+lelle1987 Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 I'll guess 72 attendees I have no clue about NJ, so I'll just do a copy-paste from Wikipedia: * New Jersey was recently rated one of the most excellent U.S. States to visit by Zagat's, second only to Ohio. Quote Link to comment
+darnjoeSNARG Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 35 attendees The honeybee is the New Jersey state bug. Quote Link to comment
+TheCollector Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 46 1.) "I'm From New Jersey" is the only state song that is adaptable to any municipality with a two or three syllable name. 2.) Parsippany has been named Tree City USA for 24 consecutive years 3.) The state seashell is the knobbed whelk, busycon carica gmelin, it is found on all beaches and bays of New Jersey. 4.)Modern paleontology, the science of studying dinosaur fossils, began in 1858 with the discovery of the first nearly complete skeleton of a dinosaur in Haddonfield, New Jersey. The Hadrosaurus is the official New Jersey state dinosaur. 5.)New Jersey has the tallest water tower in the world Quote Link to comment
+tsunrisebey Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 (5) No wise cracks! I have been to every state and you got places that smell too! Hmmmm, you notice a common theme here? Every state + avroair in the vicinity = smells Guess I'll know when you're in Bozo again. You know I gotta give you a hard time cause you always give me a hard time Quote Link to comment
j2garnett Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I think there will be 68 people attending. Facts: New Jersey has more Cubans in Union City (1 sq. mi.) than Havana, Cuba. North Jersey is the car theft capital of the world, with more cars stolen in Newark then any other city, even the 2 largest cities, NYC and LA, put together. In New Jersey, cabbage can't be sold on Sunday. David Copperfield is from New Jersey. And, some things you probably know, but are funny anyway - You know you're from Jersey if: -You know what a "jug handle" is. -You know that Wawa is a convenience store. -You know that there are no "beaches" in New Jersey--there's the shore--and you don't go "to the shore," you go "down the shore." And when you are there, you're not "at the shore"; you are "down the shore." -You know how to properly negotiate a circle. -You knew that the last sentence had to do with driving. -You know that this is the only "New" state that doesn't require "New" to identify it (try . . . Mexico . . .York ... Hampshire-- doesn't work, does it?). -You know that a "White Castle" is the name of BOTH a fast food chain AND a fast food sandwich. Quote Link to comment
+WVKiwi Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I'll go with a guess of 84 people. NJ's first newspaper was the Jersey Gazette. and NJ's state dinosaur is the Hadrosaurus Foulkii Quote Link to comment
+DresselDragons Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 74 1/2 attendees (the 1/2 would be the mini-avroair in the oven ) Joisey has some interesting laws: It is against the law to pump your own gas. You can not frown at a police officer. If you are caught driving drunk, you may never get a license that is personalized. You can not detain a homing pigeon. You are not allowed to slurp your soup. It is against the law for a man to knit during the fishing season. All cats must wear three bells to warn birds of their whereabouts. (in Cresskill) You may not dance or wear shorts on the main avenue. (in Caldwell) It is illegal to sell ice cream after 6pm, unless the customer has a note from his doctor. (in Newark) Pickles are not to be consumed on Sundays & you may not throw a bad pickle in the street. (in Trenton) Quote Link to comment
+OwlCacher Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Well since it hasn't been guessed already I guess 50. My photography teacher is from New Jersey. Quote Link to comment
dimkasmir Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I will guess 49 atendees. Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world. Quote Link to comment
+sillygirl & jrr Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 58 attendees I'm sure you know that Thomas Edison had his home and laboratory in NJ. But did you know? Thomas Edison passed away in 1931 and his wife Mina passed in 1947. They were buried at Rosedale Cemetery. In 1963, the family had Thomas and Mina re-buried at the home they loved and where they spent their 44 years together - Glenmont. And you probably didn't know this is my favorite Edison quote. "There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking." Thomas A. Edison Quote Link to comment
avroair Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 58 attendees I'm sure you know that Thomas Edison had his home and laboratory in NJ. But did you know? Thomas Edison passed away in 1931 and his wife Mina passed in 1947. They were buried at Rosedale Cemetery. In 1963, the family had Thomas and Mina re-buried at the home they loved and where they spent their 44 years together - Glenmont. And you probably didn't know this is my favorite Edison quote. "There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking." Thomas A. Edison Cool I live 3 miles from his laboratory... maybe I could stuff a micro somewhere close by. There are actually alot of things in NJ named after Edison including a town and a large wilderness management area which has tons of caches to hike out to. Quote Link to comment
avroair Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 (5) No wise cracks! I have been to every state and you got places that smell too! Hmmmm, you notice a common theme here? Every state + avroair in the vicinity = smells Haha. You gots me. Still thinking of a clever come back... (won't be going to Bozo no more, sister got transferred this April to SF). Quote Link to comment
+bluprizm Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I'll go with 63. A little known fact: Spray paint may not be sold without a posted sign warning juveliles of the penalty for creating graffiti. Quote Link to comment
+Shop99er Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 43 attendees My late Aunt Lil, was a native of "Joisey". According to her, she was pretty much an average/typical Joisey Girl. This evidently included the belief that everyone that lived West of NYC wore cowboy hats and boots, rode horses, herded cattle, and ran around with six-shooters and Winchesters at all times. Presumably, people out West also either lived in sod huts, or teepees, depending on who they were. I mention this, because I grew up in the Midwest. Kansas to be exact. When I was 15, she came out with my Uncle Jack to meet the family. In the 37 years since, I have never seen such a look of crestfallen disappointment as she had when she got off the airplane in Wichita. Now, maybe I'm being silly, but the fact that we had a fairly large airport should have tipped her off. But nooooo. She was crushed that we had cars and trucks, and didn't run around shooting each other. She was a bit put off that most of us didn't wear any sort of hat. Lil was thouroughly stunned that we even had electricity, running water, and INDOOR TOILETS!! We wuz civilized, for cryin' out loud!!! So, the first thing she did? She went shopping at Harry Shepler's, and bought a hot-pink, hat to boot outfit. It was trimmed in white and rhinestones. We nearly peed, we laughed so hard. When she died, 30+ years later, she still had that gawd-awful outfit. Quote Link to comment
+_c3_ Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 55 saves lives. That's my guess. Interesting tidbit... Lou Costello (of Abbott & Costello) is from the hometown of Paterson, New Jersey. There is a statue of him nearby, on Cianci Street, at Costello Park, at Cianci and Ellison Sts., only a couple of blocks from the Great Falls. <Courtesy of Roadside America's website, Roadside America Lou Costello Statue) > Rumor also has it that the Edison Museum is kinda spooky. Oh, and here's the numbers picked so far.... 35, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 74.5, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 83, 84, 87, 88, 89, 93, 102. Quote Link to comment
+Nochipra Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I'll be optimistic and say 99 people. Famous people from New Jersey: Bud Abbott comedian, Asbury Park Charles Addams cartoonist, Westfield Edwin Aldrin astronaut, Montclair William Count Basie band leader, Red Bank Joan Bennett actress, Palisades Judy Blume author, Elizabeth Jon Bon Jovi musician, Sayreville William J. Brennan jurist, Newark Aaron Burr political leader, Newark Lloyd H. Conover inventor, Orange James Fenimore Cooper author, Burlington David Copperfield magician, Metuchen Lou Costello comedian, Paterson Stephen Crane writer, Newark Helen Gahagan Douglas representative, Boonton Allen Ginsberg poet, Newark Savron Glover choreographer, Newark William Frederick Halsey, Jr. admiral, Elizabeth Lauryn Hill rapper, South Orange Donald Fletcher Holmes inventor, Woodbury Whitney Houston entertainer, Newark Ice-T rapper, Newark Alfred Joyce Kilmer poet, New Brunswick Alfred C. Kinsey zoologist, Hoboken Ernie Kovacs comedian, Trenton Dorothea Lange photographer, Hoboken Jerry Lewis comedian, film director, Newark Anne Morrow Lindbergh author, Englewood Norman Mailer author, Long Branch James W. Marshall discovered gold in California, Hunterdon Patricia McBride ballerina, Teanick Eger V. Murphree inventor, Bayonne Jack Nicholson actor, Neptune City Dorothy Parker author, West Bend Zebulon Mongomery Pike explorer, soldier, Lamberton Joe Piscopo comedian, actor, Passaic Paul Robeson singer, actor, Princeton Edward J. Rosinski inventor, Gloucester County Philip Milton Roth author, Newark Ruth St. Denis dancer, choreographer, Newark Antonin Scalia jurist,Trenton Norman Schwarzkopf army general, Trenton Frank Sinatra singer, actor, Hoboken Kevin Spacey actor, South Orange Bruce Springsteen musician, Freehold Amos Alonzo Stagg football coach, West Orange Alfred Stieglitz photographer, Hoboken Meryl Streep actress, Summit Albert Payson Terhune journalist, author, Newark Dave Thomas restaurateur, Atlantic City William Henry Vanderbilt financier, New Brunswick Sarah Vaughan singer, Newark Dionne Warwick actress, singer, East Orange William Carlos Williams physician, poet, Rutherford Ray Liotta actor, Newark Edmund Wilson literary critic, author, Red Bank Quote Link to comment
+ShmilyNMe Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I'm guessing 59 people will show up (cuz they don't want a contract put out on them for holding out) Geographic center: Located in Mercer County, 5 mi. SE of Trenton In 1762 the first drive through window was established at Seven Stars Tavern in Salem County Richard M. Hollingshead on June 6, 1933 opened the first drive in theatre on Crescent Boulevard, Pennsauken Township. Today, New Jersey is just one of 4 states that do not have at least 1 drive in theatre. Delaware, Alaska, & Rhode Island are the others. Thanks for the cointest, and good luck with your event! Bawda bang ya'll (that's Southern for...oh well, you get the picture)! Quote Link to comment
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 88 What is the Smallest registered cemetery in New Jersey? Am I suppose to give you the answer or did you say tell me something I did not know. Maybe you do. The answer is........................................................... Bunker Hill Cemetery The amazing fact....... 4 Graves but only 3 Tombstones. Quote Link to comment
CacheNCarryMA Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 one of my favorite New Jersey websites: Side O' Lamb: Urban Exploration At The Jersey Shore Quote Link to comment
avroair Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 Bada Bing! Had a blast at the event, we certainly packed the diner! And had 40 for the pre-event hike. Well we had 89 people sign the log book, adding me that makes 90 (Mrs Avroair sadly did not attend). Anyone pick that number or closest not going over. Quote Link to comment
j2garnett Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 i think 89 attendees And your interesting little known fact is * Two-thirds of the world's eggplants are grown in New Jersey. * Closest without going over - geocachingdragon Quote Link to comment
+darnjoeSNARG Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Wow, what a turnout! Congrats geocachingdragon. Quote Link to comment
+chief20r2 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Bada Bing! Had a blast at the event, we certainly packed the diner! And had 40 for the pre-event hike. Well we had 89 people sign the log book, adding me that makes 90 (Mrs Avroair sadly did not attend). Anyone pick that number or closest not going over. Knew it would be a big turnout.... Dang close at 87 but no Bada Bing !!!! Congrats to Geocachingdragon....... Quote Link to comment
+KrazyTrollz Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 66 attendees The Statue of Liberty is actually in NJ Quote Link to comment
+501_Gang Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Congrats geocachingdragon! Thanks Avroair for the cointest!! Quote Link to comment
+Geo.Error Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Congrats geocachingdragon! Thanks Avroair for the cointest!! Also thanks and congrats from Geo.Error Quote Link to comment
+geocachingdragon Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Bada bing!!! Thanks for the contest Avroair I will be looking in the mail for this one. Also Congrats on your successful event. I am hosting my first event today at the restaurant at the end of the universe. I hope it will be as good. Geocachingdragon Quote Link to comment
+DresselDragons Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Congrats geocachingdragon! Quote Link to comment
+Frank n Beck Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Congrats on your win geocachingdragon! Thanks for the cointest Avroair. Quote Link to comment
avroair Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Bada bing!!! I will be looking in the mail for this one. Mailed today, hope your event went well. Since not all the event coins were shipped before the event, the remaining gold and silver versions (copper was attendee only) will be put up on the geoswag presale page. Quote Link to comment
+geocachingdragon Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Coin arrived today thanks Avroair. Quote Link to comment
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