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  1. piker56

    Lower Forge camping

    Spam? My brother brought it once, I packed my own from then on. lol. I used to pre-cook bacon or sausage, freeze it and insulate it. Hard boil some eggs. Dinner was pre-cooked Kielbasa, frozen, insulated. All was re-cooked over the fire. Fine dining! Greg
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    Lower Forge camping

    What time of year will you be going? When the water cools and the cedar water "lightens", we've skipped packing water (saves a lot of weight) and boiled the river water. I don't mind the taste at all. How much equipment do you need?
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    detour on 542

    Just spent all day Sunday on the Batsto. The water was down somewhat less than a foot. I think they lowered it in anticipation of heavy storms. The Batsto usually runs high, so it wasn't a problem. Route 542 is better than I ever remember it. Greg
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    Swimming in clay/sand mines...

    Agreed. I should have mentioned that I am extremely careful when swimming in Cedar water. I did try using goggles once, but I couldn't see much. Greg
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    Hessian Burials

    I didn't go to Gloucester High, I went to Camden County Vocational in Pennsauken. My dad worked at New York Ship too, until it closed. If you've ever seen the books on local towns, my dad is in the Camden book, in the picture taken the day the shipyard closed. BTW, I still attend Church in...
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    Hessian Burials

    I was pretty much an agnostic until I met Jack Hamilton in 1974. I never knew he was a "Brooklawn Boy". I moved to Brooklawn in 1964. Jack was a fine man. Greg
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    Any ideas what kind of bird this is?

    The one side shot shows the "stripe" across the breast. I'd agree with the immature Red Tail. Greg
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    Swimming in clay/sand mines...

    I've swam in some of the "blue holes", but I'd rather swim in nice cool cedar water. I had a real nice swim Monday night at Batsto Lake. Greg
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    Rash of Spam Registration

    Some low life, bottom feeding, scum sucker who can't hold a real job. They should spend some time on Redneck F350's electric bleachers!
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    Nixon's General Store

    I've had this same type of conversation with my brother. High tech is changing so fast that it's hard to keep up. Sometimes I wonder what it would have been like before the "modern age", but then I remind myself that If I had lived back then, I would have died at the ripe old age of 12 from a...
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    Nixon's General Store

    Jeff, our society is dependant on technology. When my wife and I took our 30th anniversary cruise, I was amazed at the whining that there was no cell coverage out in the ocean. They acted like they had the DT's. I know many on this site carry a GPS and have used them to find some amazing things...
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    Farmer causes flap while protecting crops

    I thought you didn't own your yard, you're just "renting". (Just kidding, sorry, I couldn't pass that up. Please accept my apology). :)
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    batona trail hike

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    Changes IN NJ State Park Regs

    Darn, I can't rappell at Apple Pie Hill anymore.
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    Pine Barrens 4WD Question from Newb

    Boy did I re-learn that one a few weeks back!!!
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    Solar Question

    Before bying, check out the light out put (usually given in Lumens). Most of the ones I see say they use, for example, 45 watts. Watts is power used, not light emitted (lumens). Find out how many lumens of light it emits per watt. As an example, the average 100w incandescent bulb uses 100 watts...
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    Chiggers are out in full force already...

    Thanks, dogg57, now I feel much better :)
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    Stupid is as stupid does

    I don't drink beer, but might start carrying it :) But I'll still go with the come along too!
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    Stupid is as stupid does

    I hiked out towards a main, hard packed dirt road and a woman I had met before (she runs her Brittany Spaniel and I run my Springer Spaniel in the same area) was hiking. She called my wife, who called my son, who brought my chain out to pull me out. It was 10:00 PM when he pulled me out...
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    Stupid is as stupid does

    I used to do trail runs in this area. With my knees I can't run anymore, so I'm driving many of the roads I used to run. This puddle used to be about 6" deep with no ruts during wet times, I'd run through it during dry times. I found out the hard way it isn't 6" deep with no ruts any more...
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