Wine_Dark_Sea_1239 OP t1_j7kakth wrote on February 7, 2023 at 12:24 PM

Reply to comment by LeXRTG in I own an abandoned motel and I’ve just become reacquainted with The Wet Lady by Wine_Dark_Sea_1239

Oh, I’m sure! My mom is a such a rationalist though. Maybe I should ask my cousins.

LeXRTG t1_j7nw31e wrote on February 8, 2023 at 3:38 AM

If I'm being honest, as someone from North Jersey, the people from South Jersey are on my list of "top 10 weirdest things in NJ" - they call Taylor Ham "Pork Roll" and they call subs "hoagies" - and those are just the PG13 things that I'm comfortable sharing here. It gets worse! *shudder*

Also they all live down in the Pine Barrens with the NJ Devil. Like seriously, who moves to NJ to live in the woods? If you want woods, go to PA, Upstate NY, or literally like anywhere else in the Northeastern US. The forests are way nicer there. You wouldn't go to New York City to live in the woods, right?

We have a magazine here called "Weird NJ" - I actually grew up right around the corner from the abandoned mental hospitals in Essex County, they're in that magazine. I'm surprised I haven't seen more stories on here about some of these places. When I was a dumb teenager we went and did them all. Clinton Road, Midgetville, Devil's Tree. We were really dumb. I guess if your mom is a rational person she probably wouldn't know about them, lol

Wine_Dark_Sea_1239 OP t1_j7nzkpb wrote on February 8, 2023 at 4:06 AM

When we left the Islands, we actually lived in Verona for several years, so I know all about Taylor Ham/"pork roll" lol! As for the spooky stuff, I wasn't really into it very much, guess I was too afraid my own memories might be real! I do remember hearing about Clinton Road though.

LeXRTG t1_j7o0osb wrote on February 8, 2023 at 4:16 AM

No f-ing way. That's my hometown. You didn't happen to go to school there, did you?

Wine_Dark_Sea_1239 OP t1_j7o12zx wrote on February 8, 2023 at 4:19 AM

That's awesome. Went to Our Lady of the Lake for a few years before moving back to New York State.

LeXRTG t1_j7oabyw wrote on February 8, 2023 at 5:45 AM

Lol that was my church, I used to work in the rectory & as a sacristan when I was younger. I saw the inner workings & the financials of the church and that was when I stopped going. I didn't like how it was run like a business/how they brought in way more money than they actually needed. Made me wonder who was pocketing all the profits. I swear there was a story in the bible about that, where Jesus went and flipped over all the merchant tables because they were using the house of God to make money. Imagine learning about that in church/CCD and then realizing that the whole church is guilty of it

I still keep the cross that Father Mike blessed for me around my neck every day. Just in case I run into anything unnatural like the wet lady :P