Is New Jersey Weird?

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Life long resident of weird (sometimes miss-spelled wierd) New Jersey

I have lived in "weird" New Jersey all of my life. I was born in Orange, New Jersey, and lived in Nixon in Edison Township on a little street off Route 1 called Gurley Road. When I was 14 we moved to Hillsdale, NJ and I started High School there at Pascack Valley High School. Then at age 21 I went out on my own, and moved..moved and moved again...but always in New Jersey.

Started out at a little college in Teaneck, and during college years spent some time living in Teaneck, South Hackensack and Montclair. After a couple years of college, I got a little apartment in East Rutherford, and while living there met my husband. We moved from there to North Haledon, then finally moved to West Milford where we have settled in for the past 27 years as of October, 2010.

Why would I think of starting a lens about New Jersey being weird?

Well, our local Weird NJ lore takes place on Clinton Road. The road is in West Milford, NJ, and runs for about 10 miles between Rte. 23 in Newfoundland, NJ, to Upper Greenwood Lake.

Tales of ghost sightings, gatherings of witches and satanists, bodies and the Ku Klux Klan abound. One source I read indicated that as early as 1905 people were warned about traveling the road as there were many bandits in the area and witchcraft practiced.

We have driven the road during the daytime, and it's actually quite a beautiful, wooded stretch, with no buildings, homes, lights, just beautiful woodland, but at night, I would warn my teens not to drive the road...and wouldn't drive it myself...as it is dark and desolate, no street lights, and no way to easily get help. But you know how teens are, it was always a daring adventure to go as a group and drive Clinton Road just to see if all that they heard was true.

If you read the book, Weird New Jersey, or other writings about the area, you are likely to find stories about the ghost boy at the bridge, a structure that was believed to be a Druid Temple (which it really is not, but makes for great lore), cannibal kidnappings, ghosts of park rangers, a ghost car...a camaro driven by a girl who died when she crashed in the car, unusual creatures in headlights of cars running across the road, a castle that was burned down but still is a popular destination of hikers.

There are stories of bodies found in the woods...one is a true store of a man discovered when someone saw vultures hovering, the body was frozen after killed to throw off figuring out time of death...the man was killed by a hit man doing work for the mafia operating in Rockland County, NY. He was captured, but claimed to have killed at least 100 others and frozen many, giving him the title "the Ice Man"

If your curious about weird occurrences in NJ or any other state, or weird things in general, maybe some of the items below will interest you...and you can test your New Jersey knowledge at "I Bet You Don't Know This About New Jersey"

Oh, by the way, the image is from coloradoguy.com, how could I resist...my husband was raised in Colorado, and met me a year after he moved here from Colorado, we've been together ever since...in New Jersey.


Claudia a/k/a happynutritionist
Updated 1/26/12

How the Weird NJ Thing Got Started

Mark Sceurman and Mark Moran who are from NJ wrote the "Weird New Jersey" books, and now have written about weird happenings in many other States throughout the US...click through and see if there's something for the State where you live. There has been a TV series based on the books, and DVD set featuring some of the episodes.

Weird N.J.: Your Travel Guide to New Jersey's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets

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Where I live in New Jersey

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NJ Trivia Part 1

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-New Jersey is a peninsula.
-New Jersey in the Highlands 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." Including OLGAS -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. Only down the shore.
-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. Holland.
-New Jersey has 50+ resort cities &towns; some of the nation's most famous: Asbury Park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, Long Branch, and 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, and you haven't lived until you have eaten New Jersey sweet Corn.
-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.

NJ Trivia Part 2

New Jersey Firsts and other trivia:

-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. Including the dog listening to his master's voice
-New Jersey is home to the Miss America Pageant held in Atlantic City. "Not any more"
-The game Monopoly, played all over the world, named the streets on its playing board after the actual streets in Atlantic City. "Even That has changed"
-And, Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world, Not to mention salt water taffy, And not a drop of saltwater in it.
-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!!! Not to mention the Lighthouse at Barnegat Light
-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!)...and I, the lensmaster add, no they are not, oh yeh, the one closest to us is not in NJ but in Warwick, NY...oops
-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.

Weird New Jersey Vol. 2

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NJ Trivia Part 3

Famous NJ Natives:

Moe Septee, Al Attermann, Howard Attermann, Sal Martorano, Jack Nicholson, Robert Attermann, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Jason Alexander, Steve Rosenbaum, Queen Latifah, Susan Sarandon, Connie Francis, Sam Rosenfarb, Shaq, Judy Blume, Aaron Burr, Ruth Septee, Joan Robertson, Ken Kross, Dionne Warwick, Sarah Vaughn, Lt. Aar on Attermann, Budd Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, Marilynn McCoo, Flip Wilson, Alexander Hamilton, Whitney Houston, Eddie Money, Lauren Sasha Attermann, 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, 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, Elisa Septee Lunzer, Neal Attermann, 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, Francis Albert Sinatra and "Uncle Floyd"Vivino, Kelly Ripa.

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NJ Trivia Part 4

You know you're in NJ 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 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 (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.
-The Jets-Giants game has started fights at your school or local bar
-You live within 20 minutes of at 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 North Jersey, Central Jersey or South Jersey.
-You remember the stores Korvette's, Two Guys, Rickel's, Channel, Bamberger's and Orbach's.
-You also remember Palisades Amusement Park and Olympic 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, EVER pumped your own gas.

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We live in NJ, but if you don't live on this side of the USA, like my in-laws who live in Colorado, you probably think of NJ as an extension of NY and the big City. To those of us who live the rural life in NJ, it most definitely is not. Still, if you come out this way, the big city will probably be a place you want to visit, and it's worth every minute. Newark Airport is about 1 1/2 - 2 hours away from us, but the rest of the airlines that service this area are in New York.

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  • Reply
    goldenrulecomics Jan 19, 2012 @ 9:36 pm | delete
    Great lens! And take it from a Jersey guy who has eaten in many restaurants on four continents -- nothing beats a Jersey diner for a hearty meal at a good price. Nothing!
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    Binary1-0-- Aug 28, 2011 @ 10:54 pm | delete
    I really like the history you presented about New Jersey and especially the supernatural goings on in the woods. Makes me want to drive through those woods.

    I've never visited New Jersey but now I feel like visiting. I always figured that there was more to New Jersey than "Jersey Shore". I only tolerated one episode before vowing to never watch it again.

    I'm from California. It's good to read about the other Jersey !
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    PeteSchultz Aug 18, 2011 @ 11:04 am | delete
    My visit to NJ was pretty fun, I took a bus to Atlantic City from Washington, I gambled for a bit, walked the boardwalk, ate vendor food on the beach and so on. I returned to Washington happy, but broke.
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    Resjes Jul 14, 2011 @ 3:18 pm | delete
    Love this lens! Great job! :)
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    Choppersosb Apr 2, 2011 @ 6:04 pm | delete
    Hey you know whats weird...In Flemington,NJ there is an old school barber Shop called Chopper's Old School Barber Shop. Located in Flemington,NJ. Straight razor shaves and haircuts form all era's. Come check us out....And yes New Jersey is the best place to love and def. the weirdest!
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    Jan 22, 2011 @ 8:36 am | delete
    I'm from NJ so I found the trivia amusing! I do think that NJ is weird (but not necessarily all bad), and there are many things about this state that ONLY New Jerseyans will understand. :)
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    Tipi Oct 23, 2010 @ 11:21 pm | delete
    Well, if I ever get to New Jersey I will be well prepared! My head is simming with New Jersey facts and trivia, sure hope someone askes me a question, lol!
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    Skiesgreen Jul 2, 2010 @ 7:10 pm | delete
    Lovely lens on a great subject. *-*Blessed*-* and featured on Sprinkled with Stardust and on Lenses That Shine.
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    jptanabe Jun 29, 2010 @ 6:24 pm | delete
    What a great lens! I only lived in New Jersey for a couple of years but I have great (and not so great!) memories.
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    happynutritionist Jun 29, 2010 @ 8:42 pm | delete
    I'm glad there's some great memories mixed in with the not so great...LOL Thanks for visiting:-) ~claudia
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    LKW31 Jun 2, 2010 @ 5:51 pm | delete
    I would love to visit New Jersey, ever since I started reading the Stephanie Plum books! It seems like a very interesting and diverse place. One day, I will pay it a visit!
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    happynutritionist Jun 29, 2010 @ 8:41 pm | delete
    I am going to have to look into those books...must admit I've never heard of them...thanks for the tip and for your visit:-) ~claudia
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    treehugger2012 May 23, 2010 @ 10:15 am | delete
    I'm proud to live in newjersey and call it weird. But what do you excpect if we're so close to new york they dump the crazy people here. Nobody would want to live in newjersey if it was normal
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    Frank Capo Apr 2, 2010 @ 10:15 am | delete
    I found your site by accident and really enjoy it. I grew up in NJ, but now live in Southern California. I did want to let you know that yes NJ does have one of the largest seaports in the US, but actually Los Angeles is the largest.
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    Dkprincess6 Mar 30, 2010 @ 5:04 pm | delete
    This is a great lens! I've visited New Jersey a couple of times when my husband's band was doing shows there. You've been lensrolled!
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    Jewelsofawe Jan 18, 2010 @ 8:16 pm | delete
    Love the video! Blessed by an angel!
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    happynutritionist Jan 21, 2010 @ 1:38 pm | delete
    Thank you so much:-) This lens has been fun for me...ideas for expanding it are coming together:-) ~claudia
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    rms Jan 9, 2010 @ 9:40 am | delete
    I was born in Jersey but I grew up in NY. Interesting lens!
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    happynutritionist Jan 9, 2010 @ 12:16 pm | delete
    I will have to find out where you lived sometime, thanks for stopping by:-)
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    theraggededge Nov 29, 2009 @ 4:54 pm | delete
    How interesting. The ice-man story is quite disturbing! Fascinating lens.
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    happynutritionist Nov 29, 2009 @ 7:30 pm | delete
    Yes, it is, it happened a REALLY long time ago (I hope:-) Thanks for the visit.
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    Robert J. Schneider Sep 18, 2009 @ 9:16 pm | delete
    When I was a child my father used to take me to the Two-Guys store in Union (rt. 22).I had not thought of that in years until reading your site,THANK YOU!!!
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    George Sep 6, 2009 @ 6:08 am | delete
    Actually Newfoundland is a boro of West Milford. So Clinton Road is in West Milford. I lived there for 20 years. [in reply to Carl Grover]
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    hlkljgk Aug 20, 2009 @ 7:53 am | delete
    some great info here
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    happynutritionist Jul 18, 2009 @ 8:41 am | in reply to EagleScoutMom | delete
    Hi there, yes, WAWA, we don't have one near us, but they seem to be everywhere else we go, especially down hear the shore and in PA. The lighthouses are beautiful, aren't they....I have watched a sunset at the Cape May lighthouse. Thanks for visiting, like your profile, good for you fostering children who need a home :-)
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    EagleScoutMom Jul 17, 2009 @ 1:45 am | delete
    I'm a Jersey Girl too ! Love my Wawa and that they do pump my gas ! My favorite things about NJ are the Jersey Devil, the Jersey Shore and the lighthouses (Cape May the best) and the beautiful farmland everywhere I go. We are in the south near Philly so there is still much farmland to appreciate. Even that is disappearing as the last 20 years have drastically changed the landscape. Sad. Great lens ! 5 Stars!
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    happynutritionist Jun 19, 2009 @ 3:53 pm | in reply to BevsPaper | delete
    Hi Bev...oh my, I wonder if living in the same area has anything to do with our love for books, paper, and ephemera? Thanks so much for stopping by, it's been a treat to meet you.
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    happynutritionist Jun 19, 2009 @ 3:51 pm | in reply to Carl Grover | delete
    Hi Carl, Thanks for that, you are likely right, I've lived here 25 years, and there's kind of a tendency to just lump everything together as being West Milford, including Newfoundland and Oak Ridge. I do know there's a difference, but am "geographically and directionally challenged" (just ask my husband) enough to get the weaving routes in their right places a times. Thanks for stopping by, former almost-neighbor.
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    BevsPaper Jun 19, 2009 @ 5:38 am | delete
    It appears we have another thing in common - I lived in NJ for 5 years. Monmouth Jct in South Brunswick township.
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    Carl Grover Jan 20, 2009 @ 2:52 pm | delete
    Some clarification on Clinton Road is in order. It is not located in West Milford. It goes from Newfoundland to Warwick NY. I grew up in Newfoundland in the 60s and 70s and lived in the neighborhood at the Newfoundland end of Clinton Road. West Milford and Newfoundland are two very different places. Most people from West Milford haven't ever heard of Newfoundland.

    I never heard many stories about Clinton Road until I moved away and read about them on the internet. I have been fishing in Clinton resevior (sp), seen the iron forge, and walked past many colonial house foundations in the woods in Newfoundland. I read that the castle has been torn down; it was always a good party spot.
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    GHouse Dec 7, 2008 @ 12:37 am | delete
    Hi!! Just come to see your nice lens. I did my travel lens too. It's about my hotel in hua hin Thailand. Hua Hin is a charming town of clean white sandy beach. If you come to Thailand, please visit us.
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    Aug 23, 2008 @ 4:23 pm | delete
    this is a wonderful lens. I love NJ. I grew up in CT, and did not appreciate NJ. We just drove through it! Now that I live in PA, 5 minutes from Trenton, I spend a lot of time in NJ and love it.

    Sally
    www.stopsmokingwithdrsally.com
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    Jun 17, 2008 @ 1:18 am | delete
    Wow!
    great information about new jersey. I like that place and it is one of my favorite place. Thanks for giving more informative about the new jersey.
    I like Squidoo lenses with information about electrician directory.
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    HappyThirstyNJBBQnBeerGuy May 15, 2008 @ 9:23 am | delete
    Hi as being from New Jersey myself I love your lense about Wierd NJ, very factual and entertaining this year I promised myself that I am going to take my wife and kids to the Hot Air Balloon Fest in Readington, love the pictures, 5 STARS ALL AROUND !!!
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    4deb Sep 11, 2007 @ 7:30 am | delete
    First thx for stopping by my blog. Second, this page is awesome! :) Thirdly this NJ girl is Surviving NJ in Hunterdon County. Great page Claudia! Cheers, Deb
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    Aug 18, 2007 @ 9:10 am | delete
    Hey Claudia,

    I LOVE this lens! I spent 7 years living in Monmouth county NJ. I'm not surprised at some of those stats (every county is a metro area). I love the weird NJ stories and I often wondered how much of it was true. Thanks for sharing this!

    Create a great day!
    Kristen
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    Hammersteam Jul 15, 2007 @ 11:41 am | delete
    Hey there!
    We both went to PV HS! What year did you graduate? Bob (my husband) was born and raised in Hillsdale. Wonder if we know each other? Send me a note. Would love to hear from you. We have many friends who moved to your neck of the woods as well.
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    showme Apr 24, 2007 @ 9:55 am | delete
    Hi, Claudia,
    I really like your lens. Very interesting.
    Pam
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    IDTheftHelp Apr 22, 2007 @ 7:51 pm | delete
    I think NJ is weird because for some reason our service only costs $9.95 per month for essentially the same services that everyone else in the country pays $16 or $26 for! You would think everyone would have it, wouldn't you?
    We are visiting in the great NorthEast in Sept. Hitting NJ would be fun
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    DirectSellingBusiness Apr 22, 2007 @ 12:07 pm | delete
    Hi, Claudette,

    Nice lens!

    Diane
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    CrossCountry Feb 9, 2007 @ 8:01 am | delete
    Congrats, my friend, on getting lens of the day. How cool is that? Great info on New Jersey ~ I love the trivia.

    See you at WIN, Claudia!

    Linda Hall
    Cross Country Bookkeeping Service
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    Erica Brooks Feb 8, 2007 @ 3:55 pm | delete
    Way to go. Congratulations on having the Lens of the Day.
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    Ellen Feb 8, 2007 @ 12:04 am | delete
    Hi, I really like your lens very well done, I especially liked the trivia section.
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    norm_rogers Feb 7, 2007 @ 5:45 pm | delete
    Happy, Congrats on Lens of the day. I really enjoyed your other lens about Scotch Shortbread. I'm gonna have to try that recipe! Good luck.
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    LSchafer Feb 7, 2007 @ 4:33 pm | delete
    I was born in Jersey City, moved to the country: Succasunna, now suburbs. Lived in Chatham, Madison, Hoboken, NYC, Jersey City (again), Long Beach, NY, West New York, Hackettstown, Morristown, Clinton. Now I live in Frenchtown. That's the abridged version. I moved around a lot. But, I love Jersey!!!
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    ScaryFun Feb 7, 2007 @ 2:57 pm | delete
    Cool... I was born in NJ and have the Weird NJ book (vol. 1). :-)
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    denise Feb 7, 2007 @ 2:22 pm | delete
    Great article, I live in Edison, off of Route 1.
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    KimberlyDawnWells Feb 7, 2007 @ 1:45 pm | delete
    I wouldn't mind not being able to pump my own gas. Especially this week, when on Monday it was -20 at noon!! Great lens, very informative!
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    wstrauss73 Feb 1, 2007 @ 11:00 pm | delete
    I was born and raised in NJ. I can relate to most of what you wrote about NJ. I was born in Bergen County (Ridgewood) in 1973. Moved down to Barnegat in 1976. I remember it all. . Seaside Heights, Barnegat Lt House, A/C, Long Beach Isl. I actually grew up near the poconos though. Live in FL now!

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