Brooklyn Back When - Open Thread

Hi Warren, Thanks for this update, I remember so well, my parents lived in a senior community in FL and the stories were unbelievable so I know what you're talking about! Bless your MIL, wow to live in the same house all those years, how amazing!!!! Have a great day!
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Old Goat in FL wrote: To Patsy & Terry,
If losing family, friends & neighbors gets to you, DO NOT move into a Senior Community. Across the street from me their are FIVE widows in a row. When we moved in they ALL had husbands. (I am exhausted taking care of the widows).
During the same time period I have lost 1 Brother, 1 Sister & Carol has lost 1 Brother & 1 Sister. Around the corner from me I lost count of the widows. Too many to count. Death is part of life. Especially as you age. On the bright side Carol's Mother will be 95 next month and still lives on 13th Street in the house she moved into when she was 3. Carol was born in that house. Still more on the bright side. While my parents died quite young, even my Brother & Sister that died out lived them by many, many years. Ironic fact. Up to this generation in my family I had a Grand Uncle who died in his 70's in 1954. He was the LONGEST LIVING family member in his generation. Why ironic? He was a hobo who lived from place to place, only ate right when he came to visit family and the only time he saw a Doctor (before his final place) was when they fished him out of the East River in December. They gave him a teaspoon of Brandy to help revive him. They left the bottle on the nightstand and left the room. He came around, drank the rest of the brandy, got dressed and walked out of the Hospital. So much for taking extra good care of yourself. It is of course the best road to good health to eat right, drink sensibly but in his case?. You figurs it out. :roll: :roll:

peter had diverticulitis and my friend denise
thats no joke
no seeds of any kind

Hey everybody! I've been M.I.A. on this blog for a long time other than stoppin in briefly to offer condolences to a friend here that I've never met before. I miss u's guys and will try to look in more often to see if I can lend/get a word of advice or to simply be a pain in the ass that some of ya know me to be. Life IS serious but ya gotta have fun. NO MATTER WHAT!

HI HELEN
YES IT SUCKS BIG TIME
WELL IT IS WHAT IT IS
AND I'LL DEAL WITH IT THE BEST I CAN

HEY MIKE
WE CAN BE PAIN IN THE ASS TOGETTER

Hi there Helen and Anthony. How the hell are you Northerners makin out today?

Yeah Ant, they say that misery loves company but I say...what the hell, live and laugh.

I forgot to add 'learn' in there. you are some intelligent people add that where it belongs please

DOING SO SO ITS NICE OUTSIDE FOR THE PAST FEW DAY AND I'VE BEEN GOING OUT ON MY SCOOTER TRYING TO RUN DOWN YUPPIES ON THERE
CELL TEXTING AS THEY WALK
IT FUN TO SEE THERE FACES WHEN I BLOW MY AIR HORN AT THEM

LAUGHING IS ONE OF THE THINGS YOU REALLY OWN SO WHY NOT SPEND IT EVERYDAY WHILE WE CAN

now that's funny,Ant. It's amazin how we all get caught up in texting and so many other things and we don't even notice people anymore. I was at Walmart a few months back at night and one of the cashiers was walkin through the parkin lot headin into the store. She didn't even notice me walk up to her. I grabbed her arm and she was stunned. I told her...THIS is one way people get caught with your guard down and that she needed to be more aware of her surroundings. She put the phone away and thanked me for takin a moment to show her this point. Her and I still talk and every now and then she'll mention how I impressed her with that. I felt the need to share this...lol EVERYONE!! BE CAREFUL but NOT paranoid !

SMILE IT MAKES PEOPLE THINK
WHAT IS HE UP TO LOL

please dont judge me on whatever decision i make
i need you all just to be here for me
i cant wait to go back to work i am getting bored and lonely
staying home i ran out of things to keep me busy

THATS RIGHT MIKE
I SAW THIS KID TEXTING AND JUST WALKING HE WALKED INTO THE STREET THANK GOD THERE WHERE NO CARS COMING DOWN BUT I JUST HAD TO SAY SOMETHING BUT OF COURSE HE JUST KEEP ON TEXTING
I WANTED TO KICK HIM IN HIS ASS BUT I KEEP MY FOOT TO MYSELF

lol
ant i would have kicked him lol

HELEN
DONT EVEN THINK THAT
THIS IS YOUR FAMILY ALSO REMEMBER

WHY DONT YOU GO TO THE PARK
BETTER YET THE BROOKLYN BOTANICAL GARDENS IS NICE
THIS TIME OF THE YEAR

Hi hy... that STILL makes me laugh. let me tell ya something...I believe your friends here will support ya in whatever it is you decide to do. Even if they don't agree with your decisions...and help ya pick up the pieces IF ya make a mistake. take THAT to the bank...heh

I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL KIND OF
BUT YOU NEED TO DO WHATS RIGHT FOR YOU
ITS HARD BEENING IT JUST HAPPENED
BUT I AM SURE PETER WOULD SAY THE SAME THING

WELL ITS TIME FOR ME TO RUN
GOT TO DO MY MEDS AND STUFF
I'LL BE BACK IN A BIT OK

I'm outta here too. have a good one

Michael Clemento wrote: Hey everybody! I've been M.I.A. on this blog for a long time other than stoppin in briefly to offer condolences to a friend here that I've never met before. I miss u's guys and will try to look in more often to see if I can lend/get a word of advice or to simply be a pain in the ass that some of ya know me to be. Life IS serious but ya gotta have fun. NO MATTER WHAT!

Hey Michael we miss you welcome back..

hyhy7464 wrote: please dont judge me on whatever decision i make
i need you all just to be here for me
i cant wait to go back to work i am getting bored and lonely
staying home i ran out of things to keep me busy

Slugger what ever decision u make I am here for u.. Do what u think is right but set the rules I do not want her to take advantage of you. love ya

HI GUYS......WHAT A NICE DAY IT WAS .....HAD LUNCH WITH THE CREW,
WENT TO BUY A BIRTHDAY GIFT.....FOR MY DEPRESSED 60 YEAR GIRL FRIEND.....ONCE YOU PAST THAT # THE REST DONT MATTER, YOU STOP COUNTING...LOL

MICHAEL NICE SEEING YOU ON HERE, HOW IS MICHELE GETTING USE TO FLORIDUH.....LOL

HELEN TAKE YOUR TIME, THINK WHAT IS GOING TO BE RIGHT FOR YOU. !!

we found something will look at it tomoro
its a beautiful house and its 700 a piece
which is perfect and we have use of driveway

we passed by it tonite we fell in love

hyhy= helen yool helen york lol

SO WHERE IS EVERYBODY TONIGHT

WELL I GUESS ITS FRIDAY SO YOU ALL MUST BE OUT RELAXING AND PLAYING
GOOD FOR YOU THATS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE
PARTY , PARTY , PARTY

BUT DONT FORGET PASS IT OVER TO ME

PARTY LIKE THERES NO TOMORROW

SEE YA ALL LATER

GOOD NIGHT MY PEEPS

PEACE AND LOVE TO YOU ALL