Re: hitchhiking through Holland Tunnel? has anyone done it?
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Justjoe, your story is the stuff of legends. However, from my train trolling days of yore, I experienced how conventional trains can indeed creep up on you. A friend and I were walking on tracks in Pittsburgh in the same direction a locomotive was headed. Lost in our conversation, we were oblivious to the train approaching from behind. We were not checking behind (like fools) or stopping periodically to feel the tracks because we figured we'd hear the train long before it reached us. This was not the case. One of us perceived the train out of our peripheral vision and motioned the other to jump from the tracks. We narrowly avoided dismemberment. It was almost as if the train was silent until it reached us. Stand By Me is one of my favorite movies and songs of all time. It's very non-Stephen King like, so I don't think a dislike of other Stephen King works can justify not seeing this movie... especially to rekindle what it felt like to be 13 agian.
Posted on: 2008/1/28 13:54
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Re: hitchhiking through Holland Tunnel? has anyone done it?
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I 2nd the notion of posting ads on craigslist, here (guess you kinda did that already), and elsewhere. I had a very successful rideshare experience through craigslist recently (which I posted about here).
I also had lots of success hitchhiking and picking up hitchhikers on the Hawaiian island of Kauai when I was there for several months in 1999/2000. In fact, I made (what appear to be) life-long friends. However, it's a tiny island and it's legal there (or was). That being said, it's not for everybody and you definitely have to trust your instincts... especially in a mad house like NYC.
Posted on: 2008/1/27 0:33
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Re: N.J. may apologize for role in slavery -JC Deputy Mayor Kabili Tayari "It's a righteous thing to
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What's wrong with an apology? Slavery was institutionalized. That institution would now be making an apology. It's symbolic. Seems perfectly admirable to me.
And I agree, Native Americans deserve one too.
Posted on: 2008/1/4 20:33
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Re: KIOSK BADGERING AT NEWPORT MALL
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I know where I'm stopping on the way home...
Posted on: 2007/11/16 20:34
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Re: FBI raids Arabic deli on Grove St.
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jeez, he doesn't have any eyes either
Posted on: 2007/11/2 20:34
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Re: Bomb Scare on 5th street.
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Posted on: 2007/10/25 16:35
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Re: Newport Swim and Fitness
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We need a pool in downtown.
Posted on: 2007/8/29 15:12
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Re: FISHERMEN VERSUS OUTDOOR WEDDING PARTIES ON PIER
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I was cruising the waterfront in front of the Hyatt one evening while those fisherman were holding court. There was also a wedding going on. My impression is that if anyone asked them to leave, they'd laugh.
While I sat, one of them caught a "Mud Fish". It was the ugliest mutant fish I've ever seen. It makes sense that this fish would call this stretch of the Hudson its home.
Posted on: 2007/8/21 18:19
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Re: JC - The Nicest Place to Live - Ever
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Thank you John Hammond for justifying my existence.
(I'm talking about the music)
Posted on: 2007/8/4 14:36
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Re: Two Harvard grads help low-income Jersey City residents to start their own businesses
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Awesome! Way to put that education to work for the greater good.
Posted on: 2007/6/25 14:01
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Re: Antony Santos played at Sandbar last night!!!!
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I always wondered how they got that "sound". I used to think it was a Tres, or another non-guitar stringed instrument. Now I see that it is an electro-acoustic guitar with a capo and an aggressive picking style (and probably a little amp/effect tweaking).
I saw a bunch of cats jamming in front of Pino's on Newark in this style a week ago. Very cool. I'm ashamed to say that before today I didn't know who Antony Santos was (but probably heard his music in bodegas for years). Thanks for the education. I'm much more familiar with the Dominican Merengue style (ala Juan Luis Guerra, Sergio Vargas ...ever hear "Las Mujeres"? I used to jam hard on that cut).
Posted on: 2007/6/11 19:31
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Re: Fastest way to Jersey City: Bike riding through the Holland Tunnel
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I friggin love it!!! They should build a separate pedestrian/bike bridge to Jersey City (it's good to dream right?)
Posted on: 2007/5/22 20:42
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Re: Jersey City vigils tonight to mark anniversary of Iraq war - organized by NJ Peace Action
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Anything happening in downtown JC?
Posted on: 2007/3/19 14:06
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Re: Steven Fulop in Wikipedia
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It is great -- but you should know that anyone or anything (for that matter) can have a wikipedia entry.
Posted on: 2006/12/11 15:30
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Re: New York magazine article on downtown Jersey City
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my favorite of these is the guy who says, ?I was looking in Hoboken and got lost? I said that (which is true!) Kinda glad he didn't put my name though. Not the most flattering way to put myself out there... ala. "I got lost"
Posted on: 2006/12/4 15:22
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Re: Police attacked by large Rottweiler, while they arrest 153 and seize 11,500 bags of heroin
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I do however hate how every little corner store in this town sells cheap cigars that are used to mix with these drugs Heroin and crack pipes aside... I think the cheap cigars are used to roll blunts (aka. stripped of tobacco and filled with marijuana, chronic, weed, bud, herb... whatever you want to call it).
Posted on: 2006/8/3 17:01
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Re: Positive things I like about JC
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1. Diversity
2. Big windows and tree lined streets. The feeling of being in a 'neighborhood' 3. Affordable (relative to NYC) historic brownstones in close proximity to NYC 4. PATH and my 30min. commute 5. Not having to own a car 6. Light Rail 7. Waterfront 8. Easy access to/fro points South/West 9. Quiet 10. Being a part of shaping a city
Posted on: 2006/7/11 15:46
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Re: Ideas for Jersey City T-shirts
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How about an image of the jc pimp?!
Posted on: 2006/6/19 21:50
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