Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Texas ping list!. . .don't be shy.
No, you don't HAVE to be a Texan to get on this list!
Posted on 04/19/2003 2:39:18 PM PDT by PetroniDE
You Know You're from Abilene if...
You have ever taken a girl to "look" at the blue lights by the airport.
Meeting a celebrity" means standing in line at the Olive Garden next to the local weatherman.
Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a camper on the Winters Freeway.
"Vacation" means driving to Dallas.
You have seen the "Anson Lights" and they scared the hell out of you!
You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
Your work or classes are canceled because of snow, and missed the next day because it reaches 90 degrees.
You think one of the major food groups is Taco Bueno.
During the summer, the car trunk doubles as an oven for your groceries.
You measure distance in hours.
The Abilene Reporter News covers national and international headlines on one page.....but requires 6 pages for high school football.
You've had to switch from Heat to A/C in the same day.
You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper, and hot sauce.
You think that opening weekend for dove and deer seasons are national holidays.
You find 98 degrees "a little warm," and 60 degrees downright freezing.
You think the only seasons are hot, damn hot, and winter.
You know if another person is from out of town the second he or she walks in the door.
"Overachievers" go to A&M or UT. The rest must choose from Hardin-Simmons, ACU, McMurry, or Cisco Junior College.
You've had several friends move off and move back within a couple of months.
You have a friend that lives near a pumpjack.
The West Texas Fair and Rodeo is the major event for the whole year.
The town mascot is a B-1 Bomber.
Honeymoon means "San Antonio."
You get these and send them to all your Abilene friends.
You've had to switch from Heat to A/C in the same day.
I had to do that in the last week. :O)
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