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Off-Topic => Off-Topic: Talk about anything you want. => Topic started by: Joe Paul on January 26, 2009, 07:46:47 AM
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Being a Steeler fan means so much more than football. It means being from a corner
of the world unlike any other. It means being from a place where the people are so
tough minded that they have survived the Homestead strikes, the Johnstown flood
and most recently the Etna Floods. These people have the DNA of hard work in mills
and mines, without the necessity of complaint. They live simply, with no frills.
It’s a town so tough, even the towels are “terrible”.
Instead, they have simple traditions like kielbasa, Kennywood, and celebrations.
They live in distinctive neighborhoods like Polish Hill, the Hill District, and
all of the surrounding counties. These people are genuine. They don't have
chic internet cafes and cappuccinos, but they do have The Original Hot Dog Joint,
Primanti's, Eat n' Park, and Iron City Beer.
People from Pittsburgh don't have sunny beaches or fancy boats, but the rivers
roll gently, connecting the small towns of people whose histories have been built
on strength and humility. People from Pittsburgh don't have the biggest shopping
malls or the best nightclubs, but they'll take Friday night high school football and
Steeler Sunday over anything.
Steeler football means so much more than you think. It symbolizes a cherished
past for generations who had the best childhood they could imagine. They ran free
without a care or concern in the valleys of those Allegheny Mountains. Their
blue-collar world was easy…there was no one to tell them that they lacked material
things. There was no one to tell them that they needed more.
As the steel mills closed and the jobs disappeared, some of20these people had to leave.
While the world benefits because they spread their Pittsburgh values, they long for their
home where things were simpler and more pure. They teach their kids about Jack
Lambert, Lynn Swann, Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Jack Ham, L.C. Greenwood,
Joe Greene, and Myron Cope in hopes of imparting not just the knowledge, but
the feeling that they represented.
They are everywhere, those Terrible Towels. They wave, not just for the team, but for
the hearts they left behind. They wave in living rooms in Fort Lauderdale and in the bars
and stadium of Washington, D.C. They wave all the way to the Seattle Superdome! They
wave for the Rooney family, whose values mirror our own - loyalty, grit, and humility. They
wave for football players like Jerome Bettis, Troy Polamalu, and Hines Ward, whose
unselfishness and toughness have allowed sports to be about the game and the team.
Make no mistake that Steeler football is not just about football. I could not be prouder
to be from the Pittsburgh area than I am right now!! Even if you no longer live in the area,
you have South Western Pennsylvania in your blood no matter where you go. And deep
down in your heart of hearts, you can still hear the Super Bowls of times past, the
excitement in everyone's voices especially our fathers, cousins, uncles, and anyone else
who gathered around the TV on Steeler Sundays!
Make no mistake, it’s just as exciting right now! It's not just about rivalries and who is
better than the other, it's about family, tradition and roots! It's more than football, but
its football at its finest! If you now live in Arizona, Colorado, Ohio, Indiana, California,
Maryland, Florida, Nevada, or Texas, be proud of where you were born and who your
FIRST favorite football team was and is! Go Steelers!!
Pittsburgh, ah yes, "Picksburgh"
Yunz is from the Picksburgh area or maybe you grew up in Punxsy if:
You didn't have a spring break in high school but you did have the first day of deer
season off.
You walk carefully when it is "slippy" outside.
You often played down by the "crick".
You've told your children to "red up" their rooms.
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You can remember telling your little brother/sister to stop being so "nebby".
You've gotten hurt by falling into a "jagger bush".
Your mother or grandmother has been seen wearing a "babushka" on her head.
You've "worshed" the clothes.
I ask you to hand me one of those "gum-bands" and you actually know what I'm
talking about.
You know you can't drive too fast on the back roads, because of the deer.
You know Beaver Valley, Turtle Crick, Mars, Slippery Rock, Greentree,
and New Castle are names of towns. And you've been to most, if not all, of them.
You see a girl walk up to three of her girl friends and say, “HEY, YUNZ GUYS"!
You hear "you guyses" and don't think twice. Example: "you guyses hause is nice".
You know the three rivers by name and understand that "The Point" isn't just on a
writing instrument.
Someone refers to "The Mon" or "The Yough" and you know exactly what they're
talking about.
You remember the blizzard of 1993 (or 1976, or 1950, or 1939, or...) and remember
not being able to go outside because the snow was over your head and you would
have suffocated.
Someone starts the chant, "Here we go Steel-ers!" and you join in.. In the proper
cadence, waving the appropriately colored towel.
Bob Prince and "there's a bug loose on the rug" hold special meaning for you.
You've either eaten a Farkleberry Tart or know someone who has.
You drink pop, eat hoagies, love perogies, and one of your favorite
sandwiches actually has coleslaw and French fries ON it.
You know what a " still mill" is..
You expect temps in the winter to be record-breaking cold and temps
in the summer to be record-breaking hot.
You know what Eat 'N Park is and frequently ate breakfast there at 2:00 AM after the
bar closed and made fun of people.
You order "dippy eggs" in a restaurant and get exactly what you wanted.
You spent your summers, or a school picnic at Luna Park, Kennywood, Westview,
Sand Castle, or Idlewild.
You think the “Thunderbolt” at Kennywood is the best wooden roller coaster in
the world, bar none.
You've been to the Braun's Bread Plan t or Story Book Forest for a school field trip.
You went to the Heinz Plant or the Isaly's Plant with your Cub Scout Troop.
"Chipped ham" was always in your refrigerator when you was growin' up.
You refuse to buy any condiments besides Heinz unless a Pittsburgh athlete's
picture is on the side of the container.
When you call the dog or the kids you shout, "kum-mere" and they come.
Franco, Roberto, and Mario don't need last names and you can recite their exploits by heart.
Food at a wedding reception consisted of rigatoni, stuffed cabbage, sauerkraut and
polska kielbasa.
Beer at a weeding reception consisted of 7 oz. Stoney’s, Fort Pitt, Iron City, or Duquesne.
Feel free to send this on to family and friends who used to live in the Pittsburgh area as well as
to those who have never lived there, just so they can appreciate how different Western PA
really is.
PS: Wonder how many of yunz guys actually understood all dat? Some folks just don't.
The ones who do probably shop at “Pants n At”.
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:clap; Go Steelers!
EDITED: Fixed smiley error - Sluff/Admin
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YA..YA..YA Here We Go...can't wait to see the game... :yahoo; :yahoo; :yahoo;
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I hope they win out over the Cardinals.
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Good stuff in dat readn.
But i am a Cowboys fan, and i am going for the underdog.
So Go Cards..............
I do give much respect to the steelers for being a great all around team year after year. :beer1;
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I still have some of that blood in my veins! I thought everyone knew what "red-up" meant until I met my husband and he didn't know how to red up the room. And my kids laugh at me calling my granddaughters my "babushka babies" when they have scarves on their heads.
Thanks for sharing that You made me miss my Mother and Grandmother. And I remember the opening of the "new" Pittsburgh Airport opening -- in the 50's. We had to make a special trip to see it.
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the big deal is I will be cooking more for this event than for Christmas :waving;
cheese sausage balls
chili con queso
King Ranch casseroles
choc chip cookies
Mex wedding cookies
peach cobbler --- Blue Bell homemade vanilla ice cream
hot wings and fresh veg and dressing
fruit platter
and I am making decorations in the Steelers colors
:cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
I am the only dialysis patient -- I will cook and not eat hardly any of it
this year I refuse to twirl fire batons during the half time show---- ( joking ) I mean wth happened with the Cowboys this year
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Oh i wanna come to your house. :waving;
Sounds like some good COOKIN :clap;
Ps. the Cowboys dynasty was in the early 90's. Three superbowls in four years-------
But we will be back better then ever very soon............
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The Steelers suck, case closed..........jk, they are a great team and franchise. My best friend growing up was a Steeler fan (his father grew up in Pittsburgh). Of course, back when we were kids in the late 70's, they were great and my team, the Giants, stunk it up. So it was nice to get to the 80's when the Giants became a top team and I could give back some of the crap I took for so many years.
Good luck on Sunday
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I am coming over Twirlie!
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Go Giants!
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Go Giants!
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Zach, they did go, HOME. See you next year
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I hope Franco Harris has a geat game!!!
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Alene
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Go Giants!
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Zach, they did go, HOME. See you next year
Go Steelers!
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:thumbup; 6 PACK!!!!!!
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Hey JP,
Congratulations on your Steelers winning the Big Game!!! It was incredible to watch, a true match til the end! I at first was hoping for that Harrison guy to get MVP, but then he got all bully-ish in the 4th quarter and he lost it for me. So, MVP for Holmes was perfect!
You're probably out partying right now with everyone. Enjoy!!!
Oh, and can I say that the referees for this game were *much* better than the ones 3 years ago! More fair for *both* sides. Which makes the win all that much better for you!
KarenInWA
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Congrats John Paul and all Steeler fans. Nice to see a game go down to the wire for a second straight year.
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Ok, I gotta fess up, I caved and watched the fourth quarter. DANG...if you're gonna pick just PART of that game to watch, I picked the right part!! Congrats Joey.....now find somethin else to talk about!
hehehehe :rofl;