You might be a Floridian if

[akarunway 1]

Subject: You Might be a Floridian
> >
> > You might be a Floridian if:
> > You exhibit a slight twitch when introduced to anyone with the
first
> > names of Charley, Frances or Ivan
> >
> > Your freezer never has more than $20 worth of food in it any given
time
> >
> > You're looking at paint swatches for the plywood on your windows,
to
> > accent the house color You think of your hall closet/saferoom as
"cozy"
> >
> > Your pool is more accurately described as "framed in" than
"screened in"
> >
> >
> > Your freezer in the garage now only has homemade ice in it
> >
> > You no longer worry about relatives visiting during the summer
months
> >
> > You, too, haven't heard back from the insurance adjuster
> >
> > You now understand what that little "2% hurricane deductible"
phrase
> > really means
> >
> > You're putting a collage together on your driveway of roof
shingles from
> > your neighborhood
> >
> > You were once proud of your 16" electric chain saw
> >
> > Your Street has more than 3 "NO WAKE" signs posted
> >
> > You now own 5 large ice chests
> >
> > Your parrot can now say" hammered, pounded and hunker down"
> >
> > You recognize people in line at the free ice, gas and plywood
locations
> >
> > You stop what you're doing and clap and wave when you see a convoy
of
> > power company trucks come down your street
> >
> > You're depressed when they don't stop
> >
> > You have the personal cell phone numbers of the managers for:
plywood,
> > roofing supplies and generators at Home Depot on your speed dialer
> >
> > You've spent more than $20 on "Tall white kitchen bags" to make
your own
> > sand bags
> >
> > You're considering upgrading your 16" to a 20" chainsaw
> >
> > You know what "Bar chain oil" is
> >
> > You're thinking of getting your wife the hardhat with the ear
protector
> > and face shield for Christmas
> >
> > You now think the $6000 whole house generator seems reasonable
> >
> > You look forward to discussions about the merits of "cubed, block
and
> > dry ice"
> >
> > Your therapist refers to your condition as "generator envy"
> >
> > You fight the urge to put on your winter coat and wool cap and
parade
> > around in front of your picture window, when you finally get power
and
> > your neighbor across the street, with the noisy generator, doesn't
get
> > electric
> >
> >
> >
> > And finally, you might be a Floridian if:
> >
> >
> >
> > You ask your sister up north to start saving the Sunday Real
Estate
> > classifieds!
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> >

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[skymama 37]

I posted this a couple of days ago.

My lawn care pesticide guy came yesterday to treat my lawn. On the care sheet he left on my door, he wrote that I need to stop watering the lawn. LOL, I turned the irrigation system off over a month ago! The grass is soaked from all the rain and hurricanes!

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon