You know you live in.....

donna723

Well-Known Member
I've seen the pickled eggs in the convenience stores here - they're RED!!! :sick: Does anybody ever actually EAT those?

You know you live in Tennessee when it gets so cold that the soles of your shoes freeze to the porch while you're unlocking your front door ... and the next day is so warm that you don't even need your coat. That actually happened to me!
 

AnnieO

Shooting from the Hip
LOL - I know what Red, White and Boom is, but haven't ever been...

Hmm... I have a couple more. More localized ones.

Ohio...
...When you know that "Tattoo" isn't necessarily something you use needles for, and have actually helped with it...
...When the word "exercise" doesn't bring to mind free weights, running or stretching...
...When you know where the three best flea markets within an hour's drive are located, and can find your way around in all of them...
...When you make jokes about a town nearby that has been hit 3 times in 25 years by tornadoes... But you live 10 minutes away from it and the worst you've seen was a windstorm in 2008...
...When you own a .22, but cannot use it because you live within the city limits...
...When your mother calls you a "city girl", but you can vegetables and make gallons of applesauce...

Texas...
...When you have been thrown across the yard by a dust devil, but tornadoes don't worry you...

Oklahoma...
...When there is sand on the road in April from the freak snowstorm back in December...
...When you have suburbs named things like "Broken Arrow" and "Sapulpa"...
...When OSU isn't the Buckeyes...
 

Star*

call 911........call 911
You know you live in OZ.....

when

You fell into a pig pen, and came out without a smidge of mud or poop.

Your thinking was black and white then *poof* someone came into some money and knowledge and all of a sudden everything is in color.

You can tell people you ran through a field of poppies with a lion, a tin man and a scarecrow, it snowed then it was beautiful and no one wants to put you in drug rehab.

You can walk on a brick road in 2" glittery shoes for 2 1/2 hours and walk & even skip once in a while without tripping.

You run away from home, return and when you wake up your evil neighbor is gone and you're not arrested for her demise.

You can call small people Munchkins and no one wants to sue you for defamation of character.

You really have experienced a horse of a different color.

Your hot air balloon ride didn't cost $300.00 per person

Your terrier actually walks next to you without a leash and never chases a thing.

You actually did witness monkeys flying.

You're fairy Godmother kept good on her promises to you.

You realize there is truly no place like home.
 

mstang67chic

Going Green
I've seen the pickled eggs in the convenience stores here - they're RED!!! :sick: Does anybody ever actually EAT those?

Yep...husband buys them occasionally as a treat for himself. I make him eat them outside of the house because the REEK!!! My mom used to can beets (which stunk up the house like you wouldn't BELIEVE) and would make pickled eggs afterwards. She LOVES them. :sick:
 

Mom2oddson

Active Member
You Know you live around Seattle if....

You've scraped your icy car windows with a credit card.

You don't go to work for a whole week if there's 2 inches of snow.

You take your dog to play at a special park just for dogs.

With all the microbrews around, drinking a Bud is like drinking Folgers.

You have an I.V. line of coffee dripping into your body at all hours.

You think Copper River salmon is WAAAAAY tastier than the rest.

You'll always like watching the fish throwers at Pike Place.

You don't wear high heels/hose or neckties, pretty much ever.

You think people who drink Maxwell House on purpose are out of their minds.

You've been to the original Starbucks location in Pike Place.

You think beaches are just fine at 65 degrees with ankle-numbing water.

You don't carry an umbrella.

When Mt. Rainier appears on a sunny day, you are always amazed.

You have a giant moss carpet outside your house, not a lawn.

Your bathroom has black mold somewhere.

You don't iron your clothes.

You've seen one of the following in your neighborhood: bear, coyote, buck (and I live by a Highway!)

You give directions like this: I can't remember what that road's called, but it's just past the hill, after the Shell station. If you start going up another hill, then you've passed it. I think there's some kind of plant nursery across from where you turn, so look for that.

You are regularly sobered by the power of Mother Nature, whether that be noticing tsunami escape routes in Ocean Shores, experiencing earthquakes in downtown Seattle, hearing about volcanic activity, or seeing rapid flooding of our local rivers.

You don't think it's strange that there's a Bavarian village an hour and a half outside Seattle.

You've been in four completely different weather systems all in one day.

You've been in subterranean downtown Seattle via "The Underground Tour"

You expect people to come to complete stops in highway merge lanes.

You've seen bald eagles and orca whales in the wild.

You know University of Washington is known as "udub", not "u of w" or "uw".

You never have a real tan but you do get badly sunburned at least once every year.

You own one of those lamps that simulates sunlight.

You obey all traffic laws except "keep right except to pass."

You stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the "walk" signal.

You use the words "sun break" and know what it means.

You consider it a sunny day if the sun is visible at some point during the day.

You're not fazed by "Today's forecast: showers followed by rain" and "Tomorrow's forecast: rain followed by showers." You can't wait for a day with "Showers and sun breaks."

In the winter you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark--while only working eight-hour days. And in the summer you bring your dog to the dog park for a few hours before work and go kayaking for a few hours after work -- all in daylight.

You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.

You have no concept of humidity without precipitation.

You put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50 degrees, but you still wear your hiking boots and parka.

You switch to your sandals when it gets above 60.

You think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists.

You own 17 pairs of sunglasses – 16 of which were purchased when you couldn’t remember where you put the last pair… last year.

You can stand on any corner and see at least six Mocha Stands (not all of them Starbucks).

You know the baristas at all six by name and they know your order without you saying a word.

You can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Tully's.

You know how to pronounce "Sequim", "Puyallup" and "Issaquah."

You know more people who own boats than air conditioners. (What's an air conditioner?)

You consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it's not a real mountain.

You know the difference between Chinook, Coho and Sockeye. (Salmon)

You know what these are: SKOOKUMCHUCK, WYNOOCHEE, STILLAGUAMISH, SKOKOMISH, NISQUALLY, SNOQUALMIE, STILLAGUAMISH, CHAMOKANE, CHAMOKANE, KLICKITAT. (They're rivers.)

You consider swimming an indoor sport.

You know that your soccer game will be played, no matter how torrential the downpour.
 

tiredmommy

Well-Known Member
You know you live in Buffalo if...

You know the difference between lake effect and lake enhanced weather.

Schools are open with 8+ inches of blowing snow and a wind chill advisory.

Pop means soda.

They aren't "Buffalo" wings or "Hot" wings... they're simply "wings".

You know what kimmelweck is.

You say "There's always next year!" during the Bills pre-season.

You know better than to eat the locally caught fish.

You've driven through and know someone from Love Canal.

You, or someone you know, is married or otherwise related to a Canadian citizen.
 

GoingNorth

Crazy Cat Lady
The red in pickled eggs is supposed to come from beet juice (I'd bet some producers do use artificial colorings). The idea was that after canning up the pickled beets, you took the red pickle liquid and used some of it to pack the eggs in.

I despise the things and I've never eaten a pig's foot in my life. Can't handle the texture
 

busywend

Well-Known Member
You know you are from NY when:

-your out of town friends ask you to send them White Hot Dogs
-out of towners do not know what Salt Potatoes are.
-you did not know that the local Wegmans grocery store was so different than other grocery stores until you went out of town. I love Wegmans!
 

DammitJanet

Well-Known Member
In NC:


The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is the oldest State University in the United States.

In 1903 the Wright Brothers made the first successful powered flight by man at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk. The Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawks now commemorates their achievement.

High Point is known as the Furniture Capital of the World.

The Outer Banks of NC hosts some of the most beautiful beaches in the country.

Whitewater Falls in Transylvania County is the highest waterfall in the eastern United States.

Cape Hatteras is the largest lighthouse ever to be moved due to erosion problems.

The University of North Carolina's mascot, the Tarheels, is a nickname for North Carolinians that supposedly came from the days when NC produced a lot of tar, and someone saw a set of footprints made by someone who had stepped in the tar.

Charles Karault was born and raised in Wilmington.

Havelock is home of Marine Base "Cherry Point." It is the largest air base in the Marine Corps.

North Carolina is the largest producer of sweet potatoes in the nation. Students at a Wilson County school petitioned the North Carolina General Assembly for the establishment of the sweet potato as the official state vegetable.

Morehead City is home to the North Carolina Seafood Festival, held the first weekend in October every year.

The first English colony in America was located on Roanoke Island. Walter Raleigh founded it. The colony mysteriously vanished with no trace except for the word "Croatoan" scrawled on a nearby tree.

Mount Mitchell in the Blue Ridge Mountains is the highest peak east of the Mississippi. It towers 6,684 feet above sea level.

Krispy Kreme Doughnut was founded in Winston-Salem.

The first miniature golf course was built in Fayetteville.

Babe Ruth hit his first home run in Fayetteville on March 7, 1914.

The Biltmore Estate in Ashville is America's largest home, and includes a 255-room chateau, an award-winning winery and extensive gardens.

The first English child born in America was born in Roanoke in 1587. Her name was Virginia Dare.

The Lost Colony Outdoor Drama in Albemarle commemorates the birth of Virginia Dare. Scheduled to run just one year, it proved so successful that it has played for nearly sixty consecutive summers.

The first state owned art museum in the country is located in Raleigh.

Many people believe that North Carolina was the first state to declare independence from England with the Mecklenburg Declaration of 1775.

Grandfather Mountain, highest peak in the Blue Ridge, is the only private park in the world designated by the United Nations as an International Biosphere Reserve.

Pepsi was invented and first served in New Bern in 1898.

Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States, was born in the Waxsaws area on the border of North and South Carolina.

Arnold Palmer recognized as the player whose aggressive play and winning personality raised golf to national attention, honed his skills on the championship golf team of Wake Forest University.

James K. Polk, born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, was the eleventh President of the United States.

Hiram Rhoades Revels, born in Fayetteville in 1822, was the first African-American member of the United States Congress.

Andrew Johnson started his career as a tailor's apprentice in Raleigh, North Carolina and rose to lead in the reuniting of the nation as the seventeenth President of the United States.

North Carolina leads the nation in furniture, tobacco, brick, and textile production.

North Carolina was the first state in the nation to establish a state museum of art.

North Carolina has the largest state-maintained highway system in the United States. The state's highway system currently has 77,400 miles of roads

The General Assembly of 1987 adopted milk as the official state beverage.

White Lake near Elizabethtown is very unique in that it has a white sandy bottom and is blessed with crystal clear waters. It has also been labeled as the "Nation's Safest Beach." It is truly a child's paradise in that there are no currents, no tides, no hazardous depressions or real dangers of any kind to swimmers. (I live near here!)

North Carolina has 1,500 lakes of 10 acres or more in size and 37,000 miles of fresh water streams.
 

Marguerite

Active Member
You know you live in Australia when:

Vegemite goes with anything savoury (we do NOT have Vegemite-flavoured ice cream!)

Tim Tams are the snack of choice for meetings

Tim Tam slam is what we do in winter when we get bored with plain hot chocolate

We complain of the cold when the temperature drops below 15 C. Sometimes we complain when it drops below 20 C.

You know you're in Sydney in summer when people say, "It's not the heat, it's the humidity."

Most trips (even the daily commute) are measured in hours of travel at the maximum speed limit not distance.

Even the smallest state (Tasmania) is a five to six hour drive to cross. (and boys, do be careful how you ask a girl to see her map of Tasmania - you could get your face slapped!).
Our larger states can take days to cross.

Marg
 
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