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i was waiting for the open thread to start. so i get to work and there's the ny times and wall street journal on my desk and a little insert book from Corcoran called "the little book of BIG values!" i dont know why i open these inserts and books from them. they depress the hell out of me. everything is so beautiful and so expensive and i wind up flipping through the book in a masochistic way and get really REALLY down on myself thinking about being a man in his 30s who shares an apartment :-/ and wondering why am i such a masochist to visit blogs like this one and other real estate sites. it's funny cuz my friends are like um youre a freak why do you do that? and i have no answer. maybe fabulous real estate is just a giant soap opera for me.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 9:19 AM
I'd like to take a poll of what readers would like to see banned in the US at coops and anywhere else for political or humanitarian reasons. You don't necessarily have to have a valid reason, just any old one will do.
A few suggestions:
Japanese autos and electronics. Reason: Japanese officials are increasingly seen intoxicated in public and cheapen the high moral standing of G7 meetings.
German automoblies. Reason: Germans have started a lot of land wars in Europe over the ages.
Swiss cuckoo clocks and chocolates. Reason: UBS is going to divulge the names of 52,000 American clients who supposedly have Swiss bank accounts
Chinese anything. Reason: multitudes of reasons.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 9:20 AM
I'd like to ban all goods imported from red states.
Posted by: northsloperenter at February 20, 2009 9:22 AM
NOOOOOOO, not swiss chocolate!
Screaming. As I'm about to open a Lindt Bar: Bittersweet Chocolate with chopped Hazelnuts...It is breakfast!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 9:28 AM
I'm heading over to the Co-Op now to ask for some persimmons and bananas from Israel.
Posted by: buttermilk channel at February 20, 2009 9:29 AM
There'd be no shrimp here were it not for Ecuador.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 9:32 AM
The NY Post- because newspapers should actually publish news, not make it up to suit themselves.
Posted by: bxgrl at February 20, 2009 9:32 AM
I'm in the dark about Adrian Grenier. Who is he and why is his name popping up on BS?
Posted by: likes2lurk at February 20, 2009 9:33 AM
I'd like to ban news coverage on anything that is supported by less than 0.1% of a co-op's members. Seriously, unless this proposal has legs, it seems silly to blow it up. Front Page: 10 People in Park Slope Take an Absurd Yet Heartfelt Political Position. Dog Bites man, page 2. Seriously, why is it a three day news story whenever someone sneezes or rearranges the child care schedules at that place.
Posted by: slopefarm at February 20, 2009 9:34 AM
slopefarm...its interesting because it is so ridiculous. In these hard economic times, we need bits of entertaining frivolity like this. Similarly....
Someday this war is gonna end...
Please President Obama, more skittles.....
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 9:39 AM
I'm banning skittles!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 9:41 AM
"...fulton mall is a stretch of old brooklyn department stores abandoned in the seventies and recolonized in the eighties and nineties by discount electronic stores, discount shoe stores, discount sneaker stores, discount hat stores, stores that sell discounted goods at a discount. there are podiatrists and dental clinics (we specialize in cowards) and places that sell inexpensive jewelry in the shape of fists, fingers, and jesus christ. on fulton street in some places, rents are higher than on madison avanue; fulton street is the third-highest dollar-volume retail district in new york city, with a hundred thousand shoppers a day, putting in, in terms of human activity, on par with fifth avenue, or, by association, the champs-elysees. studies show, however, that the residents of the gentrified neighborhoods that surround downtown brooklyn rarely go to downtown brooklyn. thus, the city and developers deem it "underutilized."" - A Windstorm in Downtown Brooklyn (was just reading this short story and this struck me as funny). ive never been there! must go!
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 9:41 AM
"on par with fifth avenue, or, by association, the champs-elysees."
...cleaning up coffee spit on monitor!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 9:44 AM
The Germans bombed my Grannie out of her house. They hit the Fish n Chip shop on the corner too.
Posted by: dittoburg at February 20, 2009 9:44 AM
All Canadian products should be banned due to their refusal to pronounce "about" properly
Posted by: Troy McClure at February 20, 2009 9:44 AM
Rob, those are called "aspirational" publications . It's like reading Vogue Magazine or Elle Decor. The percentage of readers who can actually afford anything withing their covers is rather small, but their readership is quite high. It's real estate/fashion/decorating porn. You look at it, wish you could be in it, fantasize a bit, put it down and then go about your business. Don't worry about it.
Being addicted to this site is another issue altogether. Pure masochism.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at February 20, 2009 9:57 AM
MM, sometimes I think this site is more fun that watching SNL.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 9:58 AM
thanks MM. but now i have this terrible of image of theWhat rubbing one out on the toilet with these apspirational publications. scary mental image.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 10:02 AM
ROB!!!!!! STOP.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 10:07 AM
rob- having lived over there and shopped on Fulton even efore the 70's I have to say there were always lots of stores and a bustling business. Just that except for a few of us, no white folk would go there. I loved Bridge St.- great fabric stores and ABC was the poverty-stricken's answer to target. i found some neat stuff there on many an occasion. Fulton St. was never abandoned- except by the white people in the gentrified surrounding neighborhoods. But overall, what the article is saying is basically true. Now the denizens of BH, CH and CG think it needs to "lifted up" to their standards. I think that's a slap in the face to all the business people and customers who made Fulton St. a great shopping district.
My own feeling is that those residents will still not go downtown- crossing Boerum is uncomfortable, sometimes terrifying, and my own feeling is that for those who love their quiet brownstone neighborhoods a big, heavily commercialized business district so close kinda of infringes on the genteel neighborhood fantasies they have. in all the years I lived in that area, I never saw a neighbor down there or even heard it mentioned as a place to shop, or eat (except for Juniors maybe).
Posted by: bxgrl at February 20, 2009 10:08 AM
I propose banning anyone with more than one login on Brownstoner!! [You know who you are! ; ) ]
Rob, darling, I love you, but it's entirely too early in the morning for such images. Wait till we have our 2nd cup of coffee!
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 10:08 AM
I've had my second cup- it doesn't help, CH!
Posted by: bxgrl at February 20, 2009 10:09 AM
I've been up since 6:00 and I didn't want that image in my head this morning.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 10:13 AM
Abandoned stores? Excuse me? I don't think so. Martin's may have been empty for a very short time, but Fulton St. was never abandoned. Cripes!
Where did you get that Rob?
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 10:18 AM
cobblehiller it's in a collection of short essays about brooklybn in a book called Brooklyn was Mine. it's pretty good! it just came out last year or something. it's all well known writers.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 10:20 AM
". but now i have this terrible of image of theWhat rubbing one out on the toilet with these apspirational publications. scary mental image."
You a filthy Asshat Rob! I see why you go thru "Problems". You are a Man-Child..
What the Israelis done over in Gaza is terrible!! Image someone knocks on your door, tells you to get out, takes your house and belongings and send you to a refugee camp!
BTW I'm not going to turn this into a pissing match.
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 10:20 AM
Ah, thanks Rob, you mentioned that you are reading that. I've gotta go look for it.
Good morning What!
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 10:22 AM
But everytime there's a cease fire, where do the first missiles come from??????
Sorry, but anyonme who thinks that war is ever gonna end is high....
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 10:23 AM
quote:
You a filthy Asshat Rob! I see why you go thru "Problems". You are a Man-Child..
now i have the song ManChild by Neneh Cherry stuck in my head...
thanks what!
Ok, youre on your own, its late
Your girlfriend is on another date with the hero in your dream
Turn around, ask yourself. so, you think youre gonna win this time manchild?
Is it the pain of the drinking
Or the sunday sinking feeling
The car never seems to work
When its late your girlfriends on a date
And the hero with her in your dream
In your sleep it seemed to like you
Turn around and ask yourself
Turn around ask yourself
Chorus:
Manchild, will you ever win
Manchild, look at the state youre in
Could you go undercover
And sell your brand new lover (could you)
Be someone else for a night
Maybe someone else will love you
You sell your soul for a tacky song
Like the one you hear on the radio
Turn around ask yourself
Turn around and ask yourself
Chorus:
Manchild, will you ever win
Manchild, look at the state youre in
Manchild, he will make you cry
Manchild, manchild, manchild
From monday down to friday
Youre working on another mans car
Or is it in the factory?
It doesnt matter where you are
Just turn around and ask yourself is this communication
Accentuate the positive and give some illustration
See manchild, youre no one, you turn the microphone on
Control communication when Im kickin it and so on
To the point that I need, the air that I breathe
Into an audience thats waiting and ecstatic to receive
For the meantime another mean rhyme, I keep on sayin it
I know what the time is the crowd will keep playing it
Through the speaker boxes louds my diagnosis
cause I believe in miracles and words in heavy doses.
Enough r-e-s-p-e and c-t
Respect yourself express no stress the mike is easy
Just believe that all you need is the air that you breathe.
Turn around ask yourself
Chorus:
Manchild, will you ever win
Manchild, look at the state youre in
Manchild, he will make you cry
Manchild, manchild, manchild
Hes the apple of your eye
Once bitten twice shy, why dont you bite me again
Just take it in the right and go tell your friend
Are you ready for the words I turn the microphone on
A figure of speech to reach you at the back and so on
The style Im stimulating dance floors
Raise your body temperature now and
This demands for power in the amp you know louds my diagnosis
cause I believe in miracles and words in heavy doses.
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 10:27 AM
What's up Cobblehiller! I'm just chilling in the bunker watching the explosion of the Mutant Asset Bubble!
Now that I have your attention check this out!
Musicradio 77 WABC
The Greatest Top Forty Music Radio Station of All Time!
http://www.musicradio77.com/
I ran into this site a couple of years ago and it brought back so much memories. We had this big radio in the Kitchen and listened to WABC! Those where the days..
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 10:30 AM
Is that Lethem that wrote that part about Fulton St? I have a few bones to pick with him.
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 10:31 AM
OMG...I remember the intro...77..WNBC! What - you're awesome! I love it!
NPR is off... listening to this today!
I have memories of being in the big old buick driving out to Sears or something with my Mom and listening to this station!
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 10:35 AM
Gee, what- just imagine you have a child and you tell him that the PLO will give you 20,000 to strap on a bomb and get on an Israeli bus or walk into an Israeli store. Tell them you'll be so proud and they'll get a whole bunch of virgins in heaven. then send them out to play.
Or imagine that your leader had received millions and millions of dollars in aid for his people and that he has socked most of it away and now that he's dead his wife, living high on the hog in Paris, has that money while you live in squalor, with no roads, lousy schools and crumbling homes. that is unless you are willing to sacrifice a child for a 20,000 "martyr's" fee.
But please continue to grace us with the benefit of your in-depth knowledge and analysis of the situation in the Middle east.
Posted by: bxgrl at February 20, 2009 10:35 AM
hahah cobblehiller, no.. one of his short stories is in it though. i read his novel a few months ago. it wasnt bad, i sorta liked it. what's your beef with him im curious?
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 10:40 AM
Where's PropJoe to chime in on this????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 10:41 AM
Cobblehiller... It was 77 WABC
Posted by: GHB at February 20, 2009 10:42 AM
"OMG...I remember the intro...77..WNBC! What - you're awesome! I love it!"
What a site, huh??!!! I was blown away and the have out-takes, pictures and other cool stuff and they have the broadcast from the Blackout! Plus it's was great to listen to Harry Harrison!
That's when New York was Asshat free...
The What
Someday this war is gonna end..
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 10:42 AM
He's probably trying to decide which user id he wants to post under first, dave.
Posted by: bxgrl at February 20, 2009 10:43 AM
Oh!! Do you remember when Howard Stern and Imus was together in WNBC? Plus in 1980 was a sad day when WABC went to All-Talk format. Alan Combs was a Asshat! I think that's when top 40 radio died!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 10:46 AM
Rob, Hmm, well, I realize his writing is 'fiction', but some of his 'memories' of the area don't quite jibe with mine. I just think he sensationalizes certain aspects. That said, I really enjoyed hearing him speak at St. Ann's Warehouse one evening a couple years ago.
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 10:47 AM
Yes, yes, gbh, sorry...I got all excited and mis-typed. But I do remember the tune!
I remember Harry Harrison. Do you remember when WPLJ was listenable? I vaguely remember Howard Stern back then, Imus not sure.
Oh wow, I have to go see the blackout stuff.
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 10:51 AM
Despite layoffs at the Death Star, the fridge in the kitchenette is more full than ever. It seems lots of people are trying to save money by brown bagging it these days. Yesterday was the second time I went to get some ice at the same time an East Indian colleague of mine was heating up the most delicious smelling food ever. I was considering running out to get a toasted peanut butter and banana sandwich so I could ask her if she would trade lunches like we used to do in the cafeteria in Grade 7. Anyone else noticing more people brown bagging it?
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 10:56 AM
"Do you remember when WPLJ was listenable?"
My first time listing to WPLJ is when I worked on Wall Street in '81.
"I vaguely remember Howard Stern back then, Imus not sure."
Cobblehiller I'm sure that was pre-pot days ; ^ }.
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 10:59 AM
I had sauteed chicken livers with pasta last night...I think that more than made up for the extravagance of Wednesday night's dinner out.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 10:59 AM
Rob, Which Lethem novel did you read? His recent stuff is really different from his earlier, more sci-fi-ish stuff.
Posted by: Troy McClure at February 20, 2009 11:00 AM
Ok, maybe you'll remember this What...it's been bugging me for years....who was the guy on late night radio - I don't know what station - he had a talk/call-in show. He'd talk about anything - politics, UFO's, music, old NY, news, anything. He had regular callers that he knew. He had to be a pretty old guy at that time. I doubt he's alive. I had a little transistor radio and I used to listen to it real quiet while I was falling asleep at night. I just can't ever remember his name. It was on about the same time as Alison Steele was on - cause I would flip the dial back and forth between them.
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 11:00 AM
quote:
Anyone else noticing more people brown bagging it?
yeah ive been doing it too. tho i work in soho i rarely eat out at lunch anyway since it's so expensive. i used to go to wendys for the dollar chili (btw it's up to 169 now) and then a block to au bon pain for an asiago cheese bagel to dip into the chili that used to be 89 cents now it's 109 and 10x smaller. grrrr. but that is a cheap lunch.
honestly i always think it's ghetto when i see people bringing in leftovers from dinner for lunch. plus it's rude cuz it stinks up the microwave and office. no one wants to smell your nasty at home kitchen smells. we work in soho, go eat outside.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 11:03 AM
What....you worked on Wall Street??? You were a true Asshat back then, part of the problem, not the solution??? Tell us more, seriously.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 11:03 AM
What: re: pre-pot days: it seems that the uhm, substances I may or may not have consumed have eaten parts of my brain. My long term memory is pretty awful. Someone was reminding me, yesterday, of some stores over here on Court Street in the 70s/80s and I cannot for the life of me 'picture' them. So there are 'holes' in my memory! [Ooops!]
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 11:05 AM
quote:
Rob, Which Lethem novel did you read? His recent stuff is really different from his earlier, more sci-fi-ish stuff.
im seriously blanking on the name now... the one where he is a kid and has super hero powers... there is a picture of brownstones on the cover.. hmm. ah it just came to me. fortress of solitude.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 11:06 AM
"What: re: pre-pot days: it seems that the uhm, substances I may or may not have consumed have eaten parts of my brain. My long term memory is pretty awful. Someone was reminding me, yesterday, of some stores over here on Court Street in the 70s/80s and I cannot for the life of me 'picture' them. So there are 'holes' in my memory! [Ooops!]"
Don't feel bad my memory is shot too. Pot does have long term health effects ; ^ P..
The What (But those was the days. Let's see if we can remember them ;0))
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 11:12 AM
Cobblehiller, you might be thinking of Bob Fass with Radio Unnameable on WBAI. Maybe also Scott Muni, Vin Scelsa and Pete Fornatale from WNEW. Scelsa and Fornatale are now on WFUV.
Posted by: vinca at February 20, 2009 11:12 AM
I don't know, maybe Rob. If I could listen to a snippet, then maybe I could tell.
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 11:14 AM
Thanks vinca, but not: Scott Muni, Vin Scelsa and Pete Fornatale from WNEW. I'd remember them. This was not on WNEW.
It was some other station low on the dial, I think.
I'm going to check out Bob Fass - see if he's the one.
What - you do make me laugh!
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 11:16 AM
"Ok, maybe you'll remember this What...it's been bugging me for years....who was the guy on late night radio - I don't know what station - he had a talk/call-in show. He'd talk about anything"
Art Bell I think. I didn't see this post Cobblehiller. I hope this helps..
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 11:20 AM
cobblehiller- they sold plaster molds so you could cast all kinds or weird stuff for your walls and make homemade gifts to give to ever grateful family and friends :-)
Actually they might have been up one more block from the theater.
Posted by: bxgrl at February 20, 2009 11:25 AM
All the talk about Art Bell made me curious to see if I could get a sample of his stuff. Is this him?
http://tinyurl.com/b8tqao
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 11:26 AM
I remember listening to all those guys - made my parents crazy- but once the hearing went south I stopped :-(
Posted by: bxgrl at February 20, 2009 11:29 AM
"All the talk about Art Bell made me curious to see if I could get a sample of his stuff. Is this him?"
Yeah Biff! Captain Moonbat himself!
Someday this war is gonna end..
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 11:30 AM
It might have been Art Bell, but I doubt it. During BAI's glory days (before its rant days), they had Steve Post and Larry Josephson as morning talk/music show hosts, and Bob Fass from midnight to dawn. Bob Fass still has a program on WBAI after midnight on Thursdays.
Posted by: vinca at February 20, 2009 11:31 AM
What, I think you were on here when we were talking a while back about Crazy Eddie and his TV spots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO9XC3tAbkQ
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 11:37 AM
Biff -
yes I bring my lunch 4 days a week now too so does most of my department and the floor I work on. We all share the microwave and take turns. People are really just trying to save money - despite us we having a kick ass cafe in our building that's actually cheap - but it doesn't beat the $2.79 soup I buy at Fairway and bring in to eat....
Posted by: gemini10 at February 20, 2009 11:39 AM
gemini10, I've heard colleagues, even those who have been in the business for years and presumably have a very high net worth, talk about cutting down on eating out. I've seen individuals brown bagging it whom I would never have believed would ever do so. It's probably helping people to eat healthier. Hmmm, given your login, I'm wondering if you also work here at the Death Star. Perhaps you were the one nuking the lunch yesterday that smelled so good!
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 11:47 AM
NY Post issues apology over cartoon.
The entire article....
Wednesday's Page Six cartoon - caricaturing Monday's police shooting of a chimpanzee in Connecticut - has created considerable controversy.
It shows two police officers standing over the chimp's body: "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill," one officer says.
It was meant to mock an ineptly written federal stimulus bill.
Period.
But it has been taken as something else - as a depiction of President Obama, as a thinly veiled expression of racism.
This most certainly was not its intent; to those who were offended by the image, we apologize.
However, there are some in the media and in public life who have had differences with The Post in the past - and they see the incident as an opportunity for payback.
To them, no apology is due.
Sometimes a cartoon is just a cartoon - even as the opportunists seek to make it something else.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 11:55 AM
Biff - interesting we call our place death star too
hmmmmmmmmmmmm
midtown?
unfor I don't know anyone on my floor that's Indian...
Posted by: gemini10 at February 20, 2009 12:00 PM
""http://www.musicradio77.com/
I ran into this site a couple of years ago and it brought back so much memories. We had this big radio in the Kitchen and listened to WABC! Those where the days..""
What, I'm surprised at you. If you listened to WABC in my nabe you got an ass-whippin'! Cuz you were a true Asshat!
The righteous listened to WWRL and Frankie Crocker, which was all Black and all JB all the time!
In between was WMCA, home of the 'Good Guys' that included Harry Harrison before he left for WABC. More JB mixed in with the Beatles.
WABC was what the white kids listened to, all Beatles and Monkees along with the least offensive Motown. All in all tho, radio was less segregated back then than now, for sure.
In 1971 I was riding with two African American armed guards to make a bank drop and naturally they were listening to WWRL, when I first heard 'The Revolution Will not be Televised'. Blew me away.
You didn't hear that on ABC.
Later they got locked up for pulling a scam with the white night manager and putting the safe combos together to clean it out. Those were the days, What!
Posted by: denton at February 20, 2009 12:05 PM
"honestly i always think it's ghetto when i see people bringing in leftovers from dinner for lunch. plus it's rude cuz it stinks up the microwave and office. no one wants to smell your nasty at home kitchen smells. we work in soho, go eat outside."
Rob, maybe some people just don't believe in wasting food. Part of green living and all.
Posted by: denton at February 20, 2009 12:07 PM
gemini10, nope...I'm downtown.
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 12:12 PM
"cobblehiller- they sold plaster molds so you could cast all kinds or weird stuff for your walls and make homemade gifts to give to ever grateful family and friends :-)"
I cannot place it...Was it on the block with the paint store on the corner?
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 12:15 PM
Biff - entertainment biz?
we cal our place death star and toxic tower
Posted by: gemini10 at February 20, 2009 12:16 PM
Denton - agreed. sorry but why does one want to spend $11 on a so-so lunch when you can bring your leftovers from the night before that you presumably you made and save yourself the money - you know?
Posted by: gemini10 at February 20, 2009 12:17 PM
"Frankie Crocker"
OK, Denton! Now you're taking me back!! The "Chief Rocker" always signed off with the King Pleasure classic "Moody's Mood for Love."
http://www.rhapsody.com/king-pleasure/moodys-mood-for-love--1992
Posted by: East New York at February 20, 2009 12:21 PM
I only have a short lunch break; prefer to go for a walk.
Trader joe's has got some awesome frozen prepared meals, I just dumpy it in a bowl, scarf it down with some organic vegetabel juice, and keep rockin'.
Posted by: infinitejester at February 20, 2009 12:22 PM
Rob,
How much money do you think you spend on lunch each day, how about in one week, the year?
You call it ghetto others call it smart. How do you think some of us were able to save up for our down payments?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at February 20, 2009 12:22 PM
"The righteous listened to WWRL and Frankie Crocker, which was all Black and all JB all the time!'
How about Hank Span on WWRL!!! Ok Denton and yes everyone around the way listen to WABC! My Father has a big-ass Radio which lasted about 23 years. I listened to WRVR, WBLS and who can forget WKTU (The original one!) but I loved WABC and 99x.
I remembered when Frankie Crocker went to jail. When he got out I think he work out of LA before coming back to WBLS in 1981.
The What
Someday this war is gonna end..
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 12:23 PM
"OK, Denton! Now you're taking me back!! The "Chief Rocker" always signed off with the King Pleasure classic "Moody's Mood for Love.""
I remember working on Wall Street, I would get home about 6:30 spark up a Dobbie and listen to Frankie Crocker to 8:00PM then go outside and spark some more ; ^ )...
The What
Someday this war is gonna end..
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 12:27 PM
Frankie Crocker was my mother's best friend's son. I met him a couple of times, he didn't look anything like what his voice sounded like, if you know what I mean. Is he still around on BLS?
Posted by: Montrose Morris at February 20, 2009 12:29 PM
Yeah What, WRVR, home of the Sunday Salsa show w Roger Dawson. Outta Riverside Church! Used to tune to it every Sunday.
Then one Sunday they pulled a palace coup, switched to C&W on the sly. A million New Yorkers shook their radios up and down to see what was wrong with them!
Posted by: denton at February 20, 2009 12:33 PM
Eight dollars a day for lunch is $40 a week. At 50 weeks, that's $2000. That is a lot of money, even today. Nothing "ghetto" about that.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at February 20, 2009 12:33 PM
Biff, looked at Citi today? I tried to but it was so small I couldn't find it.
Now I know what the What feels like.
Posted by: dittoburg at February 20, 2009 12:36 PM
Hmm, well, Art Bell sort of sounds like the voice I was listening to. Can't find a good clip of Fass to compare to yet. But Bell has the cadence and the meandering kind of speech/topics. So it may have been Bell. Going to check some more clips to be sure.
WKTU! 99x! LOL! Great to remember this stuff! That's how we heard new music - now I rely on friends making me CDs.
Someone turned me on to Pandora 'radio' the other day - you can 'teach it' what you like. Haven't played with it that much but it's fun so far.
[Now I REALLY have to get some work done!]
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 12:37 PM
I remember Frankie Crocker- wow! I still have brain cells left :-)
MM- was he skinny and medium height? Seems to me that every radio dj I met was always skinny, big adam's apple and a HUGE voice.
Posted by: bxgrl at February 20, 2009 12:37 PM
Wow, if I had a scorned ex I might have to consider investing in the bullet stopping wonder weave. This woman's weave literally stopped a bullet to her skull. CRAZY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUoiKMxSUCw&eurl=http://dlisted.com/
Posted by: TownhouseLady at February 20, 2009 12:38 PM
Go to a senior citizen's center - $1.50 or $2 for non-seniors at most of those places.
Posted by: infinitejester at February 20, 2009 12:38 PM
"Frankie Crocker was my mother's best friend's son. I met him a couple of times, he didn't look anything like what his voice sounded like, if you know what I mean. Is he still around on BLS?'
AAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWW EPIC FAIL MM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Frankie Crocker died of cancer MM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you had any GOD DAMN sense you would know that!!!!!
The What (See why I hate MM!!!!!!!!!)
Someday this retards are gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 12:39 PM
That's it. I'm buying a weave for protection!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at February 20, 2009 12:43 PM
"Biff - entertainment biz? we cal our place death star and toxic tower"
gemini10, no, i-banking. but I'm thinking of switching to something less depressing; perhaps I'll become a coroner.
ditto, I think Citi's market cap is now close to PNC Bank's. Fun times.
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 12:47 PM
Well, what, I didn't know that, that is why I asked. I'm so glad you are here with all of the answers to just about EVERYTHING. Now if you could only answer why you have to be such a disagreeable, obnoxious a@@hole, we'd have nothing left to ask.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at February 20, 2009 12:47 PM
"Go to a senior citizen's center - $1.50 or $2 for non-seniors at most of those places."
Hmm, I could either buy lunch or one share of Citi...
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 12:48 PM
NY Times (NYT) is selling for less than the price of the Sunday paper!!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 12:48 PM
C'mon What, nobody knows everything. Take it easy on MM.
"I still have brain cells left :-)"
bxgrl, You clearly didn't 'smoke' enough! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 12:52 PM
Biff,
...or a share of satellite radio stock - where I get my radio fix (5+ hours a day, total addict).
Posted by: infinitejester at February 20, 2009 12:52 PM
"NY Times (NYT) is selling for less than the price of the Sunday paper!!!!!!"
They're drowning. It's ugly. I actually thought about buying NYT stock a few years back, but basically didn't have enough investment capital. I guess I wound up on the right side of that one!
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/New-York-Times-suspends-apf-14417315.html
Posted by: East New York at February 20, 2009 12:53 PM
"Well, what, I didn't know that, that is why I asked. I'm so glad you are here with all of the answers to just about EVERYTHING. Now if you could only answer why you have to be such a disagreeable, obnoxious a@@hole, we'd have nothing left to ask."
Allow me to hang you with your own statement!
Frankie Crocker was my mother's best friend's son.
Did you go to Frankie's funneral?? If he was your mother "Best Friend" then you would know if he was STILL ALIVE!
I met him a couple of times, he didn't look anything like what his voice sounded like, if you know what I mean.
No MM we don't know "what you mean".
Is he still around on BLS?
The EPIC FAIL Statement of the year! How in the hell Frankie Crocker was your Mother's best friend son and you did not know the man was dead?????!!!!
Morris go away you have no more credibility....
The What (See what i mean??)
Someday this war is gonna end..
OH BTW That's two times you been PWNED MM!
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 12:54 PM
"C'mon What, nobody knows everything. Take it easy on MM."
Oh no! MM get all the rockets fired at her!! The targeting systems are programed and armed! Plus she gets the full clip!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 12:56 PM
Why do the meds always seem to wear off around noon time?????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 12:57 PM
What, you can't even get your subject to agree with your verb. You hold your own cut-n-paste knowledge in such high regard I'm sure you'd accuse everyone here of being an ignoramus, if you didn't think that meant a large water-dwelling mammal from Africa.
Posted by: dittoburg at February 20, 2009 12:58 PM
"...or a share of satellite radio stock - where I get my radio fix (5+ hours a day, total addict)."
infinitejester, more like 15 shares! SIRI is at 0.13
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 12:59 PM
What should be happy today, with SKF up another 10% and gold over $1000. What, I forgot, you don't buy stuff like that!
Posted by: denton at February 20, 2009 1:00 PM
"Why do the meds always seem to wear off around noon time?????"
You know Dave I was going to say something real nasty but in the spirit of Cobblehiller I'm gonna chill.. Now where is my pills... Wait is that a joint???.. The Meds can wait.. ***Cough*** .....
The What (Wow this is good!)
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 1:03 PM
oh sorry i didnt meal to call brownbaggers ghetto. i think i use that term too loosely perhaps. like i said i bring my food in sometimes too but i always feel akward eating it in front of people. maybe it has to do with traumatic memories of high school lunchtime cafeteria or something ahhaha. i only spend 3 dollars a day on lunch max anyway. just a 1/2 sandwich or a slice of pizza. plus i hate wasting my lunch hour inside the office. i like to walk around and look at all the rich people and all their bags shopping and miserate myself.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 1:04 PM
Would any of you hang on to ANY bank stock at this point? I have some Wells Fargo and am wondering if I hold out for the bounce back or not.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at February 20, 2009 1:05 PM
Cutting my spending also. Just cancelled my home delivery of the NY Times :-(
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 1:05 PM
"What should be happy today, with SKF up another 10%"
Take your profits! The stick save will come sunday night! Do not hold SKF over the weekend..
If you are up on Gold take your profits, that's and Bonds are the last bubble...
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 1:06 PM
I still have 500 shares of Citi.
If I sell I can eat have lunch for half a year.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 1:09 PM
did you guys hear!?!? there is a walmart coming to union square in place of the closing circuit city. thoughts?
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 1:09 PM
"...Cobblehiller I'm gonna chill.. Now where is my pills... Wait is that a joint???.. The Meds can wait."
Whatever it take What!
[I'm partial to half a Xanax from time to time myself...] ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 1:09 PM
The What is Bullish! Buy C and BAC! He might be right, ya know. Cuz to be honest he has been so far. And I can't help but notice all the rescues have happened over the weekend.
THe downside potential, and the reasons that the banks have been sinking, is that if they get nationalized, they are worth noting. The preferreds have been acting even worse.
If the weekend story is a take-over, you've been PWND!!!
Still, maybe I'll dabble. Lost plenty in BAC common and C preferreds so far...
Posted by: denton at February 20, 2009 1:12 PM
Time for Bloomy to sweat?
http://www.1010wins.com/Poll--Bloomberg-Approval-Rating-Lowest-Since-2005/3890349
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/nyregion/20nyc.html?ref=nyregion
Posted by: East New York at February 20, 2009 1:13 PM
"i only spend 3 dollars a day on lunch max anyway. just a 1/2 sandwich or a slice of pizza."
Ordering a half sandwich? That's ghetto. Mayo or mustard? Or margarine? lol.
Rob, they won't let you do that at Wal-Mart!
Posted by: denton at February 20, 2009 1:14 PM
"I still have 500 shares of Citi."
BRG, you didn't put a stop limit on it like I advised?
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 1:14 PM
If SP 500 breaks the 740-750 area next area for support would be around 710. How is everyone out there? Hopefully all healthy. BTW does anyone know of a BH townhouse for 1 million.... Ok maybe clinton hill...
Posted by: HOBOKENROCKS at February 20, 2009 1:16 PM
"The What is Bullish! Buy C and BAC! He might be right, ya know."
Oh no Denton if fact I'm very afraid. I always post crap but our Banking system is going down the toilet. Wells Fargo, GE, BAC and Citi are Zero's!!!!!! And people are wondering what going to happen to home values????
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 1:17 PM
Oh Check this out!!!!!! I'm willing to bet that no one will have anymore confidence if the US Banking System! This keeps getting better every day!!
Madoff Trustee: No Securities Bought in 13 Years
http://www.cnbc.com/id/29299885
The trustee in charge of untangling the mess brought on by the Bernard Madoff scandal told investors Friday there was no indication the disgraced financier bought securities for his clients.
They just took the money and Jacked it off!
Madoff was arrested in December after investigators said he confessed to his sons that he had swindled investors of $50 billion in a Ponzi scheme. The 70-year-old former Nasdaq chairman remains confined to his Manhattan apartment under house arrest.
Former Chairman of NASDAQ????!!! Yeah that Tech bubble was nice huh???
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 1:22 PM
I don't know why I'm bothering.....
What, I said my mother's best friend's son, not my mother's best friend. There is a difference. My mother died in 1985, and her friend died a year later. Excuse me for not keeping up with her friend's son, who, as I said, I met a couple of times, not became best friends with. He was also about 15 years older than I am, and there was no need for me to keep up with a well known, married, older man, when I was a single woman in my twenties living in NYC. That may tittilate you and float your boat all around the harbor, but it does not interest me.
I did not know the man was dead because I don't listen to BLS, and everyone I knew around me who knew him was also dead. You happy now?
Posted by: Montrose Morris at February 20, 2009 1:28 PM
damn that is one cheap a$s weave!!!! omg did any of you ever used to watch ricki lake? she used to have episodes called the Weave Wars with the Weavemaster. the best one was this one woman had this weave that when she opened it up a bunch of doves flew out of it into the audience!!!
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 1:43 PM
Perhaps that's why Ricki Lake isn't on anymore!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 1:45 PM
ricki was great so was queen latifah (i was on the queen latifah show actually!)
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 1:50 PM
I smell Napalm!!!!
C -33.07
BAC -29.01
HOV -26.66
WCG -23.27
GM -23.00
WFC -22.73
AIG -15.63
JBLU -13.69
UBS -13.42
SOLF -11.49
AMR -11.04
FRE -10.71
GGP -9.91
GE -9.74
ETFC -9.16
ADBE -8.96
RIMM -8.27
XLF -8.21
Say Buh Bye Assheads....
The What (I love the smell...)
Someday this war is gonna end,,,
Posted by: Return of The What at February 20, 2009 2:08 PM
I think Citi's market cap is now a dunce cap.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at February 20, 2009 2:10 PM
is anyone here good with oscars? my office is having a betting pool and it's 5 dollars x 17 people already! that's a big jackpop. i didnt see any of the movies and i don't follow the cinema or movies at all, well the kinds that are on the oscars anyway. i could really use the monies. so who will win most of the categories?
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 2:21 PM
Slumdog Millionaire
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 2:24 PM
Sorry rob, I could not BELIEVE "Into Thin Air" didn't win last year...no game at all in predictions.
Posted by: infinitejester at February 20, 2009 2:29 PM
Does anybody know of a good place in New York City to have public sex?
Posted by: Miss Chievous at February 20, 2009 2:56 PM
How public does it have to be??
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 2:59 PM
best movie - slumdog (which was my fave this year too)
best actor - either sean penn or mickey rourke
the rest of the categories - i don;t really care too much about - except best song
Posted by: gemini10 at February 20, 2009 3:02 PM
Hmmmmm. Well let's see. I don't necessarily want an audience. I want a place where we can have some privacy, but there is still a chance of being caught. Perhaps an obscure movie theater in the afternoon?
Posted by: Miss Chievous at February 20, 2009 3:03 PM
I'm hoping Mickey Rourke
Posted by: bxgrl at February 20, 2009 3:05 PM
I assume you don't want to be caught by the police or someone who will call the police. Just maybe caught by someone who wants to watch?
You'll probably be able to get away with it numerous places next week.....Fat Tuesday!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 3:06 PM
Miss Chievous, just pick any open house this weekend and do it there....the odds are there won't be any large crowds to contend with. Wait for the listing agent to start looking over some paperwork or reading the Times and then have at it.
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 3:06 PM
definitely Kung Fu Panda for best animated film and
The Duchess for best Art Direction.
Sean Penn is sure to get best actor for Milk.
Oh yeah, best movie is either Milk or Slumdog.
Posted by: sam at February 20, 2009 3:10 PM
Hey Miss C, did you happen to watch Criminal Minds earlier this week?!
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 3:10 PM
oh no! I do not want to get in trouble. I Just want to have some fun without having to get a room.
Posted by: Miss Chievous at February 20, 2009 3:10 PM
Maybe we could start something here along that line, Biff. "Last Week's Tagged House"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 3:11 PM
LOL biff good one.
i suggest the fitting rooms of the filene's basement in union square.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 3:11 PM
Yes, getting a room is overrated; and, an extravagance in these time of brown bagging lunches. If you were gay there would be so many more oprions!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 3:13 PM
Oh dear God....not another Miss!!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 3:13 PM
Miss Chievous, the Brooklyn Bridge on a cold day overlooking Manhattan, wear a skirt.
Posted by: Miss Take at February 20, 2009 3:13 PM
DIBS, and the rules should be that the couple has to do it on an appliance. Instead of the Mile High Club, we can call it the Miele High Club.
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 3:13 PM
If you go to visit the house in Kingston you could probably get away with it in almost every room.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 3:14 PM
omigod- you people are frightening me. Where next- under park benches? Behind crates of persimmons in the local market? :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at February 20, 2009 3:14 PM
Pretty much any williamsburg condo open house. Might be too empty for you though.
Posted by: dittoburg at February 20, 2009 3:16 PM
"Behind crates of persimmons in the local market? :-)"
As long as he's not Jewish!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 3:16 PM
"Your pants are so tight I can see your religion." Bette Middler
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 3:17 PM
Miss Cobblehiller, I did not see that show. Why do you ask?
Miss Take, I only wear short skirts and high heels, but what if the day is so cold that Mister Chievous can not rise above half mast, if you know what I'm saying?
Posted by: Miss Chievous at February 20, 2009 3:18 PM
Is your friend cute, Chiff?
My backyard and webcam are available.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at February 20, 2009 3:18 PM
Why am I contributing to this depravity...
http://digg.com/travel_places/10_Best_Places_In_New_York_City_To_Have_Oral_Sex
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 3:20 PM
hey that picture in the top thread is of a 10,000 couch! i never knew couches cost that much!
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 3:21 PM
Wow, I just noticed the Brooklyn Promendade is the #4 spot. I should go for a stroll tonight to see what exactly is going down on those benches! (Cue the "going down" punchline).
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 3:21 PM
Then on a warmer day the Manhattan Bridge, less people and you get a view of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Posted by: Miss Take at February 20, 2009 3:21 PM
Debbie Does Dallas was filmed at Pratt?
See #7 - Pratt Institute Roof
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 3:24 PM
Missc, if you have a car, why not join the throngs around the Prospect and Greenwood cemetery?
Posted by: denton at February 20, 2009 3:24 PM
Basically any gay or lesbian bar bathroom. So many bars, so little time.
Anyplace at all in Japan. Multitudes of people will walk by and pay no attention. Certainly anywhere in Shinjuku.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 3:25 PM
Snarky - is Miss Chiff cute though?
Posted by: dittoburg at February 20, 2009 3:25 PM
"Oh dear God....not another Miss!!"
BRG, and YOU, of all people, are shocked!? ; )
"Miss Cobblehiller, I did not see that show. Why do you ask?"
Because...[children: shield your eyes, skip to the next post now!] it was about a serial killer that liked to revisit the scenes of his murders and have sex with his girlfriend there!
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 3:26 PM
Last ones, Miss C and then you're on your own.
http://tinyurl.com/ala5ff
http://tinyurl.com/2a524b
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 3:26 PM
brg- no, that would be behind the crates of chopped liver ;-)
Posted by: bxgrl at February 20, 2009 3:27 PM
Miss Chievous, if you do have a car there are lots of places in Brooklyn especially Red Hook.
Posted by: Miss Take at February 20, 2009 3:29 PM
Where is this list Biff?
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 3:32 PM
Cobble...I'm not shocked that there's some asshat with multiple logon names.
But really, how dare you sound accusatory of me!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 3:32 PM
Such a knowledgable crowd; and so chock full of information beyond real estate as well.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 3:32 PM
cobblehiller and bayridgegirl, why don't you two just find a nice quiet public space and make up?
Posted by: Miss Adventure at February 20, 2009 3:34 PM
Someone sure knows where all the spots for naughtiness are!!
And how to google them!!
Posted by: Miss Take at February 20, 2009 3:35 PM
Miss Chiff - are you Shelly Parker cute?
Posted by: dittoburg at February 20, 2009 3:35 PM
Cobblehiller, scroll down below the comments on this link
http://tinyurl.com/as3fkx
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 3:36 PM
BRG and I never had a fight! Why the hell would we make up?!
BRG: xoxoxo
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 3:40 PM
I was doing this in the backseat of my friend's Mercedes in Bangkok with a guy I picked up many years ago. All of a sudden my friend who was driving says "Stop, stop." and I ask "Why?"
He said we were passing a famous temple and it was disrespectful.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 3:40 PM
DIBS, you have lived quite a life...
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 3:42 PM
Okay, I tried to post this before.
If you have a car, in my nabe under the Verrazano Bridge there is a pull off from the Belt Parkway heading east.
Notorious for a romp late at night.
Wear plastic pumps!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 3:47 PM
TMI
Posted by: dittoburg at February 20, 2009 3:48 PM
TMI = Temples Mean Interruptus
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 3:50 PM
That was actually one of the more tame stories from "The Land of Smiles."
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 3:54 PM
i've only publically done anything twice in my life. once in the woods and once behind a dumpster.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 3:56 PM
In the alleys behind a dumpster are the HOTTEST. Did that in Chicago many years ago.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 3:58 PM
I've also done things in the woods and behind dumpsters, but I have a feeling it isn't anything like what Rob is referring to.
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 3:59 PM
"i've only publically done anything twice in my life"
Are you a mole?
Posted by: dittoburg at February 20, 2009 3:59 PM
I did do it in the big top of a 747 back in 1992...right there in the seats too, not in the BR. Looked across the aisle and saw this gay guy that I thought I recognized and it turned out we had done it years before in his TR7 in San Francisco. BTW, he is a real estate agent.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 4:03 PM
BRG: xoxoxo
Cobble: spare me!!! Don't try to kiss up to me now after all the harsh words that come out of your mouth in regards to / about me.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 4:09 PM
Catfight!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 4:11 PM
BRG...Reminds me of a line from "The Women" 1938: "Far be it from me to tell you something you don't want to hear."
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 4:11 PM
is dave officially the biggest ho bag on this site?
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 4:12 PM
PDA = Public Display of Asshat
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 4:13 PM
"ho bag" might not be the correct term. I've never gotten paid for it.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 4:13 PM
And the HBOTD award goes to...
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 4:15 PM
I've sometimes charge hubby. Does that make me a ho?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 4:15 PM
"Cobble: spare me!!! Don't try to kiss up to me now after all the harsh words that come out of your mouth in regards to / about me."
Whoa. Uhm, ok, I'm confused. What's going on BRG?
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 4:16 PM
ho comes from "whore"
whore
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English hore, from Old English hōre; akin to Old Norse hōra whore, hōrr adulterer, Latin carus dear — more at charity
Date: before 12th century
1: a woman who engages in sexual acts for money : prostitute ; also : a promiscuous or immoral woman
2: a male who engages in sexual acts for money
ed.: Money is usually assumed in the use of the word whore. Not the case with slut, though
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 4:17 PM
Alright, you got me. I'm hubby's whore. And at 25 cents a pop, I am a cheap on too.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 4:20 PM
Oh Cobble, now that Snark is no longer awarding SOTD, you want to play nice with me...and kissy, kissy....pleeeease.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 4:23 PM
Ok, someone want to fill me in here? I'm suddenly feeling very peculiar. BRG?
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 4:23 PM
ho bag 219 up, 22 down
A really skanky person who likes to have sex with random people or inanimate objects.
Man, that Josephine is such a ho bag. She sure gets around
ho bag 98 up, 18 down
1. One who dresses like a tr@mp or sl*t
2. A woman who's @ss you must disinfect before you engage in sexual intercourse
3. A woman who sleeps with multiple men
Oh my god! I cant belive you f***** that Ho Bag! I hope you used lysol on that booty before you tapped that!
ho bag 23 up, 8 down
Commonly known as a sl*t-machine but just as easilly a bag filled with hoes.
someone left a ho bag on my front porch. what am I supposed to do with these hoes?
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 4:26 PM
ho bag 219 up, 22 down
A really skanky person who likes to have sex with random people or inanimate objects.
Man, that Josephine is such a ho bag. She sure gets around
ho bag 98 up, 18 down
1. One who dresses like a tr@mp or sl*t
2. A woman who's @ss you must disinfect before you engage in sexual intercourse
3. A woman who sleeps with multiple men
Oh my god! I cant belive you f***** that Ho Bag! I hope you used lysol on that booty before you tapped that!
ho bag 23 up, 8 down
Commonly known as a sl*t-machine but just as easilly a bag filled with hoes.
someone left a ho bag on my front porch. what am I supposed to do with these hoes?
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 4:26 PM
ho bag 219 up, 22 down
A really skanky person who likes to have sex with random people or inanimate objects.
Man, that Josephine is such a ho bag. She sure gets around
ho bag 98 up, 18 down
1. One who dresses like a tr@mp or sl*t
2. A woman who's @ss you must disinfect before you engage in sexual intercourse
3. A woman who sleeps with multiple men
Oh my god! I cant belive you f***** that Ho Bag! I hope you used lysol on that booty before you tapped that!
ho bag 23 up, 8 down
Commonly known as a sl*t-machine but just as easilly a bag filled with hoes.
someone left a ho bag on my front porch. what am I supposed to do with these hoes?
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 4:26 PM
Cobble...I'm just joking around with you...we're cool.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 4:27 PM
Mr. B, release my earlier post, please.
Posted by: Miss Pell at February 20, 2009 4:27 PM
BRG, I love your games, your my kinda girl
Posted by: dittoburg at February 20, 2009 4:27 PM
BRG, I think you're making Rob nervous...he's stammering on the Post button...
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 4:28 PM
and my fav. def. of hobag
ho bag 5 up, 3 down
A sack filled with Ho's, or promiscuous women. Many fun things can be done with a Ho bag. You can kick it, hit it with a big stick, throw it into a river. Some beleive that if you get them too riled up they become very agitated. Maybe because they want money, or for some unknown crack reason. What ever it may be that you decide to do with a sack of crackheads. It's always a good idea to bring a Ho bag to any social gathering. You'll be the life of the party.
(Friend 1)Hey, did you see that Ho bag that Marky mark and the funky bunch brought?
(Friend 2)Yeah! I think I'm gonna go throw some rattle snakes into it, and than kick it for a while. You wanna join in?
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 4:28 PM
Whatever happened to the STFU award? That had so much promise!
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 4:30 PM
I have to stop taking afternoon naps. I leave seeing a convo about old NY radio and come back to this???? You all are a riot!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at February 20, 2009 4:34 PM
And I have to START taking afternoon naps and stay out of this!
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 4:39 PM
Mr. B????? is it because I Miss Pelled a few words in my original post that you're still holding it, come on the moment is lost now!!
I'll try from the other browser, let's see what you do with that?!?!
Posted by: Miss Pell at February 20, 2009 4:39 PM
InsertSnappyNameHere, you sure love your naps. Then again, nap is your middle name!
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 4:40 PM
:) Biff, I actually hate the naps, but it helps pass the time. Still unemployed :( :( waaaahhhh :( :(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at February 20, 2009 4:44 PM
> "Whatever happened to the STFU award?"
Have at it. Anyone can award the STFU. So sayeth the Snark.
Posted by: SnarkSlope at February 20, 2009 4:46 PM
"Then again, nap is your middle name!"
Biff, that is such a racist comment. Saying nap or nappy to a black woman is insulting. Do you have a cartoon to go along with this?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 4:46 PM
Don't cry Snappy, I'm not working either - do you like to cook? I've been doing a lot of cooking and baking. [And eating!!!]
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 4:47 PM
what are you looking to do snappy? i think there still is a help wanted sign in the dental office building off 4th avenue and garfield. not sure for what kind of position tho, and the sign was there for a very long time.
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 4:47 PM
Funny BRG! CH, I've stopped cooking...too sad! Rob, I'm an attorney. I've been considering taking other work, but I don't know if I could get hired as a dental assistant!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at February 20, 2009 4:52 PM
Oh for crying out loud - will SOMEONE fight with BRG - she needs to get it out of her system today!
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 4:52 PM
Looks like there's been a Miss Communication!
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 4:57 PM
and a Miss Understanding!
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 4:57 PM
Cobble....That's not what I need today!!!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 4:58 PM
"Cobble....That's not what I need today!!!"
I hope Hubby has saved up 25 cents...
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 4:59 PM
I'm afraid to ask what it is that you DO need! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 5:01 PM
omfg, i just this posted somewhere...
"She has a nice ass- would love to wear it as a hat"
hahahah
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 5:01 PM
"Cobble....That's not what I need today!!!"
"I hope Hubby has saved up 25 cents..."
Maybe today, I'll shave a little off of that!
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 5:07 PM
I'm on Amtrak now headed to Philly. Dinner with the partner & friends tonight to celebrate Ben the cat's birthday!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 5:08 PM
So THAT'S why it's called a coin slot!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at February 20, 2009 5:09 PM
Sounds like the ball's in his court.
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 5:09 PM
Enjoy the weekend everyone!
Happy Birthday Ben!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at February 20, 2009 5:10 PM
THL!!! You dirty bird! haha!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at February 20, 2009 5:11 PM
THL!!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 5:11 PM
hahahahahhahah thl remembers about the coinslot!
*r*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at February 20, 2009 5:11 PM
I think by the end of the night, the ball will be on my court.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 5:12 PM
Just try not to get called for a double dribble.
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 5:16 PM
Happy Birthday Ben-the-Cat!
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 5:16 PM
Biff, will you be doing the usual prostitute thing?
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 5:19 PM
"Biff, will you be doing the usual prostitute thing?"
No, I stopped charging for my services a long time ago.
Posted by: Biff Champion at February 20, 2009 5:20 PM
C'mon Biff. Get back out there - I can be your pimpette and make some money. Screw this attorney thing!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at February 20, 2009 5:26 PM
Double Dribble:
I never understood why you can't bounce the ball than hold it with one or two hands while moving or stationary and then bounce it again.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 5:26 PM
Snappy, you won't make much money. 50% of a dime is gonna keep you nappy.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 5:31 PM
two hands hopefully. no-one wants it if its one hand high. And I'm not talking horses.
Posted by: dittoburg at February 20, 2009 5:33 PM
Another Friday, another Open thread devolves...
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 5:35 PM
ROFL!!! BRG, Biff is gonna get you for that one!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at February 20, 2009 5:36 PM
Friday threads always descend into food and sox - its what the weekend is for.
Posted by: dittoburg at February 20, 2009 5:37 PM
Are we talking tea bagging, BRG?
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 5:39 PM
DIBS!!!!
I was referring to basketball.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_dribble
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 5:42 PM
Something tells me I don't wanna know, but what is tea bagging?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at February 20, 2009 5:43 PM
Snappy, I challenge him!
I can make more money in one night than he can.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 5:44 PM
Amtrak has wireless?
Is that where my tax dollars are going?
Do you get out at the 30th st station? Love that place.
Posted by: dittoburg at February 20, 2009 5:45 PM
Well, BRG, considering my unemployment status, I can be a pimpette for the both of you. Whoever doesn't bring in the required $$ gets smacked. Remember that SNL skit with WWW.BITCHBETTERHAVEMYMONEY.COM? That was too funny.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at February 20, 2009 5:47 PM
no ditto, Amtrak does not have wireless...its Verizon. Yes, get off at 30th Street.
On a similar note, Ryanair has started offering cell phone service on 50 flights...imagine how annoying that is going to be...
Hello, Hi, Are you there??? Hello???? I'm calling from my flight. No, just to say I'm calling from my flight.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 5:49 PM
"Whoever doesn't bring in the required $$ gets smacked."
You promise!! I'll be short all the time :-)
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 5:49 PM
BRG - are you hitting on Snappy?
Posted by: dittoburg at February 20, 2009 5:52 PM
But Amtrak IS one big money losing mess. Amtrak has no idea what their business is. The priorities at Amtrak are:
1. The employees
2. The trains
3. The passengers
I'll stop now before I go on my usual anti-union tirade.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at February 20, 2009 5:52 PM
Aww! c'mon! I need the dough!!! I'll smack you around for free on your nights off :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at February 20, 2009 5:52 PM
DIBS, Amtrak can suck a lemon, but you have to admit that the Metroliner to D.C. is NICE! I've never had that much legroom outside of a limo.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at February 20, 2009 5:56 PM
"BRG - are you hitting on Snappy?"
Ditto, are you serious? Where have you been that now your noticing it??
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 5:58 PM
I was to busy looking at your pumps
Posted by: dittoburg at February 20, 2009 6:02 PM
your, you're...whatever!!
And yes Ditto, InsertSnappy.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 6:03 PM
"And yes Ditto, InsertSnappy."
Oh, dear God....My punctuation is horribly wrong on this one.
And yes Ditto. I am, InsertSnappy.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 6:09 PM
^^^ Not sure that is better, but....
Have a great weekend all.
Go out there and bring home some money.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 6:11 PM
You are InsertSnappy? And who else are you?!
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 6:12 PM
No, I, Snappy, have no other name. I think she meant that, yes, she is hitting on InsertSnappy.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at February 20, 2009 6:14 PM
bayridgegirl is Snappy?
Well at least she spells corectly.
Posted by: Miss Pell at February 20, 2009 6:16 PM
Ha ha Miss Pell, say....are you going to be at the party?
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 6:20 PM
oh, for crying out loud.
I was trying to be subtle and creative with my punctuation, yet be very naughty....but failed terribly.
Let's try it again, not subtle at all:
And yes Ditto. I want [to] InsertSnappy.
You guys want to figure out the subtle way of saying that with the comma and less words, knock yourselves out.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 6:23 PM
Cobble, which Miss (there are so many now) would you like to see at the party?
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 6:27 PM
Me thinks only you, BRG, are turning odd bits of punctuation into full words!
Me thinks me needs a drinky!
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 6:27 PM
Hmm, let's see...so many to choose from...
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 6:29 PM
Miss Chiff. Yes, for sure, Miss Chiff. No, maybe Miss Adventure...or uhm, Miss Demeanor!
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 6:30 PM
"Me thinks only you, BRG, are turning odd bits of punctuation into full words!"
Re-write:
Me thinks only you, BRG, are turning up at the party.
- Cobblehiller
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 6:31 PM
Okay, now I'm def. out of here.
Enjoy.
Posted by: bayridgegirl at February 20, 2009 6:34 PM
Did I say that?! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 6:35 PM
See ya!
Posted by: cobblehiller at February 20, 2009 6:35 PM
"I've sometimes charge hubby. Does that make me a ho?"
No, that makes you a hooker!
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