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ConciergeMike Jun 14, 2010 11:17 pm


Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 14134163)
...you have to pay to escape from NJ.

Ain't that the truth.


Originally Posted by msv (Post 14134168)
Bro lives by Lindenwald (if I remember correctly)

Lindenwold. Right down the street from me. Next time you're in town, go here.

msv Jun 14, 2010 11:18 pm


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14134179)
If that's the case, the authorities could easily set the toll so much higher ;)

I had to sit through a 7 mi backup on I95 in Delaware to pay a $5 toll. Amazing they can't get a high speed EZ pass lane:td:

msv Jun 14, 2010 11:19 pm


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 14134184)
Ain't that the truth.



Lindenwold. Right down the street from me. Next time you're in town, go here.

Does look a bit better than the Olive Garden:)

icurhere2 Jun 14, 2010 11:21 pm


Originally Posted by msv (Post 14134188)
I had to sit through a 7 mi backup on I95 in Delaware to pay a $5 toll. Amazing they can't get a high speed EZ pass lane:td:

Is it $5 in Delaware now? I know it's been $5 in Maryland (Rising Sun) heading south for a while but thought it was still less than $5 in DE when I drove from ACY.

ConciergeMike Jun 14, 2010 11:22 pm


Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 14134174)
I have driven hundreds, perhaps thousands of miles, within the Philadelphia city limit. I know of which you speak. Sad, but true.

Lesser mortals not familiar with it would probably rain down automatic weapon fire on that God-forsaken inner rectangle of paved Hell that is Penn Square. But we just deal with it...because I'm from New Jersey: where the weak are killed and eaten.


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14134179)
If that's the case, the authorities could easily set the toll so much higher ;)

Toll booth humor has long been overcooked in this area. I was always a proponent of having digital images of middle fingers popping up at toll plazas upon payment. It feels much like that every time.

ConciergeMike Jun 14, 2010 11:23 pm


Originally Posted by msv (Post 14134192)
Does look a bit better than the Olive Garden:)

Let me know next time you're coming. Don't tell your brother that you have ideas for restaurants. At the end of the trip, admit that you got fed ideas from an area resident.

icurhere2 Jun 14, 2010 11:24 pm

My 25th stay (Friday in Morristown, NJ) just posted to my Hyatt account - nice for the diamond status and sheer number of AA miles.

photog72 Jun 14, 2010 11:24 pm


Originally Posted by msv (Post 14134188)
I had to sit through a 7 mi backup on I95 in Delaware to pay a $5 toll. Amazing they can't get a high speed EZ pass lane:td:

That toll is a killer for traffic. EZpass gets you through it just a little quicker than cash.:rolleyes: I hate that toll booth. I have taken surface streets to avoid it. Then again, I always stopped at a Gelato place in downtown Newark, DE. Their gelato is ^.

msv Jun 14, 2010 11:24 pm


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14134195)
Is it $5 in Delaware now? I know it's been $5 in Maryland (Rising Sun) heading south for a while but thought it was still less than $5 in DE when I drove from ACY.

Would have to check the web site to be sure. I use EZ pass so don't pay really close attention although when the MD toll went to $5 I wasn't happy. Normally I take the back roads to DC/VA where this is only one .75 toll.

ConciergeMike Jun 14, 2010 11:26 pm


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14134195)
Is it $5 in Delaware now? I know it's been $5 in Maryland (Rising Sun) heading south for a while but thought it was still less than $5 in DE when I drove from ACY.

Delduhware has next to no state tax structure. I'm amazed that the streets remain paved. I'll put it this way: the residents think that Delaware is 10 years behind the rest of the country. The state just a few weeks ago voted in recycling pickup. That should stand on its own and is not at all a joke.

msv Jun 14, 2010 11:26 pm


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 14134200)
My 25th stay (Friday in Morristown, NJ) just posted to my Hyatt account - nice for the diamond status and sheer number of AA miles.

Must admit Hyatt really does have the best overlapping promo's going right now. Although I couldn't complain the bathroom door didn't close in fear they would comp my night:(

msv Jun 14, 2010 11:28 pm


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 14134199)
Let me know next time you're coming. Don't tell your brother that you have ideas for restaurants. At the end of the trip, admit that you got fed ideas from an area resident.

My brother has an amazing pool in the backyard. I am very tempted to make a trip soon. I love Mexican too:D

ConciergeMike Jun 14, 2010 11:29 pm


Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 14134174)
I have driven hundreds, perhaps thousands of miles, within the Philadelphia city limit. I know of which you speak. Sad, but true.

Driving an eight-block loop from Sansom between 16th and 17th to 10 Broad Street multiple times per day for only two days a week for three months convinced me of the lunacy of Philly driving. The craziness was what made it tolerable. I knew every time that I left the Ritz-Carlton that I would see something between there and the parking garage that would make me want to swear at someone.

ConciergeMike Jun 14, 2010 11:31 pm


Originally Posted by msv (Post 14134220)
My brother has an amazing pool in the backyard. I am very tempted to make a trip soon. I love Mexican too:D

There is a new place in Collingswood that is only serving lunch. If they are still open when you come you can take him there and blow his mind that you know the holes in the wall that he probably even doesn't.

msv Jun 14, 2010 11:32 pm


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 14134224)
Driving an eight-block loop from Sansom between 16th and 17th to 10 Broad Street multiple times per day for only two days a week for three months convinced me of the lunacy of Philly driving. The craziness was what made it tolerable. I knew every time that I left the Ritz-Carlton that I would see something between there and the parking garage that would make me want to swear at someone.

I've had a bunch of mtgs down there although my favorite story was the old woman I saw on the sidewalk who would slowly stoop and pick up used gum and put it in her mouth:rolleyes:


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