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I compiled a bunch of lists I found, added a few things, and made one of them less sexist. (Sigh).
You know you're from Upstate NY when . . .
Your snowblower has more miles than your car < well, my dad plows, so both have the same mileage...
True Value Hardware is busier on any given Saturday than a toy store at Christmas
You have been trick or treating in a snowstorm
You think driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with snow
You think everyone from the city has an accent < you mean "Albany" or "Syracuse," right?
You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightgown with only 8 buttons. < ugh, no.
You have found ice and frost on the inside of windowpanes
You frequently clean the grease off your barbecue to keep the bears, raccoons, or other animals from prowling on your deck
A brat is something you eat
You measure distance in hours. < doesn't everyone?
You know several people who have hit a deer...
...and eaten it.
You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again. < I just put more blankets on the bed
You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings). < I don't think I've ever seen this, but I don't think anyone I know from NY has ever had a wedding during the fall.
You install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked. < and then the raccoons get in
You design your Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit or under a parka.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce. < a lot of people must think this, but my mother is not one of those people
You go out to fish fry every Friday.
You grew up thinking the food at the Chinese all-you-can-eat-buffet was a little exotic. < There are TWO sushi restaurants in my hometown now, and people eat there. For someone who ate egg rolls an average of twice a year before I went to college, this remains nothing short of astonishing.
Your Mother's Day Picnic was moved indoors due to snow.
You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
You know which leaves make good toilet paper...
...and are always embarassed for people who don't
You have kept food cold by putting on the back porch
The mayor greets you on the street by your first name
The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freeze
You attend a formal event in your best clothes and finest jewelry, but have to bring along a second pair of shoes so you can change out of your snow boots
You do a double-take if, in winter, you see a pickup that doesn't have an attached plow.
You can get cheese curds, apple cider, and maple syrup a short drive away from your house
Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
The town buys azamboni giant watering can before a bus
You know what Chicken Riggies, Spiedies, Tomato Pie, and Half-Moons are.
You mourn the fact that you cannot get a "real" Half-Moon anymore < I found the recipe, but it makes 500, so I have to scale way, way down.
Your local dairy/convenience store chain sells green peppermint milk in glass bottles at St. Patrick's Day and has its own brand of homemade ice cream
You get nervous if you don't own a pair of snow boots, gloves, and a warm hat, even if you live in Arizona.
You really like Heidelberg Bread
There are twenty places to go skiing within as many miles, but only two places to buy books.
You are confused when people in other states don't accept Canadian quarters.
You refer to downtown Albany or Syracuse as "The City."
"Vacation" means going to Lake Ontario, the Adirondacks, Niagra Falls, or the Finger Lakes for the weekend.
There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the Hannaford at any given time. < they're usually only running in winter...
In the winter, you get up before the sun to find out if you have to go to school.
You have more than one pair of thick, wooly socks.
They build a new store right in front of a vacant one of the same size.
You try to go out to dinner at 8:30 PM and everyone's already closed.
You can go to any mall on Saturday and see at least 5 people you either work with, went to school with, or dated. < you can also see that the decor of said mall hasn't changed since 1978.
Half the change in your pocket, and half the television channels you get, are Canadian. < it took me a long time to realize that Marineland was not, in fact, Sea World. It took me a longer time to realize that Due South was not, in fact, a drama-documentary.
From May to October there is a festival every weekend celebrating a different fruit, vegetable, or agricultural product.
You complain that the bars downtown are filled with "SUNY kids." < I guess I would have if I stuck around long enough to go to any bars...
You're shocked by housing prices everywhere else on the planet. < Well, Indiana seems reasonable.
You can spell and pronounce Skaneateles, Ausable, Yahnundasis, and Canandaigua.
Syracuse, Rome, Troy, Poland, and Cairo are not overseas destinations.
You're surprised when other people you meet don't know how to snowshoe, ski/snowboard, hike, canoe, rock-climb, ice skate or play lacrosse as a matter of course. < My sister played lacrosse, though...
Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the state road. < and then I lived in Boston for 5 years.
You carry jumper cables in your car and know how to use them. < as last week's episode proved, maybe I have a little more work to do.
You experience spring as three muddy days and a weekend that rains.
If your car ever appeared to be salt white. > you mean that Buick wasn't a natural blonde?
If you preheat your car from November to April.
If your car locks ever froze solid and you couldn't open the doors < I'm counting that time my car was covered in a half-inch thick sheet of ice.
If you ever had to say, "No, I am not from the city." < Paris teenagers: "There's more to the state than the city?" My group of junior highschool upstaters: "Yes. Mostly cows. And trees."
If you describe the size of Lake-Effect snow using both hands.
If your spices of choice are salt, pepper and ketchup. < remember what I said earlier about egg rolls? Yeah.
An immediate family member has shot something and ate it for a major holiday.
You know what "Salt Potatoes" are, and that they are obtainable all year long from Price Chopper. > I ate these last week; I got a horrible craving.
You know that Utica Club isn't a nightlife spot.
There's a 1-800 number to report a pothole in the road.
foleyartist1I compiled a bunch of lists I found, added a few things, and made one of them less sexist. (Sigh).
You know you're from Upstate NY when . . .
Your snowblower has more miles than your car < well, my dad plows, so both have the same mileage...
True Value Hardware is busier on any given Saturday than a toy store at Christmas
You have been trick or treating in a snowstorm
You think driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with snow
You think everyone from the city has an accent < you mean "Albany" or "Syracuse," right?
You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightgown with only 8 buttons. < ugh, no.
You have found ice and frost on the inside of windowpanes
You frequently clean the grease off your barbecue to keep the bears, raccoons, or other animals from prowling on your deck
A brat is something you eat
You measure distance in hours. < doesn't everyone?
You know several people who have hit a deer...
...and eaten it.
You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again. < I just put more blankets on the bed
You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings). < I don't think I've ever seen this, but I don't think anyone I know from NY has ever had a wedding during the fall.
You install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked. < and then the raccoons get in
You design your Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit or under a parka.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce. < a lot of people must think this, but my mother is not one of those people
You go out to fish fry every Friday.
You grew up thinking the food at the Chinese all-you-can-eat-buffet was a little exotic. < There are TWO sushi restaurants in my hometown now, and people eat there. For someone who ate egg rolls an average of twice a year before I went to college, this remains nothing short of astonishing.
Your Mother's Day Picnic was moved indoors due to snow.
You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
You know which leaves make good toilet paper...
...and are always embarassed for people who don't
You have kept food cold by putting on the back porch
The mayor greets you on the street by your first name
The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freeze
You attend a formal event in your best clothes and finest jewelry, but have to bring along a second pair of shoes so you can change out of your snow boots
You do a double-take if, in winter, you see a pickup that doesn't have an attached plow.
You can get cheese curds, apple cider, and maple syrup a short drive away from your house
Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
The town buys a
You know what Chicken Riggies, Spiedies, Tomato Pie, and Half-Moons are.
You mourn the fact that you cannot get a "real" Half-Moon anymore < I found the recipe, but it makes 500, so I have to scale way, way down.
Your local dairy/convenience store chain sells green peppermint milk in glass bottles at St. Patrick's Day and has its own brand of homemade ice cream
You get nervous if you don't own a pair of snow boots, gloves, and a warm hat, even if you live in Arizona.
You really like Heidelberg Bread
There are twenty places to go skiing within as many miles, but only two places to buy books.
You are confused when people in other states don't accept Canadian quarters.
You refer to downtown Albany or Syracuse as "The City."
"Vacation" means going to Lake Ontario, the Adirondacks, Niagra Falls, or the Finger Lakes for the weekend.
There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the Hannaford at any given time. < they're usually only running in winter...
In the winter, you get up before the sun to find out if you have to go to school.
You have more than one pair of thick, wooly socks.
They build a new store right in front of a vacant one of the same size.
You try to go out to dinner at 8:30 PM and everyone's already closed.
You can go to any mall on Saturday and see at least 5 people you either work with, went to school with, or dated. < you can also see that the decor of said mall hasn't changed since 1978.
Half the change in your pocket, and half the television channels you get, are Canadian. < it took me a long time to realize that Marineland was not, in fact, Sea World. It took me a longer time to realize that Due South was not, in fact, a drama-documentary.
From May to October there is a festival every weekend celebrating a different fruit, vegetable, or agricultural product.
You complain that the bars downtown are filled with "SUNY kids." < I guess I would have if I stuck around long enough to go to any bars...
You're shocked by housing prices everywhere else on the planet. < Well, Indiana seems reasonable.
You can spell and pronounce Skaneateles, Ausable, Yahnundasis, and Canandaigua.
Syracuse, Rome, Troy, Poland, and Cairo are not overseas destinations.
You're surprised when other people you meet don't know how to snowshoe, ski/snowboard, hike, canoe, rock-climb, ice skate or play lacrosse as a matter of course. < My sister played lacrosse, though...
Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the state road. < and then I lived in Boston for 5 years.
You carry jumper cables in your car and know how to use them. < as last week's episode proved, maybe I have a little more work to do.
You experience spring as three muddy days and a weekend that rains.
If your car ever appeared to be salt white. > you mean that Buick wasn't a natural blonde?
If you preheat your car from November to April.
If your car locks ever froze solid and you couldn't open the doors < I'm counting that time my car was covered in a half-inch thick sheet of ice.
If you ever had to say, "No, I am not from the city." < Paris teenagers: "There's more to the state than the city?" My group of junior highschool upstaters: "Yes. Mostly cows. And trees."
If you describe the size of Lake-Effect snow using both hands.
If your spices of choice are salt, pepper and ketchup. < remember what I said earlier about egg rolls? Yeah.
An immediate family member has shot something and ate it for a major holiday.
You know what "Salt Potatoes" are, and that they are obtainable all year long from Price Chopper. > I ate these last week; I got a horrible craving.
You know that Utica Club isn't a nightlife spot.
There's a 1-800 number to report a pothole in the road.
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25/7/10 22:20 (UTC)Also, this list pisses me off.
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