Living in new england

Jamie Hall

But you're not a Vermonta until you have passed a triple of snow plows, in action, on I89 -- at 75...

I once accidentally told a flatlander 'you can't get theah from heah' without thinking -- it was quite true -- he looked at me as though I had two heads. New York plates, I think...

shawn_14

Little bit of the topic but I love living in new england

A man in Topeka, Kansas decided to write a book about Churches around
the country. He started by flying to San Francisco and started working
east from there Going to a very large church, he began taking
photographs and making notes. He spotted a golden telephone on the
vestibule wall and was intrigued with a sign, which read 'Calls: $10,000
a minute. Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone and the sign.
The pastor answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to
heaven and if he pays the price he can talk directly to God. The man
thanked the pastor and continued on his way. As he continued to visit
churches in Seattle, Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, and around
the United States, he found more phones, with the same sign, and the
same answer from each pastor.

Finally, he arrived in Massachusetts. Upon entering a church in Boston,
MA ...........Behold - he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS
time, the sign read 'Calls: .35 cents.' Fascinated, he asked to talk to
the pastor, 'Reverend, I have been in cities all across the country and
in each church I have found this golden telephone and have been told it
is a direct line to Heaven and that I could talk to God, but in the
other churches the cost was $10,000 a minute. Your sign reads only .35
cents a call. Why?' The pastor, smiling benignly, replied: 'Son, you're
in Boston, Massachusetts now, home of the Boston Red Sox, the Patriots,
Celtics, Bruins and Boston College! You're in God's Country, It's a
local call.

laurence salvatore_2

New England

I was at an exiled friend's B'day party outside of Chicago, a city I love. Every one was talking about all the places they'd lived and would like to live. They were astonished to find out I live 40 miles away from where I grew up in Connecticut and had no asperations live anwhere else. When pressed by the entire group (my exiled freind not among them) I admitted I might like to live in Boston or Cedar Island Maine or Arlington Vermont. They said those places didn't count because thye were the same as where I lived then and now. I spent the better part of an hour trying to explain why once you are here you can't imagine living anywhere else but I could not. An older gentleman advised me to give up. He had lived in Portsmouth for a time and longed to move back and never leave eventhough he was born and raised in west texas. You are right about God's country.

J Sacco

Living in New England

Pretty good issue this month

Paul Fredricks_5

Yeah, we do love it here.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you live in New England.

If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you live in New England.

If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in New E ngland .

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you live in New England.

If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of New York City for the weekend, you live in New England.

If you measure distance in hours, you live in New England.

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you live in New England.

If you have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again, you live in New England.

If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England.

If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you live in New England.

If you c arry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you live in New England.

If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you live in New England.

If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 and everybody is passing you, you live in New England.

If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you live in New England.

If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you live in New England.

If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England.

If you find 10 degrees "a little chilly", you live in New England.

If there's a Dunkin Donuts on every corner, you live in New England

John Barba

It's been a year....

...time to dust off a classic:

101 Ways you know you are a proud Bostonian...

1 . The Red Sox World Series win in 2004 was, and will always be, one of the greatestmoments in your life. ('07 wasn't bad, either!)

2. The guy driving in front of you is going 70 mph and you're swearing at him for going too slow.

3. When ordering a tonic, you mean a Coke.

4. You went to Canobie Lake Park or Water Country as a kid

5. You actually enjoy driving around rotaries.

6. You do not recognize the letter "R" as a part of the English language -eva!

7. Your social security number starts with a 0

8. You can actually find your way around Boston.

9. You know what a "regular" coffee is.

10 You keep an ice scraper in your car year-round.

11. You can tell the difference between a Revere accent and a Dorchester accent.

12. Springfield is located "way out west."

13. You almost feel disappointed if someone doesn't flip you the bird when you cut them off or steal their parking space.

14. You know how to pronounce the names of towns like Worcester, Billerica, Gloucester, and Haverhill.

15. Anyone you don't know is a potential idiot until proven otherwise.

16. Paranoia sets in if you can't see a Dunkin Donuts or CVS within eyeshot at all times.

17. You have driven to New Hampshire on a Sunday just to buy alcohol.

18. You know how to pronounce Yastrzemski.

19. You know there's a trophy at the end of the Bean Pot.

20. You order iced coffee in January

21. You know that the Purple Line will take you anywhere

22. You love scorpion bowls.

23. You know what they sell at a Packie.

24. Sorry Manny, but number 24 means DEWEY EVANS.

25. You know what First Night is.

26. You know at least one guy named Sean, Pat, Sully, Red, Bud or Seamus.

27. McLobster? McCrap!

28. You know at least 2 cops in your town because they were your high school drinking buddies.

29. Sure there are 6 New England states, but Connecticut really doesn't count.

30. You intentionally give wrong directions to tourists, feel bad when they drive off, but then say to yourself ,"Ah, screw them."

31. You know at least one bar where you can get something to drink after last call .

32. You're sick of the Kennedy's, but you vote for them anyway.

33. You know holding onto the railing when riding the Green Line is not optional

34. The numbers '78 and '86 make you cringe.

35. You've been to Goodtimes before

36. You think the rest of the country owes you for Thanksgiving and Independence Day. (...and they DO).

37. You have never been to "Cheers." It's called the Goldfinch Pub

38. The words 'WICKED' and 'GOOD' go together.

39. You've been to Fenway Park several times.

40. You've gone to at least one party at U Mass.

41 You own a "Yankees Suck" shirt or hat.

42. You know what a Frappe is.

43. You've been to Hempfest.

44. You know who Frank Averuch is.

45. ADVANCED: You know Frank Averuch was once Bozo the Clown

46. You can complete the following: "Lynn, Lynn... the city of sin"

47. You get pissed off when a restaurant serves clam chowder, and it turns out to be friggin' Snows.

48. You actually know how to merge from six lanes of traffic down to one.

49. The TV weatherman is damn good if he's right 25% of the time.

50. You never go to "Cape Cod," you go "down the Cape".

51. You think that Roger Clemens and Johnny Damon are more evil than Whitey Bulger.

52. You know who Whitey Bulger is.

53. You went to the Swan Boats, House of Seven Gables, or Plimouth Plantation on a field trip in elementary school

54. Bobby Orr is loved as much as Larry Bird, Tom Brady, and Ted Williams.

55. You remember Major Mudd.

56. You know what candlepin bowling is

57. You can drive to the mountains and the ocean all in one day

58. You know Scollay Square once stood where Government Center is.

59. When you were a kid, Rex Trailer was the coolest guy around Speaking of which...

60. You can still hum the song from the end of Boom Town

61. Calling Carrabba's an "Italian" restaurant is a sacrilege

62. You still have your old Flexible Flyer somewhere in your parents' attic.

63. You know that the Mass Pike is some sort of strange weather dividing line.

64. The only time you've been on the Freedom Trail is when relatives are in town.

65. The Big Dig tunnel disaster wasn't really that much of a surprise.

66. You call guys you've just met "Chief" or "Boss."

67. 4:15pm and pitch black out means there's just 3 more shopping days until Christmas

68. You know more than one person with the last name Murphy

69. You refer to Savin Hill as "Stab 'n Kill."

70. You've never eaten at Durgin Park, but recommend it to tourists.

71. You can't look at the zip code 02145 without singing it.

72. You voted for a Republican Mormon as Governor just to screw with the rest of the country.

73. 11pm? Drunk? It means one thing: Kowloon!

74. 2am? Drunk? It means one thing: Kelly's Roast Beef!

75. 5am? Drunk? It means one thing: You wish you had a blanket in your back seat

76. You know that P-Town isn't the name of a new rap group.

77. People you don't like are all "Bastids."

78. You took school or work off for the Patriots first Super Bowl Win Parade

79. You've called something "wicked pissa."

80. You'll always get razzed for Dukakis.

81. Saturday afternoons meant Creature Double Feature with Dale Dorman

82. Sunday mornings meant the Three Stooges on Channel 38

83. You've slammed on your brakes to deter a tailgater

84. No, you don't trust the Gorton's Fisherman.

85. You know that Papa Gino's usually has a jukebox

86. You think Aerosmith is the greatest rock band of all time.

87. Your town has at least 16 sub shops, and none of them are a Subway.

88. You know at least three Tony's, one Vinnie and a Frankie

89. 20 degrees isn't that bad as long as there's no wind.

90. You were very sad when saying goodbye to the Boston Garden

91. Thanksgiving means family, turkey, High School football, and the long version of Alice's Restaurant.

92. You know the guy who founded the Boston Pops was Athah Feedlah.

93. You know what the Combat Zone is

94. You actually drive 45 minutes to New Hampshire to save $5 in sales tax

95. You've pulled out of a side street and used your car to block oncoming traffic so you can make a left.

96. You've bragged about the money you've saved at The Christmas Tree Shop

97. You've been to Hampton Beach on a Saturday night

98. Playing street hockey was a daily after school ritual.

99. Hearing an old lady shout "Numbah 96 for Sioux City!" means it's time for steak

100. You remember Jordan Marsh, Grants, Bradlees, Caldor, Zayres, or Ann & Hope.

101. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Massachusetts

Ruthe Jubinville_2

This is scary

I remember most of these and understand them and I don't even come from Boston. I'm way out west like Springfield. Ruthe

Randy-Lee Braman

i'm with Ruthe

Wow i'm from the berkshires,little town called Russell,
Remembered most of them,Wow funny you can move away from New England but your always a New Englander.
Randy

joel_19

Cultcha!!!!

That's the problem with the rest of the U.S. they got no Cultcha. My wifes parents move down to florida so I spent alot more time than anyone should in a state without steam boilers. There is nothing there i mean freakin ridiculus. you've got St. Augistine which is nice and then?????? ,maybe the KeyWest? Driving across Rt 4 you know your in a new town when you pass another exit ramp with a Home Depot and WalMart, it's just so ugly and corporate,flat,no stone walls, why do people move there???

Crime: It amazes me how bad it is in other areas and folks are shocked when they come here. "Where do you hide the key so we can get in if your not back yet"

Me,"Key??ummmm..."

Jamie Hall

eyah...

But you're not a Vermonta until you have passed a triple of snow plows, in action, on I89 -- at 75...

I once accidentally told a flatlander 'you can't get theah from heah' without thinking -- it was quite true -- he looked at me as though I had two heads. New York plates, I think...

allan_7

Been up to.....

New England once. My son married a wonderful girl from Hull. The wedding was up in Hull.

We had a great time over this past Labor Day. Sailed on Aunt Paulie's Catnap around the island and the those giant windmills.

What a nice time. My bride and I are gonna go back.....

EJW_3

New England

I had an old timer tell me once, " If your not here for the winter, you don't deserve the spring".

EJW

Plumbob_3

yup

I scored a 65 out of 101 from N. Idaho. Been gone almost 20 years. Thanks for the laughs.

My wife asked," Whats a Packie?"

joel_19

Idaho

Hey , rejoice!! at least it snows up theah and they got Pohtatoh's like Maine. Your a little light on Lohbsta but we can U.P.S. you some. What's a packie????? the Place they keep the Sam Adams of course!!! want to make your own full case of Bud light cheap.Buy 1 bottle of Sam Adams dilute with 23 parts water = Viola!! 1 case of Bud light.

Sam Adams Light beer Won first place in a German beer contest...... There was no category FOR LIGHT BEER. 'nough said.

couple years ago i played golf in Aprill then went snowmobiling on 3ft of the white stuff the next day!!! A perfect weekend only in N.E baby!!


You know what's popular here how bout a steam boiler in the old part of the house and radiant in the new part!!! they got that in Kansas??? I don't think so Toto.

Big house , old house , little house, barn. Don't know what that means??? then u got no culture go back to your trailer with Britney.

my town was burned TO THE GROUND 100++ years BEFORE the Revolution in the first real war the King Philip War. (Yup that was before WW2).

Greatest bb team ever '86 Celtics VS 96 Bulls, no contest.
Greatest FB team of all time, Duh no contest.


Home of the U.S. worst weather, DING!! N.E. 234 MPh wind before the machine disintegrated something like 50 bellow at the time giving a wind chill of what 300+ bellow zero??.


worst huricane ever,ok Gavelstone Texas, but next to that N.E. in 38' katrina a close 3rd.

Remember blizzard '78?? SWEET no school for 3 WEEKS !!!!


Areosmith, The Cars, Boston, The Fools, The Ramones,J.Giels, the Boston Pops,Arlo Guthrie,Carly Simon, the BSO, James Taylor, you've got what crickets???

the first radiant heat house in America!!

Old Iron sides first significant U.S. naval ship.

oldest U.S. town (Viking)

first ski areas, first ski town, first snowmobile trail network, oldest mountain conservation (AMC),

greatest U.S. hospitals, Mass General, Childrens etc.

greatest U.S. university, Harvard,MIT, B.C.,B.U.etc.

like i said u guys can move......

ScottMP

Joel Stop

Your giving away all the secrets.

Look, its cold here, Alot. Wicked storms. Two seasons ... Winter and July. Folliage just means more leaves to rake. Rainy muddy springs which are even better when the mud freezes. Guess what, we sell alot of sump pumps in the spring.

Stay where you are, we don't need anymore, Thanks.

Scott

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