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Posted on 01/25/2002 12:11:36 PM PST by LoneGreenEyeshade

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To: Julyman16
REAL Claremont Diner

Is it still there. I lived in Montclair for a few years---light years ago!!!!

121 posted on 01/25/2002 11:02:09 PM PST by LoneGreenEyeshade
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To: DJ MacWoW
trAction Park

Better words never said!!!! :~)

122 posted on 01/25/2002 11:03:08 PM PST by LoneGreenEyeshade
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To: agitator
Eagle Rock Reservation

Used to love to go there to see the lights! There was a fancy diner nearby---can't recall the name---great sandwiches!

123 posted on 01/25/2002 11:05:44 PM PST by LoneGreenEyeshade
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To: Go Gordon
Northeast (rural)

I do hope you mean NorthWEST! I grew up in Northern Hunterdon County!

But I also love Sandy Hook. Was just there with my camera in early December. People are always surprised when they see my photos of the Holly Forests, prickly pear cactus, and dense berry bushes on the Hook. I have a framed photo of the grasses along the bay side of the Hook taken last fall. Colors are breathtaking.

I also have a now very sad shot of the Skyline taken from ocean side beach. Brings tears everytime I look at it.

Did you know that the lighthouse at Fort Hancock is the oldest in the country?

124 posted on 01/25/2002 11:13:04 PM PST by LoneGreenEyeshade
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To: exit82
in order to avoid traffic

Is there such a place anymore?

I should add one to the list, realizing it now that I live in the Pacific Northwest. Here, everyone is very sensitive to the amount of time they commute to work. I've been looking for a job and it is always one of the top five questions: Will you commute 30 miles. Sheesh, in NJ I would guess that on average, one hour in the car a day is a norm. I knew many co-workers that spent 90 minutes each way. Of course, that could have been only 30 miles!!! Here, more than 15 minutes is unbearable to the locals!!!!

I'm considered a "tough chick" because I'm willing to drive more than a few minutes and am not intimidated by an inch of snow----even two or three or four inches of snow!!! In Washington, the snow belongs in the mountains. Anywhere else, and society as we know it ceases to function!

LOL,LGE

125 posted on 01/25/2002 11:22:26 PM PST by LoneGreenEyeshade
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To: njmaugbill
I stand corrected, the WC was in Verona, not Cedar Grove. And I remember Popeye also. The reason I heard that it closed down was that some nut whacked somebody with a crowbar in the place one night and within a few months, the place was closed. You KNEW it was Xmas Eve because that was the only time in 364.5 days out of the year that the place shut down.
126 posted on 01/25/2002 11:23:44 PM PST by agitator
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To: F.J. Mitchell
swear that Jersey will grow on you

More likely, around you...and grow and grow and grow!!!!

127 posted on 01/25/2002 11:24:19 PM PST by LoneGreenEyeshade
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To: Exit 109
LIAR! How could you omit Uncle Floyd!?

No one's perfect!!!! That's why I posted this thread. Knew that my fellow Jerseyites would chime in and enrich it!!!

LOL,LGE

128 posted on 01/25/2002 11:27:24 PM PST by LoneGreenEyeshade
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To: Hoboken
I love the City of Hoboken

Back in ancient times, the joke was that if you accidentally crossed the bridge into Hoboken, you would likely never be seen again. It's truly a modern miracle how it has turned around!!!

129 posted on 01/25/2002 11:29:36 PM PST by LoneGreenEyeshade
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To: pgkdan
I always considered Jersey a great place to be... from.

Lot a great university, gave me an awesome education that makes life easier everywhere else!!!! Think I'll add that to the list:
A place that makes life everywhere else easier!!!!

130 posted on 01/25/2002 11:33:46 PM PST by LoneGreenEyeshade
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To: LoneGreenEyeshade
Howdy, LGE!! If all yer doin' is "waitin', waitin', waitin'," how come yer not FReepin', FReepin', FReepin'?!

FReegards...MUD

131 posted on 01/26/2002 2:55:04 AM PST by Mudboy Slim
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To: Atticus
I could've sworn Uncle Floyd was in a small part in a Law & Order episode. Can anyone verify this? It was weird.
132 posted on 01/26/2002 3:19:52 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: njmaugbill
"MONEY TALKS, NOBODY WALKS AT DENNISONS!"

Bingo! Those ads always ran late at night too. I had no walking money then so I never made it to Dennisons.

Someone earlier was asking about the Egg Skillet in Nutley and I can't say I remember that, but there was a great place in Bloomfield right near the Parkwy for eggs.

133 posted on 01/26/2002 8:17:06 AM PST by Cagey
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To: njmaugbill
POPEYE! If you could picture a bald ART CARNEY on steroids you'd come close...heh heh heh! What a memory!

Best Regards, Julyman16

134 posted on 01/26/2002 11:33:58 AM PST by Julyman16
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To: LoneGreenEyeshade
This thread is a HOOT! Thanks!

The REAL Claremont diner in Verona burned down in the late 70's/early 80's..."they" said it was a kitchen "grease" fire...and I suppose that is possible. As you know, nearly everything is possible here in NJ!

A new ultra-modern, steel and glass thing was erected on Route 3 West in Clifton called The Claremont Diner. I ate there once.

Best Regards, Julyman16

135 posted on 01/26/2002 11:54:54 AM PST by Julyman16
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To: Julyman16
Thanks. I lived in Montclair in the early 70's. Never ate at the new diner so I'll savor the memory of the original!
136 posted on 01/26/2002 12:55:48 PM PST by LoneGreenEyeshade
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To: Mudboy Slim
I am supposed to be keeping a low profile!!!!
137 posted on 01/26/2002 12:56:26 PM PST by LoneGreenEyeshade
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To: Julyman16
"A new ultra-modern, steel and glass thing was erected on Route 3 West in Clifton called The Claremont Diner. I ate there once"

So did Tony Soprano!. it was in a scene of the Sopranos, and shortly after that it was demolished. Today it is the site of a Honda Dealer.

Bill

139 posted on 01/26/2002 1:31:04 PM PST by njmaugbill
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To: Publius
Too funny, but also too true.

My wife and I moved out here to North Jersey about 5 and a half years ago from 30 to 60 miles east of Los Angeles and it only took my wife a couple of weeks to decide that New Jersey driver's motto is "Because I can!"

I'm kind of glad that the main circle in my area (Ledgewood Circle) has been turned into a Tee intersection complete with traffic lights and (practically unheard of in New Jersey, hence the reference to jug handles) even a left turn lane. That thing was a real mess.

140 posted on 01/26/2002 1:42:27 PM PST by Gamma-131-I
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