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- lvl_130
internet sarcasm works well. nope.
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- jdcomba0
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 race horses 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 most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as the Diner Capital of the World.
-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 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 nations' 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 industrial state and is the largest chemical producing state in the nation when you include pharmaceuticals.
-Two-thirds of the world's eggplants are grown in New Jersey.
-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 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 nations' 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 industrial state and is the largest chemical producing state in the nation when you include pharmaceuticals.
-Two-thirds of the world's eggplants are grown in New Jersey.
-New Jersey is the world leader in blueberry and cranberry production.
-Here's to New Jersey-the toast of the country! In 1642, the first brewery in America opened in Hoboken.
-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% of what our nation imports
comes through Elizabeth Seaport first.-New Jersey is home to one of the nation's busiest airports at Newark 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
-New Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest seaport in the US, located in Elizabeth. Nearly 80% of what our nation imports
comes through Elizabeth Seaport first.-New Jersey is home to one of the nation's busiest airports at Newark 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 their playing board after the actual streets in Atlantic City.
And Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world.-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.
-New Jersey had the first Medical Center, in Jersey City.
-The Pulaski Sky Way, from Jersey City to Newark, was the first skyway highway.
-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.
-New Jersey had the first Medical Center, in Jersey City.
-The Pulaski Sky Way, from Jersey City to Newark, was the first skyway highway.
-NJ built the first tunnel under a river, the Hudson. (Holland Tunnel)
-New Jersey is the only state in the nation which offers child abuse prevention workshops to every public school.
-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.)
-The first Drive-in Movie theater was opened in Camden, NJ.
-New Jersey is home to both of "NEW YORK'S " Pro Football Teams.
-The first radio station and broadcast was in Paterson, NJ.
-All famous New Jersey-ites: Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Jason Alexander, Queen Latifa, 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 Donnely, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman, Jerry Lewis, Tom Cruise, Richard Wojewodzki,
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 Forsyth, 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, Paul Robeson, Ernie Kovacs, Frank Sinatra, James Gandolfini, Bette Midler,
jdcomba
(Aug 20 05, 08:38)
- jdcomba0
kld, i haven't figured it out yet. he died in 91', but i have all these letters he wrote to my mom when he lived in oakland, and in one he talks about how he's designing a discotech. the place probably isn't even there, and if it is, it's not the same, but i would like to see it. my dad was doing technical drawing out there for richo or something.
- jdcomba0
jd im going cruising for guidos tonight in hoboken wish me luck
tehgee
(Aug 20 05, 10:51)yooooooooo, make it down to JC, for the sandbar. they have free parking for 2000 cars, 20 boats, and 2 helecopters. and there's guidos for days. http://www.sandbarusa.com/Photog…
- version30
what is it though, with jersey having the worst photoviewers ever?
can you explain that jd? :)
- jdcomba0
basically, all those nightclubs are run by guidos, and basically guidos know nothing about photoviewers.
- version30
check
guidos
-1 for jersey:)
- illroot0
I live in Jersey City, but consider myself a displaced New Yorker.
I was born and bred in NYC, true East! Representin!
- visualplane0
East siiiiiiiiide, carry on =)
- stevegee0
Born and raised all my life in NJ... It's got it's great points, and then there are property taxes and embedded mafia members in local government.
- jdcomba0
I live in Jersey City, but consider myself a displaced New Yorker.
I was born and bred in NYC, true East! Representin!
illroot
(Aug 20 05, 12:29)i live in jersey city. i feel what you're saying.
- tehgee0
all i know is myu rent is like $500 andi have the best view of manhatten in the world
- version30
take a pic
- jdcomba0
i like those parks by the water up by you TG. on a nice night i drink a forty with my special lady friend up thurrr!!!
- visualplane0
all i know is myu rent is like $500 andi have the best view of manhatten in the world
tehgee(Aug 20 05, 13:05)
For a studio? Sounds like a great deal.
- tehgee0
hahaits a basement apartment :P hahaa
v3 i have tried a bunch ineed a tripod cuz i have the dt shakes :/
haha jd u have prolly seen me tahts where i walk if u see a midgit with an ipod shuffle its me plese dont throw yer empty bottles at me
- Bruckford0
tara, do you live here?
- ********0
sorry, previous post was meant to be Rand
- kyl30
kld, i haven't figured it out yet. he died in 91', but i have all these letters he wrote to my mom when he lived in oakland, and in one he talks about how he's designing a discotech. the place probably isn't even there, and if it is, it's not the same, but i would like to see it. my dad was doing technical drawing out there for richo or something.
jdcomba
(Aug 20 05, 12:16)===
there just aren't that many nightclubs in oakland, really the only one I can think of is The Omni which closed back a few years ago. It was me like a community center but had some shows too. I saw Eek a Mouse there in like '88.
SF has all the nightspots.
- jdcomba0
tg, is this your brother or something...?