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    OT: Italian NYC Restaurant Recommendations

    Yes, John's of 12th, at 2nd Ave. Been there for 114 years. Episodes of Solenoid filmed there as well as Boardwalk Empire and part of the movie A Beautiful Mind. Better yet food is terrific. All the episodes of Boardwalk Empire the had Masseria was filed there. Great atmosphere
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    OT: I'll take obscure Rutgers references for $1000, Alex...

    How about this, A 1943 movie call Since You Went Away about a mother and two daughters who's husband/father is fighting in the Pacific when a family friend Naval Lt (Joseph Cotten) is at their house and a discussion ensues and Joseph Cotton says something like "if it wasn't for the war I'd still...
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    OT: D Day. WW2 documentaries/movies worth watching

    My uncle was a bombardier on a B-17 Flying Fortress, shot down over France. They all bailed out and all were captured by the Germans, except one who didn't make it. They were lined up in a court year of a church, as the German officer when down the line he was followed by an enlisted man who...
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    Walter Leib has passed away

    Walter was a class act and a gentleman and he loved Rutgers.
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    OT: Other than RU, what are your favorite charities to give and volunteer with?

    Special Olympics NJ, 26,000 athletes that don't pay for any services.
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    OT: LA to SF

    I've planned trips for people doing the drive from LA to SF. It is better driving north on PCH because you are on the inside of the two-lane highway with no guard rails. Go around one of those hairpin turns with a huge mobile home coming at you is not fun, so I'd rather be on the inside! As far...
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    Last player we had with a nice high release and killer stroke from outside?

    You guys are all too young! Go back and look at the record books, back in "67 Bobby Lloyd was pure from the outside with no 3 point line. 48% from the floor, 92% FT and a 28 ppg. Valvano 52% from the floor but a mere 78% FT. Took us to the semis of the NIT, very big in '67. Said we couldn't...