So You Grew Up In A Small Town

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I grew up in a town like this.... Those of you who lived this way understand the nostalgia I felt as I read it. Those of you who were not fortunate enough to have lived this way... I feel sorry for you.
SMALL TOWNS
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 is.

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 #5.)

4) You used to 'drag' Main St .

5) You scheduled parties around the schedules of different police officers, because you knew which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't..

6) 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?

7) You knew which section of the ditch you would find the beer your buyer dropped off.

8) It was cool to date somebody from the neighboring town.

9) The whole school went to the same party after graduation.

10) 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.

11) The golf course had only 9 holes.

12) You couldn't help but date a friend's ex-boyfriend/girlfriend.

13) Your car stayed filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason.

14) The town next to you was considered 'trashy' or 'snooty,' but was actually just like your town.

15) You referred to anyone with a house newer than 1955 as the 'rich' people.

16) The people in the 'big city' dressed funny, and then you picked up the trend 2 years later.

17) Anyone you wanted could be found at the local gas station or on Main Street .

18) You saw at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town or one of your friends driving a grain truck to school occasionally.

19) The gym teacher suggested you haul hay or pick rock for the summer to get stronger.

20) Directions were given using the only stop light as a reference.

21) When you decided to walk somewhere for exercise, 5 people would pull over and ask if you wanted a ride.

22) Your teachers called you by your older siblings' names.

23) Your teachers remembered when they taught your parents.

24) You could charge at any local store or write checks without any ID.

25) There was no McDonalds.

26) The closest mall was over an hour away.

27) It was normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower.

28) You've peed in a wheat field.

29) Most people went by a nickname.

30) You laughed your butt off reading this because you know it is true, and you forward it to everyone who may have lived in a small town.

I would not have wanted to be raised any other way!!!!

Tough times don't last..........Tough people do!!
 
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This side of the pond your small town would be a village.;)
 

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Sad but true.....................I can associate with pretty much all of those.:eek:
 

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My dad grew up in a town like that. To this day, when I go back there I'm introduced as "Bud's boy, Steve". Everyone knows who I am after that. People laugh when I say it, but if I won the lottery I would move there.
 

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My dad grew up in a town like that. To this day, when I go back there I'm introduced as "Bud's boy, Steve". Everyone knows who I am after that. People laugh when I say it, but if I won the lottery I would move there.

Prof... me too...:thumbsup: something so special about it all.
 

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I have no idea what all this actually means
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•Fast Wi-Fi wireless and wired Gigabit Ethernet networking
•HDMI output
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I have no idea what all this actually means
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•Fast Wi-Fi wireless and wired Gigabit Ethernet networking
•HDMI output
•Kensington lock slot
I have no idea what all this actually means
The town I grew up in was pretty small, not quite as small as described above but small nonetheless. The town had only a mom & pop type grocery store (no supermarkets), no movie theater, no McDonald's, no high school (bussed to another town), the Post Office was in the hardware store and everyone called the lady that ran the PO Na-Na.

The town I live in now is very similar. We have no supermarket, no movie theater, no McDdonald's, no high school. We don't have city water, no sewer, no cable TV and no police force. Across the street from my house is a 30 acre field where they grow hot peppers, behind us is an Organic farm. There's only one stop light in the whole town, at the main intersection.
 

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Built my first computer (8Mhz 8088cpu, 640K RAM, 20MB HDD, 2 360K floppy drives) in 1985 and have been building them for myself, relatives and friends ever since.
This is hilarious because I have heard enough stories of people who lived in places like that.

I grew up in the suburbs of one of the largest cities in America, but there are times where a place like that sounds nice. I suppose the dorms here at college are pretty similar in some aspects :p

~Lordbob
 

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Y'all ridin' tractors around them there dorms? ;)
 

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Y'all ridin' tractors around them there dorms? ;)

And do Y'all have electricity yet??:D

I recall seeing my first electrical light hanging in my GranDads home.. just a bulb on the end of what looked to be a cord (socket for the bulb ).
Then we moved to a house with electrical power.. I was going to be a city girl now... lol
 

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•Fast Wi-Fi wireless and wired Gigabit Ethernet networking
•HDMI output
•Kensington lock slot
I have no idea what all this actually means
Talk about memories!! I lived in a small town of 200 people... 1 gas station, 1 grocery store, no police force and 3 bars .... that was the extent of downtown! We had 4 acres of corn for a front yard and 5 acres of beans for a back yard... a barn for a garage, a creek for a swimming pool ... 4 dogs and 3 cats for companions! Those were good times .... back in the 50's!! :roflmao:
 

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I remember outdoor johns and the only water was from a hand pump in the kitchen. We were poor and didn't know it.
 

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I had an aunt (she died a few months ago) who after she married moved to a town a few miles from the town where she and my dad grew up. Her house didn't have indoor plumbing until the mid 1960s. Must have been kind of cold sitting out there in the middle of winter... :rolleyes:

Now, when I take my lottery winnings and move there, I'm going to spend a little of that dough to make sure I have running water in the sink and a flush toilet. I'm also going to buy the biggest daggone satellite dish Harrisville, Ohio has ever seen and about thirty miles of coax for my cable modem connection. :p
 

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Main - Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-Bit; 2nd - Window...Main - Core i7 2600K; 2nd - Core i7 920Main - 16GB Corsair Vengeance; 2nd - 12GB Cor...Main - XFX Radeon 6870 1GB; 2nd - XFX Radeon ...
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self
OS
Main - Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-Bit; 2nd - Windows Server 2008 R2
CPU
Main - Core i7 2600K; 2nd - Core i7 920
Motherboard
Main - Asus P8Z68-V Pro/Gen3; 2nd - Gigabyte GA-EX58-UDR3
Memory
Main - 16GB Corsair Vengeance; 2nd - 12GB Corsair Vengeance
Graphics Card(s)
Main - XFX Radeon 6870 1GB; 2nd - XFX Radeon 4870 1GB
Sound Card
Both: Onboard Realtek Azalia
Monitor(s) Displays
Main - Hann 25" + I-INC 25" + Acer 23"; 2nd - Upgrading Soon
Screen Resolution
Main - 1920x1080 (All Three Monitors); 2nd - Upgrading Soon
Hard Drives
Main - (1) Crucial M4 128GB (Boot)
Main - (1) Seagate 2TB 64MB Cache (Data)
Main - (1) Seagate 2TB 64MB Cache (Data Backup)
2nd - (1) Intel X25-M SSD 80GB (Boot)
2nd - (3) Seagate 1TB 32MB Cache (Data Backup)
2nd - (1) Seagate 320GB (Because)
PSU
Main - OCZ 600W Modular; 2nd - OCZ 600W
Case
Main - Thermaltake Element G; 2nd - NZXT something or other
Cooling
Main - Corsair H80; 2nd - Prolimatech Megahalems
Keyboard
Main - Razer Reclusa; 2nd - Old MS Keyboard
Mouse
Main - Logitech MX Revolution; 2nd - Old MS Mouse
Internet Speed
20Mbps Time-Warner Cable
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