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Copied from Facebook. A few of them hit close to home & made me laugh.
"You might live in upstate New York if..."
"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 a year because Saranac Lake is the coldest spot in the nation, and Syracuse gets more snow than any other major city in the US, you might live in Upstate NY."
"If you get 131 inches of snow in a week and you comment that 'winter's finally here', you might live near Oswego in Upstate New York."
"If you have worn shorts and a parka on the same day, you might live in Upstate New York."
"You know you are a true upstate New Yorker when..."
"Vacation" means going South past Syracuse for the weekend.
You measure distance in hours.
You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.
You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend/wife knows how to use them.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction.
You can identify a southern or eastern accent.
Down South to you means Corning.
You go out for a fish fry every Friday.
Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
You find 10 degrees "a little chilly." and 55 is shorts weather.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)If ...
You measure distance in hours.
You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.
You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend/wife knows how to use them.
You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction.
Yep ~ I live in the lower part of Upstate N Y.
Sanity Claws
(21,852 posts)Is that Westchester?
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)South of the Catskills which is in Greene County.
Mohawk Mountain isn't far away. It's a lovely hike up to the top.
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=mohawk+house&ie=UTF-8&ei=Vni6Ud3-OsHx0gHgioCQDQ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg
I'm surrounded by apple orchards.
A raccoon tried to break into my house recently. I thought it was a feral cat.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Historic NY
(37,453 posts)still the same...I've heard they are going to send out rubber rafts if the rain continues.
Rain is just unfrozen snow.
Rhiannon12866
(206,016 posts)This week I've worn short sleeves, then and a sweater and jacket, keep switching my car from heat to AC, sometimes in the same trip, and now that the snow's finally melted, we have road construction...
And I love an hour north of Albany.