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Three cars try to make left turns at the same time and block each other, so the drivers get out and go to the nearest place they can get coffee and talk about who's going to back up first. And the cars are left running in the middle of the intersection.
When you mail a letter to a PO box and just put 'City' on it, because it's easier than all the rest of that garbage.
You lock your new car so it won't tempt kids to go joyriding, but leave your house unlocked in case someone might need something.
The official street names keep changing, so directions are more like 'third house on the right past soandso's house' or 'in the alley behind such and such a store.'
Someone might put some fresh seafood in your freezer [I wish they'd told me, you wouldn't believe how bad 100 lbs of spoiled halibut can smell after being in a closed freezer for a couple months when it's not plugged in!]
The music/furniture/fabric store closes in the middle of the day and puts a sign in the window that says CLOSED IN HONOR OF THE SUN. WE'VE ALL GONE ON A PICNIC.
When it gets really busy when you're working the night shift alone in the sandwich shop, so the customers take turns bussing tables and running the dishwasher for you.
Same shop, same night shift: Your boss screwed up and got his phone cut off, so all the cab drivers park where they can see inside while they're waiting for their next dispatch, ready to call for help if there's a problem [never was, but it was a nice thought anyway].
You get cable when the local cable office advertises free hookups, and they ask you to please not cut it off right away, because they spent 2,000.00 on the equipment needed for that free installation.
You live off the road system but still have a phone - then you move onto the road system and the new, improved phone company office is somewhere else and doesn't believe you have a phone because they don't install them without a street address. You give up, because even when you tell her that's the phone you're talking to her on, she still doesn't believe it. Then you go chase down one of the local repairmen and tell them where you want the service moved from and to, and he says "Sure, no problem. Don't bother calling those dummies, they have no idea how we do things here. Next time you have a problem, just find one of us."
You know you live in a small town when the tiny dealership gets a tractor as a trade in and props it up out front on a ramp and a large crowd gathers. And the tractor is gone in less then 48 hours.
You know you live in a small town when you pick up your film, but its not your film. So you call your friend because its hers.
You know you live in a small town when there is a wildfire behind your house and 20 people you know just show up to start packing your house, no calls needed.
You know you live in a small town when parents stop you at pre-school, at the grocery store, tupperware party, etc to complain that your husband, the football coach, isn't giving their kids enough playing time.
You know you live in a small town when the Chinese restaurant has a sign up that says, Gone to China, be back in 3 weeks.
You know you live in a small town when a big rig crashes into a small power transformer and everyone in the county loses power for 3 days.
You know you live in a small town when Walmart is the 3rd largest employer in the county.
You know you live in a small town when the tow truck driver calls your insurance agent at home to get the ok not to charge you for a tow back into town.
You know you live in a small town when shops close for county fair week.
You know you live in a small town when the parades consist of kids groups, decorated big rigs, log trucks, tractors, and just about everyone is walking with a horse, goat, or sheep. So the one year there is a real float, your kids ask 'What is that?"
You know you live in a small town when your kids are home sick and their teachers drop off homework.
You know you live in a small town when your shopping at the nearest mall 2 hours away and your kids walk in and yell 'I love the big city!!'
You know you live in a small town when the bell used to call the kids to class and lunch is rung by 2 kids pulling on a rope attached to a bell in a tower.
You know you live in a small town when your kid does something stupid on the other side of town and there are messages on your phone from other parents telling you about it.
You know you live in a small town when you have no worries sending your kid and his friends out in the woods with guns (other than accidents of course).
You know you live in a small town when it doesn't cause a swat response when a gun is seen in some kids car.
You know you live in a small town when all crimes including traffic are in the local paper everyday.
You know you live in a small town when you get pulled over for speeding and end up not getting a ticket but having a 1/2 hour conversation with the officer.
You know you live in a small town when there's only 2 cops on duty at any one time.
You know you live in a small town when you apply for a school job and they send you to get fingerprinted at the local PD but they're out of ink for a week or so.
You know you live in a small town when you drive the school bus and the biggest worry is if you'll hit an elk or moose on the way.
And the biggest one, You know you live in a small town when you can send your kid to school and never worry that he'll come home that night!
You know you're in a small town when your boss asks you why you don't want everyone at work knowing why you're taking a personal day from work ( this was truely and issue with my husband and his boss) and if you live in a small town you'll get it , cause everyone is NOSEY!
You know you're in a small town when the police Lt. asks the rookie cop from the city(my husband) why people smoke weed out of bongs vs. pipes cause he never understood that.
You know you're in a small town when the PD has a meeting with the officers to see if anyone can determine if the weed the confiscated (sp?) is of good quality. (Not sure where some of these guys get their training) My husband was able to tell them right away lol..
You know your in a small town when the police captain has never heard of shrooms
You know you'e in a small town when the next biggest police force is the next town over which consists of two part time cops and no station...
You know you're in a small town when your neighbor brags his car just cracked 30,000 miles, and its 1993 Ford pickup.. wish I could make that up but its true
Oh heres a good one...
You know your in a small town when your child is sent home from school for "lying" to the class because he said he's been on an airplane and seen a whale...
(This happen to my husband when he was in 3rd grade and moved to a tiny tiny town in Northern Maine of about 400 people.. Some people hadn't left the town for generations, and my husband had moved up from Boston and obviously been to aquariums , museums and on a plane.. The teacher was astonished as it had been her first student ever to be on a plane or see a whale)..
You know your in a small town when your highschool graduating class of 12 is the biggest graduating class of 20 years with the previous record being 14.. Once again from my husbands small town growing up lo..
You know you're in a small town when.........you get busted for drag racing from THE stoplight....and the town marshall just goes to your house to wait for....
You know you are in a really rural small town when:
The county finally installs a caution light down at the crossroads, and everyone turns out to watch it go Blink! Blink! Blink!
Eldercare consists of taking granddad down to the crossroads "convenience store" where he will sit and play checkers and Rook with the other elder citizens all day.
You give the convenience store owner $1.25 every Monday to cover granddad's daily bologna and cheese sandwich on white bread that he eats every day at noon.
Your new boyfriend gives you a little kiss on Saturday nite after the big date and everyone at church is talking about it the next morning during Sunday School.
You come home to find a bucket filled w/ green beans sitting on your door step, and you know who left it b/c you recognize the bucket.
Everyone's bicycle is a hand-me-down from either a relative or a neighbor. Each new owner gets a new coat of paint in a different color. After while, there are chips on the paint . . . and blue, yellow, red all show through the latest black paint job.
You get a call from a neighbor telling you to "put up" your male dog for the next two weeks b/c so-and-so's dog is in heat.
No elderly lady woman in town hair has grey hair. Year after year, they show up at church every Sunday with a slight variation on the same brown hair color. You ask Jolene, the town's one hairdresser, how that is possible. She shows you a big bottle of temporary hair rinse that she uses on all her clients and says, "Now this is just a rinse; It isn't real hair color. No one in this town would be caught dead using hair color."
Your daddy stops by the local fruit stand and buys a watermelon, and by the time he gets home, 8 neighborhood kids have lined up to get a slice.
Anytime someone gets married, the church ladies plan a big pot luck after the ceremony for the whole town, which serves as the wedding reception.
You admire someone's new dress at church and the next Sunday she shows up w/ the pattern for it, wh/ she has painstakingly transferred (complete w/ all markings and directions) to paper bags she has ironed to get the creases out - and has taped together to make large enough pieces.
Your diabetic Aunt tries to buy a Pepsi at the local convenience store and the owner refuses to sell it to her and threatens to call her husband to tell him she is trying to cheat on her diabetic diet again.
You know you live in a small town when... you have to drive your trash to the local dump b/c there is no trash pickup.
You know you live in a small town when... the cows outnumber the residents nearly two to one!
LMAO...we have to drive about 6 miles to the "recycling dump...but it's FREE!..In our area the cows outnumber the residents about 12 to one.
Also, you know you live in a small town when women still feel safe to walk the roads alone.
Good post...
Last edited by ontheroad; 02-16-2008 at 04:00 PM..
Reason: inserted quote marks for clarity
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