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  • anthony umbria
    anthony umbria
    HEY JOEY
    YOU STILL HERE DUDE
  • patsy (miele) kirk
    patsy (miele) kirk
    hi tony i just spoke to joey he is at
    the studio playing the drums :)
  • anthony umbria
    anthony umbria
    OH OK PATSY THANKS
  • patsy (miele) kirk
    patsy (miele) kirk
    your welcome :)
  • ralph marsella
    ralph marsella
    hey aunt jeanette,

    me and ali want to wish you a very happy birthday. hope you have a great day. we miss you, hope to see you seen.

    Love Nicole

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  • anthony umbria
    anthony umbria
    WHAT THE HELL
    THIS SITE KEEPS KICKING ME OFF
    ONE LAST TRY
  • anthony umbria
    anthony umbria
    WHAT THE HELL
    THIS SITE KEEPS KICKING ME OFF
    ONE LAST TRY
  • ralph marsella
    ralph marsella
    happy birthday to my baby sister jeanette
    we'll celebrate when you come in this month
    love you XOXO<3
    love rosie

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  • anonymous
    anonymous
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SISTER JEANETTE I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE DAY.
    YOU DESERVE THE BEST.

    i remember the morning you were born on this day in 1943 (ooops)
    PATSY MIELE AND TERRY ANGELO THIS STORY MAY INTEREST YOU
    JEANETTE WAS DELIVERED BY A MIDWIFE IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING.THE MIDWIFE WANTED MY BROTHERS AND I OUT OF THE APARTMENT,I REMEMBER GOOD OLD CONNIE MIELE TAKING ME DOWN
    TO HER APT. AND PUTTING ME TO BED WITH AUGIE AND MATHEW,NEVER A COMPLAINT FROM THE BOYS CONNIE MADE A HUGE BREAKFAST FOR
    ALL THE NEXT MORNING AND I HAD A BRAND NEW SISTER UPSTAIRS.
    CONNIE MIELE WAS THE GREATEST.THATIS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF MEMORIES OF THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD.

    HAPPY BIRTHDAT SIS I LOVE YOU
  • anthony umbria
    anthony umbria
    DAM ABOUT TIME I HAD TO SUBMIT MY POST LIKE 30 TIMES AND HAD TO LOG IN 2 TIMES
    BUT

    HELLO ALL HI ROSIE

    WHAT A DAY OUT THERE JUST CAME BACK FROM A RIDE ON MY SCOOTER
  • anthony umbria
    anthony umbria
    WOW JERRY
    MIDWIFES I THINK THE ONLY PLACE THY USE THEM NOW IS THE MID WEST
  • anthony umbria
    anthony umbria
    OK
    SEE YOU GUYS LATER
  • t-bone51
    t-bone51
    LOOKS LIKE THE ENTIRE LA GRECA FAMILY IS COMING ON LOL
    I LOVE IT.
    JERRY,
    I LOVE YOUR STORIES, KEEP THEM COMING. LOVE TERRY
  • suzie
    suzie
    Hi Ralph M, Rosie, Allie, Nicole and Jerry and the entire LaGrecca family ....Jeanette you are loved! Happy Birthday again!




  • suzie
    suzie
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  • suzie
    suzie
    Michael ~ Judy's Son ..... we are so proud of you!

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  • anthony umbria
    anthony umbria
    this is so true. Can anyone remember when last spring/summer we were
    almost paying $5.00 for a gallon of gas! We all stopped driving and
    buying big cars and our voice was heard...price came down didn't it.
    If we could all just stop and think about what we are buying...we have
    the power to change things! Europeans don't like us...fine don't
    travel there. Stay home and visit the good old USA!
  • anthony umbria
    anthony umbria
    Hi friends,
    >
    > This may seem like a funny email but I was so surprised by what I
    > discovered I had to share it with you. When I think of the job
    > situation in this country, I can't help but think this helps in some small
    > way. I don't know how many households there are in the U.S. but if these
    > were the only things we bought think of the impact....
    >
    > (She wrote:)
    > This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60 W light bulbs and Bounce
    > dryer sheets. I was in the light bulb aisle and right next to the GE brand
    > I normally buy was an off brand labeled "Everyday Value." I picked up both
    > types of bulbs and compared the stats - they were the same except for the
    > price. The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the
    > thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO
    > and the Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for this - the USA .
    > So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that
    > are made right here - from a company in Cleveland OH !
    >
    > So on to another aisle - Bounce Dryer Sheets....yep you guessed it Bounce
    > was more money and made in Canada, the Everyday Value brand was less money
    > and MADE IN THE USA! I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets
    > performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using for years and at
    > almost half the price!
    >
    > So my challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for
    > everyday things and see what you can find that is made in the USA - the
    > job you save may be your own or your neighbors!
    >
    > If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your address book
    > so we can all start buying American, one light bulb at a time!
    > Besides, you might save a little green in the process.
    >
    > Stop buying from China ..........
    >
    > We should have awakened a decade ago......
    >
    > lets get with the program.... help our fellow Americans keep their jobs
    > ... and create more jobs here in the U.S.A.
  • anthony umbria
    anthony umbria
    HELLO
    WHO ON HERE NOW ANYONE
  • anthony umbria
    anthony umbria
    OH WELL
    I GUESS ILL GOLAY DOWN
    BEING OUTSIDE TOOK ITS TOLL ON ME

    SEE YA LATER GUYS
  • anthony umbria
    anthony umbria
    BUT BEFORE I GO
    WHO REMEMBERS THESE

    Mello Roll...Ice cream wrapped in a cylindrical shape that you peeled off the wrapper and pushed in a special mello roll cone.

    THEY WHERE GOOD
  • anthony umbria
    anthony umbria
    OK
    NOW I AM GOING
  • t-bone51
    t-bone51
    UMBRIA,
    IM ON THE RUN HAVE TO TEACH CCD. BUT........I BUY AMERICAN AS MUCH AS I CAN. I STILL GO TO BROOKLYN LIKE I SAID THE OTHER DAY. I USE GAS BUT I DO MOST OF EVERYTHING I NEED IN ONE DAY. I STILL GO TO COLUCCIO'S FOR MY ITALIAN GOODS. I GO TO ANTHONY'S FRUIT MARKE CALLED A AND J AN 76TH STREET RIGHT OFF OF 13TH AVENUE. I USE AMERICAN DRY CLEANERS THE NAPOLITANO'S ON 17TH AVENUE. I GO TO PASTOSA ALSO. I STILL SHOP IN THE MOM AND POP STORES. PEOPLE THINK IT IS CHEAPER GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE. NOT SO, U HAVE TO KNOW YOUR PRICES. I FIND SOME THINGS CHEAPER IN PASTOSA AND MORE IN SHOPRITE AND LARGE GROCERY STORES.
    SOOOOO...EVERYONE SHOULD THINK ABOUT WHERE THEY SHOP....SHOP AMERICAN IN YOUR SMALL MOM AND POP SHOPS. MIKE STILL GOES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLUMBING STORES RATHER THAN HOME DEPOT AND LOWES. THE SMALL PLUMBING SHOP KNOWS MORE AND SOME TIMES CHEAPER AND BETTER SERVICE. SOOOOOOO UMBRIA I AM AN AMERICAN SHOPPER ON MOST THINGS. SOME THINGS U JUST HAVE TO BUY IF U REALLY NEED THEM.. SO KEEP AMERICA" AMERICA"EVERYONE. LOVE TERRY JUST MY OPINION
  • judy giordano banjany
    judy giordano banjany
    Hi Anthony - That some great advice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will certainly be more observant when shopping.....
  • anonymous
    anonymous
    Hi Patsy, Anthony & all who welcomed me to the blog. Patsy I recognized you immediately & remember you from the many Miele family get-togethers Jo Ann & I have attended over the years. Obviously I'm new to this site & not at all familiar with how to proceed in order to post & reply without going on as a "guest" so I can exchange emails & use the PM & other options, with you guys on a regular basis. Maybe you can help me out with some of that?
  • timfox
    timfox
    Hello All. Just got home from work and the first thing I do is read the last few pages of the blog.
    Judy, If you want to call, that'll be fine
  • timfox
    timfox
    Welcome Jimmy Nelson, Thats an eeasy one. Just go to the top of this page and register.
  • judy giordano banjany
    judy giordano banjany
    Tim - OK I will call around 6:15 and let them know there will be six of us...See you then.....How was going back to work after all this time off?????
  • timfox
    timfox
    My wife is usually looking over my shoulder to see what is going on here. She laughs her a.. off at Sue and Umbria.
  • paul giglio
    paul giglio
    ANTHONY UMBRIA wrote: BUT BEFORE I GO
    WHO REMEMBERS THESE

    Mello Roll...Ice cream wrapped in a cylindrical shape that you peeled off the wrapper and pushed in a special mello roll cone.

    THEY WHERE GOOD
    Ant, I remember those things too, so I gotta tell ya , it was a little difficult getting the ice cream onto the cone.LOL First time I bought one bam right on the ground, so I walk back into Gus's on Prospect and 6th, grab a new one from the freezer and go to the counter to pay, Gus says, What Happened, I tell him, he shows me how to pull the wrapper off and says No Charge. So I think with this new mello roll stuff it comes with a guarantee or something if you drop it. So I tell everybody, and when it happened to someone else...no replacement. I asked my father why the other kid did'nt get one and thats the first time I understood what friends and loyalty meant. ( lotta grocery stores to choose from in those days )
    I don't know how I went from ice cream to loyalty and friends LOL, but this blog will do that to ya! Shit, lotta typing for a frigging mello roll story! LMAO