were frozen with their mouths wide open. I walked over, offered an apology and mentioned he was a friend of mine and that's the way we addressed each in life and I hope your not offended,<br /> One of the women responded with," quite to the contrary, in fact I have a few relatives who reside here and I would be delighted if you would address them in that very same manner." </p> <p>I'm sorry, I'd like to help you, but I don't do graveyard stand up.<br /> I'm sure if you can locate Don Rickels he'd be more then happy to help you out.</p> <p>I left and have often asked myself did I blow what could have been a great career. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764284 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:25:42 +0000 whynot_31 764284@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Yes, it is. </p> <p>As result of my post adolescent adventures and extended family, I find it easier to keep up with conversations that involve law enforcement.</p> <p>Needless to say, there are bars that are popular with FDNY and those that tend to attract NYPD. They seem to be different bars.</p> <p>I think the St. Patricks Day parade is the largest event that brings them together. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764281 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:16:26 +0000 booklaw 764281@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Great story, great reminder of the debt we owe the firemen. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764280 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:13:57 +0000 Hamilton 764280@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Whynot 31</p> <p>This may seem like a diversion from the thread,but it has a point.<br /> In my earlier years I grew up in the Sunset Park area and hung around with a friend named Poncho, we attended the same classes in both grammar and high school .<br /> We drifted aimlessly through our teens years and one summer day, while drinking in Coney Island,we came to the decision it's time grow up and set a goal.<br /> I mentioned I was tired of traveling through life hanging out with bimbo's in dive bars and watching junkies shooting it up in after hours clubs, it's time to get control of our lives.,<br /> We decided to get jobs , put enough money together and go to L.A. and become movie stars,it didn't seem to be too outlandish, hey , if Lee Marvin could make it in Hollywood what's going to stop us.<br /> We both got jobs and were well on our way to our dreams of being on the silver screen, that was till we both met the women of our dreams and put everything on a temporary hold, we thought.!</p> <p>A dream deferred become a dream denied.</p> <p>We both married our sweethearts.<br /> I went to Wall Street, worked my way up and became a V.P. in a prestigious firm., with great perks, seasons tickets to both the Knick's and Ranger games, an unlimited expense account and the use of company cars at a moments notice .<br /> I had it made , I came from the street and made it on the street.</p> <p>Poncho became a Fireman, had two children and wanted the security offered by working in civil service.<br /> One night while watching the 10 o'clock news ,it was interrupted by,<br /> - BREAKING NEWS -A FIREMAN HAS DIED WHILE SUBDUING A FIRE IN PARK SLOPE..<br /> The Fireman's picture was shown and it was Poncho, I was stunned and couldn't believe it.</p> <p>We should have gone to Hollywood!</p> <p>I went to the wake,it was heartbreaking to see a wife and two young children without a husband or father and their future in doubt.<br /> I thought, here's my friend, laying there because he gave his life saving someone else's family, only to have his family's future jeopardized<br /> I went to the burial, it was two days after a snowstorm and it was a sight I wish I hadn't seen, it was a dark and cloudy day and there were at-least thirty Firemen, crying, uncontrollably as they lowered their brother into the ground.</p> <p>It's a sad story but , it makes one aware of the dangers Firemen are exposed to on every call they answer.</p> <p>He's buried in Greenwood, where i often visit his grave-site and remind him we should have stayed single and went to Hollywood, to-date he hasn't said anything to the contrary </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764278 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:41:33 +0000 Jamzer 764278@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Mayor Mike got a similar reaction when he introduced the smoking ban in bars. Fact of the matter is that obesity is a serious national health issue. The US Army has identified obesity as a serious national security issue as well. Kids today are so fat that they can't pass the entrance exam to join the military and they are having a hard time meeting recruitment goals. </p> <p>More and more evidence is showing that soda is a major contributor to obesity. The beverage industry and their shills want to make it about Bloomberg or freedom, but it is about the health of this country. If you want to kill yourself by drinking gallons upon gallons of soda, just go to the grocery store and by as much soda as you want. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764268 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:13:37 +0000 Hamilton 764268@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <blockquote><p><cite>whynot_31 <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764267">said</a>:</cite><br /> I like beer, and appreciate St. Patricks Day.</p> <p>However, I can not keep up in the conversations that pertain to engine and ladder companies. </p></blockquote> <p>And that was just the women </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764267 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:00:35 +0000 whynot_31 764267@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>I like beer, and appreciate St. Patricks Day.</p> <p>However, I can not keep up in the conversations that pertain to engine and ladder companies. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764266 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:42:48 +0000 Hamilton 764266@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>I've never been a fan of Farrell's, but have to commend them for their commitment to helping out neighbors in need .</p> <p>I hadn't been there in years, as good as their beer is, it's not good enough to eclipse the discomfort level one gets in their environment. </p> <p>But that's my option and I'm sure there are many that will disagree with it. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764264 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:35:35 +0000 whynot_31 764264@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Double Windsor is not refined compared to the bars of your youth, but is compared to Farrell's. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764263 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:05:32 +0000 ringrunner 764263@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>maybe it is not a good thing that people get into there cars with cups of beer.</p> <blockquote><p><cite>Hamilton <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764241">said</a>:</cite><br /> Stranger things do happen.<br /> Just last week, as I was walking on PPW one of the Farrellites was exiting the bar and was on his way to his car. For some reason I didn't notice him and accidently stepped on his right hand, thank God- I can say that can't I-It wasn't the left one that was holding his treasured container.<br /> To prevent harrowing incidents like this in the future , i'm going to try to have Markowitz install a container crossing sign on 16th st. And PPW</p> </blockquote> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764262 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:54:23 +0000 Hamilton 764262@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Please define refined.</p> <p>As a teen I use to drink in dive bars in Sunset Parks waterfront , where bones were broken, not furniture and in looking back, they were Palaces compared to Double Windsor. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764257 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:34:52 +0000 whynot_31 764257@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Double Windsor has a much more refined atmosphere. It has furniture that -in theory- could be broken. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764256 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:15:38 +0000 Hamilton 764256@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <blockquote><p><cite>Domino <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764246">said</a>:</cite><br /> First Jeremy's in the Seaport and now Farrells. Sigh. Where can a girl go to get her swerve on from a "containa"?</p> </blockquote> <p>There's always the Double Windsor<br /> .<br /> .</p> <p><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8372/8454480462_2a9644eb4b_z.jpg"> </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764254 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:55:01 +0000 Hamilton 764254@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <blockquote><p><cite>whynot_31 <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764242">said</a>:</cite><br /> Hands-free methods of drinking beer have been developed. This one is popular on many college campuses:</p> <p><img src="http://cdn.epicski.com/d/d4/d4c41e11_Beer-Hat-Beer-Helmet-pic-3.jpg"></p> </blockquote> <p>.<br /> .<br /> Now I remember why I quit college and hitched 923 miles back to Brooklyn. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764246 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:51:14 +0000 Domino 764246@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>First Jeremy's in the Seaport and now Farrells. Sigh. Where can a girl go to get her swerve on from a "containa"? </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/king-mikey-slays-the-16-oz-dragon-is-farrel-32-oz-beer-be-next#post-764242 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:12:50 +0000 whynot_31 764242@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Hands-free methods of drinking beer have been developed. This one is popular on many college campuses:</p> <p><img src="http://cdn.epicski.com/d/d4/d4c41e11_Beer-Hat-Beer-Helmet-pic-3.jpg"> </p>