NJ Members

[tangerine]

Merry Merries!

I've noticed a bunch of people from NJ on here and wanted to see who and where you all are. I thought it might be fun to see if there's anyone close by. I live in Toms River in Ocean County, am 29, a nursing student and share my house with a big sweet Great Dane and an OCD cat. It would be fun to h ear from the NJ'ers here!

:boing:

Alexis

[Xander67]

ok

Im about 45 mins from you in Pleasantville
right outside Atlantic City

Im 34, Puter geek and web deisigner
studying for my degree in Parapsychology

Live alone in a 2br house with one cat (sam)
he comes and eats then takes a nap...then he goes outside and a few days later he comes back.....repeat LOL

[Yvonne Belisle]

I'm in Pennsylvania but I grew up in Jersey and I am still not that far from it. I am about an hour and a half from Rutherford NJ so I am a bit farther north than both of you and about 30 mins from the New Jersey border. :)

[Kaylara]

I'm from Ocean twp., NJ. :D

Kaylara

[Faery-Wings]

I am in North Jersey- closer to NY than NJ, he he. Really.

:D

[CoolJ]

I'm in brooklyn, a hop skip and a jump away from NJ though...

[NeoPhoenix]

I miss NJ. :( My father lives in Ocean City NJ, my mom in Walnutport PA, so I grew up in both states. :) I moved to OK for college. I miss all the hot woman from back East. :bigredgri

[manstranger]

Oo! oo! I'm in Gloucester County.

[Illuminatus]

I thought all cats were O/C.

[Demeter]

I live in Roselle, Union County. I'm 43, married, one daughter in college, and four cats. I'm HPs of a small coven. Y'all come see us some time!

[manstranger]

Originally posted by Illuminatus
I thought all cats were O/C.

Ocean County? Why?

[Dellit Tandannon]

i live on the shore in monmouth county about fifteen minutes south of kaylara

[Faery-Wings]

NEW JERSEY HERITAGE



Betcha didn't know that (or maybe you did...)

New Jersey is a peninsula.

New Jersey has the highest population density in the US -- an average 1030
people per square mile, which is 13 times the national average.

Highland, NJ, has the highest elevation along the entire eastern seaboard,
from Maine to Florida.

New Jersey has the highest percentage urban population in the US with about
90% of the people living in an urban area.

New Jersey is the only state where all its counties are classified as
metropolitan areas.

New Jersey has more race horses than Kentucky.

New Jersey has more Cubans in Union City (1 square mile) than Havana, Cuba.

North Jersey is the car theft capital of the world, with more cars stolen in
Newark than any other city.

New Jersey has the most dense system of highways and railroads in the US

New Jersey has 108 toxic waste dumps -- which is the most in any one state
in the nation.

New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as
"the diner capital of the world."

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 over 50 resort cities and towns (some of the nation's most
famous) including Asbury Park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights,
Cape May.

New Jersey is a leading industrial state and is the largest
chemical-producing state in the nation.

New Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest seaport in the US
located in Elizabeth.

The light bulb, phonograph (record player), motion picture projector were
invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park laboratory.

The first seaplane was built in Keyport.

The first airmail to Chicago was started from Keyport.

The first phonograph records were made in Camden.

New Jersey is home to the Miss America Pageant held in Atlantic City.

Atlantic City is where the street names came from for the game Monopoly.

Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world.

New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area outside the Middle
East countries.

The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey.

New Jersey has the tallest water tower in the world.

Two-thirds of the world's eggplants are grown in New Jersey.

New Jersey had the first Medical Center, in Jersey City.

The first Skyway (the Pulaski Skyway) is from Jersey City to Newark.

The first tunnel under the Hudson River (Holland Tunnel).

The invention and manufacturing of the Colt Revolver was in Paterson.

New Jersey is the only state in the nation which offers child-abuse
prevention workshops to every public school.

The first baseball game was played in Hoboken.

The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick; in 1889
Rutgers College played Princeton. Rutgers won.

The first drive-in movie theater was opened in Camden.

Home to both of NEW YORK's pro football teams.

The first radio station and broadcast was in Paterson.

Unofficially divided into two parts -- this side and that side of the Garden
State Parkway (Alfred E. Driscoll or Raritan River bridge).

Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Jason Alexander, Queen
Latifa, Shaq, Judy Blume, Aaron Burr, Joan Robertson, Joseph Czesnik, Dr.
Carl Gedon, John Milewski, Ken Kross, Dionne Warwick, Sarah Vaughn, Marilynn
McCoo, Flip Wilson, Alexander Hamilton, Whitney Houston, Eddie Money, Frank
Sinatra, Eileen Donnely, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman,
Jerry Lewis, Richard Wojewodzki, Joyce Kilmer, Bruce Willis, Caesar Romero,
Lou Costello, Nick Adams, Nathan Lane, Sandra Dee, Danny DeVito, Richard
Conti, Joe Pesci, Robert Blake, John Forsythe, Meryl Streep, Loretta Swit,
Norman Lloyd, Jerry Herman, Gorden McCrae, Kevin Spacey, John Travolta,
Phyllis Newman...all New Jersey natives!

NEW JERSEY...ya gotta love it!

[manstranger]

I knew alot of those!

Hey, did anyone know the Walt Whitman, an NJ native as stated above, liked small boys?

[tangerine]

Nice to see all you guys! I knew there were a few NJ people out there. Does anyone attend the MPA Beltane celebration?

Thanks for the facts on NJ, they were fun to read!

Alexis

[manstranger]

uhh ... MPA? hmm. I'll be thinking about that acronym all day. Where is it at? Is it a festival, or ritual dealy?

[tangerine]

manstranger, it's a ritual dealy/festival, I think. I haven't gone yet, but plan on going this year. The MPA is the Mid-Atlantic Pagan Alliance, their webpage is here: MPA (http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/mapa/). It will be out at Lebanon State Park the last weekend of April. A lot of people camp overnight, but I'll be traveling back and forth to take care of my animals. I'm excited about it, I've never been to a big ritual dealy/festival before!

[MagickHLHgurl]

Ahh New Jersey!!!!! MY home....I hive in bayonne, which is in hudson county....but my summer omer is often Pt. Plesant....ahh MEMORIES...light the corners of my mind... ok im done

[tangerine]

Cari, we'll have to get together when you come to Pt. Pleasant next time! It's 15 minutes from me!

Alexis