Richer's Ghost
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Wait... They (you guys) turn at red lights?
How peculiar.
oh you need to rent a car and go through a jug handle (go right to turn left) - a NJ specialty.
Wait... They (you guys) turn at red lights?
How peculiar.
oh you need to rent a car and go through a jug handle (go right to turn left) - a NJ specialty.
They created a "Circle" down near where I live a few years ago and actually sent out DVDs to all the local residents on "how to navigate a circle". It's caused so many accidents that there are now plans in place to reconstruct the whole intersection into something else. It's s giant death trap that I avoid at all costs.
we have traffic circles a plenty here - with 2 lanes going in AND BOTH LANES CAN EXIT.
I've seen two lane circles before but the middle lane was always 'keep circling and make your way right' not exit from center. People hate them.
I thought jimmies were a Boston thing.Jug handle's were always a huge ''You know you're from South Jersey'' joke. Along with people calling ice cream sprinkles jimmies.
I thought jimmies were a Boston thing.
I love Katz's
we have traffic circles a plenty here - with 2 lanes going in AND BOTH LANES CAN EXIT.
I've seen two lane circles before but the middle lane was always 'keep circling and make your way right' not exit from center. People hate them.
We have circles, but we don't have circles that they have like THIS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Swindon)
I mean... just even trying to follow the diagram makes my head hurt.
I love that they're called circles over there. We call them roundabouts.
Trash cans are called wheelie bins and guns are called pointy shooties.
I think the jug handle's are more of a South Jersey (Central too) thing than up north. We had traffic circles in Bergen County, like the Little Ferry and Ridgefield circle's, which the circles were reconstructed and removed, so you could just go straight through them or turn right/left.
Jug handle's were always a huge ''You know you're from South Jersey'' joke. Along with people calling ice cream sprinkles jimmies.
I know there's quite a few of those jug handle's in Brick and Lakewood, Toms River and pretty much points south. They may even have them in some of the Monmouth boro's and town's, like Eatontown, Neptune, Howell and Wall.
oh you need to rent a car and go through a jug handle (go right to turn left) - a NJ specialty.
There are jug handles up in Manalapan and Old Bridge as well, but not much further north than that. Having lived down here my entire life, it's one of those completely nonsensical things that seems out of the ordinary to not have elsewhere. Just used to it, I guess.
I love that they're called circles over there. We call them roundabouts.
Trash cans are called wheelie bins and guns are called pointy shooties.
Good grief.
Route 17 between 46 and 3...
And traffic circles are called roundabouts in most places. I think they're even technically referred to as roundabouts in New Jersey, it's just that most people that I knew always called them traffic circles up there.
Huh?
I never heard the term "roundabout" in my entire life, until I went to Europe for the first time when I was an adult, and I have traveled to at least 1/2 of the 50 states.
I'm fact checking the above statement as: FALSE.
Piece of advice: Do not hesitate to ask people for help, such as directions or if you are having trouble with money machines/subway. Americans are really friendly, even in New York City. If they can tell you are a tourist, don't be surprised if people come up to you and offer help without being asked.