Not only have we got a new granddaughter born in New York . Not only that,
but to make matters worse Manhattan of all places .
So not only are we faced with the major problem of teaching the child all
things southern, where the rest of the family hails from but now we can't
even say when asked where she came from "somwhere just north [in a very
quiet tone] of the Mason Dixon line.
Now to compound the problem , the wife who is up there [I thought trying to
get an early jump on the situation] has suddenly taken a liking to New
Jersey, saying she would not mind living there .
Tell me, what else can go wrong, the sky is falling .....mjh
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Clint its not about paying to live in the south, its heretage, the stars and
bars, fried ocra, barbeque, catfish suppers, RC cola ,coke , playing golf in
december, the Masters having a workshop in the back of the yard with heat
and AC laughing at the yankees when the power goes out. having the best
college teams in the country [football that is ] going to the "Thrashers "
game when its a 100 degrees in the shade . It,s not about paying to be
anywhere Clint ,it"s all of the above and more.
And hey Clint I'm an immigrant, just imagine how the locals feelabout
situations like this ,it"s just very distressing...
By the way Georgia will be number one this season, mark my words... mjh
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"CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Jersey sucks but you couldn't pay me enough to live in the south.
> "Mike Hide" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:EEq4b.315686$YN5.215252@sccrnsc01...
> > Not only have we got a new granddaughter born in New York . Not only
that,
> > but to make matters worse Manhattan of all places .
> >
> > So not only are we faced with the major problem of teaching the child
all
> > things southern, where the rest of the family hails from but now we
can't
> > even say when asked where she came from "somwhere just north [in a very
> > quiet tone] of the Mason Dixon line.
> >
> > Now to compound the problem , the wife who is up there [I thought trying
> to
> > get an early jump on the situation] has suddenly taken a liking to New
> > Jersey, saying she would not mind living there .
> >
> > Tell me, what else can go wrong, the sky is falling .....mjh
> > --
> > mike hide
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Rich attacked with:
> Hey I'm from Jersey and you don't know what your talking about. Jersey has
> more country in it than Michigan ever had. I can probably name 10 cities in
> Michigan that would fall into the definition of seedier areas.
> Rich
I lived in Michigan for a long time and nobody ever asked me what exit I
was from. My backyard was a forest that went 30 miles in one direction
and 45 in another. I don't remember seeing anything like that as I
drove through NJ.
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On 01 Sep 2003 20:53:53 GMT, [email protected] (Gfretwell)
pixelated:
>>My backyard was a forest that went 30 miles in one direction
>>and 45 in another. I don't remember seeing anything like that as I
>>drove through NJ.
>
>New Jersey is the Garden State. People have gardens and they call them farms.
How do all those gardens grow upwind and downstream of all
the refineries there in Joisey, Greg?
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On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 02:08:07 GMT, TomL <[email protected]> pixelated:
>Wrong. NJ is the Tollbooth State.
Wrong. -Pennsylvania- is the Tollbooth State. They use the
money to buy potholes and put them in every street. The
leftover money goes to graft. I should know. I spent 2
whole _days_ there in 1998. ;)
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TomL <[email protected]> wrote:
>Wrong. NJ is the Tollbooth State.
Have you ever been to Chicago?
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Roy, none as large as Tice's was, but theres still Depiero's, Abma's,
Russell's and several others.
TomL
On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 22:10:21 -0400, Roy Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>TomL <[email protected]> wrote:
>> My home is in Bergen County and I'm a stone's throw away from several
>> farms (ever enjoy Jersey corn, tomatoes, peaches or cranberries?)
>
>Are there actually any farms left in Bergen County? I thought Tice had
>long since sold out for mega-bucks to the developers who wanted to build
>fancy office complexes and condos.
That was an old out-date map.
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 16:44:20 -0400, "Dennis [email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"jm" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:SNr4b.316152$YN5.216141@sccrnsc01...
>>
>> Isn't that close to Maryland and Delaware? Did you know that some
>consider
>> those states as "Southern States?" NJ is really not that far then. Is
>it?
>
>The Mason-Dixon line runs through New Jersey.
>
>Dennis Vogel
>
Mike, we are so glad you could get a visa to come to the South and
visit!! If you pass the test (and you have a good start), you "may"
can get a green card or even citizenship (maybe).
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 22:22:16 GMT, "George"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Could be worse. My eldest married a Texas girl. I can hear the confusion
>now when they have kids. "Y'all want to go Green Bay, eh?"
>
>
>"Mike Hide" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:EEq4b.315686$YN5.215252@sccrnsc01...
>> Not only have we got a new granddaughter born in New York . Not only that,
>> but to make matters worse Manhattan of all places .
>>
>> So not only are we faced with the major problem of teaching the child all
>> things southern, where the rest of the family hails from but now we can't
>> even say when asked where she came from "somwhere just north [in a very
>> quiet tone] of the Mason Dixon line.
>
[email protected] wrote, wondering if this is really what he meant?
> "Mike Hide" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Now to compound the problem , the wife who is up there [I thought trying
>>to
>>get an early jump on the situation] has suddenly taken a liking to New
>>Jersey, saying she would not mind living there .
>
> Jersey! Yuck. I had to spend too many summer vacations in Lodi (near
> Pasaic??) Just take her around the the seedier areas which happens to
> be most of NJ so she can get a look at the dark underbelly of that
> State. High taxes, high crime, no RKBA.
>
> These comments from a Michigander who would take any part of the south
> over having to live in NJ.
>
> I wish you well,
>
> Wes
>
Hey I'm from Jersey and you don't know what your talking about. Jersey has
more country in it than Michigan ever had. I can probably name 10 cities in
Michigan that would fall into the definition of seedier areas.
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Rich responds:
>
>Hey I'm from Jersey and you don't know what your talking about. Jersey has
>more country in it than Michigan ever had.
Huh? Smaller state that is the most heavily urbanized in the U.S. and it has
more country?
Jersey's OK, but it is not really pastoral, though the Pine Barrens were pretty
good 25 years ago.
Charlie Self
"Old age is fifteen years older than I am."
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Gee, I dunno Charlie, I am from Jersey and live in Hunterdon County, and 1 mile
down the road is a Buffalo farm, I live next to Round Valley Resevoir, there's
lots of hills, open fields, trees, vegetable farms, dairy farms, horse farms,
and gee, we haven't gotten to Sussex or Warren Counties yet. Up there is more
of the same, plus stands of white oak, red oak, poplar, maple and pine. I see
about 70% of the stars I usually see when pike fishing in northern Quebec,
which is pretty good for a metropolitan light polluted area.
Everyone thinks Jersey is just the turnpike and refineries, and I can't blame
them, but Northwest NJ is still pretty, now I'm not saying its not "crowded"
compared to other parts of the country, but a country boy could survive in
places like Newton, or Frenchtown, Blairstown or Belvidere. I know I do.
Hell, I never lived more than a mile from a cow until I moved to North Carolina
for 5 years (never had "city" water, or sewers till then either), but I'm back
now 'cept I live a mile from a buffalo. Only problem is that in the Carolinas
I had about 4 local sawmills to get wood from, now I have to haul out to around
Williamsport PA to get reasonably priced hardwood. I sure miss going to Steve
Wall Lumber in Mayodan.
CW wrote, wondering if this is really what he meant?
> I spent a total of two days in Jersey. Didn't like what I say. Before ever
> going there, I met a guy that was born and raised there. Until shrtly
> before we met, he had lived there all his life (we met in Germany). He
> discribed Jersey as "the armpit of the US".
I could see his point if he lived in Newark. And in those two days where did
you travel to?
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Rich <[email protected]> wrote:
>I could see his point if he lived in Newark. And in those two days where did
>you travel to?
>
>Rich
Rich, you escaped to Kal ee for ne ah. (Said with a Swartzeneger
accent ;) )
Makes me wonder....
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Charlie Self wrote, wondering if this is really what he meant?
> Rich responds:
>
>>
>>Hey I'm from Jersey and you don't know what your talking about. Jersey has
>>more country in it than Michigan ever had.
>
> Huh? Smaller state that is the most heavily urbanized in the U.S. and it
> has more country?
Look at a topographical map and you will see that is only against the coast.
>
> Jersey's OK, but it is not really pastoral, though the Pine Barrens were
> pretty good 25 years ago.
>
> Charlie Self
>
> "Old age is fifteen years older than I am."
> Oliver Wendell Holmes
It's pretty damn obvious that most of you don't know much about Jersey. The
only areas that are overpopulated is the eastern seaboard. I use to live in
a small town called Whitehouse, NJ population 600, western area of Jersey.
How many of you can say you come from a smaller town? My family ran a
cheese factory, cows everywhere. Fishing everywhere. Use to ride my dirt
bike for miles and not see anyone or any homes. Most of what you do see are
farms.
Went back a year ago this week to visit my mother. 25 miles out of NYor
Newark, right around Somerville and to the west it's wide open country with
small towns spotting the country side. And it's basically the same after 30
years.
Its not that I'm an advocate of Jersey but I hate it when everyone thinks
all of NJ is just another Newark or NYC. It's actually a pretty nice place.
The weather sucks but then again 70% of the US has crap weather.
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Rich writes:
>cheese factory, cows everywhere. Fishing everywhere. Use to ride my dirt
>bike for miles and not see anyone or any homes. Most of what you do see are
>farms.
>
>Went back a year ago this week to visit my mother. 25 miles out of NYor
>Newark, right around Somerville and to the west it's wide open country with
>small towns spotting the country side. And it's basically the same after 30
>years.
>
>Its not that I'm an advocate of Jersey but I hate it when everyone thinks
>all of NJ is just another Newark or NYC. It's actually a pretty nice place.
>The weather sucks but then again 70% of the US has crap weather.
A lot like NY, from whence I came. I've lived in VA for 26 years (last 20
months or so in WV, but that will change ASAP), and cannot make anyone believe
that Manhattan doesn't extend to the Canadian border. At least not so they
believe it on a permanent basis.
Charlie Self
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Rico wrote, wondering if this is really what he meant?
> Rich wrote:
>> Its not that I'm an advocate of Jersey but I hate it when everyone thinks
>> all of NJ is just another Newark or NYC. It's actually a pretty nice
>> place. The weather sucks but then again 70% of the US has crap weather.
>>
>> Rich
>>
>>
> A goodly share of people are insecure enough in their selves
> that they need to have someone that is worse off than they
> are to point to and gloat over. It doesn't matter if their
> gloat is based on fact or
Boy ain't that the truth. And it seems everyone has an excuse for their
miserable lives.
Rich
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My hometown had a population of 560 when I was born. It's barely any bigger
today. I live in the big city now. Population 2000.
"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> How many of you can say you come from a smaller town?
Dennis [email protected] wrote:
> "jm" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:SNr4b.316152$YN5.216141@sccrnsc01...
> >
> > Isn't that close to Maryland and Delaware? Did you know that some
> consider
> > those states as "Southern States?" NJ is really not that far then. Is
> it?
>
> The Mason-Dixon line runs through New Jersey.
>
> Dennis Vogel
>
>
>
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Jersey sucks but you couldn't pay me enough to live in the south.
"Mike Hide" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:EEq4b.315686$YN5.215252@sccrnsc01...
> Not only have we got a new granddaughter born in New York . Not only that,
> but to make matters worse Manhattan of all places .
>
> So not only are we faced with the major problem of teaching the child all
> things southern, where the rest of the family hails from but now we can't
> even say when asked where she came from "somwhere just north [in a very
> quiet tone] of the Mason Dixon line.
>
> Now to compound the problem , the wife who is up there [I thought trying
to
> get an early jump on the situation] has suddenly taken a liking to New
> Jersey, saying she would not mind living there .
>
> Tell me, what else can go wrong, the sky is falling .....mjh
> --
> mike hide
>
>
>
>
"Mike Hide" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:EEq4b.315686$YN5.215252@sccrnsc01...
> Not only have we got a new granddaughter born in New York . Not only that,
> but to make matters worse Manhattan of all places .
>
> So not only are we faced with the major problem of teaching the child all
> things southern, where the rest of the family hails from but now we can't
> even say when asked where she came from "somwhere just north [in a very
> quiet tone] of the Mason Dixon line.
>
> Now to compound the problem , the wife who is up there [I thought trying
to
> get an early jump on the situation] has suddenly taken a liking to New
> Jersey, saying she would not mind living there .
>
> Tell me, what else can go wrong, the sky is falling .....mjh
> --
> mike hide
Isn't that close to Maryland and Delaware? Did you know that some consider
those states as "Southern States?" NJ is really not that far then. Is it?
"Mike Hide" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:EEq4b.315686$YN5.215252@sccrnsc01:
> Not only have we got a new granddaughter born in New York . Not only
> that, but to make matters worse Manhattan of all places .
>
> So not only are we faced with the major problem of teaching the child
> all things southern, where the rest of the family hails from but now
> we can't even say when asked where she came from "somwhere just north
> [in a very quiet tone] of the Mason Dixon line.
>
> Now to compound the problem , the wife who is up there [I thought
> trying to get an early jump on the situation] has suddenly taken a
> liking to New Jersey, saying she would not mind living there .
>
> Tell me, what else can go wrong, the sky is falling .....mjh
> --
> mike hide
>
Take a look:
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"Dennis [email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "jm" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:SNr4b.316152$YN5.216141@sccrnsc01...
> >
> > Isn't that close to Maryland and Delaware? Did you know that some
> consider
> > those states as "Southern States?" NJ is really not that far then. Is
> it?
>
> The Mason-Dixon line runs through New Jersey.
>
> Dennis Vogel
>
>
"jm" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:SNr4b.316152$YN5.216141@sccrnsc01...
>
> Isn't that close to Maryland and Delaware? Did you know that some
consider
> those states as "Southern States?" NJ is really not that far then. Is
it?
The Mason-Dixon line runs through New Jersey.
Dennis Vogel
Send her back up there in January... Then see if she still thinks living up
there would be nice.
"Mike Hide" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:EEq4b.315686$YN5.215252@sccrnsc01...
> Not only have we got a new granddaughter born in New York . Not only that,
> but to make matters worse Manhattan of all places .
>
> So not only are we faced with the major problem of teaching the child all
> things southern, where the rest of the family hails from but now we can't
> even say when asked where she came from "somwhere just north [in a very
> quiet tone] of the Mason Dixon line.
>
> Now to compound the problem , the wife who is up there [I thought trying
to
> get an early jump on the situation] has suddenly taken a liking to New
> Jersey, saying she would not mind living there .
>
> Tell me, what else can go wrong, the sky is falling .....mjh
> --
> mike hide
>
>
>
>
By the way, what ever posssed ya'll in wanting to go up yonder? Over
yonder I understand but "up yonder" ???? Ahhd' drag 'em back rat
cheer.
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 17:55:48 GMT, "Mike Hide" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Not only have we got a new granddaughter born in New York . Not only that,
>but to make matters worse Manhattan of all places .
>
>So not only are we faced with the major problem of teaching the child all
>things southern, where the rest of the family hails from but now we can't
>even say when asked where she came from "somwhere just north [in a very
>quiet tone] of the Mason Dixon line.
>
>Now to compound the problem , the wife who is up there [I thought trying to
>get an early jump on the situation] has suddenly taken a liking to New
>Jersey, saying she would not mind living there .
>
>Tell me, what else can go wrong, the sky is falling .....mjh
Bro, I can't imagine what ya'll don wrong but ya' gotta get 'dem folks
back home NOW! If ya don't, a whatchamacallit may occur.
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 17:55:48 GMT, "Mike Hide" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Not only have we got a new granddaughter born in New York . Not only that,
>but to make matters worse Manhattan of all places .
>
>So not only are we faced with the major problem of teaching the child all
>things southern, where the rest of the family hails from but now we can't
>even say when asked where she came from "somwhere just north [in a very
>quiet tone] of the Mason Dixon line.
>
>Now to compound the problem , the wife who is up there [I thought trying to
>get an early jump on the situation] has suddenly taken a liking to New
>Jersey, saying she would not mind living there .
>
>Tell me, what else can go wrong, the sky is falling .....mjh
Could be worse. My eldest married a Texas girl. I can hear the confusion
now when they have kids. "Y'all want to go Green Bay, eh?"
"Mike Hide" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:EEq4b.315686$YN5.215252@sccrnsc01...
> Not only have we got a new granddaughter born in New York . Not only that,
> but to make matters worse Manhattan of all places .
>
> So not only are we faced with the major problem of teaching the child all
> things southern, where the rest of the family hails from but now we can't
> even say when asked where she came from "somwhere just north [in a very
> quiet tone] of the Mason Dixon line.
Rich wrote, wondering if this is really what he meant?
> [email protected] wrote, wondering if this is really what he meant?
>
>> "Mike Hide" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>Now to compound the problem , the wife who is up there [I thought trying
>>>to
>>>get an early jump on the situation] has suddenly taken a liking to New
>>>Jersey, saying she would not mind living there .
>>
>> Jersey! Yuck. I had to spend too many summer vacations in Lodi (near
>> Pasaic??) Just take her around the the seedier areas which happens to
>> be most of NJ so she can get a look at the dark underbelly of that
>> State. High taxes, high crime, no RKBA.
>>
>> These comments from a Michigander who would take any part of the south
>> over having to live in NJ.
>>
>> I wish you well,
>>
>> Wes
>>
>
> Hey I'm from Jersey and you don't know what your talking about. Jersey has
> more country in it than Michigan ever had. I can probably name 10 cities
> in Michigan that would fall into the definition of seedier areas.
>
> Rich
hahaha but I don't live there now. I'll take Southern California to Detroit
any day. Beside I can ride my Chopper everyday of the year here.
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"Mike Hide" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Now to compound the problem , the wife who is up there [I thought trying to
>get an early jump on the situation] has suddenly taken a liking to New
>Jersey, saying she would not mind living there .
Jersey! Yuck. I had to spend too many summer vacations in Lodi (near
Pasaic??) Just take her around the the seedier areas which happens to
be most of NJ so she can get a look at the dark underbelly of that
State. High taxes, high crime, no RKBA.
These comments from a Michigander who would take any part of the south
over having to live in NJ.
I wish you well,
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clutch writes:
>Jersey! Yuck. I had to spend too many summer vacations in Lodi (near
>Pasaic??) Just take her around the the seedier areas which happens to
>be most of NJ so she can get a look at the dark underbelly of that
>State. High taxes, high crime, no RKBA.
>
>These comments from a Michigander who would take any part of the south
>over having to live in NJ.
Try Atlanta and environs, June through October--without AC.
Charlie Self
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"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Try Atlanta and environs, June through October--without AC.
>
> Charlie Self
>
> "Old age is fifteen years older than I am."
> Oliver Wendell Holmes
No thanks. Been there, done that. Our wonderful "contractor-grade" AC unit
went tango-uniform at the end of May and it took six days to get a new unit
installed. Had to buy a portable unit to put in the bedroom just to get
some sleep. But some good came out of it...that portable unit now cools the
shop.
Rob
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Send her back up there in January... Then see if she still thinks living
up
> there would be nice.
I'll have to second Leon's advice. My wife was born and raised here in the
big ATL. I'm a yankee transplant from Buffalo. We had to go to Buffalo for
a funeral over Christmas back in 2001...and if any of y'all live in that
vicinity, you will remember that a whole bunch of snow fell that week.
Needless to say that cured SWMBO from ever wanting to live up north. It was
a bittersweet thing for me...but I think I'll have to take bbq and sweet tea
over good hockey anyday...although my old lacrosse sticks are pretty much
useless here :)
Rob
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