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    The Ventures/Days of Doo Wop

    In about 1960, my parents dumped my sister and me off at a rock-n-roll concert at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis. Headliners included The Crests, Johnny and the Hurricanes, maybe Bobby Rydell, and ........ Neil Sedaka. In 1970 my sister took me to The Apollo Theater to see Martha and the...
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    Mayor Mamdani Budget

    https://nypost.com/2025/09/29/us-news/jpmorgan-chase-now-employs-more-workers-in-texas-than-ny-top-city-biz-advocate-calls-it-scary-development/ And, like me, none of them has any clue what a state income tax form looks like.
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    Longview Fire Department Gets the Long View

    Can you top this?
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    Bike Lanes

    Sounds like folks in New York and Houston are on the same page about this topic. If you look up "Entitled @$$hole" on the internet, they have a picture of a bike rider Some have raised the idea of a hunting season.
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    The Ventures/Days of Doo Wop

    Mitch Ryder turns 81 years old today.
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    Fort Bend CO, TX 02/23/26

    Eleven years ago, Deputy Lewis had to jump off a bridge to avoid being hit by his own patrol car in another freeway accident. He fell thirty feet and survived. This time he was not so fortunate...
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    2/23/26 Brooklyn All Hands Box 0939

    About three blocks around the corner at 404 Tompkins Avenue the Teddy Bear was born in 1902. The owner of a candy store there was intrigued by the hunting story of Teddy Roosevelt who refused to shoot a tied up bear by a guide in Mississippi and created a toy bear. It was so successful that he...
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    2/16/26 Manhattan 10-43 Code 4 Box 8780

    The Queensboro Bridge was designed by Henry Hornbostel (1867-1961), who also designed the Williamsburg and Hellgate Bridges. A graduate of Columbia University, he designed 220 buildings around the country during his long career; half of them in Western Pennsylvania. And, the fire service trivia...
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    Winter Storm Hernando NYC 2/22/26 - 2/23/26

    I'm ready too!
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    Connecticut Volunteer Fire Department Shuts Down

    Were things frantic in Yantic?
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    Houston FD Another Classic Job in the Bloody Fifth

    Well then those guys were lucky most of their fires were in Gulf Coast shotguns. In the late 1970's I was taking pictures of old Station 19 at Gregg and New Orleans Streets (across the street from the present quarters and next to Phyllis Wheatley High School), mid-afternoon, 95 degrees out...
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    Houston FD Another Classic Job in the Bloody Fifth

    Considering that in 2025 there were 143 days in Houston where the temperature was 90 degrees or higher (humidity will be 60 to 80%), this seems counterproductive.
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    2/16/26 Manhattan 10-43 Code 4 Box 8780

    Each year in the US, the majority of poisonous snake envenomation incidents occur in young, adult males. Stupidity, poor judgement and the use of the phrase "Here, hold my beer!" are found in all socio-economic groups, but are found most commonly in the above demographic.
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    Houston FD Another Classic Job in the Bloody Fifth

    Early this morning... https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2026/02/16/firefighters-pull-woman-from-burning-apartment-building-in-northeast-houston/ https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/legion-street-apartment-fire-investigation-houston/285-5f98b948-adcd-4960-8a81-e89dd5a4ef71...
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    Connecticut Volunteer Fire Department Shuts Down

    A disagreement on the fireground? I am shocked...shocked! I only heard the stories, but I would have loved to have seen the late Dick Hannon provide a critique, in person, to some hapless Assistant Chief about his fireground command decisions.
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    Oswego, NY Third Alarm Burns Wall Street

    The Novelis aluminum plant in Oswego, as noted above, sustained serious fires on September 16 and November 20, 2025. Right now, repairs are expected to completed by late June. Direct damages are expected to cost at least $255 million. It is hoped that full production will be on line by...
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    Connecticut Volunteer Fire Department Shuts Down

    Of course...Tell us who has the axe to grind that's more important?
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    2/10/26 Manhattan All Hands Box 0683

    Hey! Less work for the meter maids.
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    Houston Midtown Police Chase

    Sorry Loo. Your overpriced Philadelphia lawyers would be wasting their time. "We don't need no gun control around here." "What we need is thug control."
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    Houston Midtown Police Chase

    This afternoon: https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/houston-police-officer-wreck-midtown/285-fa748c36-735b-4f9b-806c-856eabca39a9 About thirty years ago, the building directly behind this building that got hit- on the Milam Street side- was a commercial plumbing outfit. One evening after...
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