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Post by fdbuster on Jan 30, 2006 21:17:25 GMT -5
"Highlander"
A soldier in a Scottish regiment from the Highlands
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Post by fdbuster on Jan 30, 2006 21:26:45 GMT -5
"Greenhorn"
1. An awkward and inexperienced youth or immature person, especially one who is easily deceived.
2. A newcomer, especially one who is unfamiliar with the ways of a place or group.
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Post by Dan Laverty on Oct 1, 2007 14:27:28 GMT -5
"Fluke"-an accident or a rare occurrence - "What just happened was a fluke"
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Fluke: another term for flounder, flatfish that live in ocean waters. Many of the other meanings of the term derive from this flat shape.
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Post by h4digger on Oct 1, 2007 17:20:51 GMT -5
A rinky dink is an out house.
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Post by JUSMIK on Oct 1, 2007 20:15:40 GMT -5
The Rinky Dinks is actually an old cartoon older then the little rascals but on the same concept .There is actually a copy right on the name that was granted permission for North Bellmore to use this name . The out house is the club house in which they used as their club or hang out instead of the tree house .
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Post by JUSMIK on Oct 1, 2007 21:19:08 GMT -5
This was around the 1930s  |
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Post by retiredfm on Oct 2, 2007 12:15:31 GMT -5
The picture is actually Mike, Al, Richie Bocca & Eric
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Post by 911pix on Dec 15, 2008 14:24:13 GMT -5
I was just corresponding with a friend of mine who lives in Germany, so I figured while I was at it I'd ask him about this. Here is our correspondence:
> Thank you Thomas!
>
> Here in New York there is a firefighter racing team called the
> Schlagers...is the meaning any different without the word
> Angeheuerter in front of it?
>Mike,
>no! The german "Schläger" is someone, who beats someone. In a
>competition a racing team also can beat another team.
>Angeheuerter just means he is payed or driven by someone else to
>do so.
>Thomas
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Post by limphose on Dec 16, 2008 21:00:26 GMT -5
Told ya.. Vielen dank Thomas
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Post by 911pix on Dec 16, 2008 21:36:35 GMT -5
While we're at it, here's one for Riverhead. I was at the Riverhead Library today, going through some old microfilms, and found this in the June 15th, 1945 issue of The Riverhead News. The day the officially became the "Ironmen", then, should be June 14th, 1945: ![]() fdracing.911pictures.com/Ironmen Name Vote 6-14-45.jpg[/img] |
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Post by giants hat on Jan 19, 2015 21:10:02 GMT -5
I found this in a story about Mario Pollini in the August 8th, 1945 Freeport Daily Review: "He converted the hand drawn hook & ladder truck into a motor vehicle and entered it at the New York State associations 50th anniversary tournament in Freeport 22yrs ago. The team was composed mostly of short men and because of their nimbleness was dubbed "Chipmunks", a name which is still retained."
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Post by jayelpw on Feb 8, 2015 9:08:07 GMT -5
Great thread...informative and interesting
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Post by sneaker1 on Mar 4, 2015 20:12:20 GMT -5
Were the "Buckeye's the same team as the Merrick "Outlaws'?
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Post by ranger2212 on Mar 5, 2015 4:23:14 GMT -5
No they were separate teams the buckeyes are from empire 3 and forget which the outlaws were from but they might be all combined now
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Post by unclekevie on Mar 5, 2015 15:48:31 GMT -5
The Outlaws were from the Hook and Ladder Company. Different teams from different fire houses.
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