i could do with more summer, i messed up my knee and want to put in another set before the boat gets put away. and plus i heard its cold a F@#@ up here in chico compared to the bay area.

 

Saw this on the Nation and thought I would share. Some may also apply to Y'all.

You Know You're From Tennessee When...

/* Many of these apply to Alabama and Georgia as well! */

You've never met any celebrities -- other than Fred Thompson.

"Vacation" means going to the family reunion.

You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Christmas.

You laugh when people from anywhere north of Tennessee try to say or spell "y'all."

It's "Mar-vull," not "Mary-ville."

It's "Knox-vull," not "Knox-ville."

A toboggan is a hat, not a sled.

You butter your hot biscuit by cutting it open, putting a slab of butter inside, and closing it back up again.

Pigeon Forge is not pronounced with a French accent.

Gatlinburg does have an "L" in it and it should be pronounced.

Sales tax is 9.75%.

You shop at Wal-Mart for groceries, not at a grocery store.

You don't drive in Knoxville on game day. EVER.

You or your friends chew.

You can't remember the last time you saw snow.

You know when Elvis Presley Day is.

You know all of the words to "Rocky Top."

You avoid going anywhere near Bristol Motor Speedway on race weekend.

You think it's worth it driving to Alabama just to save 1.25% on the sales tax.

You eat "dinner" at noon and "supper" in the evening.

Your Wal-Mart has specific parking spots for horses and buggies.

You use "commode" in conversations and absolutely no one knows what you're talking about.

You barely get snow days because there's hardly ever any snow. Better yet, you get snow days if your local weather stations predict even the slightest bit of snow!

You and everyone you know goes to one vacation spot: Panama City.

You know how to do the watermelon crawl.

Everything is COKE, and if you don't like it, tough. Ex:
"You want a COKE?" "Sure." "Which kind?" "Dr. Pepper."

You're in a Carhartt jacket one day, shorts the next, and no one thinks anything about it.

Everyone you know owns a truck, and at least one of those trucks is just painted with primer or more colors than the rainbow.

You measure distance in minutes, not miles.

You drive through a rich neighborhood and see the wannabe redneck kids with their brand-new Fords and their designer holey jeans and cowboy hats.

Boomsday in Knoxville is equal to New Year's Eve at Times Square.

Knoxville becomes the third largest city every Saturday in the fall.

Sweet tea is THE DRINK...no questions, no exceptions. Most people from Tennessee begin drinking sweet tea even before they can drink out of sippy cups. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals, and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar!

You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

You use "fix" as a verb. Example: "I'm fixing to go to the store."

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

You know what a "DAWG" is.

You carry jumper cables in your car -- for your OWN car.

You own only four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco, and ketchup.

The local papers cover national and international news on one page but require six pages for local gossip and sports.

You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."

Fried catfish is "the other white meat."

You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good pinto-bean weather.

You're convinced you don't need driver's ed -- your father's and uncles' pickup trucks were training enough.

Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.

There are 5,000 types of snakes, and 4,998 live in Tennessee.

There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Tennessee plus a couple no one's seen before.

If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.

Onced and twiced are words.

It is not a shopping cart; it is a buggy.

Fire ants consider your flesh a picnic.

People actually grow and eat okra.

"Fixinto" is one word.

Backards and forwards means "I know everything about you."

Jeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"

You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is. You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.<!-- / message -->

 

And North and South Carolina, come to think of it pretty much all of the South, except we go to Myrtle Beach instead of Panama City Beach.

 

Here's my good news for the day. About an hour before close of business somebody finally decided to get off their collective backside and pay us. So I get to keep working At least until the extension comes due in the end of January.

 

That's great news Scott. I was worried we'd be subjected to extensive moderating in the near future.

 

That is good news Scott. No need to go get "lit" now. So what happens in January? Job search until then?

lol.

Chris, we all like Patti. She seems like she's having fun with her new toy.

 

That is great news Scott!

 

a sorta funny story related to that phrase,,,, a product engineer in Iowa was in a teleconference with a supplier in Tennessee,,,asking status on some tooling items on a new product. Ol Ronnie ( the tooling guy) answered " we are a fixin to get that done( correct for grammatically correct southern dialog if needed) . The product engineer came back with " exactly what kind of time frame does " a fixin " encompass? we talking days, weeks, or months here? I don't know if he ever got a straight answer.

 

Washed & waxed today... Figured I'd put mine up since Brandon did.

 

afixinto = ASAP.

 

Het BD,
Tooooo funny, I got a dive bud from TN who, judging by your pic is about your size and last I heard was driving big rigs for a livin'.

Ring any bells?

David.

 

I know this has been posted here before, but I still get a kick out of it.

 

How to tell if your dog is terrified of the vacuum cleaner.

 

Looks good! I might just have to do mine this weekend now........ Damn you people for posting pics of clean trucks..

Atleast she stays in the room, Hannah, runs and hides under my bed when I do my floors

 

I've seen it, just didn't play any drinking games when I watched it. Pretty funny flick though.

Sounds like fun and I wish I could make it, but there's no way I could swing that. After being gone for 2 weekends to major racing events in the last month, my extra funds for playing are pretty much depleted. I appreciate the offer though.

Our leaves are starting to change and fall off, and it's starting to get pretty cool here. I think it was down into the 40's last night. I'm not ready for the cold weather yet.

I'm jealous. Send some of that warm weather this way!

Brandon, even though I'm far from the south, a lot of those apply here as well. Some apply more to me directly than the majority of people. Funny stuff!

Scott, good to hear some positive news about the job. Kind of relieves the stress, at least for a little while, I'd think.