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Torgo · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject:

Haha, here I figured it meant "Harbors washing machines."
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cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1798 Location: shippensburg

lol, coppy...

but this stirred some curiousity:

Conococheague, an American Indian word meaning "a long way, indeed"

koozie · Joined: 27 Oct 2007 Posts: 122

Sorry, I sorta forgot that there are those on here that aren't from around here originally. It's just a whole lot easier to spell Jig then Conococheague. And chel, I don't how long you have lived here, but there used to be railroad tracks that ran thru town. That is where the "wrong side of the tracks" delineation was. It is now the rails to trails area thru town.

.45chel · Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 2751 Location: Chambersburg

I probably would have figured out eventually, ya'll just made it easy on me (which I appreciate greatly BTW)

End of April we will have lived here 4 years
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Coppy · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 2265 Location: Chambersburg

This is only my 3rd year in Chambersburg; I lived in Shippensburg for a few years before that, and Harrisburg before then... at this rate, by the time I'm 80 I should be in Florida Cool

cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1798 Location: shippensburg

lol!! every few years, go a bit more south. hehe....

paul_milander · Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 551 Location: Shippensburg, PA

faeryedark · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 22

Wow, can't think of any reasons. Was born and raised there, and ran away as fast as I could as sooon as I was old enough. Sure you know 70% of the people working at the restaurants etc. They're all related. Shbg. creeps me out.

paul_milander · Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 551 Location: Shippensburg, PA

faeryedark · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 22

Coppy · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 2265 Location: Chambersburg

.45chel · Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 2751 Location: Chambersburg

Funny. My two main lovies are here and I can't convince one of them to move to England, either.

Of course, in the past eight months I've found several things I like about the area. I still grump about the local customs and idjits, but C-burg and the surrounding areas are growing on me...like a fungus.

Still getting the overseas bug, though.
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cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1798 Location: shippensburg

i chose being near to my family over where i lived. it was more important to me in the end. i'd feel bad missing the 'every day' things of family and family life. hence shippensburg. (even tho i'm a chambersburger by birth)....i like the town. i've seen worse. haha...

paul_milander · Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 551 Location: Shippensburg, PA

Coppy · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 2265 Location: Chambersburg

Wow, I guess I couldn't be more the opposite; everyone in my family up and moved to Florida years ago because they hated PA. I was in college at Ship so I stuck it out, promising I'd be outta here by the time I graduated.

But things don't always work out quite as you plan...