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That of course is best said when your crusin thaya in your IROC

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  • John Barba_2
    John Barba_2 Member Posts: 92
    This is making me homesick!!!

    101 Ways you know you are a proud Bostonian...


    1 . The Red Sox World Series win was, and will always be, one of the greatest moments in your life.

    2. The guy driving in front of you is going 70 mph and you're swearing at him for going too slow.

    3. When ordering a tonic, you mean a Coke.

    4. You went to Canobie Lake Park or Water Country as a kid

    5. You actually enjoy driving around rotaries.

    6. You do not recognize the letter "R" as a part of the English language -eva!

    7. Your social security number starts with a 0

    8. You can actually find your way around Boston.

    9. You know what a "regular" coffee is.

    10 You keep an ice scraper in your car year-round.

    11. You can tell the difference between a Revere accent and a Dorchester accent.

    12. Springfield is located "way out west."

    13. You almost feel disappointed if someone doesn't flip you the bird when you cut them off or steal their parking space.

    14. You know how to pronounce the names of towns like Worcester, Billerica, Gloucester, and Haverhill.

    15. Anyone you don't know is a potential idiot until proven otherwise.

    16. Paranoia sets in if you can't see a Dunkin Donuts or CVS within eyeshot at all times.

    17. You have driven to New Hampshire on a Sunday just to buy alcohol.

    18. You know how to pronounce Yastrzemski.

    19. You know there's a trophy at the end of the Bean Pot.

    20. You order iced coffee in January

    21. You know that the Purple Line will take you anywhere

    22. You love scorpion bowls.

    23. You know what they sell at a Packie.

    24. Sorry Manny, but number 24 means DEWEY EVANS.

    25. You know what First Night is.

    26. You know at least one guy named Sean, Pat, Sully, Red, Bud or Seamus.

    27. McLobster? McCrap!

    28. You know at least 2 cops in your town because they were your high school drinking buddies.

    29. Sure there are 6 New England states, but Connecticut really doesn't count.

    30. You intentionally give wrong directions to tourists, feel bad when they drive off, but then say to yourself ,"Ah, screw them."

    31. You know at least one bar where you can get something to drink after last call .

    32. You're sick of the Kennedy's, but you vote for them anyway.

    33. You know holding onto the railing when riding the Green Line is not optional

    34. The numbers '78 and '86 make you cringe.

    35. You've been to Goodtimes before

    36. You think the rest of the country owes you for Thanksgiving and Independence Day. (...and they DO).

    37. You have never been to "Cheers." It's called the Hampshire House

    38. The words 'WICKED' and 'GOOD' go together.

    39. You've been to Fenway Park several times.

    40. You've gone to at least one party at U Mass.

    41 You own a "Yankees Suck" shirt or hat.

    42. You know what a Frappe is.

    43. You've been to Hempfest.

    44. You know who Frank Averuch is.

    45. ADVANCED: You know Frank Averuch was once Bozo the Clown

    46. You can complete the following: "Lynn, Lynn... the city of sin"

    47. You get pissed off when a restaurant serves clam chowder, and it turns out to be friggin' Snows.

    48. You actually know how to merge from six lanes of traffic down to one.

    49. The TV weatherman is damn good if he's right 25% of the time.

    50. You never go to "Cape Cod," you go "down the Cape".

    51. You think that Roger Clemens and Johnny Damon are more evil than Whitey Bulger.

    52. You know who Whitey Bulger is.

    53. You went to the Swan Boats, House of Seven Gables, or Plymouth Plantation on a field trip in elementary school

    54. Bobby Orr is loved as much as Larry Bird, Tom Brady, and Ted Williams.

    55. You remember Major Mudd.

    56. You know what candlepin bowling is

    57. You can drive to the mountains and the ocean all in one day

    58. You know Scollay Square once stood where Government Center is.

    59. When you were a kid, Rex Trailer was the coolest guy around Speaking of which...

    60. You can still hum the song from the end of Boom Town

    61. Calling Carrabba's an "Italian" restaurant is a sacrilege

    62. You still have your old Flexible Flyer somewhere in your parents' attic.

    63. You know that the Mass Pike is some sort of strange weather dividing line.

    64. The only time you've been on the Freedom Trail is when relatives are in town.

    65. The Big Dig tunnel disaster wasn't really that much of a surprise.

    66. You call guys you've just met "Chief" or "Boss."

    67. 4:15pm and pitch black out means there's just 3 more shopping days until Christmas

    68. You know more than one person with the last name Murphy

    69. You refer to Savin Hill as "Stab 'n Kill."

    70. You've never eaten at Durgin Park, but recommend it to tourists.

    71. You can't look at the zip code 02145 without singing it.

    72. You voted for a Republican Mormon as Governor just to screw with the rest of the country.

    73. 11pm? Drunk? It means one thing: Kowloon!

    74. 2am? Drunk? It means one thing: Kelly's Roast Beef!

    75. 5am? Drunk? It means one thing: You wish you had a blanket in your back seat

    76. You know that P-Town isn't the name of a new rap group.

    77. People you don't like are all "Bastids."

    78. You took school or work off for the Patriots first Super Bowl Win Parade

    79. You've called something "wicked pissa."

    80. You'll always get razzed for Dukakis.

    81. Saturday afternoons meant Creature Double Feature with Dale Dorman

    82. Sunday mornings meant the Three Stooges on Channel 38

    83. You've slammed on your brakes to deter a tailgater

    84. No, you don't trust the Gorton's Fisherman.

    85. You know that Papa Gino's usually has a jukebox

    86. You think Aerosmith is the greatest rock band of all time.

    87. Your town has at least 16 sub shops, and none of them are a Subway.

    88. You know at least three Tony's, one Vinnie and a Frankie

    89. 20 degrees isn't that bad as long as there's no wind.

    90. You were very sad when saying goodbye to the Boston Garden

    91. Thanksgiving means family, turkey, High School football, and the long version of Alice's Restaurant.

    92. You know the guy who founded the Boston Pops was Athah Feedlah.

    93. You know what the Combat Zone is

    94. You actually drive 45 minutes to New Hampshire to save $5 in sales tax

    95. You've pulled out of a side street and used your car to block oncoming traffic so you can make a left.

    96. You've bragged about the money you've saved at The Christmas Tree Shop

    97. You've been to Hampton Beach on a Saturday night

    98. Playing street hockey was a daily after school ritual.

    99. Hearing an old lady shout "Numbah 96 for Sioux City!" means it's time for steak

    100. You remember Jordan Marsh, Grants, Bradlees, Caldor, Zayres, or Ann & Hope.

    101. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Massachusetts
  • Paul Fredricks_3
    Paul Fredricks_3 Member Posts: 1,557


    We from Connecticut are taking offense:-)

    That was a great list. I'll have to find someone around here from Boston to pass it to.

    As much as this may make those of you from Bastin cringe, we are very much alike....but we are better drivers!

    ;)
  • David Sutton_6
    David Sutton_6 Member Posts: 1,079
    Love it !!

    Memoerys la la lala la, wousta, ridin the tee, Thank you!!

    David
  • ALH_4
    ALH_4 Member Posts: 1,790
    hmm

    We from Montana have no idea what you're talking about. :-?

    However, I did have to drive through a herd of cattle near Elkhorn last week. Maybe that's the same as the left turn thing.
  • George Peteya_4
    George Peteya_4 Member Posts: 23
    29 and 66

    John -

    29. Are you sitting down? There are people on The Weather Channel who refer to New York as part of New England.

    66. Some Southie called me "chief" recently and I took offense (didn't tell him). In NJ, if you call someone "chief" it's a diminutive term (Hey chief, get me a regular coffee). Thanks for clearing that up.
  • J.C.A._3
    J.C.A._3 Member Posts: 2,980
    John,

    You'll be glad to know that #82 STILL holds true!!!!

    I'll admit to about 90% of the list...But I have to say...You forgot STAA MAAKET . Major Mudd???"I'll be blasting you!" Frank A. So...How are you do-doodliy doing? I appeared once.
    How about Miss Jean? (Romper Room) An old friend dated her. She was the bestest.(He's long gone!)

    2 for Sioux City indeed! You gotta give "Scotty" a call when you come down...(from whereever it is...you're coming down!) We got to get you back to see the changes. (Damn yuppies are ruining the place) Chris
  • Ragu_5
    Ragu_5 Member Posts: 315
    Hey John...

    I went throught the first few, but I haven't got the time for the whole list tonight. Yeah, I grew up in South Boston 1953; I know what you mean. See ya. Jack.

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  • Ruthe Jubinville_2
    Ruthe Jubinville_2 Member Posts: 674
    Springfield

    What do you mean they think Springfield is way out west--Bostonians don't know where Western Mass is. They think it is down near Worcestor. Now go to Williamstown and you are really way out west....Ha Ha. ..Ruthe
  • John@Reliable_13
    John@Reliable_13 Member Posts: 34
    John, man thats wicked pissa

    Funny stuff, bet I've done atleast 95% of then. But never did #32 and I can still close my eyes and hear Larry Glick in my head.
  • John Barba_2
    John Barba_2 Member Posts: 92
    'Hey Larry, how yah dooin?\"

    "I dunno, lemme check." (whistles) "I'm okay, what's on your mind?"

    I can still hear him singing the telephone number for 'BZ

    "245-5678"

    I spent 10 minutes today explaining to Sue in the customer service department (native Minnesotan) just what a "packie" is. There's 10 minutes I'll never get back!

    And who can ever forget Willie Whistle? MAN am I homesick!
  • brucewo1b
    brucewo1b Member Posts: 638
    John You never did #82

    You nevr tired of the Kennedies or never voted for them or both??
  • Ted_9
    Ted_9 Member Posts: 1,718
    add on

    Add to this one:
    "52. You know who Whitey Bulger is."

    You know someone who says they know Whitey or had some kind of dealings with him.

    So true about most of the list.
    Massachusetts

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  • John@Reliable_13
    John@Reliable_13 Member Posts: 34
    Glicknics, hey all you glicknics..................

    #82 but they forgot New Years eve! Willie was a classic, tv38 was always a fun channel even if it was UHF. More foil on the ears. As far as the Kennedys never liked or voted for any of them and couldn't vote for JFK due to my age. JFK,JR always came across to me as normal, never throwing around the " do you know who I am" crap. He and maybe his sister are the only ones that I would even walk across the street to meet.
  • Dave_4
    Dave_4 Member Posts: 1,405
    Boston

    You listen to Howie Carr on the way home.
    You know how to pronounce Leicester...
    You know where Leicester is!
  • J.C.A._3
    J.C.A._3 Member Posts: 2,980
    So....

    Ya bang a right afta the packie...take the street on ya right and bang a quick "Youee",left at the light and ya right back at the rotarie.Take the second turn off...and your on ya way to Reeva Beech. Time flies when your having fun. C
  • Ruthe Jubinville_2
    Ruthe Jubinville_2 Member Posts: 674
    and The Castle

    in Leicester. great food
  • Mike.C
    Mike.C Member Posts: 43
    I can relate

    Ok Woburn should have been on the list too.
    I grew up about 45 min south of Boston. Then moved to NH.
    I towed a man and his wife down to a "community" of about 100 buildings with multiple appartments in each in Boston.
    Growing up in NH I never knew what minority meant untill that day!
    Brought back some memories.
  • Dave S
    Dave S Member Posts: 1


    How about a "Larry Glick salute".
  • ScottMP
    ScottMP Member Posts: 5,883
    HEY BABA

    There is Nothin like a Scorpion Bowl !! You and four of your best friends and a long straw.

    - You mean everyone did'nt have a Flxable Flya ?

    - # 90 its called the Gahdin .... Ahh Jethro Tull at the Gahdin ...

    " Huff Beats, Huff Beats, Huff Beats .... "

    That was Wicked Pissa.

    By the way, " Oh Sure, Singing Beach is right down 128, take the second Glousta exit, ya can't miss it ".

    See YA in few Months.

    Scott



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  • Eric_25
    Eric_25 Member Posts: 79
    Boston Paaaks depatment

    Steve Sweeney doing the Boston PAAAAKS dept sketch is about the funniest thing I EVA saw.

    What about hanging at REEVA beach sitting on the wall, drinking PBR talls. you betta now the rest.

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  • BillW@honeywell
    BillW@honeywell Member Posts: 1,099
    How could you forget...

    Chahlie on the MTA! Did he evah return? No, he neva returned, and his fate is still unlearned (what a pity) he may ride forevah 'neath the streets of Bawstin; he's the man who nevah returned! With apologies to the Kingston Trio.
  • Joannie_12
    Joannie_12 Member Posts: 42
    Hey!

    They got number 71 wrong. It's 02134....send it to ZOOM!
  • Joannie_12
    Joannie_12 Member Posts: 42
    Noooooo!!!!!

    Willie Whistle!!!!! The MOST annoying thing EVER on television!!!
  • Joannie_12
    Joannie_12 Member Posts: 42
    Howie

    And you participate in the "Wizard of Uhs" while you're driving.
  • John Barba_2
    John Barba_2 Member Posts: 92
    Charlie's wife...

    Now, if through the open window she could hand Charlie a sandwich as the train goes rumblin' through, why the heck couldn't she give him a nickel so he could get off the train?

    I rode the T last summer during a visit -- they call the tickets "Charlie Passes." Man am I homesick!
  • A new one for your list

    John - You should add: You know that the only Massachusetts governor to have three towns named after him was Chub Peabody. The towns? Peabody, Marblehead and Athol.
  • Bill_24
    Bill_24 Member Posts: 26


    Hey you forgot drawin wit Captain Bob.
  • John Barba_2
    John Barba_2 Member Posts: 92
    You're killin' me!

    Can't wait for April!

    I'm sure we all know what "khakhis" are?

    Visit the bridge in Kawnkid in first grade?
  • Ragu_5
    Ragu_5 Member Posts: 315
    Good One, John!

    Tired of freezing my rear end off and came home early to read your entire post, plus all of the other entrants. Whew!!!

    Don Kent, the weatherman extraordinaire.

    Carl De Suze on WBZ radio.

    The Boston Braves.

    Rex Trailer's horse: "Goldrush". Remember Pablo?

    Feep and Phantasmic Features on 38.

    Community Auditions on channel 4.

    As of a year ago, Larry Glick was in Boca Raton, Florida.

    WMEX. Adventure Car Hop. Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsberg is retired, but active in Ogunquit, Maine.

    Ken's at Copley.

    The Jazz Workshop.

    Paul's Mall.

    By far, the absolute best venue for ever hearing the Blues: Joe's Place in Inman Square in Cambridge.

    I saw Gump Worsley (the goalie from the Montreal Canadians) get hit square in the forehead with a puck in the late '60's. He went DOWN. He was back in the net at the start of the next period; tons of stitches and a standing ovation.

    Boston Garden. Full House: 13,909.

    Our Dad took us to see Muhammed Ali (at the time), train for his Sonny Liston fight. He trained at the Boston Arena on St. Botolph St. Stepin Fetchit was his cornerman.

    Saw Satchel Paige in a rocking chair at Fenway.

    Saw the Beatles at Suffolk Downs.

    Johnny Most:"The Voice of The Celtics".

    Dave Maynard and "Juicie Brucie" Bradley on WBZ.

    Ah! You bring a tear to my eye. Thank you, John. I look forward to meeting you in person. Perhaps we can get together, grab a spuckie (and a sixie at the packie), go to the Surf at Nantasket and see the Techniques. What a wicked pissah time!

    You started it!







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  • John Barba_2
    John Barba_2 Member Posts: 92
    More memories...

    Major Mudd and the "Nervous One"

    "Howdy kids!" "Howdy Rex!"

    Pablo, of course, and then Sargeant Billy, and the February trips to Disneyland. Would any parent let their kid do that alone now?

    Getting tonic/soda -- but definately not "pop" at the Leominster Beverage Bottling Company -- you'd get to watch the whole bottling process, and then pick what you wanted -- Black raspberry and ginger ale were the best.

    Milk deliveries by A.C. Parker and Sons in Clinton -- I even remember the baker delivering bread (and I ain't that old!)

    Don Gillis with sports

    Harvard beats Yale, 29-29

    A worn out copy of the "Impossible Dream" album, another worn out copy of "Goal, Bruins."

    Ken Coleman and Johnny Pesky with the Sox on Channel 4, before Stockton and the Hawk on TV-38. Not to mention Fred Cusick and Johnny Pierson and the B's!!!

    Dana Hersey and the Movie Loft, **** Van Dyke at 6, Hogan's Heroes at 7

    Hoodsies -- my kids have NO idea what a Hoodsie is!

    Gary LaPierre, Bob Gamere, Bruce Schwegler, Tony Pepper, Tom Ellis and my dream woman, Natalie Jacobsen!

    Man am I homesick! If another Minnesotan says, "yeah, but it's a dry cold," I'm gonna SNAP!
  • jackchips_2
    jackchips_2 Member Posts: 1,337
    Actually,

    Charlie saw the kid murder his old man as the train was going by the window and he's afraid now that the twelve angry men found the kid innocent he'll be tracked down.

    Jack
  • Ragu_5
    Ragu_5 Member Posts: 315
    John, did you...

    Drink your milk and toast President Eisenhower with Big Brother Bob Emory?

    Remember Curt Gowdy, the Red Sox and Narragansett beer?

    Frank Malzone?

    Don Buddin?

    Chuck Schilling?

    Wilbur Wood? He owns a fish market now.

    Jimmy Piersall?

    Cliquot Club tonic?

    Haffenreffer Beer?

    "Walleeco, walleeco.Coconut bars are the best I know".

    Sorry. Jack



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  • John Barba_2
    John Barba_2 Member Posts: 92
    Haffenreffer!

    We called it the "Green Death" in high school. Funny how the picture puzzles under the cap would get harder as the night grew longer...

    Hey neighbor, have a 'Gansett!
  • Noel
    Noel Member Posts: 177
    typo

    I can hear it, too.

    2545678
  • Noel
    Noel Member Posts: 177
    one more

    Ernie Bach



    COME ON DOWN!!!!

    Noel
  • Glen
    Glen Member Posts: 855
    darn fine list -

    and for those in Alberta, B.C., Montana and other snowy parts of our wonderful country ...

    Jeff Foxworthy on Alberta:

    If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 36 inches of
    ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you may live
    in Alberta.

    If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you may live in
    Alberta.

    If you instinctively walk like a penguin for six months out of the year, you
    may live in Alberta.

    If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead,
    you may live in Alberta.

    If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Alberta.

    If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialled a
    wrong number, you may live in Alberta.

    You Know You Are A TRUE Albertan When:

    1. "Vacation" means going south past Calgary for the weekend.
    2. You measure distance in hours.
    3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
    4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and then back again.
    5. You can drive 110 kph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
    6. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
    7. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
    8. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.
    9. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.
    10. "Down south" to you means Calgary...
    11. Your 1st of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
    12. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
    13. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
    14. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your Alberta friends
  • J.C.A._3
    J.C.A._3 Member Posts: 2,980
    Heffenreffer...

    Green Death or "depth charges"....and you're right, those damn puzzles were killer!

    I fondly remember Don Kent, he's the dude that had me shovlin 18" of partly cloudy one day!

    Club 99, or the Town Line on rt.1? Martins Manor or even Kowloons for a quick comedy show. The Noth Sho-a, there's no place like home..(John, get your mind outta the gutta...the Bananna is gone but the Caberet lives on!) Chris
  • brucewo1b
    brucewo1b Member Posts: 638


    How many cookies did Andrew eat Andrew eat Andrew eat

    Andrew8 8000, I know that Ragu can finsnh this one, anyone else
  • Ruthe Jubinville_2
    Ruthe Jubinville_2 Member Posts: 674
    Dave Maynard

    and Gary La Pierre on "How small is Shelburne Falls?"
  • John@Reliable_14
    John@Reliable_14 Member Posts: 171
    Remember - Sunday, Sunday, Sunday New England Dragway

    Every time I go to a race I hear Dale Dorman ads in my head. P.S. Gary LaPierre just retired last month
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