Small town life..........

WADS56 · 08-19-2002, 01:42 PM

Small Town People

Those of us who grew up in a small town will laugh
when we read this.
Those of you who didn't will be in disbelief... but
trust me every one of these is true.

1) You can name everyone you graduated with

2) You know what 4-H is

3) You went to parties at a pasture, barn,or in the
middle of a dirt road.

4) You used to lap "main"

5) You said the "F" word and your parents knew within
the hour

6) You scheduled parties around the schedule of
different police officers, since you know which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't.

7) You could never buy cigarettes because all the
store clerks knew how old you were (and if you were old enough they'd tell your parents anyhow)

8) When you did find somebody old enough and brave
enough to buy cigarettes,you still had to go out into the country
and drive on back roads to smoke them.

9) It was cool to date somebody from the neighboring
town

10) The whole school went to the same party after
graduation

11) You don't give directions by street names or
directions by references. Turn by Nelson's house, go
to 2 blocks east to Anderson's, and it's four houses left of the track (field)

12) The golf course had only 9 holes

13) You can't help but date a friend's ex-boyfriend/girlfriend

14) Your car stays filthy because of the dirt roads
and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason

15) The town next to you is considered "trashy" or
"snooty", but is actually just like your town.

16) You refer anyone with a house newer then 1980 as
the "rich people"

17) The people in the "big city" dress funny then you
pick up the trend 2 years later

18) Anyone you want can be found at the local gas
station or the town pub

19) You see at least one friend a week driving a
tractor through town or one of your friends drives a grain truck to school occasionally

20) The gym teacher suggest you haul hay for the
summer to get stronger

21) Directions are given using THE stop light as a
reference

22) You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5
people pull over and ask you if you want a ride somewhere

23) Your teachers call you by your older sibling's
names

24) Your teachers remember when they taught your
parents

25) You can charge at all the local stores or write
checks without any ID

26) The closest McDonalds is 45 miles away (or more)

27) The closest mall is over an hour away

28) It is normal to see an old man riding through town
on a riding lawn mower.

29) You've peed in a cornfield.

30) Most people go by a nickname.

31) You laugh your butt off reading this because you
know it is all true

Coupe Devil · 08-19-2002, 01:59 PM

Fits me to a "T" except the 1st one. I had 275+ iin my graduating class. But it made for some fun times.

Bradley

jj_jonathon · 08-19-2002, 02:23 PM

arent too many cornfields in florida that i know of...lol...but around here quite a bit of that is true...course like pony power, i had about 250 in my grad class too...but we all did go to the same party after graduation....cuz its set up by the school and you win cool stuff and money

....oh and i own a black car and we live on a long shell/dirt driveway...my car is never clean...lol

Shelby428cj · 08-19-2002, 03:05 PM

LOL haahaa you must have been in mine town!!!!

Nightingale · 08-19-2002, 04:03 PM

Our old man on a the riding lawnmower has a trailer that he pulls to hold his walker and oxygen! I to think that I thought we had the only one.

Capri306 · 08-19-2002, 07:43 PM

Quote:

21) Directions are given using THE stop light as a reference.

Ha! We didn't have a FLASHING red light until about 3 years ago!

Yeah, I laughed at every single one of those too (especially the peeing in the cornfield one, did that one today), but I have a few more to add:

- The nearest sidewalk is in the next town.

- The interstate is 20 miles that way.....or 20 miles th' udder.

- You know what a Massey-Ferg is.

- The Christmas Parade is mostly combines with Christmas lights on them....pulling a trailer with 4H members in it singing carols.

- You rode a 4-wheeler or dirt bike to school on at least one occasion, mebbe even a snowmobile.

- Even the teacher was chewing (tobacco).

- After graduating high school, it seems like everybody's come back to live around where they grew up after about 2 years "out there."

- Dial-up internet access is THE ONLY internet access.

- You have a bon fire every weekend, with old tires as fuel for it.

- You go to a get-together/bon fire, and everyone's driving a pickup truck.

- Nevermind that last one, EVERYBODY drives a pickup truck!

Okay, I'm done.

6T9PONY · 08-20-2002, 12:51 AM

100% Nebraskan!

Crazy Horse GT · 08-20-2002, 02:58 AM

hahaha, where i live we have a golden gallon, = 7-11, same thing, a flashing yellow- red light at the bad intersection, & a few house's, i love it. see deer, hawk's , eagle's , even a coyote, every now & then, cant beat it, it's worth my 70 mile drive to work in chattanoga, when i get home, it's quite, except my car & a few hot rod's.

RPM427 · 08-20-2002, 09:07 AM

What the hell is 4-H?

6T9PONY · 08-20-2002, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by RPM427
What the hell is 4-H?

4-H is the youth education branch of the Cooperative Extension Service, a program of the United States Department of Agriculture.

Muahahahahhaha....

I'm actually not involved in 4-H the least bit. I don't farm and I don't have any farm animals. So there.....not EVERY Nebraskan is a hick!

The Fireman · 08-20-2002, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by WADS56

31) You laugh your butt off reading this because you
know it is all true

Yup.

Thats me.

nickj8685 · 08-21-2002, 05:23 PM

We didn't ever have a flashing red light. They still don't.

RBatson · 08-22-2002, 12:00 AM

There were 74 in my graduating class and we had a stoplight too. I went to 4H camp in the summers, as a kid. We had grape vines and blueberry bushes. We went everywhere barefooted in the summer. I stopped many a night and took a leak on the side of the road.. after 11pm there is no traffic to speak of... I couldn't take a walk without every other car stopping to ask if I needed a ride(that was nice). Everyone in our little town waved when we passed and if they didn't then we knew they were either new or passing through. We left the keys in the car, the windows open and the doors to the house where never locked. I carried an outboard down to 'the landing' to clam and oyster for extra money. I chopped wood in the summer so I could stay warm in the winter. I've gotten 'lucky' in a corn field more than once. I still have to drive around tractors on the hwy but.. things just aren't quite like they ust to be.

08-22-2002, 02:09 AM

I live in a small town that has a bar on every corner at the end of mainstreet, which when the bar's finally close,then you can goto one of the 10 gas station's that we have in this pathetic lil town

08-19-2002, 01:42 PM	#1
WADS56 gear banger Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 1,144	Small town life.......... Small Town People Those of us who grew up in a small town will laugh when we read this. Those of you who didn't will be in disbelief... but trust me every one of these is true. 1) You can name everyone you graduated with 2) You know what 4-H is 3) You went to parties at a pasture, barn,or in the middle of a dirt road. 4) You used to lap "main" 5) You said the "F" word and your parents knew within the hour 6) You scheduled parties around the schedule of different police officers, since you know which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't. 7) You could never buy cigarettes because all the store clerks knew how old you were (and if you were old enough they'd tell your parents anyhow) 8) When you did find somebody old enough and brave enough to buy cigarettes,you still had to go out into the country and drive on back roads to smoke them. 9) It was cool to date somebody from the neighboring town 10) The whole school went to the same party after graduation 11) You don't give directions by street names or directions by references. Turn by Nelson's house, go to 2 blocks east to Anderson's, and it's four houses left of the track (field) 12) The golf course had only 9 holes 13) You can't help but date a friend's ex-boyfriend/girlfriend 14) Your car stays filthy because of the dirt roads and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason 15) The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snooty", but is actually just like your town. 16) You refer anyone with a house newer then 1980 as the "rich people" 17) The people in the "big city" dress funny then you pick up the trend 2 years later 18) Anyone you want can be found at the local gas station or the town pub 19) You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town or one of your friends drives a grain truck to school occasionally 20) The gym teacher suggest you haul hay for the summer to get stronger 21) Directions are given using THE stop light as a reference 22) You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask you if you want a ride somewhere 23) Your teachers call you by your older sibling's names 24) Your teachers remember when they taught your parents 25) You can charge at all the local stores or write checks without any ID 26) The closest McDonalds is 45 miles away (or more) 27) The closest mall is over an hour away 28) It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower. 29) You've peed in a cornfield. 30) Most people go by a nickname. 31) You laugh your butt off reading this because you know it is all true __________________ 79 Hatch: NA 347, Stage 2 Canfield Heads, Victor JR. Intake, Blueprinted Holley 750 HP, Solid Roller Cam, Shooting for 10's on motor 93 LX: Tremec, dual friction clutch, fms flywheel, Hedman shorties, O/R H-pipe Ricer hater's club member #49

08-19-2002, 01:59 PM	#2
Coupe Devil Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Myrtle Beach SC Posts: 1,643	Fits me to a "T" except the 1st one. I had 275+ iin my graduating class. But it made for some fun times. Bradley __________________ 1990 GT, 347, TFS TW Heads, TFS Cam, TFS Track heat, Twin turbos, FMIC, T5. Built Ford Tough Moderator

08-19-2002, 02:23 PM	#3
jj_jonathon Trisket Join Date: May 2002 Location: University of Florida, FL Posts: ½ Posts: 1,560	arent too many cornfields in florida that i know of...lol...but around here quite a bit of that is true...course like pony power, i had about 250 in my grad class too...but we all did go to the same party after graduation....cuz its set up by the school and you win cool stuff and money ....oh and i own a black car and we live on a long shell/dirt driveway...my car is never clean...lol __________________ University of Florida - Physics Major My 02GT vert Media Center Pics BBK Underdrive Pulleys \| K&N FIPK (Gen II) \| Bullet Grille \| Mach 1 Chin Spoiler \| UPR Interior Parts \| XM Radio \| Audiobahn Subs Ricer Hater's Club Member #1/2 (30) http://www.ricehatersclub.com/

08-19-2002, 03:05 PM	#4
Shelby428cj Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 510	LOL haahaa you must have been in mine town!!!! __________________ Karen Wells, Moderator The Mustang Works Magazine http://www.mustangworks.com 1969 Mustang (Project Rice Eater) 1999 Silver Mustang Saleen S281 (SQ car for stereo contests) SQ Goddess My Stereo Bro "tireburner163"

08-19-2002, 04:03 PM	#5
Nightingale Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: BFE, Texas Posts: 26	Our old man on a the riding lawnmower has a trailer that he pulls to hold his walker and oxygen! I to think that I thought we had the only one. __________________ The old girl may be in the country but she's not out to pasture '72 Mach 1

08-20-2002, 12:51 AM	#7
6T9PONY All about the Windsor. Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 2,052	100% Nebraskan!

08-20-2002, 02:58 AM	#8
Crazy Horse GT Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sale Creek, TN. C. S. A. Posts: 4,652	hahaha, where i live we have a golden gallon, = 7-11, same thing, a flashing yellow- red light at the bad intersection, & a few house's, i love it. see deer, hawk's , eagle's , even a coyote, every now & then, cant beat it, it's worth my 70 mile drive to work in chattanoga, when i get home, it's quite, except my car & a few hot rod's. __________________ 95 gt vert, lot's of stuff, it aint slow. 04 sonic blue v - six my beater 89 rs camaro iroc turbo hood, other stuff, my wifes ride 84 lx stang cammed up 289 hi po, etc 65 falcon, maybe by the year 2020. black 00gt, gone but never forgotten. R H C- member # 1 o.b.c. da prez- member # 1 if your under 40 dont ask. goodbye for now odie,r.i.p. 11-27-03

08-20-2002, 09:07 AM	#9
RPM427 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Huntington NY Posts: 573	What the hell is 4-H? __________________ -1993 Mustang, 900rwhp 03-04 cobra based 4v swap, full Griggs setup, project underway -1994 Ranger w/ 427cid windsor (daily beater) check it out!

08-21-2002, 05:23 PM	#12
nickj8685 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Russellville MO, where men are men and sheep are scared Posts: 66	We didn't ever have a flashing red light. They still don't.

08-22-2002, 12:00 AM	#13
RBatson Registered Member Join Date: May 1997 Posts: 3,028	There were 74 in my graduating class and we had a stoplight too. I went to 4H camp in the summers, as a kid. We had grape vines and blueberry bushes. We went everywhere barefooted in the summer. I stopped many a night and took a leak on the side of the road.. after 11pm there is no traffic to speak of... I couldn't take a walk without every other car stopping to ask if I needed a ride(that was nice). Everyone in our little town waved when we passed and if they didn't then we knew they were either new or passing through. We left the keys in the car, the windows open and the doors to the house where never locked. I carried an outboard down to 'the landing' to clam and oyster for extra money. I chopped wood in the summer so I could stay warm in the winter. I've gotten 'lucky' in a corn field more than once. I still have to drive around tractors on the hwy but.. things just aren't quite like they ust to be. Last edited by RBatson; 08-22-2002 at 12:30 AM..

08-22-2002, 02:09 AM	#14
Mustanguy Guest Posts: n/a	I live in a small town that has a bar on every corner at the end of mainstreet, which when the bar's finally close,then you can goto one of the 10 gas station's that we have in this pathetic lil town

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