Wednesday, March 01, 2006

You know you grew up here if...

• You know if other West Virginians are from southern or northern West Virginia as soon as they open their mouths.
• You measure distance in minutes.
• You know how to navigate both "Chicken Neck" and "Suicide" Hills
• You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where you at?"
• You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
• The local paper covered national and international headlines on one page but required six pages for high school sports.
• You know where the park is...and you've driven by to see people golfing in the snow there.
• You know the subtle differences among Dicarlo's pizza... uptown, in the Grove,in Wellsburg, and in Glendale.
• You speak to a group by saying, "Yuns"
• It's warsh not wash...
• It's crick not creek...
• It's a buggy not a cart...(although I say cart)
• It's pop not soda...
• You know there is a difference between Elm Grove and Woodsdale.
• You know that a West Wheeling does exist and it's in Ohio.
• You went to Tridelphia High, Wheeling High, Warwood High, or Wheeling Central.
• You call the local supermarket "Krogers" even though it is really called "Kroger".
• you have ever used a row boat to get to your bedroom window.
• you've ever waited in line for more than ten minutes for a fish sandwich made with Wonder bread.
• you refer to Washington, Pennsylvania as "Little Washington."
• you've ever played golf on a course where you need a ski lift to get from the tee to the green.