Brooklyn Back When - Open Thread

HELLO P-IN-A IS BACK

THANK YOU SUZIE FOR BRIGHTENING UP A REALLY BAD DAY
WITH THE PIC

THERE STILL IS A LOT OF GOOD STUFF

GO TONIANN



ME & JOE STAYED OUT OF DETENTION TODAY

IT'S FRIDAY

AND HERE'S A MESSAGE FROM THE TALKING DOG



DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY

OK DINNER TIME

FRIDAY - FISH NITE

TONIGHT GARLIC SHRIMP OVER YELLOW RICE W/SALAD

READING A GREAT BOOK-

ANY HARLEN COBEN FANS?

HIS NEW ONE "LONG LOST" GONNA TRY AND
FINISH IT TONIGHT

ANY COMMENTS ON "LIFE ON MARS" ENDING?

I MUST GO AND CONSULT WITH MY SOUS CHEFS

omg loved the patten leather shoes and little pocketbooks the little prayer book i used to put in my little pocketbook, white gloves. yes the new dress and overcoat from Irwins or Jacks on 5th. I still see the lady that worked in Jacks

HANGIN OUT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD EH LADIES

NATIONAL SHOES ON 14ST FOR THOSE EASTER PUMPS

Jim - What is up with Life on Mars.... I guess the name should have told me something... I hated the ending! How about you???

What about Thom McCann's between 13 & 12 street ....I couldnt wait to see the new styles in their windows

Thanks Geri & Jim....she really is too cute and funny!

we have to switch granddaughters SUZIE. Your granddaughter looks like me and mine looks like u lol

I was trying to get off this thing .....but got caught up on FB


Festina ....sends her love ....that girl doesnt slow down!

Joe Orlando .... sending prayers for your Mom and all of our Moms

also for those Moms & Dads that are no longer here with us....


see you all lata!

Terry isnt that the truth!

NATIONAL SHOES JIM
DIDN'T IT HAVE LIKE A BIG HALLWAY BEFORE U WENT IN BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON THE OLD SITE. I REMEMBER THEM WAXING THAT FLOOR AND MY MOTHER FELL WITH MY SISTER LORI JEAN IN HER ARMS. I WAS ABOUT 13 YRS OLD, I TURN AROUND AND THERE IS MY MOM ON THE FLOOR AND HOLDING MY SISTER UP IN THE AIR SO SHE WOULD NOT GET HURT. FUNNY THE THINGS U REMEMBER. I WAS PROBABLY EMBARRASSED BEING A 13 YR. LD KID...LOL

OMG ....Terry ....I have to tell you this story....I wanted a black top with maybe 4-5 buttons on the front, aqua, hot pink, yellow and i think purple...it was in the window of Lady Fair

Back then ...I couldnt afford it.....I might have been 14yo's .....so we grubbed money from everyone, the guys that hung out on the corners....nickels, dimes and quarters, pennies you name it.....I walked in there with a plastic baggie with change to get that shirt!

those were the days ....

OK, all the pet post made me cry. I is the hardest thing you will ever have to do and I wish I was there with Franny.

Now I am crying for my Billy who died months ago. How many I can't remember because I think I have never dealt with it.

For Franny:

THE BEST PLACE TO BURY A DOG

"There is one best place to bury a dog.
"If you bury him in this spot, he will
come to you when you call - come to you
over the grim, dim frontier of death,
and down the well-remembered path,
and to your side again.

"And though you call a dozen living
dogs to heel, they shall not growl at
him, nor resent his coming,
for he belongs there.

"People may scoff at you, who see
no lightest blade of grass bent by his
footfall, who hear no whimper, people
who may never really have had a dog.
Smile at them, for you shall know
something that is hidden from them,
and which is well worth the knowing.

"The one best place to bury a good
dog is in the heart of his master."

Billy
I had 2 dogs, Otis a Golden Retriever from North Shore Animal League and Destiny, who was my son's Pit Bull/ Boxer. Destiny decided to go mate with the neighbor's Black Lab who was the only one out of a litter of Golden Retrievers. So, we had 8 puppies. After 4 days, I checked the puppies and one female was tiny and died. I immediately found another one almost dead. I grabbed him and started bottle feeding him. He was too weak to eat from his mother.
So what did I do, I named him Billy. Now if you're like me, once I name an animal, they are mine for good. I had only one female left after 7 weeks, and before I actually gave her away, I started calling her Luly. The rest is history. She is laying on the floor behind me now.
So, I guess whenever someone loses their baby, I will relive losing my Billy, and be able to feel their pain, and possibly in consoling them, I am still consoling myself.
So Franny, you know that I am crying with you.

OK DINNER WAS SUCCESSFUL- SONNY BOY GAVE ME
A THUMBS UP

OFF TO CHURCH- GOTTA SAY A PRAYER FOR THOSE FOLKS TODAY
FOR FRANNY AND ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HURTING

BE BACK TO SPEAK ABOUT SHOPPING ON 5TH AVE

My Billy

Sorry for doing the emotional venting.

JANET,
NOW U HAVE ME CRYING....
EMOTIONAL VENTING I AM THE BIGGEST ONE ON HERE LOL
I AM ALWAYS VENTING SOMETIMES I THONK THEY SAY OH HERE SHE IS AGAIN LET SCROLL PAST HER. LOL

SUZIE,
I remember u paying with that bag of change in Lady Fair when I worked there.. ONLY KIDDING. I did work there for a few years. So did festina with my husband David

Good thing we don't live near each other, me, you and Franny. We would be all sitting there crying for sure.

It is good to vent.

janet,
i remember when my friend annemarie's little yorkie buster fell in the pool and died. how she cried and i cried and i held her it was so sad. if i was not going to europe i would fly down to franny and console her.
u r right we all would be n the couch crying but that is part of the healing process.

TERRY I REMEMBER A STORE CALLED DANIELS I THINK I3 &I4 ST, I HAD A AUNT THAT WAS A BUYER FOR THAT CO, I WILL TELL WHAT I LIKED, SHE WOULD GET IT WHOSALE FOR ME, BOY I WAS STYLING GOOD FOR CHEAP,THEN HER AND MY UNCLE GOT DIVORCED,OH SHIT, THEN I HAD GET A JOB TO PAY FOR MY OWN CLOTHES, MERICLE CORNERS, I LIKE THAT STORE TOO, MY MOM WENT A LOT TO BERKLEYS ON 16 ST, THAT WAS MOST FOR OLDER WOMAN ,........LOOK WHO TALKING ME LOL LOL

I remember Miracle Corner right next to Lady Fair. Boy we had so many stores on 5th avenue. You could get anything u wanted on 5th avenue.
Remember Lofts but was there not another candy store with a B remember getting big chocolate Easter bunnies from my Aunts when I was small and they were single.

REMEMBER MILDREDS AND SHE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A MEASURING TAPE AROUND HER NECK. BRAS AND GIRDLES LOL

JUST THE MEASURING TAPE AROUND HER NECK NOT THE BRAS AND GIRDLES. LOL

SUZIE IM ON A ROLL NOW DO YOU REMEMBER RAINBOW SHOP, I USE TO BUY MY MOM AND MY GRANDMAS COTTON HOUSE DRESS FOR THEIR BIRTHDAYS MOTHER DAY, I DONT KNOW IF YOUR MOM WORE THEM. BECAUSE ALL THE ITALIAN WOMAN DID, LOL LOL LOL

RAINBOW SHOP WOULD SOUND LIKE A GAY SHOP TODAY

MY MOM ALWAYS WORE A HOUSE DRESS WE CALLED THEM MOO MOOS.
I TOLD MY SISTERS IF U EVER CATCH ME PICKING UP MY KIDS FROM SCHOOL IN A MOO MOO AND MY HUSBANDS SOCKS. SHOOT ME !!! SORRY MOMMY

TERRY THE COTTON HOUSE DRESS WAS BEFORE THE MOO MOOS, MY MOM WAS OLDER GENERATION FROM YOUR MOM THIS WAS ABUTTON DRESS NOT A SLIP OVER LIKE MOO MOO,,,,,,,,THEN MY MOM STARTED WEARING MOO MOO WITH THE FAMOUS KNEE HIGH,,,,,THOSE WOMAN HAD THERE OWN SEXY STYLE ,,,,,,,OH LALA LIKE THE FRENCH SAY