2 days.. and NJ Bound!!!

**Red Rooster** · 03-19-2009, 07:12 AM

Originally Posted by Malloy

It's obvious that you don't know anything about EF. Thats a fact. No emotion attached.

RR: I said that he has to get out more bc he makes statements about areas (like EF) or schools (like Penn Charter) that are 100% incorrect.

I'm entitled to my opinion no matter how uninformed I am about it! LOL

Cheer up Malloy....I was just making a point that MOST people on here, due to wanting to appear PC, hide their true feelings about why they leave certain areas of the City.

**billy ross** · 03-19-2009, 08:25 AM

Originally Posted by NJbound

oh come on!! I feel bad enough.. BTW- it was sold again and now is in Florida.. I was really getting concerned that soon it would need engine work(it was running perfect but time was against me.. it was rebuilt over 10 years ago.) Paint was getting old too. 14 years old.. I was looking at some heavy $$ after both those bills. I wanted a convertible too. And I missed a manual trans.. AND most importantly, our Son will be driving in 2 years and in no way did I ever want him driving such a violently explosive fast car. I look at this way. Driving the GN impressed others more then myself. Driving the Mustang impresses myself more then others..

My brother has a T-Type (or is it a Grand National, I forget?) I think it is an 86, silver. He lives in East Falls, too, but is getting married and I don't think his future bride likes the bachelor pad, so he may be moving back to Roxborough, which is where her dad's family is from (she grew up in Glenside - he met her because her brother rowed for Roman Catholic High School). I still have my 69 Chevelle Malibu Convertible. It has a 350 with a powerglide. I bought it for $2700 in 94 to replace my 78 Olds Delta 88 (still miss that car), which had been stolen. Just yesterday we washed the 69 GMC 3500 - it looks great after all these years. I bought that in 96 for $1350. Malloy will have to post photos of my canary yellow 80 Scout - it's pretty sharp; I will be taking the plow off pretty soon and I am thinking of making that my daily driver after I have a security system intstalled. Any recommendations, Malloy?

And I took my wife and kids to the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles. Ever since, she has said that as soon as the kids go off to college she wants a Shelby Mustang Convertible, stick-shift, of course.

And I am honestly with RR and Toby about Yeadon: I don't believe that you should stick around and tilt at windmills by fighting for a lost cause. I would probably stick around in Lansdowne or Drexel Hill and fight the good fight, were I from those areas. I can't see myself trying to hold back the onrushing tide in Castor Gardens, though. Collingswood, Mt. Airy, and Fishtown all at one point seemed lost, as did most of South Philly, but they all came roaring back. But some places, like Bensalem (with the exception of Andalusia), just aren't worth saving, when the time comes for the knock on their door.

**Malloy** · 03-19-2009, 08:56 AM

I can photograph it for you if you wish. The BUDD site makes a nice backdrop

I trust High End Vine at 12&Vine for all electronic work. Im friends with the big guy at Directed (the comoany who manufacturers most of the car alarms on the market) and they all point to High End Vine for Philly work. They did a good job on my dads truck, and my last car. Eventually I will bring them my car for a remote start....bc I like dorky stuff like that. My factory audio, NAV and security are pretty robust fortunately.

I'm not defending what happened in Yeadon. My only point was that my gfs parents moved for different reasons, well before the white flight happened. Supposedly Yeadon High was a good school when my gfs parents were kids. We all know how crappy William Penn is now.

ps. If his wife doesnt like the Ttype, let me know

Originally Posted by billy ross

My brother has a T-Type (or is it a Grand National, I forget?) I think it is an 86, silver. He lives in East Falls, too, but is getting married and I don't think his future bride likes the bachelor pad, so he may be moving back to Roxborough, which is where her dad's family is from (she grew up in Glenside - he met her because her brother rowed for Roman Catholic High School). I still have my 69 Chevelle Malibu Convertible. It has a 350 with a powerglide. I bought it for $2700 in 94 to replace my 78 Olds Delta 88 (still miss that car), which had been stolen. Just yesterday we washed the 69 GMC 3500 - it looks great after all these years. I bought that in 96 for $1350. Malloy will have to post photos of my canary yellow 80 Scout - it's pretty sharp; I will be taking the plow off pretty soon and I am thinking of making that my daily driver after I have a security system intstalled. Any recommendations, Malloy?

And I took my wife and kids to the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles. Ever since, she has said that as soon as the kids go off to college she wants a Shelby Mustang Convertible, stick-shift, of course.

And I am honestly with RR and Toby about Yeadon: I don't believe that you should stick around and tilt at windmills by fighting for a lost cause. I would probably stick around in Lansdowne or Drexel Hill and fight the good fight, were I from those areas. I can't see myself trying to hold back the onrushing tide in Castor Gardens, though. Collingswood, Mt. Airy, and Fishtown all at one point seemed lost, as did most of South Philly, but they all came roaring back. But some places, like Bensalem (with the exception of Andalusia), just aren't worth saving, when the time comes for the knock on their door.

**NJbound** · 03-19-2009, 10:34 AM

if its silver it has to be a T. GN's are black except in 1982. Same drivetrain as a GN..

Originally Posted by billy ross

My brother has a T-Type (or is it a Grand National, I forget?) I think it is an 86, silver. He lives in East Falls, too, but is getting married and I don't think his future bride likes the bachelor pad, so he may be moving back to Roxborough, which is where her dad's family is from (she grew up in Glenside - he met her because her brother rowed for Roman Catholic High School). I still have my 69 Chevelle Malibu Convertible. It has a 350 with a powerglide. I bought it for $2700 in 94 to replace my 78 Olds Delta 88 (still miss that car), which had been stolen. Just yesterday we washed the 69 GMC 3500 - it looks great after all these years. I bought that in 96 for $1350. Malloy will have to post photos of my canary yellow 80 Scout - it's pretty sharp; I will be taking the plow off pretty soon and I am thinking of making that my daily driver after I have a security system intstalled. Any recommendations, Malloy?

And I took my wife and kids to the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles. Ever since, she has said that as soon as the kids go off to college she wants a Shelby Mustang Convertible, stick-shift, of course.

And I am honestly with RR and Toby about Yeadon: I don't believe that you should stick around and tilt at windmills by fighting for a lost cause. I would probably stick around in Lansdowne or Drexel Hill and fight the good fight, were I from those areas. I can't see myself trying to hold back the onrushing tide in Castor Gardens, though. Collingswood, Mt. Airy, and Fishtown all at one point seemed lost, as did most of South Philly, but they all came roaring back. But some places, like Bensalem (with the exception of Andalusia), just aren't worth saving, when the time comes for the knock on their door.

**NJbound** · 03-19-2009, 10:34 AM

yea post up a pic..

Originally Posted by Malloy

I can photograph it for you if you wish. The BUDD site makes a nice backdrop

I trust High End Vine at 12&Vine for all electronic work. Im friends with the big guy at Directed (the comoany who manufacturers most of the car alarms on the market) and they all point to High End Vine for Philly work. They did a good job on my dads truck, and my last car. Eventually I will bring them my car for a remote start....bc I like dorky stuff like that. My factory audio, NAV and security are pretty robust fortunately.

I'm not defending what happened in Yeadon. My only point was that my gfs parents moved for different reasons, well before the white flight happened. Supposedly Yeadon High was a good school when my gfs parents were kids. We all know how crappy William Penn is now.

ps. If his wife doesnt like the Ttype, let me know

**billy ross** · 03-19-2009, 02:47 PM

I'll take the plow off tomorrow and let you know. I want to check out the set for the Shamalan movie - I went there with my wife and she didn't have the chutzpah to go inside - a shame, because I heard that the styrofoam anchor chains and such are incredibly realistic.

My mother has a black 83 Regal with a V6 as a daily driver. We bought it for her a few years ago for $1,100. Since then my brother bought a clean (I think) T-type, and I think that he sold that to buy the engagement ring, then he had seller's remorse and bought another one. He has about 12-14 cars and trucks so it is hard to keep track of what he has. He's now selling his 69 El Camino and 69 de Ville convertible. They're both good running project cars, if anybody is interested. His baby is a 70 Chevelle Malibu he bought for $500 from Upper Darby when he was 14 years old. Since then he has converted the trans to a 4-speed, installed a rebuilt 454 with nitrous, put in a 4.11 posi rear, etc, etc. The irony is that it is sharp looking and sounding, but I don't enjoy riding in it. I'll take the fresh air in my convertible any day of the week.

**NJbound** · 03-19-2009, 06:48 PM

yea billy there is nothing like a convertible. I never had one till last year and never knew what I was missing!

**Oladybug** · 03-20-2009, 12:59 AM

Originally Posted by Malloy

Olady: I was in the Township tonight, and saw this at CVS...so I snapped a pic for you

Hey, thanks, Malloy for thinking of me. Gee, looking at those cute little bears really makes me miss WT...

NOT!!

Anyways, if you were in the Township, you must have been visiting some Soufilly transplants, no?

**jet3to** · 03-20-2009, 03:18 PM

I have dual residencies-nj is by far the crooked state in the union/what is the big deal about NJ??You have not traveled much if you make such a fuss about NJ.Treat yourself to a 90 day Greyhound pass this summer,check out the rest of the country,see how excited you will be about Jersey after the cross country trip-I like Jersey but there are many places in the US that are much better-too much family keeps me here

**NJbound** · 03-20-2009, 09:36 PM

I do/have traveled.. You don't know me. don't ASSume you do

**Red Rooster** · 03-20-2009, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by jet3to

I have dual residencies-nj is by far the crooked state in the union/what is the big deal about NJ??You have not traveled much if you make such a fuss about NJ.Treat yourself to a 90 day Greyhound pass this summer,check out the rest of the country,see how excited you will be about Jersey after the cross country trip-I like Jersey but there are many places in the US that are much better-too much family keeps me here

We'll chip in and help them ALL move!

BTW...maybe YOU should check out Illinois! Speaking of crooked.

**Tobias** · 03-20-2009, 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by NJbound

I do/have traveled.. You don't know me. don't ASSume you do

Don't you know by now - everybody on these sites has been everywhere and they really get their nuts off by letting everybody know! The minute there's a disagreement it's, "I've lived all over the World!" or "I've been to every major city in America!" or "I've lived in cities, suburbs and rural areas. Where have you lived?" or "I travel. Do you?" or my personal favorite, "You need to get out more!" LOL!

**Tobias** · 03-20-2009, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by billy ross

I didn't get lucky. I put myself through college working as a plumber in every neighborhood in Philly, but mostly in the ghettoes. I studied how neighborhoods rose and fell, and I put what I learned to work. I own seven houses on my old street, eight on the next one over, four on the next one over on the other side, nine on the one intersecting street, and two on the other intersecting street. I bought up every nasty rental around me that I could, and I renovated them to put good people in. One of the ones behind me was a homeless shelter for recovering drug addicts. The neighborhood around my first home is nicer than the one where I grew up. We can be a part of the solution, or we can run for the hills, which exacerbates the problem. See Detroit, Camden. A half hour ago, my guys were in the former homeless shelter fixing a couple of toilets which were wasting water (I will never install Gerber toilets again), and they remarked about how great the first floor tenant is (and she is - I agreed). She moved here from Nigeria to go to Temple, so it isn't racial. I got rid of white and black trash, and I have put in white and black and Asian and South American responsible people.

I bet you that I have more space right here than you do, and I live about two miles from where I grew up, two miles into the city, not away from the city. I am also willing to bet you that I have gotten greater percentage and absolute appreciation on my two homes here in Philly than you got in Jersey. I am not saying that moving to Jersey was the worst decision possible. I am just saying that it wasn't the best decision possible.

We get it, you're financially well off. Very well off. How many of those homes are section 8?

**Geno** · 03-20-2009, 11:16 PM

Not exactly a paradise I guess.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?se...cal&id=6720552

**Tobias** · 03-20-2009, 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by Geno

Not exactly a paradise I guess.

6abc.com and Action News: Police: Teens tortured, killed family dog - 3/20/09 - Philadelphia News - 6abc.com

At least they're on the right path with the Aryan Nation thing.
What they did is messed up, Geno, but there were TWO real murders in NE Philly this week. I figured I'd point that out before "NJBound" and "Red Rooster" do.

**NJbound** · 03-21-2009, 08:21 AM

yea true. I should know better tobias.. I reality most who crow about these sort of things have never been out of Port Richmond or even own a car

Originally Posted by Tobias

Don't you know by now - everybody on these sites has been everywhere and they really get their nuts off by letting everybody know! The minute there's a disagreement it's, "I've lived all over the World!" or "I've been to every major city in America!" or "I've lived in cities, suburbs and rural areas. Where have you lived?" or "I travel. Do you?" or my personal favorite, "You need to get out more!" LOL!

**NJbound** · 03-21-2009, 08:26 AM

don't have to tobias. its laughable. Let me see. a dog killed or 50 PEOPLE in the last year.. Which is worse. let me think about it..

all I know is.. according to crime stats.. My old hood is about a 10 time better chance of any crime happening to me then where we moved to. I think thats a pretty decent step up

Originally Posted by Tobias

At least they're on the right path with the Aryan Nation thing.
What they did is messed up, Geno, but there were TWO real murders in NE Philly this week. I figured I'd point that out before "NJBound" and "Red Rooster" do.

**Hospitalitygirl** · 03-21-2009, 09:01 AM

Originally Posted by NJbound

don't have to tobias. its laughable. Let me see. a dog killed or 50 PEOPLE in the last year.. Which is worse. let me think about it..

all I know is.. according to crime stats.. My old hood is about a 10 time better chance of any crime happening to me then where we moved to. I think thats a pretty decent step up

People that START OUT killing animals end up becoming SERIAL KILLERS.

**Red Rooster** · 03-21-2009, 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by Tobias

At least they're on the right path with the Aryan Nation thing.
What they did is messed up, Geno, but there were TWO real murders in NE Philly this week. I figured I'd point that out before "NJBound" and "Red Rooster" do.

There were 2 real murders in the NE this week. I just thought you should know.