On our long six-hour trek from New York back to Maryland yesterday, I did get a chuckle out of this broken sign located on the New Jersey Turnpike.

If only we could “Speed”, might have avoided the one and a half hours we lost on the Turnpike sitting in the traffic. By the way, the traffic reporters on 101.5 in New Jersey are downright awful. We listened to them repeatedly tell us there was a back up to Exit 8, but it was clear sailing after that once you got past Exit 8. We hit Exit 8 and the traffic continued to be bumper-to-bumper. We got to Exit 7A, still bumper-to-bumper, which was made more aggravating by the nimrod on 101.5 claiming the traffic was supposedly flowing freely. Exit 7 came, still bumper-to-bumper traffic despite NJ 101.5’s claims to the contrary. Meanwhile, 101.5 was also claiming a “12-mile back up” on the northbound side leading to Exit 8. Came as news to us as there were barely any cars on the other side of the road between Exit 7 and 8 that we could see. At this point, we realized how truly useless traffic reports from NJ 101.5 really are….

But at least the Ravens beat the Steelers….

Football picks below…everything else here….

Hope everyone had their fill of turkey yesterday and for those out shopping this morning, hope you made it back home alive….

Myself, I am off to New York for a few days and will not have a lot to offer other than a sporadic post here and there when I get some time.

I will have football picks on Sunday (already 3-0 this week)….

Enjoy the weekend….

No posts other than this one today. I continue to be thankful for everything that I have in my life, but most importantly, the people who have come and gone from my life and made me the person I am today and especially to those who are in my life now. And a special thank you to those fighting for our freedom overseas and at military bases all over the US who, for whatever reason, can’t be with their families today.

Oh, there are a few football games today.

THANKSGIVING DAY NFL PICKS
Green Bay at Detroit 12:30 pm FOX
Oakland at Dallas 4:15 pm CBS
N.Y. Giants at Denver 8:20 pm NFL Network

That 8:20 game should be a good one..the earlier games not so much….