Abm0raz's Journal: I AM FROM PICKSBURGH!

I am from Picksburg:
      - I say Pop, not Soda ( ed. note: well, actually I do say soda.)
      - It's a hoagie, not a sub or a grinder.
      - People are nebby, not nosey or annoying.
      - Groceries are transported in a buggy, not a cart.
      - A small stream is pronounced "crick" not "creek"
      - A thorny bush is called a "jaggerbush"
      - It's a sweeper, not a vacuum.
      - They're tennis shoes, not sneakers (even if you've never played tennis in your life)
      - They're gumbands, not rubber bands.
      - I don't have an accent, the rest of yinz do.
      - We have "Eat'n'Parks", not "shitty diners"
      - We live in cities, not towns
      - I live in a plan, not a neighborhood
      - I can name all 3 rivers
      - I can SPELL all 3 rivers.
      - I stay true to the Steelers (even through the Mark Malone/Bubby Brister/Kordell Stewart years)
      - Crystal toppings for cake are sprinkles, waxy, rod-shaped toppings for ice cream are jimmies.
      - If you do something unintelligent, you are a jaggov, not a dumbass.
      - I know Pittsburgh has 41 seperate bridges (doesn't count overpasses).
      - Kielbasa, pierogies, and Primanti's are the 3 greatest food earth.
      - I can name all 4 sets of major tunnels and that Denver is the only other city to have an interstate tunnel, but we have 2 :)
      - I can name both the current and former "Bridges to nowhere"
      - I have been to Cope's Cabana.

I am a Picksburgher and proud of it. Yinz can just deal with it, n'at.

-Ab

Kielbasa, pierogies, and Primanti's

[TechnoLust]

Hells yes. I make a mean pierogie, since I can't get good ones down here. I've had pittsburgers tell me they taste good. Our division HQ is in Moon Township, so I've been to Pitt. and I really like it. If I'm up in the area again anytime soon, I'll let you know. Do you still live there?

Re:Kielbasa, pierogies, and Primanti's

[Abm0raz]

No, I live 2-3hrs east in the center of the state until may. After that, may move back.

-Ab

Re:Kielbasa, pierogies, and Primanti's

[FortKnox]

I'll tell you what, you CAN get pierogies and Kielbasa and brats in Cincinnati. And they are all SHIT compared to the stuff you get in the 'burgh. When my folks visit me, I demand they bring me 'real' food.

Being from Cleveland

[sielwolf]

I know how to pronounce Carnegie correctly (i.e. the way Andrew Carnegie pronounced it).

That a po-boy has both coleslaw and fries on it. Kielbasa, pierogies, and Primanti are pretty good too.

Three E. Orthodox churches that are now clubs. None of which are for polka.

Where the Ohio river actually caught fire.

What a devilstrip is.

What Lake Effect is and how nothing is as bad as '78.

What Bob Serpentini does... other than sell cars.

A Grinder

[Red Warrior]

Is an all night session with Bethanie, just for the record.

Have you seen a doctor about that?

[NeMon'ess]

There are treatments available.

Hoagies

[FortKnox]

Hoagies are different than subs and grinders. Subs and grinders are a foot long and can be eaten with one hand.

Hoagies are two feet long, has fries on it, and requires two hands to squish the sandwich down so it'll fit in your mouth when you bite.


And don't forget the food I miss the most from the 'burgh... Steak Salads! With light cheese and extra fries!

Squirrel Hill Tunnel != Interstate Tunnel

[tonysee]

> I can name all 4 sets of major tunnels and that Denver is the only other city to have an interstate tunnel, but we have 2 :)

I throughly disagree with classifying the Parkway East as an "interstate." More like "failed freshman Civil Engineering assignment." When your major road into town is more of a deathtrap than the Schuylkill Expressway in Philly, and you have 1/3 the people, you do not have an "interstate."