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HEY GANG: Please check out THIS POST on the Message Board. This is a fun time for a GREAT cause!

A Little Boy’s Dream – An Old Man’s Pain

 

(WARNING: Graphic images ahead.)

When I was 7 years old, I took some of my mom’s clothesline rope to assist in erecting a wrestling ring in my backyard. Mom wasn’t thrilled by my usage of her clothes maintenance materials, but she didn’t say much, as she knew how much I loved wrestling and how much I was going to enjoy being Bruno Sammartino in my backyard. (Read More)


THE FIRE HYDRANT ISSUE

In the wake of the recent fires, there has been much discussion about what needs to be done to assist our firefighters in being able to effectively battle these blazes. Being an employee of the city’s Water Department, I’m quite familiar with the hydrants and the issues surrounding them. (Read More)


A NICE DAY AT WORK!
Flagman sign Amsterdam New York
This past Friday, us boys from the City's Water Dept. were dispatched to Clizbe & Second to repair a fire hydrant. That's a treacherous curve, so it was determined we needed a flagman. Fortunately, I'm trained in being a traffic impediment, so I took the post... (Read More)

I'M A SLACKER!

To those of you who are regular guests here at Amsterdamit, I owe you an apology. I've been a real slacker lately in keeping updates on the front page... (Read More)

PRO WRESTLING HALL OF FAME!

I've updated the information over at the PRO WRESTLING HALL OF FAME'S page here at amsterdamit.com, including a few videos... Check it out!


THINGS ARE POPPIN'
If you have even so much as a passing interest in the hot issues concerning Amsterdam, I would encourage you to head over to the Message Board and check things out... Better yet, get involved... There are a LOT of great posts regarding The Chalmers Building, local property values and a slew of other topics!

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CITY vs. COUNTY
Actually, I would hope the "vs." in that headline could be accurately changed to "in conjunction with." A VERY important topic in local politics is currently at hand, and I think it would be a subject well-suited for discussion here at amsterdamit... (Read More)

...AND AROUND AND AROUND...
There's a very interesting thread up at the Message Board right now that strongly points out the current feeling of the American voter, on both the national and local levels... (Read More)

MAGIC WAND!
Anybody up for a tear-jerker? - As some of you already know, for several years now, I've dabbled around in filmmaking. I thought it might be fun to share one of my favorite pieces with you guys... (Read More)

GREETINGS FROM OUR OVERSEAS SISTER!
Dutch Windmill - Amsterdam, New York is not the only Amsterdam!  :-)
Today, I was fascinated by an email I received from a nice man in The Netherlands. CLICK HERE to read what he wrote...


SMALL CITY. BIG HEART!
Man, for such a seemingly innocent logo, this baby sure has a lot of people fired up! This catchphrase and accompanying new logo has gotten a lot of locals in hot debate over whether it's good, bad, timely, untimely, ill-conceived, well thought out, etc. - I'm sure you're all dying to hear my take on the whole thing... (Read More)

DODGEBALL!

The 2nd annual tournament is finally here! This morning, Feb. 21, the teams arrived at the middle school, ready to dodge some balls!... (Read More & More Video)


AMSTERDAMIAN IN JAPAN!

Samantha Brumley in Japan

The daughter of one of our own City Council members here in Amsterdam, Kim Brumley,  is currently on a fascinating odyssey in the Land of the Rising Sun. This excerpt from an email I got from Kim tells a bit of Samantha's story:... (Read More)


AMSTERDAM PICS!
A Baseball Field In Winter Amsterdam, NY
I thought it might be fun to have a place for pictures from in and around Amsterdam. CLICK HERE to see some pics, and find out how you can submit some of your own.


6 THINGS YOU HATE ABOUT ME!
DPW Workers Amsterdam NY

As most of you know, I work for the DPW in Amsterdam. As a public service, I'm going to address six of the most common complaints I hear about us... Plus a bonus blurb of little known facts about the DPW guys and tips on how to make life easier for both you, the public, and us... (Read More)


CAGE FIGHTER!

Tommy Marcellino Amsterdam NY Submission Grappler MMA Fighter
Tommy Marcellino is an Amsterdam boy. In many ways, he's like any other small-town kid, but where Tommy differs is in his choice of recreation and career goal. Tommy, you see, is a cage fighter... (Read More and see video of Tommy)



FUN STUFF

This poor kid is a riot! This is the parking lot of the dentist's office. As soon as I can get video of it, my buddy, Freddy, acts just like this after a certain amount of non-dentistry, liquid mind-alteration... Although he's not quite as cute.


Usually, I'm not into YouTube vids that are parodies of other videos on the site. However, these guys are pretty funny. Chad Vader is pretty sweet!


As long as we're on Chad Vader, here's another one. This one isn't as funny, but it's cute and I want you to take notice at about the 1:30 point in the movie: That fire hydrant has been cleared out nicely! (And if you're not a regular viewer of amsterdamit, you have no idea what I'm talking about... Shame on you! Start paying attention!)




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