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Those who grew up in small towns will laugh when they read this.  
 
Those who didn't will be in disbelief and won't understand how true it  
was.  
 
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  
when the party was busted. (See #6.)  
 
4) You used to 'drag' and ‘cruse’ Main St.  
 
5) If you whispered the 'F' word, your parents knew within the hour.  
 
6) You planned parties around the schedules of different police  
officers, because you knew 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 to Anderson's, and its four houses left of the track field.  
 
13) The golf course had only 9 holes, and was closed on Sunday.  
 
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 wanted could be found at the local gas station or the dairy bar.  
 
20) You saw at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town or one of your friends occasionally driving a grain truck to school.  
 
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 McDonald's, but all towns had a Chinese Restaurant.  
 
28) There were door-to-door salesmen for, the Fuller Brush Co., Watkins, and Wear-ever Pots and Pans.  
 
29) It was normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower.  
 
30) You've peed in a cornfield.  
 
31) Most people went by a nickname.  
 
32) Directions in the country were by north, south, east, west, and the name of the farmer’s quarter at which you turned.  
 
33) If your neighbouring town was French you learned to speak pigeon French, and the girls there spoke pigeon English.  
 
34) You went into the Bush on Sunday with your Dad to pick up the empties from the parties of the night before to raise money to buy grain to feed your pony.  
 
35) All the cars parked on Main Street diagonally.  
 
36) All half-ton trucks had cheaters on the steering wheel.  
 
37) You stayed in the same Grade until you passed.  
 
38) The Beer Parlour was ‘men only’, and the coffee shop was attached for the wives to meet on Saturday’s while the men were in the Parlour.  
 
39) Men were prohibited from wearing Hats in a Beer Parlour.  
 
40) Men could not move their beer from table to table, the waiter had to move it.  
 
41) All houses had their own Back House.  
 
42) The whole town closed at twelve noon after the Fire alarm signal sounded, and then opened at one after the Fire alarm sounded again.  
 
43) The whole town closed on Wednesday morning until one p.m.  
 
44) On Saturday night the whole town stayed open until nine p.m.  
 
46) A plug of chewing Tobacco was 39 cents.  
 
47) No one had a basement only a Root cellar.  
 
48) There were no light switches on the walls only a pull string from the light.  
 
49) In the summer, a Sticky Fly Catcher hung from the ceiling of every room, they cost 2 for five cents, and the thumbtack was included.  
 
50) When the Eaton’s catalogue arrived it was a major event.  
 
You laughed your butt off reading this because you know it is true.  
 
I would not have wanted to be raised any other way!!!!  
 
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