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You know you're from Nova Scotia when...
16 years ago
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This meme is everywhere.
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1. Go to Google and type, "You know you're from (your city or state) when...." (hit "I'm feeling lucky")
2. Cut and paste the list.
3. Bold the items that apply to you
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The scary thing about all these statements is that now I'm starting to realize how much climate is changing.. the weather remarks WERE all true, but nowadays, you get one rain event every 2 weeks and you love it and then otherwise it's humid, sunny, and miserable.. always miserable regardless of what we get :P
Unfortunately, not many local town remarks for me... (mountain jokes here)
you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time
You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
Driving is better in the winter because the pot holes are covered with snow.
You ask for directions and someone gives you the answer in time.
when u go to a restaurant and tyhe seafood special is 'Professionally Exported"
when 'salty fog' is the excuse
when your road repair and snow plow crews change with each election
when CBC is the number one radio station
when you drive to Halifax and notice the rather unsettling amount of road signs that appear to have been shot
when you say hello to someone and they say hello back to you. (esp. in the valley)
You go for a 2 hour hike in November and hit rain, sleet, snow and sunshine before you get back.
instead of having trouble getting strangers to say hello you have trouble getting them to shut up. (I hate this!)
If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there
If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number
"Vacation" means going anywhere beyond Amherst for the weekend.
You have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.
You install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. (My mom has done this for both me and my sister
You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.
You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
you pull into crappy tire and see three people doing oil changes in the parking lot.
Despite the new trumped up stereo system and leather sofas in the recently renovated rec room..the party inevitably ends up in the kitchen...
When the bars outnumber the citizens by 3 to 1.
Donairs are considered a food that can be eaten on a regular basis (as opposed to foisted on people from "away" as a joke)
you can wear jeans to ANY restaurant in the province and not look out of place
Teenagers smile and say hi when you walk past them (and not in a creepy way, either)
you don't go for coffee, you go for a Timmie's (ew)
You never EVER say anything bad about ANYBODY because as sure as God's dog is older than your cat, they will hear about it before you sit down to dinner
Oat cakes are considered a "treat"
You consider the provincial flower to be mildew (as a horticulturist...oh nevermind I'll shut up..)
Use the statement "sunny breaks" and know what it means.
You know more people who own boats than who have air conditioners.
You know more people who heat with wood than with oil.
You can taste the difference between Starbucks, Tim Horton's, and Wendy's coffee.
You know how to pronounce Tatamagouche, Musquodoboit, and Kejimkujik.
in winter, you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark while only working eight-hour days.
You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.
You are not fazed by "Today's forecast: showers followed by rain," and "Tomorrow's forecast: rain followed by showers".
You cannot wait for a day with "showers and sunny breaks."
You have no concept of humidity without precipitation.
you put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 10, but still wear your sweater and boots.
You switch to your sandals when it gets about 15.
You know people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists.
--
Still on an art sabbatical... the longer i hold off the more I enjoy it when i come back :D
--
1. Go to Google and type, "You know you're from (your city or state) when...." (hit "I'm feeling lucky")
2. Cut and paste the list.
3. Bold the items that apply to you
--
The scary thing about all these statements is that now I'm starting to realize how much climate is changing.. the weather remarks WERE all true, but nowadays, you get one rain event every 2 weeks and you love it and then otherwise it's humid, sunny, and miserable.. always miserable regardless of what we get :P
Unfortunately, not many local town remarks for me... (mountain jokes here)
you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time
You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
Driving is better in the winter because the pot holes are covered with snow.
You ask for directions and someone gives you the answer in time.
when u go to a restaurant and tyhe seafood special is 'Professionally Exported"
when 'salty fog' is the excuse
when your road repair and snow plow crews change with each election
when CBC is the number one radio station
when you drive to Halifax and notice the rather unsettling amount of road signs that appear to have been shot
when you say hello to someone and they say hello back to you. (esp. in the valley)
You go for a 2 hour hike in November and hit rain, sleet, snow and sunshine before you get back.
instead of having trouble getting strangers to say hello you have trouble getting them to shut up. (I hate this!)
If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there
If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number
"Vacation" means going anywhere beyond Amherst for the weekend.
You have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.
You install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. (My mom has done this for both me and my sister
You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.
You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
you pull into crappy tire and see three people doing oil changes in the parking lot.
Despite the new trumped up stereo system and leather sofas in the recently renovated rec room..the party inevitably ends up in the kitchen...
When the bars outnumber the citizens by 3 to 1.
Donairs are considered a food that can be eaten on a regular basis (as opposed to foisted on people from "away" as a joke)
you can wear jeans to ANY restaurant in the province and not look out of place
Teenagers smile and say hi when you walk past them (and not in a creepy way, either)
you don't go for coffee, you go for a Timmie's (ew)
You never EVER say anything bad about ANYBODY because as sure as God's dog is older than your cat, they will hear about it before you sit down to dinner
Oat cakes are considered a "treat"
You consider the provincial flower to be mildew (as a horticulturist...oh nevermind I'll shut up..)
Use the statement "sunny breaks" and know what it means.
You know more people who own boats than who have air conditioners.
You know more people who heat with wood than with oil.
You can taste the difference between Starbucks, Tim Horton's, and Wendy's coffee.
You know how to pronounce Tatamagouche, Musquodoboit, and Kejimkujik.
in winter, you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark while only working eight-hour days.
You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.
You are not fazed by "Today's forecast: showers followed by rain," and "Tomorrow's forecast: rain followed by showers".
You cannot wait for a day with "showers and sunny breaks."
You have no concept of humidity without precipitation.
you put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 10, but still wear your sweater and boots.
You switch to your sandals when it gets about 15.
You know people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists.
--
Still on an art sabbatical... the longer i hold off the more I enjoy it when i come back :D
