BROOKLYN'S OLDEST

LUCY LEE OF CROWN HEIGHTS JUST CELEBRATED HER 106TH BIRTHDAY ON SUNDAY AT HER LOCAL CHURCH, RECEIVING A WELL DESERVED STANDING OVATION FROM THE WORSHIPERS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND GOD BLESS YOU. SHE HAS BEEN AN USHER AT THE SAME CHURCH FOR 80 YEARS, A BROOKLYN TREASURE.

BEN-HUR IS ON

I WAS WATCHING THE YANKEE'S VS THE RED SOX WHEN I MADE THE MISTAKE OF PUTTING ON BEN-HUR. I NEVER MISS A PITCH BUT THAT WAS THE END OF THE YANKEE GAME FOR ME. I'M WAITING TO SEE THE CHARIOT RACE WHICH HAS THE INTENSITY OF A YANKEE WORLD SERIES GAME. I WATCHED THIS MOVIE MANY TIMES AT 511 CARROLL ST. SO NO DOUBT I'LL BE THINKING OF MY GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS ALWAYS WATCHING IT WITH ME. JOANNE I HOPE YOUR WATCHING.

TONY,TODD & TWO TOMS

TONIGHT I WENT TO TWO TOMS WITH TONY FROM A SLICE OF BROOKLYN PIZZA TOUR AND TODD FROM FOODS OF NY, TWO FELLOW TOUR COMPANY OWNERS. AS USUAL WE ATE LIKE WE WERE GOING TO THE CHAIR,I'M SO FULL I FEEL SICK. WE WERE WATCHING YANKS, METS, HOCKEY PLAYOFF'S, CHATTING WITH FELLOW PATRONS. A GREAT NIGHT WITH GREAT GUYS.

LIRR JERK

WHO DOES THIS MORON ON THE LIRR THINK HE IS TELLING PEOPLE TO BE QUIET ON THE TRAIN. HE BETTER STAY ON THE LIRR CAUSE THAT WOULD NOT FLY IN BROOKLYN AS HE WILL GET HIS ASS WHIPPED.

RATS IN SOUTH SLOPE

TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK I HAVE SEEN RATS ON UNION ST BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH AVE'S. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP AREA WAS CALLED SOUTH BROOKLYN, NOW IT'S SOUTH SLOPE. NONE THE LESS TO PAY FROM TWO TO THREE THOUSAND A MONTH TO LIVE AMONG RATS IS UPSETTING. WE HAD A FEW RATS WORKING AT SUSQUEHANNA, AND THEY WILL GET WHAT THEY HAVE COMING SOON.

WE LOVED THIS MOVIE

CHARLTON HESTON DIED AT AGE 84 ON SATURDAY NIGHT. IF YOU WENT TO OUR LADY OF PEACE OR LIVED IN THE SLOPE GROWING UP AS A CATHOLIC YOU ABSOLUTLY LOVED "BEN-HUR" AND "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS". IT WAS A RITUAL TO WATCH THESE TWO CLASSIC'S EVERY YEAR THAT THEY CAME ON. MIND YOU NOW WE DIDN'T HAVE CABLE TV. AND ONLY HAVING A FEW CHANNELS THESE MOVIES WERE NOT TO BE MISSED. ALTOUGHT YOU KNEW THE OUTCOME OF THE CHARIOT RACE YOU WERE STILL ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM AGAIN.

BROOKLYN SOLDIER KILLED

SGT. DAYNE DHANOOLAL FROM BROOKLYN BY WAY OF TRINIDAD WAS KILLED BY A ROAD-SIDE BOMB ON A MISSION TO BAGHDAD. A MISSION HE VOLUNTEERED TO GO ON TO BE WITH HIS MEN. A BROOKLYN TRAIT IF I EVER SAW ONE. HE WAS TO COME HOME IN THREE WEEKS AND COULD HAVE BEEN TAKING IT EASY, BUT WHEN YOU'RE FROM BROOKLYN IT'S NOT WHAT WE DO. NOW HE'S COMING HOME. HE DIED SO WE COULD LIVE FREE. THANKS SGT. DHANOOLAL.