are you the new FD in the sewer? my brother saw a red third gen the other week on gordon drive.... [/quote]

Could've been. I get up to Sewer City every once in awhile.

 

Odd, I grew up in Singapore and I don't remember Malaysia having deserts.

 

JEFF Foxworthy says you must be an Iowan if . . .



You've never met any celebrities



Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on

the highway



"Vacation" means driving through the Amanas or going to

Adventureland



You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular



Down south to you means Missouri



You know several people who have hit a deer



You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Des Moines"



You know the answer to the question "Is this Heaven?"



Your school classes were cancelled because of cold

Your school classes were cancelled because of heat



You know where all the Yoders live



You know what "Hawks" and "Clones" are



You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way



You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day



You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better"



You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July



Stores don't have bags, they have sacks



You see people wear bib overalls at funerals



You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one

in it no matter what time of the year



You end your sentences with an unnecessary exposition.

Example:

Where's my coat at?"



All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit or

vegetable



You can locate Iowa on the United States map



Detassling was your first job



You've been on a "Geode Hunt"



Your idea of a really great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as

big as the bun and accompanied only by ketchup and a dill pickle

slice



You learn your pickup will run without a muffler



You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both

unlocked



When asked how your trip was to any foreign, exotic place, you say

It was different"



Being a bit younger you remember Terry Branstad as the governor the

whole time you were growingup



You consider being called a "Pork Queen" an honor



People from other states love to hear you say "Iowa"



You carry jumper cables in your car



You drink "pop"



You know what the numbers I-80, 280 and 380 mean



You know what "cow chips" are

 

haha, we have i-80, 280 and 380. and i know lots of people who have hit deer

 

Yeah, some of them are pretty weak.

 

its wierd we have the same highways though



mike

 

There's a 380 in NJ, along with I-80, of course.

 

yeah, i guess we know I-80 goes from my house to vosko's house



mike

 

It comes pretty damn close to my house on the way.



Directions to NJ from my house:

Head south on I-35. (35 miles)

Turn left

Drive for 17 hours on the same damn highway.

Get there.

 

haha, so my directions to get to you would be

n101 take a right on 1-80, get off at ed's house



mike