the rix mix

Sheesh. Girardi gives all the regs a day off except Posada, Cabrera & Cano after clinching the division, Cano hits a grand slam & the Yanks whump Royals 8-2. & play errorless ball. Though it must be suggested KC wasn't trying very hard. Naturally, those guys are thinking about fishing or where they'll be residing next year. Like The Mets. Who lost to the worst team in MLB, The Nats, 2-1 on a dreary night in D.C. Even I couldn't bear to tune in that game on the radio. The AP sports writer was so embarrassed to be there he didn't put a byline on his recap.
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Bayonne man went through toll booths over 2,000 times without paying

Sari Ahmet, a limousine driver, sailed through toll booths without paying a staggering 2,351 times, according to the New Jersey Turnpike.

He was enrolled in EZ-Pass but didn't have the transponder in his car, officials said.

Ahmet, of New Bay Court in Bayonne, turned himself after receiving calls from detectives and was arrested by State Police on Aug. 26.

State Police Sgt. Stephen Jones said Ahmet, who was charged by the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office, had racked up $3,800 unpaid tolls, with an additional $70,000 in administration fees, officials said.

I never got a ticket for running a toll, although running tolls sometimes was unavoidable when baskets were the primary method for collection on the Parkway. If it jammed, or a rock band had wedged a bumper sticker in there, you had to move on when the car horns behind you began singing.

I did once receive a parking ticket by mail from a North Jersey town I'd never visited. When I called the violations bureau there to complain, the lady immediately said she'd void it, & that made me wonder if the town had a scam going.

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