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Yes, you're correct Willie, "Johnny" was an EMS participant.
Check out this video of the Kitchen Table
With retired member Jay Walsh (WarWagon i think is his user name)
Jay is a retired member of the FDNY
Is this where the term 86'ed came from?ON THIS DATE: AUGUST 6...
1979 I was appointed to Washington DC Fire Department...
1982 I resigned from Washington DC FD...
1982 I was appointed to FDNY...
2002 I retired from FDNY ( due to 9/11 )
...Aug 6, I celebrate my special day!...Yee haa!
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Good point I like the logic...and actually I know the answer. When I was in L 5, our hangout after work was Chumley's Bar in Greenwich Village. Back in the prohibition days it was a speak easy with two exits, one entrance. On Barrow street you entered and exited through a garden, the other exit was on 86 Bedford Street. The door on Bedford Street had no markings, just an 86. If a raid was impending, the "bartenders" would tell every one to "86 it", meaning scram out that secret door. (Google Chumley's, NYC for the scoop.)Is this where the term 86'ed came from?
Ah, not a secret, if you came in and said you were a fireman, from anywhere, your $$ was no good, behind the bar all members of E 24 and L 5.!I was "shown" the door at Chumley's by some guys from Jersey City during a pub crawl in November 2001.
You'll be pleased to know that there's a Houston District Chief (who I think is actually working today) who claims he drank for free there by helping the bartenders install an air conditioner.
First vacations in a year. Next stop Indiana Dunes NP and then on to Pittsburgh.Lebby, you sure are making the rounds.
I understand that about two weeks ago you stopped by to see "68jk09" down there in N.C.
So I guess it's vacation time from your very busy days of the FDNY/EMS
Certainly "well deserved that's for sure".
Maybe (hopefully) you and myself, along with a few others will be meeting up in October in what I call; "the Sixth Boro of the New York City" - Yonkers.
PNC Park in Pittsburgh is a must from what I hearFirst vacations in a year. Next stop Indiana Dunes NP and then on to Pittsburgh.
They're playing the mariners this weekend. My wife's best friend lives out there, so we go often, I'll definitely go when the yanks or Mets are playing. Soto had a good showing last night.PNC Park in Pittsburgh is a must from what I hear