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And here's to another Happy Birthday Boy, Mr. Willy! Take everything in moderation, including moderation...Happy to you my friend.

Happy and Healthy Birthday wishes JK, Here’s to hell – may our stay there be as much fun as our way there! Enjoy your special day.

But only one had a push button transmission!

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ST. PATRICK’S PARADE THE LAST HOO-RAH After I retired for a few years, on my bucket list was to stroll down Fifth Avenue on St. Patrick’s Day in 2007 for just one more time and revisit the magical euphoria of celebrating with the Brothers. As I assembled among the young beaming faces full...

A legendary television host known as Cap’n Jack (McCarthy) had an afternoon kiddie show featuring Popeye cartoons and did the ‘live’ report from an adjacent booth next to the route. Cap’n Jack was the personification of the St. Patrick’s Parade and the television anchor covering the parade for...

ST. PATRICK'S DAY At the end of the long dreary winter season, guys looked forward to the promise of spring and the annual NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Fifth Avenue in the heart of Manhattan. The St. Patrick’s Parade in NYC is the largest in the world with over 150,000 marchers and two...

NYC FIRE DEPARTMENT EMERALD SOCIETY PIPES AND DRUMS The storied Pipes and Drums is the heart and soul of the FDNY and the largest bagpipe band in the country, the highest calling is to play in the line-of-duty funerals for a fellow firefighter. The group started in 1962 with 12 bagpipers, is...

343 Flags The FDNY provides a somber reminder and is a continuing focal point of the revelers along the route. 343 firefighters carrying an American flag, each representing one of the firefighters who died when the towers fell on 9/11. And in the caps of each firefighter bearing a flag was the...

Wow, how about that! Many thanks, thats very nice of you Willy, I truly appreciate your kind thoughts. No hero here, just a very blessed guy by GODs grace. I've been blessed with great friends, family and wonderful memories more than anyone can ask for...when asked if my cup is half full or half...

Firehouse door opening/closing bells are different from the turnout bells we used. To hook bells up to your firehouse door is easy, any electrician can help you with that.

Had the pleasure of working with Joe. He was the ECC of my groups with Capt. Tough Timmy Gallagher, I was his b/u ECC whenever he had to do UFA errands and go on vacation. He was one of the very few who returned to his home company after promotion as a boss. Many years later after I left E 88 I...