FLATHEAD
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Whatta ya think?,, can you relate?? I know I can..<br /><br />>> Gotta Love Pennsylvania<br />>>><br />>>><br /><br />>>> You Know You're From or In Pennsylvania If:<br />>>><br />>>> You've never referred to Philadelphia as anything but "Philly." And New Jersey has always been "Jersey."<br />>>><br />>>> You refer to Pennsylvania as "PA" (pronounced Pee-ay). How many <br /> other states do that?<br />>>><br />>>> You guys" is a perfectly acceptable reference to a group of men & women.<br />>>><br />>>> You know how to respond to the question "Djeetyet?" (Didyoueatyet?)<br />>>><br />>>> You learned to pronounce Bryn Mawr, Wilkes-Barre, Schuylkill, Bala Cynwyd, Duquesne, New Tripoli, Tunkhannock, Punxsutawney, Tamaqua,<br /> Susquehanna, Allegheny, and Monongahela.<br />>>><br />>>> You know what a "Mummer" is, and are disappointed if you can't catch at least highlights of the parade.<br />>>><br />>>> You know what "Punxsutawney Phil" is, and what it means if he sees his shadow.<br />>>><br />>>> The first day of buck and the first day of doe season are school holidays.<br />>>><br />>>> You can use the phrase "fire hall wedding reception" and not even bat an eye.<br />>>><br />>>> You can't go to a wedding without hearing the "Chicken Dance," at least one Polka and either an Italian song (sung in Italian,) or "Hava Nagila."<br />>>><br />>>> At least 5 people on your block have electric "candles" in all or most of their windows all year long.<br />>>><br />>>> You know what a "Hex sign" is.<br />>>><br />>>> You know what a "State Store" is, and your out of state friends find it incredulous that you can't purchase liquor at the mini-mart.<br />>>><br />>>> You own only three condiments "salt, pepper and Heinz ketchup".<br />>>><br />>>> Words like "hoagie", "crick", "chipped ham", "sticky buns", "shoo-fly pie", "pierogies" , funny cake and "pocketbook" actually mean something to you.<br />>>><br />>>> You can eat cold pizza (even for breakfast) and know others who do the same. (Those from NY find this "barbaric".)<br />>>><br />>>> You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you know it comes in several colors: Red, White, Brown, Gold.<br />>>><br />>>> You know several places to purchase or that serve Scrapple, Summer Sausage (Lebanon Bologna), and Hot Bacon Dressing.<br />>>><br />>>> You can eat a cold soft pretzel from a street vendor without fear and enjoy it. It almost always comes with mustard.<br />>>><br />>>> You know the difference between a cheese steak &a pizza steak sandwich, and know that you can't get a really good one outside PA.<br />>>><br />>>> You live for summer, when street and county fairs signal the beginning of funnel cake season.<br />>>><br />>>> Customers ask the waitress for "dippy eggs" for breakfast.<br />>>><br />>>> You know that Blue Ball, Intercourse, Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville, Paradise, Mars, and Slippery Rock are PA towns.<br />>>><br /><br />>>> You know what a township, borough, and commonwealth is. (At least you vaguely remember.)<br />>>><br />>>> You can identify drivers from New York, New Jersey, or other neighboring>states by their unique and irritating driving habits.<br />>>><br />>>> A traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a horse-drawn carriage on the highway in Lancaster County.<br />>>><br />>>> You know several people who have hit deer more than once.<br />>>><br />>>> You carry jumper cables in your car and your female passengers know how to use them.<br />>>><br />>>> You still keep kitty litter, starting fluid, de-icer, and a snow brush in your trunk, even if you live in the south.<br />>>><br />>>> Driving is always better in winter because the potholes are filled with snow.<br />>>><br />>>> As a kid you built snow forts and leaf piles taller than you were.<br />>>><br />>>> Your graduating class consisted of mostly Polish, German and Italian Irish, Scotish names.<br />>>><br />>>> If you actually understand all this, pass it on to other Pennsylvanians or former Pennsylvanians.<br />><br />>
<br /><br />Bright side received my doe tag for area 3B so will have a chance to shoot either during rifle season.<br /><br />Have a good day!!