Time for a Get Together

svd385 said:
Maybe we will be able to get Willy D. to try Roll N Roaster in place of Mickey D's
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  Steve "svd385", sounds like a plan to me. I'm always willing to try a new dish. And that sounds fine to me.

  But how about yourself, you gonna try to meet up with us. Even just for the chow, if not the tour.
 
My current plan is to venture out there on Thursday afternoon and  stay till chechout time on Sunday morning.  I just have to get off my duff and make the reservations.  On my way home, depending on how I'm feeling I might stop off at Broad Channel and Richmond Engine.
 
svd385 said:
My current plan is to venture out there on Thursday afternoon and  stay till chechout time on Sunday morning.  I just have to get off my duff and make the reservations.  On my way home, depending on how I'm feeling I might stop off at Broad Channel and Richmond Engine.
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  Great, you've been with us for many of the other Get Togethers. So get off that duff and do it. I'll give you a call soon to remind you.

  Big Hugs.

  By the way, from what I gather so far, once again it's more like a "Senior Citizens Outing". I think the "youngest" member so far to join us is about 55 years old. We have had a few younger individuals inquire though.
 
nfd2004 said:
  Those planning to attend, so far I have (I will update this list as I get the names):
        1) CFDMarshall - Erwin E.
        2) fdce54 - Frank D.
        3) mack - Joe M.
        4) STAjo - Joe W.
        5) guitarman314 - Tom E.
        6) NFD2004 - Willy D.
        7) Atlas - Ken F.
        8.) Anesti -          (Saturday tour and dinner)
        9) Parkave32 - Bill J.  (Friday dinner and Saturday Tour/Dinner)

  Site members "Anesti" and "Parkave32" will be joining us for the entire tour on Saturday. Great, and they have been added to our updated list of members attending.

  Please don't forget, we hope to get a full count by Oct 1st so that all the details can be worked out and final plans made. Just send me a pm with your name and a phone number to reach you. And I'll get back to you.

 

           
                       
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I trust all will have a great time at the get together. I had planned on making the next one which is this one but I have to come up from Florida the following week for the 280-132 Centennial,so that being said everyone have a great time as I was looking forward to meeting the members on this board. 
Jack O'Reilly    AKA JOR176      :)
 
CFDMarshal said:
I don't know who Erwin E is but Elwood E is the real CFDMarshal!
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  I know who you are Rev. I just wanted to see if you were paying attention.

  Jack "JOR176", yes, we'd sure like to have you join us. Come on up a week ahead of time and you could stay at the Willy D Estate. It's no Holiday Inn, but it's a place to flop for a few nights.
 
nfd2004 said:
Okay guys, here is what you've been waiting for. I just want to say that site member "Atlas" did ALL the work. I know he put a lot of time and effort into this.

The hotel we will be meeting at in the morning to start the tour at 0900 hrs is:
        Best Western
        3003 Emmons Ave at Nostrand Ave.
        Brooklyn, NY
        (718) 769-5000
  I plan on staying there Thursday and Friday night. The price per room/per night is about $179.99 plus tax. AAA or AARP etc, it is about $161.99 plus tax/per night.
  That is where we will leave from each morning at 9 am. As I understand it, there is a breakfast at the hotel.

  Friday October 18, 2013.
    0900 - leave hotel for tour.
    0910 - 0930 - Photo Stop - "Brooklyn Wall of Rememberance" at MCU Park, West 19th St and Surf Ave
    0950 - 1100 - Squad 1 - 788 Union Ave between 6th and 7th, Brooklyn.
    1130 -            Lunch at Fort Hamilton Base, Visit Sgt Chris Engledrum Bluff
    1330 - 1430 - Engine 329 - 402 Beach 169 St at Rockaway Point Blvd.
    1440 -            Rockaway Point Volunteer Fire Dept. 204-26 Rockaway Point Blvd. - Tour Sandy Damage area
                          Ride through of Beach 130 St and Beach 116 St - Sandy Damage area
    1700/after    - Dinner at Fort Hamilton Army Base

  Saturday October 19, 2013
    0900 - leave hotel for tour
    0945 - 1115 - Marine 9 - 355 Front St at Canal St.
    1130 - 1145 - Photo Stop - 911 Memorial Site/St George
    1200 - 1300 - Lunch - Perkins Restaurant - Forest Ave and Route 440
    1315 - 1410 - Engine 154 - 3730 Vistory Blvd and Burke Ave.
    1415 - 1500 - Oceanic H & L 1 Vol. Fire Dept. - 4010 Victory Blvd at Vets Rd
    1515 - 1610 - Engine 168/EMS Battalion 23 (newest fire house/EMS station)
    1630 -        - Engine 160/Rescue 5 - 1850 Clove Rd and Targee St
      ?              - Dinner at Fort Hamilton

  We would like to get a confirmed head count by October 1st. Send me a message on this site with your name and a phone number to reach you (if I don't already have it). I will add the user names here as I get them.

  We plan to car pool from the hotel area. Those not familiar, there are tolls to cross the bridge to Staten Island on Saturday.

  If you fly in, JFK Airport isn't too far from the hotel.

  As a reminder, we will ask for a donation for our two charities.

  Dinner at Fort Hamilton Army Base cost $5.00 for soup and sandwich, or $10.00 for the buffet. "It's really good'.

  We have a schedule to follow. We hope to follow that schedule. You can attend one day or both days. Just let me know.

  Simple rules to go by. Good conduct. No booze until after the tours.

  If you have a GPS bring it and don't forget to bring your camera and a scanner if you want.

  Just a good idea to always lock your car doors and belongings.

  If you have any questions feel free to give me a "pm" or I'm sure you can ask "Atlas"

  "Atlas" put a lot of work into this. All so that we can get together, have a good time, a few laughs, learn a little about the FDNY, and have some good chow. I appreciate what he did.

  Those planning to attend, so far I have (I will update this list as I get the names):
        1) CFDMarshall - Elwood E.
        2) fdce54 - Frank D.
        3) mack - Joe M.
        4) STAjo - Joe W.
        5) guitarman314 - Tom E.
        6) NFD2004 - Willy D.
        7) Atlas - Ken F.
        8) Anesti -  (Saturday Tour)
        9) Parkave32 - Bill J.  (Friday dinner and Saturday tour) 
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  Just a reminder, we would like to get a head count by Tuesday Oct 1st. So if you are planning on joining us, please let us know.

  And don't do what this dummy did. First, when I booked the hotel, I had made a mistake and only booked it for ONE NIGHT and not the TWO. But when I went to change my reservations, I couldn't do that. So I called their toll free number (1-800-780-7234) and told them I had trouble changing it. Turns out I booked the room for SEPTEMBER 18th and NOT OCTOBER 18th. "I wondered why I got charged for it already". So now I have to call the hotel and try to plead my case to get my credit back.

  I have to wonder, If things are this bad already, what's gonna happen when I turn "39" ? ? ? And now I know how Johnny D (johnd248) must feel.

 
 
  Jack "JOR176", yes, we'd sure like to have you join us. Come on up a week ahead of time and you could stay at the Willy D Estate. It's no Holiday Inn, but it's a place to flop for a few nights.
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Willie, Thanks for the offer,I still can't make it as I have commitments here in FL. I also have a place to stay as my daughter lives in SI.
 
Update on members attending.

  CFDMarshall - Elwood E.
  fdce54 - Frank D.
  mack - Joe M.
  STAjo - Joe W.
  guitarman314 - Tom E.
  NFD2004 - Willy D.
  Atlas - Ken F.
  Anesti - (Saturday tour only)
  Parkave32 - Bill J. (Excluding Saturday evening dinner)
 
The camera should be no problem unless you are in a sensitive area. Where we will be, it should be okay. 
 
nfd2004 said:
Okay guys, here is what you've been waiting for. I just want to say that site member "Atlas" did ALL the work. I know he put a lot of time and effort into this.

The hotel we will be meeting at in the morning to start the tour at 0900 hrs is:
        Best Western
        3003 Emmons Ave at Nostrand Ave.
        Brooklyn, NY
        (718) 769-5000
  I plan on staying there Thursday and Friday night. The price per room/per night is about $179.99 plus tax. AAA or AARP etc, it is about $161.99 plus tax/per night.
  That is where we will leave from each morning at 9 am. As I understand it, there is a breakfast at the hotel.

  Friday October 18, 2013.
    0900 - leave hotel for tour.
    0910 - 0930 - Photo Stop - "Brooklyn Wall of Rememberance" at MCU Park, West 19th St and Surf Ave
    0950 - 1100 - Squad 1 - 788 Union Ave between 6th and 7th, Brooklyn.
    1130 -            Lunch at Fort Hamilton Base, Visit Sgt Chris Engledrum Bluff
    1330 - 1430 - Engine 329 - 402 Beach 169 St at Rockaway Point Blvd.
    1440 -            Rockaway Point Volunteer Fire Dept. 204-26 Rockaway Point Blvd. - Tour Sandy Damage area
                          Ride through of Beach 130 St and Beach 116 St - Sandy Damage area
    1700/after    - Dinner at Fort Hamilton Army Base

  Saturday October 19, 2013
    0900 - leave hotel for tour
    0945 - 1115 - Marine 9 - 355 Front St at Canal St.
    1130 - 1145 - Photo Stop - 911 Memorial Site/St George
    1200 - 1300 - Lunch - Perkins Restaurant - Forest Ave and Route 440
    1315 - 1410 - Engine 154 - 3730 Vistory Blvd and Burke Ave.
    1415 - 1500 - Oceanic H & L 1 Vol. Fire Dept. - 4010 Victory Blvd at Vets Rd
    1515 - 1610 - Engine 168/EMS Battalion 23 (newest fire house/EMS station)
    1630 -        - Engine 160/Rescue 5 - 1850 Clove Rd and Targee St
      ?              - Dinner at Fort Hamilton

  We would like to get a confirmed head count by October 1st. Send me a message on this site with your name and a phone number to reach you (if I don't already have it). I will add the user names here as I get them.

  We plan to car pool from the hotel area. Those not familiar, there are tolls to cross the bridge to Staten Island on Saturday.

  If you fly in, JFK Airport isn't too far from the hotel.

  As a reminder, we will ask for a donation for our two charities.

  Dinner at Fort Hamilton Army Base cost $5.00 for soup and sandwich, or $10.00 for the buffet. "It's really good'.

  We have a schedule to follow. We hope to follow that schedule. You can attend one day or both days. Just let me know.

  Simple rules to go by. Good conduct. No booze until after the tours.

  If you have a GPS bring it and don't forget to bring your camera and a scanner if you want.

  Just a good idea to always lock your car doors and belongings.

  If you have any questions feel free to give me a "pm" or I'm sure you can ask "Atlas"

  "Atlas" put a lot of work into this. All so that we can get together, have a good time, a few laughs, learn a little about the FDNY, and have some good chow. I appreciate what he did.

  Those planning to attend, so far I have (I will update this list as I get the names):
        1) CFDMarshall - Elwood E.
        2) fdce54 - Frank D.
        3) mack - Joe M.
        4) STAjo - Joe W.
        5) guitarman314 - Tom E.
        6) NFD2004 - Willy D.
        7) Atlas - Ken F.
        8) Anesti -  (Saturday Tour Only)
        9) Parkave32 - Bill J.  (Excluding Saturday evening dinner)
        10) svd385 - Steve D. 
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  I would like to add, Steve D "svd385" to the list of members for this Get Together. I've known Steve I believe since the first Get Together. A Great Guy. Glad he is joining us. I know most of the others also. Some good people. A little old, but good. "Anesti", if you don't mind, looks like you'll be with a group of Senior Citizens. We may need you to remind us of where we are supposed to go next. Or in case one or two of us doesn't remember who we are. So it's important that you know exactly who we are.

  I believe the plans are made. "Atlas" (Kenny F.) did a great job in organizing this ENTIRE event. Let's hope for some good weather. A safe trip for those traveling from a distance. I will be sure to contact everybody a few days before. The Best Western Hotel will be our morning meeting place. I think 8:30 am would be a good time for everybody to be in the lobby of the hotel. And "Atlas" has advised me that we will be on a planned schedule and we need to follow that. I know from the past that sometimes it is tough to do. But in order to see what has been planned, we all need to follow that.

  Just for future consideration, maybe for future Get Togethers, we can plan them as a regular thing for the Third Friday/Saturday of October. It is a pretty good time of the year. The temperatures are usually confortable in New York then and most of the tourist are back home giving us a better hotel rate. That way people can make some plans.
 
This picture has to be from a Willy D's nightmare:



I am sure Willy D ate a Big Mac or two at this location.  Sad.
 
mack said:
This picture has to be from a Willy D's nightmare:



I am sure Willy D ate a Big Mac or two at this location.  Sad.
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  You're right "mack", I did eat there and it is a nightmare. But there'll be no Micky Ds on October 18th or 19th. Unless I have to make one of those Drive Up midnight runs.

  But I know a few of these guys and I may not be the only one making that midnight run. They are probably programming their GPS right now.
 
Bxboro said:
Word has it " Willy D" has been spotted at a Wendys !!!!!
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We ate together at a Wendys on 3rd Ave. just below the XBXEXWY about a year ago.Somebody must
have ratted us out
 
mikeindabronx said:
Bxboro said:
Word has it " Willy D" has been spotted at a Wendys !!!!!
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We ate together at a Wendys on 3rd Ave. just below the XBXEXWY about a year ago.Somebody must
have ratted us out
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You won't believe this, but I think I was there at the same time with my girlfriend. This Wendy's is not far from home. I don't know if you guys were buffing but I remember saying to her that I thought you guys were. I was tempted to go over and ask, but I chickened out.
 
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