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Coal was king in Pa. and kept many just barely alive.

Downside was it ruined many premier Trout waters to the point they will never return. Sulfur and whatnot will continue forever to flow out of those flooded shafts.

And then there's Nanty Glo -- in Blacklick Township, Cambria County. I used to have a girlfriend from there.

Steve.

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If you are up in the North country, you could visit "Gobblers Knob."

A friend's son was a SEAL master chief. Several times, he was given a task, told to pick his team, and asked where he wanted to train. He said "Sullivan County, PA." Everyone said "Where?" He said, "Exactly." They bunked at his mom's house, planned there mission, did some fly fishing, had ice cream at the Sweet Shop in Eagles Mere, and then did the job.

Scrapple, pudding(liver....ehhk!), baasi(Kielbasa), buckwheat cakes, gobs.

Some strange eats from my dads home town of Somerset. When ya tell a 6 year old he's gonna have pancakes and pudding for breakfast, he gets pretty excited............until he gets buckwheat and liver pudding.

I'm from south western PA. I remember cleaning my dorm room with my roomate for the first time after basic. Looked at him and asked him "where are the sweepers?" With a look of confusion the NorCal boy looked at me and said "a broom?"

"No! A vacume cleaner, ya boob!"

I'd kill for a couple of those gobs with the little sailor on the package that are made in Johnstown. My mom used to mail them to me when i was overseas.

First time deer hunting in New Mexico i walk up on probably the only other guy in the state hunting with a flintlock. Was close to Los Alamos and started talking to him. Soon as he finished his sentance I said "What part of PA are you from?"

"How'd you guess?"

"Well first it was you carrying a flintlock, second you just said 'I was huntin over air'"

Looking forward to my first visit in 2 years in april for a friends wedding.

BTW.... those guys from Holsloppe, I went to highschool with Jeff Hostetlers niece & nephew.

Buckwheat cakes bring back memories. Mom used to keep a big crock full of buckwheat batter in the coal cellar, covered with a clean dish towel. It was just cool enough in there that the batter would keep for a week without freezing or spoiling. She'd make buckwheat cakes, sausage, and dippy eggs for breakfast and lunch.

Our road was one lane, and made of brick, until they "improved" it. Should have left it alone, it was in better shape the old way!

Until I left home, I'd never heard bologna referred to as bologna. It was always "Jumbo" to me.(that was a brand name of the locally preferred bologna) Same with Liverwurst.....we called it "Braunschweiger".

Funny thread, with lot's of fond memories. The PennDOT jokes are hilarious!

Jeff

There's a hill top on the Haul Road called Gobblers Knob. Maybe a PA boy was working pipeline construction and named it. That, or trucker christened it after getting a BJ in the rest stop!

Jeff

Sure bets looking at Punxatawney Phil!!!!

Do any of yinz know of any Blough's from sw PA? The only ones out here are my relatives but there is a whole pile of them around the Johnstown Somerset area. Even a town named Blough.

Likewise. I was a former employee....

Both my parents were lifeguards at a big azz swimming pool in Somerset..went there often as a wee lad....


Also...ate my share of buckwheat pancakes...

Kinda like Elk Grove up in Columbia County
And just how do you pronounce "Wilkes-Barre".
How many states have a town with a fire burning beneath it(Centralia)?
When I go hunting, it's "up t'hill".
I've a friend who grew up in West Wyoming and who refers to slow drivers on two lane roads as "frittle a$$es". Maybe that's just her, though.
Towns - Jersey Shore - and not anywhere near an ocean.
We have our own Grand Canyon. (and I have seen one even deeper west of Lake Ganoga near Sullivan's Falls.)
Pete

pronounced wilkes-bear

Black lung and yellow cricks.....

Ruff(R-u-f) = Roof

A toboggan is a hat not a sled.

adam

Neckerchif = Scarf

Chimley = chimney