Country Livin'
OK. I am from a city with like 1.5 million people in it, and I move out to the country so that I can finish my degree. I'm out of my element. I need a movie theatre with more than 3 screens. I need to see a traffic jam or a police chase. I'm sick of watching the farm report on the news.
For you real brave folks, try my Hick-o-meter and see how Hick your town is.
Here's just a few interesting bits 'o country life:
I'll add more as they come...
-I was emailed this from one of my youth:
Reasons why Farm Trucks are never stolen
They have a range of about 20 miles before they overheat, break down or run out of gas.
Only the owner knows how to operate the door to get in or out.
It is difficult to drive fast with all the fence tools, grease rags, ropes, chains, buckets, boots and loose papers in the cab.
It takes too long to start and the smoke coming up through the rusted-out floorboard clouds your vision.
The Border Collie on the toolbox looks mean.
It's maximum speed is only 45 mph.
-On Monday there was no school because someone stole all the keys out of the buses overnight(yes, the keys are kept in the buses). There are no copies.
On Tuesday, someone called in a bomb threat at the High School. They evacuated the building and they marched the kids halfway across town to the K of C hall and their parents had to come and sign them out. The fire department searched cars all night and they cancelled the basketball game.
Call me crazy, but in the city we had at least 3 or 4 bomb threats a year--sometimes a week. To us, it was a fire drill--wait outside for 20 minutes until the 'all clear' sounds and then go back to class. Here, you would've thought that they were taking hostages or something.
On Wednesday, at this school with like 200 kids, the cops searched the kids and their bags. The police were at school all day.
-Out here the kids get shotgun shells and camo for Christmas
-I get laughed at because I always lock my doors--even on a farm that is miles from the next house.
-I've been invited by some friends -very enthusiastically, I might add- to castrate cattle with them.
-Anyone else here think that it is an odd thing to have some old guy on a riding lawn mower cruise by during sunday school?
--01.18.01