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Im a don bosco prep boy(insert joke here)86.a;ot of my friends went to Suffern high.
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Originally posted by Jack68
Im a don bosco prep boy(insert joke here)86.a;ot of my friends went to Suffern high.
OMG!!!Don Bosco!
Jack, check your messages I just PM'ed you...
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Originally posted by 51nner's5wing
BTW I graduated Spring Valley High school in 88 for you locals.
Spring Valley,huh? There was a rock club we used to go to in the 80's on Rte 59 in Spring Valley but I can't remember the name..Do you know the one I am talking about?
It was a bar with a stage ( hey aren't they all basically?LOL!). They would get some big names there once in awhile.I saw Edgar Winter there in the 80's . He's a big name to me maybe not to other people but i think he's one of the most talented performers I have ever seen...Comment
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That club in spring valley had some good groups there,i saw John Entwistle there.What was the name of that place?"Avant Garde is French for bullshit.”Comment
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Originally posted by diamondsgirl
I love where Kim says "He's a pleasure. He's a gentleman."
She soooo wants to do him! :D
He also called her at home after he defibbed someone? Hes a pleasure and a gentleman? Oh yeah- hes hot for teacher!!!!:p"Looks just like an angel but look whose talkin' trash..."
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Worlds stage in spring valley was the club."Avant Garde is French for bullshit.”Comment
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Originally posted by Jack68
Worlds stage in spring valley was the club.
Yes, but I think it had another name before that...Comment
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It was Manhattans...I saw Ratt there
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MANHATTAN'S!!! That was it!!! Thank you, that was driving me up the wall trying to remember that name!:DOriginally posted by 51nner's5wing
It was Manhattans...I saw Ratt there
When was Ratt there? The last time I went to Manhattan's was 1985....
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Re: Diamond Dave in Rockland County NY
Originally posted by Jack68
'Diamond Dave' now runnin' with the medics
By SULAIMAN BEG
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: November 22, 2004)
Eighties rock legend David Lee Roth can add a defibrillator to his list of props.
The energetic former frontman for Van Halen took the state's Emergency Medical Service certification test on Thursday and is on his way to volunteering, thanks in part to the Rockland County Fire Training Center in Ramapo.
Since July, the singer of such hits as "Jump!" and "Runnin' With the Devil" had been training at the center.
Earlier this year, Roth's manager contacted Brooklyn-based Emergency Care Programs Inc., which assigned Linda Reissman of Stony Point to serve as his EMS consultant and tutor.
Reissman arranged for Roth to receive training — including oxygen administration and immobilization and excavation training and practical skills, such as oxygen and airway management — at the center in Ramapo, said Kim Lippes, coordinator of Rockland County EMS.
The certification test came after Roth completed the 160-hour program. Test results take four to six weeks to come in, Lippes said.
Lippes described the freewheeling rock star, who commuted from his Manhattan apartment to train twice a week, as a "really great guy."
She said when she first heard Roth was looking to get his training at the county's Fire Training Center in Ramapo, she was a little reluctant to get involved, but she changed her mind after witnessing his dedication.
"We were expecting such a big personality," Lippes said. "But he's very down-to-earth. He really, truly wants to help people. He's a pleasure. He's a gentleman."
Lippes said Roth befriended many of the people he met during the months he trained. She said he even called her home after he used a defibrillator to save the life of a Bronx woman who had a heart attack last month.
Roth worked with members of local fire departments and Desiree Leone, the assistant EMS coordinator, and Ellie Salmon, director of the South Orangetown Ambulance Corps training division.
While he was training, Roth preferred to remain low-key and shunned most publicity, including interviews with NBC's "Dateline," until after his certification test, Lippes said.
He even cut his legendary blond mane.
But Roth hasn't quit performing on the larger stage just yet. The singer played a few gigs while he was training.
Reissman said Roth was not seeking publicity, but just wanted to contribute to the community.
"He was a very good student," she said. "And he's doing it for the right reasons."
Roth also lent his voice to record an advertisement for Rockland's radio station, 1640 AM. One thing Roth said "struck a chord" with her: how underpaid emergency service workers were.
"He said all these lifesavers have two or three jobs, and something is very wrong when they have to kill themselves to make ends meet," Reissman said. "You obviously do it because you love it."
"Diamond Dave" Roth, who turned 50 last month, told the Daily News earlier this year that his interest in becoming a paramedic was not as far-fetched as it might have seemed.
His father was a surgeon, and Roth himself worked as a surgical orderly in South Central Los Angeles in the early 1970s. Once certified, Roth said, he hopes to volunteer one weekend a month.
The singer, who spent a decade with Van Halen before embarking on a solo career — other than a two-song collaboration with the band for a greatest-hits album — has been riding with crews in the Bronx, Manhattan and Brooklyn several nights a week.
Lippes said Roth didn't want to do any rides in Rockland because he didn't want the attention, figuring he would go unnoticed in the city.
Roth was unavailable for comment.
"He wanted action and to be incognito," she said. "He'd stick out a lot more here."
Daves been training here since July?this is 10 minutes from my job.I had no idea.Some of the guys i work with do fire training over at the center for fire brigade and were like yaeh weve seen him a few times in class,real down to earth.Apparently he is very serious about this stuff.
Notice how the rest of the world doesnt have a problem with Dave, by this I mean the people that really get to know and work with him !
(Apart from the wino sisters)
Al laughing when told what Dave is doing shows you the whole
picture right there. Dave cares about people. Alice cares about
Alice. His procession of ex-wives are living proof.. Alice cant even
keep one wife ? Dave is offering his time for free, to help others.
Fuck you sheep...
Read all of the above...
Do you think we will ever see Sammy selflessy commit himself to
human care in this way ???
CLASS
Dave has it, the others can only sit back in awe and wonder what
the hell Class actually is !!BABY PANA 2 IS Coming !! All across the land, let the love and beer flow !
Love ya Mary Frances!Comment
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Re: Re: Diamond Dave in Rockland County NY
Well Said. That Alex would try to belittle Dave is just really ridiculous. Bottom line is that Ed and Alex would've never gotten to where they did w/ out Dave. Not because they weren't talented enough, but because Dave ran the business, lyrical, and creative sides as well.Originally posted by Panamark
Notice how the rest of the world doesnt have a problem with Dave, by this I mean the people that really get to know and work with him !
(Apart from the wino sisters)
Al laughing when told what Dave is doing shows you the whole
picture right there. Dave cares about people. Alice cares about
Alice. His procession of ex-wives are living proof.. Alice cant even
keep one wife ? Dave is offering his time for free, to help others.
Fuck you sheep...
Read all of the above...
Do you think we will ever see Sammy selflessy commit himself to
human care in this way ???
CLASS
Dave has it, the others can only sit back in awe and wonder what
the hell Class actually is !!
BTW - Has 6 platinum albums in 7 years EVER been done by another band before? Maybe Zep, but I wouldn't be surprised if it has never been done...Yo Yo YoComment
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best thing is that people don't buy the sister's shit anymore...Roth Army Icon
First official owner of ADKOT (Deluxe Version)Comment
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I think that Dave has a few reasons for doing the paramedic thing:
1. he is an altruist and a humanitarian.
2. he is a believer in zen, (what you give is what you get)
3. he is looking for inspiration and a catalyst for creativity. Betcha a smoking album comes out of this...maybe Fair Warning style.
I saw Ratt at manhattans in 1985..they were awful but it was still good fun.Comment
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Whatever Dave is looking for in doing this, I hope he finds it.Comment
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he'll need the medical equipment to wake up the audience after the sever case of shock when they hear how awful he sings anymore.Comment
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