Jeff Foxworthy

[KC0LFV]

1. You switch from "heat" to "a/c" in one day.

2. You know what the "People's Republic of Boulder" means.

3. Your sense of direction is; towards the mountains and away from the mountains.

4. You're a meat eating vegetarian.

5. The bike on your car is worth more than the car.

6. You have a down comforter in the summer because you have the a/c on at 55 degrees.

7. You're able to drive 65 miles per hour through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without even flinching.

8. You take your out of town guests to Casa Bonita even though you would never go there otherwise. ( A Mexican Restaurant )

9. You install security lights on your house and garage but leave your doors unlocked.

10. You think the major food groups are granola bars, tofu, and Fat Tire Beer.

11. You carry jumper cables and your girlfriend/wife knows how to use them.

12. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

13. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

14. You know all 4 seasons; "almost winter, winter, still winter, and construction".

15. You've been tear gassed in a riot to celebrate a team's victory. (Broncos Super Bowl win)

16. You can never figure out why your out of town guests faint from altitude sickness on a picnic in the mountains.

17. You can drive over a 12,000 foot pass in 4 feet of snow, but can't make it to work if there are 4 inches of snow (because it's a powder day).

18. You know the 'correct' pronunciation of Buena Vista.

19. When you visit friends at sea level, you can drink a case of beer and not get buzzed.

20. Your car insurance cost more than your car.

21. You have surge protectors on every outlet.

22. April showers bring May blizzards.

23. You see someone riding a Harley in a downpour, and you look closer see if it's anyone you know.

24. 'Timberline' is someplace you have actually been, many times.

25. You know what a 'Chinook' is.

26. You know what a 'Rocky Mountain Oyster' is.

27. You know what a 'fourteener' is.

28. You don't know what a 'turn signal' is.

29. A bear on your front porch doesn't bother you nearly as much as a Democrat Congressman on your porch.

30. Your golf bag has a 9-iron, a 3-wood, and a lightning-rod.

31. You know who Alferd Packer was.

32. You know who Baby Doe Tabor was.

33. You know who Jim Beckworth was.

34. You'd be happier if you didn't know who Barbara Streisand was.

35. SPF 90 is not out of the question.

36. People from other states breathe 5 times as often as you do.

37. Having a Senator named Nighthorse doesn't seem strange to you.

38. Thunder has set off your car alarm.

39. You have an $800 stereo in a $300 truck.

40. A sudden loss of cabin pressure isn't a big deal.

41. You think a red light means 3 more cars can go through.

42. "Where we're going, we don't need roads!!"

43. You know where Doc Holiday's grave is.

44. You know where Buffalo Bill's grave is.

45. You know where the real 'South Park' is.

46. You can recognize the license plates of all 50 states onsight.

47. Driving directions usually include 'Go over pass...'

48. You've used 'checking for ticks' as an excuse to get someone naked.

49. You've dressed in shorts, sandals, and a parka all at the same time.

50. You've gone skiing in July.

51. You've gone sunbathing in January.

52. You've urinated on the Continental Divide just so it could run into both oceans.

53. You get a certain feeling of satisfaction from knowing that California and Texas are both downstream.

54. You actually understand these jokes.

- Josh (KC0LFV)

[KF0RT]

Hey! Some of this stuff only applies to "transplants." The natives do use turn signals.

73, Rob

[KC0LFV]

Yeah, I believe that is the only one I don't agree with. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[W7DJM]

Actually, quite a few of those could apply to Idaho.


(North Idaho--it's a state of the mind)

[W0MT]

One you missed:

You think guard rails are for sissies.

[K0RGR]

Do you still have to cut down a tree for your 'mountain driver's test'? When my grandmother took her test in Boulder that was part of the exam. You had to cut down a small tree and tie it behind the car in case the brakes failed on the way down the mountain.

I forwarded your list to my brother who lives in Longmont. He refers to Boulder as the place where "Nature Freaks meet the Freaks of Nature". We got into that discussion after the cougars ate the jogger and the little kid there a couple years ago and everybody was so concerned about how the city was invading the poor cougars' territory.

[KF0RT]

Quote[/b] (K0RGR @ May 08 2005,17:13)]I forwarded your list to my brother who lives in Longmont. He refers to Boulder as the place where "Nature Freaks meet the Freaks of Nature".
Around here, we call Boulder "16 square miles surrounded by reality." http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

73, Rob

[W5HTW]

Quote[/b] (KC0LFV @ May 08 2005,09:04)]1. You switch from "heat" to "a/c" in one day.


8. You take your out of town guests to Casa Bonita even though you would never go there otherwise. ( A Mexican Restaurant )



14. You know all 4 seasons; "almost winter, winter, still winter, and construction".


18. You know the 'correct' pronunciation of Buena Vista.


20. Your car insurance cost more than your car.

21. You have surge protectors on every outlet.

22. April showers bring May blizzards.


25. You know what a 'Chinook' is.


28. You don't know what a 'turn signal' is.


31. You know who Alfred Packer was.


34. You'd be happier if you didn't know who Barbara Streisand was.


36. People from other states breathe 5 times as often as you do.

37. Having a Senator named Nighthorse doesn't seem strange to you.

38. Thunder has set off your car alarm.


41. You think a red light means 3 more cars can go through.


46. You can recognize the license plates of all 50 states onsight.


53. You get a certain feeling of satisfaction from knowing that California and Texas are both downstream.

54. You actually understand these jokes.

- Josh (KC0LFV)
Darn. I agree with most of those.

Number 1 applies here, too. I've seen an overnight low of 30, following (and preceding) a day of 95.

Heck, I lived only a couple of blocks from Casa Bonita. Went there often, and loved it. Seems to me there was a Casa Bonita in Texas, too. Downstream from ours.

Number 14, for here: Windy, dry and cold; windy, dry and cool; windy, dry, chilly, and extra windy; Windy. Cold. Cool. Dusty. Windy.

18. And Pueblo, too. Guess what? Natives do NOT pronounce it "Pweblo." They pronounce it: Pee-web-blo.

20. Who has car insurance? This is New Mexico, remember.

21. Yes. Even on the garage door opener.

22. May snowstorms bring June duststorms.

25. And it ain't a motor home.

28. Turn signal? Let's see now.... Nope, I give up.

31. I believe Littleton High School named their dining room the Alfred E. Packer Memorial Cafeteria.

34. Yes. Absolutely.

36. People from other states think they are not IN the States.

37. Knew Ben when I lived in Silverton. His baliwick.

38. Nope. Lightning, though, opens my garage door. U nless I turn off the surge suppressor during storms.

41. Here even the cops run red lights. NOT on urgent call. Albuquerque Police Chief says he is putting a stop to that. Yeah, buddy.

46. ... And of New Mexico, which states categorically on the license plate that it IS indeed the USA. Lotsa folks don't know that.

53. Yeah, even from here. Someone once remarked that "Happiness is a Texan headed East with an Okie under each arm." We thank the Lord for the mountains between us can the Left Coast.

(OK, I'm from Colorado. But I've been in NM 23 years, long enough to be an honorary native, and to need a NM passport to cross the state line.)

Ed

[k6pme]

Quote[/b] (K0RGR @ May 08 2005,16:13)]We got into that discussion after the cougars ate the jogger and the little kid there a couple years ago and everybody was so concerned about how the city was invading the poor cougars' territory.
We had that same problem here in California a few years back. It's seems that Club Sierra and Co. convinced the more populated city area's that mountain lions were an endangered species that need protection from the evil humans. Well, they got their little law passed and shortly there after the 'feeding kills' started. And I don't mean calves and lambs but people.

So begin's the war so to speak. Now we have generations of rural mountain people saying hey we gotta live here. And on the other side of the fence there are the Sierra Clubbers from San Freak-sho, Marin Co. and Los Angeles, (who only know about the official published 'trail hikes' and Club Sierra party line) saying hey, you choose to live there, too bad.

At the time I lived in a fairly remote area of the mountains where a quart of milk was literally a 1 hour or more round trip drive. I had one of those things living in the canyon about 3/4 of a mile from my front door. (if you have never heard a mountain lion 'scream' in the middle of the night you wouldn't understand) Yea, high powered rifle's kept close by and yes I would have shot it and gone to jail if I had to.

Fortunately, after enough humans died the Legislature amended the law so the DFG could issue depridation permits.

(I hope my huge intense dislike of Club Sierra and Co. didn't come though on this.....well, ok, maybe it's obvious http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif )

[n7rjd]

Quote[/b] (KF0RT @ May 08 2005,04:39)]Hey! #Some of this stuff only applies to "transplants." #The natives do use turn signals.

73, Rob
As one who spends all week in Colorado while working I can honestly say, Yes, you do have to use turn signals. Signal right when you want to change lanes to the left, everyone closes in on the signal to the right and clears the left lane.

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[KC7YRA]

you now your from colorado if:

1. Nobody wants to talk to you during field day so you have to drive to Wyoming.

2. You have more than 1,000 types of license plate commerating everything from egg collecting to what grade school you attended

3. You actually know what a SMOG report is.

4. The sunday drive is a chore.


You know your from Wyoming if you

1. See a green license plate and instinctively reach for your gun (Which all self respecting Wyomingites have in their vehicles)

Obviously I am from Wyoming and for those who don't know there is a rivalry between us and our southern neighbors. It's hard to belive that just 4 hours south of me is a town with 6 lane roads. Absolutely insane. I will compliment Colorado because it has an REI or two and an actual ham store. Two things Wyo probably never will. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif


Brad

[K8ERV]

Quote[/b] (KC0LFV @ May 08 2005,09:04)]# #3. Your sense of direction is; towards the mountains and away from the mountains.


# #18. You know the 'correct' pronunciation of Buena Vista.


# #26. You know what a 'Rocky Mountain Oyster' is.

# #31. You know who Alfred Packer was.
Why would anyone want to drive AWAY from the mountains? Oh yes, all down-hill, with gas prices----

I know both ways to pronounce Buena Vista. Both are probably wrong.

There is a restaurant here that actually serves Rocky Mountain Oysters. Would try them but too expensive.

Lets spell Alferd Packer right!!

TOM K8ERV Montrose Colo

[KC0LFV]

Quote[/b] ]Lets spell Alferd Packer right!!
Corrected.

[K7JBQ]

Quote[/b] (KC0LFV @ May 09 2005,06:13)]Quote[/b] ]Lets spell Alferd Packer right!!
Corrected.
Just don't tell some folks around here of a certain political persuasion what old Al was convicted of eating. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

73,
Bill

[n0jaa]

Quote[/b] (KC7YRA @ May 08 2005,18:15)]you now your from colorado if:


2. #You have more than 1,000 types of license plate commerating everything from egg collecting to what grade school you attended
That sounds more like Florida! They have so many different plates down here, I have to look at them closely to make sure its a Florida plate and not out of state!

Paul, N0JAA

PS: One for Florida...
You know you're from Florida if you throw a party for a hurricane.

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[KC0LFV]

Quote[/b] (K7JBQ @ May 08 2005,15:11)]Quote[/b] (KC0LFV @ May 09 2005,06:13)]Quote[/b] ]Lets spell Alferd Packer right!!
Corrected.
Just don't tell some folks around here of a certain political persuasion what old Al was convicted of eating. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

73,
Bill
Haha, true enough. THAT could turn out to be an interesting debate.

[AB9JV]

I seem to remember going to a bar in Colorado named "Alfie Packers"

I never knew the significance of the name until reading this thread, and looking up Alferd Packer.

I am laughing now because the bar was in a tourist town and I imagine that most, like myself, had no clue.

They had a bunch of food items on the menu with weird names. If I was to see it now, would surely get the joke.

That was 30 years ago. I am surprised that name stuck in my head.

[KF0RT]

Quote[/b] (AB9JV @ May 09 2005,16:46)]I seem to remember going to a bar in Colorado named "Alfie Packers"
What town?

I was looking for a picture I took some years ago to post here, but it's among the "missing."

There's a little gravesite just outside of Lake City where the supposed deed took place. The interesting thing is that it's on private property and not many yards from the property owner's house. That's right, they have bedroom windows that overlook the graves. A sign out front says something to the effect that you're welcome to visit, but please be considerate of the owners. No charge.

The only eating establishment named after "Alferd" that I am aware of is the cafeteria on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder. There's probably more, though.

73, Rob

[N0KLT]

Quote[/b] (KF0RT @ May 08 2005,11:39)]Hey! Some of this stuff only applies to "transplants." The natives do use turn signals.

73, Rob
Yeah right. My brother in law from out there not only doesn't use turn signals, he seldom uses brakes. He is also one of the few people I know of that flipped a jeep over backwards. That stunt almost convinced him to start wearing seat belts tho. All most but not quite. He can never figure out why I don't like riding with him on highways there much less why he can't get me to go off-roading with him. Why he has survived this long I have no clue.

[KC0NBW]

run ''alferd packer's'' on a search engine !

[K0RGR]

We're waiting for the cougars to show up in Minnesota. We've got a huge overpopulation of deer here, and the cougars have been moving out of the Rockies into the plains after the deer for a long time. There were three killed in Iowa last year, and two turned up in Illinois, even - somehow got over the big river. There have been sightings around the Twin Cities, but nothing "confirmed" yet. I guess we're waiting for a body count. Of course, they reintroduced the Timber Wolf years ago and they are thriving here now, and the black bear is starting to become real common in the more populated areas, too - two were killed near here last year. At least the poisonous snakes are only found in the extreme southeast corner of the state (except for the two-legged kind, who are engaged in politics). The mosquitoes are still the deadliest predators, though.

[n0jaa]

You know you're from Colorado Springs if you understand the words to the song, "Pray for Me, I Drive Academy."

Paul, N0JAA
(who once lived in Colorado Springs)

[KC0NBW]

Quote[/b] (K0RGR @ May 09 2005,20:27)]We're waiting for the cougars to show up in Minnesota. We've got a huge overpopulation of deer here, and the cougars have been moving out of the Rockies into the plains after the deer for a long time. #There were three killed in Iowa last year, and two turned up in Illinois, even - somehow got over the big river. #There have been sightings around the Twin Cities, but nothing "confirmed" yet. #I guess we're waiting for a body count. Of course, they reintroduced the Timber Wolf years ago and they are thriving here now, and the black bear is starting to become real common in the more populated areas, too - two were killed near here last year. #At least the poisonous snakes are only found in the extreme southeast corner of the state (except for the two-legged kind, who are engaged in politics). #The mosquitoes are still the deadliest predators, though.
the mountain lions have never left the arrowhead. nor has the timberwolf, or the black bear.

there have been rattlesnakes across the southern portion of the state since day one ! (basically, the area south of the minnesota river

there was a black bear killed at 35 e and roselawn in the last 2 weeks ! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[kb2vxa]

Hi guys,

"And of New Mexico, which states categorically on the license plate that it IS indeed the USA. Lotsa folks don't know that."

But what was it called before we stole it and renamed it New Mexico and it was stolen back and re-renamed Nueva Mexico? Los Estados Unidos de Mexico (the official name of Mexico) has reclaimed their states and swiped most of ours so most of us don't know if New Mexico or even New Jersey is part of the United States of America. Frankly all I can figure out is I'm not Canadian.