Late night open thread

Famous last words edition:

"I've had a hell of a lot of fun and I've enjoyed every minute of it."
-- Errol Flynn, October 14, 1959

Time for Jersey City, After Dark

Everything our forefathers fought for, the liberty, the freedom, all of it is being tossed in the trashbin by Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer July 4

It seems Frau Zimmer has decided to become a powerful entity unto herself issuing all kinds of edicts, travel restrictions, rules (even on property you may well own) and check points around town for the expected influx of happy Macy's fireworks viewers.

First a portion of her letter to the public:

All available police officers, firefighters, the Office of Emergency Management, and other municipal officials will be enforcing all codes and regulations regarding public behavior with a zero tolerance level.
This includes an absolute restriction on parties or gatherings on rooftops for viewing of the fireworks celebration unless said property has been properly zoned and approved for rooftop access. Gathering on fire escapes is strictly prohibited. The use of balconies, porches, or any other structures for viewing will be strictly enforced within the confines of the codes for such structures. It is imperative that no overcrowding occur in any of these locations. All codes for the use of rooftops and other aforementioned structures will be strictly enforced with a zero tolerance policy.
No alcohol will be permitted on any walkways or parks along the waterfront. Visitors will need to pass through checkpoints to access the waterfront. Coolers with non-alcoholic refreshments will be permitted access.

Yeah, after all, Americans hate getting together and having parties to celebrate the birth of their nation.

So if you like to be out on your porch or balcony you could be cited. Wanna know why? It really has nothing to do with YOUR safety but police detest citizens holding any kind of higher ground than themselves hence they get all defensive and overreact to balcony situations. Frau Zimmer appears to be doing their bidding for them here. No roof viewing? Please. Dawn, Johnny's from Jersey City and will be on his roof (and would be if you ran JC anyway) or the beautiful walkway along the Hudson in Jersey City (much nicer than the FuHo section truth be told) skipping FuHo entirely. Maybe after your little tantrum Johnny will be forced to avoid FuHo more and more for which he intends to call some of the businesses where he sometimes does buy goods and services and telling them why his money is no longer coming in.

CHECKPOINTS?! CHECKPOINTS?! Good lord, so in essence the freedoms fought and died for by our brave Revolutionary forefathers will be suspended by Dawn Zimmer and the FuHo police ON the 4th of July. What a perfect dichotomy.

Also on the list of don't set forth by Mayor (Hey I got this job by default) Zimmer:
*No laughing
*No running
*No saying "ooooooooo and Ahhhhhh" as the shells burst
*No singing
*No fun of any kind, just sit there, watch and shut your pie holes.

Children of Sombertown, your days of fun are OVER.

(FuHo Mayor Dawn Zimmer, Jersey City Desk file photo)

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Notable quotes night:

"The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least i can dream."
--Marilyn Monroe

Time for Jersey City, After Dark

It is simply a glorious day here in Jersey City

Upper sixties heading to the mid seventies and hardly a cloud in the sky. Johnny and the staff are holding editorial meetings down on the river near the Katyn Memorial. Come on down, kick your shoes off and sit a spell.

Late night open thread

That Charles Addams show at the Museum of the City of New York really was a sharp display. Some good biting commentary in his work along with quite a few that made Johnny smile. All in all a good day at the museum. It was also hilarious to watch the big fair on 3rd Ave. get blown around with stuff whipping up and down the street when the winds ahead of the thunderstorms showed up.

Chaos id cool.

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Sunday open thread

Johnny's heading off to the Big Appletini today to do some museums. You chit chat about what you want while Johnny gets his learn on.

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They ran the Belmont Stakes in New York today. Anybody know who won? Does it matter? If it's not for the Triple Crown it's really just another race. The Belmont record was set (smashed would be a better word, sliced by damn near three seconds) in 1973, it still stands 37 years later. The 1973 Belmont Stakes was THE most incredible sporting event Johnny ever witnessed. He doesn't suspect we'll ever see a moment in sport to match this. Ever. Unless a team wins a Super Bowl 100-0 or the Red Wings or (Fill in name of your team here) wins a Stanley Cup in four games each 15-0 scores, or Serena Williams wins the US Open in straight sets every match 6-0 and 6-0 and doesn't give up a point all tournament, the 1973 Belmont will forever stand as the only time an 'athlete' hit sheer perfection on the field of battle.

This moment will most likely never be equalled. People were crying at what they saw they were so moved as they stood along the rail in the homestretch and up in the grandstand reporters noted. People actually were choked up by this moment in time. It's reported that half the $2 betting slips that picked Secretariat to win were never cashed in but instead kept as keepsakes of what they'd seen.

They ran the Belmont Stakes today. Anybody know who won?


Time for Jersey City, After Dark

Let's talk about toll booths and toll booth strategy

Now with the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike both such an integral part of local commuting, and with the toll booths employed by both the idea of toll booth strategy seems like a good topic of discussion. Are you one of the millions of EZ Pass users? Do you prefer to toss coins into the big plastic buckets? Are you someone who just likes to hand your toll over to one of the thousands of smiling and friendly toll booth workers?

These are all fine, nothing really wrong with any of them, the EZ Pass is the second fastest way you can make it through the toll booths but earlier this week Johnny heard and saw (as you shall now dear reader) of a NEWER and FASTER way to make it through toll booths. This option we think would be faster and more efficient is just about ANY toll booth situation anywhere in the USA.

Pay attention, it's info you can use...


OK OK, maybe not the BEST way through but certainly the fastest and most entertaining for other drivers stuck in line. More on that Dukes of Hazzard strategy here.

By the way for those scoring at home, that was a Chevy Impala. Don't tell me GM makes cars people don't want. A Prius couldn't do that. Neither could a Smart car or a Yaris. Sometimes you need a good old piece of Detroit steel.

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How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tooties pop?

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE SPINNERS!

Every so often Johnny likes to plunk down a song he remembers from the old AM radio you grew up with in Detroit, only the biggest radio station around was across the river in Windsor, Ontario. The Big 8, CKLW, a very famous station at the time spun the platters that mattered.

Detroit's own Spinners with 'Games People Play'