ATTN JMS & All
Jms at B5
Says you.
I'm FROM New Jersey, lady....
jms
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Tammy Smith
same restaurants at every exit on either the New Jersey Turnpike or the
Garden State one (can't remember which). It was the strangest thing.
Tammy
PS--Want to know what hell is? Try to go through the Nevada desert on
I-15. Very boring, although the stars look fantastic at night with no
lights to dim the view.
John W. Kennedy
>
> I've been to New Jersey before, & I can't understand why they have the
> same restaurants at every exit on either the New Jersey Turnpike or the
> Garden State one (can't remember which). It was the strangest thing.
It's not unusual for turnpikes in general -- they take bids for the
franchise on the whole road. That system, however, is on the decline,
in NJ and elsewhere. In the 50's Howard Johnson (it wasn't a motel
chain then, but restaurants -- of which about a dozen survive)
practically owned the whole market. Nowadays, you usually get a little
cluster restaurant of about four fast-food units.
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To...@fred.net
: Tammy Smith wrote:
: It's not unusual for turnpikes in general -- they take bids for the
: franchise on the whole road. That system, however, is on the decline,
: in NJ and elsewhere. In the 50's Howard Johnson (it wasn't a motel
: chain then, but restaurants -- of which about a dozen survive)
And the food was _good_ for a 60s-era family of six. I still think fondly
of the Ludlow RestStop on the westbound of the Mass Pike.
: practically owned the whole market. Nowadays, you usually get a little
: cluster restaurant of about four fast-food units.
Sbarros, Roy Rogers, TCBY... *sigh* just grab and go...
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:>Of course, since JMS is an atheist, he doesn't believe in hell, anyway.
: Says you.
: I'm FROM New Jersey, lady....
<Insert ObSopranos Here>
Sorry Joe... :)
Rob Perkins
news:5146-38...@storefull-138.iap.bryant.webtv.net...
> I've been to New Jersey before, & I can't understand why they have the
> same restaurants at every exit on either the New Jersey Turnpike or the
> Garden State one (can't remember which). It was the strangest thing.
Same thing happens on the Ohio Turnpike. Wherever a contract is awarded to
provide services on a toll expressway, you'll get that.
> PS--Want to know what hell is? Try to go through the Nevada desert on
> I-15. Very boring, although the stars look fantastic at night with no
> lights to dim the view.
No. The stretch of I-70 between Grand Junction CO and Green River, UT is
worse. You know you're headed for hell when the sign says "No Gas Next 115
Miles"
Rob
David Barnett
news:20000227185757...@ng-fk1.aol.com...
: >Of course, since JMS is an atheist, he doesn't believe in hell, anyway.
:
: Says you.
:
: I'm FROM New Jersey, lady....
I'm from Australia, so I really don't know: is New Jersey hell on earth?
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"Are you a doctor? I am today!" (The Pretender)
Michael J. Hennebry
David Barnett <DavidB...@msn.com.au> wrote:
>I'm from Australia, so I really don't know: is New Jersey hell on earth?
It's a suburb of Pandemoniun.
>--
>David Barnett
>"Are you a doctor? I am today!" (The Pretender)
That wouldn't be my favorite answer.
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John W. Kennedy
>
> Jms at B5 <jms...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20000227185757...@ng-fk1.aol.com...
> : >Of course, since JMS is an atheist, he doesn't believe in hell, anyway.
> :
> : Says you.
> :
> : I'm FROM New Jersey, lady....
>
It isn't really. However, the parts of it that most people see are the
slums and industrial bits that spill over the Hudson River from New York
City and over the Delaware River from Philadelphia; it has been New
Jersey's curse from colonial days to be overshadowed by the two. But
the northwest parts are quite beautiful, and the southeast is pleasant,
too, if you care for the seaside-resort milieu.
We also have the New Jersey Renaissance Kingdom, the "Babylon 5" of
Renaissance faires. See http://www.NJKingdom.com