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Comments about billy

There are 82 comments about "billy"

Alan Kupperberg: Yeh, Richie, FEH! Wit' d'hand! Sometimes when my father smelled a bad oder he'd say, "Lima, Peru!" really drawing out the Peru. He might also say, "Billy Eckstine!" in the same circumstances. ......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Warren S. : Jeeeezzzz... guys! Richie... Joe, thanks for the support on this one. Once I had my responding comment out there, I couldn't return for a while just to cycle it out of my system a tad.......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Allan: Richie, What year did you graduate from 167? Me - 59. Judy also had another brother I think. We lived in same apartment house and same floor. I think I recognize the name Joel Bercy. Right......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

RICHIE .RUBIN: BACK TO CROWN HTS,REMEMBER:`BILLY BOYS' CANDYSTORE?GREFF'S DELI BOTH ST,JOHNS PL. &`SKIN-NECK-TITTY'AVE[LOCAL JOKE,AS MANY OF US KID'S COULDN'T SPELL THE REAL STREET NAME!WHEN THE B'KLYN DODGERS WON THE 1955 WORLD SERIES ALL DELIS GAVE OUT FREE`FRANKS' & PIZZA JOINTS FREE SLICES!WHAT A......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

river otters21 girl: I'd like to add "opened" to "Billy Penns hat" to the last sentence in my last post....

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

river otters21 girl: I had read somewhere that the decline of the neighborhoods is a part of the "Billy Penn curse". No Philly sports team won a championship since 1983 and since that time period Kensington......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Anna: I was born and raised in Kensington (K&A) right acrossed from McPherson Square. My family still lives there, and my children grew up there! When I ws growing up in the late 60's and......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

judy holland: Lived in kensington from 1959 to1976. went to Visitation and graduated in 64.Looking for classmates,Yvonne and Billy King,Sharkey,Jimmy Coolen,John Kennedy, Joan Kirby,Bobby Bowers,ect,etc,ect.Keep me posted if anyone knows....

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

charlie from K & A: Grew up on Albert St. and went to H. A. Brown and Visitation. Went to Ascension for 7 and 8 grades, then to North Catholic. Lived over top of McGee's at G and......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

RonS: This blog brings back a lot of memories,I grew up on 2800 Swanson st in 60's & 70's.I remember delivering orders for customers at DanDee's as I was to young to drink at Viola's.Last time......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Katrin: Hey - Funny: my journey started with reading stuff about Leftover Crack, squatting and mole people while actually I should have prepared a talk about Billy Wilder and Some Like It Hot. Well, anyway, finally......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Re: Wow,this brings back memories.I lived in Kensington from the time I was born untill 2004.First in the area of Frankford & Coral then Silver St Between Emerald & Frankford Ave.I traveled all over the area......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

julie: hi just looked at your site,realy good,although i am not a barlicker i am an earbier (oops)i have lived here most of my life.Was hoping someone might have some photos of the magestic(bop club days)I......

in response to: Barnoldswick by Gus Brennan

mburgos: omg... i wonder how many of you i know... i grew up all over kensington... and still kinda am ... the steak house wanderer was staliking about was billy's steak house... they robbed and......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Cyril The bank was at the top of Caroline Street, was Martin's then Barclays,the wallpaper shop was Lupton's, then a dry cleaner's called Irlam Valet Service, further along the road their was Billy's (I think......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

michele bangs: i'm so glad i found this site! i was born in kensington and raised in kensington.Married in visitation church, raised my three son's there.i divorced 20 years ago, and went back to my maiden name.......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Post-84 New Jack: Thanks for the lolly, W-Bear. I'll be sure to pass it on to my son. He's teething right now and its a bitch. As for you, Bilrock Rolling Thunder Whiter- oops, I mean Writer. You failed......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

karlo: Very progressive comments King Billy. I suppose you think you are speaking on behalf 'true' Loyalism? Does this train of thought epitomise the Loyalist mindset? If so,they have my pity....

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Billy Carbino: the gurken is massive and i thing thay chose the right country and place to put well done builders...

in response to: The Gherkin by Hasslehoff

King Billy: We didn't do very well in IRELAND there are still far too many of you fenian Pope loving bastards living and breathing. Fuck your pope and the IRA. NO SURRENDER....

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Graham Bate: Hi Andy, This thread is a real blast from the past! so many names I recall, Brian Bagshaw, Roy Bamber, Steve Weir and all the history that goes with the town. I come from Irlam myself......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

hairsy: hi norman i lived across the street from alex& billy miller they had red hair i don't know what happened to then but who knows where anybody it now. i talk to the gillis and......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

j smith: so you met a pearly by the name of george major its a shame you were hoodwinked by this man. mr major is not a real pearly king and never as been, sure he can......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

BillyRanger: I was on the bike path between bay 8th street and 17th ave foot bridge. There are some spectacluar sunsets there....

in response to: VZ Sunset by BillyRanger

Billy Ranger: [[img:23538]] ...

in response to: VZ Sunset by BillyRanger

Billy Ranger: No filter I put it on the Sunrise/sunset setting olympus e-510 ...

in response to: VZ Sunset by BillyRanger

EvilGentleman: How I miss good old "Half-lax", as my friends and I used to call it. And especially the concerts. Billy Idol, Iron Maiden and Twisted Sister in the Metro Centre, and Nazareth at the Misty......

in response to: Downtown Halifax by CE

EvilGentleman: Concerned Monster Fan: I never said that the drivers and crews were hillbillies et al. But like pro wrestlers or Jerry Springer, the mass audience has a tendency to be less sophisticated, on average. That is......

in response to: Monster Trucks by EvilGentleman

Concerned Monster Fan: I hate to read these types of articles because of the stereotypes that get associated with the monster trucks. I am a 20 yr old man who is well educated and far from the hillbilly......

in response to: Monster Trucks by EvilGentleman

serlingrod: [[img:19832]] the rockabilly boys at yoyogi park. ...

in response to: Shimokitazawa by serlingrod

Paul Russell: It was once a desirable location. Keith Waterhouse, author of Billy Liar, used to live in that building....

in response to: romantic seaview... by elaine

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: Part IB - Birth - Billyburg's First Hipsters Came From.....Bushwick: Bushwick was mainly pastoral in pre- and post-Revolutionary War Kings County; salt meadows offered excellent grazing. Farming was central to the local economy. However, by the......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

EvilGentleman: Hmmm, well I can hardly consider myself to be an expert on sawblasde art, so all I can recommend is to check out the store in the article, and the ones mentioned above, and decide......

in response to: Sawblade Art by EvilGentleman

mr tthomas mcgowan 2/2/2007: hi tommy here this brings back memories to me i was born in 20 sussex street.4up the pen [1945 ]my pals in the close was ian mc ewan billy logan,bobby park ......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

billy: helllooooo i am highly impressed with this site it really got me thinking!!!!!!! thankyou!!!...

in response to: Prehistoric Construction Worker Emerges From Glacier? by EvilGentleman

JNJ: "I was running in Humboldt Park the other day, as I have for a few years, when 2 Puerto Rican 17ish year olds rammed their bicycles into me. I stepped to them, as it were,......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

S: That was a pretty antagonistic and incoherent post JMJ, and I find it to be consistent with other white racist feelings that I some times experienced from some residents of Humboldt Park. ......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

EvilGentleman: I'm willing to bet you the ownwer of that home is not a farmer from Appalachia named Billy-Bob, nor a member of either the Republican or Conservative parties or the NRA....

in response to: Pink House by CE

EvilGentleman: jack, do not forget June 11, 1958. That was the immortal day when Eddie Cochran released Summertime Blues. The day the music died was still a year in the future, so Buddy Holly, the Big......

in response to: A Little Taste of Screwed & Chopped to Metal Classics by Arthur Mercadante

billy: Wow Dave, great photos. ...

in response to: Abandoned Building Complex by David

belgrade billy : [[img:9718]] Belgrade baloons for new Spring, and fresh start without a dictator. (sorry for double post) ...

in response to: Counter Funeral by belgrade billy

belgrade billy : [[img:9715]] Belgrade baloons for new Spring, and fresh start without a dictator. ...

in response to: Counter Funeral by belgrade billy

Dizzy: I was just looking at places near bushwick avenue... around gates/palmetto. it's really close to the J train (gates avenue) - anyone have any opinions about this? Everyone keeps talking the parts of Bushwick that......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: being a pre-baby boomer and a student of westerns from the 50's, which means i saw them all and the best cowboys were col. tim mc coy and tom mix. of course there is......

in response to: William Bonney: Troublemaker by groovehouse

have u felt...: lalalalalala.blahblahblahblah. Us writers have herd it all b4. A couple of questions I have for la ignoramous. Have u ever smelled the smell of railroad tracks with a mist of "that smell" blended with a......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

Chris: billy i dont believe u have ever been to the UK judging from ur... review of it. I have met many cool americans that apreciate there only allie on the planet and are nice......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Billy: Having lived in both the USA and England, let me tell you a few things. Both countries electoral systems are fucked! None has real proportional representation. And in terms of laws probably both have an equal......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

EvilGentleman: The difficulty of being interested in gangs, opposed to gangs, part of a gang, or even a cop tring to bust gangs is that on the net, the wannabes are able to fake things better.......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

EvilGentleman: Mmmmm, hillbilly possum stew... "Take one possum, run over lightly, repeat as needed till dead. Then tenderize with good 'shine (xxxxx or better) for 120 minutes. For added flavor, leave fur on"...

in response to: Mangey Urban Fox by elaine

grange: there all over the place up here in Owen Sound .. We had to put them up as all the tourists were digging up our yards for dem delicious dew worms BBQ. Now if we......

in response to: Live Bait Vending Machine by Gregory St.Pierre

BillyJoeRayBob: Ya'll relize dat down herre in texsus riding da bike iz da ofence not da garbge trowing. my pa has da guns in betty dats his truck so when he sees one dem personz on......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Leah's third uncle, Uncky Dingle: Leah, we have lots of cow patties out here at your inbred cousin billy bob's farm, that need to be picked up. We can whips them inside the open windows of passing cars...teeheehee. Remember we......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

belgrade billy : Well, You Torontians must celebrate those two nurds, they put You on a World Map. Congratulations, You made it. Peace!...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

billy : You women love to talk the talk. But you cant walk the walk. Need to change the laws from protecting all of you....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Road Raged Motorist Loses: It's great how any comments defending the jackass guy come from obvious hillbilly types and socially backward neanderthals or right thinking people satiring the ignorant apes among us. Most people KNOW the guy is wrong......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

allyo: The painting's actually on the side of a shop. As Peter says - the shop keeper didn't like it but what could he do? I work on both sides of the sectarian divide in Belfast.......

in response to: Black and White by norniron

billy-ann: i think there should be some way of properly defining a series of articles. it would be an interesting new way to navigate the site in my opinion....

in response to: Nepal, 1978 by ian

Anonymous (HANLONE01.IESP.ED.NYU.EDU): On October 27, 2005 we invite you to attend our Blues and Cruise Party festival including Live music, all you can eat BBQ from Schnack, sunset canoe tours of the Gowanus Canal and a visit......

in response to: Springtime @ Gowanus Canal by GGP

LOVE BILLY: how can i get ufo or gen II, oze108 or muk to paint a truck I own??? i live now in brooklyn,, but want to take a peice of this back to n. carolina,,, any......

in response to: Graf Trux 8: NYC by Peter

JJ: "bob with shaved sides which i wore in a rockabilly kind of way" That's kind of the look I've got these days. It's sort of like a Morrissey pompadour with the sides and back shaved......

in response to: Egg and Cheese! Everything! by JJ

elaine: har, but remember, kids, i am 20 yrs older now, and have a grown up look, so don't be thinking i am still that altlooking. i know this actually ##seems## v off topic, but it......

in response to: Egg and Cheese! Everything! by JJ

GGP: Hillbilly crack? That's an interesting theory...a recent article in the local paper mentioned that the neighboring county leads the state in crystal meth production sites....

in response to: Rural Schoolin\' by GGP

Billychic: I've heard so much about this Krazee Kat...I gotta go see my brotha rock the house! His fame has traveled far and wide......

in response to: DJ Shuffaluffagus by Peter

Pea: Billy-- Thank you for sending me this article you wrote. I remember our discussions in the studio when you were begining to gather your ideas for this show. Your article describes the......

in response to: Skin Deep by Billy Stroud

fiftyz WIFEY: THIS GOES OTU TO AMY..LISTEN HERE U FUCKEN HILLBILLY YES AFRICA HAS MANY LANGUAGES..BUT IF OUR COUNTRY DIDNT GET ROBBED BY YOU WHITE PEOPLE WE WOULD BE THE RICHEST COUNTRY RIGHT NOW..SO DUN BOOST YO......

in response to: Crip/Blood Graffiti: Washington Heights by anon

Amy from KY: I am a redneck.I am a hillbilly. or anything else you wanna call me. And you mother fuckers need to speak English. because this is America. Not Africa, not London,not any other country. ...

in response to: Crip/Blood Graffiti: Washington Heights by anon

motembo: bullshit. UTAH is neither dead nor named billy mitchell. who is "paul riddel" anyway?...

in response to: Utah... 1000th Entry! by Peter

paul riddel: I know this guy. He looks like a goat. Not only does he look like a goat, he acts like one too. He has the mannerisms of a farm raised goat. Also, his name is......

in response to: Utah... 1000th Entry! by Peter

billy: uda...

in response to: hope: enniskillen by Jamie

For god and ulster and the queen too!!!: hey rebel king billy ain't a homo like you, you jus think he is cos you'd like to get it on wit him if he was gay and northen ireland is and always will be......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

CIRA: the uda/uff wat ever the fuck yas call urselves yas r all drug dealin glue sniffin basterds go dig billy up and lick his ball bag...

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

Cuchulain: Re: Shankhill Road Conas ta tu.Da dhuit. Eleven Irish Nobel laureates for English literature all claimed by the English. A cultured people the Celts. A united Irish rugby team unites Irish sport shoulder......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

Billy O'Sullivan: Up Tipp!...

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

rebel 32: by the way king beee wasn't king billy a queer/queen what was paisley doing with little boys at kincora or the wee fenian girl from ligoniel he has a child to...

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

rebel 32: IT WAS ON THE TWELTH WHEN KING BILLY SHIT HIMSELF HE WAS EATING PARIS BUNS WHEN HE HEARD FENIAN GUNS HE RAN UP THE SHANKILL THEY SHOT HIM ONTE ANKLE HE RAN UP THE FALLS AND WAS SHOT......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

rebel 32: hello loyal and true would it not be factual that the catholic church paid king billy to defeat king james so before open your mouth next time try reading the early reformation about calvin, martin......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

rebel 32: by the way king billy tell yer ma next time not to leave the durex on the mantle piece...

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

rebel 32: well king billy this just shows your lack of mentality because johnny is in magahberry in the womens jail the big girls blouse so for fucks sake get real by the way if i wanted......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

KING BILLY: REBEL 32 YOUR SPASTIC U NEED SHOT JONNY IS IN ENGLAND...

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

rebel 32 : RE:25/03/04 johnny wasn't king billy a queer...

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

rebel32: Whats the difference between billy wright and a black taxi? A black taxi only takes five in the back...

in response to: The West Belfast Peace Line by Jamie

rebel 32: king billy was a queer...

in response to: The West Belfast Peace Line by Jamie

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