I never read The Art of the Deal, but I assume somewhere in that tome is this:
Don't make it obvious to your opponent that you are desperate for a deal and will accept anything, even a deal worse than the one you yourself tore up, and especially don't do this after you kill your opponent's father.
I love the way Kevin Williamson put it: "Donald Trump likes to present himself as the great deal-maker—there is a rumor he may even have read The Art of the Deal, though I do not believe it—but he is not very good at it"
That toll isn't even in Delaware- it's in Maryland. The bridge toll is a joint toll shared with New Jersey. Delaware has zero tolls on its route. The only toll you pay in Delaware is on Route 1, if you're going to the beach.
Also, the pic you have is of Camden, New Jersey.
If you're going to attack Delaware, at least attack it for things it actually does, like house most of the world's evil corporations. Don't attack it because Maryland is greedy (see also: the Susquehanna bridge toll, which is miles away from Delaware and is even more onerous than the bridge toll or the toll Maryland imposes at the Delaware border for the privilege of entering or leaving Delaware).
I moved away years ago, but I recall a toll inside DE near the MD-DE state line (which I never paid because I lived in Newark and exited at the MD exit closer to my destination. Then, a few miles later, MD extracted their toll. The Delaware Memorial Bridge always extracted a toll, well before I 95 was built. The Delaware River and Bay Authority operates the bridge and collects the tolls. This is a bi-state agency. For goodness sake, be fair and honest about who collects and keeps the toll.
I was only pointing out that the border tollbooth is on the Delaware side, not Maryland. The only tollbooth near the border on the Maryland side is at the Susquehanna bridge, 20 or so miles in.
I’m not claiming Delaware is particularly greedy, or that they take all the proceeds of the Memorial Bridge toll.
Well, some folks wrongly assume that the location of the toll gate on the DE side naturally means DE is keeping the booty. Assumption based on appearance is dangerous. Obviously the presence of the toll gate on the DE side AND a DE toll a few miles further south makes it look like DE is greedy. I have crossed that bridge, in a car with my parents since the 1950s. No 95 until the 60s.
SM Lav: My thought exactly! I'm glad I hadn't started eating my Capt'n Crunch b/c I would have spit it out. All I have to do is wipe up some coffee.....
Omg THANK YOU! We used to live in NJ, and my husband’s family lived in DC. For twelve years we drove back and forth on 95 a few times a year. With the money we spent on tolls for the privilege of crossing those ten or so precious Delaware miles, we could have bought a whole nother car—or it felt like it, at least.
School yard bully starts beating the absolute shit out of you, except you hit back once and give him a bloody nose and he runs away crying and shaky because it hurt.
Everybody sees him start shit and crash out and run away, but he goes around bragging that he won the fight anyway.
He pays you his allowance to make you stop hanging around his house threatening to key his mom’s car and throw bricks through his window.
Your broken finger, concussion, and dislocated jaw mean nothing to you; his little owie and the fear that you’ll ruin his life mean everything to him.
99% in agreement. Americans should consider this war the clusterfuck it is. The one thing I’m not sure about is calling the peace treaty a bad negotiation. Any deal with Iran had to favor Iran. Trump needed two things: a deal Iran would actually sign, and one sweet enough that they won’t break it at an inopportune moment (say, just before the midterms). An expensive guarantee indeed!
Why do I get the feeling that MAGA supporters are going to tell us that this was all a genius Trump move to raise goods prices for those dick countries over in Europe?
It is very easy to avoid the Delaware I-95 toll in both directions at the cost of a few extra minutes. Northbound: Take the last MD exit onto MD 279/Elkton Rd. in the direction of Newark, DE. Turn right onto DE-4/Christina Pkwy, right onto DE-896, and rejoin I-95. Southbound: take the exit for DE-896 northbound, left onto DE-4/Christina Pkwy, left onto Elkton Rd, and take the ramp to I-95 southbound.
"We’re entering a 60-day negotiating period, which will probably end with Iran annexing Texas, being given the recipe to KFC chicken, and renaming the Grand Canyon “The Infidel’s Vagina”."
I never read The Art of the Deal, but I assume somewhere in that tome is this:
Don't make it obvious to your opponent that you are desperate for a deal and will accept anything, even a deal worse than the one you yourself tore up, and especially don't do this after you kill your opponent's father.
"I never read The Art of the Deal"
To be fair, nor has Trump.
It was ghost-read as well as ghost-written
I love the way Kevin Williamson put it: "Donald Trump likes to present himself as the great deal-maker—there is a rumor he may even have read The Art of the Deal, though I do not believe it—but he is not very good at it"
That toll isn't even in Delaware- it's in Maryland. The bridge toll is a joint toll shared with New Jersey. Delaware has zero tolls on its route. The only toll you pay in Delaware is on Route 1, if you're going to the beach.
Also, the pic you have is of Camden, New Jersey.
If you're going to attack Delaware, at least attack it for things it actually does, like house most of the world's evil corporations. Don't attack it because Maryland is greedy (see also: the Susquehanna bridge toll, which is miles away from Delaware and is even more onerous than the bridge toll or the toll Maryland imposes at the Delaware border for the privilege of entering or leaving Delaware).
That toll booth is most definitely on the Delaware side of the border
I moved away years ago, but I recall a toll inside DE near the MD-DE state line (which I never paid because I lived in Newark and exited at the MD exit closer to my destination. Then, a few miles later, MD extracted their toll. The Delaware Memorial Bridge always extracted a toll, well before I 95 was built. The Delaware River and Bay Authority operates the bridge and collects the tolls. This is a bi-state agency. For goodness sake, be fair and honest about who collects and keeps the toll.
I was only pointing out that the border tollbooth is on the Delaware side, not Maryland. The only tollbooth near the border on the Maryland side is at the Susquehanna bridge, 20 or so miles in.
I’m not claiming Delaware is particularly greedy, or that they take all the proceeds of the Memorial Bridge toll.
Well, some folks wrongly assume that the location of the toll gate on the DE side naturally means DE is keeping the booty. Assumption based on appearance is dangerous. Obviously the presence of the toll gate on the DE side AND a DE toll a few miles further south makes it look like DE is greedy. I have crossed that bridge, in a car with my parents since the 1950s. No 95 until the 60s.
Roasted. Even John Oliver would've got that right, geez.
'renaming the Grand Canyon “The Infidel’s Vagina”'
Truly the funniest thing I have read this year.
SM Lav: My thought exactly! I'm glad I hadn't started eating my Capt'n Crunch b/c I would have spit it out. All I have to do is wipe up some coffee.....
Omg THANK YOU! We used to live in NJ, and my husband’s family lived in DC. For twelve years we drove back and forth on 95 a few times a year. With the money we spent on tolls for the privilege of crossing those ten or so precious Delaware miles, we could have bought a whole nother car—or it felt like it, at least.
The name "Delaware Memorial Bridge" implies that Delaware has DIED. No such luck?
I don't think the Delaware River has died (I've kayaked on it but not recently) so they must mean the state?
The Delaware (Lenape) tribe is mostly dead. Maybe it’s a memorial to them.
The Delaware (Lenape) tribe is mostly dead. Maybe it’s a memorial to them.
It's like a schoolyard bully beating you up and then giving you their lunch money
School yard bully starts beating the absolute shit out of you, except you hit back once and give him a bloody nose and he runs away crying and shaky because it hurt.
Everybody sees him start shit and crash out and run away, but he goes around bragging that he won the fight anyway.
He pays you his allowance to make you stop hanging around his house threatening to key his mom’s car and throw bricks through his window.
Your broken finger, concussion, and dislocated jaw mean nothing to you; his little owie and the fear that you’ll ruin his life mean everything to him.
Well, it's easy to avoid, you just have to Drive through Elkton MD to do so and God's speed if that is your decision.
99% in agreement. Americans should consider this war the clusterfuck it is. The one thing I’m not sure about is calling the peace treaty a bad negotiation. Any deal with Iran had to favor Iran. Trump needed two things: a deal Iran would actually sign, and one sweet enough that they won’t break it at an inopportune moment (say, just before the midterms). An expensive guarantee indeed!
Delaware is basically a credit card company with sovereignty. Of course it loves nickel and diming you!
Why do I get the feeling that MAGA supporters are going to tell us that this was all a genius Trump move to raise goods prices for those dick countries over in Europe?
Obviously Jeff has never driven in West Virginia. At least Delaware has beaches.
Your picture here is of the Ben Franklin Bridge (which is not on 95) and Camden, NJ (which is not Delaware).
I'm content to pay the toll. For that I get a well maintained highway that's a pleasure to drive on vs. the crappy ones in PA.
It is very easy to avoid the Delaware I-95 toll in both directions at the cost of a few extra minutes. Northbound: Take the last MD exit onto MD 279/Elkton Rd. in the direction of Newark, DE. Turn right onto DE-4/Christina Pkwy, right onto DE-896, and rejoin I-95. Southbound: take the exit for DE-896 northbound, left onto DE-4/Christina Pkwy, left onto Elkton Rd, and take the ramp to I-95 southbound.
"We’re entering a 60-day negotiating period, which will probably end with Iran annexing Texas, being given the recipe to KFC chicken, and renaming the Grand Canyon “The Infidel’s Vagina”."
Well-played. Proud to be a new subscriber.
Infidel’s Vagina holy shit thank you so much for this