Comments about us navy

There are 38 comments about "us navy"

Peter: lol cartlegger: thats why i told you it reminded me of ##spies like us## when i was last there ;) today, i spoke to a navy veteran who was stationed on one of the last few......

in response to: Secret Transmitter by Peter

CartLegger: OK, I'll bite. But I'll also cheat and use the words of Daniella Romano, head archivist for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. BLDG 1/291, Material Laboratory, Substation 27 Construction: 01/01/1940 ##"The last active Naval building at the yard,......

in response to: Secret Transmitter by Peter

Stan: Teri: Don't know when you lived there, but I was born in 1074. My grandparents (Zimmerman) took the apartment when we moved to 919. Next door to 1074 lived Herbie Prince, Mike Lyman and Howie Sapon.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Jim Arehart: I was born and raised in Norton. It amazes me how people can belittle a town or area so easily. I spent 4 1/2 years in the Navy and I can guarantee I saw some......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

CartLegger: waverly and flushing across from brooklyn navy yard....

in response to: 19th Century Garage by CartLegger

CartLegger: Peter: I hate to disagree with you, but a quick look at your sources points out a flaw in your conclusion. Scorecard, a generally dependable site for a wide range of release, is way off......

in response to: Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Facility by Peter

Stan: I was born at 1074 Eastern Pkway, moved to 919 then 915 and around the corner to Albany Ave, between Lincoln and St. Johns. My wife can't understand why we always lived within a few......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Ellen : What can anyone tell me about Prospect Heights Hospital where I was born 9/19/1942? Dad worked at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, mom came to NY from Michigan and they were married in Little Church......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Skip: I remember being an idiot while in the Navy stationed in Chicago in 1995 and driving through Cabrini at 1A.M just because my friend had an obsession with "The Hood." He flashed some fake gang......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Craig: There is a new Vespa store in Brooklyn by the Navy Yard. Yet another good reason why not to trek into the city. Yeah!...

in response to: Brooklyn Vespa by Peter

MrBrenzo: Hutchinson Kansas is a boring place, if you are a boring person. I lived in Hutch until I was 15 and remember it fondly. the state fair only happens once a year, but it was......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Jesse: We moved to the northside when moving here from Ontario. Fredericton is about 20 yrs behind well anywhere else in Canada especially when it comes to shopping. My god its a capital city and full......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi rob, The Army & Navy stores was a double fronted shop at the end of the row, near the chippy. In the days when it wasn't fashionable to wear camouflage pants!! I didn't recognise which......

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

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Gary - It seems every other person on this site now lives in Melbourne (apart from Cyril, of course). I'm sure if we all got together, we would have a bigger party than those......

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

Ronald V. Regan, Sr.: My mother (Paula/Polla) Zelius (married nams Regan) was born on BArren Island in 1906. HEr mother was Genevive, and dad was Vincente' Zelius. There were a total of five children in the Zelius family. By......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Stan: Hi Janet: I think we're talking about a few different generations. In the early forties, the papers were full of the war and I thin the Famous moved about 1942-43. I lived a 285 Albany Avenue between Lincoln and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Skip: I remember being an idiot while in the Navy stationed in Chicago in 1995 and driving through Cabrini at 1A.M just because my friend had an obsession with "The Hood." He flashed some fake gang......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

jack: sorry about the health care problem there, i am on medicare now but all my working years i paid over $400 a month for my health plan, it was the best, when i had open......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

Bob Salmon: Re: Royle’s Engineering. Our intention is only to trace our ancestors to find out who they were and where possible, what they did, warts and all. If Jim Royle, layabout extraordinaire, (whoever he is), is a......

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

James: When was this building built? It may have been designed before WWII as was the Navy barracks in california. No evil connotations at that time related to the symbol, just the best exposure to sun......

in response to: Quite Possibly the Worst Layout for a Hospital, Ever by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: good grief, i have no idea of the name of these streets are but it looks like down by atlantic avenue, somewhere near the old navy terminals? can't guess, it looks really great, not......

in response to: Anyplace, Brooklyn by CartLegger

jack: i could swear that this is the old navy yards where i shipped out for europe in dec of 1961. we hit the north atlantic in rough storms for 4 days and many got......

in response to: Brooklyn\'s Rusty Shores by CartLegger

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: [[img:18786]] Jack, I'm sorry, but we didn't take a picture of ourselves together. You just have to be happy with our shoes. Mine are the in the Lady Lucks. Also, sorry disappoint, but I have straight......

in response to: Out and About with Elaine by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: a drippy heart on a wall, an empty gas tank, an owl to keep mice away, and the red duster or the blue duster or union jack,,,i, jack, prefer union jack and we should meet......

in response to: Out and About with Elaine by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

EvilGentleman: I will always remember all the stories my grandmother told me about wartime New York. Blackouts in case of a surprise Nazi air raid, or perhaps a U-Boat could get close enough to bombard the......

in response to: To Jersey Shore by jack

EvilGentleman: Luckily, Opposite Island is uninhabited. But in the old days, the people on Opposite island always told lies, and the people on Sanderson Island always told the truth. And to make matters worse, they both......

in response to: The Case of the Disappearing Lake by sine

MikeUK: If the English nation is not special, how come they have achived more than any other nation on earth. Been a world power for 300 years, started the industrial revolution and created the modern......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

cdiggy: San Diego will probably be in the top 15 within 5 years. They are growing it massively! I can't find pictures from within the last year but here's one from awhile back (with a navy......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

rich: 1 year after leaving chi. the navy sent me to san juan pr. i couldnt beleave how clean it was.i was only 19, but it hit me right away.and the people were great.this white irish......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jack: y'know pete, that could have been the long lost treasure map of the gold that was hidden on the docks at the brooklyn navy yards....

in response to: Gratings by Peter

jack: i went out with a girl who graduated from bimbo university. she majored in mini skirts. she took classes on like how to wear spikes while working as a crossing guard. i......

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

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

jack: brooklyn navy yards, i set sail for europe on dec 18th on a ship with 900 other soldiers. they all got sea sick. i did not. but i was on the bottom......

in response to: Hip Yard by kc

American G.I.: At least we the people of the United States of America vote people into office. You still have a royal family and your excuse for a government is a joke. We fought you twice and......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

elaine: yeah, i like that topsy turvy world of cheap shit transiting into prescioussss when abroad. i knew someone who went to australia and wore her doc martens to work in a chippie - eminently sensible......

in response to: A Pint of Stella at Half by sine

SadStateOfAffairs: Those two buildings on LeMoyne are the ugliest fortresses I have ever seen. They are for sale and nobody wants to buy, I wonder why. The Blue Light is off for a few days because......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

cafeconleche--just a little research to substaciate what I'm talkin' 'bout...: ....Pedro Albizu Campos protested vigorously against the US Navy’s invasion of Vieques in 1941. In a series of articles published in a newspaper, Albizu accused the Navy of carrying out a policy of genocide against......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

steelisreal: cause I am in the navy and they transfered me to language school in monterey, and the duty station in london closed so I can't be stationed there again...

in response to: Worldcup Party by Steelisreal