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1. "Vacation" means going to Calgary or Edmonton for the weekend.
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2. You measure distance in hours. [lately how many movies, for people with the latest vans equipped with DVD's]
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0 ]' A4 M8 @! H; S! G8 @4 I3 V. w3 z3. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
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0 m, U+ U5 k7 f, a, s4. You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
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5. You use a down comforter in the summer. * G% c& Z$ }4 q! S! e, T
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6. Your grandparents drive at 100 km/h through four meters of snow during a 3 d* k. p7 J% ?1 e4 w" H- {) R
blizzard, without flinching. [not many of us can say that though]
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2 z( L/ g) o8 n) \3 _* Q* o7. You carry jumper cables in your car and your kids know how to use them.
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( Y, h. ?5 ]% h A/ y8. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
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9. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled. (That is sooooo Edmonton)
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10. You know both seasons: Winter and construction.; I! H7 ?( R& X, X5 z9 _
& J7 F0 A+ s) T0 o8 v) v11. You are bundled up in three sweaters, a parka, ski pants, a touque, 9 ^4 m" m1 L R6 p/ [/ R8 J8 e7 U, e
two pairs of mittens, boots past your knees in 3 feet of snow in a -35
* ~- f6 j! Q) w(-8000 with the windchill) blizzard, your eyelashes are frozen together,
/ K& `1 c6 s- Q6 R1 ]* ~your nose is running, you can't feel your toes, and you still stop at 7 $ j. A* h4 { W& ], \; z9 W
Eleven for a Slurpee on the way home from the ski hill.% T0 c6 W. ]+ H9 \0 o# @8 \1 K2 l# W
$ l2 a* @1 n% R b0 [: Z12. Gopher = speedbump.
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# X0 X9 j- g% o6 [# M% F13. At least half of your family works in oil and gas.2 T, C4 a# R! t/ m S2 Y' V
& l: y# U* s& F, i14. You actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your & ]+ ]! O1 o2 ], X4 j
friends from Alberta. |
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