1. When I start defining summer as three months of
bad sledding
2. When I can identify an Ohio accent
3. When my idea of a 7-course meal is a six pack of beer
and a bucket of smelt
4. When I can pronounce the names of cities and towns and
don't get corrected
5. When the 'Big Mac' is something I've driven across
6. When I think 'down south' means Toledo and not Texas
7. When I bake with soda and drink pop
8. When I tell people I'm from Porch Yearn (Port Huron)
9. When the word 'thumb' means something geographical rathern
than an anatomical to me
10. When I experience frostbite and sunburn in the same week
11. When I expect Vernor's when you order ginger ale
12. When I tell people I traveled 'coast to coast' and actually only
went from Port Huron to Muskegon
13. When half the change in my purse is Canadian
14. When I show Texans where I'm from by pointing to my right hand
15. When I order 'iced tea' and the waitress doesn't ask me 3 times
what I said
16. When people talk about area towns and I don't ask..... "Where's
that?"
17. When I can identify poison oak, ivy, and all the other itchy plants
18. When I quit looking for Ranch Style Beans and Claude's Barbeque
Brisket Sauce at the grocery store
19. When I've experienced the changing of the leaves
20. When I take off my Texas license plates