SfanGoch

Happy birthday, Bro. Age is a state of mind. I'm 58, feel like I did in my 30s and occasionally act like I did in my teens.

Probably part of a fridge, washing machine or stove in your home.

The Philadelphia area is the only place in PA. where you can buy it. Bummer.

Set up one of these in front of your door

Man, that Freuhauf van looks nice. Ain't cheap. I've been looking for that one. I previously mentioned that I'm on a Johan kick. I got a deal earlier this evening for a built Johan '62 Dodge Dart Convertible, a '64 Dodge SS kit and a Studebaker Lark ragtop kit, all three for less than $60. The guy is looking through his collection for more Johans. He said that he might have a '60 Desoto, '63 Fury HT and a pair of '62 Chrysler 300's he's willing to sell. He'll let me know tomorrow what else he can find. Made my week and it's not even Monday.

Ninny paid $100 for his in 1972. He always had cool stuff like an orange '66 Karmann Ghia he got in a trade in exchange for a used hang glider he found near Ellenville, NY and a kayak that same summer. Some people are just born lucky.

That sounds good!

My friend Joe "Ninny" had a real one. It had a sunburst orange paint job. The GS kit sells for a whole lot more than he paid for the real thing.

I was a longtime regular at the various Blarney Stones and Clancy's on Second & Third Aves. They didn't serve English beer. The best Blarney Stone location was across the street from 747 Third Ave. That's where Playboy had its NY offices from the late '60s to late '80s. All kinds of hot babes from there would hang out at the Stone.

Red Stripe is great to wash down a beef or goat roti. Yeah, "connoisseurs" like to make up all kinds of bloviated descriptions. Just saying, "It tastes great" isn't enough to hook some equally pretentious schmuck looking for swill. Ever have a Black & Tan? Half a mug of Miller and the other half Guinness Stout.

Check in the "Model Trucks" section under "Truck Kit News & Reviews" and "On The Workbench: "Pickups, Vans, SUV's & Light Commercial". Those are the places to look.

You're my kind of beer drinker, Steve. Eh.....Seems I left my wallet at Dingy Dan's in Rockaway Beach.....First round's on you. If you haven't already try Presidente, a pilsner from the Dominican Republic. Crisp, dry and tastes like a good German or Czech pils. These Polish beers are excellent, too.

Nothing beats a real German lagers, hefeweizen, bock/doppelbock or a Czech Pilsner. The microbrew-produced imitations are less than second rate compared to the real thing. There are loads of microbreweries here. Their stuff is too heavy on the quirky-new-take on-classic-beers philosophy which, in my opinion, isn't an improvement. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

This is my take, Steve. You need to lower your standards and go to dive bars. I do and love'em. Heck, I can get Miller, Schaefer, Rheingold, Ballantine XXX and, an old Brooklyn staple which is being brewed again by the original family, Piels Real Draft. I like the occasional Champale. All theses beverages bring back slightly blurred memories of my reckless, carefree teenage years when my friends and I would hang out in the local gin mills with our fake I.D. cards and drink ourselves into a stupor while shooting pool or playing shuffleboard. I stay away from trendy brewhouses because they're ripoff joints selling some obscure, artisanally handcrafted pisswater for 12 bucks a bottle and 15 buck shots; secondly, the clientele frequenting these joints are pretentious buttwipes.

Here's a film, made in 1953, by Raymond Abrashkin, Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin titled "Little Fugitive". It's about a little boy's day in Coney Island. It's a fantastic time capsule view of Coney, and Brooklyn street scenes, in the early '50s. The more things change, the more they stay the same. You'll even see the Parachute Jump in operation. Details about this wonderful movie here.

Only if you're W.C. Fields

They go great with an ice cold Miller High-Life or Rheingold Extra Dry (Yup, its available again. I get it at a distributor in Borough Park ).

2773-0608 is from the 1990s reissue of Monogram's 1939 Chevy Sedan/Delivery kit I get this for 912-5 still checking the other numbers.

In the bigger scheme of things, yes.

Yow! Too cool, man!

Taking the scenic route?

Bill, it ain't garbage if you can eat it and tastes good. I made a pizza with sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms and plenty of ANCHOVIES!

Talking with somebody familiar with this dope, he's doing a 17 1/2 - 25 year concurrent stretch for theft and possession of stolen government instruments, mail theft, possession of stolen checks and forgery in your neck of the woods at Sandstone FCI. Don't bend over to pick up the soap, slick.

Ten years ago, there was a temp carrier delivering mail on my block. At the same time he began working the route, my Workers' Compensation checks weren't arriving. The insurance carrier for the company I worked for at the time refused to direct deposit them, saying they didn't direct deposit WC payments. I called the insurer and told them my checks weren't arriving. I got a bunch of happy horsepoop from them and was told they were sent out. This was going on for nine weeks. One afternoon, I went to check my mailbox and saw the carrier with his girlfriend who, for whatever reason, always accompanied him. I asked about my checks and he told me to ask somebody who gives a flying ****. I looked at him and said I ought to smack his head off his shoulders for being a smartass. I went upstairs and called the Postmaster for Brooklyn and told her about the situation. She put me in touch with the Postal Police and they placed a surveillance team on the carrier. BANG! One afternoon, they tailed him to a nearby cash checking place where he tried to cash not only all of my missing checks (over $11,000 up to that point), but another 22grand in Social Security checks stolen from a woman in my building.