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Ok...let's get this out of the way! Here's Hari playing around last night...to the video!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35191472@N03/
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 9:18 AM
ha, mopar, i saw your suggestions in the HOTD thread telling me to go to bushwickbk.com (i stopped visiting that site a while back after it basically turned into a giant bushwick kidult circle jerk) about the hannah montana thingie in some art performance show. i just read it and clearly they are mocking her. but the jokes on them clowns, if they only had her money, her looks, her talent, they wouldn't be LIVING IN BUSHWICK!
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 20, 2009 9:19 AM
Paging Biff Champion! Paging Biff Champion! Paging Biff Champion! Your skills are needed:
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-worlds-gendertest&prov=ap&type=lgns
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 9:20 AM
Many of you are deeply interested in the preservation of architectural detail within brownstones. Do you think that a modern use of the small chopped up configuration of second & third floor "bedrooms" in a brownstone is detrimental to the preservation of such homes? In other words, if one were to combine one or two small closet-like rooms into a large en-suite bathroom you should be told this:
"DIBS is a danger to the very integrity of mankind..."
Posted by shillstoner in yesterday's HOTD at 8:40 PM
Additionally, I was told that I am "obscene and tacky" because I used granite & stainless steel in my kitchen.
First of all, I am very kind to most men.
Secondly, atlthough I've done obscene things throughout my like, I sort of grew out of tackiness in my college years.
Comments??
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 9:21 AM
Snappy, that's like tetherball for kitties...excellent! Hari's just missing the feathered hair, head band, 1970's Adidas shorts and striped knee high sweat socks.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 9:21 AM
Six...I read that last night...wow! How effed up if she turns out to just be a super butch girl. Yikes.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 9:22 AM
Did anyone watch "Toddlers & Tiaras" on TLC last night? (Not making this up) It's about a bunch of tiara-toting PLUSAs terrorizing Prospect Park parents by buying their kids' ice cream an hour before dinner.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 9:22 AM
Last night Mrs. Denton, the kid, and me went to check out the (in)famous Hotel LeBleu and its recently opened restaurant. As previously posted here, some local blog hated on it.
But the place is kinda special to us, not completely in a good way, as we lived across the street from us and watched it go up and destroy our views of Manhattan in the process. In fact I have a gallery of pix from the beginning to the end.
http://www.pbase.com/dentontay/lebleu
Anyway we got there just after 6PM. We pressed ‘R’ for Restaurant and ended up on the unoccupied roof deck, so we looked around and took some photos. They are set up for a bar and music, later I found out they open it Friday and Saturday.
We descended one flight to the restaurant and were promptly and courteously seated at our choice of tables. Only one other couple there at the time but more people showed up as the evening progressed. I usually start off with a rum and coke but the waiter announced they had pina colada and some fancy daiquiris. So I decided to go for the pina colada. Then the waiter came back and said they didn’t have it after all! So, back to the r&c.
Meanwhile, I had taken my big camera and my fave restaurant lens, the wonderful but difficult 85 1.2L, and looked around and took some pix. Many have called the décor ‘tacky’. I’m not sure, it was obviously a take-off on the 1950s, but what I am agreement with many others is that the two TVs are a mistake in a dining room. Especially since they were tuned to some food channel, and while we’re eating fish we’re watching some guy bone out raw chicken and make chopped beef. Yech.
I have a gallery of photos here, inside, outside, and some of the dishes. The view definitely improves after dark!
http://www.pbase.com/dentontay/restaurant
Oh, and the menu is here:
http://www.vuerest.com/
We ordered appetizers with the idea of sharing, so we got the short-rib stuffed coins, the crabcake, and the calamari. All very good. The wine list btw is very small, like one representative per grape, but well chosen.
For the main course I had the pan-roasted fish combo, and Mrs D and da kid had the seared salmon and the snapper. Again all very good, perfectly cooked fish, but it suddenly struck me they weren’t served as hot as they could have been. I realized they hadn’t bothered to heat the plates, something that they should consider doing in the future.
For dessert we had the chocolate cake, the crème brulee, and the coffee cheesecake. I didn’t like the cheesecake but that’s probably cuz I don’t like coffee! Da kid said it was good.
Not a cheap date, the bill was close to $300 with tip, but that’s with a bottle of wine and four drinks. Not bad. I’d definitely go back, the service was polite and attentive, the food was good, the views are great after dark. It was too hot too sit outside but that would be a nice option.
I spoke to a manager about a ‘Stoner get-together on the roof with the bar during the week, and he was interested. Be a nice place for sure.
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 9:22 AM
Biff, I'm working on making him such an outfit as we speak...I'm thinking orange headband, green shorts and white socks with black and yellow stripes. Too gauche? :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 9:23 AM
"DIBS is a danger to the very integrity of mankind"
I had a hard time suppressing my laughter last night on the bus coming back from DC when I read this. That thread was amazing!
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 9:24 AM
sixyears, I'm booking my trip to Berlin right now for the gender verification.
"The 18-year-old runner’s father, Jacob, tells the Sowetan newspaper: “she is my little girl. … I raised her and I have never doubted her gender.”"
I'm a heck of a lot older than 18 and my family still doubts my gender, even when I'm scruffy (that's the problem with having Eastern European ancestry).
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 9:24 AM
Great photos Denton!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 9:25 AM
denton, please supple a GMAP with your future posts. :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 9:26 AM
dibs, don't let the haters get to you.
Having said that, I'm glad I bought a cheap tacky brick row house. Since it was already tacky, gutting it and adding stainless steel appliances, granite counters, marble sinks, glass showers, and nickel chrome fixtures means it is no tackier than it was before.
You know what's tacky in a brownstone, I've seen it claimed here? Central air. But he's got it. That's funny.
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 9:27 AM
DIBS, don't forget shrillstoner is "slightly sad thinking of all the poor brownstones out there that have been defiled by people too stupid to realize what they're doing..."
Clearly, all of our en suite baths, islands, double sinks, stainless steel appliances, and granite counter tops have to go since shrillstoner is the arbiter of good taste and the appropriate dos and don'ts for renovating Brownstones. That said, let's all go out and buy black appliances since clearly they're in keeping with a 19th century house.
[And did anyone notice that s/he called bxgrl "bitchy"?!]
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 9:30 AM
nice review denton. and im still lol'ing at you ordering a pina colada or a daquiri.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 20, 2009 9:30 AM
""DIBS is a danger to the very integrity of mankind""
That's when I knew Shrill had lost it for sure...has anyone heard from him today?
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 9:30 AM
When he said he had central air I almost peed! The pot was really calling the kettle black last night! But Snarky got him good with a line about whale oil or something.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 9:30 AM
"DIBS is a danger to the very integrity of mankind..."
Only to the integrity of Asians and Latinos, DIBS!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 9:31 AM
dibs, you don't need a map. Hotel LeBleu is the tackiest building on the tackiest street in Brooklyn!
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 9:31 AM
denton, wonderful summary of your experience last night. Thanks for that. And three different desserts is the way to go. None of this one piece of cake and 8 forks garbage!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 9:31 AM
Okay Kiddies:
Tonight @ 6:30
Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer St btw Frost and Richardson
L Train to Lorimer St
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 9:32 AM
p.s. very nice photos too, denton.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 9:33 AM
rob, what you got against a pina colada? You think it's for kids or something?
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 9:33 AM
DIBS, if you're on any online dating sites, your badass tagline should be "a danger to the very integrity of mankind".
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 9:34 AM
I should have mentioned yesterday that I was going to Jolie last night. On Wednesdays they have $1.00 oysters. Last night they had wonderful Malpeques.
They do this every Wednesday. It is also 1/2 price drinks for ladies at the bar, which of course is discriminatory!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 9:34 AM
It's a fag drink, denton :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 9:35 AM
thanks biff, none of that 8 forks is right! we can eat, and it shows on me anyway!
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 9:35 AM
"Sigh, what a thread. I wonder if Vicki Sell will respond at this at some point."
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 19, 2009 2:34 PM
cobble, Vicki Sell replied at 10:20pm last night. (And I know because I'm enough of a PL that I had to check yesterday's raucous posts one last time before bed!)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 9:35 AM
"rob, what you got against a pina colada? You think it's for kids or something?"
denton, i have to admit that the thought of someone as physically imposing as you sipping on a pina colada was rather amusing, especially as I had to picture it with a green sword swizzle stick stabbing a pineapple and a mini pink umbrella with Chinese script on it.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 9:36 AM
CGar, I'm raising your rent, apparently I need the income to replace all of my stainless appliances because the integrity of my landlord's period house is being infringed upon!
Yes, I saw that and I thought that was particularly SHRILL!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 9:37 AM
quote:
""DIBS is a danger to the very integrity of mankind""
hmmm. perhaps shillstoner is the author of that history textbook i was talking about yesterday?
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 20, 2009 9:38 AM
Sir Denton is a refined man...if he can't pull off genteel sipping of a pina colada, no one can!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 9:38 AM
CGar, clearly Cobble has earned her stripes as a PLUSA as well as she mentioned Vicki's response in the Thursday Links thread this morning.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 9:38 AM
I saw that, thanks CGar! Your Official PLUSA status remains untarnished! ; )
But in the future, could you please adhere to the lights out policy in your lease for the deck tent?
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 9:39 AM
"Yes I like Pina Coladas
And getting caught in the rain
I'm not much into health food
I am into champagne"
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 9:39 AM
Here Jackasses something relevant to New York Real Estate!
Manhattan office building sales at standstill
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE57H64R20090818
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Only three Manhattan office buildings worth more than $30 million were sold in the first half of year, as buyer and sellers failed to agree on pricing and credit stayed tight, according to a report by real estate services company CB Richard Ellis Group Inc(CBG.N).
Now when have I heard this before?? Oh yeah Brooklyn's Condo market!
"When the CMBS market shut down, that really shut off the financing mechanism that allowed a lot of these large transactions to get done," Enoch Lawrence, senior vice president, CBRE Capital Markets, said in a statement.
But.. But.. But.. Pole Smoker in Bed Stuy said "The Economy priced this in"
"On Monday, the U.S. Federal Reserve extended until mid-2010 an emergency lending program designed to boost credit to the ailing commercial real estate market."
Wave Buh bye..
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at August 20, 2009 9:39 AM
Hey...where has THL been? PLUSA Missing in Action! Call out the National PLUSA Guard!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 9:40 AM
Oh, and CGar, could you please stop drinking all the Champagne? I wanted some for breakfast this morning, as is my usual wont' and the period correct cupboard was bare! LOL!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 9:40 AM
CGar, way to tie in the pina colada discussion with the classic Rupert Holmes song about finding love in the classifieds (pre-dating websites).
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 9:41 AM
Do classified personals in newspapers still exist anymore? Rupert would be saddened if not.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 9:42 AM
Denton,
Thanks for sharing your dinning experience at LeBleu restaurant.
Personally I am not too crazy about the decoration. The dishes look very tasty though.
Your new lens produces a very nice bokeh! Congrats!
Posted by: lostintranslation at August 20, 2009 9:42 AM
"Here Jackasses"
What, I like the new address line! Thanks for changing it.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 9:42 AM
snappy, i think thl said last week she was going away this week.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 20, 2009 9:43 AM
"But in the future, could you please adhere to the lights out policy in your lease for the deck tent?"
Terribly sorry, cobble, but it's not often people are still posting in the HOTD thread at midnight!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 9:43 AM
Denton,
So sorry to hear you spent $300 on dinner for 2, with wine and 4 drinks at THAT PLACE.
C'mon man, think of what $300 could get you in Brooklyn. Thats shameful.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at August 20, 2009 9:43 AM
Yeah, the drunk guy who challenges Denton to a fight over his choice of drinks is gonna wind up in a lot of pain!
Denton, are you coming to Pete's tonight?
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 9:44 AM
"CGar, way to tie in the pina colada discussion with the classic Rupert Holmes song about finding love in the classifieds (pre-dating websites)."
Thanks, Biff. Can never resist the song, dated though it may be, when someone mentions a pina colada. And I, too, love the visual of Denton sipping a pina colada from a coconut shell with a little green umbrella!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 9:46 AM
Oh, and CGAR, would you please review the new additional rider on the deck tent lease. Going forward we will need you to replace your computer with a more period correct form of communication.
We think morse code should be alright!! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 9:46 AM
You can go to La Grenouille and get the $85 tasting men for two, and a bottle of wine for < $300. You don't want the kid tagging along at a nice romantic dinner there anyway.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 9:46 AM
"think of what $300 could get you in Brooklyn"
A massage at that place in Brooklyn Heights? Brunch at Al Di La? Three months rent if you're living in a tent in Bushwick?
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 9:46 AM
Don't rewrite that mistake "$85 tasting men for two."
menu
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 9:47 AM
"the $85 tasting men for two"
Typo of the day!
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 9:47 AM
Denton, thanks for the dog license link. I will get him licensed, it just never crossed my mind to do that or that was even necessary. hells i dont have a license myself!
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 20, 2009 9:47 AM
"Three months rent if you're living in a tent in Bushwick?"
ROFL!! Good one six!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 9:47 AM
"A massage at that place in Brooklyn Heights"
six years, I stopped to read their sign the other night, and they say nothing about "happy endings"!
"Going forward we will need you to replace your computer with a more period correct form of communication"
cobble, I ordered quills and ink wells today for all PLUSAs! I think Morse code is a little nouveau for a Brownstone.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 9:48 AM
"And I, too, love the visual of Denton sipping a pina colada from a coconut shell with a little green umbrella!"
CGar, we agree on this, but of course, if I see Denton drinking one in person, I'm going to congratulate him on his drink choice. I wouldn't dare laugh at him to his face! It reminds me of the Cheers episode when Cliff has his back to two bikers who order drinks like a Grasshopper and a Pink Lady. He starts laughing and mocking them and turns around to see they are tough guys. Then he has a serious look on his face and turns back to the bartender and orders a Creme de Menthe Frappe.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 9:48 AM
Cobble...Morse code is far too modern. Perhaps smoke signals? Or is that against your period fire code? :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 9:49 AM
Question for the crowd - the reglazing guy is here now working on my bathtub. How much would you PLUSAs tip him?
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 9:50 AM
Depends, six, will you get a "soapy" from him in the tub???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 9:52 AM
Cobble, I recommend flag semaphore:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_semaphore
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 9:52 AM
Six...yes...I couldn't remember the word for the flag signals!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 9:53 AM
"What, I like the new address line! Thanks for changing it."
I reserve the right to change it.... back.
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at August 20, 2009 9:54 AM
LOL...I have a flag semaphore t-shirt that says "GWM" and my ex Chinese bf had one that said "GAM"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 9:54 AM
The What said this to me earlier. I think my amnesty with him is in jeopardy! Cobble, you might be on your own again from now on.
"You know something I realized 2 things-- ether you're so God Damned stupid or in concert with all this garbage"
My response was, since I don't believe I'm in concert with anything or anyone, it must be the former.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 9:55 AM
quote:
Question for the crowd - the reglazing guy is here now working on my bathtub. How much would you PLUSAs tip him?
no clue, but according to many on this site you can tip movers in whatever you have laying around the house. a heineken, 1/2 a sandwich from the fridge, a shawl, etc.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 20, 2009 9:55 AM
"Perhaps smoke signals?"
I have a feeling that the landlord would object to seeing that in CGar's sub-tenent lease ...seeing as CGar lives in a CLOTH tent on a WOODEN deck!! LOL!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 9:56 AM
Biff, that comment was aimed at me for refusing to call jscheff a racist.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 9:57 AM
Market moving up...AIG says it'll payback bailout money.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 9:57 AM
Oooops! Didn't think about that Cobble! Maybe he could write a note with his quill pen on parchment paper and send it via pigeon?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 9:58 AM
Haha Rob! I do have five cans of Budweiser in the fridge - that might work. Unfortunately a shawl on this guy would be as inappropriate as stainless steel appliances in a brownstone.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 9:58 AM
Rob, ROFL on the shawl!!!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 9:58 AM
6 - How much is the job? How long is it taking? Is he an employee or owner of co.? Have you offered him refreshment? Or as Dibs would have it, entertainment?
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 9:59 AM
"Depends, six, will you get a "soapy" from him in the tub???"
Haha nope - he's the wrong gender for me, and the wrong type for you!
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 9:59 AM
"It's a fag drink, denton :)"
Ah, maybe that's why they wouldn't serve me!
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 10:00 AM
"I do have five cans of Budweiser in the fridge"
Hmmm, one more and you can make a necklace!
Snappy, maybe I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure it was addressed to me as it was a response to my asking where the controversial Crown Heights thread was (perhaps it was during my vacation).
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 10:00 AM
"I wouldn't dare laugh at him to his face!"
Biff, Denton TOWERS over me (which, admittedly, isn't difficult). To his face, I call him "sir" and say "please" and "thank you" when I pass.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 10:01 AM
"Haha nope - he's the wrong gender for me, and the wrong type for you!"
Are you sure about that six? I'll delegate the gender verification to DIBS on this one.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 10:01 AM
Nah, he still luvs you Biff! He'd never call you stupid.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 10:02 AM
six years, you gotta give him a big tip because now JB is willing to take baths at your place!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 10:02 AM
what, nothing new on the office building market. Like the man said, no credit, and no agreement on price.
Still, I am unaware of any commercial buildings in bankruptcy. In the late 1980s, there were half a dozen, if I recall, including 1585 Broadway. The tenant was paying Coned direct to keep the lights on!
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 10:02 AM
"My response was, since I don't believe I'm in concert with anything or anyone, it must be the former."
Well, you are disconcerting at times, but I can't really say if you are in concert with anything. I sure as hell know I'm not! I spend most of my days extremely disconcerted! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 10:04 AM
Phillt Fed Index +4.2 when it was expected to be -2.0
The second derivatives are clearly positive people. The employment numbers are ALWAYS THE LAST indicators to turn positive.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 10:04 AM
Dibs - Here's a word of the day for you!
macropsia - objects appear larger than their actual size.
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 10:05 AM
cobble, I've started a "To Do" list for this weekend:
(1) Replace Cobble's and Chad's stainless steel appliances with black appliances;
(2) Update PLUSA manual;
(3) Re-stock champagne; and
(4) Winterize CGar's tent.
I know there are items I haven't included . . .
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 10:05 AM
"Cobble, I recommend flag semaphore"
Brilliant! I knew I could count on you six!
CGar, going forward, please use only semaphore when communicating with asshats! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 10:05 AM
Biff, you were in concert...at Ellis :) Live on stage, Biff the Dreamy!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 10:05 AM
"Well, you are disconcerting at times"
Haha, Cobble, good one. And very true.
What, can you clear up the confusion over your comment? Was it meant for me or Snappy (or both?)
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 10:06 AM
Arkady, now that's a perfect word for Dave!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 10:07 AM
okay - show of hands, who's in for tonight?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 10:08 AM
Snappy, I'm sure most people were happy my tour was one night only. We have to go back there. I miss the MC.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 10:08 AM
Prodigal, your math is off. It was dinner for THREE. Me, Mrs D., and da kid. Who's 25.
"So sorry to hear you spent $300 on dinner for 2, with wine and 4 drinks at THAT PLACE.
C'mon man, think of what $300 could get you in Brooklyn. Thats shameful. "
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 10:08 AM
Haha CGar, you're right on that one. I've lived here seven years, and *I've* never taken a bath here!
Of course in terms of living here, as many of you know, I'm starting grad school in DC in a few weeks, so I won't have much time to enjoy this bathtub. Speaking of which, if you PLUSAs don't get enough of each other tonight, you can come to Sycamore in Ditmas Park on Saturday (starting at 2:00 p.m., continuing as long as anyone remains standing) to celebrate/mourn my hopefully-temporary departure from this fair borough of ours.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 10:08 AM
(5) Register for semaphore lessons . . .
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 10:08 AM
Here's a word for all PLUSAs:
hyperhedonia : feeling abnormally great pleasure from a humdrum act
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 10:09 AM
Six...you are leaving us?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 10:09 AM
"6 - How much is the job? How long is it taking? Is he an employee or owner of co.? Have you offered him refreshment? Or as Dibs would have it, entertainment?"
Arkady, $375 for 4-5 hours. I think he's an owner of the local franchise (it's Permaglaze, one of the two nationwide reglazing companies). I did offer him coffee but he declined - no "entertainment" though!
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 10:10 AM
That word definitely describes us!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 10:10 AM
6 - I didn't know you were leaving. We have to do a farewell gathering!
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 10:11 AM
Latae again. Sorry- the rooster that crows at the crack of dawn split for suburbia and the maid did not have my tea and crumpets ready. Re messages: Do we get Pony Express? Or must I send the butler with a fancy calling card?
HOTD was hysterical- does anyone remember a poster who used to brag about how rich she was- or her family- and that she never worried about pollution as she drove around in her expensive car and wouldn't use public transportation? I think that's shillstoner.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 10:12 AM
Snappy, yes I am, but the interwebs have no boundaries, so I'll always be with you (though you'll be spared my attempts at karaoke!).
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 10:12 AM
Six is leaving....WAAAAAAH WAAAAAAHHH. sniff sniffle sniff. Snappy is not happy :-(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 10:12 AM
"cobble, I've started a "To Do" list for this weekend:
(1) Replace Cobble's and Chad's stainless steel appliances with black appliances;
(2) Update PLUSA manual;
(3) Re-stock champagne; and
(4) Winterize CGar's tent.
I know there are items I haven't included . . ."
Organized as ever CGar, much appreciated. A few notes on your list, if you will...
1. Black? Isn't there something more period appropriate. Can you get on the horn with Shrill and ask him what color HE thinks they should be, before you invest anymore time on this effort? Thanks!
2. I'm not sure you're going to have enough time to do the Manual and all of the other work that needs to be done — especially if Chad is mixing drinks for us all weekend. Snappy: Wasn't there a time management seminar we were going to send CGar too...I'm concerned that he's over-extending himself and may not make the deadlines for these projects.
3. Excellent, now make sure to get the good stuff, not the cheap stuff!
4. Uhm, we may need to get Shrill over here for this, too. Any winterization materials may need to be reviewed by him and Landmarks before application.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 10:13 AM
SIX! Say it ain't so....
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 10:14 AM
six, if you want to say your tearful goodbyes to jessibaby, just let us know and we'll give you two a moment alone in the OT. Do you want DH or Kens to keep an eye on her (and her roommates) in your absence?
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 10:14 AM
cobble, shrill has black appliances, so I know we're on safe ground.
cobble, snappy, ix-nay on the time management seminar - can't possibly do that AND take semaphore classes, ladies!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 10:16 AM
Arkady and all, yes, I'll be leaving NYC (though DC isn't far!) - farewell party at Sycamore beginning at 2:00 pm on Saturday afternoon, to which any and all are welcome. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and we can sit in the shadow of the wall pictured here a few weeks ago:
http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2009/07/wednesday_links_187.php
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 10:18 AM
Cargar...had you taken the time management courses when we told you to, you would know that both are possible! Get crackin!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 10:18 AM
DH, I'll be there tonight!
Ok folks, how much do I tip the reglazing guy? Appropriate stats in my 10:10 post, although he might be an employee, not the owner.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 10:19 AM
Never can say goodbye
No no no no, I
Never can say goodbye
Even though the pain and heartache
Seems to follow me wherever I go
Though I try and try to hide my feelings
They always seem to show
Then you try to say you're leaving me
And I always have to say no...
Tell me why
Is it so
That I
Never can say goodbye
No no no no, I
Never can say goodbye
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 10:20 AM
dibs, a finance question...
how come the shanghai market is said to be down 20% recently but the American ETFs are just about flat? like FXI, HAO, and CAF. Not that I'm complaining...
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 10:20 AM
six, can you have one of your students show you how to use tinyurl please? :-)
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 10:20 AM
"Do you want DH or Kens to keep an eye on her (and her roommates) in your absence?"
Haha Biff! Actually, you and CGar the closest PLUSAs - I was going to delegate that task to you two.
In any case DH will have his hands full in Williamsburg and Kens is juggling Latina bombshells with lots of intelligence.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 10:22 AM
Biff - Snappy knows how to do it too.
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 10:22 AM
Shrill has black appliances?...how gauche! It's threat to the integrity of stainless steel GE appliances everywhere!
CGar, a little less time spent trolling late night threads and I think you can manage all!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 10:22 AM
6- Nooooooooo! I didn't know either. NYC is losing a great teacher- that's for sure. Mm and I will definitely try to see you on Saturday.
C Gar- I think you forgot that we are going to be renovating the HOTD this weekend? Tearing out the paving stones in the garden, redoing the bathroom, and stacking the dessicated servant bodies in the former servants' quarters upstairs. Until we can artfully place them around the houses. I'm thinking the dead butler by the door, holding a silver tray will look perfect!
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 10:23 AM
"6- Nooooooooo! I didn't know either. NYC is losing a great teacher- that's for sure. Mm and I will definitely try to see you on Saturday."
Thanks bxgrl! I'm only a great teacher some of the time though. Are you and/or MM coming to Williamsburg tonight as well?
"six, can you have one of your students show you how to use tinyurl please? :-)"
Lol ok, Biff, I'll stop being lazy and do the tinyurl two-step.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 10:25 AM
"I'm thinking the dead butler by the door, holding a silver tray will look perfect!"
Ha! Can we hang our coats on his rigor mortise-stiffened and outstretched arm?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 10:26 AM
Black appliances? I assumed he didn't have a fridge and just perserved all his meat using salt like the LIttle house on the praire days.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 10:26 AM
Or, better yet 6, use Mr. B's new version of tinyurl for brooklyn things.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 10:27 AM
Bxgirl, did you get to see the vid of the wee one playing? He's got energy now!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 10:28 AM
black appliances- wait. Are you referring to the matte black cast iron stove and cookware? Omigod- so you think shrilly uses stainless steel pots and pans? No, no,no,no...I can't believe that. He would NEVER use cookware that isn't historically correct. (And he'd better not have a coffeemaker either).
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 10:29 AM
DH, I wonder if he has a nice ice cold stream running outside in his period appropriate backyard to keep the milk from his cow cold...
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 10:29 AM
Root cellar, soapstone sink, 2-holer in the backyard, iron hooks in the wall of the fireplace for pots & spits.
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 10:29 AM
denton...they all, for the most part, own H shares in Hong Kong, not shares in Shanghai & Schenzhen. HK is down less. Caf is a better proxy for Shanghai/Schenzhen so it behaves differently. Also, CAF can go to a premium/discount to its NAV which the others will not. CAF still owns very few A shares directly though.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 10:29 AM
I meant to comment on the video Snappy! So good to see the little dickens bouncing around!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 10:30 AM
121 posts in 75 minutes - we're on a 700+ pace! Keep it up folks!
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 10:30 AM
"Still, I am unaware of any commercial buildings in bankruptcy. In the late 1980s, there were half a dozen, if I recall, including 1585 Broadway. The tenant was paying Coned direct to keep the lights on!"
Like my Bud BHO said "Stop pressing pause. Keep the cameras rolling"!
"The What said this to me earlier. I think my amnesty with him is in jeopardy! Cobble, you might be on your own again from now on."
Naw Biff! Your Weapons Systems would lite up like a Xmas Tree! I press all of the buttons.
"Market moving up...AIG says it'll payback bailout money."
ROTFLMMFAO!!!! AIG Assraped the US Taxslave for 130 Billion dollars! Goldman Sachs got double paid in their Derivatives!
"The second derivatives are clearly positive people. The employment numbers are ALWAYS THE LAST indicators to turn positive."
Dave put down the crack pipe and un-wedge your underwear. It is affecting your thinking...
The What (Hedge Fund????? RIGHT!!!!)
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at August 20, 2009 10:30 AM
Slight recovery in ABAT but QTWW doing really, really well.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 10:31 AM
Hmmm- I'll have to rearrange his other arm but its doable.
I saw the video- he looks great! But after you've had a few exhausting days of frisky kitty I'll check bck and see if you;re still as happy :)
DH- MM is working late tonight o a temp job and I am supposed to be seeing relatives today so we won't be able to :-(
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 10:32 AM
"Haha Biff! Actually, you and CGar the closest PLUSAs - I was going to delegate that task to you two."
six, I love JB, so I'll do that with pleasure, except I'm not usually out very late (except for this month when the family is away) so I might have to hand off the duties after I make sure JB makes it safely across the Brooklyn Bridge.
Speaking of which, DH, I'll be there tonight. My boss just told me that our food and drinks has been moved up to 1pm today and we are likely not returning to work after that, which means you will all have a Biff-free afternoon. It also means I'll have almost 12 consecutive hours of drinking today. This ain't gonna be pretty...
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 10:32 AM
"12 consecutive hours of drinking today"
Maybe 12 consecutive hours will replace 6 beers as the curiosity standard.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 10:33 AM
Biffers - Maybe you should make your necklace now.
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 10:34 AM
Why is it that no matter how many beers I have I'm never curious about sex with women???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 10:34 AM
Dibs - Did you possibly satisfy your curiosity when you were a kid?
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 10:36 AM
New rental thread posted. It's nice!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 10:37 AM
six, maybe I'll login under "twelvehoursandcounting" around 1am tomorrow and give a blow-by-blow account of the evening (so to speak).
What, I guess that means we're still cool? Phew, my skittles supply is running low and I need your help.
:-)
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 10:37 AM
DIBS, is that true even in Thailand? Maybe some boyish short-haired hipster girl will fool you tonight.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 10:38 AM
I'm certainly not curious about hetero sex...yech!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 10:38 AM
thanks dibs.
Since I have food on my mind, I wondered how many of you home cooks use or have even heard of laser infrared thermometers (?)
Like these...
http://www.mcmaster.com/#infrared-thermometers/=39rapn
I use one in my work and started messing around with it one day and it's great in the kitchen. Measures the temperature of cast iron skillets, (I confess to using those, but not a whole cast iron stove), hot fat, bread dough, all kinds of things. Great for a homeowner as well, you can measure the heat in the pipes, rad temp, etc.
Later I found out that some chefs are using them .
Oh, and you can exercise the cat with the laser!
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 10:39 AM
"I'm certainly not curious about hetero sex...yech!"
heyheyhey now! Some of your best friends like hetero sex! : P
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 10:39 AM
"Biffers - Maybe you should make your necklace now."
Arkady, forget the necklace, I'll have enough empty cans to put together one of these:
http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/merchandiser/21241.jpg
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 10:40 AM
Cool guys - i'll be there at 6:30 - if you don't see me near the bar i'll be out on the back patio.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 10:40 AM
LOL Cobble...I'll forgive you your transgressions in the sex area :) Ha!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 10:41 AM
snappy and dibs, I read somewhere that most gay women have had sex with men at some point, but many gay men have not had sex with a woman.
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 10:42 AM
Or maybe I'll build one of these and wear a period appropriate Marc Antony costume.
http://tinyurl.com/n6ufzn
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 10:43 AM
Denton - Neat toy for a tool dude but awfully pricey for cat toy & griddle test!
Biffy - That's no good - don't cover up the bod!
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 10:44 AM
Biffers - Toga would be good.
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 10:45 AM
Denton, I read somewhere that most straight women haven't had sex with me (nor would they ever consider it).
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 10:45 AM
Arkady, I slept with a girl in college once but never had sex.
I didn't really want to and she was a bit too much of a catholic girl and didn't want to either so that was lucky for me.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 10:46 AM
I think that's true Denton.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 10:46 AM
"Biffy - That's no good - don't cover up the bod!"
Arkady, I have a body that screams to be covered up.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 10:46 AM
how many people (besides dave) have had a threesome :-D
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 10:47 AM
biff, we're definitely in the same boat!
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 10:47 AM
"Arkady, I slept with a girl in college once but never had sex. I didn't really want to and she was a bit too much of a catholic girl and didn't want to either so that was lucky for me."
DIBS' idea of getting lucky with a woman is exactly the opposite of mine.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 10:47 AM
dh, hasn't everyone?
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 10:48 AM
"how many people (besides dave) have had a threesome :-D"
DH, does it count if my mom accidentally walked into my room and caught me in the act with a girlfriend? That actually happened.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 10:48 AM
heh, dave, "Schenzhen" is a little German-Jewish enclave north of Hong Kong. Shenzhen is where the market is.
I'm not in finance so this question will probably strike you as naive. But I wonder, how can the Shanghai Stock Exchange be considered an index of ANYthing, except, perhaps, the leanings of the Financial cabal of the Chinese government? It's an exchange totally controlled by the state, dominated by state-controlled industries, that uses a non-convertible currency whose value is manipulated by the state, etc....
Posted by: WonTon at August 20, 2009 10:49 AM
YOU GOT CAUGHT??? Wow! How awkward was that Biff? What did you do?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 10:49 AM
dh - Do you mean "Me, myself & I"?
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 10:51 AM
Oh, btw, the Chinese bf wants to show up tonight. He's very quiet and doesn't drink alot so don't torture him. I hope m4l & WonTon are there so he can gossip in Chinese.
Also, don't ask about our sex life or anything about threesomes!!! Even if you become curious.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 10:51 AM
wonton, it's very easy to own state-controlled companies. Let's see...
AIG
C
BAC
GM
FNM
lol...
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 10:52 AM
"YOU GOT CAUGHT??? Wow! How awkward was that Biff? What did you do?"
Snappy, I was kind of in shock. But my parents, being the open-minded, bleeding heart, pinko commie, Reform Jews that they were, realized I was "active" (although my girlfriend at the time would probably dispute that). I looked up and we both had a horrified look on our faces and she quickly shut the door and never mentioned it. My mom is amazing in many ways, but I think the fact she never gave me crap about things she knew would embarrass me is one of her coolest traits.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 10:54 AM
WonTon...sorry about the spelling.
You are right about those markets. International investors don't play in them...they are totally local Chines and mostly local retail...they have little bearing on anything international.
All the "real" companies are listed in Hong Kong. They may or may not have a dual listing in China but if they do, the valuations are much higher there. Like macau, it's just a casino.
Are you coming tonight to gossip with my Chinese bf???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 10:54 AM
haha denton - i would sure hope so!
haha biff - i assume your mom didn't high five you
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 10:54 AM
i am SO angry at VH1 right now. you know that swimsuit model who was killed and found dead in a suitcase in a dumpster yesterday!? well her killer was one of the contestants on Megan Wants a Millionaire!!! :( we're only like 3 eppies in and they cancelled it because of this. :(
sad for the girl though :( but sad for Meghan as well. i hope she finds her millionaire.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 20, 2009 10:54 AM
"DIBS' idea of getting lucky with a woman is exactly the opposite of mine."
That was laugh out loud funny!
Biff- if you want to cover up, wear a full body spandex suit. You'll be happy and so will we ladies! I think you can buy them with airbrushed 6 pack abs (so appropriate for you!), it'll nicely round out the tush, comes in lots of great colors and is easy to deal with (zipper) in any state of inebriation.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 10:55 AM
Sometime around 1972 I was standing on the corner of 72nd and Bway with my (fortunately) good-looking Dominican friend, and a terrified Italian (from Italy) young woman comes up to us and says that a guy has been following her for an hour, can we help. So we chase him away and then I suggested that she come over to my place for a while to make sure he can't track her down any more. That was fun, and not the only one.
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 10:55 AM
oh - and this is what the outside of the bar looks like, incase you walk past it
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/arts/music/26dive.html
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 10:56 AM
oh yeah and dont even get me started on I LOve MOney 3 being cancelled because this murderer was on it, and supposedly won :-/
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 20, 2009 10:57 AM
Rob, maybe the killer was the winner or someone crucial to the plot - but still, you'd think it would make for much better ratings *not* to cancel the show.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 10:57 AM
I don't recommend doing a threesome with you husban/wife/sig other/partner. One of the two of you will be more interested in the third party than the other and that will cause problems...likely ones that you will not get over. Now, a fouresome on the other hand usually will work to the advantage of both of you but even then???
Just get yourself involved as the third wheel in some other messed up relationship.
I did a fivesome once and that was a lot of fun but it's easier in the gay world than the straight world. Obviously all of us where male. And I was the only non-Thai!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 10:57 AM
"i assume your mom didn't high five you"
No, but I think my dad was secretly proud. My first girlfriend was a total babe, if I do say so myself. It was hard to top her after we broke up. Re-write?
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 10:59 AM
Denton and Biff, both great stories (for entirely different reasons!).
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 10:59 AM
haha denton - that's a great story!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 10:59 AM
Biff, I suppose the real question is, did you two finish after she shut the door??? LOL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 11:00 AM
WonTon, you should join us tonight. I think you would like DIBS' boyfriend. He's nothing like DIBS. Wait, that didn't sound right.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 11:00 AM
Denton, you ole dog! LOL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 11:01 AM
Si,
Biff, what a great day you're going to have, drunk twice!
Posted by: DeLepp at August 20, 2009 11:02 AM
WonTon, he's kind of intrigued by the prospect of carrying on a conversation in Chinese with a gweipo. I don't think he's ever done it before.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 11:03 AM
"Biff, what a great day you're going to have, drunk twice"
or just drunk once - for a long time
Delepp - you gonna be able to make the trip up?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 11:04 AM
"Biff- if you want to cover up, wear a full body spandex suit. You'll be happy and so will we ladies!"
bxgrl, I gave up on spandex around the same time I gave up on parachute pants and leg warmers.
"Biff, I suppose the real question is, did you two finish after she shut the door??? LOL"
Yes, it just took me a bit longer (i.e., 5 minutes versus the usual 3 minutes) as I had to get the image of my mom out of my mind.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 11:06 AM
"Biff, I suppose the real question is, did you two finish after she shut the door??? LOL"
One of my colleagues used to teach at Jamaica HS in Queens. A teacher there was doing cafeteria duty and noticed a banging noise coming from the huge trash cans in the corner. He thought it might be rats (the school was infested with them) and walked over to investigate. No rats, but behind the trash cans were two students having sex just feet away from dozens of other students eating lunch. The teacher looked down, shocked, and awkwardly said something like "Hey stop that!" to which the male student (on top) turned his head around and asked "Can I finish?"
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 11:06 AM
dibs--is the bf Cantonese or Mainland? If the latter, unfortunately the only gossip I will be able to exchange with him is in my extremely limited Mandarin which consists of: "How are you, thank you!, absolutely not!"
m4l, being multi-lingual, will be a much more spicy conversant than me.
Here's my dilemma: my favorite yoga class is tonight in PS at 7pm. That means I wouldn't be able to get to W-burg until 9 at the earliest. And W-burg is so inconveniently located!
Posted by: WonTon at August 20, 2009 11:06 AM
Is there some sort of brownstoner event tonight? Is it only for the really regular regulars or for the kind of regular regulars like me who occasionally stop by to say something snarky? Wife and kids are in Vermont at the moment so I might actually be interested in stopping by if I can get rid of this pounding headache induced by three 007s at the Tea Lounge (who goes to the tea lounge for cocktails? really, who does that?)
Posted by: lechacal at August 20, 2009 11:08 AM
wow, are you lucky. Your mother didn't give you guilt? No hurt looks, quivering but firmly held lips? No silently dripping tear from the corner of the eye? Not even a hand held delicately over her heart?
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 11:08 AM
He speaks both, WonTon. he's from Fujian.
How can one pass up beer for yoga?? That just sounds oooo wrong.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 11:08 AM
Six, when I taught two girls were doing some "heavy petting" in a room. Since I was the resident lesbian adult, I was nominated to go in and make them stop!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 11:09 AM
"... to which the male student (on top) turned his head around and asked "Can I finish?""
Never any love for the female, right?
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 11:09 AM
For everyone, lechacal, Asshats and Assholes alike. :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 11:09 AM
"Biff, what a great day you're going to have, drunk twice"
Today will be officially known as "The Lost Thursday" in my autobiography.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 11:09 AM
Biff, was the girl Jewish? Maybe that's why your mom was ok with it! LOL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 11:10 AM
Well I might stop by then. Where is it? I'll promise not to be an asshole if you promise not to call me one. :)
Posted by: lechacal at August 20, 2009 11:11 AM
Snappy, unlike seeing a guy naked, how does one tell if a naked girl is Jewish??
Which of course reminds me of a Mae West line: "His pants were so tight I could see his religion."
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 11:12 AM
"Haha Biff! Actually, you and CGar the closest PLUSAs - I was going to delegate that task to you two."
six, I don't about Mr. Champion, but I think it's fair to say that jessi and her roommates are in good hands with me. I'll be sure to keep a close eye on them. ;-)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 11:12 AM
lech, these announced gatherings are always open to anyone who wants to attend. Come on out!
bxgrl, my mom didn't give me any of the proverbial Jewish mother guilt, although she could have on many occasions. I did make her cry once or twice and it broke my heart.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 11:13 AM
Lechacal...from your imposing looks, I'd love to meet the person who would dare to call you an @sshole to your face! Something tells me they wouldn't survive the night.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 11:13 AM
Any of you remember Firesign Theatre??
I'd like to rewrite the line:
"We're all Asshats on this bus."
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 11:14 AM
Dave...I couldn't tell you!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 11:14 AM
dh, got tickets for tonight so doubtful, but you never know. Spot looks terrific.
Posted by: DeLepp at August 20, 2009 11:15 AM
"Cargar...had you taken the time management courses when we told you to, you would know that both are possible! Get crackin!"
snappy, I'm just getting back from my TM course, not to worry.
"CGar, a little less time spent trolling late night threads and I think you can manage all!!"
cobble, a less time spend trolling DURING THE DAY would help too!!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 11:15 AM
Lechacal...from your imposing looks, I'd love to meet the person who would dare to call you an @sshole to your face! Something tells me they wouldn't survive the night.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 11:13 AM
Ummmm, that was me, Snappy. It was at Floyd's. Alcohol was involved.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 11:15 AM
And you lived to tell Dave? I'm shocked! Lechacal...were you just in a good mood that night? :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 11:17 AM
"Biff, was the girl Jewish? Maybe that's why your mom was ok with it!"
Snappy, she was blonde with blue eyes and, to quote an old joke, if the word "shiksa" was in the dictionary, her picture would be beside it. She was as Aryan as they come. I assume part of my deep attraction to her was she was like forbidden fruit to me!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 11:17 AM
Hahaha Snappy, that's great! They certainly wouldn't have nominated a male to go in there.
While we're on the subject, a Ditmas Park friend of mine noticed a green minivan with tinted windows blocking his driveway one fine Sunday morning as he was about to drive off to church. The van was rocking a bit, if you get my drift, and he looked in the windshield and saw a mass of (as he said it) "heaving, hairy, bright white flesh bobbing up and down in the back seat". So he called the local precinct, and since he lives right across the street from some higher-up in the NYPD, they came right away with sirens blaring. The van tried to get away but the cops blocked it in, talked to the driver for about five minutes, let him drive off, and came over to talk to my friend. Dialogue:
Friend: Why the hell did you let him drive off? I'm not gonna sleep for a week after seeing that in the back seat!
Cop: Sleep for a week? Buddy you ain't gonna eat for a month. It was a 52-year-old Hasidic rabbi and his 19-year-old male student, and it was consensual.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 11:18 AM
Biff...listen to this....
http://tinyurl.com/nmyffn
And for all of you at work, put on some earphones before you click play on this.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 11:19 AM
I say tonight we get a picture of lechecal and denton drinking pina coladas with those little umbrellas.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 11:19 AM
I'm imposing? Who knew. Dave called me an asshole a couple of times. I was being an asshole at the time.
Posted by: lechacal at August 20, 2009 11:19 AM
dibs, I'd love to come and meet your bf. It's always fun to experience the "gwailo disjuncture" that happens when I speak Cantonese to a Chinese person.
The other week in Flushing, I ordered a fresh gourd juice from some street vendor on Main Street. I ordered in Cantonese without thinking about it, since the words "dung gwa" come to my head more instantly when I see this fruit than "winter melon."
The vendor froze and looked at me as if she'd seen a ghost. Then she called to her friend. I repeated my order. Two more passersby stopped to stare in astonishment.
They all stood there watching me drink the juice, like I was a gorilla with two heads.
Posted by: WonTon at August 20, 2009 11:19 AM
Six, HOLY SH!T ON A STICK!!!!!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 11:20 AM
Biff, was that Aryan goddess your goy toy?
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 11:20 AM
thanks 6yrs, the rest of us can't get drunk twice today to remove that vision.
Posted by: DeLepp at August 20, 2009 11:20 AM
Lechacal, you have a serious tough guy look about you! Very Marines-esque if you will :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 11:21 AM
AHAHAHA ROFL Snappy that took me a moment!!!!!!!!
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 11:22 AM
Sorry folks, I guess I've silenced the OT.
How about them cats?
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 11:30 AM
"Biff, was that Aryan goddess your goy toy?"
six, she had the perfect combination of drop dead gorgeous looks, a great personality and open to almost anything I wanted to do. I couldn't have asked for anything more in a woman who deflowered me.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 11:31 AM
biff- know what you mean. Me too.
C Gar- are you wearing the cyberwedding band? Recal I just got scads of money from Chicken so we can buy and renovate the HOTD (and we are so not having shrillstoner over for dinner!)
6years- now THAT is an incredibly funny story! (G-d, I hope I have some alcoholic beverages in the house- what an image!).
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 11:32 AM
"open to almost anything I wanted to do."
hmmm i wonder what was taboo?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 11:33 AM
Good to know snappy - not a look I'm going for per se, but if that's what I've got I might as well work with it. And it's Navy for your information, not Marines :)
Posted by: lechacal at August 20, 2009 11:34 AM
6, $50
bxgrl, good idea to store the dead servants. if shrill stumbles upon them he'd likely see the family resemblance and make off with the goods.
Posted by: bitter retort at August 20, 2009 11:35 AM
Oh, wait...Six...I didn't mean it that way, but now that I look at that comment again...it does have a double meaning! Ha!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 11:35 AM
Oooops! Navy -esque it is then! LOL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 11:36 AM
6years, I am....without words, except maybe... Oy vey.
Posted by: WonTon at August 20, 2009 11:36 AM
snappy, that clip was AMAZING!!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 11:37 AM
"I couldn't have asked for anything more in a woman who deflowered me."
Maybe a smaller strap-on?
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 11:38 AM
"I couldn't have asked for anything more in a woman who deflowered me."
Maybe a smaller strap-on?
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 11:38 AM
SNAP
SNAP
SNAP
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 11:39 AM
Itried to do the Tripe Z Snap but it didn't post right.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 11:40 AM
Denton, Ha!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 11:42 AM
haha glad you all enjoyed that tidbit of Ditmas Park lore! Bitter retort, where can I collect?
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 11:45 AM
bxgrl is getting all wet over the guys in the Inside Third & Bond thread. Not a latino among them :(
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 11:45 AM
D'OH! I didn't mean that kind of deflowering. I just meant I lost my virginity to her (and haven't been able to find it ever since). I am open to many things, but NOT strap-ons!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 11:45 AM
"C Gar- are you wearing the cyberwedding band? Recal I just got scads of money from Chicken so we can buy and renovate the HOTD (and we are so not having shrillstoner over for dinner!)"
bxgrl, yes of course, I never take it off - I promise I won't look at another woman tonight. And once you put it that way, I told Chicken he was more than welcome to proposition you for money a la "Indecent Proposal". As for the HOTD, vacation starts next Friday, so I'll remove the "Arthur"-bathtub, castle WBF, and garden pavers then, but I believe supervising the stuffed and mounted servants (re-write?) is your job. We could never have that shrill creature over after s/he called you "bitchy"!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 11:47 AM
dave - what's your stance on Philipinos?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 11:47 AM
But they're ethnic, dave!! (I may be a Jew, but I am catholic in my taste in men :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 11:47 AM
"I am open to many things, but NOT strap-ons!! "
Open? That needs a re-write!
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 11:48 AM
DIBS, that will mean there's at least a *possibility* the number of posts on that thread will reach double digits today. But if that happens, I'm buying a lottery ticket.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 11:48 AM
sixyears, Oh, no, that image will be with me for a while!
Biff, I don't think I could've recovered from that, certainly not so fast. (Same thing happened to my stepbrother!)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 11:48 AM
Anyone ever get caught by cops for having sex in the car or outside?
Guilty. Twice.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 11:49 AM
Ok- I obviously need to re-cred with dave. I had a Latino BF (after my divorce)who MM nicknamed "the Poor Man's Antonio Banderas." He was muy hot! But too high maintenance.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 11:50 AM
dh, its spelled Filipinos. We can discuss their physical and mental attributes over a beer but not on here.
My partner in Philly is Flip. He's rather atypical of generalizations that I would make about Filipinos though.
Date a Filipino girl AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 11:51 AM
Have you dated any, dh???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 11:51 AM
haha - thanks dibs.
yeah - lets discuss, I have a fun story.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 11:52 AM
Kens...shame on you! Are you the guy behind that public invasion porn? LOL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 11:53 AM
No Dave, it's a work thing. I'll elaborate tonight.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 11:53 AM
Haha Kens - I never did understand the appeal of a car for that purpose though!
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 11:53 AM
I can't wait for today's HOTD.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 11:54 AM
"Anyone ever get caught by cops for having sex in the car or outside?"
Guilty as charged, two times in different parking lots with the same girlfriend I mentioned above!! I almost ended up in traction after doing it with her in the back seat of her Renault Fuego! We had many fun times...
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 11:54 AM
Six, at that time I lived and home and so did my gf so options were limited.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 11:56 AM
Twice, once on irving plaza, next on riverside drive.
Posted by: DeLepp at August 20, 2009 11:56 AM
One time when I had sex with a guy in the car he told me not to pull his pants down too far. I asked Why? and he said because he had two wooden legs below the knees!!!!
He had one between the legs too. Ka Boom Boom
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 11:56 AM
Biff...sounds like you screwed your way through your youth! How old were you all when you first did it???? Jeeesh!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 11:58 AM
Kens, true - I mean, if your mom caught you or something...
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 11:58 AM
Parked outside of the Limelight club in the mid-90s.
Posted by: lechacal at August 20, 2009 11:59 AM
Dave...my word. You never cease to amaze!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 11:59 AM
Here we go:
"DIBS, My brownstone is stunning. The garden floor kitchen has lovely black appliances . . ."
Posted by: shillstoner at August 19, 2009 4:31 PM
And so we must all run out and replace our tacky, suburban stainless steel appliances with lovely black ones!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 11:59 AM
"Biff...sounds like you screwed your way through your youth! How old were you all when you first did it???? Jeeesh!"
Snappy, I was 16, and thought I was a late bloomer. But we Canadians start young. They used to have birth control pills shaped like Fred Flintstone up there.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 12:01 PM
Cgar...I didn't reall have a problem with his taste in appliances but he kept harping on the fact that the garden level was the most appropriate level for FORMAL dining. that is just so wrong in any brownstone that has a much more magnificent, high ceiling, plastered crown molding parlour level.
He also insisted on keeping all the second & third floor chopped up small useless Victorian rooms with multiple entrances!!!!!!!!! God forbid you combine two of those into a bathroom and take a shower in anything other than a clawfoot tub.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 12:03 PM
16???? That's super young! But I was a late bloomer. Everything sounds early to me.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 12:04 PM
C gar- I am going to do tacky one better. I am going to spray paint my white (my eyes! my eyes!)appliances black! There- I am ever so much the tackiest!
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 12:04 PM
16!!!! I'm sure I was fooling around with 2 guys in the neighborhood, my age, when we were all 11.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 12:05 PM
DIBS, I'm with you. You just described the parlor floor in my old house, and, dare I say, that's where I had both my very formal dining room AND my kitchen (complete with stainless steel appliances and an island).
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 12:06 PM
CGar, leave the Brownstone posts to other threads on this blog and fess up your sexual encounters of threesomes and doing the naughty outside/car.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 12:06 PM
dibs, you can be redeemed yet... someone just put a nice clawfoot tub in the forum... maybe you can snap it up.
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 12:08 PM
"You just described the parlor floor in my old house"
He means before he lived in a tent on my deck.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 12:08 PM
11??? WTF??? I'm a pure angel compared to you bunch of oversexed asshats! LOL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 12:09 PM
Weren't you playing doctor with your friends Snappy? We used to crack up showing each other our butts!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 12:11 PM
"CGar, leave the Brownstone posts to other threads on this blog and fess up your sexual encounters of threesomes and doing the naughty outside/car."
Any threesomes IN a car? Now that would be tough.
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 12:11 PM
No playing doctor for me! I was the nerdy kid who, when forced to go outside and play, took a book and read under a tree.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 12:14 PM
denton, after your review of the VUE restaurant, I am going there Saturday for Brunch.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 12:14 PM
Denton...it could be done with an old school station wagon maybe! Or today's minivan with fold down seats favored by soccer moms :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 12:15 PM
"Any threesomes IN a car? Now that would be tough."
My girlfriend once got stuck on the stick shift.
Does that count?
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 12:15 PM
K, I hope you like it. Tell them to heat the plates and turn off the TVs! And don't let me catch you drinking no pina coladas!
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 12:19 PM
Biff, did she actually succeed in shifting gears? Vroom, vroom!
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 12:24 PM
Where is this thing tonight?
Posted by: lechacal at August 20, 2009 12:26 PM
lechacal.... www.petescandystore.com
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 12:28 PM
"Biff, did she actually succeed in shifting gears? Vroom, vroom!"
Yes, she usually had it in overdrive.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 12:29 PM
denton, they have included Mimosa(s) into the brunch so that's what I'll be drinking.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 12:30 PM
biff- ENY and I answered you on the Thurs. links thread
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 12:30 PM
dave, from now on if someone else asks where is the get together tonight, link the to a website of some kind of underground dominatrix club.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 12:31 PM
Can I just say that if I had noticed that the 3rd & Bond guys were that cute, sooner, I might have actually read that thread!! Call me superficial.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 12:31 PM
thx bxgrl!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 12:33 PM
"fess up your sexual encounters of threesomes and doing the naughty outside/car."
Kens, ROFL. Never in a car (that I recall), and I plead the 5th to threesomes . . .
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 12:34 PM
"He means before he lived in a tent on my deck"
But to cobble's (and chet's) credit, they did get me a high-ceilinged tent with beautiful crown moldings (well, maybe not so much, but you can't beat the stitching on those seams)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 12:37 PM
CGar, you forgot to mention the period appropriate cot for your sleeping bag, and the period appropriate chamber pot!! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 12:43 PM
Sleeping bag? He gets a sleeping bag??? I think a mud/straw blanket would be more appropriate!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 12:45 PM
dave, from now on if someone else asks where is the get together tonight, link the to a website of some kind of underground dominatrix club.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 12:31 PM
Which ones are the best, Kens???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 12:45 PM
Wow! You're right Snappy, I didn't think of that. But really now, I can't deprive the poor guy of the sleeping bag. It is in a nice period appropriate shade of Battle Grey.
I'll write to Shrill and get him a special dispensation for it.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 12:50 PM
I figured you would know more than me. I am not really into DOM scene.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 12:50 PM
Ok Cobble, but just this once!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 12:52 PM
And what makes you think that I AM????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 12:54 PM
I've seen Denton's place in person (hope you don't mind me mentioning it, Denton) and it's BEAUTIFUL. The photos on the reno blog don't do it justice, since you can neither see the bigger context nor the details in those photos. It's warm and personal, yet will stand the test of time. From what I understand, Denton designed all or most of it. He's got real talent.
It's certainly not tacky.
But like I said last night, I think it's unseemly for everyone to gang up on Shillstoner and rip him apart as a group because he called the current renovation trends tacky. You all spend plenty of the day making fun of various HOTDs and Mill Basin, so it's not as if you're above perceiving something as tacky.
Unless I missed something, the gang made it personal before Shillstoner did. Anyway, DIBS and everyone, each to his own and I hope everyone enjoys their decorating choices.
I'm on the fence about the gathering tonight. I want to go but I'm really tired.
Posted by: mopar at August 20, 2009 12:56 PM
I didn't say you necessarily were. Just thought you would know a site or two.... or three. :o).
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 12:56 PM
I keep mulling over snappy's statement that I am physically imposing. It reminds me how big a difference there sometimes is between how we perceive ourselves and how others perceive us.
Posted by: lechacal at August 20, 2009 12:56 PM
Mopar, I didn't mean to gang up on Shill...just having fun with the idea of ye olde Brooklyn brownstone and what it might be like :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 12:57 PM
11? wow. i was still rubbing up on my stuffed animals and jelly bagging the sofa cushions at that age.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 20, 2009 12:58 PM
HEY WHERE"S SNAPPY AT???!!!!!!
Now this is something to get mad at!
Ex-Giants Receiver Burress Pleads Guilty in Gun Case (Update3)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=aT6hiehws_wI
Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Former New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, who accidentally shot himself in the leg at a Manhattan nightclub last year, pleaded guilty to a gun charge and faces a two year prison sentence.
2 Farking years???!!!!!! I thought id your caught with a illegal firearm that's 3.5 years in the state pen!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at August 20, 2009 12:58 PM
Lechacal...you arent scary imposing...just more like that's not the guy I'd want to eff with in a fight imposing. You have a stature of commanding respect. I think that's a good thing :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 12:59 PM
"beautiful" original 1953 co-op details of pink and black tiles in the bathroom and redo everything completely modern. I bet those pics will get at least 300 posts and most will be ripping it apart left and right. I honestly wont be offended though, especially if I put it on the market since I'll just get more exposure.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 12:59 PM
Truth be told, Snappy, it's a Civil War army surplus cot and, as cobble says, a gray blanket that I fold over to resemble a sleeping bag.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 12:59 PM
lechacal, I think you're impressive command of the English language, which is quite evident when speaking with you in person, is more intimidating than your appearance. You're quite friendly and chatty (chatty, in a good way).
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 1:00 PM
What, I said if the guy had shot someone he'd get a longer term. I said nothing of sentences for possessing an illegal firearm.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 1:00 PM
Darn, What, don't start the Plax discussion right when I have to go!!! I want to hear what people think about it.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 1:01 PM
mopar, like I pointed out yesterday, you apparently believe that we ganged up on shillstoner for no apparent reason.
He started it with this:
"it's one of the few houses that really understands ensuite master bedroom & bathroom."
You can take the suburbanite out of the burbss, but...
Posted by: shillstoner at August 19, 2009 2:50 PM
The thread was very cordial before he popped in to rant his holier-than-thou point of view as to what is and isn't eacceptable.
You did miss a few things before you condemned us for the largely assinine remarks from this nitwit.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 1:02 PM
Hey, I guess I agree that it's a good thing, as long as it doesn't have the effect of making people avoid you or not open up to you. I just always think of myself as kind of a nerdy thinker type. Not physical at all. But enough about me.
Posted by: lechacal at August 20, 2009 1:02 PM
Make that "YOUR" impressive command of the English language, which is something that I am clearly lacking. I hate when people confuse "your" and "you're", especially when it's me!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 1:02 PM
Hey, thanks Biff. The hangover is slowly wearing off. I'm off to a meeting and then maybe a chocolate milkshake before I decide for sure whether to come out tonight.
Posted by: lechacal at August 20, 2009 1:04 PM
kens...where do you see that?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 1:06 PM
Hey what....using your own words, WHAT THE FARK DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH BROOKLYN.
IF ANY OF US BROUGHT THAT UP YOU'D BE YELLING RACIST ALL DAY LONG.
THIS MORON HAS A GUN AND SHOOTS HIMSELF IN THE FOOT...WHAT A DUMB FARK. HE DESERVES AN EXTRA 3 YEARS FOR BEING A STUPID MO FO.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 1:06 PM
It's true Lechacal, a lot of people tell me that I seem very reserved and cool. Couldn't be further from the truth of how I feel most of the time.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 1:06 PM
"Can I just say that if I had noticed that the 3rd & Bond guys were that cute, sooner, I might have actually read that thread!! Call me superficial."
Cobble, you're superficial. But so am I. Me likes Hakan Turkmenoglu and Yigit Unlu.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 1:06 PM
Yeah, I was surprised by that Biffers. Have you started pre-party 40s so you can make your necklace?
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 1:07 PM
"Civil War army surplus cot"
PERIOD APPROPRIATE Civil War army surplus cot, thank you!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 1:07 PM
cobble- i realize its tacky to ask you to upgrade my e-hubby's sleeping arrangements and the civil war army cot has a certain panache missing from a sleeping bag. But at least allow him the use of the outhouse, unless you have a chamber maid who will take care of the nightsoil. Oh- and don't forget, that chamberpot needs a beautifully starched and ironed linen cloth to cover it. Will you be doing the ironing? (I assume you will be heating it in the fireplace?)
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 1:09 PM
Me likes me some Hakan, too, CGar! : )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 1:09 PM
"before I decide for sure whether to come out tonight"
lechacal, hope you'll join us tonight. I enjoyed talking with you at Ellis.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 1:10 PM
what, obviously he copped a plea. Saved the state the expense of a trial, and the possibility that a star-struck member of a jury might hang it up.
I'm mixed on the issue. Any ass who carries a gun without a holster is a true dick. otoh he's an employed and productive member of society. Now he's finished.
What, why are you angry? Cuz he should have done the whole 3.5, or cuz he did time at all?
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 1:10 PM
"Biffers"
LOL
I love how we all alter each others names :) We all must have about 5 nicknames apiece by now!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 1:10 PM
No problem Mopar as long as you keep saying nice things :-)
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 1:12 PM
Yes, Snappy, but there is only one Alpha Retard, and that's me!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 1:12 PM
Uhm, oh crap, I'm in trouble now...Uh, well, hmm, you see bxgrl...we don't have an outhouse!! We all use chamber pots! I just toss the uhm, contents off the side of the deck into the downstairs' neighbors' yard!
Ironing? Me? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Ask MM, she's been to my apt. Did she see ANYTHING that was ironed?! HA HA HA HA HA HA!
ahem.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 1:13 PM
"What, why are you angry? Cuz he should have done the whole 3.5, or cuz he did time at all?"
Prodigy of the rap group MOB DEEP is serving a 3.5 year prison sentence for the SAME THING!!!!! His car was searched and the cops found a gun. I wonder if he gotten the same deal? He didn't shot himself like this jackass but he get different treatment? This is to be out raged about Denton or I forgot this is Brownstoner, home of the hypocrites!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at August 20, 2009 1:15 PM
"It's true Lechacal, a lot of people tell me that I seem very reserved and cool. Couldn't be further from the truth of how I feel most of the time."
CH, you do have that waspy cobble hill look going on :-)
It's not about how wasps feel, it's about not letting anyone know that they have feelings at all!
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 1:15 PM
I kind of agree, What. That's the problem with mandatory sentences. Especially when they're not entirely mandatory :-)
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 1:17 PM
"but there is only one Alpha Retard, and that's me!!"
*** The What rips Dave's "Alpha Retard" bandanna of his forehead and kicks him in the ass*****
The What
Someday this war is gonna end..
Posted by: Return of The What at August 20, 2009 1:17 PM
The moppet's sick so I'm out, I fear. But have fun!
And more4less, so we're neighbors? You have kids?
Posted by: Heather at August 20, 2009 1:19 PM
*** The What rips Dave's "Alpha Retard" bandanna of his forehead and kicks him in the ass*****
The What
Someday this war is gonna end..
Posted by: Return of The What at August 20, 2009 1:17 PM
And wears it in his back pocket....Red Hanky Right...
http://www.gaycityusa.com/hankycodes.htm
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 1:20 PM
Did anyone watch that Fox special on Nadyia Suleman last night (the so-called octo-mom?) I saw parts of it...interesting, yet not so much.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 1:20 PM
"CH, you do have that waspy cobble hill look going on :-)
It's not about how wasps feel, it's about not letting anyone know that they have feelings at all!"
I can't help it, I was born that way! ; ) Ya gotta work with what ya get!
Too true, any sign of feelings or emotions is considered a 'weakness' for WASPs, and believe when I say that I learned this the hard way! It WILL be used against you, sadly.
BH/Chad refers to our kind as "God's frozen people".
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 1:20 PM
"That's the problem with mandatory sentences. Especially when they're not entirely mandatory :-)"
That's what happen to the Crack Laws of the 80's!!!!
I get mad here because everyone is a hypocrite! As long the BS is serving you then things are Ok. I'm done..
The What
Someday this war is gonna end..
Posted by: Return of The What at August 20, 2009 1:21 PM
WHAT....WHAT DOES PLAXICO HAVE TO DO WITH BROOKLYN?????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 1:21 PM
HEY WHAT, WHAT DOES PLAXICO HAVE TO DO WITH BROOKLYN???
YOU'RE THE BIGGEST HYPOCRITE ON HERE.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 1:22 PM
I just heard an interview w/ a football person who said he doesn't think P's career will be over when he gets out.
I wish people who kill while driving drunk got heavier sentences.
I wish the arsehole who swam to Aung San Suu Kyi were jailed - it's his fault she got another 18 mos (regardless of the fact that they'd've found some reason to keep her incarcerated.)
Punishments rarely fit the crime.
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 1:23 PM
"And wears it in his back pocket....Red Hanky Right..."
No Dave-O, that's to stop the bleeding from your rectum, that's why it's "Blood Red"!
The What (Searching for a bat..)
Someday this war is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at August 20, 2009 1:24 PM
Dave, what gay men have time to decode all that? And the fact that there is a gold lame bandanna used as a sign is cracking me the eff up!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 1:25 PM
I doubt his career will be over. If Vick could get another team to sign him, this guy should have no problem at all.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 1:28 PM
"WHAT....WHAT DOES PLAXICO HAVE TO DO WITH BROOKLYN?????"
IT'S THE OPEN THREAD ASSF******! WE CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING HERE LIKE YOUR MOTHER!!!!! STOP BY AND PICK UP HERE UNDERWEAR, THANKS!!!!!
THE WHAT (WHY AM I YELLING??? GOD DAMN MAN I CAN'T STOP!!!!!!!)
SOMEDAY THIS GOD DAMN WAR IS GONNA END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Return of The What at August 20, 2009 1:29 PM
Snappy, that was all back in the eighties. no one wears that stuff anymore except the What when he's in prison.
I'd like to see the What spewing his Plaxico shit when he's in the cell next to him. ROTFLMMFAO....What would make a good, but old, biatch for Plaxico.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 1:30 PM
I remember back in the day when gay guys used to carry those plastic flight bags with Pam Am or TWA logos. Remember that dibs?
Posted by: denton at August 20, 2009 1:30 PM
Shrillstoner is back on the HOTD from yesterday. S/he has taken offense that I said he must have body servants turning the central air conditioning crank :-)
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 1:30 PM
" (WHY AM I YELLING??? GOD DAMN MAN I CAN'T STOP!!!!!!!)"
Pssst, What, just take your finger off the cap lock key!! And take the little green pill!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 1:31 PM
YOU'RE THE DUMBASS WHO GOES ON AND ON AND ON WHENEVER BROWNSTONER POSTS SOMETHING ABOUT A CRIME OUTSIDE OF BROOKLYN...BUT ONLY APPARENTLY IF IT INVOLVES BLACK PEOPLE.
SO STFU.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BROOKLYN AND YOU REMAIN THE BIGGEST RACIST HYPOCRITE HERE.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT MOTHERS YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THAT BATTLE BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT MORE NAMES FOR YOUR MOTHER THAN THERE ARE FOR MINE!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 1:32 PM
Oh, Rob, I just saw your comment! I'm so sorry! How disappointing and incredibly predictable that they are making fun of Hannah Montana. I should have known better.
Posted by: mopar at August 20, 2009 1:33 PM
bxgrl - LOL!
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 1:33 PM
Heather, I live on Clinton Ave so I'm close enough to you in Ft greene to be consider neighbors. Have a 2 yr son
Posted by: more4less at August 20, 2009 1:34 PM
"Pssst, What, just take your finger off the cap lock key!! And take the little green pill!!"
I CAN'T TAKE MY FINGER OFF AND I'VE RAN OUT OF PILLS GOD DAMN IT!!!!!!!
WHERE"S MY JACK DANIEL'S?????
THE WHAT (NO JACK DANIEL'S GOD DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Posted by: Return of The What at August 20, 2009 1:37 PM
Damn, now I have to keep two different brownstoner logins open to continue reading shillstoner's comments on y'days HOTD.
What, I had you pegged for more of a Jagermeister guy.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 1:39 PM
Um, Dave, Shillstoner was talking about the house, not about the commenters in the thread. Then the commenters attacked him personally, he attacked back, etc. That's all.
Anyway, his views aren't that hard to understand. He's just a little bit more of a historic absolutist than I guess others are on this site.
As for the What, he's a fictitious made-up character on a blog.
Posted by: mopar at August 20, 2009 1:39 PM
mopar, youi're usually pretty sensible but you can't seem to get this one.
Read what i posted above at 1:02...that's when he first attacked. He was talking about me.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 1:43 PM
As for the What, he's a fictitious made-up character on a blog.
*Ha*
As for the Mopar, she's a Dumbass character on a blog.
The WHat (Ok the meds are kicking in) Om... Om.. Om...
Someday this yelling is gonna end...
Posted by: Return of The What at August 20, 2009 1:46 PM
mopar- you are wrong. He first called daves en suite master bathroom an obscenity and then went on to inslt everyone who didn't keep a brownstone totally and period correctly intact.
This is where he first attacked dave:
"it's one of the few houses that really understands ensuite master bedroom & bathroom." (dave)
You can take the suburbanite out of the burbss, but...
Posted by: shillstoner at August 19, 2009 2:50 PM
now go back and reread.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 1:48 PM
"As for the What, he's a fictitious made-up character on a blog."
Mopar, if that's the case, who the heck has time to sit around making up the character?
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 1:48 PM
Is a fight about to break out in here? I think this is a good time to go prop my foot up and snooze.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 1:52 PM
I recommend the nap Snappy, you can catch up and skim later....
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 1:53 PM
My god, 350 posts by 1:53?? What is WRONG with you people?
;)
Posted by: Nokilissa at August 20, 2009 1:57 PM
snappy, stop pretending. you aint missing this action. pass the ice cream and root beer
Posted by: more4less at August 20, 2009 1:59 PM
What noki, is there a problem? ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 1:59 PM
Nah, snappy- but mopar shouldn't be coming down on us for ragging on shrillstoner- he said a lot of insulting stuff and attacked dave first.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 2:01 PM
My god, 350 posts by 1:53?? What is WRONG with you people?
;)
Posted by: Nokilissa at August 20, 2009 1:57 PM
I really like when these PART TIME asshats just show up out of the blue and criticize. If you want posts, get off your ass and start posting. :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 2:01 PM
Oh. I didn't realize "suburbanite" specifically referred to Dave. I though the whole comment was about en suite bathrooms.
Posted by: mopar at August 20, 2009 2:03 PM
HA! Snort.
Posted by: Nokilissa at August 20, 2009 2:04 PM
Oh. I didn't realize "suburbanite" specifically referred to Dave. I though the whole comment was about en suite bathrooms.
Posted by: mopar at August 20, 2009 2:03 PM
We'll take that as an apology, veiled as it is. :)
he gets worse later calling what I've done "obscene and tacky."
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 2:06 PM
not to mention calling you "bidetinbedstuy"
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 2:07 PM
Shillstoner could have called him "duvetinbedstuy" but that might have confused some people.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 2:10 PM
I thought the comment about "DIBS is a danger to the very integrity of mankind" was special.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 2:11 PM
it occurred to me this morning as I tore myself away from this melodrama that Shillstoner must be somebody's idea of a joke--that post about enjoying the air conditioning in his/her properly restored brownstone was just too much.
What, is that you? Identity Number 3 after the original/return of and Brownstones Half Off? Very entertaining!
Back to work for me.
Posted by: rf at August 20, 2009 2:12 PM
but duvetinbedstuy might be more appropriate, no? :-)
Welcome, NOKI- and where have you been?
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 2:13 PM
"Shillstoner must be somebody's idea of a joke"
rf - I had that thought myself. Benson, is shillstoner your parody of a preservationist?
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 2:15 PM
> Shillstoner must be somebody's idea of a joke
The central AC comment led me to a similar conclusion. I was also beginning to wonder if His Shrillness is a resurrection of "sam."
Posted by: DitmasSnark at August 20, 2009 2:16 PM
"At home now, hanging at the kitchen table, comfy in my central AC cooled home and safe in the knowledge that my house is pristine and lovely and free of any tacky suburban horrors like double sinks and granite counters, but slightly sad thinking of all the poor brownstones out there that have been defiled by people too stupid to realize what they're doing..."
The a/c comment was priceless...
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 2:17 PM
I have a 3 yo daughter, more4 -- and am on Vanderbilt. Email me! goldenreign at gmail.
Posted by: Heather at August 20, 2009 2:19 PM
I had the same thought - someone at home in their Parlor kitchen, with stainless steel appliances, a double sink, and an island.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 2:19 PM
Speaking of Benson, I have to admit, I allowed my unrepentantly partisan self a guffaw last night upon hearing Barney Frank's response to a woman, holding a picture of Obama-as-Hitler, who asked "Why do you continue to support this NAZI POLICY?" Frank: "...On what planet do you spend most of your time?...vile, contemptible nonsense." He closes by saying: "Trying to have a conversation with you would be like arguing with a dining room table."
LOVE. Him.
Posted by: Nokilissa at August 20, 2009 2:19 PM
Shillstoner's been around for awhile, it seems - just hasn't made quite the name for him/herself until now.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 2:20 PM
"I had the same thought - someone at home in their Parlor kitchen, with stainless steel appliances, a double sink, and an island."
Better yet....a bitter renter! GASP!
That was FAB noki, BH and I were howling when we saw that!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 2:21 PM
"bidetinbedstuy"
HA HA!! Funny.
"DIBS is a danger to the very integrity of mankind"
HA HA HARRRR!!!
C'mon - Dave is LOVING this!
Posted by: East New York at August 20, 2009 2:22 PM
Yeah, Noki, I thought those comments were superb!
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 2:22 PM
haha M4L - There will be lots of people smoking cigarettes on the back patio tonight - I'm afraid you're going to be burping in everyone's face and busting beer bottles over people's heads heheh ;)
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 2:23 PM
ENY, please scroll back to this morning's OT conversation. There are some stories you'll enjoy!
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 2:23 PM
"Barney Frank's response to a woman"
That was great! I've never been a huge fan of his, but I thought his response was great, and it's about time someone punched back!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 2:24 PM
cobble, are you, Chad and Chet going to Pete's tonight?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 2:26 PM
"ENY, please scroll back to this morning's OT conversation. There are some stories you'll enjoy!"
Um, I'll try, but I have a JOB! You guys crack me up, tho!
Posted by: East New York at August 20, 2009 2:27 PM
Oh, Nokilissa, I just thought Barney Frank's response was the best thing ever.
Posted by: mopar at August 20, 2009 2:28 PM
Job, schmob. You could read from home this evening (unless you're coming to Pete's), but make sure Mrs. ENY isn't looking over your shoulders!
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 2:29 PM
Do you have a link to his complete response??? I'd love to read it
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 2:29 PM
CGar, well, I have a previous engagement over in Chelsea this evening, but Chad or Chet, whoever, will be meeting me to travel home. So we might stop, but can't swear to it.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 2:29 PM
"Trying to have a conversation with you would be like arguing with a dining room table."
Or with Legion.
Posted by: East New York at August 20, 2009 2:29 PM
But Dave, thank you for calling me "usually pretty sensible" ;) I think.
Posted by: mopar at August 20, 2009 2:30 PM
here it is:
http://newsblog.projo.com/2009/08/rep-frank-respo.html
It's even better on video!!!!
And she looks like some hipster nutjob.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 2:32 PM
DH, nope. I dont go into packed area with tons of smoking and demand people dont smoke. That would inconsiderate and imposing upon people's business. I don't like smoking but that's my opinion and not some active anti-smoking movement where I go telling people to stop smoking. The situations I did that to smokers were when they sat down next to me (vs. other available sitting spots) then lit up and kept blowing their 2nd hand smoke my direction. so when they didn't oblige to stop blowing smoke my way, I burped in their direction. fair is fair.
but I will bring some tape in case I do need to tape up knuckles for some throw down with hipsters
Posted by: more4less at August 20, 2009 2:32 PM
Ok - reglazing the bathtub is done. Gotta get away from these fumes (although the effect is sort of like kids getting high off glue). See you all at Pete's!
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 20, 2009 2:32 PM
I do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYlZiWK2Iy8
Posted by: Nokilissa at August 20, 2009 2:32 PM
"Chad or Chet, whoever, will be meeting me to travel home. So we might stop, but can't swear to it".
Chad OR Chet? I thought the 3 of you were inseparable. I hope you (ALL of you) make it. If not, we have to make a date for coffee at Ted & Honey on Clinton - have you been there?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 2:34 PM
Did anyone see this about a Brooklyn Heights couple? The wife has a blog detailing her husband's annoying habits.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 2:34 PM
ENY...if I can lower myself to going to Willamsburg tonight, a place I've never been, you can too.
Take a deep breath, click your heels three times and repeat after me:
I can go to Williamsburg.
I can go to Williamsburg
I can go to Williamsburg.
The seame exercise will get you out of there as well. I'm sure after a few hours there I'll be repeating "There's no place like home."
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 2:35 PM
"well her killer was one of the contestants on Megan Wants a Millionaire!!! "
Those marriage shows always have contestants with such integrity. Didn't the millionaire on "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire" later turn out to have a stalking or domestic abuse prior?
Posted by: mopar at August 20, 2009 2:35 PM
Where is this Nazi crap coming from? Is she a paid rabble-rouser? Some unemployed hipster getting paid by an insurance company? Has anyone looked into who she is?
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 2:36 PM
bxgrl, did you see that I responded to you post on HOTD?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 2:36 PM
Did anyone see this about a Brooklyn Heights couple? The wife has a blog detailing her husband's annoying habits.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 2:34 PM
I bet she hasn't discovered the one where he secretly tapes her in the ensuite master bathroom and posts it on youtube.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 2:36 PM
Jon Stewart was pretty fun on the Barney Frank clip last night. "The Nazis' health plan. Hmmh. Wasn't there something else the Nazis were better known for?"
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 2:38 PM
"Mrs. ENY isn't looking over your shoulders!"
Well, she is pretty disinterested with regards to Brownstoner. Anyway, there's nothing I post here that she hasn't already heard from me - we're married!
Hey, I need this job, six. If I became unemployed, I'd likely fit RIGHT into Jscheff's personal stereotype of the typical black male Crown Heights resident. I don't want that to happen.
Posted by: East New York at August 20, 2009 2:38 PM
"I thought the 3 of you were inseparable."
You mean the 4 of us...Chad, Chet, BH and me!! [And with you and Gar-dog that makes 6 of us living here! LOL!]
Yes, we love Ted & Honey! But aren't you sick of us? I mean you are living on our deck and all....
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 2:39 PM
Oh, Dave!!! If you need a place to eat before/after, check out El Almacen on Driggs and N 7th St. Sooooo tasty. And cute too. (Looks like Saraghina -- are all these places the same, har har?) I recommend the spinach salad, the braised (not the grilled) short rib, and the churros con chocolate.
Posted by: mopar at August 20, 2009 2:39 PM
bxgrl, Can you spare a link?
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 2:40 PM
heather, emailed you as requested
Posted by: more4less at August 20, 2009 2:41 PM
"ENY...if I can lower myself to going to Willamsburg tonight, a place I've never been, you can too."
You know, I don't think it would take THAT much for you to lower yourself, Dave. But that's another subject. Here's the story: you won't see me there. But, please have one for me, and sincerely, have a good time.
I drove through Williamsburg a few weeks back, dropping someone off at a friend's house. What's with all of the caged-in terraces on all of the apartment buildings?? It looks like a bunch of tiny jail cells! Not attractive. What is the deal?? That would never fly in Crown Heights.
Posted by: East New York at August 20, 2009 2:43 PM
mopar...anything closer to the bar?? That place seems about 6 blocks out of the way, no??
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 2:45 PM
ENY, Those odd structures belong to the Hassids, I'm not sure why they do that...
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 2:46 PM
"Yes, we love Ted & Honey! But aren't you sick of us? I mean you are living on our deck and all...."
Of course I'm not sick of you. You're the 4 best landlords I've ever had. (The CGar-dog loves Ted & Honey, too. She waits patiently outside while I order and gets lots and lots of attention from passersby, and this spoiled dog loves attention!)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 2:47 PM
"What's with all of the caged-in terraces on all of the apartment buildings?? It looks like a bunch of tiny jail cells! Not attractive. What is the deal?? "
It is pretty close to Queens right??
I bet there's a lot of Fiberama awnings too, no???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 2:48 PM
" What's with all of the caged-in terraces on all of the apartment buildings?? It looks like a bunch of tiny jail cells! Not attractive. What is the deal?? That would never fly in Crown Heights."
ENY - where in WB? if you were south of Broadway chances are they were hasidic buildings.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 2:48 PM
The caged terraces are apartments owned by Hasidic Jews. They need a place exposed to the sky for Sukkot, the harvest holiday. Gigantic Satmar Hasidic community in Williamsburg.
Posted by: rf at August 20, 2009 2:49 PM
Really, is that why they are caged???
ENY, you ever seen all those portable units being dropped off on Eastern Parkway for Sukkot??
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 2:51 PM
Dont know where else to post it on Bstoner but Gawker is reporting that the PS Mom who was trying to ban the Ice Cream man from playgrounds....well she an her husband are the owners of....The Chip Shop - yeah the one with the Fried twinkies, etc....
Unbelievable - you cant make this $hit up
Posted by: fsrg at August 20, 2009 2:52 PM
This is a beautiful thing. For the first time I want to spend more time in the subway.
http://bit.ly/4E9Jc5
Posted by: East New York at August 20, 2009 2:56 PM
shillstoner got nasty to brooklynista awhile ago on the Prospect landmarking thread. Made some snide comments, trying to be witty and failing miserably. I'm sure he's not benson.
I saw the Barney Frank video a day or two ago- I roared. He is a pip!
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 2:57 PM
fsrq - you're way out of date. That was on the thread yesterday & if you look at it, she posted at 10:40 last night saying her remarks were taken out of context. She came across as quite sane.
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 2:58 PM
fsrq, The Chip Shop owner, Vicki Sell, posted a response at 10:20 last night on the "Wednesday Links" thread:
http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2009/08/wednesday_links_191.php
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 2:58 PM
I was driving west on Broadway, and around some of the side streets around South 6th Street, I think. At one point I passed Peter Luger's.
"ENY, you ever seen all those portable units being dropped off on Eastern Parkway for Sukkot??"
Yes, Dave - I live in Crown Heights - duh! The ones in CH are mostly temporary and often built in the courtyards of the limestone/brownstone/brick houses, although some are on terraces. But I've never seen so many of terraces with bars ALL AROUND like in Williamsburg.
Posted by: East New York at August 20, 2009 3:00 PM
cobble- http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/08/20/2009-08-20_my_hubbys_such_a_big_slob_her_web_site_is_full_of_his_irritating_traits.html
Or scroll down on their main page to the vieo section. there's a link there too
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 3:01 PM
ENY, lets hope he decides to shoot some pics of some hot Latino males when I'm on the L after work today headed to Williamsburg.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 3:02 PM
The blog sounds really annoying and fairly self serving. She works for CNN and she can't come up with anything more creative than that???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 3:05 PM
Sorry - for the late news
Posted by: fsrg at August 20, 2009 3:05 PM
quote:
ENY, Those odd structures belong to the Hassids, I'm not sure why they do that...
so they have a place to get BJ's from their students? sorry, just making a joke about a story someone said earlier in this thread.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 20, 2009 3:11 PM
dibs- apparently not. And if that were my spouse- I'd kick their ass out. what is it with people these days? Honestly- and why would the world care if your spouse doesn't pick up their socks?
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 3:12 PM
It's a cry for attention, bxgrl.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 3:17 PM
Speaking of cries for attention, I've just posted a question on the Forum & would like help.
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 3:21 PM
"so they have a place to get BJ's from their students"
Oh, no, rob! I had just banished that vision from my brain!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 3:27 PM
"so they have a place to get BJ's from their students" - Rob
The key to the big gates is that the said students would not be able to run away.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 3:41 PM
Enough with the Jewish talk already.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 3:49 PM
Do you have a problem with Jews Dave? Do I need to upgrade you to a racist AND an anti-semite? (One Jew BF doesn't count BTW) :o)
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 3:52 PM
Why is OT dead all of a sudden? We can at least break 500 and then go to sleep.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 3:53 PM
"Enough with the Jewish talk already."
So not only are you a racist, dave, but you're an anti-semitic Nazi too?! Oy vey! ;)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 3:54 PM
I had three Jewish bfs. And, i love Jewish rye.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 3:54 PM
Sorry! I'm back, I can help pump up the posts for another 1/2 hour or so!
I love rugelach— does that count? Oh! And I've dated at least two Jewish men!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 3:58 PM
Chopped liver on rye, mmmmmmmmmmm.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 4:00 PM
Dave, my mother, alav hashalom (may she rest in peace), used to buy what I can confidently say is the BEST Jewish rye bread, anywhere, ever. It's called "Naugy Rye", which we believe is because it originated in the town of Naugatuck, CT. It is loaded with Caraway seeds. There is still at least one bakery in the New Haven area where you can get it.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 4:02 PM
And you have at least 1 Jewish tenant, cobble. 2 if you count the CGar-dog.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 4:04 PM
Jewish rye with caraway seeds IS the best.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 4:04 PM
Cgar...did you listen to the audio clip earlier??? Have you ever dated an Italian???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 4:05 PM
2 Jewish BF's (not a good score for a Jewish girl.) The rest were (woe is me!) xstians and non-whites. Don't ask- I have no idea.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 4:05 PM
"xstians????" "XSTIANS?????"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 4:07 PM
"Cgar...did you listen to the audio clip earlier??? Have you ever dated an Italian???"
[Interest Piqued] I can't listen at work, dave, so I'll listen later from home. Something to do with Italian men?! As I said in my post to you the other day about the buff young Asians on the Brooklyn Bridge, Italian men are my absolute favorites!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 4:09 PM
Zionist tool!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 4:10 PM
CGar, is CGar dog a JAP?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 4:10 PM
bxgrl, clarrification needed! Were they from expats from Xian?
Posted by: DeLepp at August 20, 2009 4:11 PM
Italian men are my absolute favorites!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 4:09 PM
Benson, someoooooone is calling youuuuu.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 4:12 PM
No, Kens, CGar-dog is Chinese . . . DAVE, you'll love her!!!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 4:12 PM
CLASSIC, ENY.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 4:13 PM
Jews in Conn.? I thought there were none :)
Posted by: brickoven at August 20, 2009 4:13 PM
"And you have at least 1 Jewish tenant, cobble. 2 if you count the CGar-dog."
Funny, CGar-dog doesn't look Jewish! [LOL!! I crack myself up!!]
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 4:14 PM
[Whispering] xstians = christians. [We're Jewish, dave, so we're really not allowed to say a word like "christians", certainly never above a whisper]
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 4:14 PM
i'm colorblind.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 4:15 PM
bxgrl, clarrification needed! Were they from expats from Xian?
Posted by: DeLepp at August 20, 2009 4:11 PM
I had sex with 2 guys in Xian, China.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 4:16 PM
You crack ME up too, Cobble! I just laughed out loud at my desk. (If you don't believe me, just ask Stacey)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 4:17 PM
CGar, CGar I know CGar Dog is Chinese but does she have a JAP personality? Something tell me she does.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 4:18 PM
I rmember a joke many years ago after the movie "Holocaust" came out.
Holocaust II, the story of a Jewish family's persecution in a Connecticut Country Club.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 4:18 PM
No, kens, CGar-dog has a YAP personality! [LOL! I kill me!]
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 4:20 PM
Dibs - Thanks for Forum reply - super idea!
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 4:20 PM
er- dave- i believe that was addressed to moi?
Ahem.... no - they were *whispering* not of the hebriac persuasion. But since I have cyberwed C Gar,I have been refolded into the fold.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 4:20 PM
Is there any possibility of me meeting a gay Asian/black/latino hipster at this bar tonight????????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 4:20 PM
No jokey jokey about Holocaust please. Very close to heart for different reason.
Other Jew jokes about being greedy and JAP and anything else are always welcome :o)
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 4:21 PM
cobble- how many drinks this afternoon? *rolling eyes, applying wet cloth to cobble's forehead*
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 4:22 PM
OK, sorry about that.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 4:22 PM
I agree with that kens.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 4:23 PM
dibs, you do take chances, bet they were rock hard.
Posted by: DeLepp at August 20, 2009 4:25 PM
"does she have a JAP personality"
Kens, tell me what this is, and I'll tell you if she has it.
[Tevye, "tell me what you dreamed, and I'll you what it meant"]
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 4:26 PM
I'm going out for a few pre-WillyB drinks with this EXTREMELY hot Asian guy that i used to work with. he;s straight and is still convinced that I am not gay. He borrows my tools.
He was born in Brooklyn and a Chinese guy with a Brooklyn accent is just something that drives me crazy, only to be outdone by an Asian guy with an Australian accent...
G'Day dave. Wanna go a round with me and the dingo after a few Fosters???
Hummina, hummmina, hummina.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 4:27 PM
"Holocaust II, the story of a Jewish family's persecution in a Connecticut Country Club."
Dave, for this, you get a RAOTFLMMFAO!
(Sorry, Kens, believe me, I'm with you on the other reasons, but I thought this was too funny. Besides, I have a very morbid sense of humor.)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 4:28 PM
HEBREW, n. A male Jew, as distinguished from the Shebrew, an altogether superior creation.
Andrew Bierce
The Devil's Dictionary.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 4:28 PM
hey did you guys see the new question on the forum? I am curious what happens if you have an expiring ARM an d the appraisal is too low for a refi?
Posted by: brickoven at August 20, 2009 4:29 PM
I was focused more on the CT Country Club aspect of the joke but again, I apologize to everyone for bringing up the first part.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 4:30 PM
DIBS! If you're taking the L train, El Almacen is literally two doors down from the Bedford L stop. So very convenient on the way to Pete's. You have to walk by it anyway.
When you exit the train at the Bedford L, walk toward the front of the train (I am assuming you're coming from Manhattan) and take that exit, that is, take the Driggs exit, not the Bedford exit.
You'll pop up on the corner of N 7th and Driggs.
It's on Driggs just two doors down from the corner of N 7th.
Cash only. They serve wine and beer.
Posted by: mopar at August 20, 2009 4:30 PM
"does she have a JAP personality"
Kens, remember how slow you were yesterday (i.e., "cuckoo for coco puffs")? Well, that's me today. You mean, of the "princess" persuasion, yes? In that case, you're quite correct, she has a major JAP personality!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 4:31 PM
"cobble- how many drinks this afternoon?"
bxgrl, The joke is that I HAVEN'T been drinking!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 4:31 PM
JAP = Jewish American Princess or Prince. I think the name speaks for itself.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 4:32 PM
bxgrl - Ambrose
Posted by: Arkady at August 20, 2009 4:32 PM
Sorry, I'm SLOW today, Kens! Ready for a drink to pick up the pace!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 4:34 PM
Lots of other tasty restaurants too but so far.
Posted by: mopar at August 20, 2009 4:35 PM
This might appeal to you then, C Gar :-)
Anytime a person goes into a delicatessen and orders a
pastrami on white bread, somewhere a Jew dies.
-Milton Berle
and for biff:
My father never lived to see his dream come true of an
all-Yiddish-speaking Canada.
-David Steinberg
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 4:36 PM
My ex-mother-in-law who was [whispering] x-tian used to [whisper] when she said the word [whisper] drugs. It was [unintentionally] hilarious. And she didn't like me because I am a MOT.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 20, 2009 4:36 PM
500! Here we come! I've got 15 minutes or so until I have to leave, let's step it up gang!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 4:36 PM
The state of conn. only lets jewish people live in Westport and Grennwich :)
Posted by: brickoven at August 20, 2009 4:37 PM
DIBS, I know you didn't mean it and I get the joke as well. :o)
I just am very sensitive on that subject all together and I'll tell you my reasons in person sometime if we're ever on the conversation of Holocaust or growing up being a Jew in communist Russia.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 4:38 PM
bxgrl, ROFL!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 4:39 PM
brickoven, come out with us tonight. it'll be fun.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 4:40 PM
oops- I cut and pasted and didn't catch that :-b on me
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 4:41 PM
okay guys - if you're getting on the L train, sit towards the front car, and exit the Lorimer Street exit (lorimer st is a nicer walk than union ave)
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 4:41 PM
brighton_beoch, did you ever see "St. Elmo's Fire"? There's an entire dinner scene where Joyce Van Patten, playing a Jewish mother, whispers "things she finds too horrible to pronounce".
"Did you hear about Betty Rothberg? [cancer]"
"Betty's daughter moved into the new neighborhood. Only 6 Jewish families but [very wealthy]".
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 4:41 PM
brighton beoch,
Welcome!! Your PLUSA manual, tiara, and membership card are in the mail.
Please be advised that upon attending your first PLUSA gathering, you will be expected to buy the first round of shots. Identification of one or more PLUSAs will earn you extra credit.
Please send Snappy your membership dues by the 15th of the month, she gets cranky if you're late, and we stop sending the newsletter after two late payments.
Also, please advise your boss that s/he needs to lighten your workload so that you can keep up with posting regularly. Spotty posting is frowned upon!!
Best, Mgmt.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 4:42 PM
yes, brickoven...come to Williamsburg...if I can make it there so can you
OK...signing off
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 20, 2009 4:42 PM
Not at 500 yet??? Jeeesh...a girl can't take a nap without you asshats falling apart.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 4:42 PM
What's the over/under on how long Biff is gonna stay out?
I say he's already smashed when he shows up to the burg and can't last more than 2 hours. hehehe
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 4:43 PM
Kensington I am not in the city when I am back I may meet you guys and gals for some beers.
Posted by: brickoven at August 20, 2009 4:44 PM
I'm trying to help Snappy!!
[We have a newbie! SEEEE! I sent out the Welcome wagon!]
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 4:44 PM
500?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 4:44 PM
500?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 4:46 PM
cobble, your org skills are something for me to emulate!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 4:46 PM
Great job Cobble!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 4:46 PM
500
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 4:46 PM
Yea!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 4:46 PM
500
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 4:46 PM
500, me???
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 4:47 PM
CGAR!! YOU DID IT!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 4:47 PM
I win! neener neener neeeeener!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 4:48 PM
CGar was 500 and he didn't even try!!
Don't worry DH, I'll show you and the other hipster whipper snappers how it's done!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 4:49 PM
And how fitting that it was a post complementing you, Cobble!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 4:49 PM
this is a really cool read, and post
it's an abandoned suburb in florida that was only half finished in the middle of the housing crisis.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10795
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 20, 2009 4:50 PM
I thought my 4:46 was 500??? Waaaaaaaahhhh!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 4:51 PM
Sorry, Snaps! Beginner's luck. ; )
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 4:52 PM
Thank you, thank you, but I can't take credit!
Gotta run, have a great time tonight if I don't make it over to Pete's!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 4:52 PM
You snooze, you lose Snappy! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 4:52 PM
Oh, come here snappy. there there. It's ok- you'll win tomorrow. (And don't forget- she doesn't have Hari).
Posted by: bxgrl at August 20, 2009 4:54 PM
i sure hope there's a good crowd at pete's tonight - i don't want you guys to have any less of an opinion of the the 11211 than you already do!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 4:54 PM
Argghhh!!! I'm takin' my toys and goin' home! Hmph.
**cursing under my breath**
RECOUNT! I DEMAND A FULL RECOUNT! Where is Randi when you need her?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 4:55 PM
True, Bxgirl...I'll try to smile through the pain...sniffle.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 4:56 PM
DH, I might get there around 7 or so as Kens might pick me up. I logged into work from home to finish up a few things.
My login ID right now should be:
sixbeersandcounting (but not yet curious)
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 20, 2009 4:56 PM
"Where is Randi when you need her?"
Excellent point, where is that loser?
[Really leaving now...]
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 20, 2009 4:57 PM
Tomorrow will surely...sniffle snort....be my day...sob. Excuse me while I blow my nose
[HONK HONK]
Ok. Better now. :) You kids have fun tonight in WillyB. Details and pictures are due in to PLUSA headquarters by noon.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 4:58 PM
Biff, I finally looked at the pic, and I think you really, really, really have to get that beer can costume for the "PLUSA Halloween Gathering a/k/a the Libra-Scorpio Birthday Bash" . . . and to take The Champettes trick-or-treating.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 4:59 PM
Ok peoplez. I am outz!
Biff, email me if you want me to grab you on the way. CGar and Six, same goes for you both.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 20, 2009 4:59 PM
"an abandoned suburb in florida"
Pretty cool, rob. I especially like the lizard.
rob, are you going to Pete's?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 5:01 PM
Nite everyone...have fun:)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 20, 2009 5:02 PM
Cool guys - sounds like most of you are showing up at 7 then. I'll be there at 6:30 trying to save us some seats in the garden.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 5:03 PM
i dont know. is anyone in park slope going who has a car? honestly i do not take the riff-raff L train unless it's absolutely necessary. how much would car service be from park slope to williamsburg?
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 20, 2009 5:13 PM
"how much would car service be from park slope to williamsburg?"
$12 - $15
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 20, 2009 5:17 PM
about $12, I think, rob
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 20, 2009 5:17 PM
okay im gonna try to make it. walk the dogs and DVR my soaps first.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 20, 2009 5:22 PM
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