DOVE's blog: "SMALL TOWNS"

 reminds me of home only instead of tractors and
> dirt roads  think boats and bayous and who would
> think out in the bayou you would pick the same canal to
> party in that your dad decided to trawl in that day.
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> The
> only one missing is the one I used to live by: Make sure the
> dirt road you pick is NOT where your daddy is coon hunting
> with his buddies!!
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> SMALL TOWNS
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> Those who grew up
> in small towns will laugh when they read this.
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> Those
> who didn't will be in disbelief and won't
> understand how true it is.
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> 1) You can name
> everyone you graduated with.
>  
> 2) You know what
> 4-H means.
>  
> 3) You went to parties
> at a pasture, barn, gravel pit, or in the middle of a
> dirt road.  On Monday you could always tell who was at
> the party because of the scratches on their legs from
> running through the woods or cotton field when the party was
> busted. (See #6.)
>  
> 4) You used
> to'drag'Main .
>  
> 5) You whispered
> the 'F' word and your parents knew within the
> hour.
>  
> 6) You scheduled
> parties around the schedules of different police officers,
> because you new which ones would bust you and which
> ones wouldn't.
>  
> 7) You
> could never buy cigarettes because all the store clerks
> knew how old you were (and if you were old enough,
> they'd tell your parents anyhow.) Besides, where would
> you get the money?
>  
> 8) When you did find
> somebody old enough and brave enough to buy cigarettes,
> you still had to go out into the country and drive on
> back roads to smoke them.
>  
> 9) You knew which
> section of the ditch you would find the beer your buyer
> dropped off.
>  
> 10) It was cool to
> date somebody from the neighboring town.
>  
> 11) The whole school
> went to the same party after graduation.
>  
> 12) You didn't
> give directions by street names but rather
> by references. Turn by Nelson's house, go 2 blocks
> toAnderson 's, and it's four houses left
> of the track field.
>  
> 13) The golf course
> had only 9 holes.
>  
> 14) You couldn't
> help but date a
> friend's ex-boyfriend/girlfriend.
>  
> 15) Your car stayed
> filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never
> own a dark vehicle for this reason.
>  
> 16) The town next
> to you was considered 'trashy' or 'snooty,'
> but was actually just like your town.
>  
> 17) You referred to
> anyone with a house newer then 1955 as
> the 'rich' people.
>  
> 18) The people in the
> 'big city' dressed funny, and then you picked
> up the trend 2 years later.
>  
> 19) Anyone you were
> looking for could be found at the town 
>  square or the burger place on the drag
>  
> 20) You saw at least
> one friend a week driving a tractor through town or one
> of your friends driving a grain truck to school
> occasionally.
>  
> 21) The gym teacher
> suggested you haul hay for the summer to get
> stronger.
>  
> 22) Directions were
> given using THE stop light as a reference.
>  
> 23) When you decided
> to walk somewhere for exercise, 5 people would pull
> over and ask if you wanted a ride.
>  
> 24) Your teachers
> called you by your older siblings' names.
>  
> 25) Your
> teachers remembered when they taught your
> parents.
>  
> 26) You could charge
> at any local store or write checks without any
> ID.
>  
> 27) There was
> no McDonalds.
>  
> 28) The closest mall
> was over an hour away.
>  
> 29) It was normal
> to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn
> mower.
>  
> 30) You've
> pee'd in a corn or cotton field.
>  
> 31) Most people went
> by a nickname.
>  
> 32) You laughed your
> butt off reading this because you know it is true, and
> you forward it to everyone who may have lived in a small
> town. 
>  
> I would not have
> wanted to have been raised any
> other way!!!!
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