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If you've ever lived in Jersey...you'll appreciate this!!! And if you haven't, just read what you've missed out on.
New Jersey is a peninsula. Highlands, New Jersey has the highest elevation along the entire eastern seaboard, from Maine to Florida. New Jersey is the only state where all of its counties are classified as metropolitan areas. New Jersey has more racehorses than Kentucky. New Jersey has more Cubans in Union City (1 sq. mi.) than Havana, Cuba. New Jersey has the most dense system of highways and railroads in the US. New Jersey has the highest cost of living. New Jersey has the highest cost of auto insurance. New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation. New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as the "Diner Capital of the World." New Jersey is home to the original Mystery Pork Parts Club (no, not Spam): Taylor Ham or Pork Roll. New Jersey is home to the less mysterious but the best Italian hot dogs and Italian sausage with peppers and onions. North Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world, with seven major shopping malls in a 25 square mile radius. New Jersey (NOT New York) is home to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The Passaic River was the site of the first submarine ride, by inventor John P. Holland. New Jersey has 50+ resort cities & towns; some of the nation's most famous: Asbury Park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, Long Branch, Cape May. New Jersey has the most stringent testing along our coastline for water quality control than any other seaboard state in the entire country. New Jersey is a leading technology & industrial state and is the largest chemical producing state in the nation when you include pharmaceuticals. Jersey tomatoes are known the world over as being the best you can buy. New Jersey is the world leader in blueberry and cranberry production (and here you thought Massachusetts?) Here's to New Jersey - the toast of the country! In 1642, the first brewery in America opened in Hoboken. New Jersey rocks! The famous Les Paul invented the first solid body electric guitar in Mahwah, in 1940. New Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest seaport in the US, located in Elizabeth. Nearly 80 percent of what our nation imports comes through Elizabeth Seaport first. New Jersey is home to one of the nation's busiest airports (in Newark), Liberty International. George Washington slept here. Several important Revolutionary War battles were fought on New Jersey soil, led by General George Washington. The light bulb, phonograph (record player), and motion picture projector, were invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park, NJ, laboratory. We also boast the first town ever lit by incandescent bulbs. The first seaplane was built in Keyport, NJ. The first airmail (to Chicago) was started from Keyport, NJ. The first phonograph records were made in Camden, NJ. New Jersey is home to the Miss America Pageant held in Atlantic City. The game Monopoly, played all over the world, named the streets on its playing board after the actual streets in Atlantic City. And, Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world, not to mention salt-water taffy. New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area outside of the Middle East countries. The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey, in the Watchung Mountains. New Jersey has the tallest water tower in the world. (Union, NJ!!!) New Jersey had the first medical center, in Jersey City. The Pulaski Skyway, from Jersey City to Newark, was the first skyway highway. NJ built the first tunnel under a river, the Hudson (Holland Tunnel). The first baseball game was played in Hoboken, NJ, which is also the birthplace of Frank Sinatra. The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick in 1889 (Rutgers College played Princeton). New Jersey is home to both of "NEW YORK'S" pro football teams! The first radio station and broadcast was in Paterson, NJ. The first FM radio broadcast was made from Alpine, NJ, by MAJ. Thomas Armstrong. The first drive-in movie theater was opened in Camden, NJ, (but they're all gone now!). All New Jersey natives: Sal Martorano, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Jason Alexander, Queen Latifah, Susan Sarandon, Connie Francis, Shaq, Judy Blume, Aaron Burr, Joan Robertson, Ken Kross, Dionne Warwick, Sarah Vaughn, Budd Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, Marilynn McCoo, Flip Wilson, Alexander Hamilton, Whitney Houston, Eddie Money, Linda McElroy, Eileen Donnelly, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman, Jerry Lewis, Tom Cruise, Joyce Kilmer, Bruce Willis, Caesar Romero, Lauryn Hill, Ice-T, Nick Adams, Nathan Lane, Sandra Dee, Danny DeVito, Richard Conti, Joe Pesci, Joe Piscopo, Robert Blake, John Forsythe, Meryl Streep,Loretta Swit, Norman Lloyd, Paul Simon, Jerry Herman, Gorden McCrae, Kevin Spacey, John Travolta, Phyllis Newman, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Eva Marie Saint, Elisabeth Shue, Zebulon Pike, James Fennimore Cooper, Admiral Wm.Halsey,Jr., Dave Thomas (Wendy's), William Carlos Williams, Ray Liotta, Robert Wuhl, Bob Reyers, Paul Robeson, Ernie Kovacs, Joseph Macchia and, of course, Francis Albert Sinatra and "Uncle Floyd" Vivino, and Kelly Ripa. Bob Meade adds: The Great Falls in Paterson, on the Passaic River, is the second highest waterfall on the East Coast of the US. You know you're from Jersey when: You don't think of fruit when people mention "The Oranges." You know that it's called Great Adventure, not Six Flags. A good, quick breakfast is a hard roll with butter. You've known the way to Seaside Heights since you were seven. You've eaten at a diner, when you were stoned or drunk, at 3 A.M. You know that the state isn't one big oil refinery. At least three people in your family still love Bruce Springsteen, and you know the town Jon Bon Jovi is from. You know what a "jug handle" is. You know that WaWa is a convenience store. You know that the state isn't all farmland. You know that there are no "beaches" in New Jersey--there's the shore--and you don't go "to the shore," you go "down the shore." And when you are there, you're not "at the shore"; you are "down the shore." You know how to properly negotiate a circle. You knew that the last sentence had to do with driving. You know that this is the only "New" state that doesn't require "New" to identify it (try . . . Mexico . . . York . . . Hampshire-- doesn't work, does it?). You know that a "White Castle" is the name of BOTH a fast food chain AND a fast food sandwich. You consider putting mayo on a corned beef sandwich a sacrilege You don't think, "What exit?" is very funny. You know that people from the 609 area code are "a little different." Yes, they are! You know that no respectable New Jerseyan goes to Princeton--that's for out-of-staters. The Jets-Giants game has started fights at your school or local bar. You live within 20 minutes of at least three different malls. You refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers. Every year you have at least one kid in your class named Tony. You know the location of every clip shown in the Sopranos opening credits. You've gotten on the wrong highway trying to get out of the mall. You know that people from North Jersey go to Seaside Heights, and people from Central Jersey go to Belmar, and people from South Jersey go to Wildwood. It can be no other way. You weren't raised in New Jersey--you were raised in either North Jersey, Central Jersey or South Jersey. You don't consider Newark or Camden to actually be part of the state. You remember the stores Korvette's, Two Guys, Rickel's, Channel, Bamberger's and Orbach's. You also remember Olympic Park and Palisades Amusement Park. You've had a boardwalk cheese steak and vinegar fries. You start planning for Memorial Day weekend in February. And finally . . . You've NEVER, EVER pumped your own gas. AMEN!!! Thank God I am from Jersey! ![]()
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I never knew New Jersey offered so much. Thanks for the info. I know they've got great pizza!
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"New Jersey is home to the less mysterious but the best Italian hot dogs and Italian sausage with peppers and onions. "
ib, there was a place off 22 in springfield, i think it was called Dee's , that made the best. i'd kill for one right now, it's been over 20 years.
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IB
I was very very impressed with the information you just posted but what was more impressive was that it was in ENGLISH Ron
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Highlands, New Jersey - Elevation 240 feet. Cadillac Mountain, Bar Harbor, Maine - Elevation 1,532 feet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Mountain You also forgot to mention that New Joisey is the burial place of Jimmy Hoffa, and has the smelliest (oil refinerys & pig farms) major highway, the Joisey Pike, in the entire United States. ![]() |
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dang ib, me thinks he be dissin the garden state !
just for the hell of it i googled xracer's MN. NUTTIN CAME UP you reckon google ain't heard of that place ? ![]()
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Floppie, ROCK ON!!!! If U R thinkin bout the rd that runs in2 springfield from 22 (LH xit) in tha lil stripmally thingy them storz bin changed duzn timesrmore since thenAn wots dat dummie frum"sota no bout anydamting?? No1 noz wear Jimmyboy b laid out (best gess B D dtroit river) dpigz is longon an sur we got 2 refine dadam oil 4 U rubes in da hinterlands..an I cud eel witda scseech hotter da better but them Sigi dogs witda tatos an greese runnin out B 2 mush 4 me even wit ma trusti 12pak.
anlassli bit not leesli Yo 58 dat wuz a c&p liku din no ![]() AN HPK, uget mor'n 50miles outada big apple an FORGET pizza, resta da werld aint gotta clu, spe ially flada countada H2O ![]() Last edited by ibtrukn; 02-23-2006 at 10:56 AM.. |
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I wish I could get a pizza out here like they serve at Vic's in Bradley Beach! And there used to be a sub shop in Asbury Park that made the best subs I ever had. The cops closed it down years ago because they were selling fireworks out the back(yes, fireworks, like anything else that is fun, is illegal in Jersey).
When I grew up there, we had never heard of Pizza Hut, or any of those other chain restaurants. They couldn't compete with places like Vic's in Bradley Beach, Mom's Kitchen, or Napolitano's, in Neptune.
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Right on "X"!!!!! I thought it was either Cadillac at Bar Harbour or Kitaden. Us Maineacs haf ta stik together!
Can't let dem der asbestus smokin duble cluchers fool the foks wit falss stuf...... Giving credit whar its du, there is a independent pizza place in New Brunswick over near the NJC (Douglas) campus that makes the finest tastin' pizza one ever sunk their teeth into from SCRATCH. Can't remember the name but it fed me for four years while at Rutgers. The folks dat run it are from Italy and learned to cook it from relatives in Brooklyn back in the thirties!!
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"are from Italy and learned to cook it from relatives in Brooklyn back in the thirties!!"
Izzr ne otha way?? I cud trade 11/2# pork roll 4????? but wilit sirviv wittout reefr? naw IB donwano blkI'd p's kolargreenz or grits.......kant find reel andouille (how U like dat spellin 3n5/8s) they B cellin sum fony crap round here IB talkin bout SPICY!!!! wotchu got dudes?? __________________ |
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Dis meethed frum Sea Caulk Us rounda Pass ay ic riber! Ju nogot no poke rol! Chu iza pokrol! Ketsip mieye, chu knead mouse turdon dat fella! [grins]
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"Dis meethed frum Sea Caulk Us rounda Pass ay ic riber! Ju nogot no poke rol! Chu iza pokrol! Ketsip mieye, chu knead mouse turdon dat fella! [grins]"
""are from Italy and learned to cook it from relatives in Brooklyn back in the thirties!!" Izzr ne otha way?? I cud trade 11/2# pork roll 4????? but wilit sirviv wittout reefr? naw IB donwano blkI'd p's kolargreenz or grits.......kant find reel andouille (how U like dat spellin 3n5/8s) they B cellin sum fony crap round here IB talkin bout SPICY!!!! wotchu got dudes?? " i think i'm having a flashback. or maybe something i smoked when i was young and dumb is just gettin around to kickin in. ![]()
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Yo IB,
Excuse me fer stealing this piece from ya! I wanna educate them dummies over at my place........... ![]()
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Chu knead2 lernhow 2uzquotes! Grin
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lissenupdude, IB mite jus comondown an teech yur raggedeyass allbout "--------"
I gotta hook ata shebby deeler in grapevine-----watchu thinka dat wetbak ![]() |
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