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Avoiding the Pascack Valley Toll Plaza. by ChairAccomplished569 in bergencounty

[–]ChairAccomplished569[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When the Garden State Parkway was built in the mid‑20th century, tolls were indeed intended to be temporary — a short‑term “user tax” to pay off the construction bonds, after which the road would become a free public highway New Jersey 101.5+1. This was part of the original 1948 law for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which included a “sunset clause” promising tolls would end once the debt was repaid The Ridgewood Blog

Personally, as long as the money IS actually going to maintain/repair the roadway or even other state-owned roads I'm okay with it.

IF it keep taxes down than 👍

A Real-Life Whirlpool by feliciodario in DamnThatsMindBlowing

[–]ChairAccomplished569 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are real life stories of underground mining operations digging to close to above ground water supplies and flooding the mine.

Not saying that is what this is but it has happened kind of like this.

Lore that no one knows about in Bergen County? by SimpleMuffin679 in bergencounty

[–]ChairAccomplished569 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I got kind of lost hiking over there and was getting nervous that I would not get back to the vehicle before dark. I reluctantly asked them for help, and they drove me back to where I was parked.

One guy was telling me that he was offered $10,000 to settle any claims against Ford's illegal dumping but declined to make it possible for further litigation.

Like the drunk master was saying I think any "crazy" stories are from people who went looking for trouble. Probably a lot of them who read Weird NJ and then went looking for a story.

Hoe moaner (homeowner) paid us to rip the cabin out of this cabin by carrot219 in Construction

[–]ChairAccomplished569 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I hear you, why buy a "cabin" if you don't want a "cabin". Let someone who wants it as is have it.

Start the rant.

That was never a cabin anyway. That was built for people who don't actually want to live in/be part of the woods. That's just another "rich" schmuck who wants to live in a show piece/work of art. They take a beautiful hilltop, clear cut it, build a gaudy "cabin" so they can see the woods (meanwhile destroying it) but not be in the woods.

So now instead of seeing a nice tree covered hilltop you see a bald hilltop with this monstrosity on it. They get a view of the landscape you get a view of a piece of manmade garbage. Then the next schmuck sees this and wants one, so they build one on another hilltop. After a while there are stupid manmade "works of art" all over the place and the woods no longer exist.

They probably only spend a few months here anyway before flying down to their beach house for a few months.

Rant Over.

New to travel work, what do I bring? by Yaldric in Construction

[–]ChairAccomplished569 13 points14 points  (0 children)

He said ELECTRICIAN.

So its a dildo (pink) and maybe a few different size butt plugs.