Huaco Kid Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 https://nypost.com/2022/06/02/americas-last-howard-johnsons-restaurant-closes-lists-for-10/ I was sitting in that parking lot several years ago (staying in the hotel behind it) (I was there for work) during "bike week". I was just hanging out and watching the drunks crash on the main drag. A guy in the parking lot had a custom-made "Bubble Bike". A plexiglass egg built around the bike, with little holes he could stick his feet out, for stops. He was marveling at the attention and compliments and posing for pictures. Then he climbed in it, snapped the canopy shut, started it, lost his balance, and barrel-rolled across the parking lot and across main street. (he didn't even get a scratch) Some people were aghast at the horror. Others though it was the funniest thing they had ever seen. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Have a few good memories of HoJos. Didn’t encounter them often, as their territory was not my territory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted June 3, 2022 Administrators Share Posted June 3, 2022 Every time I hear 'Howard Johnsons', I think of blazing saddles. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 No Mo Ho Jo? I am sad. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maser Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 15 minutes ago, Eric said: Every time I hear 'Howard Johnsons', I think of blazing saddles. Gabby Johnson is more my style. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 We couldn't afford HoJo's so we went to the Army Pete HoJo's: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 45 minutes ago, gwalchmai said: We couldn't afford HoJo's so we went to the Army Pete HoJo's: Wow! A 1953 Studebaker coupe! My favorite car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted June 4, 2022 Author Share Posted June 4, 2022 I don't understand the $10 part. It's a hopping vacation spot all summer long. It kind of reminds me of Niagara Falls, with all the attraction$. They have a different "...Week", each week. It's always too crowded. I think it's also fairly popular in the winter, with the 'mobilers, skiers, fishermen. Unless it's totally trashed now. Or has a $gazillion in unpaid taxes attached to it. Someone will bulldoze it and build an outlet mall. We need more of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted June 4, 2022 Author Share Posted June 4, 2022 There's great history around there. When I found out it was where The Last of the Mohicans took place, after seeing the forts and rivers and lakes and historical markers... I went to go look for where that waterfall scene was filmed! It was filmed in North Carolina. blasphemy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted June 4, 2022 Author Share Posted June 4, 2022 If you really piss off Chingachgook, and deserve it, he comes for you. But he kills your children's children first... and works his way up. So, you know he's coming for you, and you know you have no seed left on this earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted June 4, 2022 Author Share Posted June 4, 2022 And then he goes to Ho-Jo's for waffles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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