Why Do People Like NJ? (Jersey City, Washington: school, camping, income tax)
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on the northeast corridor
Near nyc and philly
good food
Most of the revolution took place here
NJ transit even though the state government raped it
not too many natural disasters
jersey shore
international airports
edison invented the light bulb
first electrified rail
harold and kumar go to white castle took place here taylor ham pork roll, egg, and cheese
diverse and open to the free exchange of ideas
the world revolves new jersey
it can be paradise if just a little more effort and federal money
Hey nice idea, maybe calling it "Taylor ham pork roll" solves the decades long fight within NJ on what to call it. Just call it both.
I hate to have to explain the obvious, but, here goes...
Many gas attendants will try to force more gas into your tank after the pump shuts off. This might make a tiny bit of sense if somebody is paying with cash, but many of these attendants will try to bring the total up to the next even dollar amount, even with a credit card customer--and in addition to making zero sense, that has the potential to cause mechanical damage to your car.
Mechanical damage?? Huh?
Because the carbon canister that is the heart of your evaporative emissions system is designed to deal only with gasoline vapor, when a tank is overfilled there is a very real potential for the excess gasoline to contaminate the carbon canister, and this can result in expensive repairs.
How expensive?
Well, I guess that it varies somewhat by make and model, but a friend of mine--who ignored my advice and chose to allow the gas attendant to make the decision of how much gas should go into his tank--wound up with a repair bill of a bit over $400 for his fairly-new Toyota Highlander. After that wallet hosing, he decided to take my advice, and to take charge of the fueling process.
Additionally, I am much more careful than a gas attendant about making sure that the gas cap is secured on its tether, instead of allowing it to bounce off of the fender--as so many gas attendants seem to do. The result is that my fender is pristine--with no dents, dings, scratches, or gas stains after 7 years--unlike a lot of newer cars.
I buy my cars for cash, maintain them flawlessly, and tend to keep them for 8-10 years, at which point I get top dollar for them because they look like they just rolled out of the showroom. If I allowed the guys as the gas station to decide how my car is fueled, my cars would not look pristine, and they would likely suffer mechanical damage, for which I would have to pay.
LOL, no. First there is an automatic shut off on most pumps and hose's,second while I to to try to "round off" to and even number I don't over fill the tank and have never had a attendant do it.Maybe your friend's Highlander had "other problems" becuase I just traded my 03 Camry in with 267,000 and got just under five grand for it ,top dollar check Kelly's BB.Your assumptions about the attendants ,while sounding nice are not real.No to say all of them are brain surgeons .....but you go way out of your way to disparage a whole group of people.
Hey nice idea, maybe calling it "Taylor ham pork roll" solves the decades long fight within NJ on what to call it. Just call it both.
That would be fine by me, but I don’t think the people from South Jersey would go for it. By putting Taylor Ham first, everyone will end up shortening it to just Taylor Ham. That would be a win for the North.
LOL, no. First there is an automatic shut off on most pumps and hose's,second while I to to try to "round off" to and even number I don't over fill the tank and have never had a attendant do it.Maybe your friend's Highlander had "other problems" becuase I just traded my 03 Camry in with 267,000 and got just under five grand for it ,top dollar check Kelly's BB.Your assumptions about the attendants ,while sounding nice are not real.No to say all of them are brain surgeons .....but you go way out of your way to disparage a whole group of people.
Everyone has a different threshold for trusting their vehicles with others. I let them pump gas in my Range Rover that cost me six figures, but if I had a classic car, I wouldn’t let anybody else put gas in it. That is where I would draw the line. I didn’t let them pump it in my classic motorcycle when I had it. That is a piece of history that you have taken on the responsibility of preserving. You don’t trust that to some minimum wage gas station attendant.
That would be fine by me, but I don’t think the people from South Jersey would go for it. By putting Taylor Ham first, everyone will end up shortening it to just Taylor Ham. That would be a win for the North.
lol I was going to add, maybe then the issue wold be which name gets to come first. Taylor ham pork roll or pork roll Taylor ham? I have to say, Taylor ham pork roll flows better.
Everyone has a different threshold for trusting their vehicles with others. I let them pump gas in my Range Rover that cost me six figures, but if I had a classic car, I wouldn’t let anybody else put gas in it. That is where I would draw the line. I didn’t let them pump it in my classic motorcycle when I had it. That is a piece of history that you have taken on the responsibility of preserving. You don’t trust that to some minimum wage gas station attendant.
I agree ,when you start talking "classic cars " then yes I understand.
Oh God, yes, there ARE so many places, in NJ not even the world, that are better than Lakewood. Truthfully the bay side of the Jersey Shore east of the Pine Barrens and even within them from like mid-Ocean County down is mostly just depressing. Some nice pockets, for sure, but the further south you go, generally I think, the more depressing it gets.
Guess you never drove down the parkway, trnpke, 287, 78, rt 80
People on the NJ Turnpike go 80 MPH at the very least haha and yeah I drove through Texas before and the highway speed limit was 80, so you know people were going 100. Even on 295 you have people going 90 on the regular, despite all the state troopers lurking around.
Not every place is for everyone. Which is how we get places like Wyoming, Ohio, and Oklahoma.
I'm here because I like it more than other places and it's where my career is because this is literally the center of the universe for my field.
What kind of career field are you in? Just curious to see
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