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Lots of fun last night. Sorry I left early but I think that was the fifth night in a row I had been drinking!!!
Also, i owe someone $ for the sandwich, which was great!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 9:18 AM
C'mon! We absentees want details!
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 9:23 AM
What time did you leave DIBS? [Translate 'early']
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 9:25 AM
10:00
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 9:26 AM
Yes, details, por favor! more4less dropped sixyears off at my place around 1:00 and all he could do was mumble. Something about too many shots!
Posted by: jessibaby at August 21, 2009 9:27 AM
Shots! UH-OH!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 9:31 AM
Did Simon Van Kampen show up in red patent leather pants?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at August 21, 2009 9:31 AM
ugh who was the brainiac who decided on williamsburg!? and why didnt anyone mention there are two williamsburgs!?! longest.cab.ride.EVER! i only just got back from virginia, but the butter churning was lots 'o fun at pete's olde candy shoppe!
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 9:32 AM
But, Rob, I bet you were adorable in the pantaloons!
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 9:34 AM
I did enjoy my first and last trip to Williamsburg thou. I bought churros on the L subway platform. But that train had WAY TOO MANY white hipster people for me!!! Scary.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 9:35 AM
Rob, you sound entirely too sober this morning! No shots for you?
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 9:36 AM
I left after first shot.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 9:38 AM
Such restraint DIBS!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 9:39 AM
cobble, no.. i went home after work first and i just didnt have it in me to go back out. who showed up btw?
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 9:39 AM
I left around 11 when I got a whole cup of Cranberry vodka spilled all over my private parts! I had a couple of friends to meet up with so I stayed out till 3. I am barely typing this now.
It was loads of fun!
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 21, 2009 9:40 AM
JB, I quiz'd & grilled 6yrs that this is indeed your residence that I'm dropping him off vs some late night bootie call with some other girl. glad to hear you just confirmed it's indeed your residence
Posted by: more4less at August 21, 2009 9:42 AM
I'm still drunk FYI
Lechecal, CarGar and myself were the last men standing at Pete's. After CarGar left it was approx 1am - then Lechecal and I went to 'Union Pool' and pretty much just walked around and made fun of hipsters to their face. So freakin funny.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 9:43 AM
Biff is the official headcount counter. He'll give his full report as soon as he visits the OT I am sure.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 21, 2009 9:43 AM
oh - and we left at 3:15am
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 9:44 AM
Haha, more4less, I'm surprised he didn't just have you drop him a few doors down at that Blue Diamond place :)
Posted by: jessibaby at August 21, 2009 9:44 AM
So last night, did anyone go home with a hipster chick? a hipster dude? a dirty hipster? a clean hipster (is there such a thing)?
But, I guess I really should be asking: Last night did anyone get high with a little help from their friends?
Posted by: Expert Textpert at August 21, 2009 9:45 AM
3:15??? i haven't been up that late since 1993.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 9:45 AM
Loads of fun as always and happy I woke up inside. Thanks M4L for the ride.
Dibs, the arms on the bf! Was he around for the renovation?
Posted by: DeLepp at August 21, 2009 9:45 AM
So this penguin is having trouble with his car and brings it to a mechanic. Mechanic tels the penguin it's be a few minutes, so the penguin goes around the corner to get some ice cream. He comes back a few minutes later and the mechanic says, "hey buddy, I think I know what your problem is - it looks like you blew a seal." Penguin wipes of his chin and replies, "nah, it's just some ice cream."
Posted by: lechacal at August 21, 2009 9:45 AM
Kens, 3am?? was hoping you went hope by 12:30 - 1am so you could take care of business.
Posted by: more4less at August 21, 2009 9:46 AM
"I'm still drunk FYI"
Who bought the shots? A new PLUSA?!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 9:47 AM
"Dibs, the arms on the bf!"
They are nothing compared to the Mexican bf!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 9:48 AM
I won't be online for much of the day, but I will report that Dirty Hipster and I stayed out until after 3 am doing what I can only describe as aggressively fucking with hipsters. More later. We were pretending to be from a reality TV show, or "management" of the bar, etc etc. Went to some total hipster dive. I of course was in suit and tie. I am so hung over right not.
Posted by: lechacal at August 21, 2009 9:48 AM
not to be a party pooper but i hope you guys arent driving around drunk! this aint nassau county
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 9:50 AM
LOL Lechacal! I need to hear more about this!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 9:50 AM
Lechecal - It sounds as if your inner Snappy persona emerged!
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 9:52 AM
Excellent point Rob.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 9:52 AM
Ha ha ha M4L. Me and DH were drunk texting each other after 1 am.
My last exact worded message to him was, and I quote myself
"OK! Ass success! Fugly but doable. Recently divorced check and dying to fuck! Yey!"
Of course I didn't do anything cause I don't really go for girls that make bad decisions but DH would have loved to be there. She flat out told me that she just signed divorce papers last week and is stressful going through med school exams and needs to get "fucked". I can't make this shit up folks. I send a friend of mine her way.
I was pretty drunk at that point. I guess I am all talk, no action :o(.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 21, 2009 9:52 AM
Lechecal - It sounds as if your inner Snappy persona emerged!
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 9:52 AM
It sounded like his inner curiosity emerged if he's commenting on my bf's big arms!!! :)
Did you get a look at his ass???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 9:53 AM
Rob, I was totally drinking and driving BUT I am Russian. We're excused from those laws.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 21, 2009 9:54 AM
Kens, do you have diplomatic immunity???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 9:55 AM
Kensingtonian, don't forget that your sister reads this blog!
Posted by: jessibaby at August 21, 2009 9:56 AM
Boys, boys, boys. Oh boy.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 9:56 AM
oh yeah - and what a shocker, Dave's BF is a very attractive, ripped asian man
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 9:58 AM
Also, none of the hipsters we aggresssively fucked with last night even lived in Brooklyn - it was full of weird hipster tourists from Los Angeles, Spain and Ohio.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 9:59 AM
dibs, sorry I didn't get to meet the bf. I got out of my yoga class at 9pm, dripping in sweat. I know that in a roomful of W-burg hipsters that nobody would've noticed my disheveled-ness, but I do have my standards. So: home, shower, bed.
Posted by: WonTon at August 21, 2009 10:00 AM
EUROTRASH
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 10:00 AM
It's times like these when I wish I had a video camera. I sort of envision DH and Lechacal walking around Wmsburg, with lechacal doing the manly Popeye thing, eating spinach and intimidating poor hipsters who probably ran screaming from them.
Hmmmm....no Car Gar yet? What have you done with my e-hubby, guys?
Posted by: bxgrl at August 21, 2009 10:01 AM
Dave, don't have diplomatic immunity unfortunately but we all have a bunch of lawyers on speed dial who specialize in just that. BTW don't worry about the sandwich $ thing.
Jessi, sis never lurks in the OT plus she knows me all too well. She wouldn't care at all if she read what I said.
Is Biff alive this morning or he got curious and left with some hipster?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 21, 2009 10:04 AM
Kens, am surprised u didn't offer her "car service"
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 10:06 AM
I thought I only had 6 beers but I forgot to count the three I had in manhattan before arriving.
The Chinese bf is always amazed at how much white people can drink.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 10:06 AM
CGar can hang bxgrl. It was loads of fun. So which hood we're hitting next week? We might as well start a regular Brownstoner Thirsty Thursday thing going.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 21, 2009 10:08 AM
bitter, I only offer Ken's cab service to official PLUSAs
:o). Seems like M4L is competing in my market segment. We will have Cab wars pretty soon.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 21, 2009 10:09 AM
Isn't there a chapter in the rule book that says Thirsty Thursday 'hoods should be chosen by subway access?
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 10:11 AM
Burning Question of the Day #1:
- Did anyone use DH's "facilities"?
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 21, 2009 10:13 AM
"Isn't there a chapter in the rule book that says Thirsty Thursday 'hoods should be chosen by subway access?"
No, there isn't—yet, I'll rectify that as soon as the PLUSA manual managing editor CGar appears.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 10:16 AM
"Isn't there a chapter in the rule book that says Thirsty Thursday 'hoods should be chosen by subway access?"
All the best places are furthest from the subway.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 10:18 AM
Cobble, doesn't CGar pitch a tent on your deck? Have Chad go and rouse him.
Posted by: jessibaby at August 21, 2009 10:20 AM
Somehow i just can't see CaGar living in a tent.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 10:21 AM
Yes, but the flaps are still down on the tent...I don't dare bother him.
CGar-dog might bite me!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 10:22 AM
Kens, I won't be looking to test your fighting skillz yet cause our cab coverage does not overlap yet.
Posted by: more4less at August 21, 2009 10:22 AM
i just puked!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 10:23 AM
Drink, drink, drink.
Don't you folks have anything else to do?!
Been busy lately, preparing for vacation next week.
Posted by: benson at August 21, 2009 10:24 AM
Walks from the subway are fine - get to know the 'hood. But there ought to be a station to walk from that doesn't involve a 55 minute trip w/ 3 transfers unless MM escorts us & points out interesting arcana.
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 10:25 AM
WonTon, m4l, what do those signs say on the Immigrant rezoning Thread^^^^^???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 10:25 AM
i just puked!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 10:23 AM
I was just about to say that this thread is starting to sound what i understand twitter to be like and then this appears.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 10:26 AM
"All the best places are furthest from the subway."
Marine Park here we come!
Was fun last night, although sounds like I left halfway..
Posted by: etson at August 21, 2009 10:27 AM
Benson, where you going next week??? Did you say something about Maine earlier???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 10:27 AM
"WonTon, m4l, what do those signs say on the Immigrant rezoning Thread^^^^^???"
Allow me...
It says: "Keep PLUSA's and Asshats out of our neighborhood!!!!"
Posted by: benson at August 21, 2009 10:27 AM
Nice DH! Thanks for sharing! [umgh...ack!]
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 10:28 AM
DIBS;
Cruise to New England and Canada. Ship departs from Red Hook terminal. I can't wait!
Posted by: benson at August 21, 2009 10:29 AM
Benson, that sounds great. What towns does it stop in through New England??
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 10:31 AM
DH and Lechacal;
Stop bullying poor hipsters from Ohio! You want to really man-up? Go the the VFW bar (it's open to the public) on Van Brunt Street in Red Hook, where the old-timers hang out. Try them out for size, and see if you live to talk about it!!!
Posted by: benson at August 21, 2009 10:31 AM
Benson, if they are Cantonese it would never be that politely written.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 10:32 AM
"Hmmmm....no Car Gar yet? What have you done with my e-hubby, guys?"
". . . I'll rectify that as soon as the PLUSA manual managing editor CGar appears."
Present and accounted for. 6 Stolis on the rocks, on top of which some geniuses had the brilliant idea to do Kamikaze shots and then Jameson shots. What a combo. I got home around 1:30 - and still had to walk and feed the CGar-dog, and she doesn't care what time it is or how drunk I am, she's rarin' to go. I would've checked in sooner, but I couldn't get Biff to cover my 10am call.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 10:32 AM
DIBS;
Newport, Boston and Bar Harbor. In Canada: New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Posted by: benson at August 21, 2009 10:33 AM
After reading about your night...CGAR might be sleeping on top of the tent.
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 10:34 AM
Where's Snappy? Snappy, you're soooooooo right about lechecal. And I'm only saying this because he posted that he won't be around the OT for awhile. Intimidating does not begin to describe the guy. Scary intimidating. All the guy had to do was look at the bartenders and they just gave him drinks without charging him. Scares the bejesus out of me. That's all I'm saying.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 10:36 AM
Anyone know in which nabe this is?
http://habituallychic.blogspot.com/2009/08/jenna-lyons-home-complete-view.html
Please note the black (not period appropriate) but clawfooted (period appropriate) tub.
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 10:37 AM
Good to see Al Vann at the subway station begging for votes this morning. I think this is the first ounce of work he has done since the last election.
And if Al's people are reading this:
Tell hiim not to wear his pj's when trying to impress. I know you only have to walk 4 blocks to the subway entrance, but make it look like you are trying.
Tell him to press the flesh with his neighbors. We have met several times before but I guess he has never noticed me since his head was up his ass every time.
Tell him I don't care who he supported for president of the country. No one elected you to pick a president, least of all me. (And if that is one of your greatest accomplishment, you are sadder than I thought.)
Posted by: Miss Chiff at August 21, 2009 10:37 AM
He's not The Jackal for nothing!
Snappy's doc appt was today - don't know what time.
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 10:39 AM
Mornin' Asshats. Contrary to my expectations at this time yesterday morning, I'm feeling completely fine at the moment. I think I left the bar around 11:30 or 12 more sober than I've been leaving a bar in a long time. I had no problem getting a cab back to BH.
DH, thanks for organizing. Pete's was a fantastic venue and I had a great time.
Headcount: Kens, CGar, DIBS and bf, DeLepp, DH, Biff, Lechacal, etson, infinitejester, sixyears, more4less. Am I missing anyone?
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 10:39 AM
DIBS, a few of the signs is chinese for Sunset Park, 1 says don't mess up our neighborhood, 1 saying don't pick on low income residents and low income housing,...
Posted by: more4less at August 21, 2009 10:40 AM
Benson, I actually got some ridiculously cheap specials in mail for that trip a few weeks ago. It was on Norwegian for 10 nights, $629 bucks for the inside room. You can't beat that. I think you're going for the 7 day one though right? The 10 day covered more places from what I can remember.
I am looking forward to my long weekend getaway to RI (Warwick, Providence, Newport and Block Island). Etson, you ended up going there not to long ago, correct? Did you like it? I've been to most of those places before but never Block Island. I love RI.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 21, 2009 10:41 AM
Kens;
Yeah, I'm going on the 7-day, with Princess. Princess is better for us older, over-the-hill Asshats.
Posted by: benson at August 21, 2009 10:43 AM
Miss Chiff...is Bill Cunningham running against Al Vann????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 10:44 AM
Miss Chiff;
It's incredible to me that Al Vann is still around. The guy hasn't had anything to say for -oh - 20 years or so? Well, I guess being in the NYC Council is better than real work.
Posted by: benson at August 21, 2009 10:45 AM
"ha. so it was basically a sausage fest"
I prefer to refer to it as Boys Night Out.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 10:46 AM
"ha. so it was basically a sausage fest"
Indeed. We were buying each other drinks left and right.
"some geniuses had the brilliant idea to do Kamikaze shots"
I take full credit for that one! I left with etson around 11:15 I think, because I had a nightcap back in the Slope.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 21, 2009 10:47 AM
I'm dubbing it "The Great Testosterone Drunk-Out of 2009".
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 10:49 AM
Am I the only one who got anything when I went home last night?????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 10:51 AM
"I take full credit for that one! I left with etson around 11:15 "
and please etson - remember my words of wisdom
When some asshole calls you a 'pussy' for leaving a bar (like me) you respond to them "I am what I eat!"
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 10:52 AM
EXISTING HOME SALES TOP ESTIMATES
5.24MM vs. 5.00MM (E)
+7.2% MOM vs. +2.1% (E)
Treasuries drop and DOW rises in response
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 10:52 AM
"Am I the only one who got anything when I went home last night?????"
Do solo efforts count?
Sounds like sixyears had the opportunity at the end of the night but not sure if the drinks hampered the performance. JB, care to comment?
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 10:54 AM
Kens,
I enjoyed Newport. I went with my mom over Memorial Day w/e when she was over here, and so it was special for that. It was a little crowded for part of the weekend, but guess you get that anywhere. Would be really awesome to be there during the week in summer.
Also enjoyed the natural scenery in Jamestown.
Posted by: etson at August 21, 2009 10:54 AM
You guys sound like a bunch of drunks. My kind of people.
Next time you meet in the Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill vicin, I will join you.
Posted by: Minard Lafever at August 21, 2009 10:54 AM
"DH, thanks for organizing. Pete's was a fantastic venue and I had a great time."
DH, forgive my poor manners. What Biff said. Pete's was great. And thanks for calling the car - got me home in about 5 minutes. Much to my surprise, I was totally up for going with you and lechacal, but I had to get home to the CGar-dog.
lechacal, thanks for posting the penguin joke, still ROFL!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 10:56 AM
Dave: I think Bill is running against Al. There was another woman a month or two ago. Last name was Wright I believe. Both Bill and "Wright" were engaging, well-dressed, had copious campaign material and said hello to me first before I could say something to them. I don't know either of them from Adam, but they left a good impression with me.
Benson: Al Vann is a waste of space. I'll take a complete unknown over him. He doesn't even get his face in front of a camera or his name in the press like Tish. He is on autopilot. He needs to find another job. Hopefully one wear he can wear his pj's.
Posted by: Miss Chiff at August 21, 2009 11:00 AM
Miss Chiff....Bill lives around the corner on Macon bet Stuyvesant & Malcolm X. He's either a retired cop or fireman, owns a number of buildings in the area. He's the one who recommended MIllad to me. Millad has done his brownstone work. He seems like a nice outgoing guy.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 11:03 AM
"When some asshole calls you a 'pussy' for leaving a bar (like me) you respond to them "I am what I eat!""
It's a good line, DH! Wishful thinking much of the time, in my case.
Haven't been called out for that in a while, b/c usually I am the asshole that overstays his welcome at a bar!
(speaking of which, jester - I am totally up for trying your local sometime)
Posted by: etson at August 21, 2009 11:03 AM
Sounds like Al Vann is in the right position, one where he can't do too much damage. Imagine if he drove a bus?
Posted by: DeLepp at August 21, 2009 11:03 AM
ughhhhhh my head still hurts! DH, thanks for organizing!
Anyway, if you asshats want to keep drinking on Saturday, come to Sycamore in Ditmas Park anytime after 2. We'll be there awhile and if the weather cooperates, we'll be out in the garden.
If you want to do a short self-guided tour of the area beforehand, get off the Q at Church, turn right on Church, left on East 16th, and right on Albemarle. You can then turn left on any of the streets to Cortelyou.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 21, 2009 11:03 AM
I think we should do a gathering in Union Square next time. I'll plan it! Big subway hub you know ;)
(I know I know, Brooklyn blog, Brooklyn digs...)
Speaking of Manhattan, just got back home after walking about with my kids. In a metropolitan swamp. I'm not kidding. Smells like a simmering gravy consisting of human urine, hockers, feces, bacteria of every imaginable type, eau d'body odor and a smattering of 'God-only-knows-what' thrown into said swamp for good measure.
Sigh. I've gotta get me to Brooklyn.
Posted by: Nokilissa at August 21, 2009 11:04 AM
No problem guys. Thanks so much for coming out.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 11:05 AM
DH, thanks for organizing the drink fest. Petes was a cool spot. Loo lines were unexpectedly short.
Posted by: DeLepp at August 21, 2009 11:06 AM
Alright folks, I'm bringing back my Friday NYC trivia quiz. Here goes...
The last trolley line in NYC was terminated in 1955. There was a reason that this trolley line was the last to go, as it had a unique stop on it. At this stop, one got off the trolley car, and then took an elevator to the actual destination. At that time, this trolley/elevator combination was the only way to get to this place. The trolley line was kept until an alternate mode of transportation could be developed.
Question: where was this trolley stop, and what mode of transportation replaced it?
Be back later.
Posted by: benson at August 21, 2009 11:07 AM
> metropolitan swamp
Yep, it's Fetid Friday here in Malodorous Midtown.
Posted by: DitmasSnark at August 21, 2009 11:07 AM
"DH and Lechacal;
Stop bullying poor hipsters from Ohio! You want to really man-up?"
haha benson - in our defense i think only offended one group of people out of the 30 people we spoke to. I may make poor decisions, but i'm not stupid!! you'll never see me messing with people at a VFW bar!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 11:07 AM
Thanks, Dave. I didn't know that about Bill. (I know I am late to this, but Millad did a great job on your facade.)
Posted by: Miss Chiff at August 21, 2009 11:08 AM
dave--I translated the signs in the Sunset Park thread. It makes me nostalgic for Hong Kong! I march in a lot of demonstrations against destruction of traditional neighborhoods by the government colluding with rapacious tycoons!
The signs are in simplified Chinese, so not Hong Kong Cantonese.
Thanks to the pic, now I know that "Sunset Park" is called "Yat Lohk Gung Yuen".
Posted by: WonTon at August 21, 2009 11:11 AM
quote:
"Loo lines were unexpectedly short."
i guess they all switched from powder to rock.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 11:11 AM
Benson...Ebbet's Field???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 11:14 AM
WonTon, when I lived in Hong Kong, I lived appropriately in Queen's garden...Yue Geng Fa Yuen
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 11:16 AM
DH, Thanks for letting us explore hipsterville bar scene with you!
Benson, parents go to Princess as well cause they like the older crowd. I prefer Norwegian (not like I have anything to compare to since I've been on a cruise once in my life) I bet obnoxo would prefer to be on the same boat as me, literally.
Etson, did you end up doing the Mansion tour and the boat ride on the harbor?
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 21, 2009 11:16 AM
queensborough bridge?
cars?
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 11:17 AM
"Somehow i just can't see CaGar living in a tent."
And why not, dave?! I'll have you know I used to do a lot of backpacking and camping in the White Mountains. Of course now I'd probably have trouble hiking out of the parking lot . . .
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 11:18 AM
Benson, from the wikipedia for Roosevelt Island:
Although Roosevelt Island is located directly under the Queensboro Bridge, it is not directly accessible from the bridge itself. A trolley connected passengers from Queens and Manhattan to a stop in the middle of the bridge, where passengers could take an elevator down to the island. The trolley operated from the bridge's opening until April 7, 1957.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 21, 2009 11:19 AM
I'm down, etson. use my secret Swiss gmail account and let's plan...
hi.infinitejester@gmail.com
Oh, look at this, what a shame:
infinitejesterwillfuckyouup is not available, but the following usernames are:
Posted by: infinitejester at August 21, 2009 11:19 AM
At that time, this trolley/elevator combination was the only way to get to this place.
Hmmmmmm??? That makes it more difficult.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 11:20 AM
"CGar-dog might bite me!!"
Cobble, CGar-dog has never bitten anyone. She's a real people person and loves everyone. That said, sincere apologies if I woke you, Chad, Chet and BH when I got home last night. (And I've added Arkady's manual request to this weekend's To Do list - Item 7 by my count.)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 11:20 AM
CGAr, can you fit CGAR-dog AND a penguin in that tent? ; )
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 11:21 AM
A belated thanks to M4L for driving me back to JB's place, where I provided lots of amusement.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 21, 2009 11:25 AM
Jester, you rule.
Posted by: jessibaby at August 21, 2009 11:25 AM
haha sixyears - what was the final shot count? i can't even remember.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 11:27 AM
Sounds like so much fun! Can you imagine how much more intimidating lechacal would be if he were a Marine ;-) On the other hand,
"How can you tell a marine from a sailor on an aircraft carrier?
The marines are the ones throwing bread to the helicopters."
Posted by: bxgrl at August 21, 2009 11:27 AM
Kens - We did the mansion tour but not the boat ride. I now have plenty of period-appropriate ideas for the place I buy when I win the mega-millions tonight. Was fascinating but actually ended up feeling rather sad for a lot of the owners.
jester - just sent e-mail
"infinitejesterwillfuckyouup is not available"
that's OK, I was f*cked up well before I knew the jester.
Posted by: etson at August 21, 2009 11:29 AM
DIBS, see my 11:19 post.
IJ, your post got cut off.
DH, we had IJ's kamikazes, lechecal's Jameson, my Jameson...those are the ones I remember. I also had three Jamesons on the rocks (which unfortunately had more rocks than Jameson) and two PBRs. At least.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 21, 2009 11:32 AM
dave, your building in Hong Kong has a different name in Chinese than it does in English. A lot of buildings in Hong Kong are like that.
Yu Ging Fa Yuen means "Abundant View Flower Garden".
I know the buildings--they are next to the Gleanealy School, at the intersection of the shortcut road I use to hike up to the Peak. It's a big mess there now--lots of construction. The gov't engineering department is doing something with the drainage.
Posted by: WonTon at August 21, 2009 11:32 AM
"CGAr, can you fit CGAR-dog AND a penguin in that tent?"
Yes, bitter retort, as a matter of fact the CGar-dog has a stuffed Opus the Penguin (Bloom County) she likes to play with.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 11:33 AM
CGar, sounds like the clown car. You could probably host next week's drinks in that tent. Impressive!
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 11:35 AM
"Although Roosevelt Island is located directly under the Queensboro Bridge, it is not directly accessible from the bridge itself. A trolley connected passengers from Queens and Manhattan to a stop in the middle of the bridge, where passengers could take an elevator down to the island. The trolley operated from the bridge's opening until April 7, 1957."
Ding, Ding, Ding!!! Correct!!! The trolley elevator combinatio was replaced by the no-name automobile bridge that connects Astoria with Roosevelt Island. Folks continued to complain, however, as there was no direct connection between Manahattan and RI. Moreover, this new link was only good for automobile drivers. Hence, the tram between Manahattan and RI was born. This latter link was supposed to be only temporary. It was only supposed to be there until a subway link was built, which eventually happened. However, the tram proved to be so popular that it stayed.
Posted by: benson at August 21, 2009 11:36 AM
Wow.... last night was hilarious. DH and I walking around some ridiculous hipster hive, toting PBRs, walking up to pretty much every group of people we saw with a new line of utter bullshit every time. Me in suit and tie, hipster also looking pretty non-hipster....
DH you're so right - they were all from Ohio and Spain (that was random) and other very non-NYC type places and had all moved to williamsburg in the last five minutes or so. Megan and Josh from Ohio so to speak.
Online for a few minutes only then off to VT...
Posted by: lechacal at August 21, 2009 11:37 AM
Kens;
If you are looking for a party atmosphere on a cruise, then Carnival is the way to go. From what I hear, Carnival Cruises are like floating frat-house parties.
Posted by: benson at August 21, 2009 11:39 AM
lechacal, how was the walk through? Have a great time in Vermont!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 11:40 AM
I have opus in my bathroom with a shower cap and toothbrush in hand.
Posted by: DeLepp at August 21, 2009 11:40 AM
Roosevelt Island is one of the weirdest places in the city.
Posted by: etson at August 21, 2009 11:41 AM
I know the buildings--they are next to the Gleanealy School, at the intersection of the shortcut road I use to hike up to the Peak. It's a big mess there now--lots of construction. The gov't engineering department is doing something with the drainage.
Posted by: WonTon at August 21, 2009 11:32 AM
LOL, WonTon, as you well know, the Hong Kong Government's "Make Work" Public works expenditures have had that place torn up off and on for 20 years!!!!!!
We used to have a vegetable truck stop there one day a week.
Also, there's a condo just below the LRC, next to it, that has a tiny store in it and that was the only place I could find the canned cranberry jelly for Thanksgiving back in 1992!!!!!
I miss those days in Hong Kong!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 11:43 AM
CG - It was great. I can't wait to move. Twice the space I have now, plus a garden, and my rent is going down.
Posted by: lechacal at August 21, 2009 11:43 AM
Mornin' all you drunken PLUSA Asshats! I see we ladies missed a helluva party in WillyB!
For your Friday amusement: http://tinyurl.com/loy6hk
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 11:43 AM
"CGar, sounds like the clown car. You could probably host next week's drinks in that tent. Impressive!"
Bitter, It is getting a kind of crowded in my one bedroom with deck here sharing with Chet, Chad, BH and CGar....
And sharing the ONE bathroom with 4 men and a dog is driving me MAD! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 11:43 AM
DH - Was I speaking Spanish at some point last night? Fuzzy memory but I feel like that maybe happened.
Posted by: lechacal at August 21, 2009 11:44 AM
A friend on mine was on the first-ever gay Norwegian cruise about 5 years ago. Halfway through, the captain made a nice speech one evening and pointed out that this was the first time in the history of the cruise that they ever had to stop midway and load up on more liquor!!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 11:44 AM
owner of beer table is on CNBC
Posted by: brickoven at August 21, 2009 11:45 AM
lechacal- is this your final trip to VT? Are you finally out of Brooklyn?
Posted by: bxgrl at August 21, 2009 11:47 AM
Missed it...what's beer table???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 11:48 AM
"DH - Was I speaking Spanish at some point last night? Fuzzy memory but I feel like that maybe happened."
Yeah - you were speaking spanish to that cute spanish chick who was with the french dude who looked like andre the giant.
They were actually really nice.
I think we only offended the asian guy, and maybe those two black hipsters we talked to first.
Good times - have fun in Vermont lech. Don't forget to stop at the border for your Vermont 'welcoming package'
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 11:49 AM
bxgrl - no, the moving to VT thing is more of a long-term thing that I keep threatening to do whenever I get really midlife crisesey. Next week's move is just across the slope.
Posted by: lechacal at August 21, 2009 11:50 AM
DeLepp, I love that "picture" of Opus.
Cobble, how many times can I apologize for the CGar-dog hogging the bathroom?!
lechacal, apartment sounds great - guess it pays to have "friends with benefits"! ; )
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 11:51 AM
CH, last time I was in Dallas and ordered a pecan pie, I pronounced it Pee-KAN. The waiter told me that's what you keep next to the bed for use in the middle of the night.
Why can't CGAR use the PEEKAN? ; )
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 11:52 AM
What Asian guy, dh???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 11:52 AM
Oh yeah - Andre the giant and his girlfriend. Talked to her about Spain for a while. We definitely offended the asian guy. The two black hipsters just thought we were weird, understandably. Dibs would have been well within his rights to call me an asshole. On the other hand all of those people needed to get fucked with. There's something about hipsters that just makes me want to needle them and rile them up.
Posted by: lechacal at August 21, 2009 11:53 AM
"lechacal, apartment sounds great - guess it pays to have "friends with benefits"! ; )"
Huh?
Posted by: lechacal at August 21, 2009 11:53 AM
"Cobble, how many times can I apologize for the CGar-dog hogging the bathroom?!"
CGar, THAT dog spends more time in front of the mirror than any dog I've ever known! Can you please ask him to pick up his towels? Why does he need FOUR towels everyday??
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 11:54 AM
Lechacal, DH, give us an example of what you said to these guys!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 11:55 AM
"What Asian guy, dh???"
There was this asian hipster dude at Union Pool who might have been gay (he was hanging out with mean, ugly chicks)
He looked kinda like your BF - but very skinny.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 11:55 AM
dave, the public works stuff up in that Peak area seem pretty legit to me. The slope engineering there is a marvel. I do a lot of hiking up on the slope, and the network of conduits, drainage outlets and erosion controls is beyond impressive--we're talking about a city built on a tropical mountain slope with a monsoon season and typhoons. It must be a bitch to maintain.
Posted by: WonTon at August 21, 2009 11:56 AM
"Huh?"
I thought your new landlord is a friend, no? (I was just joking about the "with benefits" aspect!)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 11:56 AM
cobblehiller - the whole story will be better and funnier without a script. We'll leave the details of our antics up to your imagination.
Posted by: lechacal at August 21, 2009 11:56 AM
Biff, your gender-verification job is a lot harder than we thought:
http://tinyurl.com/lxmm3f
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 21, 2009 11:57 AM
CG - Oh yeah, the new landlord is a friend.
Posted by: lechacal at August 21, 2009 11:57 AM
Lechacal/DH,
did that Asian dude just cowardly walked away?
Posted by: more4less at August 21, 2009 11:59 AM
WonTon...that reminds me of the headline in the SCMP back in 1992 when there were some pretty horrific typhoons and a few of the slopes gave-way:
"Dangerous Slopes"
All of us gweilo had a real laugh at that one. Have you seen "Gran Torino" yet!!!!????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 11:59 AM
"Why can't CGAR use the PEEKAN? ; )"
I give him a chamber pot but his e-wife objected!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 11:59 AM
Oh alright Lechacal...I wish I'd been a fly on the wall...
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 12:01 PM
BTW, dibs, your rent at that place sure was insane expat-package ripoff levels! Over 100,000 a month!
For that amount, you could probably rent an entire building and rooftop in Soho.
Just to give you an idea of "normal folk" rents in HK, my flat--2BR, high floor, 24hr doorman, great open view, middle of Soho next to the escalator--is 9,600.
Posted by: WonTon at August 21, 2009 12:02 PM
Folks;
Since I need to sign off and get ready for my vacation, I'd like switch gears a minute. I HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend an article in the September issue of "Atlantic" magazine entitled "What Washington Doesn't Get About Health Care". This article is brilliant in its analysis of the current state of our health care, and what President Obama is proposing.
I'd like to also point out that the author, David Goldhill, is a self-proclaimed Democrat, writing in Atlantic Magazine.
See you later!
Posted by: benson at August 21, 2009 12:04 PM
cobble- I simply MUST defend CGar dog. She's special. She's precious- dogs like this need to be taken care of properly.They give back so much!
Posted by: bxgrl at August 21, 2009 12:04 PM
cobble- you gave him a tin cup with a rusty bottom! Had you given him a Royal Doulton, 1865 porcelain chamber pot with original cover I would not have objected. I realize it would not go with the civil war cot but my e-hubby is entitled to the finer things in life.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 21, 2009 12:06 PM
What! CGar-dog is a GIRL?! Why didn't you say so!!
My apologies CGar, I'll run out to Bed Bath and Beyond and get MORE towels! I'll also get her a step stool, standing on the toilet and leaning over to the sink like that can't be safe!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 12:08 PM
tx, bxgrl, but in the meantime you scored me access to the "main house", a major coup!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 12:09 PM
Great sign, Snappy!
Are you back from appt?
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 12:10 PM
Six, holy moly. Judging by the pics, that's gotta be a dude. Would be shocked if that's a woman.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 21, 2009 12:11 PM
WonTon...in 1991 it was HK$ 36,000 (US$4,600) for over 3,000 sq. ft. When I left in 1994 it went up to $72,000 (US$9,900)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 12:11 PM
bxgrl, you gave CGAR "access to the "main house"??
I thought this was an e-marriage..
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 12:11 PM
bxgrl, Listen here lady! If you were any kind of an e-wife....you wouldn't let your e-hubby live in a tent on a deck in the first place!!
Btw, CGar, Chet, Chad and BH will be mixing the first round of drinks beginning at 4pm sharp, and we can get going with the PLUSA manual edits. It should only take us until Sunday Noon time. Not to worry though, I went to the liquor store and bought 15 bottles of vodka, 32 bottles of Jameson, and 43 bottles of wine.
That should keep us, no?
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 12:11 PM
What is this about towels? Air dry, dammit! Air dry!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 12:12 PM
Yep, Arkady...awaiting film results. Fingers crossed there's no signs of nerve damage xxxx
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 12:13 PM
Snappy, YOU of all people should understand the importance of a nice clean dry towel for a girl!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 12:14 PM
Hey kens--and anybody else who knows Russian--can you help me? I just got a "Google Alert" on my name, which leads to the following page in Russki:
http://community.livejournal.com/ru_translate/11725470.html
They're talking about me, maybe about one of my blogs, but I don't know what they're saying. Google translate gives me gibberish. Can you decipher it? Thanks.
Posted by: WonTon at August 21, 2009 12:15 PM
Have a great vacation Benson!
Posted by: etson at August 21, 2009 12:16 PM
True, Cobble...especially as I have lost several towels to the wee one lately! Ok...keep the towels...but I don't want to hear anything about them being pre-warmed on a heated towel rack!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 12:17 PM
dave, that sounds more reasonable. But looks like the management jacked up the rent like crazy after the handover.
The sister of a good friend of mine just got posted to HK on expat package with hubby. Their company's paying 90,000 a month for a very undistinguished 3BR on Kennedy Road. I advised her to take the allowance in cash, then find a cheaper, nicer place away from the "expat zone".
But she can't do it. Her company pays all the allowance to its HK agent, who "negotiates" the deals with the property management companies.
It's such a huge, wasteful, scam.
Posted by: WonTon at August 21, 2009 12:20 PM
"I don't want to hear anything about them being pre-warmed on a heated towel rack!"
Ok, FINE! Be that way!
And just when I was going to renovate the ONE bathroom to have quadruple sinks and an ensuite tub for Chet, Chad, BH and CGar.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 12:21 PM
"My apologies CGar, I'll run out to Bed Bath and Beyond and get MORE towels!"
CH, the heat is really getting to me today (or maybe it is the grain alcohol in my Poland Spring bottle). I thought you said you were going to "BedStuy Bath and Beyond." Seriously. Methinks it is time for me to stop reading the OT and go home.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 21, 2009 12:21 PM
cobble, not to worry, bxgrl takes good care of me. Besides, after selling the manse, I'm enjoying the simple life in the tent, and couldn't ask for better hosts than you, BH, Chad and Chet.
And, yes, the CGar-dog is a she, but no one has done her "gender verification" yet, so "confusion" is to be expected (and I should know!).
Funny, I could really go for shots right now! Kamikazes! Jameson! Bring it on! What is it they say about the hair of the dog that bit you!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 12:22 PM
"BedStuy Bath and Beyond"
It's just the eyestrain and the brain drain brighton beoch!!
[Hmmm....sounds like a great idea for a store there!]
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 12:23 PM
Quadruple sinks??? THE SHOCK! THE HORROR! THE MENTAL ANGUISH!
Oh, Cobble, you of all people...I never thought you'd fall this far. **sob**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 12:23 PM
Wonton, she is asking how to write/pronounce your name in Russian because you're an amazing woman and she wants to comment on one of your blongs/journals and doesn't want to offend you such a great person as yourself. Someone answers her below as well of an attemp to spell your name in Russian.
BTW, I have livejournal and used to follow a few people there BUT then I disocvered Brownstoner.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 21, 2009 12:24 PM
"I could really go for shots right now! Kamikazes! Jameson! Bring it on! "
THUD>>>>>the sound of CH fainting...
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 12:24 PM
"Cobble, you of all people...I never thought you'd fall this far."
You know Snappy, I think it all started after I lost my job in December.
The drinking, the crying, the affairs and fooling around with Chet, Chad and BH. It's been a downward spiral for sometime now...the sinks are just one more sign of the debauchery that is my life at this time...
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 12:26 PM
Kens, what is a "blong?" Wait, wait . . . don't tell me.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 21, 2009 12:27 PM
Bloomberg headline:
Ahmadinejad Names Man on Interpol Wanted List As Defense Chief.
I guess they know where to find him now.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 12:29 PM
lol brighton, I meant blog. I don't proofread, busy day at the workshop.
attemp=attempt.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 21, 2009 12:29 PM
"BedStuy Bath and Beyond
. . .
[Hmmm....sounds like a great idea for a store there!]"
CH, that's exactly what I thought. DIBS, perhaps we could sublet some space in your house? We'd only stock period-appropriate items, of course.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 21, 2009 12:31 PM
Wow, how cool...thanks Kens for the translation.
I can't begin to imagine how you'd pronounce my name in Russian.
Posted by: WonTon at August 21, 2009 12:32 PM
Kens, I'm just yanking your blong, err . . . I mean chain.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 21, 2009 12:32 PM
Ahhh...good old debauchery...we all need some of that every once in a while :) You get a pass! But quick, add that to the PLUSA manual - Rule #423,984.3(b) PLUSAs who lose their employment are hereby permitted to engage in unlimited debaucherous activities, including but not limited to, affairs, heavy drinking, harem building and installation of numerous sinks in a single bathroom, kitchen, or other facility requiring heavy water usage.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 12:35 PM
Brighton Beoch, we haven't officially met yet...My name is Snappy, and I collect the PLUSA dues. It is now August 21st. Dues were to be in by the 15th of the month. I presume your check is in the mail? Or will you be calling me with your Visa Card number and expiration date? :-)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 12:37 PM
Snappy, Brighton Beoch is currently bedazzling her PLUSA hoodie, she'll get the check in the mail ASAP.
LL VHD
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 12:43 PM
Did anyone notice this lone comment posted in response to "Weekend Events - Blood Drive in McCarren Park":
"How can you go wrong?" By being gay, maybe? No free ice cream for the gays!
Posted by: zinka at August 21, 2009 9:41 AM
Am I hungover, or is this remark strange to say the least, if not highly offensive?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 12:43 PM
Snappy, I'll send my dues in when I receive my tiara and handbook. I'm still WAI-TING.
PS Considering I just started posting yesterday (8/21), don't you think it is a bit premature to send me a dunning notice for August dues??? You are worse than VISA. : )
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 21, 2009 12:46 PM
Bitter retort...I haven't had the pleasure of making your acquaintance either! Hola! And where, pray tell, is your check for the monthly PLUSA dues? My ledger shows you have not paid up for the month of August!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 12:46 PM
Snappy, Hola back!
I'm busy bedazzling CGar's tent.
Will call u with Diner's Club card shortly.
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 12:49 PM
Rob...your extension has expired! I'll be on your stoop this evening waiting for you!
Brighton...Your dues were prorated to reflect a late posting start! Now pay up! (Did I mention that I used to sue people on behalf of VISA? All true!)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 12:49 PM
wow i just read the article about the black out at fairway in red hook. no mention of looting at all. be honest if you had a shopping cart full of groceries and the lights went out? would you just stroll on out? be HONEST! i know i'd be in a mad dash for candy and cleaning aisles.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 12:50 PM
Bitter Retort, speak for yourself. I am NOT sending in my check until Snappy sends me my tiara. Frankly, I don't care so much about the handbook.
You are correct, however, about my bedazzled PLUSA hoodie. It is looking FINE.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 21, 2009 12:54 PM
"I'm busy bedazzling CGar's tent."
Uhm, bitter, can you please just make sure that those dazzles are period correct? Landmarks is coming by this afternoon to approve the tent, and I don't want to risk rejection!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 12:55 PM
hey, *robert on fridays*, thought you were going home last night to walk the dogs and set the DVR and then join us Pete's? (Though I thoroughly enjoyed your post about trekking to Williamsburg, Virginia by mistake!)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 12:55 PM
"No free ice cream for the gays!"
. . .
"Am I hungover, or is this remark strange to say the least, if not highly offensive?"
CGar, I cannot comment on your hangover status, but wouldn't it be far more offensive if it said no free EYE CREAM for the gays?
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 21, 2009 12:56 PM
Brigton...you have to see Bxgirl about the tiara...she's the PLUSA in charge of those. You have to crack the whip on her about them though...she doesn't like handing them out! I'm just the money girl/ legal counsel for the PLUSAs :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 12:56 PM
Hey- what's wrong with debauchery? Snappy- obviously the heat has gotten to cobble. there is no Chet or Chad but be kind. Let her think that those are really quadruple sinks. there's really only a double but then, she's seeing double. (That should make shrillstoner twice as happy too).
CGar- why thank you my sweet! I think its lovely for you to take the summer to enjoy the al fresco life, but alas, Fall is coming and we will commence the artfully tasteful reno. I've asked shrillstoner to be our historical guide- to make sure we get it right and not be tacky, like *whispering behind my hand* dave.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 21, 2009 12:57 PM
it's no offensive cgar, people who engage in buttsecks arent allowed to donate blood. thus they get no free ice cream at the blood drive.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 12:58 PM
Cobble...you may need to lean on Bxgirl to get those tiaras out in the mail...our PLUSA dues fund is dangerously low because of this debacle!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 12:58 PM
CH, glow-in-the-dark beads, Bloom County motif. I've got you covered.
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 12:58 PM
Snappy, are you a [whispering] LAWYER?
What on earth kind of people am I getting myself mixed up with??
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 21, 2009 12:59 PM
Bxgirl...tiaras are being demanded...what's happening over there in the PLUSA Tiara Workshop???
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 1:00 PM
bxgrl, first you abandon your e-hubby, and now you try to malign my multiple lovers, sinks, character and vision! Does your cruelty know no bounds?
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 1:00 PM
*sniff* Indeed I am the tiara tsar (or tsarina), but we make it a policy not to hand out tiaras before dues are paid. They are far too precious!
Posted by: bxgrl at August 21, 2009 1:00 PM
Brighton...yup...guilty as charged! And I'm not the only shark in this tank! Several of us are lawyers!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 1:01 PM
"What on earth kind of people am I getting myself mixed up with??"
It was all over after you slid down the slippery slope and made your first post!
Welcome to the cesspool we like to call the OT! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 1:01 PM
rob...there are a lot od straight people who engage in "buttsecks"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 1:01 PM
Well, the Official Tiara Tsarina has spoken! You must pay your dues before the tiara is sent out to you! Pay up Brighton!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 1:02 PM
wow i cant believe 3 people jumped on zinca's gay ice cream comment about donating blood, 2 of them gay themselves.
when you donate blood they ask if you are gay. if you are a gay male you cannot donate blood. unless youre a virgin. seriously. hasnt anyone tried to donate blood before? i mean i guess in a sense it makes sense considering gay men are a high risk population, but im shocked people had no clue about this.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 1:03 PM
Do they refuse blood from heteros who have anal sex? Not getting angry here, just curious.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 1:03 PM
quote:
rob...there are a lot od straight people who engage in "buttsecks"
i know that, but they arent a high risk population. they also dont take blood if you are an IV drug user or got a tattoo in the last year.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 1:04 PM
I've never donated blood. I have no idea of these things.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 1:04 PM
I am not allowed to donate blood here.
Something to do with British blood being too refined (and by 'refined' I mean 'allegedly having mad cow disease').
Posted by: etson at August 21, 2009 1:04 PM
"CH, glow-in-the-dark beads, Bloom County motif. I've got you covered."
bitter, Excellent, I'm sure there were Glow-in-the-dark dazzle beads in the late 1800s. And they'll help CGar find his way around when he comes home drunk in the middle of the night...as he is wont to do...
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 1:04 PM
*robert*, that's why I asked if it was the hangover talking. I know "the gays" can't give blood, but I wasn't sure if zinka's comment was sarcastic and supportive or offensive. And, ROFL, thanks for your usual inimitable take on things!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 1:05 PM
yeah sorry i shouldnt have said it's cuz of butt sex. it's not really that, it's just about not accepting blood from high risk groups.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 1:05 PM
Brighton, like HALF of this blog are lawyers! I would really watch what I say on here or you're be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 21, 2009 1:05 PM
Rob, I didn't jump on him! I simply asked 'whaaaat?' I didn't understand the comment.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 1:05 PM
Are lesbos considered high risk?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 1:07 PM
And don't they screen the blood anyway???
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 1:07 PM
they are doing the blood drive IN the park too. that's gross. save that crap for the clinic. between the horses, free range peacocks, and now bags of blood in the park no wonder i will never go back.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 1:08 PM
and they don't take blood if you lived in Western Europe during the Mad Cow scare...or blogged during the Shrillstoner (also Mad Cow) debacle.
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 1:09 PM
lesbos are not considered high risk.
they do screen the blood, but nothing is 100 percent. and screening blood costs lots of money. or maybe they just think gay blood will turn people gay?
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 1:10 PM
Rob and Bitter...ROFL!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 1:10 PM
"blogged during the Shrillstoner (also Mad Cow) debacle."
LOL!!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 1:10 PM
I am not allowed to donate blood here.
Something to do with British blood being too refined (and by 'refined' I mean 'allegedly having mad cow disease').
Posted by: etson at August 21, 2009 1:04 PM
Etson, I used to donate blood all the time, twice a year until that whole mad cow scare here. Then they added the questions on the form that if you lived in Eastern Europe from more than 2 years at a time (which I was since I was born there, I can't donate anymore. No one complained when I donated pints and pints for years before! I really wanted to help but they don't want my blood, oh well. And I got good blood too god damn it!
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 21, 2009 1:10 PM
"free range peacocks" in McCarren Park! You and your peacocks!
ROFL, *robert*!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 1:13 PM
"or maybe they just think gay blood will turn people gay?"
That must be it Rob.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 1:13 PM
Ya know...speaking of screening...here is my rant.
When you go to the City's Health Dept. offices to get a free anonymous AIDS test, they ask you if you see any mental health professionals. I told them yes, I see a therapist. They then told me that I can't do the test anonymously and must register with my name, DOB, therapist's name, etc. When I asked why seeing a therapist relieves me of my right to do this anonymously, they said it was the City's policy to not allow people to do AIDS tests anonymously if they see mental health professionals due to the risk that they may become suicidal and hurt themselves if their test comes back positive.
Now call me crazy (no pun intended!) but wouldn't a person who already has a support system in place (ie a therapist or whatever) be in a better position to take bad news from an AIDS test? WTF? I told them this and also told them that such a policy only encourages people to lie about their mental health background, thereby defeating their 'safety protocol.' The director totally agreed with me and said there was nothing she could do. So what did I do? Went to another location for the test and lied about my seeing a therapist. Ninnies.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 1:16 PM
shillstoner is not going to like that Park Slope Open House
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 1:17 PM
Rob, you are a total f*cknut! Loveable, but a f*cknut still!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 1:17 PM
"or maybe they just think gay blood will turn people gay?"
How does one know if one has received gay blood?
Do you immediately SPRING UP out of your hospital bed and start singing show tunes?
I may be in trouble.
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 1:18 PM
Snappy, you probably could have walked back in the same place a half an hour later and said "No" to the question. LOL
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 1:18 PM
I think Archie was all upset he might get black blood in an All In The Family episode!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 1:20 PM
"Do you immediately SPRING UP out of your hospital bed and start singing show tunes? "
Yes, and you have a desperate craving to see Sunset Boulevard. ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 1:20 PM
I thought about that Dave, but after having a long talk with the head director at that location, I think they would have remembered me!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 1:21 PM
" f*cknut!"
I think this is my new favorite word!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 1:21 PM
I remember that episode Dave!
Cobble, ROFL!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 1:23 PM
Time for me to go placate my foot. Play nice everyone!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 1:24 PM
Love Sunset Blvd! I am gay!
Headed to David Barton gym now..
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 1:25 PM
Kens, don't tell me you are a [whispering] LAWYER too. You had me fooled, what with your suspect proof reading and all.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 21, 2009 1:26 PM
Yes, and you have a desperate craving to see Sunset Boulevard. ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 1:20 PM
Cobble, the be-all-and-end-all movie for gays is "The Women."
Although Norma Desmond is far more dramatic, Crystal Allen is bitchier!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 1:30 PM
And that would of course be the 1938 version.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 1:32 PM
"Although Norma Desmond is far more dramatic, Crystal Allen is bitchier!!!!"
Joan Collins is HOT!
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 1:34 PM
Dave, one of my OGTs. "And by the way, there's a name for you ladies, but it isn't heard much in high society, outside of a kennel." -Crystal Allen
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 1:35 PM
Bitter, you are ON FIRE today.
Posted by: brighton beoch at August 21, 2009 1:36 PM
brighton, not a lawyer.
just a working elf at Santa's workshop.
I'll end the Friday on that note and off to enjoy the afternoon and have a lovely nap since I only got 3 hours of beauty sleep last night. Having half day Fridays ROCKS!
Have a good weekend PLUSAs and lurkers and I might see some of you at Sycamore tomorrow.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 21, 2009 1:36 PM
CGar... I remember that line well. Along with "on the train to Reno."
"L'Amour, L'amour, toujours l'amour" The Countess De Lave
"A woman should should ener a room 'erect"
"Well, a lot of my friends leave horizontally"
And who could forget Little mary???!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 1:44 PM
bitter retort...since you just confessed to being gay and now you are admitting to being in love with joan Collins, I bet you're about 40ish and were a big "Dynasty" fan.
Unfortunately for the rest of us, those in that age bracket who were big Dynasty fans saw Joan Collins as a role model and, as a result, became very, very bitchy. I know, I was "married" to someone like that!!! LOL
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 1:46 PM
Bloomberg: Drug CEOs Don't Make Much Money
NEW YORK (AP/1010 WINS) -- The mayor -- and wealthiest person in New York City with a fortune estimated at $16.5 billion -- made the comments on his radio show Friday during a discussion about health care.
"You know, last time I checked, pharmaceutical companies don't make a lot of money, their executives don't make a lot of money -- not that they couldn't be better,'' Bloomberg said.
http://bit.ly/2N8tod
Posted by: East New York at August 21, 2009 1:47 PM
ROFL, dave! I could go line for line with you (as can one of my college roommates), even the most obscure ones!
"I've had 2 years to grow claws, Mother. Jungle Red!"
"One of the advantages of being single is you get to spread out in bed like a swastika". (It was 1938, so this line still passed muster, somewhat.)
Little Mary: "Sheba, get off of Daddy's coat."
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 1:49 PM
Wow ENY - Bloomtard is so out of touch
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 1:50 PM
ROTFL...the swastika line!!!!! Yes, I remember and the "jungke red" line is probably the best one in the movie.
I remember once seeing it in the theatre in "gaytown" in Chicago....everyone, myself included, knew all the lines and whenever Little mary came on the whole audience hisssed.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 1:53 PM
DIBS,
You may have seen me walking around Billburg in my enormous shouldered blazers, Dallas-high hair and leaving a trail of Giorgio perfume in my wake.
I could also be a bubble-popping, smart-ass 20 something with a taste for awesome 80s tv, Paris Hilton-isms and hyphens!!!
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 1:54 PM
"awesome 80s tv" and a penchant for oxymorons!!!! LOL
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 1:57 PM
You also can't donate blood if you've had cancer & if you've had a transfusion in the last 7 years.
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 1:59 PM
Dave, Little Mary was awful, though the actress, Virginia Weidler, was quite good as Katharine Hepburn's younger sister, Dinah Lord, in another favorite movie, "The Philadelphia Story".
BTW, my college roommate who loves the movie (a member of the Team) is the one I told you about who lives in Philly. I'm sure his house is not far from yours, but I can't remember the street offhand because he's bought and sold a couple of houses in Center City.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 1:59 PM
Best show ever - Supertrain? Anyone??
Might have been late 70s
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 2:01 PM
I was in love with the Rifleman's son when i was vey young...Johhny Crawford
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 2:04 PM
Oh, Dibs! Me too.
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 2:05 PM
I first saw "The Women" when I worked in a video store in Center City when I was in college. The manager (another member of the Team) played "The Women" in the store on an endless loop, and how could you not pick up all those great Clare Booth Luce lines. Never saw the remake; don't want to; I hear it's unwatchable.
(Working in the video store was a truly unpleasant experience - had to wear Philip Morris costumes on deliveries, and one day the owner actually asked me how much he'd have to pay me to get me to kow tow to him, to which I replied that he didn't have enough money, and I quit shortly thereafter!)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 2:08 PM
Sorry, *robert*. I'm done now.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 2:10 PM
SNAPPY, SNAPPY, SNAPPY...get over to the North 8th Goes Rental thread.....I think you might like that nasty new Queef Lateefa thang.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 2:10 PM
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm127111424/nm0186844
Johnny Crawford is still a cutie
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 2:11 PM
"another favorite movie, "The Philadelphia Story"."
My favorite movie of ALL time CGar!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 2:13 PM
Arkady...back in 1971 I was at the Concert For Bngladesh and I fell in love, totally with one of the guitar players...he looked Latino.
I think it was both he and Johnny Crawford who made me become infatuated with that look.
I never found out who that guitar player was until I got the DVD of the Concert a few years ago...it was jesse Ed davis and he was a full blooded American Indian. He died tragically of drugs in the eighties but ot this very day I remember the exact episode of the Rifleman where I first saw the son and the time Jesse Ed davis walked on stage. I couldn't have cared less about gerorge harrison, Ringo, Eric Clapton and the others up there on stage. I was mesmerized by that guitar player
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 2:15 PM
haha what the hell are you all talking about?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 2:17 PM
I adored Roddy McDowall too - esp. when he played Ariel in the Tempest on Hallmark Hall of Fame.
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 2:18 PM
I loved "The Women!" It was sort of a shock to see June Allyson utter those words in the later version but a fabulous movie.
I saw a trannie version with Charles Burch, Lypsinka and Varla Jean Merman that was brilliant (The same theater group that did the Miracle Worker in drag).
Posted by: bxgrl at August 21, 2009 2:18 PM
bitter...he's too close to my age now....I still lust after him back in the Rifleman...
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 2:19 PM
When I got older I went for the Max Von Sydow type.
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 2:19 PM
aRe yoU sTilL dRunK DH?
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 2:19 PM
C Gar- the remake has nothing on the original but the lines are still there, and still brilliant.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 21, 2009 2:21 PM
carollgardened - you are too sweet, no wonder all the ladies are fighting over you. i'm not actively boycotting / blogicing, just been a little preoccupied with other stuff. hopefully now that i'm walking, i'll see you and cardog around the hood. if you see me and my beagle (he's an old tricolor beagle and i'm the gimpy with the moonboot and cane) then wave and say hi :)
Posted by: CG_ups at August 21, 2009 2:25 PM
ps. above note was in response to your post on the fire thread, but wasn't sure if you were going back to check it as much as here.
Posted by: CG_ups at August 21, 2009 2:26 PM
bxgrl, when was there a June Allyson version? I was talking about the recent remake with Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, et al. Great cast, and then of course they ruined the movie by "updating" it.
[Now, you have to cover your eyes for a moment while I say something to cobble, which I mean strictly in the platonic sense but don't want to upset you anyways.]
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 2:28 PM
When I got older I went for the Max Von Sydow type.
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 2:19 PM
"I was Madame's first husband."
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 2:30 PM
oh hells no, queef latifah is MINE!!! keep your lil lezzie hands OFF HER!!!
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 2:32 PM
The only good thing to come out of that remake..
Mary, "That job is just sucking the life out of him."
Sylvia, "Well someone certainly is."
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 2:34 PM
[eyes closed, bxgrl!]
"My favorite movie of ALL time CGar!"
Cobble, at the risk of inciting BH, Chad and Chet (3 men I do NOT want coming after me), I told you you're a woman after my own heart!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 2:34 PM
haha chiller - nah i'm just exhausted
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 2:39 PM
CGar, I think I must have been a gay man in a past life! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 2:41 PM
CGar, I think I must have been a gay man in a past life! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 2:41 PM
I doubt it. If you were you'd be classier. J/K
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 2:44 PM
DIBS, : P
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 2:45 PM
Best lines from The Women....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTC0YusJFTY
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 2:51 PM
We should have PLUSA movie night! Who's got a place big enough to fit us all? Or better put...who would be mad enough to host us?!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 2:51 PM
I might be mad enough to host. I was talking about this last night. I want a big old fashioned keg of Rheingold out on the deck.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 2:59 PM
Yesterday I got in trouble cuz I didn't know only gay guys drank pina coladas!
Today the gay guys don't know they're not supposed to donate blood.
"And don't they screen the blood anyway??? "
Snappy they do but I believe there's an incubation period of some kind where blood can be infectious but it can't be picked up in screening. That's why if you have an incident, like pricking yourself with a needle, or are the victim of a sex attack, or find that you have had unprotected sex with a poz person, you need to be tested a number of times over a period of at least a year.
I remember a story from the early days of AIDS... there was an organized crime figure who was going in for a pre-planned operation in which he needed a transfusion. He was too smart to get blood from the normal pool, might be contaminated! So he enlisted his 'safe' relatives to get transfusions and store the blood. You, one of them was infected and hey both died.
Hey DIBS, remember Daxor? They were going to make a fortune storing people's blood over time so they wouldn't have to get it from outside. That was the only stock I ever owned that tripled in a week!
Posted by: denton at August 21, 2009 3:00 PM
Warning: too many pina coladas can result in deflowering.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 3:02 PM
"I might be mad enough to host. I was talking about this last night. I want a big old fashioned keg of Rheingold out on the deck."
That would be awesome DIBS, I'd be happy to help with the snacks!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 3:03 PM
Now I have to put The Women in the NetFlix queue, some of those are tooo good. How have I missed seeing this movie?
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 3:04 PM
That would be awesome DIBS, I'd be happy to help with the snacks!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 3:03 PM
WASPY cucumber sandwiches???? :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 3:04 PM
"WASPY cucumber sandwiches???? :)"
But of course, dahling! But only if we can have Pimm's with them!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 3:06 PM
You never saw it, cobble????
It's all black and white except a short "fashion show" scene in the middle. There is not one man in the whole movie
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 3:06 PM
Really truly DIBS. I can't believe it! A clear flaw in my otherwise flawless education! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 3:08 PM
DIBS, do we have to shop ID at the door to pass the Chinese & Mexican bouncers (aka BF's)?
Posted by: more4less at August 21, 2009 3:09 PM
I have my own copy of the movie, on tape of course.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 3:10 PM
m4l, you probably didn't think I could get one that hot!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 3:11 PM
its so hot outside.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 3:12 PM
dh, there's a big storm coming from the West and then we're likely to get hit by parts of hurricane Ben later
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 3:14 PM
"hopefully now that i'm walking, i'll see you and cardog around the hood. if you see me and my beagle (he's an old tricolor beagle and i'm the gimpy with the moonboot and cane) then wave and say hi :)"
CG_ups!! I'm so glad you're back. And I'm so glad you caught my note on the fire thread (nope, haven't been back there). I'm glad you're walking again and walking the beagle (I love beagles - my great aunt had 2, both named Sandy). If I see you when I'm walking the CGar-dog (she's a small black Chow Chow - she looks like a little black bear), of course I'll say hello. Some of the other PLUSAs told me last night they've had the pleasure of meeting you, so I look forward to it.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 3:14 PM
DH, did you go out and get an iced coffee? [It's brutal, I was out a little while ago...came back drenched.]
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 3:14 PM
When are they saying the storm will hit, DIBS?
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 3:15 PM
not sure about Bob or Ben or whatever it is...we will get hit from whe west in about an hour.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 3:17 PM
DIBS, I'll send Buck Winston over to help u prep for movie night.
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 3:18 PM
Jeez DIBS - will all that rain at least cool it down? Although I love the way the city smells when it's superhot and raining.
yeha chiller - ran across the street for some fluids to rehydrate after last night. its ghastly out there. according to weather.com the heat index is 100 degrees in the 10012
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 3:20 PM
Hurricane Bill doesn't look likely to have much impact here at this point apart from high waves.
The storm will be a problem for Nova Scotia & Nfld over the weekend.
Posted by: etson at August 21, 2009 3:21 PM
Buck Winston!!!! The chambermaids' delight.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 3:21 PM
"We should have PLUSA movie night! Who's got a place big enough to fit us all? Or better put...who would be mad enough to host us?!!"
I'm in!
"I might be mad enough to host. I was talking about this last night. I want a big old fashioned keg of Rheingold out on the deck."
Tell me what I can bring, Dave. I can get the keg on Court Street, but can't guarantee Rheingold.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 3:23 PM
how sweet, sandy and sandy. i love beagle-y names, like scout and sarge and cooper. you are such a charmer. i don't want a beatdown from bxgirl or cobblehiller but i think i'm kinda in love with you! :)
Posted by: CG_ups at August 21, 2009 3:23 PM
It's not much better over here in 11201/31!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 3:23 PM
Brilliant blue skies in the Slope w/ sounds of massive thunder in the distance. Maps look as if we may not get any rain at all today.
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 3:23 PM
I wonder if Benson's cruise will be screwed up. Was he leaving today?
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 3:25 PM
"CGar, I think I must have been a gay man in a past life! ; )"
Why not, Cobble? I was a straight man in a past life, and some days . . .
Don't rent The Women. I'll loan it to you. Seriously. We can meet at Ted & Honey for the handoff. Do you have my email address? I've been wanting to email you off the OT anyways.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 3:25 PM
It's still very clear and bright here in manhattan...I'm just looking on the radar map.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 3:26 PM
I'm heading home before this rain comes lest I get drenched in these white pants and everyone sees I've gone commando
ttfn
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 3:27 PM
it's seriously gross outside and it's creeping on in the office now. ugh i totally gave someone my phone number apparently last week and i have no recollection of who this person is. i got like 4 texts this week asking to hang out and im like who is this? thinking it was wrong cuz i got a new phone a month or so ago with a new number but the person said i gave them my number. :-/ im kind of curious at this point but then at the same time im so not at all.
advice?
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 3:28 PM
"DIBS, I'll send Buck Winston over to help u prep for movie night."
"Buck Winston, the chambermaid's delight!"
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 3:30 PM
I must have been thinking "Helicopter ben"
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 3:30 PM
Rob - It must've seemed like a good idea at the time... And it sounds as if you're curious...
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 3:31 PM
Rob, hanging with PLUSA's is one thing. hanging with some random stranger is another. if you're going to go, bring your buddy guard (pitbull)
Posted by: more4less at August 21, 2009 3:32 PM
CGar see my comment at 3:21. Please try and keep up and not get repetitious.
You can give Buck away with every pack of Dandy Gelatine
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 3:33 PM
Hola again asshats. It's hotter than two fat girls in one tight sweater out there. Sigh. Someone pass me a lemonade, please :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 3:33 PM
ROFL, Dave. I just noticed your Buck Winston quote, AFTER I posted the same one!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 3:33 PM
bitter, darling...please! TMI!!! LOL!
CGar, I do not think I do have your email addy....mine is cobblehiller1 at gmail dot com.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 3:33 PM
"Rob, hanging with PLUSA's is one thing. hanging with some random stranger is another"
I could write abook about meeting and hanging with "random strangers" thousands of them!!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 3:34 PM
"Miriam Vanities Aarons is being RENO-vated. Three guesses Mrs. Fowler as to whom she's going to marry."
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 3:34 PM
I'm blushing, CG_ups!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 3:35 PM
Eek, I just realized some friends of mine are up in Nova Scotia right now...
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 3:36 PM
DIBS, now that I've met the chinese bf, am curious to meet the Mexican bf that you say has massive guns
Posted by: more4less at August 21, 2009 3:37 PM
Everyone is too nice today
Cats suck
Chocolate sucks
Bring it!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 3:37 PM
"It's hotter than two fat girls in one tight sweater out there."
Snappy, LOL. I still love the expression, "I'm sweating like a nun in a field of cucumbers".
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 3:38 PM
"You can give Buck away with every pack of Dandy Gelatine"
One of the best moments: "But no, darlings, I AM Dandy Gelatine!", preceded by "Get me a bromide, and put some Gin in it!"
(Sorry, Dave, I'm trying to keep up.)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 3:39 PM
chocolate does suck.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 3:39 PM
I'm open to sharing with cobble but no one else (after all, CGar did put up with my other e-marriage to benson, which has ended badly. Of course I'm not sure how Chet/Chad/BH feels about this.
CGar- I never saw the recent one- but there was a June Allyson remake in 1973 called "The Opposite Sex" with Joan Collins. It was a musical (ugh). But the 1939 film is fantastic.
Posted by: bxgrl at August 21, 2009 3:40 PM
DH, you fat head! We're just being nice because IDIOTS like you are HUNGOVER!! [How was that?]
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 3:40 PM
ROFL Biff! I've never heard the nun thing!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 3:40 PM
DH, allow me to continue:
Double sinks suck
Stainless steel appliances suck
Gay people suck (no pun intended)
Dildos suck
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 3:41 PM
Did anyone else get the new Ikea catalog in the mail today? I know they don't sell anything 'period appropriate' or worthy of rich asshats, but I'm excited! wooooohoooo! One can always use more cheap vases and picture frames :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 3:42 PM
shut up Chiller!!
I challenge you to a scrabble grudge match. loser can't post on brownstoner FOREVER!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 3:42 PM
I going to punch someone's lights out if I dont see some intense arguments beginning in the next 2 minutes
Posted by: more4less at August 21, 2009 3:43 PM
And, if you are lucky, your next girlfriend will suck too :)
LOL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 3:43 PM
"Gay people suck (no pun intended)"
Canadians suck. [Ducks for cover]
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 3:44 PM
there's some arguing going on in the sunset park protest thread, but it's kinda boring.
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 3:45 PM
Bea Arthur sucks
Cantonese sucks
Yankees suck
'Stoner gatherings suck
Fedders buildings don't suck
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 3:46 PM
CGar, no need to duck. Biff can't throw that low.
Posted by: more4less at August 21, 2009 3:46 PM
Anyone play boggle? I'll whip all your @sses!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 3:46 PM
Haha Biff -
Crown Heights didn't exist before Tavern on Nostrand opened.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 3:47 PM
BEA ARTHUR DOES NOT SUCK DAMMIT!
Put up your dukes, Mr. Champion! It's on like donkey kong now!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 3:47 PM
Chocolate does NOT suck! Watch it DH. Chocolate is my drug of choice. I can live on chocolate.
I hope my next girlfriend sucks AND swallows.
I am really pathetic logging in and posting from home so now I am out to run some errands. tootles.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at August 21, 2009 3:47 PM
AND OFFICIAL COBBLESNAPS PRODUCTIONS DON'T SUCK!!!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 3:48 PM
"CGar, no need to duck. Biff can't throw that low."
Low blows suck!
"Anyone play boggle?"
I don't mindboggle
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 3:48 PM
"Rob - . . . And it sounds as if you're curious..."
I thought *robert* was gay, not curious, but after his Queen Latifah post to Snappy, not so sure
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 3:48 PM
"I challenge you to a scrabble grudge match. loser can't post on brownstoner FOREVER!"
NOW YOU'VE DONE IT!
IT'S ON SUCKER BUTT!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 3:49 PM
M4L, SHUT YOUR TRAP!! [How's that, good huh!]
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 3:50 PM
Hi Jackasses! Before I sing off for the weekend I hope you get in some splinter tighting exersises. The I-Beams are on the way! Here's an example...
August 20, 2009
Contesting an Appraisal?
We are trying refinance our Bed Stuy brownstone and our appraisal came back with an absurdly low number (37% less than 2006 purchase price). Property values in our section of Bed Stuy have held up well with recent sales on our block 7% less than our 2006 purchase price. Our neighbor across the street has their house appraised 3 months ago and it came in a 6% below our 2006 purchase price. Not bad considering the economic situation. We have given the broker/bank a list of recent comparable property sales to support a higher value, but have not heard back. Has anyone been in a similar situation and had the bank make the loan eventually? We are trying to decide whether we should give up with this application and reapply with another broker or keep waiting. It seems getting an accurate appraisal is a game of chance. Thank you for sharing any of your experience.
Posted by jenmit at 3:41 PM | Comments (18)
Categories: Appraisals
The I-Beam is moving up and down their throats. Guess where the entry point is???
70 days guys, 70 days...
The What (Thanks for the "Good times")
Someday this war is gonna end..
Posted by: Return of The What at August 21, 2009 3:50 PM
C'mon sing it: Ain't no party like a CobbleSnaps party cause a CobbleSnaps party don't stop, say whaaaaa!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 3:50 PM
WHAT! Cantonese SUCKS! Watch out Mr. Biff, and make sure you don't turn your back on the kitchen next time you eat in Sunset Park.
And the next time I see you better watch out... I'm gonna go all Kung Fu like Michelle Yeoh on you. AAAAAYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAA!
Posted by: WonTon at August 21, 2009 3:51 PM
DH, funny!
I heard brownstone prices are going to double by January.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 3:51 PM
"Of course I'm not sure how Chet/Chad/BH feels about this."
Chad, Chet and BH are, happily, oblivious to all of this! BH knows about Chad, but I don't think he knows about Chet, which is fine with Chet, but I'm not sure how Chad would feel about it!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 3:52 PM
Wonton, hit him with the Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble style karate: "HA TI KA TI - HYAAAAA!"
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 3:53 PM
"Bea Arthur sucks"
OK, Biff, say what you want about "the gays", but Bea Arthur is off limits!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 3:53 PM
CGar, now you know who are the PLUSAs who play scrabble - the kid and the old ....
whoa, that was close. nearly crossed the line and would've had spend weekend looking over shoulder for a 6' 5 dude looking to whoop my behind.
Posted by: more4less at August 21, 2009 3:54 PM
Ain't no party like a CobbleSnaps party cause a CobbleSnaps party don't stop, say whaaaaa!
AYYY....OHHHH!
Ain't no party like a CobbleSnaps party cause a CobbleSnaps party don't stop, say whaaaaa!
AYYY...OHHH!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 3:54 PM
"And the next time I see you better watch out... I'm gonna go all Kung Fu like Michelle Yeoh on you."
Oh dear, I would pay very good money to have that happen! Whip me, beat me, treat me like cake mix, Michelle!
Yeeeeeoooooooohhhhh!!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 3:54 PM
Cobble, will you be teaching PLUSA Debauchery 101 this fall? :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 3:54 PM
"CGar, now you know who are the PLUSAs who play scrabble - the kid and the old ...."
WATCH IT M4L!!!
Chet, Chad and BH could do you a world of HURT!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 3:56 PM
Cobble, LOL!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 3:56 PM
bxgrl, did you ever see the musical version of "The Philadelphia Story"? (Or the drag version?) High Society, I think. Heard it was good, but was always afraid it would never live up to the original.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 3:57 PM
People who sing karaoke in bars suck.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 3:58 PM
Yeah, Biff, i will Duncan Hines yo' ass...LEI POOK GAAI!
Posted by: WonTon at August 21, 2009 3:58 PM
Wonton...Ha!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:00 PM
"PLUSA Debauchery 101"
CGar has been working on the syllabus. Six has to sign off on it, but I'm pretty sure he'll approve.
DH, DIBS and Biff are writing the segment on PLUSA Marathon Boozing, and we'll include infinite's PLUSA PREP Ritual, for sure!
I, of course, will write the Drunk Afternoon Posting segment! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 4:00 PM
cobble, I know. I know. the alarm in my head was blaring as I was typing that. plus I was seeing "fatal error" flash across my eyes
Posted by: more4less at August 21, 2009 4:00 PM
We are all clearly insane. Everyone be on the lookout for the men in white suits outside your office building/homes. They may be coming to get us all!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:00 PM
Take that! Unnnnh!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-u58fHER5g
Posted by: WonTon at August 21, 2009 4:01 PM
"whoa, that was close. nearly crossed the line and would've had spend weekend looking over shoulder for a 6' 5 dude looking to whoop my behind."
m4l, ROFL, but are you looking to pick another fight with me?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 4:01 PM
Tell them to get on it, Cobble! PLUSA University starts in two weeks! Has everyone paid their tuition yet?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:02 PM
But, cobble, do Chad and Chet know about each other? I live in perpetual terror that I'll run into them both in the main house at the same time.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 4:02 PM
Rapidly approaching 400, which isn't too shabby for a dead Friday in August.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 4:02 PM
"We are all clearly insane."
You're just noticing this now?!!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 4:04 PM
Looks like it's about to go boom! Sky is darkening in the 11215.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:05 PM
"do Chad and Chet know about each other?"
No. BH knows Chad and Chet very well, but Chet and Chad don't know each other. I mean they know each other, but they don't know about each other. It's very complicated keeping them straight, I mean sorted!! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 4:05 PM
ooooh something wicked this way comes to soho. heavy black clouds rolling in! rain baby rain! i love looking out the window at all the lil tourist aunts without umbrellas stuck under the scaffolding
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 4:06 PM
sei baak houh!
Posted by: WonTon at August 21, 2009 4:06 PM
looks left. nothing. looks right. nothing. could've swore I just heard someone asking if I want to fight with him
Posted by: more4less at August 21, 2009 4:06 PM
"Has everyone paid their tuition yet?"
I thought that was your job...I'm busy testing drink mixing over here, I don't have time for THAT! ; )
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 4:06 PM
Just got VERY dark over here tooo!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 4:07 PM
People who smoke suck
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 4:07 PM
Cobble...I'm still counting monthly dues! Perhaps we should put Lechacal on the job. Who would dare tell him they aren't paying tuition this fall?!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:09 PM
Any idiots who think chocolate sucks, please send all your cast-off to me.
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 4:09 PM
"PLUSA Debauchery 101"
I see you're adding to my workload again, Cobble. Do you not see how busy I am at work already?
I'd add lechecal to the marathon booze section (not to mention the terrorizing hipsters for sport section)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 4:10 PM
So either it's going to rain very shortly - or there's an 'independence day' style spaceship blocking the sky
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 4:10 PM
People who smoke suck
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 4:07 PM
CGar, you're suppose to "think" that but NOT say it. Now, you best get ready to fight or flight but I highly recommend you just knee down and beg for mercy
Posted by: more4less at August 21, 2009 4:11 PM
Arkady...you should have been at my place after a friend of mine left behind some double fudge chocolate brownies from Mrs. Fields. In the garbage they went!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:11 PM
# Conversation between Cargar and M4L:
CarGar - "I hear you and your wife had an argument. How did it end up?"
M4L - "Oh she came crawling to me on her hands and knees"
Cargar - "Is that so, what did she say"
M4l - "She said, 'Come out from under the bed and fight like a man!'"
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:14 PM
Snaps - That's a sin! I thought we'd all agreed on the brownie dispositions. And that's probably the one bag of rubbish that got picked up, right?
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 4:15 PM
LOL Arkady! Yes! That's the one time this month the DOS didn't give me sh!t. Next time, I promise to save them and call you!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:16 PM
DH, yeah, it all of a sudden looks like that here at midtown. I'm praying it rains in next few minutes so we might actually be able to go home rain-free
Posted by: more4less at August 21, 2009 4:16 PM
Day turned to night in midtown. Though it's still light over NJ and blue skies over Queens. The "Independence Day" spaceship must be hovering over Manhattan.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 4:16 PM
We all sound like weathermen on location right now!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:18 PM
jeez cargar!! stop biting everyone's style!
i posted the independance day comment like 5 minutes ago!! ;
;)
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 4:19 PM
dog lovers suck! (except for C Gar and C gar dog!)
People who defend fundamentalists suck!
Posted by: bxgrl at August 21, 2009 4:19 PM
"I see you're adding to my workload again, Cobble. Do you not see how busy I am at work already?"
CGar, Do we HAVE to go over this again? I need to see more initiative from you. You're negative attitude is going to effect your bonus!
[oooh, thunder!]
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 4:20 PM
ROFL, Snappy!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 4:20 PM
people who smoke and play the lotter pay exhorbitant taxes to send your little crotchfruits to rotten public city schools.!
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 4:20 PM
snappy- but can we command the same salaries those guys do?
Posted by: bxgrl at August 21, 2009 4:21 PM
"or there's an 'independence day' style spaceship blocking the sky"
Posted before I saw your post, DH. Since DIBS is on the train, I'll just scold myself to "keep up".
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 4:21 PM
NOAA just put a yellow box coming our way. Got very dark & thundery but has lightened again. Very windy but no rain.
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 4:21 PM
Thunder, lightening and torrential rain reached midtown
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 4:22 PM
Wow- the clouds are just blowing through the sky- uh-oh. Rain and a leak??!!
Posted by: bxgrl at August 21, 2009 4:23 PM
For some reason I have the TLC song "No Scrubs" stuck in my head.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 4:23 PM
People who don't smoke suck
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 4:23 PM
It's ligtening up again in the 11215. I guess no rain for me :( Rain is perfect nap weather.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:23 PM
This thread sucks. [Zing!]
Posted by: infinitejester at August 21, 2009 4:23 PM
Yes, Bxgirl...PLUSA weatherpeople are to be paid grandly :) It will help us fund a PLUSA ranch out in OK.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:24 PM
pouring in Crown Heights
Posted by: bxgrl at August 21, 2009 4:24 PM
I have that 'gotta get that BOOM BOOM BOOM' song in my head in anticipation of thunder :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:25 PM
bxgrl, it's "Crown Heights North". dont forget "North" cause remember we don't like "South"
Posted by: more4less at August 21, 2009 4:27 PM
Wait...it's lighter but pouring now. WTF?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:27 PM
What song is that and who sings it by the way? Anyone know?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:28 PM
Babies who are breast fed suck.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 4:28 PM
Ditmas Park - strong winds and pelting rain
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 21, 2009 4:28 PM
"I'm so three thousand and eight
You so two thousand and late."
Pop music eludes me.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 21, 2009 4:30 PM
YES! Biff! Bring it! Get the PS mommies in here! We'll take it to 700! LOL!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 4:30 PM
One final reminder of Sycamore tomorrow at 2 pm and long afterwards, rain or shine...
439 posts - not bad! Keep up the good work, asshats, we still have a shot at 500!
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 21, 2009 4:31 PM
3 minutes of big drops but no accumulation in 11217.
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 4:31 PM
Biff, come on by...we'll swig beer and play with cats! Ha!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:32 PM
People who live in Brownstones suck.
People who live in Brooklyn suck.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 4:33 PM
No more rain in 11215. It was a total tease :(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:33 PM
6 - Where are you settling in DC?
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 4:33 PM
I don't know if he remembers it, but biff and I planned last night to form a singing group. We just need all the PLUSAs to weigh in on the form haircuts we'll make all members get. Early fav: Brazilian soccer player-style mini-mohawks.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 21, 2009 4:33 PM
"3 minutes of big drops but no accumulation in 11217."
Arkady, are you talking about the weather or 11217's last date?
HEYYYYYY-OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 4:33 PM
"Wait...it's lighter but pouring now. WTF?"
Snappy:
Have you ever seen the rain
Coming down
on a sunny day?
http://tinyurl.com/3b8sfh
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 21, 2009 4:33 PM
Ooops- true, M4L. And PS mommies who don't like ice cream vendors suck too!
And can we get a rousing "SHRILLSTONER SUCCCCCKKKKS!" (in the historically appropriate typefont)
Posted by: bxgrl at August 21, 2009 4:34 PM
PLUSS(Suckers/Suckees)A
Barely made it home, pants are dry!
Hot as balls out there!
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 4:34 PM
sixyears, I'm working until 5 and will try to swing by.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 21, 2009 4:34 PM
"Biff, come on by...we'll swig beer and play with cats!"
*MUST...RESIST....TYPING...RE-WRITE*
sixyears, I would have joined you but unfortunately have plans tomorrow. Let me know if there is a send-off part 3.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 4:35 PM
I only know this because they use that song all the time on So You Think You Can Dance, but the song is
Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas
at first when i saw it, i thought you were talking about Boom boom by John Lee Hooker, which is aweeeeeesome. :)
Posted by: CG_ups at August 21, 2009 4:35 PM
Going on a cruise with storms and hurricanes ahead of you sucks.
Bxgrl, you e-divorced me? I didn't even get a "Dear John" e-letter!!
Posted by: benson at August 21, 2009 4:36 PM
Arkady - Glover Park, just north of Georgetown. The street I'll be living on is so quiet it makes Brooklyn Heights seem like Williamsburg! Luckily the amenities aren't that far off, but I'll be studying too much to enjoy them.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 21, 2009 4:36 PM
Oooooh! Big bolt of lightning - looks as if it were right over you, Snappy.
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 4:36 PM
Love that song Six!
Biff, ROFL! Even 11217 would laugh at that!
Jester, I vote for lopsided bowl cuts with the word PLUSA painted in hot pink down the left side :) Fancy!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:37 PM
OMG naked (unattractive) man in the window doing weird things in the hotel across from my office! ACK! LOL. happy friday everyone!
Posted by: bodhi_brooklyn at August 21, 2009 4:37 PM
6 years;
I'll be pulling away from Red Hook at the time of your send-off party. Best of luck in your new endeavor! I'm sure we'll see you again.
Posted by: benson at August 21, 2009 4:37 PM
Love that song Six!
Biff, ROFL! Even 11217 would laugh at that!
Jester, I vote for lopsided bowl cuts with the word PLUSA painted in hot pink down the left side :) Fancy!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:39 PM
Nice area, 6. I had friends near there on Calvert St.
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 4:40 PM
I SUCK
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 4:41 PM
"I don't know if he remembers it, but biff and I planned last night to form a singing group."
jester, I was thinking of that today and am still serious about it. Not singing, but jamming with my drums, your bass, wasder's guitar and any other PLUSAs with any musical talent whatsoever. Let's keep the idea going.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 4:41 PM
Thanks CG! Incidentally, that's the song I danced the hardest to at Ellis thus complicating matters with my foot! Damned Black Eyed Peas and there bangin' beats!
Happy Friday Bodhi!
Yikes...loud thunder...screaming cats!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:41 PM
Mullets for the band!
benson- well, excuse me but it wasn't I who was invited on the cruise. What's an e-wife to do?
Posted by: bxgrl at August 21, 2009 4:41 PM
Six, BH and I aren't going to make it over to Sycamore, but if there is a last Hurrah, please advertise!! And, of course, all the best in DC for you!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 4:42 PM
Hey, can one of you asshats teach me how to play my acoustic guitar? I started teaching myself a year ago, but stopped. I need help!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:43 PM
lol. thanks CHiller. I can't help but stare. i mean it is a summer friday and i'm bored out of my skull! this is serious entertainment.
Posted by: bodhi_brooklyn at August 21, 2009 4:43 PM
I assume you're going to call the band "The PLUSAs"? And I bet you could play at Pete's.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 4:44 PM
Biff, absurdity rules the day after a PLUSA gathering but yeah, I'm totally serious too about jamming. how I ever gave up jamming when all I do is listen to music is beyond me. Life intervenes I guess.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 21, 2009 4:44 PM
Yes, Six, you need an official Thursday night PLUSA send-off. When are you leaving?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:44 PM
quote:
"3 minutes of big drops but no accumulation in 11217."
i knew he didnt swallow.
*robert on fridays*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 21, 2009 4:45 PM
Bodhi, it's art.
Arkady: Nice, I walked down that street Wednesday. The area reminds me of some of non-brownstone Brooklyn with tree-lined streets and small houses.
IJ: Hope you can make it!
Benson: Enjoy your vacation!
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 21, 2009 4:45 PM
Yes six, all the best. Will you occasionally sign in???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 4:45 PM
"The Park Slope place is pretty nice.
Also, it has DR on parlour floor and an ensuite master bedrooom/bath.
DIBS 1
shillstoner 0"
Dave, ROFL on your Open House comment! You riding the train?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 4:45 PM
I think you all should call yourselves Asshats on Parade or maybe What's B!tch. No...wait! Take Arkady's quote and go for One Swallow Does Not a Summer Make. No one would ever forget the name of your band then!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:46 PM
thanks snappy! i'm so happy to not be at work after five today...though if i am getting PLUSAs organized correctly, you recently lost your job? if that's right, i'm sorry! :( i got laid off once too and it totally sucked, until i started collecting unemployment! then it wasn't so bad..when life gives you lemons... :)
Posted by: bodhi_brooklyn at August 21, 2009 4:46 PM
"Mullets for the band!"
Been there, done that. Didn't you see my old band pictures?
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 4:48 PM
Snappy, you will now become the heir to Ferron and will someday perform at our gatherings. I studied an instrument enough to be able to play chords and build playing endurance, so I could write songs. Biff played live all over; my friend and I would just write song after song and play them for ourselves.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 21, 2009 4:48 PM
I'm actually in car going to Philly. My partner was up in NYC for business and he got a car service back to Philly. These big drug companies spend money better than Wall Street nowadays.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 4:48 PM
DIBS: Yes, I'll troll on by fairly often. I have a feeling the OT will make good reading to decompress during lunch or at the end of the day!
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 21, 2009 4:48 PM
Isn't Mr. B leaving today, too?
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 4:49 PM
500 posts suck
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 4:50 PM
Thanks Bodhi...the other upside to unemployment is being able to play PLUSA more often during the day :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:51 PM
*robert*
did you figure out how to "make" your unsub yet?
Posted by: bitter retort at August 21, 2009 4:51 PM
Jester, my goal is to be able to read the sheet music sufficiently so I can play James Taylor songs for myself. That was the only reason I bought the guitar! I'm such a loser! ha
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:52 PM
Snappy - Go for the 500 mark!
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 4:52 PM
BTW;
I have no doubt that Shillstoner = Sam. The tip off's:
-writing style;
-as much devoted to the preservation of brownstone interiors as their exteriors. This was one of Sam's hallmarks;
-central AC;
-hate of McMansion-style interiors;
-lives in PS.
Posted by: benson at August 21, 2009 4:52 PM
Ok...everyone get ready...whoever is #500 today will be flashed by Cobble at the next meetup!
hahahahaha! sorry to have volunteered you Cobble! LOL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:53 PM
Benson, you may be right.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:54 PM
500
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 4:55 PM
Who will get the boobie prize?! 5, 4, 3, 2, .....
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:55 PM
500!!!!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 4:55 PM
500????
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 4:55 PM
ME ME ME!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 4:56 PM
500 is really impressive (or really pathetic) for a dead Friday in August.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 4:56 PM
ok, only need like four more comments to get to 500 - i normally wouldn't post a sign off, but in the interest of history to get to 500 posts! -- have a great weekend everyone and try to stay cool in this ridiculous heat! :)
Posted by: bodhi_brooklyn at August 21, 2009 4:56 PM
Awww. Biffers buggered Snaps.
Posted by: Arkady at August 21, 2009 4:56 PM
"500!!!!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 4:55 PM"
YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 4:57 PM
Damn it Biff Champion!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 4:57 PM
And the winner is Biffy!!!! Cobble...show him your boobies! ROFL!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:57 PM
benson, I took a similar cruise a coupla years ago. Hope you got an outside room. It's the Caribbean cruises that attract the younger crowd irrespective of line.
Our daughter helped us with luggage to the Cruise Ship Terminal. After checking out the lines, she told us we are now 'certifiably old'. You may be one of the youngest on board. But you can still enjoy it.
Posted by: denton at August 21, 2009 4:57 PM
the exclamation marks have it.
Posted by: infinitejester at August 21, 2009 4:57 PM
Snappy, I bet you've had more than your fair share of prize boobie.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 4:58 PM
Biff, Arkady says you buggered me. Was it good for you? I didn't feel anything! LOL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:58 PM
yeah cobble, I think wifey is in Canada, he could use it. CC to me pls.
Posted by: denton at August 21, 2009 4:59 PM
Oh, Dave...how I wish!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 4:59 PM
Biff & CGar, either of you walking the bridge or do you think it's too risky?
Posted by: jessibaby at August 21, 2009 4:59 PM
Someone go check on Cobble...she may have fainted knowing that her boobies were the prize today! ROFL
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 5:01 PM
SNAPPY!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 5:01 PM
Oh, there you are, Cobble! Ahem...I...uh...well...uh...sorry!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 5:03 PM
"Biff, Arkady says you buggered me. Was it good for you? I didn't feel anything!"
If I had a loonie for every time I heard that...
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 5:04 PM
wet t-shirt contest in soho.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 5:04 PM
Curses! Foiled again by Biff Champion! And I was going for 2 days in a row.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 5:04 PM
**I take no responsibility for my behavior this afternoon. Vicodin is a doozy!**
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 5:05 PM
Ahem. AHEM!!!
You have got to be kidding! LOL!
BH would KILL me.
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 5:06 PM
JB, yes, I'm about to leave. Wanna meet at the Manhattan side?
CGar, up you up for it?
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 5:07 PM
DH, take pictures man! For the love of cheese-n-rice, take pictures!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 5:07 PM
Now, now Cargar...don't be greedy!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 5:08 PM
Things that suck:
bike theives
The Boston Red Sox
poverty
ignorance
The Boston Red Sox
bad writing
Starbucks
The Philadelphia Eagles
American beer
The MTA
People who dislike like dogs
Jscheff
Rupert Murdoch
Scooby Doo
Pintchik
The Boston Red Sox
Posted by: East New York at August 21, 2009 5:09 PM
Cobble...we'll just shift the flashing duties to Herki...she's the newest female PLUSA...we'll call this her hazing :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 5:09 PM
unfortunately the random participants i see walking by my window are not very "intelligent" snappy :(
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 5:09 PM
eny - you forgot eurotrash
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 5:10 PM
"Curses! Foiled again by Biff Champion!"
CGar, when did I ever foil you before?
"BH would KILL me."
Yeah, and then he would kill ME!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 5:10 PM
Biff, yeah, when do you want to meet? I suggest the spot of our gender verification.
Posted by: jessibaby at August 21, 2009 5:10 PM
ENY, methinks you don't care for the Red Sox!!!
And Scooby does not suck! (that's not what Shaggy said after leaving the Mystery Van with him last night, but I digress!)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 5:10 PM
DH, I like palm-sized 'intelligence'....help me out here man!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 5:11 PM
jessi, since the rain seems like a bust, I'm planning to walk the Bridge. Figured I'll risk it. What time do you have in mind?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 5:12 PM
You forgot EUROTRASH
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 5:12 PM
JB, is 5:30 ok? I can leave in a minute.
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 5:12 PM
"CGar, up you up for it?"
Oops, that was a typo, not an insult!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 5:13 PM
Don't get me started on Scooby Doo. I hate that mangy, whining mutt! He's the only dog I've ever wanted to give a swift kick in the ass. Same goes for Shaggy, although I'd probably just bitch slap him ENY style. He gets on my nerves.
Posted by: East New York at August 21, 2009 5:13 PM
"You forgot EUROTRASH"
dave - i said that at 5:10 - please try to keep up ;)
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 5:13 PM
5:30 is perfect. CarGar, meet us by where the Mr. Softee truck should be.
Posted by: jessibaby at August 21, 2009 5:15 PM
ENY, when you dis dear Scooby, my e-luv for you wanes :-(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 5:15 PM
A giant roach just ambled up the wall by my desk! I am so ready to leave for the day!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 5:16 PM
CGar/JB, just emailed you. See you soon. We're all set.
Everyone else, have a great weekend and please don't hate me for getting the illustrious end of week 500th post!
Posted by: Biff Champion at August 21, 2009 5:17 PM
Eeeeewwwww!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 5:17 PM
On my way jessi and Biff. Not sure where Mr. Softee truck should be, but I'll look for you on Manhattan side, after crossing ramp from Municipal Building, near hot dog vendor and benches.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at August 21, 2009 5:19 PM
Have an awesome weekend everyone. Six, I'm not ambulatory so I won't make it to Sycamore tomorrow. I hope we have a chance to buy you beers after tomorrow. If not, try not to burn down D.C. and we'll miss the hell out of ya!
Nite all! Smooches :-)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 21, 2009 5:20 PM
Have a good one, you walkers! Be safe!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 5:20 PM
UNIONS
Garden Level Formal Dining Rooms
Black Appliances
Bathrooms you have to walk down the hall from the master bedroom
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at August 21, 2009 5:22 PM
Take it easy Snappy! Hope the footie feels better soon!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 5:23 PM
You won't be the first lady I've disappointed, Snappy. There's a LOOOOONG trail of them, headed up by my ex-wife and the chick who stalked me years ago. And the PR person whose press conference I blew off when I was a reporter. And that chick who threw crazy signals at me that time but I was too drunk to be eloquent (or responsive). And....well, you get it.
Snappy, I have to be honest with you if our cyber-relationship is to have any semblance of honesty. I hate EVERYTHING about Scooby Doo, even the THEME SONG!
However, I LOVE "Yard Crashers" and I think chocolate is overrated. Friends?
Posted by: East New York at August 21, 2009 5:24 PM
I love the MTA! I mean, I love the subway!
Posted by: mopar at August 21, 2009 5:29 PM
You LOVE the subway?!!???
Posted by: East New York at August 21, 2009 5:30 PM
Clearly Mopar is on the J train posting on brownstoner from her trusty iphone!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 21, 2009 5:33 PM
Goodbye cruel PLUSA world! Not for good but for the next ten days I will be in the south of France. Hope you guys have a good week next week.
Posted by: wasder at August 21, 2009 5:34 PM
mopar, Are you drinking already?
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 5:37 PM
Sorry you won't make it, Snappy - we'll raise our glasses to you!
Swiss chocolate is not overrated.
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 21, 2009 5:38 PM
Wasder, have an excellent time!
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 21, 2009 5:39 PM
wasder. SHUT UP!! J/K!
Have a great trip! Show us photographs when you get back!
Posted by: cobblehiller at August 21, 2009 5:40 PM
Wasder does the Cote d'Azur...bon voyage!!
Six, take it easy! You're always welcome in Brooklyn!!
Posted by: East New York at August 21, 2009 5:44 PM
cobble--I'll try to post a flickr link or something. The kids are getting damned cute if I don't say so myself.
Posted by: wasder at August 21, 2009 5:44 PM
sixyears--when's the big move date for you?
Posted by: wasder at August 21, 2009 5:44 PM
Thanks ENY. Let me add something to your list of things that suck: Boston Red Sox! I noticed you only had them five times!
Posted by: wasder at August 21, 2009 5:51 PM
I'm with Mopar, I too love the subway.
Consider the alternative and get back to me.
Hell, I do all my reading on the subway!
Too bad most of you guys didn't see the subway back in the day. Straw seats. Ceiling fans. Incandescent bulbs. Smoking allowed. Stuck doors. You may like the song 'Take the A train' but you might not have dug the train when it was written!
Duke would dig the A train today.
Posted by: denton at August 21, 2009 6:14 PM
Wasder, officially it's 9/1, but I go down there Tuesday to start orientation. My apartment's a mess now!
Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 21, 2009 6:33 PM
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