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Posted by rfpjohn on Sunday, August 25, 2013 10:08 PM

I believe he was once portrayed in a rather compromising portrait wearing only boxers. They were festooned with a celestial pattern. Possibly blue comets.

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Posted by rfpjohn on Sunday, August 25, 2013 10:04 PM

Let us stay away from any "Blue Comet" references.

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Posted by Firelock76 on Sunday, August 25, 2013 7:15 PM

John WR

Firelock76
Burr being what he was he was probably a diesel fan. 

Wayne,  

Do you know if Aaron Burr wore boxers or briefs?

http://store.diesel.com/us/men/underwear?gclid=CJ-Q54bhmbkCFY2Z4AodNhkADA&tp=15035

John

No, but Theodosia Prevost would have known, also quite a few other ladies.  Aaron Burr was quite the "Don Juan" if you know what I mean.

In my case, briefs, but NOT with "diesel" on 'em!    Steam rules!

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Posted by John WR on Sunday, August 25, 2013 6:34 PM

Firelock76
Burr being what he was he was probably a diesel fan. 

Wayne,  

Do you know if Aaron Burr wore boxers or briefs?

http://store.diesel.com/us/men/underwear?gclid=CJ-Q54bhmbkCFY2Z4AodNhkADA&tp=15035

John

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Posted by Firelock76 on Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:47 PM

Quite true!  However I'm not sure what dorm Burr stayed in.  "Communipaw Hall",  "Elizabethport Hall", "Allentown Hall"  or  "Mauch Chunk" hall.

One would hope he majored in steam power engineering, but Burr being what he was he was probably a diesel fan. 

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Posted by rfpjohn on Sunday, August 25, 2013 3:02 PM

Ah yes, the CNJ. wasn't their football team called "The Fighting Camelbacks"?

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Posted by Firelock76 on Saturday, August 24, 2013 9:53 PM

Well yes, it was The College of New Jersey at the time, but if I said he was a "distinguished CNJ"  grad everyone would go "huh?", unless they knew the whole story.  And at the time I think the town was called  "Prince Town"  instead of Princeton. 

At any rate, I'm sure everyone got the message.   

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Posted by Deggesty on Saturday, August 24, 2013 8:44 PM

Firelock, you really mean College of New Jersey graduate, do you not? When my grandfather earned his M.A. at the same time that he earned his B.D. from Princeton Seminary, he earned it from the College of New Jersey (1889).

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Posted by Firelock76 on Saturday, August 24, 2013 5:31 PM

If that distinguished Princeton graduate Aaron Burr were still alive he'd have someone staring down the wrong end of a duelling pistol over this!

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Posted by Bonaventure10 on Saturday, August 24, 2013 3:11 PM

Its Princeton and last I checked they a law unto themsleves. I think we could get the Surf Board involved

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Last Train From Princeton
Posted by John WR on Saturday, August 24, 2013 9:31 AM

or at least from Pinceton's Dinky station.  

Originally the Princeton Branch, often known as the Dinky, operated from Nassau Street to Princeton Junction in West Windsor, NJ.  Then it was pushed back down the tracks when Princeton University wanted the land the tracks were on.  Now Princeton University wants more land and has taken the station again.  Buses will provide service for now but NJT will open a new station even further down the tracks before too long.  A new parking lot is promised to go with the new station.  Here is a local newspaper account:  

http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2013/08/last_trains_departs_from_princeton_dinky_train_station.html#incart_river

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