My weekend consists of:

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by declansharbor

Matt, you went to Wildwood on Memorial Day weekend?????????????? How was it? Did you have a good time on the boardwalk with the kids? I bet it burned a hole in your wallet.

Tell me this, how many Puerto Rican flags did you see?? I'll be going there off and on this summer (my buddys gf's have houses in Sea Isle and WW), but I learned my lesson years ago not to go to WW for Memorial Day weekend. I have stitches on my arm to prove it. I brought knuckles to a knife fight, thinking it was the white, errr, I mean right thing to do. They gang up on ya there and give you no option other than to defend yourself.

Here's the brief story. We only went down there for the day. I know I know, it's insane. But my wife always comes up with bright ideas and I usually shoot them down automatically. You know because they are usually F'n stupid. Like the time we got into a fight when she wanted to go to Times Square the Saturday before X-mas. Just moronic.
So her idea was to leave our house in Old Bridge at about 11 am and go to the Cape May Zoo. Then we would go walk around town in Cape May. After that we would go eat at the 2 mile Crab House that's awesome. Finally we would go to the boardwalk in WW and put the boys on some rides. I admit I thought it was a ridiculous idea, but with ideas of heading to Monmouth for the day on Monday, I was willing to sacrafice the day to make her happy and then hopefully get a free pass to Monmouth.(you know lose the battle to win the war).
The ride down was no problem and we made it in world record time, it was amazing. Waiting in the worst Burger King in the world for over 20 minutes behind some trashy porky woman (wearing clothes 2 sizes too small) and her 10 year old kid that smelled like he took a dump in his pants took some of the shine out of the good start to the day.
We made it to the zoo and it basically sucked all the animals were asleep (or at least that's what I thought :eek). It was about one step above the Staten Island zoo (which is only 35 minutes away.) Hell we could have went to the safari at Great Adventure and been better off.
So we go to Cape May, which I think blows. Drive all that way to walk around that little group of town stores that all sell either sunglasses, fudge or Ice cream. A complete waste of time, but at least we will be eating some crabs soon.
We pull up to the Crab House and it's absolutely abandoned. Apparently the floor caved in a couple of years ago and people ended up in the water. It hasn't reopened since. Wonderful, now we have to find a place to eat.
So we head to WW and proceed to just miss T-boning some Tw@t that blew a stop sign. We start to look for the boardwalk and just notice that things don't look right. Plus everyone wants like 30 bucks to park. That's not the reason but we decide to skip the boardwalk for now. We stumble across a restaurant that has all you can eat crab legs, so we decide to go for it. That's when my little one Michael decides he can out scream the other 2 year old in the place. It wasn't really a place for kids so it was a little uncomfortable. My wife and I look like Kobyashi eating hot dogs on July 4th, trying to eat as many crab legs as possible before Michael went totally bats.hit.
By this thime it's getting late and we decide not to go to the boardwalk (once again time wasn't the main reason). The drive back wasn't awful until we ran into a thunderstorm near home.
It was a long long day, that really turned into a real waste of time. And to make matters worse I was so tired on Monday that I never made it to Monmouth. Now that I think about it, I guess that this story was worthy of a timeline. Just an absolute waste of a day.

[declansharbor]

So, in summation, you lost the battle only to skip the war?

Sorry to hear that your good deed didnt turn out as planned. I agree with Cape May, I'd rather watch grass grow. The only thing cool about that neck of the woods is the cement ship and the lighthouse/WWII turret thingys. Look at it this way, your next shore experience can only be better.

Next time your in the area and hungry, look no further than Somers Point.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/smittys-clam-bar-somers-point

The NE clam chowder is a taste of heaven.

[GPK]

Been over 5 years since I have been married, I gotta get that whole "lose the battle to win the war" thing ingrained back into my thick skull.

[Antitrust32]

Best part of that area is Springers Homemade Ice Cream in Stone Harbor. & the beach is fun also. You dont have to worry about sharks as much as the FL beach.

Found one down here called Cocoa Beach... south of Daytona, where you can bring beer on the beach as long as its in cans. Pretty freaking awesome I've never seen a beach that alcohol is allowed.

Me, my cousin and her college friends (smoking hot in bikini's) and 4 Marine's drank about 3 cases... played football and jumped the waves for an hour (water was cold it was the end of February... but you get numb after awhile and the alcohol helped).

[Danzig]

"But my wife always comes up with bright ideas and I usually shoot them down automatically. You know because they are usually F'n stupid."



two questions.

one, how would you feel if your wife read that?

two, what would you say if she had written that about you?



these are rhetorical questions by the way. just some food for thought.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by 2 Dollar Bill

Can I ask a question..... Did you drive down from North Jersey..(via the ). Parkway? On a holiday weekend ? To go to the Cape May Zoo... just because its FREE to get in ????????? Now if you said.... You ditched the wife & kids @ the zoo, and went to watch the babes @ the beach.... I'll give you a pass on this weekend !!

Btw.. IF you going to Wildwood go the first weekend of September for Bike weekend...and MAKE sure you leave the
wife & kids @ the zoo again !!!!

Yes it was the parkway, but we made record time going down. I think since it was Sunday, everyone was already where they had to be. But, it was her idea and I was just along for the ride. The free part had no standing on whether we would go or not, we were figuring it was not going to be a cheap day anyway. As far as the boys go (and the wife on most days), I will never ditch them to go somewhere else. Also I don't plan on going to WW anytime in the near future, but thanks for the look.

Originally Posted by Danzig

"But my wife always comes up with bright ideas and I usually shoot them down automatically. You know because they are usually F'n stupid."



two questions.

one, how would you feel if your wife read that?

two, what would you say if she had written that about you?



these are rhetorical questions by the way. just some food for thought.

Dani, I was venting. Was it a bit harsh and exaggerated sure, but she has had some real doozies. Would I tell her that some of her ideas were F'n stupid? Of course not (Come to think of it I might have told her the Times Square one was). And believe me she knows how I feel about some of those past ideas she has had. But that's why we get along so great, because we communicate to each other so well. We will be married 9 years this November and I know how lucky I am. Honestly I would be more worried about her reading the Thanksgiving thread than this one.
As far as me finding something she posted about me, I don't think it would bother me. It's a message board, what's the big deal? It's not like I went around to all our family and friends saying things like that. Plus I'm sure she thinks that I have had my share of pretty S.hitty ideas and I probably have.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

Yes it was the parkway, but we made record time going down. I think since it was Sunday, everyone was already where they had to be. But, it was her idea and I was just along for the ride. The free part had no standing on whether we would go or not, we were figuring it was not going to be a cheap day anyway. As far as the boys go (and the wife on most days), I will never ditch them to go somewhere else. Also I don't plan on going to WW anytime in the near future, but thanks for the look.




Dani, I was venting. Was it a bit harsh and exaggerated sure, but she has had some real doozies. Would I tell her that some of her ideas were F'n stupid? Of course not (Come to think of it I might have told her the Times Square one was). And believe me she knows how I feel about some of those past ideas she has had. But that's why we get along so great, because we communicate to each other so well. We will be married 9 years this November and I know how lucky I am. Honestly I would be more worried about her reading the Thanksgiving thread than this one.
As far as me finding something she posted about me, I don't think it would bother me. It's a message board, what's the big deal? It's not like I went around to all our family and friends saying things like that. Plus I'm sure she thinks that I have had my share of pretty S.hitty ideas and I probably have.

[jenroypa]

Just came back from Smitty's for bkfst!!

The best is to place take out orders from there and Charlie's and drink Dark and Tans at Charlies waiting for everything.


Good Luck at the boat..

Originally Posted by declansharbor

So, in summation, you lost the battle only to skip the war?

Sorry to hear that your good deed didnt turn out as planned. I agree with Cape May, I'd rather watch grass grow. The only thing cool about that neck of the woods is the cement ship and the lighthouse/WWII turret thingys. Look at it this way, your next shore experience can only be better.

Next time your in the area and hungry, look no further than Somers Point.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/smittys-clam-bar-somers-point

The NE clam chowder is a taste of heaven.

[declansharbor]

Originally Posted by jenroypa

Just came back from Smitty's for bkfst!!

The best is to place take out orders from there and Charlie's and drink Dark and Tans at Charlies waiting for everything.


Good Luck at the boat..

Just came home from Smitty's myself, with some extra clam chowder for throughout the day. DOing alittle R&R with the fam, then headed to AC again with my brother Danny. The bad beat still hasnt been hit and is gaining about $2k a day on average per the poker room director. Time to put in some serious work, again, once the sun sets. Turned $350 into $840 at the 2-5 n/l table, but still no coup de gras. Then, like the idiot that I am, went to the BOrgata to lose about 2 and a half at the pai gow tables and the B bar. Having a blast though, and thats all that counts. GL today everybody!!!!!

Charlie's boneless chicken is the $hiot, btw.

[2 Dollar Bill]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

Here's the brief story. We only went down there for the day. I know I know, it's insane. But my wife always comes up with bright ideas and I usually shoot them down automatically. You know because they are usually F'n stupid. Like the time we got into a fight when she wanted to go to Times Square the Saturday before X-mas. Just moronic.
So her idea was to leave our house in Old Bridge at about 11 am and go to the Cape May Zoo. Then we would go walk around town in Cape May. After that we would go eat at the 2 mile Crab House that's awesome. Finally we would go to the boardwalk in WW and put the boys on some rides. I admit I thought it was a ridiculous idea, but with ideas of heading to Monmouth for the day on Monday, I was willing to sacrafice the day to make her happy and then hopefully get a free pass to Monmouth.(you know lose the battle to win the war).
The ride down was no problem and we made it in world record time, it was amazing. Waiting in the worst Burger King in the world for over 20 minutes behind some trashy porky woman (wearing clothes 2 sizes too small) and her 10 year old kid that smelled like he took a dump in his pants took some of the shine out of the good start to the day.
We made it to the zoo and it basically sucked all the animals were asleep (or at least that's what I thought :eek). It was about one step above the Staten Island zoo (which is only 35 minutes away.) Hell we could have went to the safari at Great Adventure and been better off.
So we go to Cape May, which I think blows. Drive all that way to walk around that little group of town stores that all sell either sunglasses, fudge or Ice cream. A complete waste of time, but at least we will be eating some crabs soon.
We pull up to the Crab House and it's absolutely abandoned. Apparently the floor caved in a couple of years ago and people ended up in the water. It hasn't reopened since. Wonderful, now we have to find a place to eat.
So we head to WW and proceed to just miss T-boning some Tw@t that blew a stop sign. We start to look for the boardwalk and just notice that things don't look right. Plus everyone wants like 30 bucks to park. That's not the reason but we decide to skip the boardwalk for now. We stumble across a restaurant that has all you can eat crab legs, so we decide to go for it. That's when my little one Michael decides he can out scream the other 2 year old in the place. It wasn't really a place for kids so it was a little uncomfortable. My wife and I look like Kobyashi eating hot dogs on July 4th, trying to eat as many crab legs as possible before Michael went totally bats.hit.
By this thime it's getting late and we decide not to go to the boardwalk (once again time wasn't the main reason). The drive back wasn't awful until we ran into a thunderstorm near home.
It was a long long day, that really turned into a real waste of time. And to make matters worse I was so tired on Monday that I never made it to Monmouth. Now that I think about it, I guess that this story was worthy of a timeline. Just an absolute waste of a day.

Can I ask a question..... Did you drive down from North Jersey..(via the ). Parkway? On a holiday weekend ? To go to the Cape May Zoo... just because its FREE to get in ????????? Now if you said.... You ditched the wife & kids @ the zoo, and went to watch the babes @ the beach.... I'll give you a pass on this weekend !!

Btw.. IF you going to Wildwood go the first weekend of September for Bike weekend...and MAKE sure you leave the
wife & kids @ the zoo again !!!!

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

..... So her idea was to leave our house in Old Bridge at about 11 am and go to the Cape May Zoo.....

Great place! At least it was the last time I was there, which is closing in on 30 years

Small world Matt, I grew up in Sayrewoods South

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

Great place! At least it was the last time I was there, which is closing in on 30 years

Small world Matt, I grew up in Sayrewoods South

I'm like 2 minutes from there. That's where my son plays Tee Ball. Sayerwoods South LL. Wow, it is a small world.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

Great place! At least it was the last time I was there, which is closing in on 30 years

Small world Matt, I grew up in Sayrewoods South

That explains a lot.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

That explains a lot.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

That explains a lot.

Is that where Sabrina the Teenage Witch is from too?

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by GPK

Is that where Sabrina the Teenage Witch is from too?

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by GPK

Is that where Sabrina the Teenage Witch is from too?

WTF?

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

WTF?

One of those you had to be there moments.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

One of those you had to be there moments.

A priceless moment, no doubt.