Posted by jkm822 at alb-24-195-237-6.nycap.rr.com on May 29, 2003 at 17:21:41:
In Reply to: Re: Don't you just love the capital region... posted by Sadi on May 29, 2003 at 17:01:48:
: Hey, I've been coming to this site for awhile now, but have never posted here. Reading these posts reminded me of an email I got not too long ago, so I thought I'd share it with you guys.
: From Upstate, NY??
: Ways to tell if you are:
: 1. You refer to downtown Albany as "The City"
Fuck no. But then, I'm originally from NJ, so for me, The City is NYC. Thank God!
: 3. You measure distance in hours.
Sadly true. In NJ, having to drive half an hour to get anywhere was rare. Here, half an hour is nada. It takes 45 minutes to get to a mall. I'm used to having 3 within 15 minutes!
: 4. You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
Many people here have deer alarms on their cars - little things that suck in air as you drive; if the air stops flowing through them due to a deer, they make a crazy noise.
: 5. You've ever used your back porch or the trunk of your car as a
: fridge/deep freeze.
Regularly.
: 6. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
Yep.
: 7. You use a down comforter in the summer.
Still haven't taken the comforter off the bed.
: 8. People drive at 65 mph through 13 inches of snow without flinching.
AACK!!! THIS IS SO TRUE!!! And it scares the FUCK out of me!!!!
: 10. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
unlocked.
Due to my Jerseyan nature, I leave nothing unlocked. Lots of people I know here don't, tho.
: 12. You carry jumper cables in your car and your wife/girlfriend knows how
: to use them.
Yep. I had to learn how to pump my own gas, too, and it costs MORE! Can someone explain that to me?
: 15. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
ROFL! Too fucking true!
: 17. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and
: roadway under construction.
ARGH. That's all I have to say about that. Though when I was home in NJ the weekend before last, the situation was no better. Took me an hour to get from Metuchen to New Brunswick! That's just insane!
: 22. You know that 'First Night' isn't a Sean Connery movie.
I was so totally clueless about this when I got here. Thanks, I'll take the New Years party WITH the booze.
: 24. Your career ambition is to work for the state.
I'm one of the only people I know who doesn't.
27. You can spell and say 'Schenectady', 'Rensselaer' and 'Shenendehowa.'
You forgot Schaghticoke. What the hell kind of name for a town is that?