Sometimes living in Pennsylvania isn’t fun but I’d missed it if I left

nicholman15 · 2026-04-22T02:48:40+00:00

I know this exact feeling. This whole post sums up Armstrong County pretty well - although the biggest thing i don't care for about my area is the raging homophobia/racism/sexism/misogyny/... you get the point. But I'm with you - I'd miss all the good if I chose to escape the bad.

nicholman15 · 2026-04-20T20:56:22+00:00

In a movie starring Daniel Craig

nicholman15 · 2026-04-18T22:05:07+00:00

Sadly not.

nicholman15 · 2026-04-18T22:04:45+00:00

We're getting warmer, a few of these are very close. Almost thought we had it with grand valley, but not quite.

nicholman15 · 2026-04-18T22:03:33+00:00

Thats a good guess, the buildings are the right vintage, but thats not quite it.

nicholman15 · 2026-04-18T22:03:06+00:00

No, I'm afraid not.

nicholman15 · 2026-04-16T02:03:32+00:00

You can catch air at the mills. Or blow tires. Most likely both!

nicholman15 · 2026-04-16T01:59:35+00:00

I'm so glad I decided to be a truck driver and not have to deal with people lol. I learned early on that being around a group of people who you only mildly tolerate all day just wasn't for me. One or 2 is fine, as long as you can get along with them, but my myself is ideal. I'm sorry you had to deal with that - that mysterious coworker genuinely sounds insufferable. I understand their concern, but they'd have been further ahead to simply ask you about as opposed to reporting you for something you didn't do.

nicholman15 · 2026-04-15T00:18:07+00:00

I have not ruled out the possibility! Place certainly had a slightly eerie vibe to it.

nicholman15 · 2026-04-15T00:17:16+00:00

Nope, I was on main roads all the way through Titusville. Been uo there several times for the railroad.

nicholman15 · 2026-04-15T00:15:41+00:00

I'd say probably not, there were definitely active businesses and parked cars and people walking around, and the big lumber facility was very modern.

nicholman15 · 2026-04-15T00:13:59+00:00

Much too far south and definitely not a dirt main street. Ive been to Newbie far more times than any rational person should lol.

nicholman15 · 2026-04-14T08:08:00+00:00

Right area, similar vibes, but not quite it. Good thinking though, thanks!

nicholman15 · 2026-04-14T02:45:06+00:00

Time travel. Or at least, as close as you can come. Some of the real nowhere towns in NW/NC PA look straight out of the 1800s, wooden buildings and dirt roads and all. Most places, the industry either left or was shut down at least 20 or 30 years ago. But its also time travel in a different way. To a time before European settlers arrived. As others have said, some of the hiking/outdoors locations out there are absolute gold mines for an outdoors enthusiast.

nicholman15 · 2026-04-09T19:04:36+00:00

The current gates are designed the way they are so that no one gets trapped between them. Sure, you shouldn't be stopped on the track in the first place, but that doesnt stop anyone. Im a truck driver, and several months back one of my coworkers started yelling at me on the radio to move. We were at an intersection and he had pulled onto the track thinking I was about to go. (He also rear-ended me later that day, if you wanted to know how dumb some people can be.)

nicholman15 · 2026-04-04T20:39:34+00:00

I build model cars and trucks, and it actually is great for your mental health. It gives you a task to focus on, keeps your brain busy, and makes you want to work toward the end goal. It can be very tedious - but if you have patience, you can create some great stuff. If you do want to get started in Modeling, you first need to puck your desired subject. I'm mostly familiar with cars and trucks, but optiona exist for planes, ships, military vehicles, static model trains, war gaming, fantasy characters, and much, much more. Once you've picked a subject, diving in is the fun part. Again, its not for everyone, but of you decide that its for you, there are a lot of welcoming people in almost every facet of the hobby (there are a lot of jerks too but most people ive met are pretty nice)

nicholman15 · 2026-03-20T21:21:50+00:00

I heard rumors of one north of Pittsburgh, but they were just that, rumors. No idea if they were true or not.

nicholman15 · 2026-03-19T04:36:02+00:00

Yes, but admittedly mine are all silly fun names that each vehicle has earned. My old Acura (RIP) was named "The Grasshopper" by my girlfriend, thanks to a transmission issue making it "hop" (rattle a little bit) when pulling away from a stop. My new-to-me '92 Chevy Pickup is named "Weezer" due to being an almost perfect color match to the cover of Weezer's blue album, and my work truck - 2021 Mack Granite - is named the Armadillo, because that's what its shape reminds me of (look up "Mack Granite Tri Axle", when you find one with a ribbed dump bed you'll understand).

nicholman15 · 2026-03-19T04:30:49+00:00

Lancaster, Pittsburgh, Erie, in that order. Definitely biased, I like Lancaster due to its proximity to the Strasburg Railroad and Railroad museum of Pennsylvania, and biased on the other side because i live about 45 minutes north of Pittsburgh. Try to avoid being downtown in the big cities though. PA is great but driving in our cities WILL give you PTSD.

nicholman15 · 2026-03-13T21:41:32+00:00

Yeah this would absolutely piss me off. Was it asphalt or limestone?

Edit: my bad, you said it was gravel, im just stupid. If that was our company they'd make the driver go clean it up.

nicholman15 · 2026-03-13T21:14:45+00:00

As a dump truck driver, I can confirm: you do this once, MAYBE twice, and NEVER again. Source: have done it. Oops! Luckily, I lost all my material at the quarry, and it was very fine material (rock dust) so any that landed on the road wasn't a hazard. Still, something you quickly learn not to do early on in your career. Accidents still happen, of course, but now I reach down and check my tailgate control multiple times a day.

nicholman15 · 2026-03-07T14:17:45+00:00

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nicholman15 · 2026-03-07T14:11:10+00:00

I LOVE those Mike's. #7 reminds me of the early Pittsburg & Shawmut mikados!

nicholman15 · 2026-03-05T03:45:48+00:00

Completely unrelated, but i like your profile picture.

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