I am the only one who had a hard time growing up. You were all born with a silver spoons in our mouths. I can’t accept that others have a different point of view than mine. I also can’t accept the responses to my post so I am going to run away before you say anything. For someone who pretends to be tough, I have a very thin skin.
I like congratulating the one person on this site who consistently curses, threatens others with physical violence and apprears to do nothing with his life on a daily basis.
I don’t know any of you personally, but I will comment as if I do.
I am better than all of you and you live in my shadow.
Time to lurk and see what my childish comments do on this site.
I also hope you don’t disappear benson but I’ll be honest with you. The idea of Mr. B as some evil puppetmaster pulling our strings is a little much. Any positive or nagative things on brownstoner are from us because we all read into things and assume thing that we shouldn’t. I’ve been reading and posting on this site since it began- Mr. B tosses stuff out there and we react- or not. and lately everything thing sets you off. I don’t know why- lord knows you are one of my favorite people and I love debating with you but only you could take offense at an MM article on antique doors.
And now this final diatribe on Mr. B. Sorry benson, but don’t you think it’s a little over the top? The guy has a blog. That’s it. I’m sorry but you’re projecting things onto him that maybe have more to do with you than with Jon.
And that said, again, I hope you stay- everyone asked about you last night and we missed you. One of the reasons I went was to finally meet you. None of us will agree 100% of the time but that shouldn’t make us enemies, just stronger friends. Again- please stay. You’ll always be my favorite curmudgeon 🙂
Holy moly Benson, I think we discussed this here before. It’s a BLOG (I wish I could put that in like size 70 font). This is not CNN when you have to be neutral on the subjects and report the news (Even they don’t do a good job at it). If you don’t like it and think Brooklyn real estate and community is more than what Mr. B posts, start your own. It costs 20 bucks a month and there are plenty of sites to start that are user friendly (wordpress comes to mind). If you can do a better job, we’ll all read it.
I might not agree with everything on here but I dig the site as well as some of the people I met, albeit briefly. There is tons of information here and I learned a lot of new things from both lurking and posting for the past half a year or so.
I had a grand time; it was a true party with everyone talking to everyone else. Finally got to meet a bunch of legends too. My one cig (thanks BH) went down easy too.
“I’m taking a long vacation from Brownstoner, both posting and lurking (of course,there’s no way to prove the latter point, but take my word on it).”
Not a bad idea Benson! I think I need a rest too.
“Before I do,I have something to say to you: you are right about Mr. B. I find it interesting that the three men in this on-line community who were born in Brooklyn (you, me and East NY’er) see this guy for what he is”
That’s funny Benson because we have a different perspective of New York City from the ideas and dreams of the transplants. We know the real “New York” and I’m afraid it will come back.
“As you can well sense, here we have a guy who is either a trust-fund brat or made his money easily in some bubble. ”
Benson these people had it easy. I was Born and raised in Bed Stuy and grew up in a Brownstone and took the Hard Knock of growing up in the “Hood”. Before the Mutant Asset Bubble Brownstones was just a house, a place where you lived and raised your family. I think the Hyper day of the MAB has made monsters of all of us and people have no sense of hard work, just bubble mentality. Jon exploits that Bullshit for his own gain!
“As such, as only such a person can do, he can easily mock and dismiss the works of others. Architects? Pieces of shit. Developers? Greedy. People who live in Fedder homes? “Ignorant” (to use his exact words). Pastors who have to struggle with a 60-person congregation and must make a hard decision what to do about a decripit old building? Why, he can breezily state from his keyboard that he is a philistine, and his acolytes pile on by calling the guy “venal” and “greedy”. A guy on Ocean Ave who tried to legally sell his home to a developer? Why Mr. B. laughs at his loss in value when the home is landmarked, and invites everyone else to do so (remember that one What)?
A developer who goes belly-up? Mr. B also invites derision.”
Ding! Ding! Ding! Yes, Fuck yes. There is nothing to add Benson!
“It irks me to no end to see a brat like this guy put down the efforts of others without a moment’s thought. Disgusting. I’ll tell you this. If a guy like Mr. B. tried some of these stunts in the old days of Brooklyn, he would have received some “attitude adjustments” in a bar.”
*** The What breakdance on the floor**** Benson in the “Good ole days” if pussies like Brownstoner post someone’s house and made nasty remarks that person(s) would’ve rang his bell and beat the fucking shit out of him (You know I’m right)!!!! Drug Dealers, Marauding Teenagers, and Neighborhood badasses would clock the fucking shit out of this punk (Jon). I guess we live in a different time Benson.
“So,in conclusion, What, I’ll once again say that you were right,and you’ve got his number. As you said, we’ve had our differences, but I give you mucho credit on that one.”
No problem Benson you like Reagan and I like Carter, LMMFAO!
” need a summer vacation, and maybe I’ll be back then. I’ll miss the OT and bantering about with you. The OT and the get-togethers are great: people of different backgrounds forming a community.”
Take a break and come back Benson. Be well…
The What (Tosses Benson a summertime supply of Skittles)
Oh – and if anyone lost a pack of Newports, I stole them 😉
I am the only one who had a hard time growing up. You were all born with a silver spoons in our mouths. I can’t accept that others have a different point of view than mine. I also can’t accept the responses to my post so I am going to run away before you say anything. For someone who pretends to be tough, I have a very thin skin.
I like congratulating the one person on this site who consistently curses, threatens others with physical violence and apprears to do nothing with his life on a daily basis.
I don’t know any of you personally, but I will comment as if I do.
I am better than all of you and you live in my shadow.
Time to lurk and see what my childish comments do on this site.
I also hope you don’t disappear benson but I’ll be honest with you. The idea of Mr. B as some evil puppetmaster pulling our strings is a little much. Any positive or nagative things on brownstoner are from us because we all read into things and assume thing that we shouldn’t. I’ve been reading and posting on this site since it began- Mr. B tosses stuff out there and we react- or not. and lately everything thing sets you off. I don’t know why- lord knows you are one of my favorite people and I love debating with you but only you could take offense at an MM article on antique doors.
And now this final diatribe on Mr. B. Sorry benson, but don’t you think it’s a little over the top? The guy has a blog. That’s it. I’m sorry but you’re projecting things onto him that maybe have more to do with you than with Jon.
And that said, again, I hope you stay- everyone asked about you last night and we missed you. One of the reasons I went was to finally meet you. None of us will agree 100% of the time but that shouldn’t make us enemies, just stronger friends. Again- please stay. You’ll always be my favorite curmudgeon 🙂
Holy moly Benson, I think we discussed this here before. It’s a BLOG (I wish I could put that in like size 70 font). This is not CNN when you have to be neutral on the subjects and report the news (Even they don’t do a good job at it). If you don’t like it and think Brooklyn real estate and community is more than what Mr. B posts, start your own. It costs 20 bucks a month and there are plenty of sites to start that are user friendly (wordpress comes to mind). If you can do a better job, we’ll all read it.
I might not agree with everything on here but I dig the site as well as some of the people I met, albeit briefly. There is tons of information here and I learned a lot of new things from both lurking and posting for the past half a year or so.
Rant over.
I had a grand time; it was a true party with everyone talking to everyone else. Finally got to meet a bunch of legends too. My one cig (thanks BH) went down easy too.
“I’m taking a long vacation from Brownstoner, both posting and lurking (of course,there’s no way to prove the latter point, but take my word on it).”
Not a bad idea Benson! I think I need a rest too.
“Before I do,I have something to say to you: you are right about Mr. B. I find it interesting that the three men in this on-line community who were born in Brooklyn (you, me and East NY’er) see this guy for what he is”
That’s funny Benson because we have a different perspective of New York City from the ideas and dreams of the transplants. We know the real “New York” and I’m afraid it will come back.
“As you can well sense, here we have a guy who is either a trust-fund brat or made his money easily in some bubble. ”
Benson these people had it easy. I was Born and raised in Bed Stuy and grew up in a Brownstone and took the Hard Knock of growing up in the “Hood”. Before the Mutant Asset Bubble Brownstones was just a house, a place where you lived and raised your family. I think the Hyper day of the MAB has made monsters of all of us and people have no sense of hard work, just bubble mentality. Jon exploits that Bullshit for his own gain!
“As such, as only such a person can do, he can easily mock and dismiss the works of others. Architects? Pieces of shit. Developers? Greedy. People who live in Fedder homes? “Ignorant” (to use his exact words). Pastors who have to struggle with a 60-person congregation and must make a hard decision what to do about a decripit old building? Why, he can breezily state from his keyboard that he is a philistine, and his acolytes pile on by calling the guy “venal” and “greedy”. A guy on Ocean Ave who tried to legally sell his home to a developer? Why Mr. B. laughs at his loss in value when the home is landmarked, and invites everyone else to do so (remember that one What)?
A developer who goes belly-up? Mr. B also invites derision.”
Ding! Ding! Ding! Yes, Fuck yes. There is nothing to add Benson!
“It irks me to no end to see a brat like this guy put down the efforts of others without a moment’s thought. Disgusting. I’ll tell you this. If a guy like Mr. B. tried some of these stunts in the old days of Brooklyn, he would have received some “attitude adjustments” in a bar.”
*** The What breakdance on the floor**** Benson in the “Good ole days” if pussies like Brownstoner post someone’s house and made nasty remarks that person(s) would’ve rang his bell and beat the fucking shit out of him (You know I’m right)!!!! Drug Dealers, Marauding Teenagers, and Neighborhood badasses would clock the fucking shit out of this punk (Jon). I guess we live in a different time Benson.
“So,in conclusion, What, I’ll once again say that you were right,and you’ve got his number. As you said, we’ve had our differences, but I give you mucho credit on that one.”
No problem Benson you like Reagan and I like Carter, LMMFAO!
” need a summer vacation, and maybe I’ll be back then. I’ll miss the OT and bantering about with you. The OT and the get-togethers are great: people of different backgrounds forming a community.”
Take a break and come back Benson. Be well…
The What (Tosses Benson a summertime supply of Skittles)
Someday this war is gonna end…
benson, that’s a coward’s way out. You’re better than that. Who’s going to run the trivia contest???
And it’s Stanford, not Standford. 🙂
Rob, I’ll believe it when you say you “have cleaned” the place
gotta love the chicken too.. someone needs to maarket that to KFC, stat!
i am on restricted duty today to clean the entire apt from top to bottom.
*rob*