Remember when they'd threaten you with being sent to Jamesburg?

[Two Gap Penetrator]

Bwahaha! Any of you NJ guys remember that? So we were talking about that here at work and then I did a Google search and I came up with an 1895 article from GIS's favorite newspaper about the Jamesburg Reform School. (of course, now they call it the NJ Training School) Read on...
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive...DA405B8585F0D3

[Riccardo]

Where I grew up in pennsy the threat was St. Gabe's in Audubon

Looks like they've "reformed" this one, too. Used to be a hell hole!

http://www.st-gabes.org/residential/saint-gabriels-hall

[Irish George]

I drove past the turnpike exit last night

Bwahaha! Any of you NJ guys remember that? So we were talking about that here at work and then I did a Google search and I came up with an 1895 article from GIS's favorite newspaper about the Jamesburg Reform School. (of course, now they call it the NJ Training School) Read on...
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive...DA405B8585F0D3

I was with the GF and her dad, who grew up in an orphanage. He says "that's where the reform school is." He paused and said "I did a stretch there."

[Ellsworth]

pennsy?? What the hell is that? You'd get your ass kicked back in the NTL if you said Pennsy.

It's "PA", Holmes.

Pronounced "pee aye"

[Riccardo]

NTL? You'd get your ass kicked if you ever used the acronym NTL in pennsy

nm