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  1. Ben Ruset

    Recent Vandalism at Brooksbrae

    Did you not read what I wrote? NO POLITICS CHAT HERE.
  2. Ben Ruset

    Recent Vandalism at Brooksbrae

    If this turns into a political debate I'm going to shoot this thread into the sun!
  3. Ben Ruset

    Chiggers are out in full force already...

    I think I got a case out at Brooksbrae the other day. Just my ankles and the tops of my feet. Annoying as all get out.
  4. Ben Ruset

    Recent Vandalism at Brooksbrae

    Yeah, but now you're blaming parents for the actions of individuals. :)
  5. Ben Ruset

    Brendan Byrne State Forest: A Quick Guide

    Yes. There were people in the cabins and yurts when I went there last month.
  6. Ben Ruset

    Recent Vandalism at Brooksbrae

    Here's the night photos from Brooksbrae: http://www.flickr.com/photos/benruset/sets/72157630720958260/
  7. Ben Ruset

    Brendan Byrne State Forest: A Quick Guide

    Thanks. Not my best work, but I was up all night last night because I couldn't sleep so I figured I'd ought to do something productive.
  8. Ben Ruset

    Recent Vandalism at Brooksbrae

    So actually, I have directions to the place on this site. I'll be taking them down now. Photos from 2001: http://gallery.njpinebarrens.com/showgallery.php/cat/103 November, 2002: http://gallery.njpinebarrens.com/showgallery.php/cat/104 Look, not a lot of graffiti: I have a few that I...
  9. Ben Ruset

    Recent Vandalism at Brooksbrae

    WNJ - at least in the older magazines I have - never gave out directions to places. Places get ruined because someone who knows where something is tells someone else, who either goes and destroys it or tells someone else who goes and destroys it. At the end of the day it's easy to blame a...
  10. Ben Ruset

    Recent Vandalism at Brooksbrae

    Big thanks to the State of NJ for their excellent historical preservation/protection efforts. Of course, when I was back there with a six pack a cop showed up. Someone actually tags up the place and the police are nowhere to be found.
  11. Ben Ruset

    Recent Vandalism at Brooksbrae

    Well, I'm not so sure that this is because of WNJ. The Brooksbrae location has been well known for years before WNJ came out.
  12. Ben Ruset

    Recent Vandalism at Brooksbrae

    I took Dana out to visit Brooksbrae today. The place is covered in spray paint. It seems fairly recent, too - the vandals left their empty spray paint cans behind. It's really, really sad.
  13. Ben Ruset

    Raised on Facts and Fiction

    Very first hit in Google: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~quakers/quakinfo.htm
  14. Ben Ruset

    Raised on Facts and Fiction

    Not originally, they weren't. Quakers were not against alcohol.
  15. Ben Ruset

    Raised on Facts and Fiction

    You're likely to get a tray full of steins from a Quaker. They certainly liked to drink.
  16. Ben Ruset

    Raised on Facts and Fiction

    I think someone was just trying to be clever by trying to create a backronym for piney. I know many pineys, and they are all quite capable spellers and just fine with punctuation. :)
  17. Ben Ruset

    NJPineBarrens.com 10th Anniversary

    You've got a lot of reading to do. First check out the "ThePineBarrens.com Forum Archive" forums on this site. It's from an old message board that pre-dates mine. http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/forums/thepinebarrens-com-forums-archive.16/
  18. Ben Ruset

    And now, the rest of the story....

    They are not here because I have not seen them. Report them and they'll get moved post haste.
  19. Ben Ruset

    10 years

    You're the only one I got, so THANK YOU!
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