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      05-29-2020, 01:11 PM   #815
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Remember the olden days, when the Garden State Parkway toll was $0.25 at every tollbooth? I just saw on the NYC TV news yesterday that they are raising the Parkway (and Turnpike) tolls *again*...and you will need to take out a second mortgage to drive the entire length of the Parkway from the NYS Thruway interchange (by BMW's North American HQ) to Cape May.....
I have always questioned the reason for toll roads, especially when we get charged others fees, "for roads," through license fees, registration fees, and gasoline taxes.
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I have always questioned the reason for toll roads, especially when we get charged others fees, "for roads," through license fees, registration fees, and gasoline taxes.
No trucks allowed on GSP.
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Remember the olden days, when the Garden State Parkway toll was $0.25 at every tollbooth? I just saw on the NYC TV news yesterday that they are raising the Parkway (and Turnpike) tolls *again*...and you will need to take out a second mortgage to drive the entire length of the Parkway from the NYS Thruway interchange (by BMW's North American HQ) to Cape May.....
Pffft. What about the bridge tolls. Face value on Ny/NJ crossings are $16 for cars and the Verrazano Bridge between Staten Island and Brooklyn is $19. It costs almost $200 for me to send one of my tractor trailers from central NJ to Brooklyn.
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...north of mile marker 105 unless something has changed.....

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Pffft. What about the bridge tolls. Face value on Ny/NJ crossings are $16 for cars and the Verrazano Bridge between Staten Island and Brooklyn is $19. It costs almost $200 for me to send one of my tractor trailers from central NJ to Brooklyn.
In the not-too-distant past, it used to cost me $55 round trip when I towed my dual-axle enclosed race car hauler down to Lawn Guyland for events. Many drivers from up here wouldn't even attend events down there because of the crazy tolls for a $2.00 plastic trophy...even those without trailers.

I crossed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel last year, and remember that the $14 toll for 23 miles of bridge/tunnel seemed like the travel bargain of the century! For being on secondary roads through the DelMarVA, that whole detour was a pleasant drive that I definitely would do again.....
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Graduated from High School 43 years ago today. I didn't go to the ceremony because I had the measles, despite having been innoculated.
DAMN, you're lawn is older than mine!

But nowhere near as old as vreihen16 's
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Screw in Fuses.
I dunno, I lived in a house with screw-in fuses from the 50s in Toronto... 3 years ago.
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Graduated from High School 43 years ago today. I didn't go to the ceremony because I had the measles, despite having been innoculated.
Mine was 50 years ago I believe June 21 or 22
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Mine was 50 years ago I believe June 21 or 22
Mine was in 1974, and I remember it like it was yesterday. If I could only remember what I did yesterday.
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YKYOW... all 3 of these could happen the same night (after going to bed)!
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