Or Salem County ... :-) Jerilyn Time for a dinner ,Jack and Dona? It is Bait Box season. ----- Original Message --- -- From: "Jack Allen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [NJ-Memories] Some interesting facts about NJ > I agree with everything except one. I don't think all 21 counties are > metropolitan. Come take a look at Cumberland County. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "L&R Foster" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 9:03 AM > Subject: [NJ-Memories] Some interesting facts about NJ > > > > > > Probably have seen this one before, but sometimes need to be > reminded...... > > > > > ============= > > > 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 most dense 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 meat (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. > > > > > > New Jersey is home to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. > > > > > > The Passaic River was the site of the first submarine ride by inventor > > John > > > P. Holla nd. > > > > > > New Jersey has 50+ resort cities & towns, some of the nations' most > > famous: > > > Asbury Park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, Long Branch & > Cape > > > May. > > > > > > New Jersey has the most stringent testing along our 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% of what our nation imports comes through Elizabeth Seaport > > first. > > > > > > New Jersey is home to one of the nation's busiest airports at 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. > > > > > > We also boast the first town ever lit by incandescent bulbs. > > > > > > 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 is home to the Miss America Pageant held in Atlantic City. > > > > > > The game Monopoly, played all over the world, named the streets on their > > > playing board after the actual streets in Atlantic City. > > > > > > And, Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world. > > > > > > 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, N J!!!) > > > > > > New Jersey had the first Medical Center, in Jersey City. > > > > > > The Pulaski SkyWay, from Jersey City to Newark, was the first skyway > > > highway. > > > > > > NJ 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. > > > > > > The first movies ever made were filmed in Fort Lee, NJ. > > > > > > All New Jersey natives: Sal Martorano, Jack Nicholson, Bruce > Springsteen, > > > Bon Jovi, Jason Alexander, Queen Latifa, Susan Sarandon, Connie Francis, > > > Shaq, Judy Blume, Aaron Burr, Joan Robertson, Ken Kross, Dionne Warwick, > > > Sarah Vaughn, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, > > > Marilynn McCoo, Flip Wilson, Alexander Hamilton, Whitney Houston, Eddie > > > Money, Linda McElroy, Eileen Donnely, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, > > Walt > > > Whitman, Jerry Lewis, Tom Cruise, Richard Wojewodzki, Joyce Kilmer, > Bruce > > > Willis, Caesar Romero, Lauryn Hill, Ice-T, Nick Adams, Nathan Lane, > Sandra > > > Dee, Danny DeVito, Richard Conti, Joe Pe sci, Joe Piscopo, Robert Blake, > > > John Forsyth, 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., Dave Thomas (Wendy's), William > > > Carlos Williams, Ray Liotta, Robert Wuhl, Bob Reyers, Paul Robeson, > Ernie > > > Kovacs, Joseph Macchia and of course.........Frank Albert Sinatra and > > "Uncle > > > Floyd" Vivino. > > > > > > You know you're from Jersey when.... > > > > > > You don't think of fruit when people mention "The Oranges". > > > > > > You know that it's called Great Adventure, not Six Flags. > > > > > > A good, quick breakfast is a hard roll with butter. > > > > > > You've known the way to Seaside Heights since you were seven. > > > > > > You've eaten at a Diner, when you were stoned or drunk, at 3a.m. > > > > > > You know that the state isn't one big oil refinery. > > > > > > At least three people in your family still love Bruce Springsteen and > you > > > know the town Jon Bon Jovi is from. > > > > > > You know what a "jug handle" is. > > > > > > You know that WaWa is a convenience store. > > > > > > You know that the state isn't all farmland. > > > > > > You know that there are no "beaches" in New Jersey -there's the shore > and > > > you don't go to the shore, you go "down the Shore". And when you are > > there, > > > you're not "at the shore", you are "down the Shore". > > > > > > You know how to properly negotiate a Circle. > > > > > > You knew that the last sentence had to do with driving. > > > > > > You know that this is the only "New..."state that doesn't require "New" > to > > > identify it (like, try... Mexico,...York, .Hampshire - doesn't work, > does > > > it?) > > > > > > You know that a "White Castle" is the name of BOTH a fast food chain AND > a > > > fast food sandwich > > > > > > You consider putting mayo on a corned beef sandwich a sacrilege. > > > > > > You don't think "What exit?" is very funny. > > > > > > You know that people from the 609 area code are "a little different". > Yes > > > they are! > > > > > > You know that no respectable New Jerseyan goes to Princeton -that's for > > > out-of-staters. > > > > > > The Jets-Giants game has started fights at your school or localbar. > > > > > > You live within 20 minutes of a t least three different malls. > > > > > > You refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers. > > > > > > Every year you have at least one kid in your class named Tony. > > > > > > 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 know that people from North Jersey go to Seaside Heights, and people > > > from Central Jersey go to Belmar and people from South Jersey go to > > > Wildwood. It can be no other way. > > > > > > You weren't raised in New Jersey -- you were raised in either North > > Jersey, > > > Central Jersey or South Jersey. > > > > > > You don't consider Newark or Camden to actually be part of the state. > > > > > > You remember the stores Korvette's, Two Guys, Rickel's, Channel, > > Bamberger's > > > and Orbach's. > > > > > > You also remember Palisades Amusement Park. > > > > > > You've had a Boardwalk cheese steak and vinegar fries. > > > > > > You start planning for Memorial Day weekend in February. > > > > > > And finally... > > > > > > You've NEVER, NEVER pumped your own gas. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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