You Know You Live in New England When...

[GB]

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you live
> in
> New England.
>
> If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work
> there, you live in New England.
>
> If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in New
> England.
> If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a
> wrong number, you live in New England.
>
> If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of New York City for the weekend,
> you live in New England.
>
> If you measure distance in hours, you live in New England.
>
> If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you live in
> New England.
>
> If you have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again,
> you live in New England.
>
> If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard
> without flinching, you live in New England.
>
> If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both
> unlocked, you live in New England.
>
> If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you
> live in New England.
>
> If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you
> live
> in New England.
>
> If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 and
> everybody is passing you, you live in New England.
>
> If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled wi! th
> snow , you live in New England.
>
> If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road
> construction, you live in New England.
>
> If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New
> England.
>
> If you find 10 degrees "a little chilly", you live in New England.

 

[middie]

Hmm New England sounds an awful lot like Cleveland, Ohio Gb lol

 

[Andy M.]

Good one GB. Thanks for the laugh!

 

[AllenOK]

It sounds an awful lot like Michigan, as well.

 

[jennyema]

HAHAHA!

I actually did wake up one night years ago and found myself talking on the phone to someone who had dialed the wrong number. Not sure how long I'd kept that poor lady on the line.

 

[TATTRAT]

LOL! Good stuff!

 

[XeniA]

Aw, shucks, GB ... you're making me homesick!

 

[GB]

Ayrton I will tell you what. Why don't you and I trade houses for a while. I would love to spend some time in Greece

 

[shpj4]

Thanks GB I really needed that laugh. Having some problems at home but all should be fixed by the end of today.

 

[Anne]

That's funny and oh-so-true! As a longtime resident of New England, I remember it well! I've copied and pasted this to share with a few others, GB. Thanks!

 

[Katie H]

Sounds like northern Minnesota to me. I lived there (and loved it) for a while and still have family there.

 

[amber]

Ayrton I will tell you what. Why don't you and I trade houses for a while. I would love to spend some time in Greece

Me too Ayrton! I'd trade houses with you any day!

 

[amber]

GB Love the one about the snow filling the pot holes! All are true though!

 

[Constance]

Amber, my grandpa grew up in Gardner, and he used to tell a story about how he and his brother got in a lot of trouble. Their bedroom was upstairs, and had a big dormer window. It had snowed so much that it was up to that second floor window. Then the sun came out, and he and his brother couldn't resist slipping out the window and using that expanse of sparkling white for a slide.
Their father had dug a tunnel out to the barn so he could feed the animals, and unfortunately, the boys fell through the snow above it and he had to shovel them out.
He tanned their hides soundly, then made them help re-dig the tunnel.

 

[Half Baked]

That is wonderful...I'm copying and pasting for my Northern friends.

 

[Constance]

Jan, I come from a long line of story-tellers, on both sides.

You probably don't want to hear about the time Grandpa and his brother operated on the cat.

 

[XeniA]

Me too Ayrton! I'd trade houses with you any day!

Amber & GB ... if you can handle the kids & school and the business, I'm ready to don my snow boots!

 

[ronjohn55]

GB Love the one about the snow filling the pot holes! All are true though!

See, now down here in southeastern Michigan we fill the potholes with small cars. (That is NOT a joke! We really do!)

John

 

[Robo410]

If you can't get there from here! you're in New England

 

[Gossie]

Scary part, they are all true. I especially like installing the security devices and leaving the house and garage unlocked.

My dad is like this, and I have to sneak out in the middle of the night to lock the doors. LoL I ask him why he doesn't like to lock the doors and he tells me 'You don't need to'. Hey, I had an apartment where someone tried to break in. I am GLAD the doors and windows were locked!!!! I'm GLAD I made it difficult for someone to get in. I was laid up in bed after an accident, I was easy prey!!! LoL

Idiot cops, with the golly gee attitude, they didn't even do fingerprints. They could see that someone had pulled the screens off the window.

Hmmmm, guess I'm still irritated about that situation. Sorry.