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Subject: In defense of NJ (WAS: [Leica] Sunday Dog, Bored )
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Tue Mar 21 07:18:58 2006

I'll second Nathan's take on N.J. Back in the 70's, my view of Jersey was
the turnpike, particularly the hideous corridor south of NYC. And then I
went out to Morristown and further west to cover the Karen Ann Quinlan case.
Damn! It's like going to another planet. :-)


On 3/21/06 10:15 AM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote:

> Nathan:
> 
> Thanks for the scenic tour of "that neck of the woods". Tonight, I'm
> heading down to the interstate to swat mosquitoes. I'll bring a sign
> telling all our visitors what they're missing  by leaving home. Hell, if
> I have enough time I might even hit the south forty and pick a little
> cotton.
> 
> 
> Walt
> 
> Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> 
>> Bob's dog is a beauty.
>> 
>> Regarding NJ, it is not ugly at all. There are two New Jerseys: the
>> part that everyone knows, along the NJ Turnpike, and the western part,
>> which contains places such as Princeton (where my daughter was born),
>> Lawrenceville (where we lived for 5 years), Washington Crossing,
>> Delaware Water Gap etc. etc. That part of the state is most certainly
>> not ugly. In fact, it is one of the best places in the US to live.
>> 
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Robert D. Baron wrote:
>> 
>>> Walt & B.D. conversed:
>>> 
>>>> Does that mean you want to send Bob to New Jersey?
>>>> 
>>>> Walt
>>>> 
>>>> p.s. I like his dog.
>>>> 
>>>> B. D. Colen wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> You know, Bob, it's reaching the point where I want to see how you
>>>>> can do photographing an ugly dog in harsh light against a trashy
>>>>> background.:-)
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> I want you to know that I've been to New Jersey; and I know ugly; and
>>> Oklahoma is......well, never mind.
>>> 
>>> :-)
>>> 
>>> Thanks for liking the pup.
>>> 
>>> --Bob Baron / Oklahoma City
>>> 
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