Hallo everyone! I'm fred mertz and am pretty new to forum stuff. Originally from NJ, I spent 2.5 years in central america, and have been in Germany for the past 6. Other than that I hope I'll fit in here. fred

Hi Fred, where's Ethel? Enjoy your stay with us.

Wie geht es dir?

ich bin gut lionel. und dia?

Guten tag, Herr Mertz. Wie geht es Ihnen? Hoffentlich sehr gut.

i don't know any german, so i'll just say a good old fashioned english hello!

Lionel, Frogger, is that New Jersey slang.

Thanks for the greeting everyone. I hope I'll have fun here.

i think you'll have lots of fun. MWAHAHHAHAHHAHA!

Nah, what I speak is Ridgewood German. The area of NYC where I was born and spent quite a few years was German/American and we spoke a patoisof English and German. Rather than painting the house, we, gepainted das haus.

I spoke German before I spoke English but once I started school my parents stopped speaking German at home almost completely so I have forgotten most of it. I tend to pick it up again when I visit Germany of when my relative from Germany visit.

He was makin' funna yew.

I know, Nappy.

Paul, New Jersey doesn't have any slang. We speak english the way it's supposed to be spoken

FM I know,I have relations in NJ.

Herr Mertz,

That is a bunch of garbage. New Jersey was created simply so New Yorkers would have a state close by to laugh at. Jersey is the land of gum popping, big haired airheads. The only other thing Jersey has is the Meadowlands and the gas tanks or as we call it, Smellytown.

What would ever possess you to move to New Jersey? Get out, man, while there is still time, before you become a, gasp, Jerseyite.

My Uncle and Aunt used to live in NYC,not sure were,but I know it was close to a place called Battery Park. They didnt like the way the neighbourhood was going down the toilet and didnt want the kids growing up there.This Uncle and his brother had a pretty successful carpentry business,working on all the big jobs in Manhattan,things were good,so they bought a house in a small town called Oradell NJ.

Frogger, Jersey is only power plants and inner cities, right. That's the stereotype I always hear. I was raised in West Milford. 80 square miles and only about 20-25thousand people. NJ has a great many forests and wetlands also some of the safest cities and towns in the country.

Why does New Jersey have all of the toxic waste dumps and New York have all of the lawyers? New Jersey had first choice.

i've always been fond of NJ-they drive like i do.


Bumper-to-bumper @65mph :drive:


NYC on the other hand can't seem to mark it's bridges right. i've lost track of how many 11'3"s i've been under with a 13'6" truck, but i knocked down a "14'3" sign once with the same truck.:lolhit: