Things you see only in your area.

[Catchoftheday]

ME :biggrin1:

 

[Mem]

ME

Not true I hear that you are in other areas all the time.:wink::biggrin1:

 

[arktrucker]

I was shocked and horrified to see people in the Atlanta metro area putting cole slaw on hot dogs! :wtf2: That is just so wrong.

NGT.. I used to live in Atlanta and there was nothing better that going to the Varsity and getting a couple of slaw dogs walkin', rings and a frosted orange served up by Flossie Mae.
And unless you live in Atlanta proper, you haven't lived until you eat at Zestos. We used to joke that they got their grease from Krystal.

Damn, now all the things are flooding back like.. giving directions and telling someone to go to the big chicken and turn right!

 

[Meniscus]

Unless you've traveled a lot or lived in a lot of different places, it's hard to know what's unique about your area, because you have no way of knowing that other places don't have it.

When I travel, if the place I'm visiting has something that I don't have at home, that stands out. Or if they are missing something that is common at home, I'll notice that, too. For example, in Arizona, there are stop and go lights at the ramps to enter highway traffic. We don't have that in the Northeast.

In Colorado (and other Western states?) grocery stores don't carry Marshmallow Fluff.
In the Northeast, peanut butter and fluff sandwiches are almost as common as peanut butter and jelly.

And, unsurprisingly, in non-coastal states you can't get live lobster or other fresh fish and seafood. When I lived in Colorado, it was quite funny trying to describe how to eat a lobster to a Colorado native. They were pretty horrified at the concept of boiling an animal alive, then plopping its steaming carcass on a plate and tearing it apart with your hands.

 

[D_Chaumbrelayne_Copprehead]

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follow up: oops, just realized arktrucker referenced the same place a few posts up

 

[DaveyR]

We see tourists daily wearing things they would never be seen dead wearing back in the UK. White socks with sandals is the biggest NO NO. Some tourists really need to cover up too.

 

[Tristessa]

Whale meat in the grocery store. Men that dress more fashionably than the women.

 

[kalipygian]

We see tourists daily wearing things they would never be seen dead wearing back in the UK. White socks with sandals is the biggest NO NO. Some tourists really need to cover up too.

I usually wear black cotton socks with mine, haven't noticed anyone giggling. It's in the forties out.

 

[2322]

Oh! Mallomars!

 

[B_cigarbabe]

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Yes, I thought that was oddly considerate when I first moved to Georgia a year ago. Also, the baggers in the grocery store will actually take the cart to your car AND put your bags in the trunk and not ask for a tip!

On rainy days our local Wal-Mart puts out rolls of paper towels so you can wipe off the cart. Kroger & Publix have anti-bacterial wipes as you enter the store by the cart corral. Odd, but much appreciated by a germ-a-phobe like me.

That stuff goes on here too NJ & mem.
I've never seen a wet bag for an umbrella.
I always ask them to carry and unload my carts, but I always tip!
cigarbabe:saevil:

 

[b.c.]

neutral grounds, soft shell crab po-boys, barq's root beer, sno-balls, Bunny bread (the best bread ever), crawfish etoufee.

Unfortunately though we've just lost a local icon, someone we'll not see anymore:

Ruthie the Duck Girl dies of cancer at 74 - Breaking News from New Orleans - Times-Picayune - NOLA.com

Ruthie Grace Moulon

 

[2322]

neutral grounds, soft shell crab po-boys, barq's root beer, sno-balls, Bunny bread (the best bread ever), crawfish etoufee.

Unfortunately though we've just lost a local icon, someone we'll not see anymore:

Ruthie the Duck Girl dies of cancer at 74 - Breaking News from New Orleans - Times-Picayune - NOLA.com

Ruthie Grace Moulon

We have Barq's up here in Yankee land too.

 

[Mem]

I forgot about Tastycakes. I will miss then. I love Chocolate Juniors.

 

[D_Relentless Original]

Whilst in Liverpool in the UK ,iv'e seen a lot of guys with black slacks/trousers on and black shoes but white socks .

Also where i live we have muffins, people in nearby cities have never heard of them.
I found this out at a mobile burger van in Newcastle when the woman serving asked me what i wanted it on (meaning bread or stoggies) i said a muffin, she went F...ing mad and called me a dirty B...... i never got the muffin or the burger.

 

[DaveyR]

Whilst in Liverpool in the UK ,iv'e seen a lot of guys with black slacks/trousers on and black shoes but white socks .

Also where i live we have muffins, people in nearby cities have never heard of them.
I found this out at a mobile burger van in Newcastle when the woman serving asked me what i wanted it on (meaning bread or stoggies) i said a muffin, she went F...ing mad and called me a dirty B...... i never got the muffin or the burger.

Do you mean Stotties Tardis? :smile: You're lucky she didn't lamp you one for asking for muffin up there in Geordieland

PS If you ever go back to Newcastle don't mention Muffin the Mule or you'll get locked up

 

[D_Relentless Original]

Do you mean Stotties Tardis? :smile: You're lucky she didn't lamp you one for asking for muffin up there in Geordieland

Cheers Davey, yes thats it hehe, funniest thing. Hey when i went up to Scotland i asked for a pie and the guy threw it in the chip fryer i was nearly sick and there was no vinegar !

 

[midlifebear]

In my Barçelonan neighborhood (and throughout catalunya, for that matter) the restaurant/bars that serve a quick breakfast to the majority of workers who must appear on the job at 8:00 AM offer a dizzying variety of unique sandwiches (sardine and raw-cured ham on a small flat round roll or a similar roll smeared with anchovy paste, fried eggplant, and fried calamari). Typical, but not all that alarming. The cultural everyday thing I've yet to become accustomed is that every early morning roll is served with a large glass of pink cava (basically, pink champagne -- but of course champagne is only made in the Champagne region of France). Nope. Here it is cava. Same stuff, different name. The businesses are standing room only, wall to wall, and every one gets a quick buzz on before showing up at the office.

 

[DaveyR]

Cheers Davey, yes thats it hehe, funniest thing. Hey when i went up to Scotland i asked for a pie and the guy threw it in the chip fryer i was nearly sick and there was no vinegar !

Yes when I first moved to Aberdeen I discovered the exact same thing - disgusting. Also when I asked for it the guy said. "Supper"? I replied "No it's for my lunch" I didn't know that a supper means with chips in Scotland.

 

[crazy_one53402]

I don't know if this happens somewhere else, but here in utah women and men wear sandals with cotton socks:261:

yes that happens out here in the midwest I thing it looks... It is just not right

 

[D_Relentless Original]

Yes when I first moved to Aberdeen I discovered the exact same thing - disgusting. Also when I asked for it the guy said. "Supper"? I replied "No it's for my lunch" I didn't know that a supper means with chips in Scotland.

:lmao: Classic Davey, just laughed my cock off at the supper bit.