<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Brooklyn Bugle &#187; Miscellany</title> <atom:link href="http://brooklynbugle.com/tag/miscellany/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://brooklynbugle.com</link> <description>On the web because paper is expensive</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:10:30 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2</generator> <item><title>Truth in Signs?</title><link>http://brooklynbugle.com/2012/11/02/truth-in-signs/</link> <comments>http://brooklynbugle.com/2012/11/02/truth-in-signs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:39:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Homer Fink]]></dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=50969</guid> <description><![CDATA[ We noticed this sign (of the times? What too much?) on Montague Street this afternoon. Banksters among us?<br />(<a href="http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/50969">via <a href="http://brooklynheightsblog.com">Brooklyn Heights Blog</a></a>)</br>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"> <img src="http://brooklynheightsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/con-420x315.jpg" width="240" /></p><p>We noticed this sign (of the times? What too much?) on Montague Street this afternoon. <a href="http://maxkeiser.com/tag/banksters/" >Banksters</a> among us?<span id="more-50969"></span></p><p><a href="http://brooklynheightsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/con.jpg"><img src="http://brooklynheightsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/con-420x315.jpg" alt="" title="con" width="420" height="315" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-50970" /></a></p><p class="syndicated-attribution"><br><a href="http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/50969"><b>Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog</b></a><br> <a href="http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/50969">http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/50969</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://brooklynbugle.com/2012/11/02/truth-in-signs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Reader Mail: Mixed Bag of Existential Stuff in Brooklyn Heights</title><link>http://brooklynbugle.com/2012/10/16/reader-mail-mixed-bag-of-existential-stuff-in-brooklyn-heights-2/</link> <comments>http://brooklynbugle.com/2012/10/16/reader-mail-mixed-bag-of-existential-stuff-in-brooklyn-heights-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:12:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Homer Fink]]></dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=49303</guid> <description><![CDATA[Over the last 24 hours we&#8217;ve received a couple of reader submissions on opposite sides of the spectrum. We thought we&#8217;d share them with you. Have an interesting experience in the area recently? Share them in the comments below. First, HicksonHicks writes: Hi Neighbors &#8211; This week a good Samaritan returned my wife&#8217;s lost wallet [...] <br />(<a href="http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/49303">via <a href="http://brooklynheightsblog.com">Brooklyn Heights Blog</a></a>)</br>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the last 24 hours we&#8217;ve received a couple of reader submissions on opposite sides of the spectrum. We thought we&#8217;d share them with you.</p><p>Have an interesting experience in the area recently? Share them in the comments below.</p><p>First, HicksonHicks writes:<span id="more-49303"></span></p><blockquote><p>Hi Neighbors &#8211; This week a good Samaritan returned my wife&#8217;s lost wallet to Montague St merchant Grand Optician.  The wallet was lost with a credit card, a debit card, a receipt for Grand Opticians and $110.  We received a call from Grand Optician and found the wallet intact.</p><p>A very big thank you to the anonymous do-gooder for returning the wallet and reinforcing our faith that we live among honest folks.</p></blockquote><p>And another from Nancy who claims this incident happened to her husband at a local eatery:</p><blockquote><p>I want to report an incident that my friends and I experienced in Brooklyn Heights on Saturday evening, Oct.  13.</p><p>After viewing the sunset on the Promenade, my 4 friends &#8212; visiting from London &#8212; and my husband and I looked for a place for coffee and tea.  The chairs outside of Tutt Cafe on Hicks Street looked inviting, and so we ordered coffee and tea and went outside to sit down.</p><p>The chairs were set on a carpet, which concealed the fact that the outer chairs were set on an uneven slope. The front legs were on a level surface, but the back legs were on a slope (concealed by the rug).</p><p>When my 67 year old husband sat down and leaned back in his chair, the chair promptly fell back (it was not on a level surface), my husband hit his head on the lamppost and suffered a two inch gash to his head.</p><p>This 67 year old man was bleeding profusely.  We immediately went inside to inform the personnel.  There were 3 people working, 2 preparing food and 1 person waiting on tables and collecting the cash.  WE WERE IGNORED!</p><p>A 67 year old man is bleeding from the head &#8212; and NOBODY could be bothered!  In fact, the waiter said,<br /> &#8220;You should look before you sit down.&#8221;  I explained &#8216;The rug conceals the slope in the sidewalk.&#8221;</p><p>WE WERE IGNORED!  My friends from London were SHOCKED!  In fact, &#8220;It&#8217;s SHOCKING!&#8221;  is exactly how my British friends expressed it.</p><p>Nobody would even come outside to see what happened!  Not even a glass of water was offered!</p><p>I think the utter CALLOUSNESS of the personnel is what angered us the most.</p><p>We filed a report to the Better Business Bureau &#8212; and now I&#8217;m writing to this blog.</p><p>The next person who falls back in that chair &#8212; could be your grandmother!</p></blockquote><p class="syndicated-attribution"><br><a href="http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/49303"><b>Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog</b></a><br> <a href="http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/49303">http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/49303</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://brooklynbugle.com/2012/10/16/reader-mail-mixed-bag-of-existential-stuff-in-brooklyn-heights-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>