J-Rod

Like I said earlier, I like to sing, act, draw, swim, and bowl.
You know your from Binghamton when... - You know how to say and the pronunciation of the 2 rivers in town - You had DARE in school but still did some kind of drug when you got older - you know what the mascot for Grippen Park is - you remember when the Town Square Mall was a drive in - you remember where Fudrucker's used to be and flip out when you see one outside of town - have a very strong opinion in the Lupos vs. Salamida's debate. - I know that just because Blue Ridge has a snow day, doesn't mean I am getting one - you have heard (and beleive) the Greg Catlin hampster story - your proud of that one scene in Rounders (you know the one) - your always concerned that the ice won't be thick enough for the Crappie Derby - you would never mix up Owego and Oswego - you think of the State Office Building as our skyscraper - your elementary school went on a field trip to Frost Valley - you drive to PA for gas, cigarettes, and clothes" - you can't listen to the song "I'm so Excited' without busting in at the appropriate time with, 'Jack Sherman Toyota, SUPERSTORE!' - your still shoveling snow in June - you remember Pudgie's - you know where Endicott ends and Endwell begins - you have been places out of town that served Crowley products and proudly proclaimed that the yogurt is from where I'm from - you still don't know what business is inside that lighthouse in Endicott - you can tell where people live by the first three digits of their phone number - you know who hangs out on Carol Street - someone you went to high school with works at Tzers and Madame Oars - you have always wondered what the hell was in the Vestal Museum - more than one of your teachers in elementary school taught your parents - you have serious ethical problems calling it 'Greater Binghamton' - you consider being stuck in traffic more than five minutes a 'traffic jam' - you've driven around the traffic circle more than once at a time just for fun - you know what NYPENN is and what it used to be - you driven Kamikaze Curve and survived - you know who the phone number 797-9960 calls...and the tune that goes along with it - you will never be able to call it I86, always 17. - you remember when a Crabb was mayor. - When someone says "Enjoy", you think of a golf course - you still, to this day, don't know what Parlor City means. - you know how pronounce "Apalachin." - you never call it "Johnson City", its always "JC." - you worked at one of the 3,247 Giant Markets in the area. - you can properly pronounce the name of famed Binghamton Whaler's goalie Peter Siedorkowiecz. - this road sign makes perfect sense to you: BOCES BR DEV CTR - most of your family's glassware was acquired at a bazaar Dime Pitch. - you used to save up your money for the park candy stand - you used to buy candy at the Salvage Outlet - you know where to buy buttons for First Night. - your house has a fountain in the front yard, a vineyard on the side and the Virgin Mary in the back - you have seen an 80 year old cowboy that wears baby blue wandering the streets aimlessly with a toy gun. - you don't care for Hooters anymore now that there is a local one. - nothing angers you more then people you spell Binghamton with a P in it! - you have been to all the bars on State Street - you have had to leave your car in the parking ramp downtown because you were to drunk to drive - you are related to someone who works (or worked) at IBM. - you are related to someone who used to work at "EJ." - you got excited when you saw an EJ Shoes store outside of the area. - you grew up in an "EJ House". - you have always known what "E-J" stands for. - you remember when the Binghamton Senators were the BC Icemen were the Binghamton Rangers were the Binghamton Whalers were the Broome Dusters. - your idea of the ultimate date is dinner at Number 5.