A Marine Biologist I know sent me to this place.
Posted on 03/09/2006 6:48:25 AM PST by Huck
lol. I like NJ cuz we have 4 seasons. It's a temperate zone. It's a little sticky sometimes in summer, but not anywhere near as bad as Balt/DC or farther south. It's a little cold sometimes in winter, but nothing like Minnesota. We get some snowstorms, but not as bad as Buffalo. We get beautiful autumns. Maybe not Vermont-class, but very pretty and comfortable.
Keep looking then! I don't want to end up at Sandy Hook!
I'm from New York, and it has always been "Jerzey" to me.
Ahhhhh, North Jersey. I see. South Jersey is the best.
The funny thing is, I have met people from other states, such as Indiana, who swear to me they've heard folks from NJ say "Joisey", yet I know no one actually from NJ who has heard the same. Maybe New Jerseyans just like messing with people's minds..
In the interests of fairness, NJ did have two things I miss terribly: the hot dogs (all the way, of course) at the Hot Grill on Lexington Ave in Clifton, and Taylor's Meat Pies (IIRC, Passaic, but it's been a long time), the latter being mainly an acquired taste and a truly brutal addiction once acquired.
We definitley have great food.
Ping! Didn't know if you'd seen this. ;>)
Monthly average temperatures for NJ last 70 years....
In degrees Farenheit
January - 31.2
February - 31.9
March - 40.3
April - 50.6
May - 61.0
June - 69.8
July - 74.5
August - 73.1
September - 66.3
October - 55.4
November - 45.1
December - 34.4
Daytime only temps would be several degrees higher.
Couldn't have said it better myself!!!
It's a liberal state. Duh. Doesn't bother me. Like I say, you give something up for everything you gain. I'd rather have a great life with small inconveniences from the gubmint, then have great gubmint and an unfulfilling life. For me, the gubmint of NJ is quite tolerable. And if this is about as bad as gubmint gets, as some of you suggest, then I have nothing to worry about, because I'm quite happy.
I went to a couple of the Phil shows this past run, at Hammerstein in NYC and at the Tower Theater in PA. Great shows, great band, great times.
It's almost impossible to get a decent hot dog or NY-style pizza in Florida, or at least in the section I am in. The barbecue joint on every corner sort of makes up for it though. But yeah, miss those hot dogs badly.
Well, I lived on Staten Island for a couple of months in 2002 and every Italian American was dressed like that. I have noticed similar levels of sartorial elegance in certain parts of Jersey...
I am involved and have been since 1981. Speaking personally, I don't want people like you here no matter how you vote. I'd rather have a Democrat living here who actually gives a damn about where they live than someone like you who is just filling up space and biding time until they get out.
Besides your precious vote, what do you do (in tangible terms) to make New Jersey and Somerset County a better place to live ???
The pizza thing is no surprise. I'm curious about hot dogs though. How tough is it to make a hot dog? Im a chili dog man, myself. I mean, it's a hot weiner on a bun. How do they get that wrong?? As for pizza, if you grow up in NJ, you get the best pizza in the country. Forget NY. NJ has the goods. It makes it hard to eat pizza anywhere else. Forget the midwest, or the west. they havent got a clue.
A Marine Biologist I know sent me to this place.
I feel what you're saying. People should take pride in where they live or get the hell out. What kind of loser lives somewhere that makes them miserable?
And you admit to it?
I'm not sure if you are familiar with this site----
Live Archives--
http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php?collection=etree&cat=Phil%20Lesh%20and%20Friends
Here ya go- 699 Phil Lesh Live shows you can download.
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