Where Do You Live?

100 degrees in Fresburg? No problem man, I grew up out there!

Heck, we wouldn't run the air conditioning throughout the summer unless we had company.

And say this in a thick southern accent: "Ooh baby, you done turn't the air and and left the windows open!"
 
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100 degrees in Fresburg? No problem man, I grew up out there!

Heck, we wouldn't run the air conditioning throughout the summer unless we had company.

And say this in a thick southern accent: "Ooh baby, you done turn't the air and and left the windows open!"

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My mom was just like that growing up. I used to love it when company came over.

And at night when she was ina good mood she woud turn on the AC for 10-15 mins.

On a very,very rare occassion maybe 30 mins. and say she was blowing the heat outa the house.

We were like kids at disneyland when the AC came on at night before bedtime

And she told us that if we wanted to enjoy the cool air we'd better be asleep before it was turned off.

So now I'm so not used to having AC on that I almost feel guilty when I turn it on and always hear my mom in the back of my mind saying your gonna have an expensive bill.

So tell me Doug is that just our parents being cheap or thrifty as my mom used to say or just being black...lol.

Cause she sure sure turned on the heat with the quickness in the winter the moment it got cold.

And I have no feelings of guilt turning on the heat in the winter and leaving it on.

Matthew
 
I don't have big problems with 100. When it gets to be 110, then I'm a little bummed. But the first week in May? I wasn't prepared. And I'm sorry to say I broke down and turned on the air yesterday. Only for a few hours, and I turned it off again about 8:00 last night.
 
Well Matthew, you know what Dusty Baker (SFO Giants) said!
 
PhotoPilot,

Its making me laugh out loud reading your posts because they are true to the letter! I mean, we play Euchre all the time and everyone goes up north to Kalkaska deer hunting every fall. Im from Holland and we have the semi-rediculous Tulip Time Festival going on right now. Another classic Michigander tradition!

Also, I can't name all the ferry lines but I know that one is Shepler's.


PS--Has anyone gotten beef jerky from Dublin, MI ever? Mmmm, good stuff!
 
As always I am up for a get together in MI as long as I can make it. I've yet to meet any of you in person. I am too poor to fly much now, but I can drive. (I could fly if I could scrape up the money) I am in Lapeer, but I also frequent Flint, Royal Oak, Lansing, Grand Rapids.
 
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Well Matthew, you know what Dusty Baker (SFO Giants) said!

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Hmmmmm actually I don't. So whad he say?

Baseballs not my sport strictly Football and Basketball and men's diving/swimming in the Olympics
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Matthew
 
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Well Matthew, you know what Dusty Baker (SFO Giants) said!

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Hmmmmm actually I don't. So whad he say?

Baseballs not my sport strictly Football and Basketball and men's diving/swimming in the Olympics
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Matthew

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Macross.. thats some good anime!
 
I can't believe West Virginia of all states hasn't been hit
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I can't think of a list right off hand but I'm sure there are some good ones out there. Good thing I'm not actually from this state
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Well what do ya know....found one pretty quick!


Your house still has the "WIDE LOAD" sign on the back.
You've been married three times and still have the same in-laws.
You think a woman who is "out of your league" bowls on a different night.
Taking your wife on a cruise means circling the Dairy Queen.
You believe dual air bags refer to your wife and mother-in-law.
Your front porch collapses and four dogs git killed.
You go to your family reunion looking for a date.
Your Junior/Senior Prom had a Daycare.
You carried a fishing pole into Sea World.
Your huntin' dawg had a litter of puppies in the living room and nobody noticed.
You can get dog hair from your belly button.
The Halloween pumpkin on your front porch has more teeth than your wife.
You had to remove a toothpick for your wedding pictures.
You consider your license plate personalized because your dad made it in prison.
You have a rag for a gas cap.
The blue book value of our truck goes up and down depending on how much gas it has in it.
You have to go outside to get something out of the fridge.
A seven course meal is a bucket of KFC and a six-pack.
One of your kids was born on a pool table.
You have spray painted your girlfriend's name on an overpass.
You've climbed a water tower with a bucket of paint to defend your sister's honor.
You can tell your age by the number of rings in the bathtub.
You can change the oil in your truck without ducking your head.
You own a homemade fur coat.
Your wife's job requires her to wear an orange vest.
On Thanksgiving Day you have to decide which pet to eat.
Your school fight song is "Dueling Banjos."
You think "taking out the trash" means taking your in-laws to a movie.
Your coffee table used to be a cable spool.
You got Clapper devices controlling the appliances in your house.
You hammer bottle caps into the frame of your front door to make it look nice.
The Home Shopping operator recognizes your voice.
The taillight covers of your car are made of red tape.
You have every episode of Hee-haw on tape.
Your father executes the "pull my finger" trick during Christmas dinner.
You think a hot tub is a stolen bathroom fixture.
The gas pedal on your car is shaped like a bare foot.
You think the French Riviera is a foreign car.
You wonder how service stations keep their restrooms so clean.
 
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Hmmmmm actually I don't. So whad he say?


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More or less that us "melanin-rich" people do way better in the sun.
 
Sure your right.

I love the heat compared to the cold.

In the summer I can handle 100+ heat, where as my mellonan deficient friends are dying.

But as stated ina previous thread the rolls are reversed come winter time.

Matthew
 
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Macross.. thats some good anime!

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FINALLY.....someone comments about my screenname and knows where it came from.
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Macross was the best anime.

Matthew
 
5.You drive 86 mph on the highway and pass on the right.
Yup, it's all those idiots that won't get over to the right that cause the problem

6.Your idea of a traffic jam is 40 cars waiting to pass a snow plow.
Or the semis on 94 btw. AZO and BTL

9.You know how to pronounce "Mackinac."
Who doesn't???
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10.You've had to switch on the "heat" and the "A/C" in the same day.
A lot recently

11.You bake with SODA and drink a POP.
Yup

13.Your little league game was snowed out.
I think one actually was

14.The word "thumb" has geographical, rather than anatomical significance.
Yup

15.You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your left hand.
No other way to show people where you're from

17.You measure distance in minutes.
Yes, I guess I do

18.When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."
I never actually heard the term until 6 years ago

19.You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but isn't that far from Hell.
Um, I currently reside in the Zoo

22.You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.
Most definately

23.Owning a Japanese car was a hangin' offense in your hometown.
I'm from Milford, home of the GM Proving Grounds... 'nuff said

24.You believe that "down south" means Toledo.
Actually, Toledo means drum corps to me... but I digress

25. Not only do you know what Ryba's Fudge is, but you've been in the shop.
Peanut butter fudge all the way, baby!!!

26. You own a petosky stone.
Who doesn't?
 
Man! There are a LOT of Michiganders here! I can't tell you how much I miss home . . . For now, I'm living vicariously through all of you. This is the first spring in a dozen years that I haven't been hip deep in a spring-melt stream chasing steelhead with a fly rod. Ahh, the joys of Fresno.
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