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For the "Jersey Girl Goumbettes"..............
If you've ever lived in Jersey ...you'll appreciate this!!!
> New Jersey is a peninsula.
> Highlands, New Jersey has the highest elevation along the entire
> eastern seaboard, from Maine to Florida .
> New Jersey is the only state where all of its counties are classified
> as metropolitan areas.
> New Jersey has more race horses than Kentucky .
> New Jersey has more Cubans in Union City (1 sq mi.) than Havana, Cuba
.
> New Jersey has the densest system of highways and railroads in the US
.
> New Jersey has the highest cost of living.
> New Jersey has the highest cost of auto insurance.
> New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation.
> New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred
> to as the "Diner Capital of the World."
> New Jersey is home to the original Mystery Pork Parts Club (no, not
> Spam): Taylor Ham or Pork Roll.
> Home to the less mysterious but the best Italian hot dogs and Italian
> sausage w/peppers and onions.
> 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 50+ resort cities & towns; some of the nation's most
> famous: Asbury Park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, Long
> Branch, Cape May.
> New Jersey has the most stringent testing along our coastline for
water
> quality control than any other seaboard state in the entire country.
> New Jersey is a leading technology & industrial state and is the
> largest chemical producing state in the nation when you include
> pharmaceuticals.
> Jersey tomatoes are known the world over as being the best you can
buy.
> New Jersey is the world leader in blueberry and cranberry production
> (and here you thought Massachusetts?) Here's to New Jersey - the
toast of
> the country! In 1642, the first brewery in America , opened in
Hoboken .
New
> Jersey rocks! The famous Les Paul invented the first solid body
> electric guitar in Mahwah, in 1940.
> New Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest seaport in the
US
> , located in Elizabeth . Nearly 80 percent of what our nation imports
> comes through Elizabeth Seaport first.
> New Jersey is home to one of the nation's busiest airports (in
Newark),
> Liberty International.
> George Washington slept here. Several important Revolutionary War
> battles were fought on New Jersey soil, led by General George
Washington.
> The light bulb, phonograph (record player), and motion picture
> projector, were invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park, NJ,
laboratory.
> We also boast the first town ever lit by incandescent bulbs.
> The first seaplane was built in Keyport , NJ .
> The first airmail (to Chicago) was started from Keyport , NJ .
> The first phonograph records were made in Camden , NJ New Jersey was
> home to the Miss America Pageant held in Atlantic City.
> The game Monopoly, played all over the world, named the streets on
its
> playing board after the actual streets in Atlantic City.
> And, Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world, not to
> mention salt water taffy.
> New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area outside of the
> Middle East countries.
> The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey, in the Watchung
> Mountains.
> New Jersey has the tallest water-tower in the world. (Union, NJ!!!)
New
> Jersey had the first medical center, in Jersey City The Pulaski
SkyWay,
> from Jersey City to Newark, was the first skyway highway.
> NJ built the first tunnel under a river, the Hudson (Holland Tunnel).
> The first baseball game was played in Hoboken, NJ, which is also the
> birthplace of Frank Sinatra.
> The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick
in
> 1889 (Rutgers College played Princeton).
> The first drive-in movie theater was opened in Camden, NJ, (but
they're
> all gone now!).
> New Jersey is home to both of " NEW YORK 's" pro football teams!
> The first radio station and broadcast was in Paterson, NJ .
> The first FM radio broadcast was made from Alpine, NJ, by Maj. Thomas
> Armstrong.
> All New Jersey natives: Sal Martorano, Jack Nicholson, Bruce
> Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Jason Alexander, Queen Latifah, Susan
Sarandon, Ed
> Harris, Connie
> Francis, Shaq, Judy Blume, Aaron Burr, Joan Robertson, Ken Kross,
Dionne
> Warwick, Sarah Vaughn, Budd Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan Ginsberg,
Norman
> Mailer, Marilynn McCoo, Flip Wilson, Alexander Hamilton, Whitney
> Houston, Eddie Money, Linda McElroy, Eileen Donnelly, Grover
Cleveland,
> Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman, Jerry Lewis, Tom Cruise, Joyce Kilmer,
Bruce
> Willis, Caesar Romero, Lauryn Hill, Ice-T, Nick Adams, Nathan Lane,
> Sandra Dee, Danny DeVito, Richard Conti, Joe Pesci, Joe Piscopo, Joe
> DePasquale, Robert Blake, John Forsythe, Meryl Streep, Loretta Swit,
Norman
> Lloyd, Paul Simon, Jerry Herman, Gorden McCrae, Kevin Spacey, John
> Travolta, Phyllis Newman, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Eva Marie Saint,
Elisabeth
> Shue, Zebulon Pike, James Fennimore Cooper, Admiral Wm.Halsey,Jr.,
Dave
> Thomas (Wendy's), William Carlos Williams, Ray Liotta, Robert Wuh!
> l, Bob Reyers, Paul Robeson, Ernie Kovacs, Joseph Macchia, Kelly
Ripa,
> and, of course, Francis Albert Sinatra and "Uncle Floyd" Vivino.
>
> The Great Falls in Paterson, on the Passaic River, is the 2nd highest
> waterfall on the East Coast of the US .
> You know you're from Jersey when . . .
> You don't think of fruit when people mention "The Oranges."
> You know that it's called Great Adventure, not Six Flags.
> A good, quick breakfast is a hard roll with butter.
> You've known the way to Seaside Heights since you were seven.
> You've eaten at a diner, when you were stoned or drunk, at 3 A.M.
> You know that the state isn't one big oil refinery.
> At least three people in your family still love Bruce Springsteen,
and
> you know the town Jon Bon Jovi is from.
> You know what a "jug handle" is.
> You know that WaWa is a convenience store.
> You know that the state isn't all farmland.
> 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.
> You consider putting mayo on a corned beef sandwich a sacrilege.
> You don't think "What exit?" is very funny.
> You know that people from the 609 area code are "a little different."
> Yes they are!
> You know that no respectable New Jerseyan goes to Princeton --that's
> for out-of-staters.
> The Jets-Giants game has started fights at your school or local bar.
> You live within 20 minutes of at least three different malls.
> You refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers.
> Every year you have at least one kid in your class named Tony.
> You know the location of every clip shown in the Sopranos opening
> credits.
> You've gotten on the wrong highway trying to get out of the mall.
> You know that people from North Jersey go to Seaside Heights, and
> people from Central Jersey go to Belmar, and people from South Jersey
go
to
> Wildwood.
> It can be no other way.
> You weren't raised in New Jersey --you were raised in either North
> Jersey, Central Jersey or South Jersey .
> You don't consider Newark or Camden to actually be part of the state.
> You remember the stores Korvette's, Two Guys, Rickel's, Channel,
> Bamberger's and Orbach's.
> You also remember Palisades Amusement Park .
> You've had a boardwalk cheese steak and vinegar fries.
> You start planning for Memorial Day weekend in February.
> And finally . . .
> You've NEVER, NEVER NEVER, EVER
> pumped your own gas.