Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
Originally Posted by Loretta
what will they do when the tree dies?
Around here, for at least 10 years they would still say, "By the big oak tree." After it had been dead about 10 years, they would start to say, "Where the big oak tree used to be."
We have "red bridge" which has not been red in at least 18 years. I know because my husband kept getting lost looking for a red bridge to turn at. I finally showed him the bridge and he was mad as an old wet hen because it is a plain silver/rusty bridge.
People here are very bad about giving directions assuming you know where everyone used to live. I have owned my house for 17 years and it is still referred to as "Glenn Frame's old house". Four families have owned it since Glenn Frame!!
I LOVE THESE!!!
I moved to Northeastern PA when I was almost 12 from Phoenix. I was used to road signs and everyone had a street address! I moved here and people would say to make the left just past old so & so's farm. Well, you know old so & so hadn't lived there for 50 years! Then it was make the right by that tree with the funny fork about 5 feet up!!! In just the last few years we have all been getting 911 addresses which has necessitated street signs even in rural PA. My husband and I built our home 4 years ago and when people ask him where we're located, instead of giving them a street name he replies, "On the old Fritz farm" :XD: People here say crick more often then creek and I've heard way too many people mix up the words "bought" and "brought", but whomever said these differences are what makes the world interesting was absolutely right!