What do you with your shopping carts? (dangerous, moving)

[ChristineVA]

Originally Posted by car54

Mmmm, I've always said "downtown DC"...you know, to sort of differentiate the "city" parts (office buildings, etc) from the "suburban" parts (SFH neighborhoods) of town...

Me too. "Downtown" can be NW, SW, NE, etc. It's the part that has the majority of business AND the touristy stuff like the Mall, museums, etc.

[akorosdc]

Originally Posted by VaMomatHome

Have you never left the state and noticed a road with the same symbol in other states? I doesn't go from VA to Baltimore. It goes from Florida to Maine. I've lived in many states. This is the first state I've lived in where people don't differentiate between county, state, and US roads when using a number. I've been in every state that US 1 goes through and this is the first area I've heard it referred to as "route 1".
(they do call it uselss 1 in south FL, but that is another story.)

To be honest, I've never heard it called "US-1". Sure, that's what the sign says, but everyone I know has always called it "route 1" (yes, I've been out of the state).

By the way, if this bothers you pull out a map of southeastern Pennsylvania and try to find "the Blue Route"

[Alicia Bradley]

Originally Posted by Tish Thompson

LOL@ buggies. A buggy is what the Amish ride around in as far as I'm concerned. I don't like pop or supper either...it's soda and dinner

I don't think there's much - if any - overlap between the populations of 'pop' and 'buggy' speakers/users.

[tgbwc]

Originally Posted by Alicia Bradley

I don't think the 'pop' vs. 'buggy' user populations overlap.

I grew up saying "pop" and "buggy", although "buggy" and "cart" would be more easily interchanged. "Soda" (other than ice cream soda) was new to me when I moved here 17 years ago.

[Alicia Bradley]

Originally Posted by tgbwc

I grew up saying "pop" and "buggy", although "buggy" and "cart" would be more easily interchanged. "Soda" (other than ice cream soda) was new to me when I moved here 17 years ago.

Ooh... fascinating. Where are you from? I grew up saying 'pop' but never, ever heard anyone say 'buggy' (for 'shopping cart,' I mean) before I moved here (granted, it's been just one person). I was always under the impression that 'pop' was limited (at least in the fairly recent pass) to the Northern Midwest and Ontario (not sure about the rest of Canada), and that 'buggy' was a Southern thing. I do suspect, though, that 'pop' used to be more widespread across the US... according to my SO (a Gen Y, 'soda'-using native of WA who grew up in TX), 'pop' sounds sort of quaint and/or hokey to the general public - especially the young general public - these days. This just makes me inject more pride into each of my utterances of 'pop.'

[tgbwc]

Originally Posted by Alicia Bradley

Ooh... fascinating. Where are you from? I grew up saying 'pop' but never, ever heard anyone say 'buggy' (for 'shopping cart,' I mean) before I moved here (granted, it's been just one person). I was always under the impression that 'pop' was limited (at least in the fairly recent pass) to the Northern Midwest and Ontario (not sure about the rest of Canada), and that 'buggy' was a Southern thing. I do suspect, though, that 'pop' used to be more widespread across the US... according to my SO (a Gen Y, 'soda'-using native of WA who grew up in TX), 'pop' sounds sort of quaint and/or hokey to the general public - especially the young general public - these days. This just makes me inject more pride into each of my utterances of 'pop.'

I am from Northeast Ohio. My wife is from northwestern PA and grew up saying pop. She puts the "cart" back into the return area or takes it up to the store. (Have to keep this thread somewhat on topic, don't we? )

[FLgirl367]

Originally Posted by CaseyB

We call it "Route 1" in Massachusetts, too.

OK, I'm over it. I was having a bad I'm missing FL day.

[Alltheusernamesaretaken]

This is one of my huge peeves. Put the damn cart back! Rampant in NJ.

Also, in NJ it is always "Route 1."

[stickonfreeze]

After shopping, I try to find a car sporting political bumper stickers that are the opposite of my affiliation. Then I smash the cart into that car repeatedly. Sometimes, if I have a friend with me, we'll actually lift the cart up onto the car.

[car54]

Originally Posted by stickonfreeze

After shopping, I try to find a car sporting political bumper stickers that are the opposite of my affiliation. Then I smash the cart into that car repeatedly. Sometimes, if I have a friend with me, we'll actually lift the cart up onto the car.

Let me guess...you're a Republican?