Biffy tell the truth , you were the biggest politician and bull shitter that ever lived, and I see it has not changed. Even as a cop you always worked the desk.

Two questions for capt c:

First, capt c, are you really Paul or just using his name in the yahoo email address?

Second, what is your issue with Dan O'Connell?

Two questions for Dan:

What does who could beat up whom have to do with anything?

Do you realize that making a threat of physical harm may be illegal?

One question for either of you:

Is capt. c still working for the town and is so what is he doing?

I got the impression that these guys are just, to use a Sopranos phrase, "breaking each others' balls."

Last edited by Hamatron5000 (2009-07-26 07:28:30)

Hamatron5000 has it right( at least on my side). I have always been able to push CaptC's buttons and always enjoyed doing it.
I will assume that it may be the Cpt. C i knew.
To be honest with you, he was a good cop. I didn't agree with him a lot, but, who cares? He did his job and did it well. I am happy for his success, whether he is still working or retired. I do, and always have, supported the members of the WPD, which I will discuss in the next few segments of this post of the politics of Wareham.
Yes...we are busting each other's nuts.
This distraction is only that.
I'll concentrate on providing the articles that I promised. You all please continue to look forward to the future, get organized, and be successful.
If CaptC and I need to communicate, we will do it privately.(At least I will).

Thank you for the kind words, urneighbor. I would love for some of the born and bred folks you know to post their memories on this post. I agree there may be drifting, but knowing commnsense and billw, they will put an end to it and place the statements in a proper side forum.
Once again thank you. I am enjoying remembering the "old days" and I look forward to continuing the series.
Once again, thank you for your kind words.

Real Good.  I'm just under you in age and was also born at Tobey.  I've lived here all my life and I just love my town.  I want to take it back.  We never locked doors and everyone knew who our parents were so we'd better not get in any trouble.  We all knew who the police officers were and they knew who we belonged to.  Gallerani, Bourne's, Pezzoli - to name just a few police officers.  I am waiting..............for the rest of the story.

Like Bob Tassineri, Frank Cutler, etc?   Waiting for it.

I think I probably have too many memories already - almost all good, though.  One fun thing was jumping off the piers into the river at Besse Park.  I was shooed away by the police many times but they knew us and knew we'd be back after they left.  Of course the piers are gone, the police are different (they can't possibly name everyone in town now) and as an adult I was told how lucky we were that we didn't get hung up on some of the junk that was down there.  We broke the rule.  Coleman would have had a heart attack not being able to give us parking tickets, we walked everywhere.
SMILE!

I remember when dogs ruled Wareham and were better known than their keepers.

Rex, one of a litter of mutts born where I live now in Fred Doll's house, adopted the Thorton Gibbs household up the street in the middle 50s.

The Gibbs kids were leaving the nest, though, and in time, Rex grew bored dozing by the door, waiting to lunch the letter carrier. That's how Ernie Precourt met Rex, attached to his right calf. At 99, Ernie still has the scar.

Before long, Rex was tailing Ernie the length of his route every day and it got harder at quitting time to send him home. Thorton Gibbs solved that problem by suggesting  Rex earned his table scraps now and Ernie ought to keep him.

That mongrel mutt wandered everywhere from Parkwood to Cromesett and his demon spawn are still with us. True, now they lead lives of leash law oppression like the rest of us.

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I can picture Mr. Precourt walking his route.  What a nice man.  I'm feeling nostalgic just thinking of those years and it was when I was younger because I walked everywhere.  Mr. Doll, his intimidating looks at 5th and 6th graders were scary until we realized he was a teddy bear.  Oh, don't be fooled, if one of the boys did wrong he would grab them by the scruff of their neck and lift them off the floor - TO MY OFFICE, NOW!   Oh, God......George Coleman would have another heart attack because of "CRUELTY'' to children and no way to give him a ticket!  I was a good kid, but my mother's hand found my butt more than I liked.  I deserved it, I'm sure.  Thus bringing on this problem I have as an adult.  I respect, acknowledge (no matter how rich or poor or their color) and treat people the way I would like to be treated.  I had great parents and grew up in a good community when we had morals and values.  Shouting matches and degrading comments from a selectman would be down right shameful.

Oh, Bill W...
What a mystery you are. I recognize many of the names. Did you attend Tabor Academy with my cousin, David Sullivan?
Thanks for the contribution.

Hey Biff, this is the one and only at age  62, and 20 pound lighter than after my two tours in Nam, Retirement is great. Oh by the way I don't think I qualify to fill Coleman's shoes. I am sure that you are aware that Chief Besse pasted away. The Town is so bad after 7 years of retirement they offered me a two and a half year appointment as chief. That how bad they are. When they took the benefits away from the BOS, that what you get ego hungry bubbleheads.

Paul, did you get my email and PM?

hey urneighbor, this is really me and one must understand Power Corrupts- Absolute Power which the almighty BOS think they have REALLY CORRUPTS.

P.S. Don't tell him I said what I did. He won't be able to get his big head through a door!

capt c wrote:

Hey Biff, this is the one and only at age  62, and 20 pound lighter than after my two tours in Nam, Retirement is great. Oh by the way I don't think I qualify to fill Coleman's shoes. I am sure that you are aware that Chief Besse pasted away. The Town is so bad after 7 years of retirement they offered me a two and a half year appointment as chief. That how bad they are. When they took the benefits away from the BOS, that what you get ego hungry bubbleheads.

No problem with Capt. C. for chief, but what about Wallace.  He's been doing the chief's job for years anyway.  He also has a law degree which he could use as leverage when one of the BOS want to sue someone.  He'd be able to show them the probable outcome, being.....you'll lose.