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htl_1126, bolding the stuff relevant to me.
You know you're from WMass if.....
1. You don’t speak with a Boston accent, but you can spot a fake one a mile away.
2. You get upset when Worcester is referenced as being “west”.
3. You refer to anything in the Ingleside section of Holyoke as being “by the mall”.
4. You have never been to the new Basketball Hall of Fame, other than to go to the restaurants. - never even been to the restaurants.
5. You took at least one elementary school field trip to the Quadrangle or Symphony Hall.
6. You know all four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter & road construction.
7. You have used the heater and air conditioner in your car on the same day.
8. You used to drive to packies New Hampshire on Sundays before they were allowed to open in MA.
9. You know what a “packie” is.
10. You think everyone from Connecticut (and Longmeadow) is a snob and everyone from Vermont is a hippie.
11. You have enrolled in at least one class at Holyoke Community College. - It was cancelled.
12. You know at least three people that work for Baystate Health System. - Two. Close enough.
13. You always call it Western Mass. (or WMass in writing), never Western Massachusetts.
14. You don’t really consider the Berkshires to be part of WMass.
15. You had Staties bust your high school keg party in Russell, Blandford, Granville or Otis.
16. You know what a Statie is.
17. You still call the local Fox affiliate, “Channel 61”. - I kinda have to know what the UHF #s are for the local stations so I can find them in the Comcast HD lineup.
18. You have never been to a Starbucks but you know the location of the nearest Dunkin Donuts no matter what city/town you’re in. LOL YES
19. You went to Bright Nights when it first started but haven’t been back since. - I've been a couple of times and loved it... and then found out that everyone else thinks it's lame so I've stopped pestering people to go with me.
20. You don’t pronounce the “h” in Amherst.
21. You know when somebody says UMass, they mean the one in Amherst and not Lowell, Dartmouth or Boston. - Wait, there's more than one campus? j/k
22. You have tried nine different “shortcuts” to avoid the Coolidge Bridge traffic on Route 9.
23. You still call Six Flags, Riverside. - not that I've ever been when it WAS Riverside, but I think it's a nicer name than "Six Flags New England." Booooooooooooooooring.
24. You still call the MassMutual Center, the Civic Center.
25. You have been to the "Whately Ballet." ROFLMAO no, but I know what it is.
26. You or somebody you know holds a tag sale every spring or fall.
27. You know what a tag sale is. An example of local vernacular that I like collecting!
28. You drive 80 MPH on I-91 at all times; rain, shine, sleet or snow. - no, but I know people who do. I don't like being in the car with them anymore.
29. You consider anything that is more than 15 minutes and/or two towns away to be “far”. - it's interesting how distance telescopes depending on where you are. Walking four miles in NYC is nothing. Walking four miles here is unheard of.
30. You have been to Connecticut’s state capital, Hartford, more than your own. - True for both MA and NY actually.
31. You say to yourself "It's not that bad out" while driving through a Nor'easter. - never driven through one, but I have poked my head outside while one was going on and been underwhelmed/disappointed.
32. You wish Mountain Park & Mt. Tom was still open.
33. You have never been on a PVTA bus but when you’re in Boston, you ride the T because "it's fun." - Fuck your T, man. NYCSubway all the way. And I ride the PVTA all the damn time.
34. You know where the largest St. Patrick’s Day parade in New England (and second largest in the country) takes place. That would be Holyoke. Now you know too.
35. You have a love/hate relationship with downtown Springfield. - How about just hate? Springfield really is the armpit of New England. Which is such a shame, there are some really beautiful old neighborhoods there drowning in the cesspool.
36. You leave at 7:00 AM on a Sunday to come back from vacationing on the Cape to beat the traffic at Exit 9 on the MassPike. - again... know people who do.
37. You will drive to the Yankee Candle flagship store in South Deerfield even though it's 45 minutes out of your way and there are three other Yankee Candle stores that are closer to your house. - or maybe I just really really like the sensation of aggravated assault against my nostrils?
38. You call Riverdale St., Riverdale Rd. That's the strip through West Springfield? Rt 5. Shit, I haven't been to the Donut Dip since we moved out of Austin's.
39. You give directions using where places "used to be" as points of references. (e.g. Go down Riverdale Rd. past where Abdow’s used to be…). - Oh shit, I've totally done this.
40. You "know someone" who will let you park for free on their property during the Big E.
41. You let your car idle for 20 minutes on a cold winter morning to defrost the windows instead of taking 20 seconds to scrape them. - Oh man, I know people that do this...
42. You have bar-hopped at golf course clubhouses.
43. You don’t think twice about seeing black squirrels in your yard. - What? where the hell are there black squirrels?
44. You felt a sense of pride when Snoop Dogg wore a Springfield Indians jersey in the Gin & Juice video. - no, but LOL. Now I'll be looking for it.
45. You have attended a function at Chez Josef. - been invited.
46. You can navigate the crazy East Longmeadow rotary/intersection with no problem. - May I never have to. Rotaries still scare me.
47. You spend hot summer nights waiting for the Ding Dong Cart to come by your neighborhood.
48. You know what the Ding Dong Cart is. - No matter what you call em, they still make me want to throw bricks at them.
49. You go to Subway to order grinders.
50. You know that Northampton is full of lesbians, Ludlow is full of Portuguese, Holyoke is full of Irish and Bondi’s Island is full of shit. - Silly me, I thought Holyoke was full of Puerto Ricans that wear green on March 17th.
htl_1126, bolding the stuff relevant to me.You know you're from WMass if.....
1. You don’t speak with a Boston accent, but you can spot a fake one a mile away.
2. You get upset when Worcester is referenced as being “west”.
3. You refer to anything in the Ingleside section of Holyoke as being “by the mall”.
4. You have never been to the new Basketball Hall of Fame, other than to go to the restaurants. - never even been to the restaurants.
5. You took at least one elementary school field trip to the Quadrangle or Symphony Hall.
6. You know all four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter & road construction.
7. You have used the heater and air conditioner in your car on the same day.
8. You used to drive to packies New Hampshire on Sundays before they were allowed to open in MA.
9. You know what a “packie” is.
10. You think everyone from Connecticut (and Longmeadow) is a snob and everyone from Vermont is a hippie.
11. You have enrolled in at least one class at Holyoke Community College. - It was cancelled.
12. You know at least three people that work for Baystate Health System. - Two. Close enough.
13. You always call it Western Mass. (or WMass in writing), never Western Massachusetts.
14. You don’t really consider the Berkshires to be part of WMass.
15. You had Staties bust your high school keg party in Russell, Blandford, Granville or Otis.
16. You know what a Statie is.
17. You still call the local Fox affiliate, “Channel 61”. - I kinda have to know what the UHF #s are for the local stations so I can find them in the Comcast HD lineup.
18. You have never been to a Starbucks but you know the location of the nearest Dunkin Donuts no matter what city/town you’re in. LOL YES
19. You went to Bright Nights when it first started but haven’t been back since. - I've been a couple of times and loved it... and then found out that everyone else thinks it's lame so I've stopped pestering people to go with me.
20. You don’t pronounce the “h” in Amherst.
21. You know when somebody says UMass, they mean the one in Amherst and not Lowell, Dartmouth or Boston. - Wait, there's more than one campus? j/k
22. You have tried nine different “shortcuts” to avoid the Coolidge Bridge traffic on Route 9.
23. You still call Six Flags, Riverside. - not that I've ever been when it WAS Riverside, but I think it's a nicer name than "Six Flags New England." Booooooooooooooooring.
24. You still call the MassMutual Center, the Civic Center.
25. You have been to the "Whately Ballet." ROFLMAO no, but I know what it is.
26. You or somebody you know holds a tag sale every spring or fall.
27. You know what a tag sale is. An example of local vernacular that I like collecting!
28. You drive 80 MPH on I-91 at all times; rain, shine, sleet or snow. - no, but I know people who do. I don't like being in the car with them anymore.
29. You consider anything that is more than 15 minutes and/or two towns away to be “far”. - it's interesting how distance telescopes depending on where you are. Walking four miles in NYC is nothing. Walking four miles here is unheard of.
30. You have been to Connecticut’s state capital, Hartford, more than your own. - True for both MA and NY actually.
31. You say to yourself "It's not that bad out" while driving through a Nor'easter. - never driven through one, but I have poked my head outside while one was going on and been underwhelmed/disappointed.
32. You wish Mountain Park & Mt. Tom was still open.
33. You have never been on a PVTA bus but when you’re in Boston, you ride the T because "it's fun." - Fuck your T, man. NYCSubway all the way. And I ride the PVTA all the damn time.
34. You know where the largest St. Patrick’s Day parade in New England (and second largest in the country) takes place. That would be Holyoke. Now you know too.
35. You have a love/hate relationship with downtown Springfield. - How about just hate? Springfield really is the armpit of New England. Which is such a shame, there are some really beautiful old neighborhoods there drowning in the cesspool.
36. You leave at 7:00 AM on a Sunday to come back from vacationing on the Cape to beat the traffic at Exit 9 on the MassPike. - again... know people who do.
37. You will drive to the Yankee Candle flagship store in South Deerfield even though it's 45 minutes out of your way and there are three other Yankee Candle stores that are closer to your house. - or maybe I just really really like the sensation of aggravated assault against my nostrils?
38. You call Riverdale St., Riverdale Rd. That's the strip through West Springfield? Rt 5. Shit, I haven't been to the Donut Dip since we moved out of Austin's.
39. You give directions using where places "used to be" as points of references. (e.g. Go down Riverdale Rd. past where Abdow’s used to be…). - Oh shit, I've totally done this.
40. You "know someone" who will let you park for free on their property during the Big E.
41. You let your car idle for 20 minutes on a cold winter morning to defrost the windows instead of taking 20 seconds to scrape them. - Oh man, I know people that do this...
42. You have bar-hopped at golf course clubhouses.
43. You don’t think twice about seeing black squirrels in your yard. - What? where the hell are there black squirrels?
44. You felt a sense of pride when Snoop Dogg wore a Springfield Indians jersey in the Gin & Juice video. - no, but LOL. Now I'll be looking for it.
45. You have attended a function at Chez Josef. - been invited.
46. You can navigate the crazy East Longmeadow rotary/intersection with no problem. - May I never have to. Rotaries still scare me.
47. You spend hot summer nights waiting for the Ding Dong Cart to come by your neighborhood.
48. You know what the Ding Dong Cart is. - No matter what you call em, they still make me want to throw bricks at them.
49. You go to Subway to order grinders.
50. You know that Northampton is full of lesbians, Ludlow is full of Portuguese, Holyoke is full of Irish and Bondi’s Island is full of shit. - Silly me, I thought Holyoke was full of Puerto Ricans that wear green on March 17th.
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Date: 2009-01-26 08:41 pm (UTC)#38. You would be correct. Rte. 5 in West Springfield is Riverdale Rd.
#43. Black squirrels are all over Westfield, I don't think we have any grey ones here. And the first time you see them, you are a bit like wtf??? lol
#46. Not only is the East Longmeadow rotary/intersection a bit scary, but it is in the guinness book of world records for worst intersection. I think there are about seven streets that all merge into this triangle type thing and I can proudly say I have no issues at all with it anymore. lol
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Date: 2009-01-26 09:24 pm (UTC)So true!! Especially when I worked in Hadley!
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Date: 2009-01-26 09:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-26 09:32 pm (UTC)A ding-dong cart is an ice cream truck.
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Date: 2009-01-26 10:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-26 09:36 pm (UTC)Ding Dong Cart: well, I'll put it to you in terms a fellow Brooklyn girl can understand:
"The CREAM-i-est DREAM-i-est SOFT ice CREAM
you GET from MIS-ter SOF-tee.
FOR a re-FRESH-ing de-LIGHT su-PREME
you LOOK for MIS-ter SOF-tee...."
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Date: 2009-01-26 10:32 pm (UTC)The ice cream truck was one of the many reasons not to be in my apartment during the summer. The music I could have dealt with... "La la lalala He-llo" was enough to make me want a sniper rifle.
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Date: 2009-01-27 03:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-27 01:04 am (UTC)I do that in Florida. Shit, I think I did it today.