03-09-2005, 05:13 AM
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| Guest | Re: New to NJ
On 9 Mar 2005 02:59:40 -0800, Maggie wrote:
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> Neil Cherry wrote:
>> On 8 Mar 2005 15:40:26 -0800, Maggie wrote:
>> > Neil Cherry wrote:
>> >> On 8 Mar 2005 13:03:02 -0800, jabario@backpacker.com wrote:
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>> >> > Riding at the shore (Island Beach) is awesome. Nice scenic hily
>> >> > farmland in Hunterdon Cty. Some great organized rides and clubs.
>> >> > NJ is nowhere bear as good to ride in as CA but not too bad.
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>> >> Hey we don't have mud slides. ;-)
>> >> What might be a surprise to everyone is just how beautiful NJ is.
>> >> Lots of films like to show the crowded sections and the nasty area
>> >> of the Turnpike (a part of Northern NJ). There is a lot more to it
>> >> than that.
>> > Are you talkin' bout the beginning of the famous Jersey Turnpike
>> > shown on the Sopranos. That's a great part of Jersey too.
>> OK, good point. I've just been a little testy about folks picking on
>> NJ. I was born in the Bronx, it's much nicer here in NJ!
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>> > We have everything. We have country, shore, suburbs, city WE HAVE
>> > IT ALL!!!!!
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>> And 24 hour food, Chinese, Thai, Indian, Spanish, French, Italian,
>> Polish, German, Greek, Russian, (plenty more where that comes from).
>> Though they did tear down the Irish, Italian, Chinese, American
>> restaurant in Finderene. I did try that place out, scary thought! :-)
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> See you are from Da Bronx, so you have trouble joking about Jersey.
> I'm proud of the fact that I live here. I joke about it, because it's
> Jersey. If I lived in Utah, what would I joke about. ;-)
Nevada, of course!
> I have alot of friends in Manhattan and a business partner who lives
> and works there. There is a certain Mahattan personality that looks
> down at Jersey as "pitiful" They go to the Hamptons, I go to the
> Jersey Shore. No comparison....Jersey shore wins hands down. Great
> place to ride a bike btw.
That's one place I avoid after Memorial Day and before Labor Day. At
my pace all the wrong way riders become quite a hazard. I love it in
September, still warm and very few BENNYs.
> Hey, I'm still here after 50 years, because I can't think of anywhere I
> else I would rather live. Today we are left with the ice after the
> blizzard. One day I am going to wake up and actually ride my bike to
> work. I know the day is coming. The seasons change and so do I. :-)
I'm working on that for this month. The snow and cold isn't the
problem it's the thaw and freeze. During the day the snow melts and on
certain parts of the road it melts or travels across the road. In the
evening it freezes. The roads I travel are all back roads, still very
pretty even where they're growing homes. With sunrise at 5:58 AM &
sunset at 6:19 PM I have enough time to get to work and ride
home. Though I do have to leave around 5:30AM so I can avoid the rush
hour traffic. I think today's 20F (current temp at 8:12 AM) would have
me passing on today's commute it just causes me too many breathing
problems on the bike.
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