This is Bob.

Went to Ocean City MD last June and it’s just… Okay…. I like Ocean City NJ or Wildwoods more, and less driving.

The Cape May-Lewes Ferry was fun though.

OP kinda sounds like…. ‘If she moves away, and she is successful she may never come back, and if she isn’t successful, when she comes back she will have so much personal growth through the experience that she won’t be interested in me anymore. So how do I derail her plans and keep her world small?’

Or as the old song asks: “How you gonna keep ‘em down on the farm after they’ve seen Jerseeeey?”

Just like Campbell’s Soup HQ is in Camden.

101.5 ? Haven’t listened to them for 10 years or morer…

Yeah, I don’t blame the landlords one bit for inserting this clause. They are leasing to YOU and YOU are responsible for making all the payments.

If something happens, contact the landlord and see if there is a way to negotiate an early termination. They might let you out of the lease if you pay them something less than the full amount of the payments, but they aren’t required to.

Yeah, this was 4-5 bedroom single fam housing. Not at all designed to address the affordabilty issue.

Well, that should keep the story in the news …..unless she settles.

To each his own. I vastly prefer NJ beaches, especially from September-May. Packed? Not hardly.

They have the ocean in other places. It’s nice, but the vibe is different.

NJ beaches in Sandy Hook, Sea Girt, Wildwood and Cape May are vastly different, yet equally great.

Most of Monmouth and Ocean County. Most of the shore areas down to Cape May don’t have much of a litter problem. I’m sure there are exceptions, but overall, trash is not a big issue.

And I don’t go to every store each week. Some stores I shop often. Others, like Lidl, maybe once a month. I generally buy higher quantities at Lidl knowing I won’t be back for a while.

As everyone has mentioned, go to multiple stores. Each one mentioned, including ShopRite, has certain items that are better values (quality for price) than the others.

A large part Tesla valuation is due to their high growth rate. If growth slows, they become ‘just another car company’ and should be valued accordingly.

The real proof of direction will be the upcoming quarter. We shall see if Teala continues to post huge percentage increases compared to 2022..

As long as sales continue to increase by 50% or more compared to the same quarter for the prior year, everything will be fine.

Delsea Drive In movie theater is open in the warmer months. C’mon down.

Delseadrive-in.com

Yeah. I am sure McMahon got paid more money to laugh at jokes than he would have made at any other job he could have held during the 60’s and 70’s.

Normal qtr bill is due on 11/1 every year. Just pay the bill in time to hit the system by normal due date and you will never be penalized. If there is an extra grace period some years, don’t take it. Simple. Foolproof.

The Dunkin near historic Smithville - they are open in the early evening, but are always mysteriously sold out of any item you order…

You guys need a Wawa…

Look for used office furniture stores, or estate sales in 55+ communities. Lots of good deals to be had, not juat desks.

First, all new hires get a 401k type plan with employee matching, like large company private sector employees do.

Second, for all emloyees who are not vested (less than 5 yrs employed, I think, it might be 10) refund their pension contributions and put into a 401k and match it. (yes, the employees pay into the pension, it isn’t free to them.) Then 401k going forward.

As for the vested employees, leave them alone. They have a legal and contractual right to their plan because they are vested. This can’t be abolished on the state level because federal laws also apply.

Over time (decades) the retirees will die off and the pension obligation will go away.

Doing something like this will be HARD. We can’t just wish this problem away.

This is dumb. You used a 1997 article to say contributions to pensions stopped in 1996.

NJ Pensions were fully funded until Gov Whitman messed them up. It was made worse by Gov Christie.

In spite of their malfeasance, there have been pension contributions made after 1996.

I’m OK with this concept -

Here is my ‘Shore’ definition: ‘All areas east of the Garden State Parkway from the Driscoll Bridge to Cape May.’

Teaching salaries in other states are ridiculously low…. It makes no sense to cut your salary in half in order to save a few thousand in property tax.