Pennsylvannia

[thepaulo]

It's a big state and I've driven through but I know very little about it. I'd like to know more.
I know Ronnie B is from there but he won't tell me anything.

[Freakshow]

PA is Philly on one side, Pittsburgh on the other, Alabama inbetween. Any questions?

[Kevin]

None of their teams in Philly win championships.

Any other questions?

[thepaulo]

helpful......but it seems like a bit of an insult to this fine state.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

the only baseball championships played there are Little League

[realmenhatelife]

Alot of good regional food
some nice countryside if you like woods/mountains
wawa's
We're a commonwealth
when people talk about pa they are almost definately talking about philly or pittsburgh and not coal country in between, which can be scary as shit.

fuck the mets, if there's one thing you need to know about Pennsylvania, it's fuck the mets

[Freakshow]

helpful......but it seems like a bit of an insult to this fine state.

I know it's insulting, but they can't get rid of Philly and Pittsburgh.

Pennsylvania translates to Penn's Woods, named for William Penn. He laid out Philly in a grid, which impacted every other city in the US.

The town of Centralia is currently on fire underground.

[Chigworthy]

It sounds like Transylvania, so watch out.

[thepaulo]

part of what interest me is that M. Night films all his movies in Pa

[realmenhatelife]

part of what interest me is that M. Night films all his movies in Pa


Yeah it's heartbreaking that they're so unenjoyable, cus he's the only guy repping around here. Although aparently there is a large influx of film makers interested in working in the delaware valley. They shot in a dirty cafe about 5 minutes from my house, and most people working in retail around king of prussia/philly/west chester have thier 'i waited on m night' story.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

Dont forget the Amish, Amish people kick it old skool Boyzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Furtherman]

part of what interest me is that M. Night films all his movies in Pa

That's because he was raised in Penn Valley, not too far from Philly. Currently lives in Wayne and has production offices in Conshohocken.

PA also gives taxs breaks to filmmakers. You'll hear of more and more films being shot there.

[RAAMONE]

PA is Philly on one side, Pittsburgh on the other, Alabama inbetween. Any questions?

i love where i live (south central PA)...the harrisburg area really isnt too bad, still can be redneckish...but also has its nice places

[El Mudo]

Other than Gettysburg, I really don't go to PA all that much...New Hope is a very nice (although very yuppie/hipsterish) town...maybe its because the two sports teams/organ-i-zations i despise more than any other (as Derrick Williams so eloquently put it "the University of Penn State" and the Pittsburgh Penguins) reside there

[Heather 8]

i love where i live (south central PA)...the harrisburg area really isnt too bad, still can be redneckish...but also has its nice places

Grew up there myself (mainly in Camp Hill). Inner-city Harrisburg can be scary in some areas, but there are nice areas as well. The riverfront is/was (haven't been there in years) pretty peaceful.

And yes, there is quite a bit of hickishness around... especially in Perry County.

[thepaulo]

Camp Hill is one of the places in the happening.

[RAAMONE]

Grew up there myself (mainly in Camp Hill). Inner-city Harrisburg can be scary in some areas, but there are nice areas as well. The riverfront is/was (haven't been there in years) pretty peaceful.

And yes, there is quite a bit of hickishness around... especially in Perry County.

yeah i generally think the stretch from carlisle north to harrisburg is all nice area

[TheMojoPin]

Andy Warhol is from there.

[silks]

There are towns with fun names like Blue Ball and Lititz!

[Freakshow]

Andy Warhol is from there.

So was Charlie Householder. Jim Thorpe wasn't, but the town of Mauch Chunk renamed themselves Jim Thorpe. Why? I do not know.

[realmenhatelife]

Our governor appears on Eagles post game shows in awful sweaters

[TheMojoPin]

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3057784-Welcome_to_Pennsylvania_Sign-Pennsylvania.jpg

Careful...some areas have been taken over by alien robots:

http://lakdiva.org/coins/ceylonmn/2005trip/images/ceylon_pa_sign_e.jpg

[yomudder21]

I know it's insulting, but they can't get rid of Philly and Pittsburgh.

Pennsylvania translates to Penn's Woods, named for William Penn. He laid out Philly in a grid, which impacted every other city in the US.

The town of Centralia is currently on fire underground.

PA was actually named after William Penn's father since it was considered bad in the Quaker religion to name something after yourself.

Other reasons PA rules:

All of the greatest QBs of all time came from PA.
Greatest AAA Baseball name: Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
Yuengling
Coal was discovred in Summit Hill, PA

[RAAMONE]

There are towns with fun names like Blue Ball and Lititz!

and intercourse

and the wacky indian places they have around philly

[TheMojoPin]

Mr. Burns' creepy vampire castle is in PENNSYLVANIA.

[Jujubees2]

Hershey smells like chocolate (Yum!) and it's where Wilt scored 100 points in a game.

[Coach]

So was Charlie Householder. Jim Thorpe wasn't, but the town of Mauch Chunk renamed themselves Jim Thorpe. Why? I do not know.
Thorpe's widow made a deal with the town that she would intern Jim's body there if they gave her some $$, renamed the town and built a monument that would hold his remains, since he "loved the area"..they did all that and no remains...she dissappeared with the cash.
My Great Grandfather coached Jim in baseball and Football..at Dickinson..

The town of Centralia is currently on fire underground.
Been on fire for over 30 years.. really creepy to drive through..a ghost town (we did it in the 80's before they closed the city to traffic because cars would just drop down into the fire.
Hershey smells like chocolate (Yum!) and it's where Wilt scored 100 points in a game.
They have a public pool housed inside a giant hersey's Kiss shaped dome that opens up when the weather gets warm.

They filmed portions of two movies in Johnstown..Slapshot and Flashdance.
Grandfather met/ate dinner with Paul Newman during Slapshot.
Flashdance showed the world's steepest Incline Plane (giant elevator) which is also the oldest in the USA.
There are still churches out there where they kiss snakes and drink poison.

Scranton (where I grew up) was the last stop for Vaudvillians before Broadway..If they were well recieved in Scranton..they were guaranteed a spot in Broadway.

Cable Tv was invented in Wilkes Barre when a farmer ran a cable up his windmill to get better reception for a hockey game.

Jason Miller, the young priest from the Exorcist, was from Scranton. His oscar winning screenplay "That Championship Season" was based on the players from Scranton Central Basketball team..most of the events in the movie were true, including the Elephant!

Mary Jo Kopeckne was from Scranton

Scranton is the only city in the USA that has 3 current Senators born in it:
Casey, Clinton, and Specter.

There is a giant ship on a mountain outside Johnstown

The "Ghost Walk" of Gettysburg is great

There are 14 people who fell into the Nicholson Bridge during construction and are interred inside it.


Old Forge Pa. calls itself the Pizza Capitol of the US..they have a Festival every August...Sicilian Pizza is called Old Forge pizza in these parts...
Dickson City has an annual festival on the weekend closest to St Ubaldo's day..which includes the running of the saints...a race of teams carrying shrines of St Patrick, St George, and St Ubaldo through the streets. Good food and great to watch!

[smiler grogan]

Easton Pa. is the home of the Champ Larry Holmes. He threatened to kick my ass once.
Lancaster Pa. is full of the amish and the town itself is quite a nice little town. At least the last time I was there it was nice. An ex of mine is from Lancaster, she is as evil, and viscious as it gets. God I miss her sometimes.
Overall Pa. is a pretty good state.

[smiler grogan]

Our governor appears on Eagles post game shows in awful sweaters

Those aren't sweaters. He's one hairy bastard.

[PapaBear]

I had lots and lots of sex with two internet chicks from Pennsylvania. It was awesome.

[Coach]

Easton Pa. is the home of the Champ Larry Holmes. He threatened to kick my ass once.
Lancaster Pa. is full of the amish and the town itself is quite a nice little town. At least the last time I was there it was nice. An ex of mine is from Lancaster, she is as evil, and viscious as it gets. God I miss her sometimes.
Overall Pa. is a pretty good state.
You forgot the Crayola crayon factory tour...

[Judge Smails]

All bathtubs sold in the state are legally required to be shaped like champagne glasses.

http://www.caesarspoconoresorts.com/assets/base/scroll_images/chto_4_full.jpg

[TheMojoPin]

There are 14 people who fell into the Nicholson Bridge during construction and are interred inside it.

I've heard this before and could never find any kind of official account of that. Bummer. Makes sense that it's fake, though...you don't build something like a bridge and leave a bunch of human bodies in it. That's begging for a collapse.

[watson]

the only President from Pennsylvania, James Buchanan, was rumored to be a flaming homosexual


also


Reggie "Mr October" Jackson was born there


and


Mack Trucks has their world headquarters there

[realmenhatelife]

Shady Maple in lancaster is an awesome buffet where all the girls dress like menonites (surprisingly hot) and they have a guy strolling playing the accordian during dinner service.

In philly you can visit the Mutter Museum, a repository of medical odities including Freud's tumored jaw, a body cast of original 'siamese' twins chang and ang, and preserved bodies in various stages of disection.


There is a Frank Lloyd Wright house near Pittsburg.

[Heather 8]

Hershey smells like chocolate (Yum!) and it's where Wilt scored 100 points in a game.

Don't forget their kiss-shaped street lights!

http://bp3.blogger.com/_gYtfLn1A-_w/RuAlf0wGeWI/AAAAAAAAAFE/e2I-2SqBwac/s320/DSC03893.JPG

Also, my niece and her mom live in what used to be the old Reese's factory. It still smells of peanut butter and chocolate.

[Tall_James]

Hog anus is considered a delicacy there.

http://kradel.org/scrapple.jpg

[RAAMONE]

PA was actually named after William Penn's father since it was considered bad in the Quaker religion to name something after yourself.

Other reasons PA rules:

All of the greatest QBs of all time came from PA.
Greatest AAA Baseball name: Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
Yuengling
Coal was discovred in Summit Hill, PA


Jim Kelly
George Blanda
Joe Montana
Johnny Unitas
Joe Namath
Dan Marino

we know how to make QB's...all from western PA...oddly none of them played for pittsburgh

[Furtherman]

So was Charlie Householder. Jim Thorpe wasn't, but the town of Mauch Chunk renamed themselves Jim Thorpe. Why? I do not know.

It's actually a very nice town. Postcard picturesque.

Which means if you break down there on a moonless night, all sorts of evil will be bestowed on thee.

[Furtherman]

Jason Miller, the young priest from the Exorcist, was from Scranton. His oscar winning screenplay "That Championship Season" was based on the players from Scranton Central Basketball team..most of the events in the movie were true, including the Elephant!

I had the pleasure to drink with him and watch him fall off his barstool at Farley's. The man was constantly holding down the bar with both elbows.

[TheMojoPin]

In philly you can visit the Mutter Museum, a repository of medical odities including Freud's tumored jaw, a body cast of original 'siamese' twins chang and ang, and preserved bodies in various stages of disection.

Oh, man, the Mutter Museum...I forgot that was in Philly. It's been forever since I went there, but I remember it both being one of the coolest and creepiest museum trips I ever made. I constantly felt vulnerable to zombie attack.

[ahhdurr]

All bathtubs sold in the state are legally required to be shaped like champagne glasses.

http://www.caesarspoconoresorts.com/assets/base/scroll_images/chto_4_full.jpg

I was in one of these. If you lean too hard against the wall, it feels like it'll fall down into the next suite... fake stars above the bed. Sweetness!

PA is where I moved when I was looking for a house and NJ was too expensive. After 32 years of NJ I packed up and moved just over the Delaware - as soon as you cross that line it's a little different from Jersey, then as you move west it gets real different. I like it a lot better. Excellent campgrounds and lots less traffic and congestion... Starbucks tends to be high society to these people though.

[ahhdurr]

So was Charlie Householder. Jim Thorpe wasn't, but the town of Mauch Chunk renamed themselves Jim Thorpe. Why? I do not know.

I think the Jim Thorpe thing was an attempt to generate some tourism. He was an olympic athelete from there? Something like that.

Also... forgot to mention. PA has what I like to call "functional ghost-towns" althought there are real ones there too. One of which may have been named after our esteemed host http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/pa/bennington.html

But a functional ghost -town is one where the surrounding steel/coal or other industry has essentially dried up with some stragglers still hanging on. Check out Mahanoy City, PA sometime if you're passing that way - it's like taking an exit off the PA turnpike into a Stephen King novel. Very creepy place.

[Goatweed]

I plan on vacationing in Lancaster next month.

[foodcourtdruide]

joe Carter

[realmenhatelife]

South East PA has a really active independant music scene.

And if you visit Valley Forge National Park you can visit some of the trees I've had public sex under.

[realmenhatelife]

joe Carter

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r63/chunktgf/ms2.jpg

Also, I just remembered that once on South Street I saw a guy get heckled while proposing to his girlfriend.

[Lady Resin]

You always have:

http://www.800padutch.com/intercourse.shtml

and

http://www.bbonline.com/pa/blueball/

That was our summer vacas. The food rocks. IF you like family style.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Ben Franklin

Amish

Apples

Bad sports fans

Steel

Jim Kelly

Altoona's mascot

That about sums it up.

[Coach]

I've heard this before and could never find any kind of official account of that. Bummer. Makes sense that it's fake, though...you don't build something like a bridge and leave a bunch of human bodies in it. That's begging for a collapse.
did you try the sign that sits at the overlook of it??:blink::blink:

I had the pleasure to drink with him and watch him fall off his barstool at Farley's. The man was constantly holding down the bar with both elbows.Me too, a girl I went to high school with's family owned it.

[silks]

I can't believe nobody has mentioned that it is the home of the Anthracite Heritage Museum, located in Scranton.

[One Dead Fred]

Erie used to have excellent beaches. They suck now.

Benezett has the elk run in Sept. It's by Clearfield. They are now strip mining that area. That sucks now.

Also around that area is the highest mountain in the appalachian mountains on Rt 80. That doesn't suck, but I don't know what that is.

[TheMojoPin]

did you try the sign that sits at the overlook of it??:blink::blink:

No, I haven't, but if that really happened, wouldn't be mentioned or recorded somewhere else? And again, wouldn't leaving bodies that eventually rot or dry up incredibly dangerous in terms of building a giant stable bridge.

[FUNKMAN]

drove home to NJ from indiana through the night... very creepy all the large bloodstains
( deer,,,i hope ) on the PA Turnpike

[PapaBear]

very creepy all the large bloodstains
( deer,,,i hope ) on the PA Turnpike
The largest raccoon I've ever seen was road kill on a PA mountain on the way to Pittsburgh. Damn thing was the size of a small St. Bernard (or, if you prefer.... an extremely enormous Chihuahua).

[thepaulo]

Speaking of giant underground fires ...has anyone ever seen Nothing But Trouble with
Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, John Candy and Dan Ackroyd? I think the working title was Valkenvania

[Annie Waits]

They have 2 NHL teams!!!

[realmenhatelife]

Speaking of giant underground fires ...has anyone ever seen Nothing But Trouble with
Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, John Candy and Dan Ackroyd? I think the working title was Valkenvania

the sweat fat retarded twins and dan akroyds makeup always creeped me out (when he eats the hotdog, jesus). taylor negron is also in this, and a great cameo by digital underground.

[Coach]

No, I haven't, but if that really happened, wouldn't be mentioned or recorded somewhere else? And again, wouldn't leaving bodies that eventually rot or dry up incredibly dangerous in terms of building a giant stable bridge.Nope..bunch of people in the Brooklyn Bridge and Golden Gate..they fell into the wet Cement and became part of the bridge...something about the lye in the mix dissolving the flesh..kinda like making a fossil from what I understand.

I can't believe nobody has mentioned that it is the home of the Anthracite Heritage Museum, located in Scranton.As well as Steam Town a Houdini Museum, and the really depressing zoo at Nay Aug Park.
And Mine tour/village at Eckersly.

[thepaulo]

I'm always way too busy but has anyone mentioned the warhole Museum in his hometown of Pittsburgh
http://www.warhol.org/

[ahhdurr]

As well as Steam Town a Houdini Museum, and the really depressing zoo at Nay Aug Park.
And Mine tour/village at Eckersly.


Looked all over for the Houdini Museum - couldn't find it anywhere (I saw Vos do that joke live - I gave him a load groan on that).

Went to school in Scranton...

*pipes that vent the underworld (I have no idea what the steam pipes are) right in the middle of the road
*I think it's the same pipes that make a loud high pitch whistling noise at night (pschewwwwwwwwww!!!!)
*a cross section of the NJ, Philly and NYC Catholic middle class in drunken revelry up and down Mulberry St. every Thurs - Sat night.

[DiabloSammich]

In Pennsylvania, car drives you!


https://secure.reservexl.net/wwwimg/img/tours/2337-2.jpg

[Furtherman]

, and the really depressing zoo at Nay Aug Park.

It's abandoned. Kinda cool walking through there... but a little further back the woods is the falls. Some good cliff jumping there when the water is high.

[Coach]

It's abandoned. Kinda cool walking through there... but a little further back the woods is the falls. Some good cliff jumping there when the water is high.
No it's not. Was there last week..All in the old Elephant/ Monkey exhibit:..A Mountain Lion, a Siberian Tiger, a Lynx, a bunch of ringtail lemures, a few Capuccian Monkeys, Macaques, assorted birds in pet store cages and regional frogs and turtles. The larger cats and monkeys look disgustingly mistreated..the "toys" look like rejects from a preschool, and the animals keep ramming their heads against the bars.
And the old Jumping spot (I have been there many times in my youth after practice a Nay Aug Pool.) is now a scenic overlook that pretty much blocks the old jumping point.

[spot]

Headed down to Brandywine tomorrow..I'll let you know.

[Brad_Rush]

State College is pretty cool. College town (Penn State) so there is a decent amount of culture and events. However whenever I tell someone I work in State College, PA they assume I mean I work for the school.

Surrounding area I'm not too crazy about. I've always considered it to be an oasis.

[Brad_Rush]

Plus we have that A&E show 'Paranormal State'...

[Furtherman]

No it's not. Was there last week..All in the old Elephant/ Monkey exhibit:..A Mountain Lion, a Siberian Tiger, a Lynx, a bunch of ringtail lemures, a few Capuccian Monkeys, Macaques, assorted birds in pet store cages and regional frogs and turtles. The larger cats and monkeys look disgustingly mistreated..the "toys" look like rejects from a preschool, and the animals keep ramming their heads against the bars.
And the old Jumping spot (I have been there many times in my youth after practice a Nay Aug Pool.) is now a scenic overlook that pretty much blocks the old jumping point.

When did it open back up? I was at the U in the mid 90's and it was abandoned. Actually, it was falling apart. I take it Scranton scraped some money together to open it back up? The falls was a popular drinking spot (when the cops didn't chase us out).

[RAAMONE]

Plus we have that A&E show 'Paranormal State'...

that show sucks...nothing ever happenes and they end up leaving after writing some shit above the doors

yet i'll still watch it

[Coach]

When did it open back up? I was at the U in the mid 90's and it was abandoned. Actually, it was falling apart. I take it Scranton scraped some money together to open it back up? Dunno, but it is still a shit hole..when I left they had deer in enclosures..like those aren't all over! :wink:
The old Zoo enclosures are now a "nature" walk and the falls are part of it.

[Edwin]

PA rules. Let nobody tell you otherwise. I have a ton of pics from around the state here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/ed5275

I have to find my pictures of Denny's Beer Barrel Tavern in Clearfield. Biggest burgers in the world!

If you take the time, you can find tons of great stuff in this state. There is a house in York off Rt 30 shaped like a shoe!

[Brad_Rush]

PA rules. Let nobody tell you otherwise. I have a ton of pics from around the state here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/ed5275

I have to find my pictures of Denny's Beer Barrel Tavern in Clearfield. Biggest burgers in the world!

If you take the time, you can find tons of great stuff in this state. There is a house in York off Rt 30 shaped like a shoe!

How can anyone argue with the shoe house?

[Coach]

How can anyone argue with the shoe house?Out past Johnstown there is a boat on a mountain.

[Sue_Bender]

PA=Pennsylvania.

You're welcome.

[Edwin]

You know you want to go to the Shoe House:

http://www.jarrettsville.org/family/shoehouse.htm

[Edwin]

Out past Johnstown there is a boat on a mountain.

I have been searching for this with no luck. I went to school about 20 minutes from J-Town. Where is this boat?

[RAAMONE]

there is a house near me that is shaped like a trailer...come to think of it there are alot of them...and they are in their own little communities...wierd

[Edwin]

OK, the giant ship on the hill is gone as of 2001 (thanks to my J-Town buddies for the info). It burned to the ground. Funny enough, a couple of the pictures I took from Rt 30 that I linked to were on the spot that the ship was originally. I'll be damned.

[Kathleen From The Bronx]

We had to go to Johnstown, PA a few weeks ago for the ole man's job.... He had to bring frieght for this trade show at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena....

Soooo if you go to Johnstown PA, you can check out the Cambria County War Memorial Arena.... where Slapshot was filmed.... and also in Johnstown you can think to yourself, "Hey, All the Right Moves was filmed here too!"

You can also think about the Johnstown flood....and possibly get songs about it stuck in your head....and you can see lotsa old churches.....

Hey, I also saw there that they still have a drive-in theater... open on the weekends... I think this is everything I know about Johnstown PA....

I am pro-Pennsylvania in general :0)

[Kathleen From The Bronx]

OK, the giant ship on the hill is gone as of 2001 (thanks to my J-Town buddies for the info). It burned to the ground. Funny enough, a couple of the pictures I took from Rt 30 that I linked to were on the spot that the ship was originally. I'll be damned.

OOooh OK! I was about to edit my post and say that I was sad that I somehow missed the giant ship on the hill.... like how the hell would I miss that??! I wish that was still there.... rats!

[Edwin]

OOooh OK! I was about to edit my post and say that I was sad that I somehow missed the giant ship on the hill.... like how the hell would I miss that??! I wish that was still there.... rats!

It was due South of J-Town on Rt 30 between Bedford and Shanksville (where the 9/11 plane went down). It was actually called the Grand View Hotel. Apparently, you could see three states from there. The view really is incredible.

I can't believe you were at the War Memorial. Did you see the "Iron Dog"? Wanna know how lame Johnsown is? They have a video store called "All The Right Movies".

You must have been in culture shock. J-Town is a place all its own.

[Freakshow]

I saw the ship hotel before it burned. Somebody was living in, their laundry was hanging out front. Apparently it was The place to stay in first half of the century, movies stars etc... staying there.

There is also an abandoned Turnpike tunnel near there, we took a trip and walked through it. Pretty creepy.

There is a branch of the University of Pittsburg in Johnstown--the UPJ. :)

[Kathleen From The Bronx]

Did you see the "Iron Dog"? Wanna know how lame Johnsown is? They have a video store called "All The Right Movies".

You must have been in culture shock. J-Town is a place all its own.

Ahhh shite, I missed the, "Iron Dog," AND that video store... Oh yeah I woulda cackled if I saw that :0)

I did see a little restaurant called, "Coney Island Hot Dogs," however. Coney Island?! Heh...not that it has anything to do with anything here...

YEah, I was pissed that I forgot my camera on that trip cause some of those big old houses had a real haunted-house look to em... SpooOooOooky!!

[Edwin]

Ahhh shite, I missed the, "Iron Dog," AND that video store... Oh yeah I woulda cackled if I saw that :0)

I did see a little restaurant called, "Coney Island Hot Dogs," however. Coney Island?! Heh...not that it has anything to do with anything here...

YEah, I was pissed that I forgot my camera on that trip cause some of those big old houses had a real haunted-house look to em... SpooOooOooky!!

I made $20 in that Coney Island. The food in there is typical fried garbage, but oh so good at 2am. I went there after a wedding and in all my dress clothes, began to suck the food off my plate like a pig. I then downed 3 other people's plates of food while people threw money at me. Not a drop of runny egg yoke on my clothes. All the while, the girl I was dating was passed out in my car. I have no idea why I feel such pride in that story.

[RAAMONE]

I made $20 in that Coney Island. The food in there is typical fried garbage, but oh so good at 2am. I went there after a wedding and in all my dress clothes, began to suck the food off my plate like a pig. I then downed 3 other people's plates of food while people threw money at me. Not a drop of runny egg yoke on my clothes. All the while, the girl I was dating was passed out in my car. I have no idea why I feel such pride in that story.

thats a good description of Pennsylvania

[Edwin]

Ahhh shite, I missed the, "Iron Dog," AND that video store... Oh yeah I woulda cackled if I saw that :0)

I did see a little restaurant called, "Coney Island Hot Dogs," however. Coney Island?! Heh...not that it has anything to do with anything here...

YEah, I was pissed that I forgot my camera on that trip cause some of those big old houses had a real haunted-house look to em... SpooOooOooky!!

I forgot to mention...I actually rented a video from "All The Right Movies". It was "Hand That Rocks The Cradle" and I had it up until last year when I threw away all my VHS stuff.

I am so lame.

[BlackSpider]

Don't forget the PA "Grand Canyon," which Arizona shamelessly ripped off.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r221/spidescorp/PAGC.jpg
It's located near the town of Wellsboro, where they still have gas streetlamps.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r221/spidescorp/wellsboro01.jpg

Gambling has recently come to Eastern PA.
There is a Casino where the Mount Airy Lodge used to be.
(home of the champagne glass hot-tub)
And my company is currently building a "Sands" Casino at the sight of Bethlehem Steel.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r221/spidescorp/800px-Bethlehem_Steel.jpg

Ironically, the project was delayed 6 months due to a lack of structural steel for the building.

Also, (Black)Spider was born in Allentown, "where they're closin' all the factories down..."
(Billy Joel)

[ahhdurr]

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r221/spidescorp/800px-Bethlehem_Steel.jpg






Isn't that the old steelworks that looms in the background of Dutch Springs?

[Coach]

We had to go to Johnstown, PA a few weeks ago for the ole man's job.... He had to bring frieght for this trade show at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena....

Soooo if you go to Johnstown PA, you can check out the Cambria County War Memorial Arena.... where Slapshot was filmed.... and also in Johnstown you can think to yourself, "Hey, All the Right Moves was filmed here too!"

You can also think about the Johnstown flood....and possibly get songs about it stuck in your head....and you can see lotsa old churches.....

Hey, I also saw there that they still have a drive-in theater... open on the weekends... I think this is everything I know about Johnstown PA....

I am pro-Pennsylvania in general :0)You forgot Flashdance was filmed in Johnstown at Bethlehem Steel and they called it Pittsburgh
The inclined plane was in it as well.
My family's Funeral home survived both floods..and was taken by imminent domain to build a parking structure for the hospital.

Fuck..The Ship Burnt?..That was a cool place.

[Coach]

Don't forget the PA "Grand Canyon," which Arizona shamelessly ripped off.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r221/spidescorp/PAGC.jpg
It's located near the town of Wellsboro, where they still have gas streetlamps.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r221/spidescorp/wellsboro01.jpg

Gambling has recently come to Eastern PA.
There is a Casino where the Mount Airy Lodge used to be.
(home of the champagne glass hot-tub)And my company is currently building a "Sands" Casino at the sight of Bethlehem Steel.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r221/spidescorp/800px-Bethlehem_Steel.jpg

Ironically, the project was delayed 6 months due to a lack of structural steel for the building.

Also, (Black)Spider was born in Allentown, "where they're closin' all the factories down..."
(Billy Joel)

Gee Slots and video Poker..fun..And I know the owner of Mount Airy Casino..way to buck stereotypes, Mister DeNaples!


Oh, and Deer Hunter was filmed out near Johnstown..I forget where..But I do know that people drink poison and kiss snakes at churches near Johnstown.

[jlehane3]

My friend was the dresser for that movie early 90's I guess. I fed him a few lines that made it to the screen. "Are you DIVERGENT?" was mine. My buddy said the cold in the warehouses was nightmarish and devestating...tough winter.I guess the set was miserable most of the time. I think if 12 Monkeys wasn't made then Fight Club may not have been done. Fight Club made muchmore impact on film and culture.Some of Fight Club setting was around Delaware,Jersey,Philly area though I don't know where the shooting was actually done.Delaware is considered part of Philly in mass media,and we get more from Philly than Baltimore,so Delaware Northern quarter or 3rd is more NORTHERN,and the slower lower area(downstate) is considered SOUTHERN.It's somewhat like Jersey in that respect where the agriculture is considered down south,as Dave was pointing out. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a221/jlehane3/Ross1P128456784EFF0200P2216L2M1b-23.jpg Nasa uses Bob Cummings images to cover up Mars pics and thinks no-one will know.I designed the Mars rovers1987 and have a somewhat visual memory of the 99th percentile.LOVE THAT BOB is dead and not on Mars. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a221/jlehane3/love_that_bob_sm.jpg

[PapaBear]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a221/jlehane3/Ross1P128456784EFF0200P2216L2M1b-23.jpg
I see Paul McCartney in that pic. I always knew he was an alien.

[pladd]

There is a 7 story Japanese Pagoda overlooking Reading, PA

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7715/img0019hc0.jpg
It may look like an impressive architectural feat, but I can't begin to tell you how hard it was for me stand horizontally, long enough to have my picture taken!

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/4672/img0022gh7.jpg
Reading actually looks nice, if you are far enough away.

[PapaBear]

I work with a kid who used to think Pennsylvania was in Maryland. I think he's going to get fired soon.

[ahhdurr]

My friend was the dresser for that movie early 90's I guess. I fed him a few lines that made it to the screen. "Are you DIVERGENT?" was mine.

Are you divergent friend? Guy in the bunny slippers right? I remember that guy. Insane Brad Pitt is my favorite type of Brad Pitt.

[~Katja~]

did anyone mention it's a keystone???


Oh, and what about Transformers being filmed in Bethlehem ?

maybe it was posted but I don't have time to read right now.
PA stinks!

[tileslinger]

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r221/spidescorp/wellsboro01.jpg

Gambling has recently come to Eastern PA.
There is a Casino where the Mount Airy Lodge used to be.
(home of the champagne glass hot-tub)
And my company is currently building a "Sands" Casino at the sight of Bethlehem Steel.



I just finished working in two casinos (one in Wilkes-Barre and one in Harrisburg) In my opinion they should get tables and a sports book. Don't go to A.C. we gotta sports book and moutains.

Sounds like every swinging dick's going to up in Bethlehem

And don't froget the Liberty Bell.

[davidb72]

Mechanicsburg checking in!

In my town we have many mechanics.

Harrisburg has a strip club!

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! :thumbup:

[PerryWinkle]

[QUOTE=Coach;1752493]Thorpe's widow made a deal with the town that she would intern Jim's body there if they gave her some $$, renamed the town and built a monument that would hold his remains, since he "loved the area"..they did all that and no remains...she dissappeared with the cash.
My Great Grandfather coached Jim in baseball and Football..at Dickinson..








QUOTE]

Yeah Pa rules! And Jim Thorpe's remains are in the town of Jim Thorpe. There's a shitty memorial as you leave the town.

[biozombie]

Ah, Pennsylvania, I'm going to miss your cheesesteaks and TastyKakes when I depart in about 12 days.

[djjd]

Pennsylvania (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl3jK8NCLFc)

[JAndreaNineSixorz]

Yuengling and Musikfest. That's what I go there for.

Well, that and my entire extended family lives there. Bethlehem PA FTW!

Not Allentown, though. Yiiiiiick.

[JAndreaNineSixorz]

And my company is currently building a "Sands" Casino at the sight of Bethlehem Steel.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r221/spidescorp/800px-Bethlehem_Steel.jpg

Ironically, the project was delayed 6 months due to a lack of structural steel for the building.

Also, (Black)Spider was born in Allentown, "where they're closin' all the factories down..."
(Billy Joel)

My grandpa used to work for the Steel. I'm so glad they aren't tearing those buildings down. They fascinate me. I was just there a few weeks ago and the weather was perfect... made for great photos!

[BlackSpider]

Yuengling and Musikfest. That's what I go there for.

Well, that and my entire extended family lives there. Bethlehem PA FTW!

Not Allentown, though. Yiiiiiick.

I live in Bethlehem (Airport Rd. & rt.22)

[JAndreaNineSixorz]

I live in Bethlehem (Airport Rd. & rt.22)

Wow! I know where that is! Hahaha.

Did you go to Musikfest? I couldn't this year, unfortunately. It's typically a ritual though. The rest of my family went, and my dad volunteered at the booze tents.

[BlackSpider]

No, I haven't gone to that in years...

[JAndreaNineSixorz]

No, I haven't gone to that in years...

Boo! I'm a 'Fest junkie.

[BlackSpider]

that's the second time tonight I got boooed here...

[thepaulo]

Rural Pennsylvainia makes a nice appearence in the crappy movie Mirrors.

[jlehane3]

in my youth for visiting relatives in summer(1960's/70's). It's a nice quiet place.But always I'd get agitated psychically when going toward or away from Harrisburg PA,and i now suspect that Bigfoot families live near/along the Susquehanna river. But I had a delivery job age 19 and had to drop stuff at Harrisburg after 3 mile island nuclear accident and I was really effected with fear about it.I have had nightmares about falling in love with Penn women and having to move there.

[thepaulo]

I Knew we should be looking for Bigfoot off the Susquehanna.

[PerryWinkle]

Wow! I know where that is! Hahaha.

Did you go to Musikfest? I couldn't this year, unfortunately. It's typically a ritual though. The rest of my family went, and my dad volunteered at the booze tents.

No, I haven't gone to that in years...

I went three times. I was cheap this year, so I took my mug from 2006 instead of buying a new one.

[Dave's AA Sponsor]

a few things to tell you:

-if you bomb a city block, it will burn
-Bud Dwyer was a good shot
-Amish kids bleed easily
-don't shop at the Springfield, PA mall
-our coal miners can hold their breath for a really long time

[PigShitIrish]

-don't shop at the Springfield, PA mall


What is that in reference to?

[ChimneyFish]

You've got Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

As for the rest........you ever see The Deehunter????:tongue:

[biozombie]

What is that in reference to?

As far as malls go, the Springfield one is amazingly mediocre.

[JAndreaNineSixorz]

I went three times. I was cheap this year, so I took my mug from 2006 instead of buying a new one.

Nothing wrong with that! That's what they're made for. My mug from 2007 has the flashy lights in it. My sister has one too, but it doesn't work any more. She was angry.

Did you get some Aw Shucks corn? I love that stuff.

[PerryWinkle]

Nothing wrong with that! That's what they're made for. My mug from 2007 has the flashy lights in it. My sister has one too, but it doesn't work any more. She was angry.

Did you get some Aw Shucks corn? I love that stuff.

No Aw Shucks corn for me this year. So you're one of those people that goes with the flashy light mug.

[gojohnny]

Some not so nice person (a woman) in army fatigues shot some people there. I can't recall if any died though it was a long time ago.

What is that in reference to?

[Contra]

I live in Allentown, the bad part. It's not quite as bad as it was in Newark NJ where I lived as a child, but it's close. Musikfest kicks ass! I had some aw shucks corn this year as well, it is superb. However nothing beats the waffle cup reeses ice cream Sundae, or the fried oreos!

[Furtherman]

You've got Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

As for the rest........you ever see The Deehunter????:tongue:

Then you've seen Washington State, West Virginia and Ohio. Very little of it was actually filmed in Pennsylvania.

[CousinDave]

Victory Pig Pizza in Wyoming, PA (near Wilkes-Barre)

ummm ummmm fried pizza
http://www.wyomingave.com/victorypig/building.jpg
http://bp1.blogger.com/_GgPv8SvLOqk/R7R_Vw-QoCI/AAAAAAAAANU/Ewm9RqQSZjE/s1600-h/Summer+2006+079.jpg
http://www.wyomingave.com/victorypig/sign.jpg



Shangy's The Beer Emporium in Emmaus, PA (near Allentown)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2095/2091437026_52349f0959.jpg
http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2006/10/29/beer.jpg

[Earlshog]

I live in Allentown, the bad part. It's not quite as bad as it was in Newark NJ where I lived as a child, but it's close. Musikfest kicks ass! I had some aw shucks corn this year as well, it is superb. However nothing beats the waffle cup reeses ice cream Sundae, or the fried oreos!

are they closing all the factories down?

[Earlshog]

I live in Bethlehem (Airport Rd. & rt.22)

I hear they're killing time Filling out forms Standing in line.

[jennysmurf]

I go there every year for Trout! (That's the beginning of trout season, btw.) I feel so at home there, cause I grew up in Kentucky. I didn't realize there were rednecks anywhere other than the south. My friend lives in Millersburg, and her parents have a campsite in Perry (pronounced Purry) county. Deliciously hick!

[One Dead Fred]

Benezette has the elk run. I'm going there in mid Sept. My dad belongs to a hunting camp, so it's mainly a drinking weekend with an elk sighting somewhere in there. Nothing in season to shoot.

[yojimbo7248]

Then you've seen Washington State, West Virginia and Ohio. Very little of it was actually filmed in Pennsylvania.

There is nothing in Penn or the east coast, for that matter, that comes close to the scenery of the Oympic National Park where they filmed the deer hunting scenes in the Deerhunter.

[Coach]

There is nothing in Penn or the east coast, for that matter, that comes close to the scenery of the Oympic National Park where they filmed the deer hunting scenes in the Deerhunter.
I dunno where Oympic Park is...but...actually some of the trails in western Pa are pretty close.

[jlehane3]

I think it's some kind of mania for hunters in PA(and I'm sure other states). The think that freaks me out is deer ticks spreading Lyme disease,and I want NO PART of that.I believe the hunters are risking their lives to provide a valuable public service to rid us of Zombie deer with zombie deer ticks. Some lady I know got the lyme disease just out in her yard a few miles away from me.Something like that would devastate me,since I do physical outdoor :wallbash:labor. Paul O if you want to spin some movie ideas off me to get my opinion,feel free. I created:ohmy: PREDATOR in 1987 and I did Star:thumbup: Trek and Howard Stern movie stuff in 1987 and 1993,respectively. Oddly enough I don't go to movies and hated Hollywood since Forrest Gump seemed so:king: over-the -top-fake to me that I was sickenned(I mean a physical effect of :devil2:nausea).I even suspected that there were subliminal messages flashed in that movie that provoked this attack.I'd be grateful for an investigation of subliminal frames in Forrest Gump.It was THAT disturbing. I'm not a MEEK person,either.I eat MEAT ! dammit :) :clap: http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/j3lehane/BigMarsDoeEyesEarthBigEarsReduced.jpg

[outshine13]

Victory Pig Pizza in Wyoming, PA (near Wilkes-Barre)

ummm ummmm fried pizza
http://www.wyomingave.com/victorypig/building.jpg
http://bp1.blogger.com/_GgPv8SvLOqk/R7R_Vw-QoCI/AAAAAAAAANU/Ewm9RqQSZjE/s1600-h/Summer+2006+079.jpg
http://www.wyomingave.com/victorypig/sign.jpg



Shangy's The Beer Emporium in Emmaus, PA (near Allentown)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2095/2091437026_52349f0959.jpg
http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2006/10/29/beer.jpg

I worked at Victory Pig when I was 15 because it was close enough for me to ride my bike to work!

[Contra]

I was at Shangys a couple days ago I work in emmaus

[BlackSpider]

I live in Allentown, the bad part. It's not quite as bad as it was in Newark NJ where I lived as a child, but it's close. Musikfest kicks ass! I had some aw shucks corn this year as well, it is superb. However nothing beats the waffle cup reeses ice cream Sundae, or the fried oreos!

Howdy neighbor:bye:

[thepaulo]

Well we're living here in Allentown
And they're closing all the factories down
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
Filling out forms
Standing in line
Well our fathers fought the Second World War
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
Met our mothers in the USO
Asked them to dance
Danced with them slow
And we're living here in Allentown

But the restlessness was handed down
And it's getting very hard to stay

Well we're waiting here in Allentown
For the Pennsylvania we never found
For the promises our teachers gave
If we worked hard
If we behaved
So the graduations hang on the wall
But they never really helped us at all
No they never taught us what was real
Iron and coke
And chromium steel
And we're waiting here in Allentown

But they've taken all the coal from the ground
And the union people crawled away

Every child had a pretty good shot
To get at least as far as their old man got
But something happened on the way to that place
They threw an American flag in our face

Well I'm living here in Allentown
And it's hard to keep a good man down
But I won't be getting up today

And it's getting very hard to stay
And we're living here in Allentown

[Contra]

You know he was talking about Bethlehem, but used Allentown to rhyme with "closing all the factories down"

[ChimneyFish]

You've got Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

As for the rest........you ever see The Deehunter????:tongue:

Then you've seen Washington State, West Virginia and Ohio. Very little of it was actually filmed in Pennsylvania.

I was talking more the people than the scenery.

What do I look like to you, film historian guy????:tongue: