You refer to downtown Albany as "The City."
"Vacation" means going to Lake Ontario or Niagra for the weekend.
There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the Hannaford at any given time.
You know to avoid tractor trailers (or cars for that matter!) on the Northway with Canadian plates.
You don't consider what Domino's or Pizza Hut sell as pizza.
You know that "First Night" isn't a Sean Connery movie.
There is no such thing as waiting for the left turn arrow at an intersection.
Your career ambition is to work for NY State.
Even with the slightest threat of snow, you know that Ichobob Crane schools are closed.
You think everyone from down-state has an accent.
Down-State starts just south of the Thruway.
You're in line to get the first custard cone when summer comes.
If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 36 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by.
If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Saranac Lake is the coldest spot in the nation.
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May.
If you instinctively walk like a penguin for six months out of the year.
If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there.
If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time.
If your town has an equal number of bars and churches.
If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number.
You measure distance in hours.
You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.
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).
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend / wife knows how to use them.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road
construction.
You can identify a southern or eastern accent.
Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.
You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.
Down South to you means Albany.
A brat is something you eat.
Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole shed.
Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie with only eight buttons
You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car
Your snow blower gets stuck on the roof
You frequently clean grease off your barbecue so the bears won't prowl on your deck
You know which leaves make good toilet paper
You've ever kept food cold by putting it on the back porch
The mayor greets you on the street by your first name
There is only one shopping plaza in town
From May to October there is a festival every weekend celebrating a
different fruit, vegetable, or agricultural product.
Every vehicle you own has a ski rack or a gun rack.
Posted by Kevin at August 13, 2004 12:02 PM