Open Thread Wednesday

By on May 6, 2015 7:23 am in open thread

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  • AEB

    May I suggest taking up eugenics, Witch? You seem more than suited to the practice.

  • ShinyNewHandle

    Eh, you did what you could. Maybe you made her uncomfortable enough to find another way to do things in the future.

  • nswz11

    seems your fine Heights upbringing has culminated in becoming a resentful, commonplace 21st century internet troll. highly civilized, indeed.

  • Brixtony

    Heights uber alles?

  • Brixtony

    As a responsible dog owner, I must thank you. Once or twice I have used my own plastic bag to pick up the offending product and have given it back to the dog owner at a very high velocity.

  • Bongo

    Sadly, Fresh Direct are normally compliant with the idling regulations. The law does not apply to their excessively noisy compressors, used to keep the interiors cool, which run even when the trucks main engines are turned off.

  • suzanne goss

    who poured sand into you, Crankcase? And it’s spelled “capable.” And “this is not to say good people loive here” means you don’t think good people live or love there. I hope you choke on your silver spoon. And your private school diploma where you didn’t learn to spell.

  • Willow Street Watch

    May I ask WHAT country you are originally from? Since you. Brought up the subject…

  • Willow Street Watch

    I wonder if we can have a civilized discourse without personal attacks.

    Well, of course not, given whenever people of a certain level can’t answer/refute a fact they resort to personal attacks usually of a really venomous nature

  • Willow Street Watch

    All I’m saying here is that if you’re wondering why the Heights Is increasingly malfunctioning, consider how well your car will run if you put water or kerosene or anything but a proper fuel in your gas tank? The human material which caused the Heights to arise and is capable of maintaining the Heights Is the FUEL which allows the area to continue to operate properly. Monkey with this careful fuel mixture and it’s a simple fact, system will continue to decline..or crash…..

  • Willow Street Watch

    Personal attacks are the refuge of those who can’t or won’t answer/refute a basic point of logic. You’re behavior and that of the lady prior speaks volumes.

  • Andrew Porter

    And recently I’ve started seeing Amazon delivery vans, in competition with FreshDirect.

  • Andrew Porter

    Keep your hands off my crystal balls!

  • Andrew Porter

    I’ve seen this happen too. People who allow their little darlings to do this see nothing wrong with their behavior.

  • Andrew Porter

    Is that a reference to a certain cab service?

  • Andrew Porter

    Might I remind all that one of the suggestions for the Internet (rarely observed, alas) is to wait 20 minutes before replying to a possibly incendiary message. Another is to engage brain before placing hands on keyboard. Of course, I post under my Own Name…

  • Andrew Porter

    Brownstoner covered the history of 65-67 Middagh Street, the first public school building in Brooklyn, now co-ops, here:

    http://tinyurl.com/mhtre7q

  • Willow Street Watch

    On the original subject, I and some of my friends began two days ago to post to numerous placed on the web that we thought that the flood of helicopters were a part of operation Jade Helm….(google the term kids)
    Jade Help is a huge DHS/Pentagon program to deal with possibe inside the US terrorism,, but a number of good reporters and patriotic indiv iduals many working on Capitol Hill have discovered internal documents which clearly show that the real of Jade Helm is returning veterans, gun owners, home schoolers, libertarians all the groups DHS and every bureaucrat in sight hates…so I and my friends began a mass posting charging that what was occurring over the Heights like at 2 AM, was a part of JH..Well..notice what’s happened in the last 48 hours? The helicopter plague suddenly is el poof-o like gone…

    See, you have to know where to hit them folks…..

  • ShinyNewHandle

    The choppers are back, and it’s 3 AM. Hit ’em again!

  • StudioBrooklyn

    I think it’s a kind of outer garment worn by carpenters and smiths in Austria, like jeans but with a built-in apron/bib in front.

  • StudioBrooklyn

    In England that spelling of “civilized” wouldn’t fly either (needs an “s” in place of the “zed”). I’m afraid playing fast and loose with spelling is a harsh mistress wherever it’s courted.

    More to the point, WSW, I’d like to spell something out for you (see what I did there?) that you don’t seem to understand: the reason people’s reactions to your remarks here seem “personal” is because your statements about the Heights population imply that you consider yourself an example of how that population ought to be. But if, as you readily demonstrate, you claim to come from good breeding (or whatever) while simultaneously struggling to spell words correctly, such arguments are legitimately thrown into question.

  • ColumbiaHeightster

    “County” not ” country.” I’m a New Yorker. Reading comprehension 101.

  • MonroeOrange

    i hope you don’t run out of aluminum hats!

  • MonroeOrange

    what are you talking about…’human material which caused the heights to arise’…i have lived here all my life and with the exception of a few from the older generation who have passed…most if not all of the people i grew up with still call heights their home…these are teachers, doctors, authors, and blue collar workers, from every social economic status.

    if you want to know the real reason the heights is turning to sht, its bc of big real estate…more housing but not more schools and hospitals, not more police and fire funding…those are the reasons..not your dillusionary thoughts on what you think is best for this neighborhood…

    and before you go on a tirade, i was born and raised here, went to both public and private schools, so i think i see both sides of the coin well. well at least, much better than you do…

  • Willow Street Watch

    You mentioned you are originally from another country… Fine Just out of general interest, where are you from and when did you emigrate? Given what you’ve said to and about my views, a little transparency might be in order….

  • Willow Street Watch

    I know, but I can’t do it alone…I suggest. everyone google “Jade Helm” and then talk up the fact that this is not only happening ONLY over the Heights…the surge of Helicopters and military aircraft is ALSO happening over St Louis, Denver, Memphis and suburbs of Philadelphia..reports of this are in major media at this point so this is in no way some invention.

    At this point, given both the discomfort and danger to the public, some one in authority should be having to a answer some hard questions….

  • Willow Street Watch

    With what’s going on overhead, I think I’ll opt for some headwear in Kevlar….

  • Leandra Wortham

    There is loud jackhammering near Montague and Hicks this morning that started 7am on the dot. I called 311 to file a noise complaint. Evidently it is legal for them to be out there starting at 7am. What a wonderful way to start the day….

  • ColumbiaHeightster

    Oh my goodness – read my post again. I said that I am from a different COUNTY. I never said that I am from another COUNTRY.There 62 COUNTIES in New York State. I am from one other than Kings County. Given what you’ve said, a little reading comprehension might be in order…

  • Susan Sloan

    While walking my puppy this past weekend on three separate occasions (and there have been more-this is just this weekend) my puppy was almost hit by children on scooters. The scooter came inches away. In all of the instances the children were completely out of control and went straight at us/my dog. It’s really scary. Do parents understand this? In one the mother who was running after the child–simply said “sorry” without stopping. I was speechless. What do I say? What can I say? If either my dog or myself gets hurt I’ve promised myself I will ask for contact info for possible legal action and/or medical bills (I’m a dancer-really need my legs and ankles…) but can awareness be raised? Please?

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