Brooklyn Back When - Open Thread

GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS

HOPE EVERYONE SURVIVED THE SNOW.

WE DID NOT GET AS MUCH AS THEY THOUGHT.

BUT IT WAS ENOUGH.

HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GOOD WEEKEND, & HAVE A GREAT DAY!!

Hello All,

I think we are at the bottom of the page so who knows when this will show up! Hope you up North are all finished shoveling. I am being very careful with the sunshine on my delicate skin. No shoveling here except for some of the

bull s--t the poloticians are throwing around. Very pleasant weather here right now. Do not know how long it will last. Hit 80 degrees yesterday. Very unusual for February here.

Had a respite from Doctors visits for a couple of days but on Thursday Carol has one and I have two. Then on Friday another for me. I have a waiting list for two of the Doctors. The Gastro guy wants to do a Colonoscopy and the Endocrinologist wants to do a Biopsy of my thyroid. My Cardiologist says they will have to wait until he feels it is safe. I am in no rush for either of those tests!

All our children and grandchildren in NJ came through the storm okay. Even Carol's sister in L.I. and her brother in Brooklyn got through the storm with little impact. Looks like the Boston area really got the worst of it. 8-[

Hi-well, finally feeling better today...Warren..glad you're doing okay too..seems like this blog is getting slower & slower each day..where is everyone? Tried to figure out how many people are gone from here..too many to mention..I guess Patsy, Debbie, Warren, Judy & I are the only ones who care about this blog...oh well, at least those people could have said goodbye..don't mind me, just venting...have a nice night everyone.....

Good Morning all....

Happy Valentines Day!!

Thank God we all survived the snow...definitely wasn't as bad as they thought.

Patsy....call you soon xoxo

Anna...glad you're feeling better.

Warren...enjoy the warmth there while it lasts.

Judy...hope all is well with you.

Have a great day everyone.

GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS

T.G.I.F. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

MY DAUGHTER TONIANN DROVE TO SCHOOL YESTERDAY (WITH

HER DAD IN CAR, OF COURSE.) SHE DID GOOD!!

CANNOT BELIEVE SHE WILL BE DRIVING SOON ON HER OWN.

HOW FAST THEY GROW UP..

HAVE A GOOD DAY, PEOPLE..:)

Hello All, Finished with Doctors until next Thursday. That will be my Cystoscope. Not a pleasant test but very necessary.

Patsy, wait until your GEANDCHILDREN start driving! When I got my license in Brooklyn many, many years ago, the saying was "If you can drive in Brooklyn, you can drive anywhere. Furthermore, if you can drive around Grand Army Plaza and get off on the street you wanted, you are a professional driver!" I took my test at Fletcher & Creamer streets in Red Hook. It was a very heavy industrial area. I came to an intersection where two large trucks were blocking the intersection while the drivers were BSing. I sat there and finally the inspector said "aren't you going to blow your horn? I said no sir. The horn is only for emergency warnings." He said if I would have blown the horn he would have failed me. He got out of the car and went over to the trucks, flashed his badge and told the drivers that if they were not out of the intersection by the time he got back to the car, he was giving both of them tickets. They moved in a hurry. I was glad I studied the drivers manual. I did some of my drivers learning on 2nd ave near Bush Terminal. It was bumpy (Belgian Cobble Stones) and there were R.R. tracks all over the place. It prepared me for the worst. 8-[

Good Morning,

Sorry I haven't been on lately...just a crazy week.

Thank God the bus strike is over!!!

Hello to Warren, Debbie, Patsy and Anna.

Have a great weekend!!!

My baby's First Ash Wednesday...

My baby's First Valentine's Day...

Okay you folks who run this blog. There are at least two messages on page 17 since yesterday. Why is a page delayed when the old page is completed? We are losing people from this blog like crazy and one of the reasons is problems with getting on and having their input showed timely. Administrators, if you want this blog to die you are doing an excellent job in killing it!!!! [-X

high everyone ,i finaly got on ,thanks to maryann fushci. now i'm sending my sister jeanette . excuse all my mistake ,because i'm mostly blind . but i'll keep trying .i hope to here to hear old stories from warren hope you and yourwife stay well. buy the way i'm jerry la greca older sister.

hello again everyone,hey oldgoat i took my road test in red hook to,same place fletcher and creamer streets,yes it was a heavy industrial area,i took it in the summer,on a monday morning,my older brother john took me down to the road test area on sunday afternoon,the day before the road test,and he knew exactly were the road test begin and were it ended,he took me true the whole road test,and between my dad and my older brother,they would take me down to the old bull lines,big open area,around 20st and 2nd ave,and pratice down there,i was going to grady hs at the time,so i had a junior license at 16,and when i turned 17,it became a regular license,and my brother told me,ck the mail in about 2 weeks,you will hear from the motor vehicle,he said if the envelope is thin you passed the road test,and he said if its thick,you failed the road test,i passed the 1st time,theres some brklyn trivia for you.ok everyone take care.take one day at a time,and do the best you can bobby c

GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS

JUDY I LOVE SAL'S PIX. THE ONE WITH THE HAT & TIE

ARE TOO PRECIOUS. THEY NEED TO BE FRAMED & ON DISPLAY.

HI WARREN & BOBBY I JUST LOVE THE ROAD TESTS STORIES.

I ALSO PRACTICED DRIVING DOWN ON 2ND AVE. HOPE YOU BOTH ARE FEELING & DOING WELL.

HI ANNA. HOPE ALL IS WELL.

HI DEB!!! WILL CALL U SOON. XX

EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT DAY

Hi Warren...hang in there...hope all your tests come back ok.

Patsy - Where are you!!!!

Hi to everyone else.

So windy and cold out today.....have a great day!!!

ooo Goo was a little worm, ooo Goo crossed the track. Ooo Goo didn't see the train. OOO GOO

GOOD MORNING FRIENDS

HI RICHARD.

WE HAVE SOME SIMILAR PLACES LIKE THAT, HERE IN BAY RIDGE.

YOUR PLACE SOUNDS GREAT. NEW PLACE FOR NEW MEMORIES.

HOPE ALL IS WELL IN TWIN CITY.

EVERYONE, ENJOY YOUR DAY!!! :-)

1. The results of my Urological tests on Thursday were pretty good but not perfect. The Cystoscopy did not indicate any Cancer present in my Bladder. The lab test results will tell us for sure. The P.S.A., not bad but not good. I have been at <0.1 for a couple of years. This test came back as 0.1. My Urologist will wait for the next P.S.A. in 6 months. If it jumps to 0.2 I will have to go back on Hormone shots in the butt or belly.

2. many years ago there was an Ice Cream parlor that served Malts, Sundaes, Floats etc:. It was on 5th avenue between 9th & 10th Streets (closer to 9th street down a couple of doors from the newstand.)We used to go there after Basketball games, Youth group meetings at our Church on 12th Street etc:. One of my favorites was a slice of pound or marble cake toasted with a scoop of their home made Ice Cream on top!

3. Pacemaker seems to be working pretty good. Have had no real light headed attacks since it was implanted. :-00