But she could have been nicer, huh?
I love hearing these recollections, keep 'em coming.
Jeff
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But she could have been nicer, huh?
I love hearing these recollections, keep 'em coming.
Jeff
You didn't need to be Piney to do that. My grandmother lived her whole life in a small agricultural and coal mining town in Southern Illinois. She had the 55 gallon trash burner in her backyard for as long as I can remember. She lived by herself in a little house there until 2001 when she died at age 97. Right up until then, she would take the trash out every day and burn it - would be my chore when I visited. I have a feeling that this wasn't really legal anymore, but nobody was about to tell her to change her ways.
Well, his first two on RT 542 are long gone, for many years now he has the property in the old blueberry bogs south and west off a dirt road and closer to Lower Bank now. Bing and Google have great photography, it's still fairly large! A great guy and a great family...Except of course for that one time when I was about five years old, he and my dad decided to show me how to chew tobacco...you can imagine the results!!!
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You lived in Metuchen? That's where I'm working now, at the Amtrak substation, built circa 1930.
I was born in Perth Amboy. I also lived in Edison. I spent time in Augusta Georgia in the late 50's, then I moved to the Pines in 1960, then to Germany for a couple years, then back to Edison for 6 months, then to Presidential Lakes.
Here are a couple fairly recent recollections to see if anybody else knows who I am talking about.
1)The VET: there used to be a guy who would frequently walk from around burrs mill road on route 70 all the way to the Wawa (and maybe liquor store) at the 70/72 circle. I used to sometimes pick him up and give him a ride if the weather was bad. He was older and had one arm. He used to wear an army jacket and would put the emply arm sleeve in his pocket or back into the jacket a little. I never asked him about it, but figured it was a war injury. I haven't seen him in a while, but I don't travel that stretch much anymore.
2) The Walker: a long haired, hippie looking guy who walks around browns mills all day. reminds me of Jim Morrison. He is often wearing a Jacket in hot weather.
3) Horse guy: An older guy who would ride his horse through Mt. misery woods to the bar that used to be near mirror lake in browns mills.
Jeff
1)The VET: there used to be a guy who would frequently walk from around burrs mill road on route 70 all the way to the Wawa (and maybe liquor store) at the 70/72 circle. I used to sometimes pick him up and give him a ride if the weather was bad. He was older and had one arm. He used to wear an army jacket and would put the emply arm sleeve in his pocket or back into the jacket a little. I never asked him about it, but figured it was a war injury. I haven't seen him in a while, but I don't travel that stretch much anymore.
2) The Walker: a long haired, hippie looking guy who walks around browns mills all day. reminds me of Jim Morrison. He is often wearing a Jacket in hot weather.
3) Horse guy: An older guy who would ride his horse through Mt. misery woods to the bar that used to be near mirror lake in browns mills.
Jeff
#2 is well known around town. I went to school with his brother. There are several stories as to why his got to be that way. I once saw him in a tree by Mirror Lake singing Taxman by The Beatles. I'll ask a friend about that used to manage Lakeview about #3. BTW where that bar was is also where the train into B Mills used to stop.
