1958 F.W.D.

MikeD where in the City are you? I was born and raised in Huntingdon Valley within sight of the Far Northeast and then when I was trying to get hired onto Philly Fire I owned a house in Castor Gardens near Castor & Cottman.

Mike, maybe it's the wrinkles, too???? JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!

The Leithsville (company 61) and Se-Wy-Co (company 18) was supposed to be a friendly merger. The fire took place 2 days after the administrative paperwork was signed by all parties. The Chief of Se Wy Co used it as an opportunity to drive the members of Leithsville out, replaced the entire board (which was supposed to have been made up from members of both organizations) with his own people, and basically swallowed up what was remaining of Leithsville. It got pretty ugly there for a while, so much so that the new station could not even get built due to court battles involving who would get the insurance money and how it would be spent. That all got hammered out, and the new station is just NOW finally getting towards the completion phase. Too bad there are no members of Leithsville left to staff it.

bulldog you forgot to include that it's really for Leithsville which Se Wy Co swallowed in a hostile takeover.

Barry has Chat all fixed. A whole bunch of us were in and out tonight, having a good old time telling lies. THANKS BARRY!!!! Maybe we could start something up.....Let's shoot for this coming Sunday at 8 or 9pm EST......

Ken my wife was bitching the other day (4 months pregnant) that she was tired, her back hurt, her feet hurt, etc etc.....I said "Qwitcher Cryin. Back in the day, Pioneer Wimmin would have spat the kid out, and been out plowing the field the next day and still had dinner on the table." The couch is pretty comfy if you take the back cushions off.

Scrapple is made up of all the shit that falls on the floor while they are making hot dogs.

Correct!!! Well done. 243 is in Bensonhurst, Bklyn.

Scrapple, swiss and onion......I am intrigued......I know what I am ordering at the diner next time I go for breffist!!!!!

Two examples of FDNY CF Macks with Ward 79 bodies and 4-door rear cab enclosures. FDNY purchased these after Mack ceased production of complete fire bodies. Ward 79 continued until they closed down- which is when ITE of Hagerstown, Maryland took over for a short time until Mack stopped production of the CF Chassis alltogether. Both photos by me.

No wonder Slpwlkr is scratching his head about those plates over the teeth.......He's never pushed snow before!!! LOL

Yessir....There were four of us all in at the same time trying to talk to each other. But we were talking to ourselves....HA!

You probably think of it as "Ragu" or "Francesco Rinaldi" or something like that.

Correct. Seems that we all had the same problem- I would type "hey can you guys see this?" and no one would reply.

No. 6.5hp Toro. I believe the short block is Husqvarna. Oh. Shit. Swedish. G-DAMMIT!!!!!

Dinner tonight was the leftover prime rib I made for yesterday's dinner, but augmented with fresh cheese ravioli, red gravy and bread purchased on Monday at an Italian Shop in Brooklyn. It was deelishess!!!!!

You just have not lived until you have had an egg/scrapple/american cheese on a kaiser roll sammich.

Heh. No shit. We're practically neighbors. I live in Hellertown, up here above Quakertown. Born and raised in Huntingdon Valley. I work in Chalfont 3 days a week. The other two I am in Hatfield.

Hey Rich, I see "Jamison." Is this Bucks County Jamison- as in the Jamison between Warrington and Warwick?????

Yeah I kinda thought it was meant for typing messages kind of chat, but now I'm wondering if you need to have a mic and speakers? If so I'm out........LOL.......Does anyone know any more about this version of chat????

Well now it appears that the majority of this storm is going to hit the New England states. Here in Eastern Pa they are forecasting 4-8" but just wait I bet it changes between now and Friday. In any case the snowblower (the one that has a REAL 2-stroke engine, one that's meant to be a 2-stroke) has been serviced and is ready to go, The garage has been straightened out and is ready to accept the WifeMobile.

Damn communist swedes.

Well, I can't figure it the fook out.....????? Too many moving parts I guess.

Yeah I see a few guys in there now, and am trying to talk but no one is seeing my messages????? I see dougsr, jmartell and superdog......

Anyone wanna meet up tonight, say around 9:00pm EST??