Brilliant_Tourist400

Brilliant_Tourist400 t1_j82rcb3 wrote

Great, I’m going to be hearing this in my head for the next two days. “RACEWAY PARK, ENGLISHTOWN, NEW JERSEY!!!!!!”

(And then there’s Englishtown’s OTHER great landmark, the Auction, but that didn’t have a memorable commercial on WABC, 99X, or New York’s Best Rock, WPLJ!)

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Brilliant_Tourist400 t1_ixkmoq8 wrote

It’s not a bad idea in theory . . . but it wouldn’t work in practice. The number of months when it’s cold in this state doesn’t justify the price tag. It can be difficult to find a place to walk in the winter, but you can find solutions if you get creative. If you don’t have a mall nearby, you can even walk laps around a larger grocery store or big-box store.

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Brilliant_Tourist400 t1_iuc1l75 wrote

Reply to 10 years ago by ReggieNJ

I remember before it happened, a lot of people weren’t concerned - Irene had been preceded by forecasts of gloom and doom, and it arrived at the Jersey Shore as just a rainstorm. And then, the day before it hit, I decided to drive down to Spring Lake to see what the waves looked like. The ocean was turbulent in a way I couldn’t remember seeing before - it was truly an angry sea. Coupled with the fact that the wind was already strong on the beachfront, I suddenly knew the worst case scenarios were going to play out - this thing was a monster.

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