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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 16, 2023 20:28:59 GMT -5
It just occurred to me -- if your brother is used to driving in LA, Philly even with 95 caved in will seem like a spin through the countryside.
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Post by kaybli on Jun 16, 2023 20:30:55 GMT -5
It just occurred to me -- if your brother is used to driving in LA, Philly even with 95 caved in will seem like a spin through the countryside. Oh yea. He was telling me that even rush hour traffic back from Newark Airport to my place in Central Jersey was a walk in the park compared to standstill LA traffic. Its a different animal out there. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 16, 2023 20:32:57 GMT -5
Depending on where he is going, he could just stay on the Jersey side until he gets to either the Ben Franklin Bridge or the Walt Whitman Bridge and avoid the mess. Of course everyone else on the NJ side will be doing the same thing. Yea true. Funny story. Back before GPS whenever I get lost in Philly I ended up on the Ben Franklin Bridge. Drive around in circles for half an hour oh look back on the Ben Franklin Bridge! I hate that damn bridge!  It's kind of an ornate old bridge. A little like the Williamsburg Bridge. It has a pedestrian walkway. The only problem is when you cross from Philly you're in Camden. |
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Post by kaybli on Jun 16, 2023 20:37:46 GMT -5
Speaking of driving, I have to repost one of my favorites, cruising with the Bronx Bomber Board crew:
Missing some people I know. I'll make another soon.
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 16, 2023 20:44:57 GMT -5
Thank you. I just couldn’t remember the name. I thought that with no trees on the opposite side of the road and the trees up on the bank the trees were simply leaning for the sunlight, but what do I know? … You really were all over the area Inger. Cossart Road isn't much wider than a driveway. Jim Kaat's ex-wife Linda used to own the Fairville Inn, which is very near to where Cossart joins 52. Malvern was part of my general stomping grounds in my youth. Dated a girl from Immaculata, which is near there. Did you ever worry about an Immaculata conception? |
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Post by kaybli on Jun 16, 2023 20:59:21 GMT -5
Speaking of driving, I have to repost one of my favorites, cruising with the Bronx Bomber Board crew:
Missing some people I know. I'll make another soon.
Alright we got another car chasing close behind:
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 16, 2023 21:05:16 GMT -5
Speaking of driving, I have to repost one of my favorites, cruising with the Bronx Bomber Board crew:
Missing some people I know. I'll make another soon.
You're going to need a bus! |
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Post by kaybli on Jun 16, 2023 21:09:53 GMT -5
Speaking of driving, I have to repost one of my favorites, cruising with the Bronx Bomber Board crew:
Missing some people I know. I'll make another soon.
You're going to need a bus! The short bus perhaps |
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Post by chiyankee on Jun 16, 2023 21:44:09 GMT -5
Speaking of driving, I have to repost one of my favorites, cruising with the Bronx Bomber Board crew:
Missing some people I know. I'll make another soon.
Alright we got another car chasing close behind:
Where's Tequila? |
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Post by kaybli on Jun 16, 2023 21:56:06 GMT -5
Alright we got another car chasing close behind:
Where's Tequila?
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Post by inger on Jun 16, 2023 23:10:39 GMT -5
Depending on where he is going, he could just stay on the Jersey side until he gets to either the Ben Franklin Bridge or the Walt Whitman Bridge and avoid the mess. Of course everyone else on the NJ side will be doing the same thing. Yea true. Funny story. Back before GPS whenever I get lost in Philly I ended up on the Ben Franklin Bridge. Drive around in circles for half an hour oh look back on the Ben Franklin Bridge! I hate that damn bridge! 😂😂🤓 Even after GPS came out weird things happened. Once a group of us had to go to Rhode Island and decided we’d rather drive than fly. So I need to go about 2 hours to pick up guy #1. Then wd go another hour to get guy #2. I’m driving my company pick up with maybe 25,000 miles on it, but guy #2 says “We’ll take my (company) truck. It’s a damn nice truck. We take off I notice that it has like 137,000 miles on it, but okay. This is before Maps were in phones, so he had a GPS stick to his dashboard. We start going up 95 and I doze off and wake up and we’re in some podunk town. I figure he wanted to stop for gas or something, but he gets back in the highway. We go a little further and the GPS directs us into another town, this one a little bigger. Guy #1 says, “That seems odd that the GPS would take us this way.” Guy #2 says, “Yeah, it does this once in a while. I can never figure out why, but I figure it knows more than I do.”. I say, “It’s the settings. You have it for no highways.” Both guys look at me like I’m from Mars. So I grab the GPS and turn the “no highways” setting off. It was an eight hour drive, but who knows how long it would have taken that Bozo to get us there… 😂 This was just after our merger with AmeriGas. Sadly, neither one of those guys made the cut. One was terrified of our laptop computers and wouldn’t even try to turn it on, and they gave him three months before they told him it was over. The other guy turned his on, but just couldn’t handle the programs. Shame, they were like a twenty year vet and a 35 year vet at propane sales. Both great guys, too… |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 17, 2023 4:54:29 GMT -5
You really were all over the area Inger. Cossart Road isn't much wider than a driveway. Jim Kaat's ex-wife Linda used to own the Fairville Inn, which is very near to where Cossart joins 52. Malvern was part of my general stomping grounds in my youth. Dated a girl from Immaculata, which is near there. Did you ever worry about an Immaculata conception? There were some moments for sure. I don't know if you are familiar with the story of Immaculata basketball, but it’s one of the great sports stories. In the early 1970s, they won three consecutive women's national championships. This was an all-girl school of 800 with no home gym -- home games were played on an indoor court with no bleachers, or at local high schools. No scholarships, games played on weekday afternoons, not even a team bus, they carpooled to games. This was before the NCAA even ran women's basketball. There was a 16-team tournament and the Mighty Macs had to hold fundraisers to attend. The students used to stand at intersections to collect money. The coach was a recent college grad named Cathy Rush, wife of NBA ref Ed Rush. She had to buy her own plane ticket, and they couldn't afford to even take the whole team. But they won national titles in 72, 73 and 74. The rules had just been changed so that all players could cross the mid-court line and you were allowed more than two dribbles. The women's game took off right after that -- the Macs were in one of the first nationally televised games in 1975. It's not something that could happen today. The girl I was dating was not on the team. But I did buy a Mighty Mac toothbrush and travel bag from her to support the cause. |
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 17, 2023 11:35:15 GMT -5
Did you ever worry about an Immaculata conception? There were some moments for sure. I don't know if you are familiar with the story of Immaculata basketball, but it’s one of the great sports stories. In the early 1970s, they won three consecutive women's national championships. This was an all-girl school of 800 with no home gym -- home games were played on an indoor court with no bleachers, or at local high schools. No scholarships, games played on weekday afternoons, not even a team bus, they carpooled to games. This was before the NCAA even ran women's basketball. There was a 16-team tournament and the Mighty Macs had to hold fundraisers to attend. The students used to stand at intersections to collect money. The coach was a recent college grad named Cathy Rush, wife of NBA ref Ed Rush. She had to buy her own plane ticket, and they couldn't afford to even take the whole team. But they won national titles in 72, 73 and 74. The rules had just been changed so that all players could cross the mid-court line and you were allowed more than two dribbles. The women's game took off right after that -- the Macs were in one of the first nationally televised games in 1975. It's not something that could happen today. The girl I was dating was not on the team. But I did buy a Mighty Mac toothbrush and travel bag from her to support the cause. Such an innocent time. No NIL contracts, no corporate sponsors or shoe contracts, no multi million dollar coaches, no strength or visualization coaches. Just players who loved the game and to compete. Most importantly, the rules of the game were actually important and enforced. A much better and team oriented focus both offensively and defensively. When played correctly, a beautiful game. |
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 17, 2023 12:25:20 GMT -5
Did you ever worry about an Immaculata conception? There were some moments for sure. I don't know if you are familiar with the story of Immaculata basketball, but it’s one of the great sports stories. In the early 1970s, they won three consecutive women's national championships. This was an all-girl school of 800 with no home gym -- home games were played on an indoor court with no bleachers, or at local high schools. No scholarships, games played on weekday afternoons, not even a team bus, they carpooled to games. This was before the NCAA even ran women's basketball. There was a 16-team tournament and the Mighty Macs had to hold fundraisers to attend. The students used to stand at intersections to collect money. The coach was a recent college grad named Cathy Rush, wife of NBA ref Ed Rush. She had to buy her own plane ticket, and they couldn't afford to even take the whole team. But they won national titles in 72, 73 and 74. The rules had just been changed so that all players could cross the mid-court line and you were allowed more than two dribbles. The women's game took off right after that -- the Macs were in one of the first nationally televised games in 1975. It's not something that could happen today. The girl I was dating was not on the team. But I did buy a Mighty Mac toothbrush and travel bag from her to support the cause. "Knowledge flourishes in virtue" - Pipps, I am so proud your visitations were focused to ensure virtue was protected to the benefit of knowledge.   |
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Post by inger on Jun 17, 2023 12:45:44 GMT -5
There were some moments for sure. I don't know if you are familiar with the story of Immaculata basketball, but it’s one of the great sports stories. In the early 1970s, they won three consecutive women's national championships. This was an all-girl school of 800 with no home gym -- home games were played on an indoor court with no bleachers, or at local high schools. No scholarships, games played on weekday afternoons, not even a team bus, they carpooled to games. This was before the NCAA even ran women's basketball. There was a 16-team tournament and the Mighty Macs had to hold fundraisers to attend. The students used to stand at intersections to collect money. The coach was a recent college grad named Cathy Rush, wife of NBA ref Ed Rush. She had to buy her own plane ticket, and they couldn't afford to even take the whole team. But they won national titles in 72, 73 and 74. The rules had just been changed so that all players could cross the mid-court line and you were allowed more than two dribbles. The women's game took off right after that -- the Macs were in one of the first nationally televised games in 1975. It's not something that could happen today. The girl I was dating was not on the team. But I did buy a Mighty Mac toothbrush and travel bag from her to support the cause. "Knowledge flourishes in virtue" - Pipps, I am so proud your visitations were focused to ensure virtue was protected to the benefit of knowledge. No horny police for Pipps! No siree!… |
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