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08-21-2009, 09:10 AM
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my friend used to live in beaver valley....lol
Pa used to have Beaver College until it changed its name to Arcadia.
Can't figure out why they would change the name.
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08-21-2009, 09:13 AM
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beaver valley is in the area of beaver valley road right? (i know dumb question)
my buddy lived right off beaver valley road in DE. back there is where devil's lane is....that would be a good place for you to hunt ghosts GL
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08-21-2009, 09:39 AM
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Beaver Valley is in Del....but right at the PA line...spent many nights traveling through there, not ghost hunting, but seeing some fascinating things.....although I don't think I could revel the reasons I was seeing those things....Daughter tells me a few months ago that her and some friends like to drive around down there too....I panicked and yelled "don't you let me catch you down there"...not a good reaction...
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08-21-2009, 11:25 AM
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Hahahaha , i always thought that an odd thing for a parent to say , its like..Ok Ma , thanks for the warning , ill of course still continue to do so but ill be sure not to let you catch me.
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06-08-2010, 07:51 PM
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Always thought Conshohocken was a weird name. Sort of a tongue twister.
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06-08-2010, 09:17 PM
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I think Jersey Shore, PA is the oddest thing I ever saw. It's in the middle of nowhere, landlocked, and nowhere near either Jersey or the Shore!
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06-08-2010, 11:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Green Lantern
Pa used to have Beaver College until it changed its name to Arcadia.
Can't figure out why they would change the name.
Did they go co-ed?
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06-09-2010, 06:16 AM
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Any of us from Lancaster County would be able to reel off a whole string of funny local town names for you! Like Bird-in-Hand. For a Bible Belt area, it is jam-packed with borderline off-color, double-entendre names....
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06-09-2010, 11:20 AM
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I like the name "Shamokin." For some reason, every time I hear it, I think of Jim Carrey in "The Mask" and picture him saying it.
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06-09-2010, 11:24 AM
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Did they go co-ed?
not sure but I think so
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06-09-2010, 11:36 AM
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not sure but I think so
They were co-ed in the mid-80's, but there just weren't too many guys who enrolled there. I had a friend who went there and I remember she shared this with me. I think Rosemont was still female only at that time, tho.
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06-09-2010, 12:47 PM
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My friends and I have been able to figure out the town name Intercourse ......
Remember that the towns name used to be Crosskeys.
It all comes down to hat sales!
You see they sell hats in the town of Intercourse that read: I LOVE INTERCOURSE!
Pretty cool!! Huh?? Well figure ... How many hats would they sell if the read: I LOVE CROSSKEYS! ????
So it's simple ..... It's all about Hat Sales!!
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06-09-2010, 01:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Green Lantern
not sure but I think so
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They were co-ed in the mid-80's, but there just weren't too many guys who enrolled there. I had a friend who went there and I remember she shared this with me. I think Rosemont was still female only at that time, tho.
Hellooooo, Beaver? Used to be a girl's school? Hence the name change when guys get admitted.
Don't overthink it people
And don't get me started on Suzy's Hole.
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I once dated a girl from Shamokin, and she was.
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And don't get me started on Suzy's Hole.
The problem with Suzy's Hole is people falling in.
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06-10-2010, 02:25 PM
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If people are falling in Suzy's Hole then it seems to me that the problem is with Suzy's Hole, not the people falling in.
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Not in PA, but it appears that all the good PA town names were taken. Fu*king, Austria
http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/01...cking-austria/
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