Re: More country living

2000-01-31 Thread Jon & Mary Ofjord
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At 06:34 PM 1/31/00 -0600, you wrote:
>This message is from: "Mark and Lisa K. McGinley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>> ** Directions are given using "the" stop light as a reference
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>Uh oh.  The County I live in (which is the largest in Wisconsin) doesn't
>have a stoplight in it let alone the town I live in!  No wonder we are
>always lost.
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>Mark McGinley
>Bayfield County
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Oh no! We have one stoplight in the county with 4500 people to share it.
Sometimes we just stand there and watch it change colors. How does it do that?

You don't have to "try out" for any of the high school teams.

We are over 100 miles to the nearest MacDonald's (thank God).

Jon and Mary Ofjord
Cook County, Minnesota   



Re: More country living

2000-01-31 Thread Mark and Lisa K. McGinley
This message is from: "Mark and Lisa K. McGinley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>



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> ** Directions are given using "the" stop light as a reference
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Uh oh.  The County I live in (which is the largest in Wisconsin) doesn't
have a stoplight in it let alone the town I live in!  No wonder we are
always lost.

Mark McGinley
Bayfield County



More country living

2000-01-31 Thread DLFjords
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** Your car stays filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never
own a dark vehicle for this reason 
** You think kids that ride skateboards are weird 
** The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snooty", but is
actually just like your town 
** Getting paid minimum wage is considered a raise 
** You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as the "rich people" 
** The people in the city dress funny, then you pick- up on the trend
two years later 
** You bragged to your friends because you got pipes on your truck for
your birthday 
** Anyone you want can be found at either the Dairy Queen or the feed
store 
** You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town 
** Football coaches suggest that you haul hay for the summer to get
stronger 
** Directions are given using "the" stop light as a reference 
** The city council meets at the coffee shop 
** Your letter jacket was worn after your 19th birthday 
** You have ever taken a trailer or dog to school on a daily basis 
** Weekend excitement involves a trip to a Wal-Mart 
** Even the ugly people enter beauty pageants. 
** You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and
ask if you need a ride 
** Your teachers calls you by your older siblings names 
** Your teachers remember when they taught your parents 
** You can charge at all the local stores 
** The closest McDonald's is 45 miles away 
** So is the closest mall 
** It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn
** You laugh your butt off reading this because you know they're all
true and forward it to everyone who lives in your town! (because you
know them all!) 
 You can't date anyone in town because they are all related to you
somehow 

Bud & Tillie Evers
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/8589