Brooklyn Back When - Open Thread

Thank you so much ......I think you guys have helped me so much
Im able to openly show how much he meant to me with all of you
Im tearing up .....but because of you guys!

Terry my heart is still with you ....I know your missing Marie

Thanks to all my blog buddies who wished me Happy Birthday. I hope all you bloggers enjoy the snow.

Anna Famoso wrote: Hi everyone-Good Morning...up early today-not only do I have to deal with the snow (it's finally stopping) but I woke up to a 4.3 earthquake in my area. (what am I doing here????) it was weird..the house shook, the dog growled and then it was over-only a few seconds..it happened at 3:59 AM...I would say it was about 20 miles away...all over the news....I wonder what the rest of the day is going to bring...LOL..anyway, got to get dressed...I'm driving into work today..the roads look like they're clear (I hope)...leaving soon so I can be at work at 8....have a nice day everyone.........bye

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Hi Anna, I thought about you this morning when I heard about the earthquake, did it do any damage, wow, you are getting socked with snow, earthquakes, this is not good. Hang in there and take one day at a time. Stay warm!!!

Suzie wrote: Thank you so much ......I think you guys have helped me so much
Im able to openly show how much he meant to me with all of you
Im tearing up .....but because of you guys!

Terry my heart is still with you ....I know your missing Marie

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SUZIE, THINKING OF YOU TODAY!!!!!

T-Bone51 wrote: wow just got a delivery from UPS snow, rain or sleet they are working. My Mike is working until 10 pm My neighbor shoveled a pathway for me. How nice is that???He did it the last time and Mike bought him cigars as a thank you. Still some nice people left i this crazy world. Friggin Snow...Messing up my soaps...
It is really windy out there 35 to 40 miles an hour....

I couldn't believe I got my mail early today.....I thought they'd be late with weather so bad. Kevin is working 7-7 today because of the snow. We always
shovel for our neighbor.....she is elderly and none of her kids live near. I even go to the store for her.....I feel bad she's alone.

Happy Birthday Festina and Marilyn, many more.

Suzie, only happy thoughts and memories today!

I'm looking over my posts and laughing......I sound like a motor mouth......LOL....I definitely had too much coffee!!!!! :roll:

Paul ....Im doing good ....but because of all of you! My Mom doesnt
remember him anymore from the Dementia and my Dad doesnt
talk about it.....so you guys are it! xoxo

Paul can you please learn how to post some pics....ma-lone!

Anna ....I hope your going HOME!

Debbie ....Samantha is a Go-Getter for sure! Throw her a $20

Hi Guys...its snowing like crazy now...this weather is crazy....it will probably be worse tomorrow morning...I don't know if I can have tomorrow off too!!!!

Suzie - I remember being out in the snow ALL DAY LONG....remember coming in just to put our gloves on the radiator and then head out again.....

Helen - Hope everything is ok with Peter....let us know.....what a day to be traveling to the hospital....be careful..

Good friends are the rare jewels of life...
Difficult to find and impossible to replace

I love this quote..
Deb that was so nice to do for your neighbor....
I could be doing alot of things today but I am sitting on my fat ass on here and facebook and watching the soaps....Anyone watch Days of our lives????.

The lady who played Alice horton passed away last week 9 yrs God Bless her...

Ok going to eat something....smething boring, on weight watchers AGAIN..LOL

I HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN RIDING MY DIKE BIKE all Maries fault lol

Have no incentive to do anything.....

Suzie wrote:


This is what Im looking at......really pretty! Just heard parts of Jersey
is getting lightning & thunder now.....I dont think we're finished yet!

I can bet that Park Slope is kicking right now.....with People outside!
I remember those days so well .......soaked through 3 pairs of socks
and tingling in your hands & feet from frost bite....LOL

Marilyn .....Happy Birthday again!

Danny and MaryAnn ....thanks so much!

RT ....I know you must be working today ...because your such an Important
Guy .......LOL ..........Just Get Home Safe!

I remember playing out all day and when my mittens got so wet and ice on them I used to stick them on the heat in my hall to dry.. Remember making igloo's and playing in them...I can still see the little igloos we would build and play house..
those were the days...

I have had several different stages of life in the snow. When I was a young lad (boy is that a long time ago) it was all fun. Riding a sleigh, throwing snow balls at the girls (never with ice in the middle) building snow forts. There were only three cars on the block between 5th & 6th aves so we could play in the middle of the street. As i got a little older it was fun and worthwhile to shovel little old ladies sidewalks for them. Sometimes you would get a quarter. Other times a nickel, sometimes just the satisfaction of helping someone out .In the 1947 blizzard the cops rang everyones bell and told us that if we expected to get food and fuel deliveries in the neighborhood we would have to get out with shovels and help the sanitation department move the snow. We did get out and help. NO PAY EITHER! Some went down the sewers and some got loaded in trucks which took it to be dumped in the Gowanus. A little older yet and I found snow rotten to drive in. Lousy to walk to the subway to get to work and too much effort to shovel our own sidewalk. Finally one of the main the reasons I moved to Florida was to get away from snow. I lived in NJ and I have a picture on my server of myself and one of my neighbors shoveling with snow higher then our shoulders. Got no snow to worry about down here but it is damn cold by Florida standards. Expect 30's tomorrow am. Have had several days in the 20s this year. Aruba is sounding better every day! [-o< 8)

thought this was cute but it is an oldie..


Two Nuns and the Blind Man

Two nuns are ordered to paint a room in the convent in a renovation project, and the last

instruction of Mother Superior is that they must not get even a drop of paint on their habits.



After conferring about this for a while, the two nuns decide to lock the door of the room,

strip off their habits, and paint in the nude, and remove any paint residue upon a shower afterward.


Towards the end of the project, there comes an unexpected knock at the door.
"Who is it?", calls one of the nuns.


"Blind man," replies a voice from the other side of the door.



The two nuns look through a small peep hole and see a man standing outside in dark sunglasses.

They figured that someone directed him for some spiritual guidance and blessings.



So they shrug, and deciding that no harm can come from letting a blind man into the room,

so they open the door and let him in.



He quickly entered the room, took off his sunglasses and said:

"WOW! Nice Racks!" so, where do you want the blinds?"

Hi - I didn't go to work today but should have. I went 2x to shovel and was thinking about doing it again but my body hollered really loud and I'm really beat. Tomorrow's another day. My neighbors are great - we all help each other. The only problem is there's no place to put the snow. I can't see my mailbox!! The plow hasn't been down my street in hours. I don't know if I'm going to attempt to go to work tomorrow. I heard that another "plowable" snow will probably happen Monday night into Tuesday.

Is it summer yet? I swear I'll never complain about the heat again. Hey, did I hear Aruba?? Warren, I agree, Florida or Arizona it's gonna be for me. My very arthritic knees, ankles and back can't do to many more winters.

Happy Birthday Michael (in heaven and watching over us - hey do you think you can ask God to stop the snow, please??) and Marilyn.

Anna I heard about the earthquake - hope nothing happened to you or your house. That's scary.

Suzie what a pretty picture. Helen - how's Peter. What's the prognosis? Patsy and Judy - you going to work tomorrow? Patsy reading a good book right now, it's called Henry's Sisters by Cathy Lamb. A little sad but the story holds your attention.

Well, I'm going to relax now. Have to think about whether to go to work tomorrow.

HI KAREN.. THANX.. I WILL LOOK IN TO THAT BOOK...YES, I
AM GOING
TO WORK TOMORROW.. I ACTUALLY WORKED A LITTLE FROM
HOME TODAY....PART OF MY JOB IS WORKING WITH A NEXTEL
TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE TECHNICIANS OF MY COMPANY,..
ONLY A FEW OF THEM WORKED TODAY, BUT THEY HAD TO
CHECK IN & OUT WITH ME FOR PAYROLL PURPOSES..:)