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I know the Lowes near me occasionally has items deeply discounted whether they are returns or clearance. I recently purchased a 37 inch bathroom vanity sink for $13 (regularly $118). It was an out of the box, clearance item in good shape. They had a second one there also with some marks on it. A few weeks after I bought the one, the second was further marked down to $7.50. I'm not sure if these were returned items or not, but definitely worth the price I paid.

From the original thread: From today's online Journal News: Tarrytown house fire: Ceiling collapse injures firefighter

Only the early ones will hold that value (to someone willing to pay the $$$). Chances are the $1,000 one was a late '60's model with a the box lined in red velvet.

Although not a NY elected position, United States Senators serve six year terms.

Even though at face value there is no point in going trough the hoopla of an election, the fact of the matter is that a fire district commissioner is a publicly elected position and the state specifically dictates when and the procedure in which the election is executed. Would it make more sense to have the election on election day instead of the second Tuesday of December? Probably, but the only ones that can change that is state congress.

Looks like it's been done before: Firematic BRAT Oh, yeah... as far as those in the area that have them is Somers in Westchester County, Wassaic in Dutchess and several departments in Long Island.

Having frequented that area some time ago there is more than one company as Barry stated. Additionally, per Union Fire Company's web site they only cover 85 square miles! Half of what Firehouse claims.

The highest person that established command will be liable but it won't stop there. If the chief is thousands of miles away on vacation he still has the same legal liability from an administrative standpoint than if he was on the scene. Just possessing that title gives you automatic liability no matter who is directly at fault.

Depending on the extent of the incident, they should. For a large scale incident there are plenty of supervisory rolls that other officers should be filling. Example: large structure fire. The IC oversees the operation as a whole and delegates others to supervisory tasks such as fireground operations, sector op's, dump site and fill site op's (if a tanker shuttle is in place), etc. None of this will happen unless the IC assigns these tasks. If these tasks are not assigned then it's one IC (chief) trying to run the whole show and that's when freelancing happens and problems start. The IC should be running the incident as a whole, not micromanaging every aspect of the incident. There were more times than not when I was chief and arrived on a scene that I did not take command. I either observed a junior officer (captain or lieutenant) if it was a minor incident such as a car fire or sometimes asked to go to work. Other times if there was another chief responding that was closer to a minor incident I would put myself back in service because as stated before, there is no reason for a bunch of SUV's sitting at some of these jobs tying up traffic, wasting gas. The same goes for mutual aid calls. If a department called for a tanker under mutual aid, there is no reason for a tanker and three chiefs to respond. After all, should a chief or two be left behind to protect their own town? Maybe having one chief respond and being assigned to tanker op's or some other supervisory roll, but why have chiefs needlessly stand around with their hands in their pockets making sure the ground doesn't pop up where they are standing???

Would consolidation really make a difference in this circumstance? Whether you call 4 tankers from 4 different departments or 4 tankers from 4 different stations within one department, wouldn't the end result be the same? Even with consolidation I wouldn't think it's feasible to put all the tankers in one station but to keep them spread out. I'm not suggesting that consolidation is not needed on certain levels, I just don't think in the circumstance of tanker response that it would really make a difference. One thing I think that could benefit from consolidation is having all the tankers on an equal playing field as far as spec's of the tankers instead of figuring out who had side dumps, direct tank fills, etc.

That's nothing compared to what the thread heading refers to. The original "SnowLeaf" storm was on October 5(?), 1987. It was a freak snowstorm of heavy wet snow that tore down trees limbs everywhere you turned as most of the trees were still full of leaves. What should have taken me 15 minutes to get to the firehouse that morning took me over an hour as I was running out of roads that weren't blocked to get there. Ultimately I had to drive about 10 miles out of the way before I found a route that wasn't blocked. Mind you, the snow didn't cause physical road problems. Just the fact that trees were down was the problem. Hopefully, this storm won't be as bad as there are many trees that are already bare and almost bare. Unfortunately as many that are bare, there are still that many with an almost full showing of leaves.

While the county did a major overhaul of there radio designators in 2001 (or there about), Westchester County did have a "mini-attack" designator before then. The Somers twin IH brush trucks, as mentioned, had official Westchester County plates as stated in 1978 when their "engine" designators were removed. This was due to the 1979 Orens were purchased which were given the engine 185 and 186 numbers. It was the same period Croton Falls had its M/A 16 and 17, Yorktown had its M/A 8, etc. When Westchester County overhauled their designators in 2001, the intended purpose was to stream line the designators to NFPA terminology. Prior to this time the county would give you virtually any designator that was requested ie Somers QA-1 in 1989. One of the major changes was the inclusion of the current ambulance numbering system. Prior, Somers ambulances were "Rescue" 6, 7, and 38 and then were given the 80B1, 2, 3 as they are known today. Other changes included: The deletion of the "QA" designation (Somers and Vista were the only two departments to ever have a QA (Quick Attack) number). Somers initiated it, Vista perfected it. All departments that had any sort of water vessel, whether it was a dinghy or a actual fire boat, were given "Marine" unit designators. The "Tele Squirt" designation was deleted. The two squirts in the county (Millwood and Mohegan) became "engines". Any apparatus not otherwise specified (Cascade, bus, RAC, etc) became "utilities".

In New York State, while seat belts are mandatory on all school buses manufactured since the late 1980's, it is not mandatory that they are used. Trains? While it might work for Amtrak. On the commuter rails, ie: Metro North, people are lucky they get to sit during rush hour. Then if it they were mandatory to use, there's the enforcement aspect of it. The only thing the conductors can enforce are payment of fares, no ticket or money, off the train you go. Beyond that they have little say regarding the behavior of passengers. While they can call the cops for unruly passengers, getting the PD to meet the train at the next station is another story and RTC won't let the conductors hold up the train to wait for them. Besides having seat belts on Metro North's trains will make my nap much more uncomfortable going back and forth to work.

Regarding the tanker op's: To those not familiar with the operations, think of this. If you are drafting from a 3,000 gallon portable pond @ 1,500 gpm the capacity is only going to last 2 minutes (actually less considering you won't get the last bit of water). For the sake of argument if I'm off on the water flow and your are only flowing 750 gpm, it will only last 4 minutes. My point is it's not going to last long. This is why you want too many tankers. You want them to be waiting in line to dump. It's better to have one or two in line waiting to dump than to not having one in sight. Additionally, as an insurance policy you should have an alternate fill site for the tankers with an engine ready to fill, when possible (yes, requiring an additional piece of apparatus). with large volume operations you will get more water to the fire this way. Also, if something happens that suspends operations at one of the fill sites, you still have some water getting to the fire.

Are you sure Jr was not an owner? After all, isn't that what the basis of the law suit was? Jr owned 20% of the business. When he left he wanted his share. Sr had the business appraised and it was allegedly deemed the business was worth nothing so Jr's shares were worth nothing. Jr was given part of OCC at about the same time Danny was given part of Orange County Iron Works. Jr and Michael spoiled brats? Maybe, maybe not. Just remember, the viewers only see what the producers want them to see. They have a way of putting a spin on situations so they are less than truthful. While Jr may have been antagonistic to Sr, Sr was just as antagonistic. The two got along like oil and water. After all, it is Sr that had lawsuits against him by numerous past employees and third party vendors. On the tax situation, it was reported last week that OCC settled with the town.

OCC is back in the news again. It is reported in today's Times Herald Record that OCC is not being sued by the Town of Newburgh for failure to pay taxes. Allegadly, $18,000 in property taxes were due in January. Newburgh officials accused Paul Sr of having a "long standing pattern and practice of defrauding creditors".

From what I understand Senior is not the most pleasant individual off the camera. I know numerous people that have had dealings with him and they all say the same thing about him. Things that I can't say here otherwise I'd be violating TOS. On another note, thinking back about the new building he wants or wanted to build. The issues he had trying to get the tax incentives was reported back in march of this year. In last weeks episode of the show he was visiting his first shop on Stone Castle Rd to explore the possibilities of moving back in there. In terms of a timeline it had just snowed and he said it was a late season snowfall (it had collapsed the roof). I'm thinking that might be after he was denied the tax breaks for the new building. Either that or it was just TV drama to make you think he was going to move back to his old shop, just down the road from Jr's shop. In terms of his bikes I couldn't agree with JTF429 more. American Choppers started airing at a time when there were numerous other bike builders being shown on TV. Builders that already had a following in the chopper circles and are a thousand times more talented than the American Chopper clan. Names such as Jessie James with West Coast Choppers (before his more recent problems) Billy Lane with Choppers Inc (again, before his more recent problems) in Miami and Indian Larry Desmedt (RIP) from Gasoline Alley in NYC. I think the problem with the builders and their brief portrayal on TV is there was no drama instilled into the show. It was all about their talent. Then comes along with the American Choppers circus of stars who, in the beginning, didn't do a hell of slot more than assemble the bikes. Most of the fabrication other, than sissy bars and handle bars, came from third parties. Sure they threw in a few things like round bar but the bottom line is it was all cosmetic. They didn't do much more than bolt everything together, do a little wiring and fill up the tank with gasoline. I think the thing that made this show last and built up their popularity was the drama. It's not until more recently that they actually fabricate tanks, seats and fenders. I'll admit it, I watch the show but take it for what it is. While they Senior and Junior have grown to be more of a builder than assembler, I don't think they will ever match the likes of the others.

Many of the Teutul's business dealings appear less than legitimate. Case in point the bankruptcy of Orange County Ironworks in 2005. After being sued by a contractor for breach of contract (and the courts siding with the contractor in the tune of a judgement for $1.3 million) the business filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection. The problem was that prior to filing, all of the company's assets (equipment, employees, other assets) were transferred to "Orange County Ironworks LLC" for less than fair compensation and Orange County Ironworks ceased operations. Once the former company filed bankruptcy and the bankruptcy courts ordered all assets liquidated, they claimed their only assets were "accounts receivable" (owed money that was non collectable)in the amount of just under $600,000. As an end result there was a settlement proposed that the new Orange County Ironworks LLC pay a $500,000 settlement to the trustee of the bankruptcy case to distribute to creditors. Part of the settlement included a gag order barring the any of the key players from discussing the settlement. One interesting point of this whole debacle is that while Paul Senior and Junior are listed as defendants in the settlement. It was only Danny and the business ordered to pay the settlement. More recently OCC, American Chopper and Discovery Channel was sued by Justin Barnes and "JB Graphix" for copyright infringement. Justin alleges that 18 original designs were copied without his authorization and compensation and then incorporated in merchandise tied into the business of OCC and American Chopper. Former employee Cody Connelly also sued Senior and OCC. All of these known legal issues makes you wonder what else is going on. After all Nub's Graphics also had problems with Senior as played out in the first season of Senior vs. Junior. Another former employee Vinnie DiMartino had a fallout with Senior but never went on record in discussing the circumstances. Fast forward to today with the foreclosure issues and the attempts of "G&M Orange LLC", with Senior listed as owner, to build a bike business on an adjacent property to OCC. This was the building that was proposed to have a restaurant. While the new building didn't formally get turned down from being built, back in March Senior approached the Orange County Industrial Development Agency to provide tax breaks for the project. This is what was turned down. Because of the foreclosure the agency could not in good conscience provide tax breaks for the new venture.

All MTA NYC Transit buses and subways will begin suspending operations @ 12 noon on Saturday.

This is in Sunday's Poughkeepise Urinal (Journal). It's the same old BS that's always written on a regular basis regarding public employees. The only thing different are the names and places. You don't need the paper to bring it out, it's public info. It's all over the internet. I think the one's with their panties bunched up over it are just jealous.

This is Yorktown, Indiana. Nevertheless, RIP.

Ironically enough, if my recollection of the timeline is correct, the Somers Fire District had no control over the ambulance when ground was broken for Heritage Hills. At the time the Somers Rescue Squad was owned and operated by the Somers Volunteer Fire Department. Sure, the fire district would still be required to comment for fire services but not EMS services.

I don't think Moynihan's goal is to open up space for MNR. I If MNR ever did go to NYP there would be numerous logistical items to figure out between equipment and scheduling. As it is right now the New Haven Line is bursting at the seams with trains during rush hour where the smallest delay will cause a snow ball of issues. Now to add trains that branch off at Gate will set things over the top. The Hudson Line should be able to handle the additional load. The Harlem Line is academic to the discussion as there is no access to NYP with out making a reverse move.

Maybe even get a couple of guys like this (taken from one of the newspapers comments): Come on, just because your a Army Vet, gives you the right to be an idiot?

Yes and no. I do understand what you are saying but think of Metro North and LIRR (along with NYC Transit)as completely separate entities. That being said, each is it's own operation and money taken from one would not likely go to the other. To the layman that's not a big deal. I take it personal since Metro North has been cutting jobs over the course of the last 12 months, I'd rather not see myself furloughed as a result. No, MNR trains can not go to Penn as the voltages are different. MNR trains to not have the voltage converters to switch.