Brooklyn Back When - Open Thread (Continued)

hey joe i consider you ane of the backbones of this blog..and you contribute a great amount to it....we always miss you when your not on for a while.

Hello All,

Well Carol's visit with the Gastro Doctor went so-so. He wants to do one more test, a Doppler Ultrasound on arteries near the stomach. (I think he called it the Celliac). After that he wants to send her to the University of South Florida medical gastro team to see if they can help her. It is the people who he studied under when getting his Specialty degrees. She has been doing fairly well today but started the day with one of her headaches. I asked her if it was the same headache she used to get when I came to bed looking for something more then sleep. She said no of course!

I am trying not to get too Psyched out before next Sunday. Have to stay calm for my tickers sake. Looking forward to a great game and of course hope the Giants win.

Wait until the Republicans get into your area. The Primary down here is next week and they are tearing each other apart with TV ads. Every other ad is Romney blasting Gingrich or visa-versa.

Judy, I have to say that if my daughter gets pregnant they will write it up in Medical Journals. She will be 50 in June and has already had the factory removed. Of course her daughter is 20 and in college. She should have the next wedding in the family but while she has a boy friend, he is in North Jersey and she goes to school in South Jersey. Who knows, if I live long enough I could have Great Grand-Children. Right now we have 7 grand-children ranging in age from 8-20. :geek:

JOEBROOXX.. I REMEMBER THE DAY CHALLENGER WENT DOWN. I WAS WORKING BEHIND THE DESK OF MELODY LANES BOWLING CENTER.. THE BIG SCREEN WAS ON, & A FEW PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE AT THE TIME WERE WATCJHING IT TOGETHER. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A CLOUD OF SMOKE, WHO WOULD THINK THAT WOULD HAPPEN?? WHAT A SHAME..I REMEMBER THAT DAY, SAME AS WHEN PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS ASSASINATED.THERE ARE JUST SOME DAYS YOU WILL NEVER FORGET..

TALK TO YOU, SOON..XX

Hi Everyone,

Joe - Nice to see you on here.

Warren - Hope you and Carol are feeling better.

Patsy - Thanks for the congrats...

Well the baby shower is booked...LOL I had to move fast because everything is booked with all the Communions, showers, etc...

It is sooo cold out today and I just heard it may hit 60 tomorrow...what crazy weather...

Enjoy your day!!!!

GOOD MORNING, FREINDS

HI JOEBROOXX.. WOW!! I WORKED THERE FOR ABOUT 12-13 YRS.

THAT IS WHERE I MET MY HUBBY GINO. SOME NICE MEMORIES.

THANX, BRO..LOVE YA, XX

HI WARRENN YES, SOME THINGS WE JUST DON'T EVER FORGET,EVEN IF WE WANTED TOO.. ENJOY YOUR DAY!! :-)

GOING TO BE NICE OUT TODAY.. 55-60 DEGREES.

NOT BAD FOR JANUARY WEATHER.

GET OUT & ENJOY & C U ALL, LATER..

Hi Warren....Melody was on 37th street, bet 4th & 5th ave.

Warren ,I was born Dec.1953...so you are 20 yrs older than me....and I was also born in Adelphi Hospital by a DR David Levine, also delivered my 1st son some 20 yrs later...Talk about coincidences.

I should ask you all the questions I have now...The Questions I would have asked my Dad if he was still here...So Get Ready and put your thinking cap on.

Joe,

I have not been in Adelphi Hospital since I was born. I was told that it was no longer a Hospital and from your picture it looks like it is condos or apartments. There were a lot of small Hospitals in Brooklyn years ago. Do not know how many exist today. My Aunts children were born in Bay Ridge Hospital. My brother had his appendix out in L.I. College Hospital, I visited a friend in Memorial Hospital in Bay Ridge, My Sister had an operation in a Hospital on President street which was no bigger then a small apartment House. Of course after a time we always went to Methodist Hospital and in fact Carol's Mother worked there in admitting for many years. Lutheren Medical Center was a small hospital years ago with a different name.

The Doctor that delivered me was a Doctor Feely from the neighborhood. As was the case years ago he lived in the same house that he had his office in. :bball:

The other day I watched a documentry film about the WWII ending. It was of course about the Japanese portion since Europe had already been won by the Allies. Those people who question our government, including President Truman, for dropping the Atomic Bomb should see that documentry. They might finally realize how it saved thousands of American lives and millions of Japanese lives. The Japanese war Lords AND the Emperor were not going to surrender even after the conventional bombing had destroyed half of Tokyo and many other cities and took thousands of Japanese lives.

They were training the entire population to fight hand to hand until they or their enemies were all dead. The bomb and the entry of the Soviet Union into the Pacific war forced their hand. Even then they wanted conditions to include their continuation of their type of Government ruled by the Emperor. The allies told them unconditional surrender PERIOD. They gave in. Today I watched an old fictional movie about Guadacanal. While made up by Hollywood it factually showed how the Japanese Army was trained to fight until death just like they actually would have, in an invasion of the Japanese Islands.

I lived through WWII and lost some family friends, but fortuneatly and by the grace of God the members of my family that were in the service got home battered but safe. One cousin who fought with the Marines in the Islands came home with Malaria and suffered off and on the rest of his life.

It is easy to sit back now and second get decisions that were made 67 years ago but those who do should stop and cosider how many of their Uncles, Fathers & Grandfathers would never have come home with a decision to invade Japan intead of using the Atomic Bomb. God Bless America.. :salut:

Warren ,that's so true about the Japanese. They were willing to fight to the end .... every man, women, and child. The atom bomb saved many more lives then people know. Plus, the conventional bombing were killing just as many people, due to the firestorms that resulted from the bombs.

Also, the way the Japanese fought us on Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, and Okinawa proved that an invasion of Japan would have resulted in possible a million or more casualties. War is a brutal,ugly,unforgiving aspect of the human condition. In my lifetime, I have seen the horrors of the Vietnam war. I remember every night on the evening news a list of names of those who died that day. The young folks today think 5,000 dead in Iraq (in 9 years) was a high number, try 53,000 dead in almost the same amount of time.

That's why ,in my opinion, WAR SHOULD BE AVOIDED AT ALL COST ANYTIME POSSIBLE. If war must be waged, then it should be done like the first Iraq war in 1991. Go in with an over whelming force with over whelming firepower...get the job done as fast as possible...and get the heck out. I LOVE AMERICA AND I AM PROUD OF OUR COUNTRY...and I hope the next time we have to stretch our muscles we do it like Gen. Colon Powell and Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf did it.

****** GOD BLESS AMERICA ******

One More Thing...I also remember The Cuban Missile Crisis...All the generals wanted to invade Cuba and Bomb the missile sites. At the time we did not know the Russians had battlefield nuclear weapons already in the area, and had given the order if attacked, to use them in retaliation...THINK ABOUT THAT....submarines armed with nuclear missiles ready to launch on our troops, then on our cities....!

To ME, I will always hold President John F Kennedy and his Brother Robert Kennedy, High up on the mantle with the greatest of Americans, for taking a deep breath and thinking of ALL OF THE OPTIONS...before rushing into war.

Those 2 Men quite possible saved America & the World from what could have been a nuclear war where there would have been no winners...only losers. Maybe, today , we would not be have this conversation...!

Hi everyone,

Joe....I write to you on facebook and stop your shit..You come and go so often so we don't worry cause we know you will be back. You know you are loved by us...Do you see anyone looking for me. ??lol

Judy,

who cares what order ??? A baby that is wonderful...As long as our kids are healthy and happy who cares. Enjoy the planning of the baby and worry about the big wedding later. All happy things and I am so happy for all of you..

I have to go back and read everything.

going to the kelly show thursday so if you are home look for me in the audience. lol

GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS

HI CUZ.. NICE TO SEE YOU BACK ON HERE.. YOU KNOW I MISSED YOU, BUT THAN AGAIN YOU'RE ONLY A PHONE CALL AWAY.. XX

HAVE FUN AT THE KELLY SHOW.

WOW!! 2 YRS ALREADY FOR MARIE..SHE IS LOOKING DOWN ON US.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL ANGEL [-oB

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN HEAVEN CUZ MIKE ANGELO. WHAT A GREAT GUY

HE WAS!! [-oB

EVERYONE..HAVE A GREAT DAY.. :-)

Wow, I guess Anthony brought me out of the woodwork. Here's a point of information for Joe & Warren: Lutheran Medical Center was originally a very small building on 51st. Street near 4th. Avenue and was called Sister Elizabeth Hospital where my sister Michele was born in 1961.

I hope everyone is well and enjoying this Spring in Winter weather.

hi-quick typeby (before I get kicked off or can't get on anymore) well, everyone is finally starting to feel better...almost 55 outside right now..Tina & I are planning Jessica's bridal shower already( where does the time go?)Just wanted to say "Hi"..talk to everyone soon...bye