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AnnMarie Murphy |
| cib77@aol.com |
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I would like to send my condolences to the Wobbe family. Mrs Wobbe was a very nice person and my prayers are with her family. AnnMarie Murphy
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ed murphy |
| emurphy@carthagecsd.org |
Location:
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my sympathy to the Wobbe family, i believe i used to deliver her "tablet" catholic paper to her years ago. we lived at 102 dikeman st.
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ed murphy |
| emurphy@carthagecsd.org |
Location:
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HI Roger, i worked at Volpe's either 1965, or 66
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ed murphy |
| emurphy@carthagecsd.org |
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i used to work for volpes when i was in 7th or 8th grade. i would stock shelves and sweep, etc. i worked 20 hours a week after school and weekends and made $10.00. we used to play KINGS on the wall of volpes on richard street. we would play with a spaulding or pimple ball for hours. we used to use the phone there to make prank calls. we would ask people if their fridge was running, they would check, we would say go catch it! we were bratty kids.
 roger j kenneke 1-6-2009 12:49 PM
I also worked at Volpes around 1957 .Richie Stockwell and Butchie Peirson John Walters was the first. Joe was so cheap he,d. split the buy one get one free
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johnny pop |
| jonnypop28@mail.com |
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staten island |
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The drug store on van brunt and dikeman was operated by a man named Murray.I was very young but I remember that people in the neighborhood physically put him on a bus to get out of the Red Hook because he was selling drugs.
ron clyne 1-5-2009 08:56 PM
johnny pop:
Apologies for not posting this under it's own heading as I've been having problems posting but am able to reply.
I want to inform the network and all Red Hook people of the passing of Anna Wobbe nee Gallo. Anna is the mother of Bill Wobbe (my brother-in-law married to Kathy Clyne). Anna lived for many years at 86 Dikeman with her husband Bill Wobbe and son Billy. She came from a big family and was a sister to 9 siblings (John, Big Angelo, Sal, Sonny, Rinaldo, Michelina, Henrietta, Regina "kiki", Tony and Lil Angelo. Her parents were Concetta and Angelo Gallo who lived on Van Dyke Street and later moved to Sullivan Street.
Services are being held at Anderson and Campbell's Funeral Home located at 3010 Ridgeway Road in Manchester NJ (near Tom's River) on Weds Jan 7th from 2-4 PM and 7-9 PM. Burial on Thursday Jan 8th. Anna was 84 years Old and she and Bill have been married for 64 years. She will be missed by family and friends. Another of our "Great Generation" gone. Please pray for Anna and her family.
Thank you.
Ron Clyne
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Madeline. Faiella 1-6-2009 12:20 PM
Ron Clyne,
Sorry to hear the lost of Anna Clyne may she rest in Peace with Jesus arms around her.
My condolences to the rest of the Wobbe family.
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Ron Clyne, Brooklyn NY 1-6-2009 01:09 PM
MF:
It was Anna Wobbe nee Gallo who passed away. Mother of my brother-in-law Bill Wobbe who lived on Dikeman Street.
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Madeline. Faiella 1-6-2009 04:14 PM
ron Clyne,
Sorry about the name mistake !
May she rest in peace Anna wobbe
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St John Frizell |
| sfrizell@gmail.com |
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Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY |
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Wow! Thanks for all the info about 365 Van Brunt. I love coming to this message board, and reading about the old days. I'm a transplant to Red Hook, been here only 6 years, but I've done my best to show respect to my elders in the neighborhood, like the great Sunny Balzano. I'm opening up a little cafe at 365 Van Brunt, called Fort Defiance, after Red Hook's seaside Revolutionary War fort. Now, if someone could put me in touch with the historian John J. Burkard, I'd love to ask him a few questions about the Red Hook's role in the Revolution...Thanks to everyone who contributed memories of Grom's!
Lucy S. 1-5-2009 07:22 PM
Hi! He hasent been on this site for a while but if you look into the older pages in the guestbook perhaps you can get hold of his email addy!
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Paddy Finucane 1-6-2009 07:10 AM
I found an old email address for Mr. Burkhard. Hopefully, it is up-to-date. It is: Redhookhistory@aol#@*%!
I wish you much success with your cafe.
As you can see, Red Hook is truly filled with great history and stories.
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Stephen O'Donnell 1-6-2009 07:27 AM
From the New York State Military Museum
Fort Defiance 1776, Kings County, Brooklyn,Red Hook. Battle of Long Island, Aug 1776. Occupied in April 1776, a redoubt for 15 cannons to guard Buttermilk Channel. A second redoubt was added called Smith's Barbette. Destroyed September 1776. Site near present Dwight and Beard Streets.
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Kristan 1-6-2009 07:30 AM
John J. Burkard stands with the "new" Fort Defiance historical sign in Louis J. Valentino Jr. Park and Pier in Red Hook.
The sign reads:
An island once existed in the vicinity of this park, off the coast of the hilly lands of Brooklyn that was known then, as it is today, as Red Hook. This island, just off the end of an old Native-American Indian path (later named Red Hook Lane), had a commanding view of the harbor. General George Washington (1732-1799) understood the importance of this strategic position,and so on April 10, 1776, in preparation for the defense of New York, he ordered the construction of a fort there. It was named Fort Defiance and was the westernmost in a series of forts on the heights of Brooklyn that included Cobble Hill Fort, Fort Box, Fort Stirling, Fort Greene, and Fort Putnam (where Fort Greene Park now exists).
Fort Defiance was outfitted with four cannon which fired "en barbette," meaning they shot over the fort's walls (instead of through gun holes) at a steep angle. Washington stated, "Fort Defiance was small, but an exceedingly strong defensive position." By mid-August 1776 the British had assembled a fleet of more than 400 ships in New York Harbor. In preparation for attack, Admiral Lord Richard Howe sent one of the frigates, the HMS Roebuck up the East River to take station behind the American defenses. This effort was in vain, however, for the ship encountered unusual northerly winds and a constant barrage of fire from Fort Defiance. Roebuck was forced to return to anchor with the rest of the British Fleet in Gravesend Bay.
The British attacked on August 27, 1776, in the largest and first battle of the United States in the American Revolution. The three-pronged attack quickly surrounded the severely outnumbered Americans, forcing General Washingto to lead the Continental Army in a nighttime retreat across the East River on August 29. Fort Defiance kept the ferry route clear, enabling the Americans to escape and fight again, ultimately defeating the British and securing independence.
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Madeline. Faiella 1-6-2009 12:22 PM
St John Frizell,
To get in touch with John Burkard
here is his e-mail
elderchief@yahoo#@*%!
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ed murphy |
| emurphy@carthagecsd.org |
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Hi everyone, happy new year and epiphany. the corner drug store, dikemand and van brunt used to sell illegal drugs and give injections. i remember playing outside it and people passing out on the steps of the drug store. after it closed it became a hispanic pentecostal style church. i went to a church service there and was not fluent in spanish.
Stephen O'Donnell 1-5-2009 11:46 AM
Wow this one question has really jogged memories of drug stores in the Hook. On the subject of VOLPES I remember by Dad sending me there to test the TV tubes to find out if they had burned out. Quite a machine that was, you would set the tube into the correct fitting and watch the volt meter to judge if the tube was any good.
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Red Hook person 1-7-2009 03:45 AM
I used to always have my eyelashes in my eyes and the druggist would take it out with a long Q-tip. Today you have to go to a spe#@*%!t for that. LOL
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Red Hook person 1-7-2009 03:46 AM
I typed spe#@*%!t and it came out with different symbols. Sorry??
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AnnMarie Murphy |
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Eatontown NJ |
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1-4-2009 11:16 PM
Hi Kathy, I read something you wrote on the other page, thank you for your kind words, you always say such nice things. I am very excited that you are thinking about moving back to New York, you have so much to offer as a person, I think you will be very happy. Yes we did have fun ,at Sams in Sept. I enjoyed spending time with you and everyone at our table. I want to say hi to you, Jimmy Scully and thank you again for sending me those pictures of my father, and thanks to your aunt and uncle. On a different topic, I lived on Dikeman St. across from that drug store, but we always went to Joe Volpe's store ,seems like we always needed something from there. I remember a bunch of us kids playing kings or hand ball on Volpes wall on Richard St. It is interesting that the old drug store Davidsons, is now an apt. I hope you had a Happy New Year Kathy, and everyone else on this site., AnnMarie
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Kathy Murray |
| kathymurray1@verizon.net |
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Ashburn, VA |
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Hi Ronald: I remember the drugstore on the corner of Dikeman and Van Brunt. It was directly across the street from Jimmy's Fruit store. Later it became a church of some kind. That was in the 60's. I used to pass that drugstore on my way to pick up a pizza from Tony's for my family on a Friday night (remember how we couldn't eat meat on Fridays?).
Yes, you're right about Volpe's. Joe Volpe and Jimmy Walters were like your own doctors on the corner. On the 4 corners of Dikeman & Richards there was Volpe's Drugstore (the mailbox was there too), Willie the Butcher (his son used to deliver meat on his bike), John Meyer's Deli (later Hans') and Skippy's Dry Cleaners. "Kick the Can" was so much fun on those 4 corners.
Take care Ronald,
Kathy
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richard civello |
| richie361@verizon.net |
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brooklwn |
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took a ride to verona and dewight st.a block down from visitation church where we all made our communion 63yrs ago touched the wall of the american can building where all our activities took place stepped on the stoop where we played stoop ball .anybody out there remember
richard kocielo 1-3-2009 08:27 AM
HI RICHARD MY NAME ALSO IS RICHARD,I USE TO LIVE AT 114 VERONA,MY GRANDMAOTHER WAS THE LAND LORD FOR THE BUILDING WE LIVED IN ,HER NAME WAS EMILY HOUSTON .
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Francis Campagna 1-3-2009 02:12 PM
Hello Richard Kocielo: My name is Francis Campagna and I used to pal around with Sonny Houston. I guess he would be your uncle. Is he still in Brooklyn?
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Madeline. Faiella 1-5-2009 10:38 AM
Francis Campagna,
Did you live on Hicks Street near SHJMS ? And was your frist grade teacher Mother Regina ?
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Francis Campagna 1-5-2009 03:23 PM
Madeline: I am 69 years old and lived at Van Brunt and Verona st.
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Madeline. Faiella 1-5-2009 05:10 PM
francis C,
Glad that you are 69 yrs old and still here with us to share your memories with the rest of us. I'm 60 and still going like the energy bunny LOLLL
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St John Frizell |
| sfrizell@gmail.com |
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Brooklyn, NY |
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Hi Brooklynites,
I'm renting the first floor of the building on the southeast corner of Van Brunt and Dikeman in Red Hook, 365 Van Brunt. Some of the old timers remember that it used to be a drug store. I'd love to find out more about the history of this building and what it looked like, if anyone out there remembers. I'd be happy to send you a photo of it now, if it would help jog your memory. Any information would be welcome! Thanks in advance.
Paddy Finucane 1-2-2009 11:57 AM
I'm not too sure, but I think the name of the store might have been Davidson's.
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Stephen O'Donnell 1-2-2009 12:32 PM
I believe you are correct on that Paddy--my biggest memory of that drug store was when the cops carried a body out of the store. The individual was dressed in a man's suit and hat but was later revealed to be a female.
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Paddy Finucane 1-2-2009 02:26 PM
I thought that that drug store was involved in selling illegal drugs at one time, but I'm not too sure if I have the correct store.
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Lucy S. 1-2-2009 05:38 PM
Paddy Was it Willie Pills? Or was that the one that was on Van brunt between Sullivan & Walcot??? Rumors were made about that place too but then again as fond as I am of RED HOOK rumors ran rapard there by a few of the "Nosey Holes" as they were called back in the 50s 60s
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JRNJ 1-3-2009 10:34 AM
The drug store was called Grom's.As you walked in there were three wooden telephone booths on the right.One of my old neighbors would pay me a penny to dial the phone for her.
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Paddy Finucane 1-3-2009 11:40 AM
Lucy S.
Willie Pills I believe was on Richards Street between Dikeman and Coffey. It was a few doors down from John Meirs, the deli. In fact, I think it was also a small deli as well. There was a barber there on that block -- Frank the Barber I think was his name, but not 100 percent sure.
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Bob Meyer 1-3-2009 12:03 PM
Hello everyone.
I thought the drugstore on Dikeman and Van Brunt was Murray's and they closed the store because he was selling drugs. Willie Pills was a deli on Richards St. a few doors from John Meyers.
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Bob Meyer 1-3-2009 12:06 PM
I forgot to say that the comment above by Richard Kocielo, I believe Richie lived above that drugstore on Dikeman and Van Brunt
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JRNJ 1-3-2009 09:37 PM
You have to remember that stores change over time.Grom's Pharmacy was there during the 40s and 50s.Pils deli was at 191 Richard St. and had a great shrimp salad.The Davidson Drug store was on the corner of Coffey and Van Brunt until the early 50s ,then it became a laundermat.Davidson then moved up to 337 Van brunt.
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BENNY BUTLER 1-4-2009 01:36 AM
JRJR... IT'S ME BENNY. YOU GOT IT RIGHT ON THE MONEY. IT WAS GROMS. GUARANTEED. I REMEMBER MR. GROM (TALL AND QUIET) DOCTOR LIKE IN HIS MANNER AND HIS EXTRA QUIET ASSISTANT ALSO. I DON'T KNOW HIS NAME BUT HE TOOK OVER AFTER MR. GROM RETIRED AND SOLD HIM THE BUSINESS.
A LITTLE TRIP TO GROMS. IF I MAY.
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
AS A KID IF I WAS SENT THERE I DID WHAT I HAD TO DO AND GOT OUT FAST. THERE WAS NO HANGING OUT THERE THAT'S FOR SURE.
AFTER MR. GROM LEFT I GOT THE JOB OF CLEARING THE SIDEWALK FRONT AND FULL BUILDING SIDE SIDE EVERYTIME IT SNOWED FOR 75 CENTS EACH TIME, AND THE SIDE WALK HAD TO BE SHOVELED ALL THE WAY PAST THE CURB EVERY SINGLE INCH OR NO MONEY FOR MY JOB. I SHOULD HAVE HELD OUT FOR A CLEAN BUCK BUT THREE QUARTERS ALL AT ONCE WAS HARD TO COME BY BACK IN THE DAY.
DAVIDSONS BEGAN ON COFFEY AND VAN BRUNT BY THE WAY. THEY LATER MOVED. BOTH PLACES DEVELOPED KODAK FILM AND I MUST SAY THE DAVIDSON BROTHERS WERE MUCH FRIENDLIER PEOPLE, ALWAYS HELPFUL WITH A BROAD SMILE. BUT GROM'S HAD THE TELPHONES. WHAT TO DO. THERE WAS NO CHOICE FOR ME. THATS THE BEST I CAN DO TONIGHT OR I SHOULD SAY THIS MORNING MR. FRIZELL. PS: I AM STILL AVAILABLE FOR SNOW REMOVAL. IF YOU HAVE ANY PULL WITH THE LAND LORD. ONLY THIS TIME I NEED A FULL BUCK.I BRING MY OWN SHOVEL TOO.
HEALTHY HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY.
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ron clyne 1-4-2009 11:59 AM
StJF:
Bobby Meyer sounds like he had it right. At one point (probably in the early 60's) parents in the neighborhood staged a protest outside the store because of it's reputation for selling perscription drugs ilegally. I remember it as Davidsons although not sure if that was the last owner. Most people who lived a block east (Dikeman and Richards) used Joe Volpe's Drug Store for just about everything including his phones in the back of the store. We kids would try to hang out around the phone booths but that was a "no no" with Mr. Volpe.
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JRNJ |
| COFFEYB77@AOL.COM |
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NJ |
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Five children,four girls and a boy were born to Kevin and Jamie Ferrante on Dec.26 on Staten Island.Kevin is the son of Florence {Ryan}Ferrante formerly of 174 Cofey Street.Lets all wish them Good Luck and remember them in our prayers.
Lucy S. 1-2-2009 05:42 PM
Wow does that mean they had Quint tripolets yikes alot of crying diapers and busy times ahead God Bless them all!
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Cathy Caruso |
| danymeiling1988@aim.com |
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Hewlett |
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Hi everyone out there just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Years and Happy Holidays!
I'm one of the Caruso's and there is Carman, Attilio, Annie, Mario, Cathy, Joey and Linda.
Also just wanted to know who was asking about the Caruso's!
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dawnmarie |
| eaglzwinz@aol.com |
Location:
hewlett |
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I lived in carroll gardens truley all over it, with my parents Cathy a house wife and Harold Mason an IBM tech, my grandparents Rose a housewife and Joe a longshoreman the were the carusso's lived on 2nd place, with my Aunt Bina and Uncle Jim were living upstairs. My father died on Clinton street when he was fixing something under the wheel well of the car and the jack slipped and the car went down on him.I am looking for just old memories and moments that perhaps people knew of them to share, we stood in brooklyn till my brother joey got sick an then moved away in the 70's and moved back in the 80's, then I moved to longisland in the 90's and have been here since.
who knows? the shadow kno 1-1-2009 06:29 PM
ws
are you sure, the name sounds familar, the incident does not, did you know paul traumatano, his dad was a handyman, nice guy, good work, he had hands of gold, maryann santangelo, brother frankie, married jimmy jet, the russo's, fred and his brother, vinny, aunt bina rings a bell, oopppss, your e-m is wrong, check it out,
happy new year
you want old memories, go look at the pictures, you want facts,
call 1-347-555-2140
the cheap detective...................
the cheap detective………………………
his feet upon his desk, cigar smoke lingering above
looking out his window, no clouds in sight, sky blue
waiting for the next big case, this life is his love
and when a call comes in, a file he does make
knowing deep within, he can make no mistake
he goes thru the motions
name, address, phone, when can you come in
“I need all the details so I can get a lead”
he’ll check the facts, make some calls
very quickly,
he’ll have more information than he will ever need
quietly, he sits and waits, the minutes turn to hours
another puff on his cigar, it’s time to water the flowers
files upon the window sill, files upon the chair
files, files, and more files of “case closed” everywhere
he’s got all the information from a to z
the only thing that’s lacking is a case from you or me
the phone rings again, he gives a short hello
he asks the right questions for what he needs to know
another file he makes and puts it to the side
his feet go back on his desk
as he lights another cigar
a glance out his window
the day is slowly ending
his office door ajar
a knock comes from the door, it opens very slow
“what can I do for you?” he says matter of factly, so so
“I’m looking for the cheap detective”
“come in, you are in the right place
tell me of the case”
he gets out another file, fills in all the blanks
another case to solve, another file to stamp “closed”
he listens to the story, doesn’t believe a word
it a case that so many times before he’s already heard
but he is no judge; he’ll get all the facts
find out who did what to whom and why and when
so much info gathering, out of ink runs his pen
“I’m no ordinary gumshoe,
I’ll solve this case for you”
he’s so reassuring
he listens and listens some more
to this case that is so boring
it’s a job; he lives the life of a cheap detective
his feet upon his desk, cigar smoke lingering above
looking out his window, passing by a butterfly or two
waiting for the next big case, this life is his love
he grabs his hat, walks out the door
he’ll see this guy, that guy
soon he will know all he needs to know and more
a question here, a question there
puts 2 and 2 together, the answer will appear
his client comes to his office
“you have solved this case for me, how much do I owe you”
he gives a smile, no worry, I’ve solved your case for free
it’s a job, he lives the life of a cheap detective
his feet upon his desk, cigar smoke lingering above
looking out his window, the sun is setting, too
waiting for the next big case, this life is his love
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Dawnmarie 1-1-2009 08:24 PM
picture got those, looking for people who r either related know the family who can share their memories, thats what this sight is for so, Im reaching out to anyone who can share. my family is as I remember, im sure im missing some one some where, but here it goes Aunt bina and uncle jims sons, cousins Eddie massaro, Joe Bear, and Jimmy, Aunt maryjane and uncle marios kids my cousin Cheryl-ann Karen and Mario, My unlce Joe and aunt Jackie with there two kids Christoper and terese, My aunt linda and uncle frankie and there 4 kids, they were very young when they moved, uncle carmine and aunt millie with my cousins rosanne and Micheal, Aunt annie and uncle hank and there 4 kids also moved when the kids were young. aunt ro and uncle saffy and there 3 kids who moved after some time eary in the marriage. i have 3 siblings harold, Cathy-o and Joey (benji)
Also aunt ro and uncle tony and ther two kids constance and vinny, aunt ro still works at montelones.
I remenber frankie penna subs you could could get a huge sandwich a drink and a snack for a dollar, across from 142 school it was ma & pa's soda shop all the candy in a small brown paper bag for a dime? where can u get that flying saucers were my favorite, i found them upstate at a haunted house place and bought all she had.Chic hair salon, Cassalie jewlers, court street bakery, god it so vivid, ive been back there it is so different but then again everything cant stay the same.
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PEGGY DELLA PORTE |
| JEAMY13@AOL.COM |
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RED HOOK |
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I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEARS. LET'S ALL PRAY THAT IT IS A GOOD YEAR, WE ALL NEED IT!!!!!!!
GOD BLESS AMERICA & RED HOOK.
RED HOOK FOREVER
2009
frankie 1-1-2009 11:04 AM
amen
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Madeline . Faiella 1-1-2009 11:41 AM
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009
I hope everyone had a good time where ever you where at the time of the Bells for 2009
again HAPPY NEW YEAR !
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Tommy B. and Family 1-1-2009 04:32 PM
Hi Gang, hope everyone had a happy new year. Best of luck in 2009, and let's keep up with all of the good memories.
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Dolores Tutrone |
| deet@si.rr.com |
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Good Morning,
Happy and Healthy New Year to All.
Stay Warm and Have a Great Day.....
Dee
new beginning 1-2-2009 09:42 AM
Well 2009 came and the new year will explain how do I get my money back? Lost so much. Hope this is a better year and I hope all the crocks, Wall Street CEO's get their assets frozen and we can collect from them. Now that will be a good start for a New Year.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR STEVIE .....I read your posting i think i remember that new years eve..i believe it was 1969 or 70 and we bought a quart of vodka each and invited 2 very pretty girls to hang out on the stoop with us and have a few drinks ..you can tell that we were both wealthy we had to invite them to a stoop for a drink ..i guess we treated the vodka like water went to a party at stefs and next thing i remember i was waking up in my house on visitation .how great it was to be 18 years old ....we gotta meet up one day steve we got 50 years of memories to catch up on ., HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE ...HAVE A GREAT DAY LYNN CONNOR ...JOHNNY
johnny angel 1-1-2009 11:42 AM
those were the daysmyfriend
there was this guy, nice guy, everybody's friend kinda guy, family guy, iwilldoanythingforyouaslongasthereissomethinginitforme kinda guy, well, he shipped his wife and kids off to long island, and his friend brought two other friends to his house for the night, get it, and it was the gossip of the neighborhood, eventually hey, we got a game saturday, so mind my business, ok, ma, ill get grandma a loaf of bread, but he was a vet, went to war, 'nam, came home a hero, but, he fought the law (ther wife) and the law won, besides i think he married her for the money, real upstanding kinda guy now, guys like that lose steam as the years go on, the wind blows out of their sails, but i like him, his past is not my business, i think he moved a a long time ago, seen him years ago, doing good, has anyone seen him around?
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Lynne |
| eliza45678@aol.com |
Location:
Long Island NY |
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HAVE A WONDERFUL AND BLESSED 2009!!!
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MATTHEW MARTINO |
| MATTYMARTINO@YAHOO.COM |
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JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEARS///ENJOY AND BE SAFE
the bird 1-1-2009 11:06 AM
matty its me johnny bird happy new year
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robert emmett 1-1-2009 11:09 AM
heard u made a movie in calif. name bullsh*t floats happy new year. bob-a-do
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Ain't English one crazy language
1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
2. The farm was used to produce produce.
3. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4. We must polish the Polish furniture.
5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8. A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10. I did not object to the object.
11. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
12. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
13. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
14. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
15. They were too close to the door to close it.
16. The buck does funny things when the does are present.
17. A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
18. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
19. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
20. After a number of injections my jaw got number.
21. Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
iagree, english is 12-31-2008 09:25 PM
funny language and sometimes a joke
And be nice to your garbage man... he is down in the dumps a lot.
There was a man who had worked all of his life and had saved all of his money. He was a real miser when it came to his money. He loved money more than just about anything, and just before he died, he said to his wife, "Now listen, when I die, I want you to take all my money and place it in the casket with me. I wanna take my money to the afterlife."
So he got his wife to promise him with all her heart that when he died, she would put all the money in the casket with him.
Well, one day he died. He was stretched out in the casket, the wife was sitting there in black next to her closest friend. When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said "Wait just a minute!" she had a shoe box with her, she came over with the box and placed it in the casket.
Then the undertakers locked the casket down and rolled it away.
Her friend said, "I hope you weren't crazy enough to put all that money in the casket."
She said, "Yes, I promised. I'm a good christian, I can't lie. I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him."
"You mean to tell me you put every cent of his money in the casket with him?"
"I sure did, " said the wife. "I got it all together, put it into my account and I wrote him a check."
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