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partners vs. associates; ghettos; small world; new web page
After Ellen and I got home after chasing Dylan Thomas’ ghost, it was mainly meetings at the firehouse for me, creating a new web page dedicated to the All Star Game, and enjoying the partners/associates game in Central Park and the festivities afterwards. To top it off, we had some interesting fire calls. There were the usual monthly meetings of the Islip Fire Department on Monday evening (every third Monday) and nothing exciting happened. With the way the calendar fell this month, the fourth Tuesday was the next day and that meant the Islip Fire Department Rescue Squad’s monthly meeting. We did not do much since we did not have enough for a quorum, but the guys who were there enjoyed pizza, and watched the Yankees game. Now that the 2008 All Star game is history (I still wish that the National League won; maybe on 2009) I spent some time creating a new web page on Homestead that is dedicated to the 2008 game, and also discusses some earlier games that took place in New York City. The web address is http://allstars.homestead.com/ and there are also pictures of 25 of the Statues of Liberty on Parade – ones that I got to photograph. I had hoped to get a couple of more on the 23rd, but they had been removed from their locations and are going to be auctioned for charity (as will the other 40 statues). However, please check out my web page and remember to sign the guestbook. On Friday evening we had the annual partners-associates softball game in Central Park’s North Meadow. I was just a spectator this time, and sat with the associates’ dugout and cheered them on. They ended up winning 15-12 after a nine inning game. After that we trekked over to Brother Jimmy’s at 3rd & 92nd for beer and Southern cooking. There were the usual popcorn shrimp and chicken wings, and then came ribs, macaroni & cheese, barbeque chicken, corn muffins, and mashed potatoes & gravy. There was also the fish bowl contest where a fish bowl is filled with rum and a mixer and two foot straws and a toy alligator are put into the bow. Then we each grab a straw and the group who drains their bowl first wins. I am not certain who won, but the drink was tasty and I won the toy alligator is a toss (and gave it to Eileen when I got home). While stuffing our faces, we watched the two New York teams on the wall TV screens and were leased with the results. Around 10:15 several of us got cars home. My car headed uptown on 3rd Avenue towards the Triboro Bridge and through East Harlem. While the western and southern blocks of the area are now yuppie ghettos, the eastern part in the 110’s and 120’s are still just plain ghettos so far (that will change in due time). I shared the car with a coworker who lives in Coram, and while talking to him it turns out that he lived in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn and graduated from St. Francis Prep three years after I did. So we were both there together for one year. I told him to check my picture in the graduate pages and notice that it does not look anything like the 2008 Billy. Today it was just relaxing around the house, but we did have some interesting ambulance calls. In the morning we had a call saying that there was an entrapment, and we feared a building collapse or something like that. It turns out that it was a landscaper who had his hand caught in the rubber chute that channels the cut grass from the bottom of the mower to the wagon that stores it. The rescuers had to cut up the chute, and get the wire out of his finger. We still transported him to Southside Hospital so that he could be examined. In the afternoon it was a typical motor vehicle accident, where a car broadsided another. Luckily there were no life threatening injuries. 
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