Category: default || By jt3y

Alert Reader Glenn passed along the following list, which saved me from having to write something (half) witty for the Almanac. I think some of these were inspired by a similar list going around called "You know you're from Pittsburgh." Anyway, see if any of these apply to you, and enjoy:

You Know You're From McKeeesport If:

• You did your Christmas shopping at Murphy's, Cox's, Immels, The Famous, Goodmans, Helmstaders and Union Clothing



• Balsamo's was the hit of the town



• You couldn't wait to read today's Daily News



• You've told your children to "redd up" their rooms



• You've ever gotten hurt by falling into a "jaggerbush"



• You couldn't wait until the Fourth of July to watch the fireworks at "Renzie Park"



• You can pronounce correctly and spell the name of the main tributary into the Monongahela at McKeesport



• You remember the blizzard of 1950 and remember not being able to go outside because the snow was over your head, and you would have suffocated



• You drink pop, eat hoagies, and love perogies, halushski, and gyros



• You know what a "still mill" is --- especially the "National Tube" and "Duquesne Works"



• You grew up on a diet of Menzie milk, Vienna Bakery donuts, and Isaly's or Peters Triple "A" Chipped Ham



• You usta swim at Rainbow Gardens swimming pool, and spend Saturday night at the Rainbow drive-in



• You saw Gene Autry or Roy Rogers at the Capitol Theater



• You went roller skating at the Palisades, then went to Loralie's Club Car, or Dick's Diner afterwards



• You went to the County Airport to watch the planes take off



• First Ward was a place to live, not a steel mill



• When you misbehaved, you got a "lickin'"



• Your last name has 10 or more letters in it (two of them are a "z" or "v" or three of them are "s-k-i") and nobody can pronounce it



• The only food served at your wedding was rigatoni and stuffed cabbages



• You went to Saturday night dances at the Library, the Palisades, or the Kennywood Ballroom



• You got your First Holy Communion outfit at Byer's



• Jim's Hot Dogs in West Mifflin was in it's own food group and now your children and grandchildren are also now realizing that