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I must say that many of these do apply to the town I grew up in; in fact, we still don't even a stoplight!
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(1). You can name everyone you graduated with.

(2). You know what 4-H is.

(3). You ever went to parties at a pasture, barn, or in the middle of dirt road.

(4). You used to drag "main."

(5). You said the 'f' word and your parents knew within the hour.

(6). You schedule parties around the schedule of different police officers, since you know which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't---same goes with the game warden.

(7). You ever went cow-tipping or snipe hunting.

(8). School gets canceled for state sporting events.

(9). 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).

(10). When you did find someone old enough and brave enough to buy cigarettes, you still had to go out to the country and drive on back roads to smoke them.

(11). It was cool to date someone from the neighboring town.

(12). You had senior skip day.

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

(14). You don't give directions by street names or house numbers, but you give directions by references (turn by Nelson's house, go two blocks past Andersons', and it's four houses left of the track field).

(15). You are under the impression that all golf courses have only 9 holes.

(16). You can't help but date a friend's ex-girlfriend.

(17). You think kids that ride skateboards are weird.

(18). The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snooty", but is actually just like your town.

(19). Getting paid minimum wage is considered a raise.

(20). You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as the "rich people".

(21). You bragged to your friends because you got pipes on your truck for your birthday.

(22). Anyone you want can be found at either the Dairy Queen or the feed store.

(23). Your friends ever communicated with CB radios and were considered "cool".

(24). You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town.

(25). Football coaches suggest that you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.

(26). Directions are given using "THE" stop light as a reference.

(27). The city council meets at the coffee shop.

(28). Your letter jacket was worn after your 19th birthday.

(29). You have ever taken a trailer or dog to school on a daily basis.

(30). Weekend excitement involves a trip to a Wal-Mart.

(31). Even the ugly people enter beauty contests.

(32). You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride.

(33). Your teachers call you by your older siblings names.

(34). Your teachers remember when they taught your parents.

(35). You can charge at all the local stores.

(36). The closest McDonald's is 45 miles away.

(37). So is the closest mall.

(38). It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower.

(39). You can drive golf carts, 4 wheelers, and go carts in town.

(40). When someone gets pulled over the whole town drives by at least twice.

(41). Everyone else hears it on their scanners.

(42). Almost everyone in your school also has a cousin in your school.

(43). Your only newspaper was a weekly.

(44). You ever thought it was cool to go to the cemetery at night and walk around. There was always something there that was haunted.

(45). Loitering isn't a bad thing, it's the only thing.

(46). Seeing people roping saw horses in town is not unusual.

(47). It doesn't take much to amuse you.

 
About 95% of those are true about the town I grew up in! We had a designated day for everyone to drive their tractors or ride their horses to school!!

 
LOL that sounds just like Slocum, TX. Which is where I lived for my jr high years until I moved to the big city of Nacogdoches (which half of the rules still apply to).

 

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