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GardenStateGirlie
03-21-2004, 12:12 PM
With 3,000 lbs of explosives, Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium was imploded this morning. You could hear it over here in Jersey :nod: 2,000 people stood on the waterfront to watch it go. Was I one of those people? That would be a negative :laugh:

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040321/capt.pxs10503211507.phillies_stadium_pxs105.jpg
darklinensuit
03-21-2004, 03:21 PM
Good riddance.

- Jake
GardenStateGirlie
03-21-2004, 03:30 PM
Originally posted by darklinensuit
Good riddance.

- Jake

Yea, I didn't like it there. I don't like the new pile of crap they built either. Then again I don't like Philadelphia Football nor Baseball so I guess I won't have to worry about going there :laugh:
darklinensuit
03-21-2004, 03:34 PM
And basically that photo is how I remember the place anyway.:)

BTW, I have distinct memories of waking up at my grandmother's in Atlantic City to the sound of old apartment buildings (such as The President, where she used to live) being knocked down to make room for the casinoes. I used to love the old, gentrified city with the rolling chairs on the boardwalk and converted hotels.:(

- Jake
darklinensuit
03-21-2004, 03:35 PM
And incidentally, I remember JFK Stadium, too. Took them long enough to condemn that wasteland.

- Jake
GardenStateGirlie
03-21-2004, 03:47 PM
Originally posted by darklinensuit
BTW, I have distinct memories of waking up at my grandmother's in Atlantic City to the sound of old apartment buildings (such as The President, where she used to live) being knocked down to make room for the casinoes. I used to love the old, gentrified city with the rolling chairs on the boardwalk and converted hotels.:(

- Jake

All in the name of advancement. What's the world coming to? :distress: Heaven forbid we have anything with a bit of history behind it left. No, let's build more casinoes. I suppose that's what Cape May is for. Too bad in the future that place will be nothing but ocean.
darklinensuit
03-21-2004, 03:50 PM
Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
All in the name of advancement. What's the world coming to? :distress: Heaven forbid we have anything with a bit of history behind it left. No, let's build more casinoes. I suppose that's what Cape May is for. Too bad in the future that place will be nothing but ocean.

Never been to Cape May.

BTW, you say (:rolleyes: ) you don't know Dipstix. What shores did you go to growing up? For me it was AC, Ventnor, Ocean City (NJ), and Brigantine (for the castle!:laugh: ), though for Senior Week it was Wildwood.

- Jake
GardenStateGirlie
03-21-2004, 04:01 PM
Originally posted by darklinensuit
Never been to Cape May.

BTW, you say (:rolleyes: ) you don't know Dipstix. What shores did you go to growing up? For me it was AC, Ventnor, Ocean City (NJ), and Brigantine (for the castle!:laugh: ), though for Senior Week it was Wildwood.

- Jake

Growing up, I went to Ocean City, Maryland. We went every summer for a week when I was a child and stayed at this hotel on the inlet (it's such a dive now...breaks my heart because I loved that place). Then when I was older, my dads brother purchased 2 condos and a house down there so we would stay at one of the places.

I'm fairly certain we did rent a house with my aunt and uncle in Ocean City and we did stay with my moms friend in Wildwood two summers for a week and once in Stone Harbor (talk about boring). My friends family had a house on Grassy Sound and a duplex in Ocean City so I went there a few times but for the most part, it was OCMD. I never stayed in AC but we took day trips there.

Is it just me or do you think Wildwood is gross? When I was a kid it was bad and now it's just deplorable. The Crest is nice though.
darklinensuit
03-21-2004, 04:05 PM
Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie

Is it just me or do you think Wildwood is gross? When I was a kid it was bad and now it's just deplorable. The Crest is nice though.

It's not just you, you and Wildwood are both gross.:) :wavey:

Once on the beach there were drunk high schoolers trying to make a dead shark swim. (It had washed ashore.)

- Jake
GardenStateGirlie
03-21-2004, 04:08 PM
Originally posted by darklinensuit
It's not just you, you and Wildwood are both gross.:) :wavey:

Once on the beach there were drunk high schoolers trying to make a dead shark swim. (It had washed ashore.)

- Jake


Why were you trying to make the dead shark swim?? :distress: :wavey:
darklinensuit
03-21-2004, 04:12 PM
Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
Why were you trying to make the dead shark swim?? :distress: :wavey:

We were trying to use it to scare you out of the water. You were frightening the small children with your blue eye shadow, visor, thong, and bangle bracelets.

- Jake
GardenStateGirlie
03-21-2004, 04:18 PM
Originally posted by darklinensuit
We were trying to use it to scare you out of the water. You were frightening the small children with your blue eye shadow, visor, thong, and bangle bracelets.

- Jake




For the record, you should know I've retired the blue eyeshadow...it's now purple...and the visor is now a huge sunhat...thong...still there...but now it's cheetah print! Oh, and let's not forget my fabulous huge sunglasses that match my bangle bracelets. :rolleyes:

Jake...you need a new schtick...tired and old my friend. Tired. And. Old. :laugh: ;)
darklinensuit
03-21-2004, 04:22 PM
Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
For the record, you should know I've retired the blue eyeshadow...it's now purple...and the visor is now a huge sunhat...thong...still there...but now it's cheetah print! Oh, and let's not forget my fabulous huge sunglasses that match my bangle bracelets. :rolleyes:

Jake...you need a new schtick...tired and old my friend. Tired. And. Old. :laugh: ;)

Marissa, you need a new thong. Tired. And. Old.

- Jake
GardenStateGirlie
03-21-2004, 04:28 PM
Originally posted by darklinensuit
Marissa, you need a new thong. Tired. And. Old.

- Jake

Jake, you need a life. You're tired...and old :laugh: (kidding kidding kidding! You're just tired ;) )

Anyone who wears buttfloss to the beach should be arrested. Seriously. That is as equally bad as a speedo and those I hate. Did you ever notice how it's always fat old men in those things? Never some nice looking ripped guy :distress:
darklinensuit
03-21-2004, 04:30 PM
Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie

Anyone who wears buttfloss to the beach should be arrested. Seriously. That is as equally bad as a speedo and those I hate. Did you ever notice how it's always fat old men in those things?

Hey, we have rights, too.:cool:

- Jake
GardenStateGirlie
03-21-2004, 05:17 PM
Originally posted by darklinensuit
Hey, we have rights, too.:cool:

- Jake

Well, you're not a fat old man so it's alright. But please, don't wear a speedo :distress: They're just not attractive
Lee
03-21-2004, 05:59 PM
Yeah, I watched the Vet implode live at 7 a.m. EST. I've kind of got mixed feelings about it as an Eagles & Phillies fan. Lot of memories about the place, but I think the thing that I'll remember most was the Phillies win there to win the World Series. I can still see Tug McGraw on the mound. All the players running out. It was a fantastic win. I just hope the Eagles & Phillies will have mostly good memories in their new stadiums.

Lee :)
darklinensuit
03-21-2004, 09:10 PM
Originally posted by Lee
Yeah, I watched the Vet implode live at 7 a.m. EST. I've kind of got mixed feelings about it as an Eagles & Phillies fan. Lot of memories about the place, but I think the thing that I'll remember most was the Phillies win there to win the World Series. I can still see Tug McGraw on the mound. All the players running out. It was a fantastic win. I just hope the Eagles & Phillies will have mostly good memories in their new stadiums.

Lee :)

I'm old enough to remember that. We had season tickets behind home plate the following couple of years. Of course, there were no other World Series in the cards.

- Jake