You know

[gardnmom]

you grew up or lived in Rochester, NY when:

1. Waking up with the "Wease" doesn't mean that you have a respiratory infection.

2. The thought of eating a "garbage plate" makes your mouth water.

3. The only thing at the annual May Lilac Festival is snow.

4. The worst four-letter word you could say is "Fuji".

5. You can't swim at the beach.

6. You thought that you had figured out that alternate-parking thing, but

wind up with a ticket anyway.

7. Toronto is about 70 miles away, but it takes four hours to get there.

8. The name "Greater Rochester International Airport" is bigger than the airport itself.

9. There's an 800 number to report a pothole in he road.

10. You know that a "Can of Worms" is not something that you take fishing.

11. Your baby's first word is "Wegmans".

12. You ask lifetime residents where the George Eastman House is, but they don't know either.

13. In a city where it snows at least 120 inches a year, they build a new sports stadium with no roof on it.

14. It can be 70 degrees one day, below freezing the next, and you think nothing of it.

15. Your mother is buying outfits to wear to Wegmans.

16. Your low-fat diet is never low enough to exclude an Abbott's custard.

17. You order a white hot and a pop(that's right not soda), and the counterman knows what you're talking about.

18. You can travel from Egypt to Greece in about a half-hour by car.

19. D&C is a newspaper, not a medical procedure for women.

20. There are no hamburgers, only ground steak.

21. You can go to any mall on a Saturday and see at least 5 people you either work with, went to school with or dated.

22. A musical comes to town 10 years after its Broadway premier and the

entire town goes nuts! (e.g. Miss Saigon)

23. You awaken from a deep sleep, look at the clock and see that it's 6:00, but you have no idea whether it's AM or PM.

24. When 18+ inches of snow falls overnight, but you never thought of NOT going to work.

25. You are perplexed when friends from other cities come to visit and want to "see the sights".

26. A flagpole strung with white lights seems like an acceptable

alternative to a municipal Christmas tree.

27. In winter if the temperature hits 45 degrees and the sun comes out, people walk around downtown wearing shades and no jackets.

28. There are places at the Poles that seem to get more sunlight during the winter months than we do.

29. Wegmans is somewhere to go on a Friday night, for entertainment.

30. You know who Vinnie and Angelo are.

31. You define summer as three months of bad sledding.

32. You think that people from Pennsylvania have an accent.

33. Halloween is snowed out with great regularity.

34. You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.

35. Your year has two seasons: Winter and Construction.

36. Half the change in your pocket is Canadian, ay

37. When the top pro sports team in the area for the fans is in a city 2 hours west and the top college level sports team in the area for fans is 2 hours to the east, so everybody has a tailgate party

38. You get your tax return in April and May and sign the check directly over to the local monopoly...R G & E

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Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when

our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

[This message has been edited by Lois (edited November 18, 2002).]

[logcabinmama]

These are so good, Lois, some of them sure could apply to MN too. # 35 is one that we always say here. Seems like there is always construction during the Spring, Summer and Fall.

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[Dee]

I have to tell you Lois I sent your list to my cousins in Rochester and they are enjoying it. I spent summers there as a kid and some of the writings are so true.

P.S. Vinnie and Angelo are my cousins &