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There have been a couple of books published recently on organized crime in the Lower East Side at the beginning of the twentieth century. A review of one noted that every address from Number one to 250 Allen Street contained a prostitution operation. Just one more reason to use your PPE.

Bob Newhart recorded "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart" in April 1960 at the carpet joint Tidelands Motor Inn on South Main Street across from Rice University in Houston. Just down South Main was the Shamrock Hotel. The hotel was built by oil wild-catter tycoon Glenn McCarthy (1907-1988)...

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/07/26/mayor-john-whitmire-introduces-thomas-munoz-as-chief-of-houston-fire-department/ He had been rumored to get the job for months. Outgoing Chief Sam Pena (a nice guy) had an impossible job under the prior Mayor Turner who had hired him. The...

I wonder what the record is for the most NSO's received for a single incident. This has to be a leading contender. NSO's were also referred to as R & R's (received and retained).

From FDNY "Regulations For The Uniformed Force" Telegraph Signal 9-2: To advise the dispatcher of a false alarm, the officer of the company first to arrive shall send from the box signal 9-2, followed by the number of the box. At least one engine company and one ladder company shall remain at...

In 1900, the Bronx was a two truck borough; both in the 14th Battalion Ladder 17 at 589 East 143rd Street Their district ran from Harlem River, 144th Street, Willis Ave, 138th Street, Alexander Ave, to Harlem River. Ladder 19 at 886 Forest Avenue Their district ran from East River and Cabot...

I'm told that in Baltimore County CAD and MDT's were down for the duration. Also, they lost the ability to alert stations. Everybody including the vollies had to go back to standing housewatch. That must have been a shock for the youngsters. My brother was taking the Delta redeye from LA to...

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General Joe Engle passed away last week in Houston at age 91. A test pilot and astronaut, he was the last surviving X-15 pilot and the only astronaut to pilot both the X-15 and the Space Shuttle. He was also the only person to hand fly the Space shuttle from Mach 25 to full stop on the runway...

Every summer, NFL owners bring law enforcement and financial experts to camp to give mandatory talks to players on the dangers of gambling, partying, social media, scam artists, "ladies", bums and hangers on, drug dealers, and DUI. It must do some good. There have been plenty of articles in...

Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys died last week at age 76 of Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was born in Philadelphia and both his parents were WWII veterans. The group's first hit (in 1977) was "Y'all Come Back Saloon"' He was lead vocal on "Elvira" in 1981 and :Bobbie Sue" in 1982.

"Are you responsible for other things besides putting out fires or, I should say, extinguishing fires?" she asks. We have had commissioners in this job, I think to myself, who would not be capable of phrasing a question so well. Dennis Smith: " Report From Engine Co. 82"

According to the Congressional Budget Office, The Inflation Reduction Act will cut Medicare spending by a quarter of a trillion dollars through 2031. The same law has already cut Medicare Advantage benefits by $800 per senior over the last two years. This Act, with drug price fixing, is...

Thanks. I was told that by an old Squad 1 guy. I guess it is possible to pull someone's leg through the internet. You would think I would know better by now. That's why I asked. So what was Squad 1's assignment when they were the only squad company?

After the congestion pricing dust-up, let's look at the time/speed issues in southern Manhattan, -40% of all vehicles cross 60th Street - 200,000 vehicles come from the Lincoln/Holland tunnels - 385,000 come from east side bridges - In May, 2024 the average taxi speed was 4.5 miles per hour...

If the purpose of this equipment is to rescue all the sane people at Harvard, I would note that it is entirely too large.

In addition to swimming issues, The Marines learned the hard way about neap tides at the invasion of Tarawa. I'm sure swimming and clothing contributed to the huge loss of life mere feet from the pier on the Chicago River at Clark Street too.

June 15th was the 120th anniversary of the burning of the General Slocum- prior to 9/11, the largest loss of life by fire in New York City history. The vast majority of the passengers were women and children as were the vast majority of victims. Many of these drowned in shallow water after...

The State of Texas made red light cameras illegal for two reasons: - It is flagrantly Un-American! - Analysis of red light cameras' performance showed that their use decreased the incidence of intersection T- bone accidents...but it greatly increased the number of rear-end accidents caused by...