Maurice "The Rocket" Richard and his younger brother Henri "The Pocket Rocket" Richard played together on the Canadiens and lived not far apart.
But the Rocket never once bothered visiting his younger brother's house, Henri said in interview from 1974.
Henri owned a tavern, drove a Lincoln Continental and carried a big wad of cash when I'd see him at my dad's parking lot in the late 70s.
Yet he wasn't much of a personality and had a wistful air about him.
So why did Mo snub little Henri? Maybe he Mo didn't like Henri? Or Henri's wife? Or his wife's cooking?
Duct tape is the only tape you hear about these days.
But electrical tape is a thing too, I guess.
There's a valid case being made for replacing clothing with little bits of sticky tape.
And these young women are in the front lines of that initiative.
Because body painting is so last year, didn't you know?
Nightclub photographer Omar Le Homard shot these photos at a theme night at a Laval strip club about a month ago.
In Coolopolis' ongoing attempt to poison local geography, we present stories from these spots so you'll always be terrified and sickened when you pass by.
TOP: Jean Milot and des Oblats in LaSalle where John Connearney, 36, shot cop Richard Larente dead and injured partner Richard Oss when they pulled his brown 1963 Ford over for suspicion of drunk driving on 14 June 1973.
Connearney was a fugitive from Quincy Mass. living in Canada since escaping prison in Sept 1972 where he was accused along with three others of killing another inmate. He was sentenced to death. The sentence was commuted but he was killed by prison guards in a 1980 prison riot. (BTW, I'm researching a recently-deceased fugitive nicknamed Boston Mike who might have been part of the Bulger crew before fleeing to Montreal about 30 years ago - pls contact me if you know about this guy).
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BOTTOM: 1871 Belanger E. A man entered the Bar La Gaiete at 11:10 p.m. on Saturday March 13, 1977 and shot five people dead, including barmaid Monique Renault-Hebert, manager Michel Arsenault, 40 and patrons Jacques Fortin, 42, customer Jeannette Adams, (or more likely spelled Ginette Adam), 25, and customer Michel Chorel, 19. Three others were wounded as the killer sprayed the place with a M-1 semi-automatic. Eighteen months earlier a man opened fire on a couple during the great meth war of 1975, killing the woman but the 17-year-old escaped unscathed.
Off Topic, but, Mr. U. Legend will remember?
ReplyDeleteBack in the mid-fifties, when someone was killed on the streets, the City painted a large white cross on the pavement to mark the location, about 5-foot arms, 6 inches wide.
The only one I remember was @ Somerled and Cavendish on SE corner by the Shell Station. ( My father had a 'Shell' card and went there, too. The other Shell station he used was @ Elmhurst and Sherbrooke by Montreal West Station and the Tramways Loop.
This is where I discovered 'The longest Word in the English Language- Shelllubrication' when I was learning to read @ Rosedale School on Mariette after moving over from Iona School )
This is VERY VAGUE, but, I seem to remember the cross at Cavendish was there for someone who had died in a crime shooting??? Could be wrong!!
Anyway, the road crosses wore off, eventually, and were never replaced.
Somerled and Cavendish was where 'my' Bell truck 12D61320 was T-boned as it's driver ( not me ) ran a red going North on Cav.
A good photo taken from the Royal Bank side with Woolworth's in the background, appeared in the paper the next day, but, I cannot remember which one. The driver looked addled, his truck on it's side.
Wonder if there was a loud 'Ding' sound as all the clappers hit the ringer bells at once?
My Aunt, who lived on PoW across from Benny Farm saw the truck and called my Mother.
My Mother said I had gone to Jean Talon to Pay Phones before they moved to 5757 U L, and was not my truck any longer.
No cross was visible there, then, as it had worn away.
Thank You.
I do recall in the mid-fifties people talking about those white painted crosses on the street indicating road accidents causing death, but that policy didn't last long. I did see one or two of them myself. The idea may have been dropped following a change in city administration.
ReplyDeleteAnd what about those red fire-alarm boxes and the blue police telephone call boxes located at certain intersections.
These were eventually removed reportedly because of pranksters calling in false alarms, although I believe such boxes still exist in certain North American cities and perhaps overseas.
Widespread use of cellphones, of course, makes these devices obsolete.
I am not keen, however, on the recent idea of removing payphones. Tourists, among others, would still need them if not carrying their cellphones with them. Furthermore, landlines in general are more reliable in emergencies.
See:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/04/5-reasons-to-keep-a-landline-phone/index.htm
I have never cancelled my land line for many reasons. It has never let me down. Never fades, and I like the handset as it is ideal and can be balanced under my chin for hands-free operation. The telephone service package is attractive with unlimited long distance, etc.
ReplyDeleteI don't like the coily cord to the hand set, but, have lived with them for fifty years. I have a 25 foot mounting cord btwn the telephone and the wall jack which reaches everywhere I need to go.
Finally, my 19-year-old answering machine had to be replace and I opted for a cordless handset on an answering machine base from Target as a Xmas day present to moi. The previous answering machine to this one had two tapes in it, one for the Outgoing Message, the other longer one to record incoming messages.
Surprise. I STILL use the NE Base set, as I prefer the handset on it, but, take the cordless handset if I am going into the washroom or beyond the wire.
I can play answering machine calls on the cordless handset, as more convenient than using the charger base controls.
Now, a mystery to me, at least,
My land line desk set is a Northern Telecom NTOC32AA Ivory. ( Black was available, but, I opted for Ivory. Dumb Move, as I have seen only ONE 1 other Black model. ) Rd 1987 on bottom next to Northern Telecom Logo, it being acquired when I finally decided to give up my Rotary Dial Set.
Now, I cannot find any info on this model of telephone on the Internet, nor a photo, except for one presently on eBay.
Strange, as there must have been zillions made, in the change from the Old 500 type rotary/touch tone style to later land line models w/rubber keys. ( Junk! ) But, then, cell phones were taking over, analogue flip bricks from Motorola.
My land line telephone as on eBay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Northern-Telecom-TAN-Touch-Tone-Desktop-Telephone-1980s-Vintage-/181641367824?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item2a4aab5110
Auction ends Jan 25th.
I have two others 'For Parts' one having a BLACK handset. I do not remember how I obtained them.
Possibly one of the readers can provide more data, SVP.
About 25 years ago the local Woolworths was offering NE 500 sets, Rotary Dial for 3 dollars each as Phone Cos changed to Touch Tone. I bought two 2. An old one, dates on bottom, Green, and a Black with Metal Finger Wheel ( Dial ). Gave both away as gifts, eventually.
When my Father passed away I inherited his Emergency Cell Telephone for the car, as he was then 94 years old.
Bell did not want the Cell Phone back. Wonder why. The bucks are in the Contract?
The Cell is a Sanyo SCP-2400 Flip Phone.
http://image.cellphones.ca/images/phones/32/527/sanyo-scp-2400-full-1.jpg
Which is NOT activated as I consider the usage fees outlandish, but, carry it when out in the bush on my Mountain Bike, for emergency, charging it every Saturday nite.
I go places where there are 'No Bars' and No Service.
It IS NICE to be out of touch most of the time. So many folks are SLAVES to their device, cutting off communication with communication.
A whole host of new e-bad habits and e-snubs.
My blood just boils when I am snubbed in live conversation by a text, or watch a Senior Tweeting in little child talk from their walker and blabbing about Facebook over dinner in a nice place.
Wonder how many 'Bars' one would get with his device up his ASS??
The worst useage being behind the wheel of a car.
A teenage girl with her parents' car AND TEXTING, pulled out to pass at highway speed, hit a truck coming the other way and was hamburgered. Her boy friend who did not have a license had to be pried out of the wreck, unhurt, his now ex girlfriend pulped all over him from the left.
I saw the car when it came in behind the wrecker, and the Ambulance, moving slow, lights out, siren off.
Still a Luddite, in ways.
Glad I'm old, much of the time.
Blah, Blah, Blah.
Thank You.
Rummaging through flea-markets and retro antique shops (in person or online) will likely reveal the antique phone of your dreams, so keep looking.
ReplyDeleteI mentioned in an earlier post my lucky find of an original, working Western Electric model 50 (popularly know as the "Eliot Ness") manufactured in the former Northern Electric building in Pointe St. Charles. There's just something so elegant about that clunky design despite itself. Film-noir nostalgia perhaps?
I was never enamored of cordless phones for various reasons. Firstly, many are often made in China of cheap plastic that cracks too easily and/or the flimsy internal mechanisms are detroyed when dropped onto a hard surface. Definitely not child-proof! Into the trash!
Secondly, the sound quality is often poor, especially when the batteries are allowed to weaken. Some of the earlier models even had a potentially hazardous problem which on occasion could irreparably damaged a user's hearing if they weren't careful to lower the volume control before placing it to their ear.
Another issue was (and perhaps still is--depending on the manufacturer) the fact that anyone with a radio scanner could eavesdrop on nearby cordless phone users who had no clue that their private conversations were being monitored--most commonly overheard by neighbours up to a considerable distance away, not to mention that baby monitors as well routinely transmit "conjugal encounters" from the bedrooms of unsuspecting parents.
The twisted coily-cord problem is a no-brainer as this can be easily resolved by simply dangling the phone from it while you allow the cord to untwist itself. Of course, if the cord has plugs on both ends, remove it completely and likewise let it unwind.
I've lost count of the times I'd seen office phones with filthy coily-cords all wound up as tight as a spring; the users either oblivious or clueless (duh!) as to how to return them to normal before the contacts break inside.
And finally, please folks: routinely wipe the gunk that builds up on the earpiece. Yuck!
Wonder what Jeremy and Pierce would think of a candlestick telephone, or a magneto wall set or having to go thru the 'Operator' to place a call??
ReplyDeletehttp://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/zits/s-1610322
I DO feel old!
Thank You.
Totally Off Topic. But, Spectacular!
ReplyDeleteVideo of steam locomotive @ nite!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=85114404&v=baASHBjFZY4&x-yt-ts=1422579428
Wonder if he is burning straw or wood for the effect??
Thank You, Sir!