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My daughter lived in Buffalo for a while. I lived in the Catskill Mountains, in the New York City Watershed area, and was a New Yorker for 54 years. I was born in Esperance, NY, and I too remember all of this.HAHAHA!So true for all of this here in Buffalo.
I'm proud to be a Western New Yorker!
Shel
FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I
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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,
you might live in Upstate New York.
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,you might live
in Upstate New York.
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September
through May, you might
live in Upstate New York
If you instinctively walk like a penguin for six
months out of the year,!
you might live in Upstate New York.
If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they
don't work there, you
might live in Upstate New York.
If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around
the middle of his
forehead, you might live in Upstate New York.
If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time,
you might live in
Upstate New York.
If your town has an equal number of bars and churches,
you might live in
Upstate New York.
If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with
someone who dialed a
wrong number, you might live in Upstate New York.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE UPSTATE NEW YORKER WHEN:
1. "Vacation" means going South past Albany for the
weekend.
2. You measure distance in hours.
3. You know several people who have hit a deer more
than once.
4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same
day and back again.
5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during
a raging blizzard,
without flinching.
6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events
(including weddings).
7. You install security lights on your house and
garage and leave both
unlocked.
8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your
girlfriend / wife knows how
to use them.
9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over
a snowsuit.
10. Driving is better in the winter because the
potholes are filled with
snow.
11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter,
still winter and road
construction.
12. You can identify a southern or eastern accent.
13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a
deer next to your
blue spruce.
14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking
age.
15. Down South to you means Albany.
16. A brat is something you eat.
17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new
pole shed.
18. You go out to fish fry every Friday.
19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to
frost.
20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your
car.
21. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
22. You actually understand these jokes, and you
forward them to all your
Upstate New York friends.
Sad....but true!!!