The story of uncle joey in the shed (military box), Keep your mouth shut and don’t smoke any fucking cigerettes in here”.
He’d steal a hot stove.
Daddy seeing woman catching overflowing crap – “what you going to do with that”
FBI, mom has hot tv set, they knock on door looking for Joe Pascale.
Getting clothes in every color
46K at track in one day.
Chinese – doctor putting money in toll booth in receipt thing…daddy gets Dr. MD, takes the money out of hand. Chinese nodded.
Jewish school bus…pulls student cursing out of the window from outside of window.
Daddy – Prison – Danamore…come with me to see your uncle..it will be depressing…no, it is going to bring a party. Gaurds coming in the cell. He would take the tractor to go get coffee.
Guards tell daddy that Joey would save them from getting beat up…model prisoner, mop basin they would hit the guards.
Robbie – Mott Social Club…go see your uncle…we cut the signs down at night. One arm bandits, pricint up the street..Don’t cops “see that guy, he’s the chief of police” Give my nephew a drink. Bookie – shark. They would go breaking heads. Accent – daosand.
Raymond was a vampire, they all woke up at night.
Mom told Dad to get in touch with dad. “its our wedding, you should have your mother here” Robbie was 15 years old. That is how families connect.
Grandma got stabbed, 35x. She was giving woman…she was almost dead. They murder.
She would cook and cook – they would sleep in the beds, three or four of them.
Throwing garbabe cans off the roof for NYE
Joey as kid, taking money from register, hiding in coffee. One day the owner went in with the scoop – came up with coins.
Giving more money in change than given…giving more cold cuts than asked for.
“Those victory gardens kept me alive” – Vegetable gardens – when war was on, economic – food shortage, sent to military. They would grow veggies in yards. Lot along side of house, 40x100 farm. Summer
Step mom would lock up food, had a box outside the window, she chained fridge with lock.
Daddy had garden in back, joey would go out with salt shaker, “victory gardens kep me alive all these years”
Brothers hysterical laughing…cherry peppers, “these things last time I ate too many, cherry bomb up my ass”.
Living with the aunts…abandoned.
Mom defending mom all the time from Grandpa. Defending the little ones.
Junior as a kid, stay down the basement eating…table down there…cool down there in summer. Casement window, “fuck, fuck, fuck”…uncle tony slapped him.
Pet chicken became dinner…he became fond of it…”wheres my chicken”. Daddy put it on the table…”chketkee”
Daddy climbing up a tree…chop down the tree…a big tree…with a saw..it falls onto street, wrecked the porch…took out Con Ed.
Grandpa took car without license…did his own thing. He was a hard working man, pony 5C a ride. Tony would pocket it…give some to grandma, some to grandpa.
Grandpa cemented over the meters so they couldn’t see them.
Wine celler..grandma would steal the wine, sell it for 3$ “You drink it”.
Uncel junior first started driving (red and black Pontiac convertible, with ornament”…puts the top down while hes driving. Snapped back.
Aunt Anna with pencil in her upper lip.
Tommy painted apartment of aunts, the light goes out as he is on the ladder. Can’t see, aunt “I wanted to see what it looks like with the lights out”. They put the pan by the ladder and he steps on it.
Cooking…up storms. They were better off. Well regarded. They gave my family $1K…
Aunts make journey out to grave of “joseph” to set up Christmas tree.
Our basement long table. “more dear than this one” – sweater.
Social service would check on the kids “chicken every night”.
Mom seen floral wreath, it was daddy’s grandfather, she was at a wedding.
“Here is wedding, there is death”
Long light of stairs – small closet bathroom.
91 mulberry.
Daddy saved two kids, they had to resussitate him.
Dad saw things horrible. Bad smell
Japanese fisher man wanted to buy the boat…he sold it, then got back in the boat.
Grandparents willing to take on kids.
Mom getting slapped by grandpa when sneaking into the house after seeing a show, aunt josie gets in scott free.
Mom cooking with grandpa, making artichokes forgetting to boil them first.
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