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September 25, 2009
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[Unzips tent flaps]
What a beautiful day! And what a beautiful night it was to sleep out of doors! Good Shabbos, everyone!
Cobble?! Any coffee left?
[Plods off]
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 9:17 AM
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Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 9:17 AM
You have to get up pretty early in the morning to swipe the first POTD from you, Snaps! Very hard for me when I'm pre-coffee.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 9:19 AM
Cargar...I thought I would be the first, but alas, you scooped me!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 9:22 AM
Coffee's up, CGar! Pouring now, I forget...do you take milk or sugar?
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 9:25 AM
I had my first cup of coffee two hours ago, Cripes sake.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 9:27 AM
Thanks, Cobble. "I take my coffee black, like my men."
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 9:28 AM
Cgar - A friend in the Navy used to say "I like my coffee the way I like my women: strong, black and bitter."
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 9:29 AM
ROFL!!!!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 9:29 AM
Ahem, some posters have still not VOTED! Participate people! I know you have OPINIONS! ; )
For starters:
Wonton,
Bitter,
Beoch,
Amzi,
Gemini,
ENY,
Denton,
Kens,
M4L,
mopar,
bodhi,
legion,
CG-ups,
Herkimermaid,
CGar
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 9:30 AM
Cargar, I like this new bawdy side of you!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 9:30 AM
lechacal, ROFL! Due credit to "Airplane!", still and all a great movie. How are you feeling today?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 9:31 AM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The LIST OF SHAME! I suggest you work on getting your name off said list. VOTE DAMMIT!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 9:32 AM
Tired Cgar, thanks for asking. Worked till 2:30 am then up with the kids just after 6.
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 9:32 AM
Cgar - A friend in the Navy used to say "I like my coffee the way I like my women: strong, black and bitter."
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 9:29 AM
Sounds like Snappy. :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 9:32 AM
Thanks, Snappy. I have to credit my bawdiness to spending my days with DIBS and my nights with Cobble!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 9:33 AM
do you want me to vote? the only problem is if i use my email then you will know who i am. can i vote through a post on the OT?
Posted by: randolph at September 25, 2009 9:33 AM
Yes, Go make up a free email account randi someplace. Just tag it with your login.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 9:35 AM
I didn't know that was an Airplane! quote. That's something I should have known. I just thought this guy was extra funny and original when he said it.
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 9:35 AM
Dave, I like to leave out the bitter part :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 9:36 AM
Do you realize there were over 150 comments on HOTD for house in BedStuy and the word ghetto wasn't used once.
I am amazed. Are people like getting civil and nice.
Just wanted to say I think that was great. Arguments stayed to dissing decor and how long it takes to walk to subway.
Posted by: Petebklyn at September 25, 2009 9:37 AM
I've met 'bitter' and you are not 'bitter', Snappy.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 9:38 AM
Any of you guys ever been to Stockholm or Tallinn? I'm taking a little trip next week.
Posted by: jessibaby at September 25, 2009 9:38 AM
"I take my coffee black, like my men."
Add-on:
And I take my milk and sugar in the back, from my men.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 9:38 AM
No, lechecal, only mine was the Airplane! quote. Your friend's was truly original.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 9:38 AM
PETE! VOTE!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 9:38 AM
HOBOKENROCKS...Where are you? You need to vote too!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 9:42 AM
Did you see the piece about the guy who has set out to taste a slice from every pizzeria in NYC?
Posted by: Arkady at September 25, 2009 9:42 AM
Every pizzeria? I know of a few he might wanna skip :(
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 9:44 AM
What has resorted to his October prediction on his website. The only prrof he seems to have is the clip from Apocalypse Now.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 9:44 AM
Dibs - "Resorted"? or reverted?
Posted by: Arkady at September 25, 2009 9:46 AM
He's going to be eating some pretty crappy pizza.
How long does he anticipate that taking?
Wonder how many pizzerias there are.
Link?
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 9:47 AM
Forum Announcement of the October 15th event posted:
http://www.brownstoner.com/forum/archives/
2009/09/its_time_to_par.php#comments
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 9:48 AM
I'll vote. Before the deadline. Promise. I just procrastinate. My nature.
Posted by: Petebklyn at September 25, 2009 9:49 AM
Been to Stockholm a couple of times for work Jessi. V expensive and can't say I particularly enjoyed the place (although I didn't do any touristy things).
Posted by: the chicken at September 25, 2009 9:50 AM
Pizza link
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/09/25/2009-09-25_his_goal_slice_from_every_city_pizzeria.html
Posted by: Arkady at September 25, 2009 9:51 AM
Thanks, Pete!
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 9:51 AM
Cobble, don't forget to go over to his blog and remind What to vote!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 9:53 AM
Pete, I noticed that, too. It was great. It's nice that a piece of Bed Stuy real estate can be discussed on its own merit, just like real estate anywhere else. Kudos to everyone involved.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at September 25, 2009 9:54 AM
Chicken - that sucks! So nothing at all to recommend?
Posted by: jessibaby at September 25, 2009 9:55 AM
The HOTD was a good read yesterday - except for Dave being a douchebag ;)
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 9:55 AM
Chicken...YOU NEED TO VOTE!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 9:57 AM
Beoch, I responded to your comment in the DOB Shuts Down Sweater Factory thread (and responded to your email too...thanks).
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 9:57 AM
"Kudos to everyone involved."
Even to those incapable of deciphering a floor plan without an assist from DIBS and Expert?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 9:57 AM
So a Bed Stuy HOTD Thread is civilized for over 150 comments and Park Slope HOTDs typically deteriorate into name calling and bouts of Neighbourhood Sensitivity Syndrome almost immediately. Interesting.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 9:59 AM
quote:
Do you realize there were over 150 comments on HOTD for house in BedStuy and the word ghetto wasn't used once.
that's because we were talking about a house. PEOPLE are ghetto, not houses. especially not a house that is 3/4 of a million dollars. der. you can't call a HOUSE ghetto, but you sure as hell can call a PERSON ghetto.
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 25, 2009 10:00 AM
and before anyone screams at me for my last comment, Ghetto comes in ALL colors.
*ghetto rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 25, 2009 10:01 AM
"Cobble, don't forget to go over to his blog and remind What to vote!"
Done!
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 10:01 AM
*robert on fridays*, how's Duke doing?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 10:01 AM
"you can't call a HOUSE ghetto"
No, but you can call a HOUSE a bordello.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 10:02 AM
Bitter, Beoch, Jackal and Kens - check your email.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 10:02 AM
DH, I just emailed you to tell you to check the Open Thread.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 10:03 AM
Anyone here interpret dreams? I dreamt last night that I was leaving this woman's apartment, and she came running down the stairs after me showering me with cash. What's that all about?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 10:04 AM
You were clearly having some kind of nightmare, CGar.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 10:06 AM
quote:
*robert on fridays*, how's Duke doing?
great! my roommate was the one to figure out the problem. it was the chemicals in the cleaning agent that came with the swiffer wet jet i bought last weekend that caused his eye irritation. my roommate was like, um the last time you bought the first swiffer plain wet mop duke had the same eye problem (this was back in the spring! good memory on his behalf). i googled swiffer wetjet and pet problems and WOW! hundreds of people have written up complaining about their dogs having eye irritation, skin irritation, and even SEIZURES! so i will not be using the chemicals that came with the swiffer stuff anymore. someone said you can use a pliers to open the thingie and put in your own cleaning agent, so ill probably just dump the swiffer chemicals and refill it with maybe vinegar? the thought of cleaning a kitchen floor with vinegar seems pretty skank to me tho, but supposedly it works?
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 25, 2009 10:06 AM
Cargar...that means you want to do the horizontal rumba with a prostitute :) J/K...I have no idea.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 10:06 AM
"she came running down the stairs after me showering me with cash. What's that all about?"
She's returning the money. You didn't step up to the plate.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 10:07 AM
The HOTD was truly great.
Did anyone see the morning’s links about the Westboro protests? They had like 5 people at Brooklyn Tech High and over 100 students gathered to protest them. Ha ha ha. Losers.
Apparently they are not only going to the Park Slope synagogue to protest on Saturday. They are starting there but moving to one on Eastern Parkway and then another one in Cobble Hill. I hope someone kicks their asses at one of these places. I hope they would attempt to target a Russian synagogue on Brighton Beach. They are sure to get destroyed. After the persecution towards Jews in Russia and given that most Eastern Europeans had family members or knew someone who was lost in Holocaust, Russian Jews don't take these things lightly. Imagine my reaction to Crooklyn X 500.
I cracked up at this quote from the article:
Rabbi Bachman said he did not anticipate violence from his congregation, but the NYPD will nonetheless be out in full force.
Phelps-Roper, the Westboro spokeswoman, laughed at the suggestion that Brooklynites would react violently.
“Don’t flatter yourself, Brooklyn,” she said. “We serve the living God. You mess with us, you’ll get double destruction for what you do.”
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 25, 2009 10:07 AM
CGar, sounds like some woman was paying you to never return to her home. :-)
"Cargar...that means you want to do the horizontal rumba with a prostitute :)"
Or else he's a male escort doing an outcall and forgot to collect his fee. Thankfully his client was honest.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 10:08 AM
ohmymothereffingg*dcanwejuststopwiththeeffingcheckyouremailthingbeforeilosewhat'sleftofmymothereffingmind??
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 10:08 AM
"ohmymothereffingg*dcanwejuststopwiththeeffingcheckyouremailthingbeforeilosewha"
huh? Cobble, I sent you an email asking what you meant by this.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 10:11 AM
While I firmly believe they could use a good ass kicking, violence is not the answer for people like them. It only serves to make the sanest amongst us look like animals and allow them more time upon their soapbox to preach how 'unholy' we allegedly are.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 10:12 AM
mom - check your email, i send you something via smoke signal.
Posted by: bodhi_brooklyn at September 25, 2009 10:14 AM
Are they seriously? Going to the Kane Street Synagogue? Ok, that's a little too close to my heart/home.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 10:14 AM
BODHI!! VOTE!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 10:15 AM
"While I firmly believe they could use a good ass kicking, violence is not the answer for people like them. It only serves to make the sanest amongst us look like animals and allow them more time upon their soapbox to preach how 'unholy' we allegedly are."
Bodhi, that's pretty severe.
All we're doing is sending each other emails!
:-)
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 10:17 AM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Oops, that was Snappy I quoted.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 10:17 AM
chiller - what's teh emial address again ?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 10:17 AM
i know, right cobble? i think normal people know each other's names and send each other emails to their *GASP* actual email account that we check without having to be told.
if i vote, i honestly don't have an opinion for a bunch of the categories, can i send in my ballot with only a few categories?
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 10:17 AM
No problem CG...just vote for whichever ones you want.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 10:19 AM
too bitchy? it's been a long week.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 10:19 AM
Biff, that quote goes for you and your merry band of emailers as well as the Knucklehead Kansans! :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 10:20 AM
"Chicken - that sucks! So nothing at all to recommend?
Posted by: jessibaby at September 25, 2009 9:55 AM"
I went to see the Telephone company there so work-related. The only thing I remember is that it was quite pretty but very dull and I was glad I was on expenses.
"Chicken...YOU NEED TO VOTE!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 9:57 AM"
Yes Ma'am!
Posted by: the chicken at September 25, 2009 10:20 AM
Re Westboro "church" - God as the ultimate bouncer and enforcer. What utter rot.
I hope no one touches a hair on their stupid heads. People like that thrive on the abuse and well deserved ridicule. It feeds into their sense of righteousness. There's nothing like persecution from the godless heathen to inflate a sense of divine purpose in a godless world. The ultimate dis would be for people to not even look at them, and go about their business, especially the media.
There's nothing here....move along.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at September 25, 2009 10:21 AM
"i know, right cobble? i think normal people know each other's names and send each other emails to their *GASP* actual email account that we check without having to be told."
Since when have you been under the impression anyone around here is normal?
:-)
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 10:21 AM
While I firmly believe they could use a good ass kicking, violence is not the answer for people like them. It only serves to make the sanest amongst us look like animals and allow them more time upon their soapbox to preach how 'unholy' we allegedly are.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 10:12 AM
Snappy, I respectfully disagree. Racism and bigotism should not be tolerated. What you say above is what people kept on saying about Nazis and Hitler and look where that got em. If Jews and other opposing forces took action early enough, none of it would have happened.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 25, 2009 10:21 AM
"Biff, that quote goes for you and your merry band of emailers as well as the Knucklehead Kansans! :)"
Well, Snappy, since I sent you more emails yesterday than anyone else, I guess you're also included! :-)
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 10:22 AM
jessi - try and get outside the city. the country changes so dramatically once you get even a little bit beyond the city. scnadinavia is beautiful!!!
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 10:24 AM
sorry biff, i'm just upset that i'm on the list of shame for not voting. i was just teasing! sarcasm doesn't come through via written word sometimes :)
Posted by: bodhi_brooklyn at September 25, 2009 10:24 AM
so re:1st comment of the day...unzip tent flaps... to whom is CG revering?
and if Biff inserts a 'u' in neighborhood one more time I'll vote him worst speller.
Posted by: Petebklyn at September 25, 2009 10:25 AM
Kens, it should never be tolerated. On that we agree. I just disagree with going down there to actually kick the asses of these Kansans. In such a scenario, they come out looking like the sane ones. Think of how MLK fought against racism without violence. It can be done.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 10:26 AM
Bodhi, I mistakenly mentioned you as the person I quoted rather than correctly mentioning Snappy. I wasn't referring to anything you said. You're the least offensive person on this blog! Unlike my use of the Queen's English, which apparently is very offensive.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 10:28 AM
the difference tho ken is that i dont think these freaks even have a leg to stand on in ANY way, with ANYONE for the most part. it's like they are just talking into the wind flapping their ignorant lips, unlike unfortunate injustices of the past that had more a following? i dont know.. i mean i do understand your viewpoint as well. i find the people in the subway stations preaching hate messages with their pamphplets just as bad, but for some reason they get a pass? i dont know why, it's weird. i think the ones in the stations in times square?
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 25, 2009 10:28 AM
I am not in the merry band of emailers Biff! Real emails sent and not announced in the OT do not count :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 10:29 AM
I have to say, I kind of like the idea of just silently standing in protest, staring at them. In great numbers.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 10:29 AM
The notion of free speech is one of the things that separates us from many of the troubled places around the world, past & present, where hate like this actually gains traction.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 10:30 AM
Regarding the bigots, what would Jesus do?
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 10:30 AM
"flapping their ignorant lips"
I love that.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 10:30 AM
^^^^^^^^^^^
Jesus Alou, that is
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 10:31 AM
DH. Stop.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 10:33 AM
I have a question. I know nothing about these Westboro folks. Are they advocating any type of violence towards any group?
Posted by: benson at September 25, 2009 10:33 AM
"DH. Stop."
What's the email for the freakin voting? Jesus fuckin christ.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 10:34 AM
yes, burning in hell
Posted by: Petebklyn at September 25, 2009 10:34 AM
DH, check my post up top...email addy is there.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 10:36 AM
I mean here on Earth.
Posted by: benson at September 25, 2009 10:36 AM
the existence of these hate groups is so depressing. it really does make me sick every time i think about them, but i do think that they feed off the attention. their wet dream would be for someone to attack them. then they get to think they're martyrs. they don't deserve to know that you care or take them seriously enough to act. they are miserable cowards and in a just afterlife, they will in fact get what they deserve.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 10:36 AM
I'm not sure Benson.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 10:36 AM
The report on the protest at Brooklyn Tech said there were only 5 weirdos & they folded their tents & walked away when they saw all the students.
They didn't even get support in whack-o Richmond, VA.
Posted by: Arkady at September 25, 2009 10:37 AM
benson - they say horrifyingly hateful things against homosexuals and jews. i mean really really bad dehumanizing things which are just as bad as advocating physical violence.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 10:38 AM
It's clear the OT stands for "Open Tampax" today
I'm gonna go check my email later.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 10:38 AM
Sorry, DH,
Here you go....
PLUSAawards09@yahoo.com
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 10:39 AM
Cool, so if I don't believe in Heaven and Hell I'm safe from these nutjobs?
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 10:39 AM
Dirty has ADD, Snappy, and couldn't concentrate long enough to read all the way thru the email. He's sorry.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 10:39 AM
"the difference tho ken is that i dont think these freaks even have a leg to stand on in ANY way" Rob, Yikes! Did Hitler? Yikes!
Thanks, CG! Will try to take in some countryside if I have time.
Posted by: jessibaby at September 25, 2009 10:40 AM
http://fort-greene.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/
students-turn-out-and-westboro-leaves/
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 10:41 AM
I got a lot of pics sent to my email today from a hot Latin guy I met on suilverdaddies. He's in Park Slope.
Shall i forward them to all of you???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 10:45 AM
OMG...read the sign being held up by the student at the bottom of the article Cobble posted...someone channeled their inner Kanye!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 10:45 AM
I think Rob is right re Westboro. Just a different scale & seriousness vs outrages in the past. Westboro is nothing bigger than a small bunch of whack jobs and nor is it ever likely to be.
Even in the earliest days the Nazis et al were bigger, and such groups often took care to cloak their real aims by addressing other more widely held concerns.
Posted by: etson at September 25, 2009 10:46 AM
I'm just so encouraged that news of Westboro being there spread virally, and the kids turned up!
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 10:52 AM
Did Rocky's Deli offer a special sandwich for the event??
The Faggot Foot Long: A big helping of beef with special sauce on a foot long roll
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 10:53 AM
Ok, ok...so I think Etson/Rob's point is that the Westboro group won't gain traction because they aren't trying to even put a front of legitimacy. Just wackos. Had they tried, as Nazis did, to appear as more than just hate, then they would be a group to take seriously. Ok. Got it.
Posted by: jessibaby at September 25, 2009 10:53 AM
Lechacal:
Too funny....a friend of mine is looking to move to the Slope (I know, I know...everyone is sick of hearing about it) but this is good.
So she forwarded me the listing on craiglist from this guy who it seems found such a good deal on a 3 bedroom that he decided to rent it himself and then find 2 roommates. He said it's on Berkeley between 6th and 7th!
It wasn't until an hour later that I realized...hey wait...didn't Lechacal just move out of his 3 bedroom on Berkeley between 6th and 7th and didn't he always say he had a great deal!
Anyway, I'm pretty sure this is your place! And judging by the rent, it sounds like the deal of the century!!!
Posted by: 11217 at September 25, 2009 10:54 AM
Not sure that it constitutes 'a leg to stand on' but early on the Nazis gained support by playing on legitimate and more widely held grievances such as the unfairness of the amount of reparations Germany was required to pay after WWI.
Posted by: etson at September 25, 2009 10:54 AM
Wow...are we the thread killers again today? Guess I'll go do some shopping. Later folks :)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 10:54 AM
Dave...really...you gotta decrease your use of that word.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 10:55 AM
As Thread Monitor for the day, I have to say the car tire theft thread is pretty amusing.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 10:55 AM
11217...VOTE!!! See my post up top (2nd post in today's OT)
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 10:56 AM
Ok, this is a little more informative:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories
/32/38/32_38_gk_beth_elohim_protest.html
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 10:57 AM
11217 - email me at lechacal2008 at gmail and I will confirm.
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 10:58 AM
JB,
I visited Talinn as a teen in 1981. Must be much different. A friend and I had wandered away from our tour and kept trying to eat on our own in restaurants and they all refused us and said we had to go and eat with our group. Very weird. Did they think we were spies? Did they think KGB would think we were spies and would get tehm in trouble for having us there?
I remember there was a little cave dug out of a massive rock at the base of the hill of the old city that served spiced wine. It really was a cave.
Old Talinn looked like a middle-European village from the 17th century. Very cute and well-preserved. Wonder if it still looks like that or has been destroyed by oligarch developers.
benson,
I really respect rabbi Bachman's call for non-engagement but entirely sympathize with ken's anger about this. While these crazies are entitled to their beliefs, they are going to be creating a confrontational situation outside a synagogue on the holiest shabbat of the year (think Sunday mass right before Christmas) and it is some kid's bat mitzvah at the same time. I really don't care whether they are threatening violence, the protest is despicable. The notion of one group trying to impose its idea of god and holiness on another in an angry way is despicable to me, and I have a few thousand years of history to back me up on that. I imagine that is what is driving ken's anger. I think non-confrontation is probably the way to go and the key is to keep enough of the entrace free and clear to that the holiness of the day for the congregation and family members can remain relatively intact. Confrontation would make this harder. Hopefully this will fizzle.
kens, I doubt they will target synagogues in Brighton as I imagine none are particularly well-known for supporting gay rights. Not that they are bigoted, just not necessarily hotbeds of liberal theology or activity.
Posted by: slopefarm at September 25, 2009 11:00 AM
"See my post up top (2nd post in today's OT)"
Snappy, for a second I read that as "post op top"!
Thought you might have had a gender change and didn't tell us.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 11:01 AM
...although if it's on Craigslist it's almost certainly not my place. Landlords listed it with like 3 or 4 different brokers. I wouldn't say deal of the century although the asking keeps dropping and is now $575/mo less than what we were paying. As a sign of the times the place has been on the market for well over a month, lots of lookers but no takers. When I rented the place I grabbed it literally minutes after it hit the market and at the time it was one of the only liveable 3 beds on the market. The rental market in the slope is obviously much, much softer that August 2007.
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 11:02 AM
quote:
"the difference tho ken is that i dont think these freaks even have a leg to stand on in ANY way" Rob, Yikes! Did Hitler? Yikes!
oh ack! that's not what i meant. :( at all. i mean they dont have a leg to stand on as in, they dont have a shot in hell to gain any kind of following here in this day and age like unforuntately hitler did back in the day. i explained it in my next sentence jessi!!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 25, 2009 11:02 AM
A good idea for the synagogues would be to erect some sort of large sheet that would block off view of the synagogues themselves and leave those nutballs yelling at a black screen, unable to see the worshipers at all and shielding the worshipers from having to even see their disgusting signs.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 11:04 AM
Biff, I've still got the 'twins'!
Ok, now I really am going shopping. ciao
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 11:05 AM
11217 - I'm seeing a studio this weekend on Montgomery Pl. If I happen to move to the Slope can you get me hooked up at Al Di La ;)
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 11:06 AM
Want to know what it's like to live in Falling Water. For $1,195 you can.
http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINTRE58N39C20090924
And for architecture buffs, if you've never been to Falling Water, I highly recommend it.
www.fallingwater.org
Posted by: Expert Textpert at September 25, 2009 11:07 AM
"If I happen to move to the Slope can you get me hooked up at Al Di La ;)"
Only if you look like a model?
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 11:09 AM
Textpert!! VOTE!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 11:09 AM
Rob, I guess we just use that idiom differently! Sorry for calling you out. You know you're my fav.
Slopefarm - Thanks for the story. I need to find that cave!
Posted by: jessibaby at September 25, 2009 11:11 AM
Re Writer!! VOTE!!
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 11:13 AM
Textpert...I'm offering brownstone buffs the chance to sleep overnight in my second bedroom and gain the full experience of a ghetto brownstone and the gentrification thang.
They too will be served a fabulous dinner and get to experience formal parlour floor dining and a kitchen with stainless steel appliances. They will wake up in the back bedroom to the sound of the mockingbirds. All for only $1,195.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 11:13 AM
"VOTE!!"
Cobble, be careful, this might get old. Just like "Check your email"
:-)
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 11:14 AM
DIBS, can i pay $18 bucks for just the walk through?
Posted by: bodhi_brooklyn at September 25, 2009 11:14 AM
How thick are the walls, DIBS?
Posted by: slopefarm at September 25, 2009 11:15 AM
Good point, Re Writer
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 11:15 AM
"11217 - I'm seeing a studio this weekend on Montgomery Pl. If I happen to move to the Slope can you get me hooked up at Al Di La ;)"
What do I get in return...?
DH - Are you considering shares? It turns out that apartment I mentioned above isn't lechacal's old one (although it is on the same block)...looks like a really nice place.
Posted by: 11217 at September 25, 2009 11:16 AM
"I'm offering brownstone buffs the chance to sleep overnight in my second bedroom and gain the full experience"
I'm paying brown buffs to sleep overnight in my bedroom and gain the full experience.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 11:16 AM
Textpert...I'm offering brownstone buffs the chance to sleep overnight on my deck in a tent and gain the full experience of a truly Cobble Hill brownstone.
They too will be served a fabulous take-out dinner and get to experience my deck chairs & table and a tiny kitchen with one stainless steel appliance. They will wake up in the tent to the sound of the mockingbirds. All for only $1,195.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 11:19 AM
haha 11217
Damn - 3 bedroom on Berk?
Trying to get my own place at the moment. If all else fails I was gonna try to find a new roommate for my current place - but Berkley is tempting.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 11:20 AM
it is kind of interesting that they're moving ahead with that plan. if i had money to burn, i'd do it. falling water is pretty incredible!
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 11:20 AM
dipster you are looking at a place in park slope?
awesome
+1 for De-gentrification :)
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 25, 2009 11:22 AM
"All for only $1,195."
In Cobble Hill it's worth it.
In the ghetto, that experience is only worth $1.95
In Park Slope, Price Upon Request.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 11:22 AM
In a tent? I should have re-priced that to $11.95 per night! : P
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 11:23 AM
I hear ya, DH.
The ad does say that one of the rooms has "a window facing the block and has a private entrance"
You'd pay a little more for that room than the $900 he's asking...
Sounds like a ridiculously good deal to me.
Posted by: 11217 at September 25, 2009 11:25 AM
"so I think Etson/Rob's point is that the Westboro group won't gain traction because they aren't trying to even put a front of legitimacy. Just wackos. Had they tried, as Nazis did, to appear as more than just hate, then they would be a group to take seriously"
I agree with Jessi, *rob* and etson. The Nazis formed a political party and originally came to power in Germany in 1933 through the legitimate electoral process. The Westboro people are nothing more than traveling hatemongers, and I can't imagine any of them being elected to anything.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 11:26 AM
"dipster you are looking at a place in park slope?
awesome
+1 for De-gentrification :)"
Hipster has a good job, spends lots of money frequenting nice bars and restaurants, is a white male and is looking to move into an upscale neighbourhood with lots of other white folks, many of whom are young and single.
De-gentrification? Maybe I'm misinterpreting the meaning.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 11:28 AM
DIBS, can i pay $18 bucks for just the walk through?
Posted by: bodhi_brooklyn at September 25, 2009 11:14 AM
Bodhi, not to brag but if you keep on showing up to the get togethers and being extra nice (I am sure that comes naturally to you anyways), you might get DIBS to offer a walk through of his house for free. Also, if you are very nice to Montrose and Amzi, then can offer a walk throughs of BedStuy and Crown Heights which were awesome.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 25, 2009 11:28 AM
bodhi, if you bring a bottle of wine the walk through will be free.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 11:29 AM
Damn - 900 is sooo cheap. even 1,100 I'd break even.
I'll have to look on Craigslist for it.
Haha Rob - We're gonna singlehandedly bring the Slope back to the 70s, one 40oz at a time.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 11:30 AM
I guess I agree with everyone on the Westboro folks and the ignorance of them. Just from life experiences with situations like this, I just tend to see red no matter how much the logical portion of my brain keeps on telling me to ignore and "turn the other cheek" sorta speak.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 25, 2009 11:31 AM
"If I happen to move to the Slope can you get me hooked up at Al Di La ;)"
Only if you look like a model?
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 11:33 AM
It strikes a nerve for sure, kens. I live quite close to the Kane Street Synagogue, and I am very tempted to just go and stand in silence.
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 11:34 AM
ha ha Dave. I was going to suggest for bodhi to bring a bottle of some nice red so she can enjoy the deck and garden.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 25, 2009 11:35 AM
cobble...I guess it's just me you and the What over there on Asshathill.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 11:35 AM
"turn the other cheek"
For DIBS, the money shot is next.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 11:36 AM
Seriously - I think Cobbilehiller is my fav PLUSA
she always remembers me :)
ok how does this voting thing work
and where is this party?!?!?!?!
Posted by: gemini10 at September 25, 2009 11:36 AM
Cobble, my fellow incongnito clan member :o).
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 25, 2009 11:36 AM
Chiller - That's my inclination as well. I thought I'd stroll by to see what's going on & if there's a collection of silent standers I'll join.
Posted by: Arkady at September 25, 2009 11:37 AM
"They will wake up in the tent to the sound of the mockingbirds. All for only $1,195."
Uh, cobble, a word. (1) I pay a LOT more than $1,195 for the privilege of living in a Civil War-era tent on your deck. B. Since when do mockingbirds sound like you banging 2 pot lids together?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 11:37 AM
"and I am very tempted to just go and stand in silence."
Hold a sign that says "VOTE!"
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 11:37 AM
"ok how does this voting thing work
and where is this party?!?!?!?!"
Please copy Rob on the directions to the party.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 11:37 AM
hahah, thanks guys. that sounds like an excellent plan!
just to weigh in on the hate-monger/Kansas discussion... i am surprised (but not really) that people like that still exist. it is very disheartening and so contradictory, that it is just beyond me. how can you preach hate in the name of god? i know, i know, people do it, and have done it for centuries, but it's so hypocritical. and absurd. it honestly is absurd to me.
Posted by: bodhi_brooklyn at September 25, 2009 11:40 AM
is a vodka martini really just a cocktail in a martini glass?
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 11:40 AM
Rob will of course be waiting for all of us at Union Street train station on October 15th.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 25, 2009 11:40 AM
since those westboro freaks are all part of the same family, presumably there is a lot of inbreeding that goes along with it. maybe hold up a sign that says stop fucking your family members or the next generation will have tails. and why is it always one old dude with a bunch of super young wives. kind of adds another layer of ick.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 11:41 AM
Shaken, Not stirred....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUUq5mRCimo
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 11:43 AM
I am just as conflicted. I wouldn't want to give Westboro the satisfaction of a confrontation but it seems wrong somehow to ignore it, as if we don't care. The Rabbi is right- his shul should ignore them, but would the rest of us standing in silent protest give anything to Westboro? I don't think so. Westboro will use it as they will- but seeing fellow New Yorkers standing together send a powerful message to us, ourselves. We're the ones who need it.
Posted by: bxgrl at September 25, 2009 11:44 AM
Ironic, isn't it, that religion is such a divisive thing.
Posted by: Arkady at September 25, 2009 11:46 AM
Has anybody read "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" ???
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 11:46 AM
CGar: Your rent would go down if not for the stumbling in at night wasted out of your mind singing old TV theme songs! Stop hanging out with those HOOLIGANS! ; )
kens, : )
Gem: : ) See above: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 9:17 AM for voting instructions.
Re Writer: : P
Posted by: cobblehiller at September 25, 2009 11:47 AM
Biff:
That was me who said thatttttttttt!
Posted by: gemini10 at September 25, 2009 11:48 AM
"Has anybody read "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" ???"
I haven't, but despite sounding totally weird and gimicky, it is supposedly awesome.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 11:52 AM
" it is supposedly awesome."
Duh - everything with zombie violence is AWESOME!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 11:54 AM
G10, I know. I was making a (very) small joke based on the fact Rob always asks for directions to these gatherings multiple times until the night of. I was anticipating he would do so again and thus should be alerted to the directions posted for you.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 11:54 AM
"For DIBS, the money shot is next"
Hey, Re Writer, any interest in starting a porn site with me?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 11:55 AM
word, dirty.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 11:56 AM
Hey, Re Writer, any interest in starting a porn site with me?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 11:55 AM
Are you stealing my idea???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 11:57 AM
DIBS, I thought you were already in on the porn site! You're the one with the business plan! Re Writer clearly has the right mind to join us.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 11:59 AM
C Gar- WHAT?!
Posted by: bxgrl at September 25, 2009 12:00 PM
Re Writer is only interested in porn to the extent she dresses like a tart.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 12:01 PM
word, money
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 12:02 PM
"Hey, Re Writer, any interest in starting a porn site with me?"
Not really. Not much dialogue to write.
I can't think of many ways to re-write:
oooooh, aaaaah.
That feels good.
Give it to me.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 12:02 PM
"Duh - everything with zombie violence is AWESOME!!"
word, dirty.
"bukkake"
dirty word.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 12:03 PM
big bucks in porn, beoch, more than shoes, even overpriced designer shoes marketed to make nice girls look slutty.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 12:03 PM
Trying to focus on important matters, but work has really been interfering with the OT today.
Cobble, Snappy, Re Writer, Biff - Thanks, love the dream interpretations. Will bring them with me when I hire a therapist!
*robert on fridays* - Glad Duke is doing well, and that you got to the root of the problem.
"re:1st comment of the day...unzip tent flaps... to whom is CG revering?"
Pete, I never unzip the tent flaps and tell!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 12:03 PM
"bukkake"
dirty word.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 12:03 PM
Don't knock it 'till you've tried it.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 12:03 PM
Cobble, Cgar - Check your tent.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 12:04 PM
"Shaken, Not stirred....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUUq5mRCimo
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 11:43 AM"
From the West Wing:
Jed Bartlet: Can I tell you what's messed up about James Bond?
Charlie Young: Nothing.
Jed Bartlet: Shaken, not stirred, will get you cold water with a dash of gin and dry vermouth. The reason you stir it with a special spoon is so not to chip the ice. James is ordering a weak martini and being snooty about it.
Posted by: the chicken at September 25, 2009 12:04 PM
"Re Writer is only interested in porn to the extent she dresses like a tart."
DIBS is only interested in porn to the extent that he's an old fart.
DIBS, why are you hating on me?
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 12:04 PM
Hey all,
Just thought I'd pass this along as I just came across it...looks like a really cute looking little studio in Kensington listed for $149,000.
With maintenance this sucker is $1,000 a month...(that's before tax benefits...)
Not sure about area, but I'm sure someone could chime in on that.
Posted by: 11217 at September 25, 2009 12:05 PM
bxgrl, porn sites are very lucrative, and your tiaras and lavalieres don't pay for themselves!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 12:05 PM
Hey all,
Just thought I'd pass this along as I just came across it...looks like a really cute looking little studio in Kensington listed for $149,000.
With maintenance this sucker is $1,000 a month...(that's before tax benefits...)
Not sure about area, but I'm sure someone could chime in on that.
http://www.corcoran.com/property/listing.aspx?Region=NYC&ListingID=1877063
Posted by: 11217 at September 25, 2009 12:06 PM
James is ordering a weak martini and being snooty about it.
Posted by: the chicken at September 25, 2009 12:04 PM
Coming from the beak of a snooty Brit himself.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 12:06 PM
"Just thought I'd pass this along as I just came across it...looks like a really cute looking little studio in Kensington listed for $149,000. "
Paging Kensingtonian...
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 12:07 PM
chicken, love the West Wing, and that's a particularly good episode!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 12:07 PM
DH - did you catch the zombie parade in williamsburg last year? i wonder if they are going to do it again? can't access the zombie site from work,but i did find this:
http://gothamist.com/2008/05/25/sunday_afternoo_5.php
Posted by: bodhi_brooklyn at September 25, 2009 12:08 PM
So this is strictly business? (I'm watching you, re writer!)
Posted by: bxgrl at September 25, 2009 12:11 PM
big bucks in porn, beoch, more than shoes, even overpriced designer shoes marketed to make nice girls look slutty.
true dat, dave. i've always wanted to be a porn maven. i sense a career change in my (near) future.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 12:12 PM
"Coming from the beak of a snooty Brit himself.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 12:06 PM"
Who are you calling "snooty"? Now, who where did I leave the cucumber sandwiches?
Posted by: the chicken at September 25, 2009 12:14 PM
"chicken, love the West Wing, and that's a particularly good episode!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 12:07 PM"
I liked it so much that I bought the seven season boxset! Probably one of the best series on TV ever.
Posted by: the chicken at September 25, 2009 12:15 PM
chicken, I bought it all on DVD, season by season. Didn't know they came out with a box set. One of my all time favorite shows. (Right up there with SOAP!)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 12:16 PM
Careful Cgar how you express your love for wings (west or otherwise) to chicken. Offense could be taken.
Posted by: slopefarm at September 25, 2009 12:17 PM
Zombie parade.
Sounds like the crowd of people coming to and leaving The Death Star every day.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 12:18 PM
"chicken, I bought it all on DVD, season by season. Didn't know they came out with a box set. One of my all time favorite shows. (Right up there with SOAP!)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 12:16 PM"
Technically, I did as well (bought 1-6 before 7 came out, and the finished off the collection) although there is a boxset out now - annoying available at a massively discounted price.
Posted by: the chicken at September 25, 2009 12:22 PM
"Careful Cgar how you express your love for wings (west or otherwise) to chicken. Offense could be taken.
Posted by: slopefarm at September 25, 2009 12:17 PM"
Love me, love my wings...
btw, is anyone that side of the pond familiar with the expression "bingo wings"?
Posted by: the chicken at September 25, 2009 12:23 PM
"Zombie parade.
Sounds like the crowd of people coming to and leaving The Death Star every day."
yourself included, I presume, biff?
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 12:24 PM
"So this is strictly business? (I'm watching you, re writer!)"
I'm not interested in your Garden, bxgrl.
Frankly, men who flirt on a blog and say all nicey nicey things to a woman and go as far as blogwed someone and then when someone new comes along flirts with them and they ditch their original playmate unsuspectingly, are in my eyes the lowest scum.
Men are fickle, be weary.
So Carroll, what's this idea of a site?
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 12:25 PM
ROFL, slope!
Naturally, chicken, that always happens.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 12:25 PM
James Bond has a preservationist connection.
Goldfinger was named after an architect who had desgined some modernist houses in Hampstead, north London. Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond books, was a local resident & preservationist and objected to the deomolition of a row of cottages to make way for them. His revenge was to name the baddie in one of the books after Goldfinger.
Picture & story here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ern%C5%91_Goldfinger
Posted by: etson at September 25, 2009 12:27 PM
that's a remarkably civilised way to "get back at someone" Etson!
Posted by: the chicken at September 25, 2009 12:29 PM
"yourself included, I presume, biff?"
I suppose so based on my lack of free will and soul, desiccation, decay and emaciation on my face and body, blank, expressionless face and constant moaning and guttural sounds.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 12:31 PM
"Frankly, men who flirt on a blog and say all nicey nicey things to a woman and go as far as blogwed someone and then when someone new comes along flirts with them and they ditch their original playmate unsuspectingly, are in my eyes the lowest scum."
Shirley, you don't mean me, Re Writer? I may flirt a bit, but I'm always faithful to bxgrl, unless she starts fooling around with Benson first.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 12:32 PM
The Kensington studio seems like a pretty good deal. Seems clean and fairly nice layout. Mine is bigger with a bit higher maintenance and nicer renovations. If someone is willing to give me 150K for mine today, I'll sell it and walk away gladly.
By the way, get ready for higher real estate taxes. Had a board meeting yesterday and city slapped us with 33% tax increase!!!!! We'll try to fight the new assessment in court but unlikely to win since Bloomy is trying to get money any way he can. We'll have to increase maintenance by 7 percent this year to make up for these increases. Freakin craziness.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 25, 2009 12:32 PM
etson, that's great!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 12:35 PM
"that's a remarkably civilised way to "get back at someone" Etson!"
The best way to "get back at someone" is to write them into a book/movie available to the entire world.
Better to re-write about them.
Sometimes it's best to just write them off.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 12:35 PM
By the way, the studio location is great, convenient to everything and the building is really nice. I saw a one bedroom in that building during the peak of the market and wanted to put in an offer but they wouldn't budge on the price and they wanted on the higher end of what that apartment was worth during that time.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 25, 2009 12:41 PM
"By the way, the studio location is great, convenient to everything and the building is really nice. I saw a one bedroom in that building during the peak of the market and wanted to put in an offer but they wouldn't budge on the price and they wanted on the higher end of what that apartment was worth during that time."
Damn you, Kens. Don't you know you aren't supposed to express cogent and potentially relevant opinions about real estate in the OT?
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 12:43 PM
Re writer- are you a lawyer, perchance? May I show you the pre-enup?
Posted by: bxgrl at September 25, 2009 12:44 PM
"Shirley, you don't mean me, Re Writer?"
Well, if the site fits.
- Signed Shirley
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 12:45 PM
bxgrl, are you going to do a Forum Post with the house tour deets?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 12:46 PM
Beoch, you crack me up.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 12:46 PM
"lack of free will and soul, desiccation, decay and emaciation on my face and body, blank, expressionless face and constant moaning and guttural sounds."
The Women in Porn
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 12:48 PM
I just saw a FSBO on 6th Av btwn Lincoln & St. John's in the Slope - #159. Nice house from the outside - no idea of details. Will get phone number next time when I'm not carrying a ton of stuff if anyone's interested.
Posted by: Arkady at September 25, 2009 12:48 PM
hipster, remember that that friend of mine I told you about - the one who lives around the corner from the Brooklyn Inn? He and I have strategized at some length over many cocktails at the Brooklyn Inn as to how exactly one would survive the zombie apocalypse in New York City. We concluded that surviving the zombie apocalypse would be easier than surviving an attack of killer robots because zombies, even though potentially great in number, are comparatively easy to put down (blow / shot to head - I mean come on, everyone knows how to kill a zombie) and are much dumber than killer robots. Problem is, depending on the killer robots they might be easier to hide from than zombies, which can access any space that a human can shuffle into. But I would say that on balance I would rather face a zombie apocalypse than an attack of the killer robots.
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 12:48 PM
"Beoch, you crack me up."
You could have said that in an email.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 12:49 PM
lechecal, I can't believe I not only followed your post on Zombies vs. Killer Robots (great movie concept, btw!), but agree with you totally. Perhaps I've seen one too many Zombie movies, but, if you have the ammo, you can take 'em all out. Robots, not so much.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 12:51 PM
C-Gar - in fact this entire debate ultimately spawned the defeatist catch phrase "let the killer robots win!"
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 12:54 PM
Interesting point Kens (at the risk of bringing a real estate discussion into the OT).
Renters are not going to put up with rising rents in this economy so the landlords are going to have to wear the tax increases = lower net yield = lower achievable prices for sales that do go through.
Bernanke & Co may be trying to keep the RE market afloat but Bloomberg is tugging it back down again.
Posted by: the chicken at September 25, 2009 12:55 PM
bxgrl &/or MM - You should have Mr. B post the tour - it's not in weekend round-up.
Posted by: Arkady at September 25, 2009 12:56 PM
ROFL, lechecal, I haven't heard that one! I just think I've watched "Night of the Living Dead" one too many times (my acting teacher was one of the non-Zombies) and read too many Stephen King novels.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 12:56 PM
Real estate is far scarier to me than zombies.
I'm outta here!!!!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 12:57 PM
The counter-argument, of course, is that zombies are effectively self-replicating while killer robots are not. Also, there is no effective way to incapacitate all zombies at once rather than killing them one by one. Killer robots, on the other hand, may be susceptible to computer viruses.
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 12:58 PM
but Lechacal if you had access to an EMP generator, then you could wipe them all out in one fell swoop. Would make a pretty boring movie though.
Posted by: the chicken at September 25, 2009 12:58 PM
"far scarier"
far more scary?
scarier?
Arkady, HELP!!
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 1:00 PM
Damn you, Kens. Don't you know you aren't supposed to express cogent and potentially relevant opinions about real estate in the OT?
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 12:43 PM
11217 started it! naner naner naaaaneerrrrr.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 25, 2009 1:00 PM
MM/bxgrl - Also email Louise Crawford at Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn.
Posted by: Arkady at September 25, 2009 1:00 PM
My grammar is scary.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 1:00 PM
C-Gar, I know there are people who will strongly disagree with me on this, but in my view the best ever zombie movie is Resident Evil (the first one). Chick in hot pants with guns for like 90 minutes of awesomeness.
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 1:01 PM
I think the tour is next weekend Arkady.
I'm not going to make it unfortunately (family arriving that day).
Posted by: etson at September 25, 2009 1:01 PM
Careful about the porn industry. It's not as profitable these days as you'd think.
Internet piracy and free porn sites have killed a lot of the profits. There's been a 30-50% drop in production and distribution.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at September 25, 2009 1:01 PM
ROFL, lechacal (and please forgive me for constantly misspelling your name - 7 years of Spanish, only 1 year of French), where do you get all this? It's a very funny, yet very on point, argument.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 1:01 PM
"where do you get all this"
Like I said, drinking with this friend of mine at the Brooklyn Inn.
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 1:03 PM
so explain zombies. they eat brains right? but to kill them, you shoot them in the brain? do they regenerate new zombie brains once they start eating people? wha? so confusing.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 1:04 PM
Zombie cats living in tents and checking email scare me.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 1:05 PM
Has anyone used California Closet?
Is there a less expensive option to outfitting a walk in?
Has anyone used the system sold at The Container Store. I forget what it's called.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 1:05 PM
lech, please specify which cocktail(s) you and your friend were drinking at the time you had these thoughts (and how many) so I can be sure to avoid them. thx.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 1:05 PM
Biffers - Scarier or far scarier (depending on your level of fear.)
Posted by: Arkady at September 25, 2009 1:05 PM
Thanks Arkady! So far scarier was ok? I am at peace with my grammar.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 1:06 PM
"Interesting point Kens (at the risk of bringing a real estate discussion into the OT)."
Yes, chicken, what yourself, please.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 1:07 PM
watch. I think The What took over my brain for a second.
yes, biff, I corrected it.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 1:08 PM
"Like I said, drinking with this friend of mine at the Brooklyn Inn"
Oh, right, you mentioned you had a friend who lives around the corner. Lechacal, count me in at Broolyn Inn anytime you feel like expanding the debate - and always for drinks. I still say it would be more fun to take on the Zombies than the Robots! And I'll have to check out Resident Evil.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 1:08 PM
Beoch, you crack me up.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 1:08 PM
"drop in production and distribution."
THL, I like your choice of words re: porn industry.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 1:08 PM
Dipster and jackal,
I've got no dog in the robots v. zombies fight, but this is for you, courtesy of Flaming Lips:
Her name is Yoshimi
she's a black belt in karate
working for the city
she has to discipline her body
'Cause she knows that
it's demanding
to defeat those evil machines
I know she can beat them
Oh Yoshimi, they don't believe me
but you won't let those robots eat me
Yoshimi, they don't believe me
but you won't let those robots defeat me
Those evil-natured robots
they're programmed to destroy us
she's gotta be strong to fight them
so she's taking lots of vitamins
'Cause she knows that
it'd be tragic
if those evil robots win
I know she can beat them
Oh Yoshimi, they don't believe me
but you won't let those robots defeat me
Yoshimi, they don't believe me
but you won't let those robots eat me
Posted by: slopefarm at September 25, 2009 1:09 PM
"Zombie cats living in tents and checking email scare me."
ROFL, Biff! (And I refuse to share my tent with a Zombie cat, only a regular cat.)
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 1:09 PM
"Beoch, you crack me up."
biff, you are even starting to annoy me. : )
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 1:10 PM
"Has anyone used California Closet?"
Re Writer, a friend of mine just used them and is very happy with the job they did. I saw it - looks very nice.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 1:11 PM
"I still say it would be more fun to take on the Zombies than the Robots!"
Carroll, why don't you start a porn site with Zombies and Robots.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 1:11 PM
CGar, it's all good [wink]
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 25, 2009 1:11 PM
^^^^^^^Oh wait, the women are already zombies and robots.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 1:11 PM
haha Lechacal - clearly you haven't read this book
http://www.amazon.com/How-Survive-Robot-Uprising-Defending/dp/1582345929
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 1:13 PM
Thanks, Arkady- will do!
Personally I never travel into the zombie/killer robot zones without a personal geek hacker who reprograms the robots to kill zombies (saving us ammunition), and then will either self-destruct or shut down for further reprogramming once al the zombies are dead. Zombies, being composed of dead tissue cannot replicate. It is possible that killer robots have the technology to self-replicate asexually but seem to have little interest in going that route. On occasion they have had sex with zombies (we all know what that's like- they just lie there) but they seem to be extracting the oil in body fat to grease their working parts.
Posted by: bxgrl at September 25, 2009 1:13 PM
Damn you, Kens. Don't you know you aren't supposed to express cogent and potentially relevant opinions about real estate in the OT?
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 12:43 PM
By the way Beoch, you have been posting here for what, like 2 days now? Unless that comment comes from the higher up PLUSAs DIBS, Biff, Ghost of BRG, etc..... I am not obliging to the request.
Back to real estate talk.... Chicken, indeed Bloomy will drag the prices down if he keeps instituting these tax increases. Prices for co-op will drop if the maintenance will be through the roof with no offer of amenities unless every building and house has a rise in taxes at the same percentage which I am sure will not happen. How are these things assessed anyways? Based on land and building value? Depreciation included? State of the co-op included? Cash reserve included? Just based on income statement? I'm meeting with our accountants next month and will pick their brains about that.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 25, 2009 1:13 PM
"scare me."
liar liar pants on fire. you said nothing scared you.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 1:14 PM
california closets suuuuuuck. overpriced. crappy labor. not worth it versus custom. elfa is a good midpriced option (container store). and for the first time, they have been having REAL sales on elfa. a friend of mine did a master closet for about $4k i think it was. with all the bells. installation was smooth. i did 4 closets with cali closets years ago and it was a nightmare. they had to do one 3X because they kept messing up the measurements. granted, they looked pretty nice when they were done, but was very turned off by the cheesy sales people (the consultant is just some random person that is a franchisee or something and is of NO HELP with follow up issues. my consultant, winston something was just awful). if those are your only two choices go elfa.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 1:15 PM
"Carroll, why don't you start a porn site with Zombies and Robots."
ReW, I know some people get off on sex with Zombies and Killer Robots, but they just don't do it for me. Though, these sites do cater to all sorts of fetishes, so I suppose we can have a Zombies area and a Robots area, but I'll have to run it by DIBS first (I'm sure it'll be fine if at least some of the Zombies and Robots are Asian).
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 1:16 PM
"On occasion they have had sex with zombies (we all know what that's like- they just lie there) but they seem to be extracting the oil in body fat to grease their working parts."
I just threw up in my mouth.
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 1:16 PM
"By the way Beoch, you have been posting here for what, like 2 days now? Unless that comment comes from the higher up PLUSAs DIBS, Biff, Ghost of BRG, etc..... I am not obliging to the request."
Kens, is this where I haul out the f-bombs?
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 1:16 PM
Bodhi - NO! I was not aware of the zombie parade. Have they had it recently? Sounds right up my alley. I <3 ZOmbies.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 1:18 PM
bxgrl, well reasoned!
lechacal, another Zombie v. Robot debater climbs aboard!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 1:18 PM
**WTF MOMENT OF THE DAY**
As I strolled down Fifth Ave near 15th St. a while ago, I almost tripped over a white plastic grocery bag....FULL OF BLOODY CHICKEN FEET! Just sitting there on the sidewalk! WTF???
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 1:19 PM
My neighbors recently redid their master walk-in closet with a system they purchased at Home Depot. I have no idea what it is called but it's really shockingly nice. beautiful wood, pull out drawers, nice shoe racks and baskets.
I was very impressed.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at September 25, 2009 1:21 PM
"I just threw up in my mouth"
This from the guy who is happily blasting brains everywhere? :-)
(C Gar- its a green way - recycling as it were- to stop rust in those parts that need to be made of iron) ;)
Posted by: bxgrl at September 25, 2009 1:21 PM
"I just threw up in my mouth."
lechacal, for some reason your response just made laugh out loud - and loudly - at my desk!
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 1:22 PM
f-bomb all you want. I won't oblige regardless :o). I was accepted to the PLUSA clubs by the originals and I am a loyal member of the federation. :o)
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 25, 2009 1:22 PM
I think CG-ups is right about California Closets being franchised, and, like anything, there are good franchises and bad. The one my friend used was good.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 1:23 PM
On a serious note lechacal - zombies are not necessarily easier to avoid/kill - it depends from what movie the zombies will act like. Night of the Living Dead, sure - they are slow and stupid. But Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later and some other ones the zombies are fast and smart.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 1:24 PM
Thanks CG Ups, I was looking at Elfa at Container Store. It looks pretty good to me. I know Cali closets are expensive. Am looking for other options.
Has anyone done the do it yourself stuff you buy at Lowes or Home Depot. Except I hate the grated metal crap. I want solid shelves and drawer/bins.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 1:24 PM
"recycling as it were- to stop rust in those parts that need to be made of iron) ;)"
OMFG, that is hysterical!!!!!!
Bravo, bxgrl.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 1:26 PM
hipster I'm gonna go ahead and have to disagree with you there about 28 days later. Sure they were *faster* than you're average zombie, but were they really smart? That movie rules.
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 1:27 PM
Oh THL, I didn"t see your post about HD closets. Will def. check them out now.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 1:28 PM
bxgrl I will commend you for having a cogent and well thought out plan for the zombie apocalyple. In fact you even have a plan for a simultaneous zombie apocalypse and attack of the killer robots. You clearly take your duties as a citizen seriously.
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 1:29 PM
lechacal, DH, what was the movie where the people turn into Zombies who then turn into really disgusting giant worms? I came upon it while channel surfing in the last year or so, and then couldn't change the channel.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 1:31 PM
haha lechacal - this sounds like a debate to be discussed at a later day.
If the zombie apocalypse comes - Plusas should gather at Union Pool with their sawed off (park slope is too close to greenwood cemetery)
If the Robot apocalypse happens - check your email.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 1:32 PM
"apocalyple"
Ladies and Gentlemen, the hotly contested race for "Worst Speller" just got more interesting.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 1:32 PM
Please watch this now. I'm pretty sure it's totally unrelated to the zombie apocalype.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6H0i1RAdHk
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 1:34 PM
quote:
Careful about the porn industry. It's not as profitable these days as you'd think. Internet piracy and free porn sites have killed a lot of the profits. There's been a 30-50% drop in production and distribution. THL.
so, THAT's the real reason you had to buy in Jersey City, aint it? :)
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 25, 2009 1:39 PM
I did the Home Depot ones for my closets and pretty happy. We put together a 5 by 8 walk-in closet for my friend with drawers, shelves and everything from IKEA and the whole thing ended up costing him around 400 bucks.
Posted by: Kensingtonian at September 25, 2009 1:40 PM
LMAO Lech - that was awasome!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 1:40 PM
thanks for the warning to close doors, lech. the chairman of my firm walked by just as this started playing.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 1:40 PM
Has anybody seen the movie "Black Sheep" ???
Not the Chris Farley one - I mean the B horror movie about what to do when zombie sheep start killing people. It is also awesome.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 1:41 PM
sorry beoch - but did he think it was funny?
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 1:42 PM
Ikea has walk-in closet components?
Well, have to check them out also.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 1:50 PM
he did. he came in, sat down, and listened to the whole thing. then he fired me. as he walked out, he muttered something about me going downtown to one of those firms where they tolerate aberrant behavior.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 1:50 PM
Beoch -
Did you then take a swing at him as big band music started playing?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 1:53 PM
Lech -
New idea for random social interaction
Engage random people on the streets in battle raps.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 1:53 PM
Dirty, I did indeed.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 1:55 PM
Hey Lechecal, you diggin' the 2 F15's from where you are? They're flying over the SS, I would think you could see them from downtown. They're circling.
Posted by: denton at September 25, 2009 1:59 PM
I'm back, zombies.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 2:01 PM
I too have the Home Depot shelving units for my closet. I think they are pretty decent quality.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 2:12 PM
Denton - no, I totally missed it. Damn.
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 2:15 PM
Thanks, folks.
Off to Home Depot, Lowes and Ikea.
Posted by: Re Writer at September 25, 2009 2:19 PM
sure is quiet - is everyone checking their echo?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 2:22 PM
"echo" - is that code for something, Dirty?
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 2:25 PM
Letgo my echo.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 2:27 PM
not sure if you're still there re writer but i would skip ikea (closets are big, bulky in a clunky way and don't seem to be too well-made) and add the container store. that place is like crack it's so addictive!
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 2:27 PM
not sure if you're still there re writer but i would skip ikea (closets are big, bulky in a clunky way and don't seem to be too well-made) and add the container store. that place is like crack it's so addictive!
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 2:27 PM
where is the information for the tour that MM and bxgrl have been working on? is Bstoner adding it to the weekend events link?
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 2:28 PM
wow i was so excited about crack that i double posted. bravo me.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 2:31 PM
Caption competition:
http://tinyurl.com/yb9axje
Pres Obama's face is priceless.
Posted by: etson at September 25, 2009 2:32 PM
should there be a category in the loser awards for longest conversation with oneself?
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 2:32 PM
Just saw a woman walking a really cute dog on Lex, but she's got the poor dog dressed up in a miniature shocking pink baseball cap
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 2:34 PM
haha CG
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 2:34 PM
Caption competition:
http://tinyurl.com/yb9axje
Pres Obama's face is priceless.
Posted by: etson at September 25, 2009 2:32 PM
The little bubble above Obama's head should say: EUROTRASH.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 2:37 PM
caption
attenzione piccolo uomo (caution little man), my morning poo is bigger than you.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 2:41 PM
Caption competition:
http://tinyurl.com/yb9axje
"Eyes OFF the prize, dude"
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 2:41 PM
That's a good one DIBS.
Only things I can think of would get the whole Italian debate going again.
Posted by: etson at September 25, 2009 2:41 PM
benson, care to chime in??? :)
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 2:44 PM
"now thatsa what I call a first lady!!"
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 2:46 PM
she really is such a glorious woman. love her!
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 2:49 PM
benson's not going to like this. [Hiding face like a kitten]
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 2:49 PM
"Hey baby, you got any Italian in you?"
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 2:50 PM
benson where you at??
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 2:50 PM
I just emailed benson. Throw your punches and skeddadle.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 2:55 PM
I'm so out of here.
Posted by: lechacal at September 25, 2009 2:56 PM
[psst, lechacal, just intimidate him; don't smile, stare; works on the best of us]
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 2:58 PM
lechacal, you and I are the only other two members of the BRC (Brownstoner Republicans Club) if I remember correctly.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 2:58 PM
Does anybody work a full day on Fridays anymore?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 3:16 PM
Does anybody work a full day on Fridays anymore?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 3:16 PM
Normal people do. And we don't live in sweater factories with sketchy landlords and no C of O.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 3:18 PM
Apparently everyone HAS left early.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 3:27 PM
"lechacal, you and I are the only other two members of the BRC (Brownstoner Republicans Club) if I remember correctly."
DIBS, there are others, but I can't divulge their identities on the OT
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 3:28 PM
"And we don't live in sweater factories with sketchy landlords and no C of O."
Speak for yourself, Dave.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 3:31 PM
anyone ever cut their nails too short? paaaaaaaaaaaaain! i'm trying to finish off some work and keep getting distracted. earlier i got a giant chocolate blob from maison du chocolat across the street. the upside of them hurting for business means that you get tons of free samples while shopping there. :) of course the downside is that a small bag of choco is $25. and by small bag i mean like 8 pieces.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 3:35 PM
my friend had a mocachino right before we went to get chocolate so afterwards she had a mega sugar caffeine high and would NOT shut up. she called me as soon as we got back to our desks and i had to hang up on her! haha
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 3:37 PM
OT Rules and Regs
Here's what's allowed on the OT: Discussions about things relevant to life in Brooklyn such as cats, poop, parties, Europeans, cuisine, butts, breasts and other body parts. Here's what's not allowed: Discussion of bodily functions (except poo mist) and gross talk about preening and personal hygiene like fingernail cutting. Thank you.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 3:39 PM
So - yelling " we walk on the right side of the sidewalk in America" at a european tourist might almost get you into a fight apparently.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 3:49 PM
"So - yelling " we walk on the right side of the sidewalk in America" at a european tourist might almost get you into a fight apparently."
This is why you are NOT allowed out of the office during the day, Dirty.
[Hopefully you also dropped your shoulder and knocked the ET over as you went by too.]
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 3:54 PM
Take my responsibilities as a citizen seriously? Moi? As much as I hate to disabuse of that notion, I must confess to owning a major share of the nanotechnology company that I will be using to overwhelm the killer robots. Think of the money I'll make! (future projects include preventing gerbil pregnancies, creating intelligent beings out of diatomaceous earth and shiny little outfits for dogs.)
Posted by: bxgrl at September 25, 2009 3:55 PM
you're ok with poop and graphic discussion about the eyebrow raising activities in your "boudoir" and elsewhere, but referencing fingernail maintenace is too much for you dave? haha. different worlds.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 3:57 PM
Of course Beoch - they were also walking 4 people across Lafayette. Seriously?
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 3:57 PM
Dirty, I just noticed that it appears you have a double space between dirty and hipster in your name. was that intentional? is it some sort of hipster punctuation style specific to wmsburg?
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 3:57 PM
were they holding hands four across as well, covering the ENTIRE sidewalk? that is one of my personal favorites.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 3:59 PM
dh, people walking more than two abreast (and slowly) is very, very annoying.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 3:59 PM
Or how about the two people together each carrying one strap of each side of a large bag!!!!!
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 4:01 PM
dave, i was going to use the term "abreast" but was afraid of the discussion/comments/puns that might ensue. but since you busted it out [oops] . . . .
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:01 PM
haha - it is meant to be ironic beoch - check your email and i'll explain
dave - yeah, i can't STAND when people walk more than 2 abreast on nyc streets. one of the reasons I hate working in soho is bc no one seems to give a shit about walking into people.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 4:04 PM
dave, i was going to use the term "abreast" but was afraid of the discussion/comments/puns that might ensue. but since you busted it out [oops] . . . .
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:01 PM
Nothing gets by your sharp mind, beoch, nothing.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 4:04 PM
Another thing...tourists who wait at the corner for the crossing light to change when there is actually no traffic. Arrrrgggghhhhhhh.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 4:06 PM
The best is the women who walk around with their hand bag resting on that soft spot on the inside of their elbow with their arm cocked upwards, and doing the same thing with a shopping bad with the other arm (usually from Topshop) - so they are walking around with both arms pointed up. Looks atrocious.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 4:07 PM
One time a tourist asked me where "soho street" was.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 4:08 PM
dirty__hipster, ur killing me.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:11 PM
dh...an American friend of mine who lives in Hong Kong was flying into Hong Hong once back in the day when you flew right over the bright lights of the city and could even see all the neon signs.
Some American tourists were on the plane and one of them saw the signs and said "That must be Chinatown."
WonTon..you remember that approach to Kai Tak??? Wasn't that the best????
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 4:12 PM
Where's the retort today???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 4:12 PM
I am at the epicenter of bad tourist behavior myself - lodged uncomfortably between FAO Schwarz and the Apple store. I rarely leave my bldg during the day lest I go postal on some family of ETs having their pic taken with the grown men dressed up as soldiers in front of Foxtrot Alpha Oscar. Now THERE'S a career change you might consider, Dirty.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:15 PM
hiding from you, Dave.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:16 PM
haha Dave - I'm sure American tourists can be 1000x more obnoxious than foreign tourists in America
I usually love giving directions to people who aren't familiar with the city.
The one i get the most is "where is cleveland place"
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 4:16 PM
What's on Cleveland Place???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 4:18 PM
haha beoch - i'd be the only fake soldier with a real bayonette on his fake rifle.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 4:18 PM
All, the Crown Heights North House Tour is NEXT weekend, Oct 3rd, from 12-5. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at door. The tour starts from St. Gregory's Church on the corner of St John's Place and Brooklyn Ave, close to the 3 train at either Nostrand or Kingston stops. We've got 9 houses on tour, and other architectural goodies. We're showing some amazing architecture and interiors belonging to oldtimers, newcomers and those in between, with period gems on up to new condos. It's going to be our best tour yet, with lots of variety, and also easy to walk. We are having opening ceremonies at around 10:15, with informational tables and snacks.
If you need any more details, let me know. I can also reserve advance tickets for you.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at September 25, 2009 4:19 PM
"i'd be the only fake soldier with a real bayonette on his fake rifle."
I don't doubt it for a second.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:21 PM
"What's on Cleveland Place???"
not sure - a crappy mexican joint, a cheesecake store - but I think the 'storefront for art and architecture' might have a cleveland pl address even though it's on Kenmare.
Regardless, people are looking for something there.
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 4:21 PM
"women who walk around with their hand bag resting on that soft spot on the inside of their elbow with their arm cocked upwards, and doing the same thing with a shopping bad with the other arm (usually from Topshop) - so they are walking around with both arms pointed up."
Women like that are the only ones in New York it seems. Every morning I see them parading to the subway, with their personal bag on one side, their gym/yoga/change of clothes on the other.
Posted by: infinitejester at September 25, 2009 4:21 PM
Where is the corner of St. John's Place and Brooklyn Ave??
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 4:22 PM
Thanks MM!!
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 4:23 PM
"taken with the grown men dressed up as soldiers in front of Foxtrot Alpha Oscar"
Whoever started this military lingo fad, I call Bravo Sierra on their asses.
Posted by: infinitejester at September 25, 2009 4:23 PM
Dave, re Hong Kong story, there's a reason Jay Leno had no problem finding stupid people for his on the street interviews.
Posted by: Montrose Morris at September 25, 2009 4:23 PM
"Every morning I see them parading to the subway, with their personal bag on one side, their gym/yoga/change of clothes on the other."
I carry both on one shoulder. That's why I am now seeing a chiropractor twice a week.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:23 PM
what is this, Dirty__Google__Maps?
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:24 PM
jester, where ya been?
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 4:26 PM
haha beoch loves the 'underscore'
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 4:26 PM
OK...time for me to head to Penn Station (Papa Sierra). See you all at 5:00 when I login again.
*Pathetic*
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 4:27 PM
wunderbar, thank you MM. am looking fwd to attending.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 25, 2009 4:28 PM
sierra tango foxtrot uniform, india juliet
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:30 PM
my current personal favorite is the DOUBLE underscore. __
I hear it is all the rage in correspondence in wmsburg.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:32 PM
l8r, delta india bravo sierra
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:34 PM
CGar, thanks for noticing.
brave bravo, oscar kilo
Posted by: infinitejester at September 25, 2009 4:41 PM
BB, you're from Philly suburbs, right? Care to share?
Posted by: jessibaby at September 25, 2009 4:42 PM
JB - what is it that you'd like me to share?
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:44 PM
I'm from Philly, too. Thought we might be old neighbors.
Posted by: jessibaby at September 25, 2009 4:48 PM
really! i suspect we were separated by a few decades!
i grew up in lower merion. you?
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:52 PM
[i thought maybe you were going to ask me where the statue of william penn was or something. jk]
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:53 PM
Ding ding ding!!! Too funny. Taking the train to Merion station tonight! Did you go to LM?
Posted by: jessibaby at September 25, 2009 4:54 PM
JB, I'm on 12th & Waverly, just south of Pine
When did you last live there??
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 4:55 PM
no WAY!!! I sure did! I'm from Penn Wynne.
that is great! and now you are basically my neighbor in BH too.
we need to play main line geography at some point (not on the OT).
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:56 PM
i grew up in lower merion. you?
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:52 PM
PLUSAs admitting that they've actually grown up is somewhat suspect.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 4:57 PM
will you bring me back a corned beef sandwich from hymies (or are you a murray's girl)?
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:57 PM
dave, so NOW you want to talk about philly. you looked at me like i was from mars when i tried to talk to you about it at ratifico.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 4:59 PM
BB - Love it!
Dave, I haven't lived in Philly since 2001, but when I last did I was on 15th and Waverly. I'm always trying to drag my friend to Dmitris on Catherine St. but they all have kids and won't leave the burbs.
Posted by: jessibaby at September 25, 2009 5:00 PM
Done! I'm a total Hymies girl.
Posted by: jessibaby at September 25, 2009 5:03 PM
dave, you can bring me a cheese steak from jim's.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 5:03 PM
I don't remember that Beoch. But perhaps it was because I was with the Chinese bf and didn't really want to talk about my life down there with my actual partner. If I gave you one of those weird looks, that must have been it. Sorry. LOL
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 5:04 PM
JB..Dmitiri's is still great. They have one now on FitlerSquare but it's not as good as the original.
There are sooooooo many great restaurants now in Philly. We are going to a relatively new one tonight, Cochon, one of our new favorites.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 5:07 PM
fantastic! i was always jealous bc one of my best friends' families had a house account at hymies. she could literally go there and get whatever she wanted, whenever. plus it was in walking distance from her house. we had to drive.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 5:07 PM
Sorry, beoch, I only go to Ish Kibbibles
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 5:07 PM
Heh - Hymie
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 5:08 PM
OHHHHH. Gotcha. Very complicated. Certainly explains the stink eye you gave me!
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 5:08 PM
yeah, the restaurant scene in philly got so much better after we moved away. every time i go there now (which admittedly isn't that often), i am amazed at all the great places there are to eat.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 5:11 PM
Certainly explains the stink eye you gave me!
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 5:08 PM
Between my stink eye and my ass chin I guess i was pretty revolting to the two of you.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 5:14 PM
Yes, Ish Kibbibles is the best!
Posted by: jessibaby at September 25, 2009 5:15 PM
lol, dave. if the shoe fits . . .
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 5:16 PM
he knows about the partner in Philly but I just didn't want to rub his nose in it. he also knows about the Mexican bf.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 5:16 PM
What crappy ass handbag are you carrying today JB?? ;)
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 5:17 PM
dipster, soho was exceptionally annoying to walk around this afternoon. i wanted to punch everyone in the nose who were out leisure shopping. i had to run from bank to bank depositing checks and i couldnt maneuvre the streets grrrr!!!
well it's almost time to head out.
have a good weekend!
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 25, 2009 5:17 PM
No new bags over here, Corky. Hoping to find something chic in Stockholm.
Posted by: jessibaby at September 25, 2009 5:20 PM
Happy Friday you losers. And, Bitter and Beoch, IF YOU DON'T EFFIN VOTE YOUR PLUSA CARDS WILL BE REVOKED DAMMIT! :)
Nite all!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 25, 2009 5:21 PM
dave, you are a prince among bfs.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 5:23 PM
if i had a bunch of boyfriends who all knew about each other, and were cool about it, i'd feel like they didnt love me. lol
*rob*
Posted by: Butterfly at September 25, 2009 5:23 PM
bitter says herro all and happy weekend.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 5:28 PM
Damn, Rob. With all the hate you've got for Dave, it's a surprise you've got any left for the jews ;)
Posted by: jessibaby at September 25, 2009 5:29 PM
bitter says herro all and happy weekend.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 5:28 PM
She didn't sound Asian when I met her.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 5:31 PM
snappy, bitter says to check your email . . . she sent you a tuna melt.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 5:32 PM
23 mo minutes
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 25, 2009 5:37 PM
15 mo minutes, dh
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 5:45 PM
In 15 minutes I'll be crossing the Delaware..."Trenton Makes, The World Takes."
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 25, 2009 5:46 PM
dave, evidently, you weren't listening to either one of us.
Posted by: brighton beoch at September 25, 2009 5:47 PM
That's funny, dave. I remember that Trenton sign well.
DH, you're not the only one still working on a Friday afternoon, and one that feels like Summer no less, though I'm also out on Monday - I always find religion around the Jewish Holidays.
Posted by: CarrollGardened at September 25, 2009 5:49 PM
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