Marshall Stanton
03-05-2001, 07:41 AM
You know you live in North Idaho if...
Your vocabulary includes the words jackpine and tamarack.
The roads are better to drive on in the winter because the potholes are filled in!
Drive by shootings begin September 1st each year... grouse season.
You remember the seasons of the year.... winter, more winter, still winter and construction!
Having a bear of a day means you met up with a grizzly.
Road hazard signs depict moose crossings!
Your kid comes home from a date saying he had a great experience, he really saw lights.... means they watched the Arora Borealis (Northern Lights).
Weekend passtimes for spring include rebuilding front-end suspension on your car!
When -20 degrees is "a little chilly!"
You know several people who have hit deer with their car.
Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
You have to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in your car on the same day.
You see a car in the store parking lot with the keys in the ignition and a gun in front seat and no one in it!
All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable or animal.
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
You know what "cow tipping" and "Snipe Hunting" are.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page.
You think both opening day of deer and elk seasons should be national holidays.
Your vocabulary includes the words jackpine and tamarack.
The roads are better to drive on in the winter because the potholes are filled in!
Drive by shootings begin September 1st each year... grouse season.
You remember the seasons of the year.... winter, more winter, still winter and construction!
Having a bear of a day means you met up with a grizzly.
Road hazard signs depict moose crossings!
Your kid comes home from a date saying he had a great experience, he really saw lights.... means they watched the Arora Borealis (Northern Lights).
Weekend passtimes for spring include rebuilding front-end suspension on your car!
When -20 degrees is "a little chilly!"
You know several people who have hit deer with their car.
Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
You have to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in your car on the same day.
You see a car in the store parking lot with the keys in the ignition and a gun in front seat and no one in it!
All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable or animal.
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
You know what "cow tipping" and "Snipe Hunting" are.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page.
You think both opening day of deer and elk seasons should be national holidays.