Brooklyn Back When - Open Thread

Do you want me to carry you over my shoulder??? Nah, fugedabotit !!!!

Why??? I can drag you out the door if a fire starts, or throw you out a window, lol.

Are you scared of me Joe??? LOL, I am very mild, and easy going.

WELL.....NOW I HAVE EVEN MORE RESPECT FOR YOU......
I GOT CALLED IN 1982 TO TAKE THE PHYSICAL....I DIDN'T GO.....AND MY UNCLE WHO WAS A CAPTAIN AT THE TIME NEVER LET ME FORGET THAT...
HE SAID "I WAS IN" JUST TAKE THE TEST.....ONE OF MY MANY BONE HEAD MOVES

WELL, I AM SYING GOOD NIGHT GUYS.

JOEBROXX00 LOVE YA XX00

JANET, TAK TO YOU TOMORROW

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

JOEBRO, AMERICAN IDOL ON TOMORROW. SEE IF MY PAL MICHAEL WANTS TO BLOG WITH ME DURING THE SHOW,

JANET......I LIKE TO EAT,REMEMBER......YOU MIGHT NEED A WINCH OR SOMETHING

OK PATSY......LOVE YOU.....HAVE A GOOD NITE AND WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW

JANET...STILL THERE?

One day, I saw an Italian place on Knickerbocker Avenue while out on the fire engine and it said cappuccino. So, I went in a there were a bunch of older Italian guys hanging out playing cards. I didn't know what to do, so I ordered a cappuccino and they sent out for it, lol. Must have been a private social club (Mafia).
I was so nervous and my nose was itchy but I was afraid to scratch it because I figured they would think I was signaling someone to come in and blast the place up, lol. OMG. I got out of there as fast as possible and they didn't charge me !!!

Night Patsy.

WERE YOU IN UNIFORM

No, lol, we were coming back from training in our regular clothes.

That guy who was shot with the cigar in his mouth was gunned down a few blocks away from there, so I knew that the Mafia was on Knickerbocker Avenue.

MAM O MAN......YOU MUST HAVE SOME STORIES TO TELL......

..I DROVE A BUS FOR THE MTA IN MANHATTAN FOR SIX YEARS....AND I HAVE A HUNDRED STORIES.....

YOU HAVE TO HAVE ME BEAT,FOR SURE

Galante at Joe & Mary's Restaurant in Bushwick. Ring a bell ???

THAT WAS CARMINE GALENTE......IN THE BACK YARD OF THE RESTURANT
...I REMEMBER THAT

On July 12, 1979, Galante made a "spur of the moment" decision to drop into Joe and Mary's Restaurant in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. The owner, Joseph Turano, Galante's cousin, was leaving on a vacation trip to Italy soon, so it was an educated guess that Galante would drop in some time.

Galante did not trust many men but he trusted those with him that day. It was a mistake. One left the restaurant early, complaining of not feeling well. A couple of others made phone calls during the meal. Just as Galante finished the main course in the restaurant's rear outdoor area and stuck a cigar in his mouth, three masked men suddenly came through the indoor section into the courtyard. "Get him, Sal!" one of the masked men yelled. One of the executioners stepped forward and cut lose with both barrels of a shotgun. Galante died with his cigar still in his mouth.

The Cigar problem had been solved.

CRAP......WE ARE THINKING ALIKE AGAIN

Hey, they made him quit smoking after all.

I remember the guys thinking I was crazy for going in the place, especially the Italian guys.

I WAS IN N.J. VISITING MY UNCLE WITH MY MOM AND DAD THAT DAY....I REMEMBER IT WELL

CRAZY....OR JUST BALLSY

I don't know where I was but will always remember the picture in the Daily News.

The other was too big.

You must be looking for pictures.

WHEN I WAS A BUS DRIVER....THEY WOULD TELL US,IF THE BUS CATCHES FIRE...CALL THE DISPACTER FIRST...NOT THE FDNY.....BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID OF THEM TEARING APART THE BUS

...ONE DAY A BUS DRIVER I KNEW WAS PISSED OFF BECAUSE THEY GAVE HIM A REAL OLD BUS.....I WAS WORKING IN THE SOUTH BRONX AND THE LAST STOP WAS AT THE HUNTS POINT MARKET.....WHEN I GOT THERE,THIS GUY SETS HIS BUS ON FIRE...AND WHEN THE FIRE DEPT CAME,HE WAS ASKING THEM TO GRAB HIS LUNCH THAT HE LEFT UNDER HIS SEAT.....TRUE STORY

NO I'M JUST A VERY SLOW TYPIST

The FD Dispatcher would send them anyway. We didn't use 911 operators.