June, 1958
Mrs Switzers Grade 6 class
(the older kids :-)
You just might be from a small town if :
1. you can name everyone you graduated with.
2. you know what 4-H is.
3. you ever went to parties at a pasture, barn, or at the end of a dirt road.
4. you used to lap "main". (Mainers?)
5. you said the "F" word and your parents knew within the hour
6. you scheduled parties around the the schedule of different police officers, since you know 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)
8. when you did find somebody old enough and brave enough to buy cigarettes,you still had to go out to the country and drive on back roads to smoke them.
9. it was cool to date somebody from the neighboring town.
10. the whole school went to the same party after graduation
11. you don't give directions by street names or directions by references (turn by Nelson's house, go two blocks east of Anderson's, and it's four houses past the tracks)
12. the golf course had only 9 holes.
13. you can't help but date a friend's ex-boy/girlfriend.
14. your car stays filthy because of the dirt roads and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason
15. the town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snooty", but is actually just like your town.
16. you referred anyone with a house newer then 1960 as the "rich people"
17. the people in the "big city" dressed funny then you pick up the trend a year later.
18. anyone you want can be found at the local gas station or the local hangout.
19. you see at least one friend a week driving a tractor though town or one of your friends drives a farm truck to school occasionally.
20. the gym teacher suggest you haul hay or go logging for the summer to get stronger.
21. directions are given using the only stop light as a reference.
22. you decide to walk for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask you if you want a ride somewhere.
23. your teachers call you by your older sibling's names.
24. your teachers remember when they taught your parents.
25. you can charge at all the local stores or write cheques without i.d.
26. the closest Mcdonald's is over 100 miles away.
27. the closest mall is over 100 miles away.
28. it is normal to see an old man riding through town on a bike.
29. everyone had the same bootlegger.
30. hot summer days were spent at the local swimming hole.
31. you laugh your ass off reading this because you know it is all true and you tell everyone who lives in your town (because you know them all !!!)
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