New Jersey

[telcoman]

A few facts some may be unaware of?

you may have seen this before but always interesting to recall the reason one lives in NJ: 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 densest 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. Home to the less mysterious but the best Italian hot dogs and Italian sausage w/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. 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 its 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. New Jersey also boasts the first town ever lit by incandescent bulbs (Roselle). 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 was 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. New Jersey 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). The first drive-in movie theater was opened in Camden, NJ, (but they're all gone now!). 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. 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, Marilyn n McCoo, Flip Wilson, Alexander Hamilton, Zack Braff, 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, Joe DePasquale, 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.,Norman Schwarzkopf, Dave Thomas (Wendy's), William Carlos Williams, Ray Liotta, Robert Wuhl, Bob Reyers, Paul Robeson, Ernie Kovacs, Joseph Macchia, Kelly Ripa, and, of course, Francis Albert Sinatra and "Uncle Floyd" Vivino. The Great Falls in Paterson, on the Passaic River, is the 2nd highest waterfall on the East Coast of the US. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You know you're from Jersey when ... You've eaten at a diner, when you were stoned or drunk, at 3 A.M. You know that the state isn't all farmland. You know how to properly negotiate a circle. You knew that the last sentence had to do with driving. 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 start planning for Memorial Day weekend in February. You've NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, EVER pumped your own gas.

Actually I do pump my own as I dislike most of the a##holes that spill gas on my G

Telcoman

[G37 Man]

To bad our Governor is an idiot but other that that NJ Rocks!

Signed a Native NJ Boy

[snwbrdr435]

Highlands, New Jersey has the highest elevation along the entire eastern seaboard, from Maine to Florida.

100% Not True.

[Rivalry]

I was in McGuire, AFB NJ for 2 months... I hope I never have to go back.

[marlin29311]

To bad our Governor is an idiot but other that that NJ Rocks!

Signed a Native NJ Boy

+1 - the sooner Corzine goes, the sooner we get better.

Good write up Telco - i've seen most before, but it's always fun to read!

[Jacko3]

Telcoman:

Nice write up! But then, how do you guys ever explain the strangest Governors you all elect all the time???? There was the Governor who was cheating on his wife with another guy ( I think his name was McGreevy), and then there was Corzine and his infamous accident . And then the there is the New Jersey political machine that is as formidable as the Chicago political machine . New Jersey has a lot to do in terms of marketing its state image , because those of us in the south are getting tired of nothern transplants . Hehehehehe!!!!!

[G37 Man]

Telcoman:

Nice write up! But then, how do you guys ever explain the strangest Governors you all elect all the time???? There was the Governor who was cheating on his wife with another guy ( I think his name was McGreevy), and then there was Corzine and his infamous accident . And then the there is the New Jersey political machine that is as formidable as the Chicago political machine . New Jersey has a lot to do in terms of marketing its state image , because those of us in the south are getting tired of nothern transplants . Hehehehehe!!!!!

If I had my way,I would be in Fla. enjoying My G instead of NJ watching the snow fall and my G sitting in the garage!

[Jacko3]

I beg you, no more northeast transplants in the south. (J/K)

[Jacko3]

One more thing, "In 2007 New Jersey became the first state in 40 years to abolish its death penalty."

[infinitgkid]

I beg you, no more northeast transplants in the south. (J/K)

No seriously... no more please... i'm not j/k...

The women can come down... the men will have to stay up there...

[telcoman]

Telcoman:

Nice write up! But then, how do you guys ever explain the strangest Governors you all elect all the time???? There was the Governor who was cheating on his wife with another guy ( I think his name was McGreevy), and then there was Corzine and his infamous accident . And then the there is the New Jersey political machine that is as formidable as the Chicago political machine . New Jersey has a lot to do in terms of marketing its state image , because those of us in the south are getting tired of nothern transplants . Hehehehehe!!!!!

Hey Jacko

There are strange people all over in many states.

Perhaps some of them live near you?

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The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting orchanging one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's winners.

Read them carefully. Each is an artificial word with only one letter altered from a real word. Some are terrifically innovative:

1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people, that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The Bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

4. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

5. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

6. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

7. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

8. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

9. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

10. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

11. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

12. Glibido: All talk and no action

13. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

14. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

15. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

16. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

And, the pick of the lot...

17. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an *******.

Telcoman

[Jacko3]

I see you love NJ badly. Its been a while I have been there. I might check it out this year.

[G37 Man]

I see you love NJ badly. Its been a while I have been there. I might check it out this year.

Please do and come see the G's

oh and bring some Royal Purple with you my G with thank you

[SVTCOBRA]

Telcoman,You forgot that NJ has the scariest taxi drivers!!!! (next time I will RENT)

[telcoman]

Telcoman,You forgot that NJ has the scariest taxi drivers!!!! (next time I will RENT)

Not true

NJ taxi drivers are p****** compared to NYC taxi drivers.

Come up here and drive in NJ & NYC

I double dare ya

Telcoman

[Jacko3]

I shall. I love you RP.