I live in Jersey City now and park on the street. This means moving the car when the street sweepers pass though. Parking here is very tough; sometimes in the evening I drive around for half an hour or more looking for a space. Imagine my visceral and emotional response when I see a car (purposely?) talking up two parking spots. Either the driver is a selfish mutt or they're a selfish mutt and they're saving a space for when hubby gets home.
Last week I had had enough. I had a pen and paper, so I left a note on their windshield that said, "You selfish prick, how many spaces do you need?" Did that change anything? No, but it made me feel better.
Dear friends, you are invited to celebrate Maman’s birthday on 2 July. She would have been 100yo!
Treat yourself to a French pastry, or some Belgian chocolate, or even some delicious gelato/cassata. She loved them all! (Actually, on a really hot day she loved an icy shandy, but I’m not pushing beer)
Will there be a designated drop off location for those with handicapped plates/placards who cannot find available parking in the designated parking area? If so, where will it be located? I don't see mention of this on the map contained in the MaplewoodstockProgram.
I don't think anyone is going to hassle a mobility-challenged attendee for a minute or three near the Accessibility Parking area (#12 on our https://maplewoodstock.com/about/map/) to escort a family member or Uber customer out of the car onto the festival grounds -- steps away from the Two Towns canopy -- and then move off to park elsewhere.
when you have reached retirement age, after paying into the system for decades, and are then on the “receiving” end, will you ask yourself that question?
fyi, I am on the receiving end of Medicare. I'm not retired because unlike yourself, I missed the cutoff for full retirement at 65 and I need to wait to collect SS. Another screwing that people born after the midpoint of the Baby Boom have been subjected to.
Here's the thing, I don't look resentfully like you do at other Americans getting "free stuff" from public funding. At various points in my life I got "free stuff" like public school, college grants and loans. I received free tuition for grad school at Rutgers, paid for by the taxpayers in NJ. Let's not even get into every other "free benefit" we get, from highways, to parks, to assurances of clean water and safe food.
But after I was gainfully employed, my family and I paid taxes to NJ, Maplewood, NYC, NYS as well as the federal government. A lot of taxes in fact.
but that's how it's supposed to work. The healthy, employed people work and pay taxes. The young, the old, the sick, the disabled get "free stuff" to help them get a start in life, or a more comfortable end, or a dignified present.
Your disparagement of people who rely on what you contemptuously call "free stuff" is really small-minded and mean.
I'll chime in here about helmets. A helmet saved me from a serious head injury if not worse. I crashed into an aluminum light pole and even with the helmet, it really rung my bell. Will never ride without a helmet.
The blame game by Democrats, who are so fractured by their TDS that Socialists are taking over their party without much effort. NYC’s new mayor is prime example of what the future holds for the DNC!
I had one complaint about Mayor Mamdani, when he campaigned, animal related but since you are using him as a "prime example' here's something I think everyone will agree with, if you read to the end.
YES: Mamdani plans to cover 30% of NYC in trees by 2040 — starting with the neighborhoods that need it most.New York City released its first-ever Urban Forest Plan, and the way it's structured tells you everything about who this administration is governing for. Instead of planting trees wherever someone calls 311 or makes a big donation — which is how it used to work — Mamdani's plan starts with the neighborhoods getting hit hardest by extreme heat. Low-income communities of color currently have just 19% tree canopy coverage, compared to 26% in wealthier areas. That gap isn't aesthetic. It's a matter of life and death.Heat kills more than 500 New Yorkers every summer. Black New Yorkers die at twice the rate of white New Yorkers. And the neighborhoods with the least shade are almost always the same neighborhoods with the least wealth, the least air conditioning, and the least political power. Mamdani is starting there on purpose.The plan divides the city into more than 400 zones and commits to hitting every viable planting spot in the highest heat-risk neighborhoods first — with the goal of completing the most vulnerable areas by the end of 2027. Every community board district gets serviced on a regular rotation after that. No neighborhood gets skipped. No donation required.NYC's 7 million trees already provide $260 million in annual benefits — removing over 1,100 tons of air pollution, saving energy equivalent to 8,000 homes, and reducing stormwater runoff by 69 million cubic feet. A tree planted today does more work in 20 years than it does now. This is infrastructure that gets better with time.THANK YOU, Mayor Mamdani
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I’m making an executive decision. Happy Mel Brooks day! He is 100 years old today. 1900 more to go!
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He's got every angle covered
mrincredible
All right we have:
National Camera Day
National Darts Day
National Waffle Iron Day
All today. I’d like to pick one but I’m kinda waffling between them. I know I should get to the point, but it can be hard for me to focus.
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I live in Jersey City now and park on the street. This means moving the car when the street sweepers pass though. Parking here is very tough; sometimes in the evening I drive around for half an hour or more looking for a space. Imagine my visceral and emotional response when I see a car (purposely?) talking up two parking spots. Either the driver is a selfish mutt or they're a selfish mutt and they're saving a space for when hubby gets home.
Last week I had had enough. I had a pen and paper, so I left a note on their windshield that said, "You selfish prick, how many spaces do you need?" Did that change anything? No, but it made me feel better.
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Dear friends, you are invited to celebrate Maman’s birthday on 2 July. She would have been 100yo!
Treat yourself to a French pastry, or some Belgian chocolate, or even some delicious gelato/cassata. She loved them all! (Actually, on a really hot day she loved an icy shandy, but I’m not pushing beer)
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I don't think anyone is going to hassle a mobility-challenged attendee for a minute or three near the Accessibility Parking area (#12 on our https://maplewoodstock.com/about/map/) to escort a family member or Uber customer out of the car onto the festival grounds -- steps away from the Two Towns canopy -- and then move off to park elsewhere.
We are all in this together.
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fyi, I am on the receiving end of Medicare. I'm not retired because unlike yourself, I missed the cutoff for full retirement at 65 and I need to wait to collect SS. Another screwing that people born after the midpoint of the Baby Boom have been subjected to.
Here's the thing, I don't look resentfully like you do at other Americans getting "free stuff" from public funding. At various points in my life I got "free stuff" like public school, college grants and loans. I received free tuition for grad school at Rutgers, paid for by the taxpayers in NJ. Let's not even get into every other "free benefit" we get, from highways, to parks, to assurances of clean water and safe food.
But after I was gainfully employed, my family and I paid taxes to NJ, Maplewood, NYC, NYS as well as the federal government. A lot of taxes in fact.
but that's how it's supposed to work. The healthy, employed people work and pay taxes. The young, the old, the sick, the disabled get "free stuff" to help them get a start in life, or a more comfortable end, or a dignified present.
Your disparagement of people who rely on what you contemptuously call "free stuff" is really small-minded and mean.
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I'll chime in here about helmets. A helmet saved me from a serious head injury if not worse. I crashed into an aluminum light pole and even with the helmet, it really rung my bell. Will never ride without a helmet.
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I had one complaint about Mayor Mamdani, when he campaigned, animal related but since you are using him as a "prime example' here's something I think everyone will agree with, if you read to the end.
YES: Mamdani plans to cover 30% of NYC in trees by 2040 — starting with the neighborhoods that need it most.New York City released its first-ever Urban Forest Plan, and the way it's structured tells you everything about who this administration is governing for. Instead of planting trees wherever someone calls 311 or makes a big donation — which is how it used to work — Mamdani's plan starts with the neighborhoods getting hit hardest by extreme heat. Low-income communities of color currently have just 19% tree canopy coverage, compared to 26% in wealthier areas. That gap isn't aesthetic. It's a matter of life and death.Heat kills more than 500 New Yorkers every summer. Black New Yorkers die at twice the rate of white New Yorkers. And the neighborhoods with the least shade are almost always the same neighborhoods with the least wealth, the least air conditioning, and the least political power. Mamdani is starting there on purpose.The plan divides the city into more than 400 zones and commits to hitting every viable planting spot in the highest heat-risk neighborhoods first — with the goal of completing the most vulnerable areas by the end of 2027. Every community board district gets serviced on a regular rotation after that. No neighborhood gets skipped. No donation required.NYC's 7 million trees already provide $260 million in annual benefits — removing over 1,100 tons of air pollution, saving energy equivalent to 8,000 homes, and reducing stormwater runoff by 69 million cubic feet. A tree planted today does more work in 20 years than it does now. This is infrastructure that gets better with time.THANK YOU, Mayor Mamdani
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