You Know You Are From Upstate New York

[RedAngel]

*Just for entertainment purposes only.

You Know that you are from upstate New York when:

1. You refer to Albany as "the city"

2. "Vacation" means going to Rochester for the weekend.

3. You measure distance in hours.

4. You know several people who have hit deer more than once.

5. You have used your back porch or car truck as a fridge/deep freeze.

6. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

7. You use a down comforter in the summertime.

8. You drive 65mph through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching.

9. People say that they live in Glenville when their mailing address is Scotia.

10. You install security lighting on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

11. There is a mini mall every 1/4 mile; if not you are in Vermont.

12. You carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them.

13. There are seven empty cars running in the parking lot at the Hannaford at any given time.

14. You design your grandkid's Halloween costume to fit over a jumpsuit.

15. Driving in the wintertime is better because the snow fills up the pothole.

16. You think sexy longerie is flannel pajamas and tube socks (ed. note oooh baby!)

17. You know all four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, construction.

18. It takes you three hours to go to the store for one item even when you've in a rush because you have to stop to talk to everyone in town.

19. You know how to avoid tractor-trailors (or cars for that matter!) on the Northway with Canadian Plates.

20. It's SODA DAMMIT! and people who want to call it POP make you want to slap them.

21. You don't consider what Pizza Hut or Domino's sells as pizza.

22. You know that "First Night" isn't a Sean Connery movie.

23. There is no such thing as waiting for a left turn arrow at an intersection.

24. Your career ambition is to work for New York State.

25. Even with the slightest threat of snow you know that Icabod Crane Central Schools will be closed.

26. There is nothing International about Albany airport.

27. You can spell and say "Schenectady" and "Rensselaer:.

28. You actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your friends from upstate New York.