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During your morning
drive, you can accurately forecast how warm the day will become
judging by the intensity of the stench wafting off Onondaga
Lake.
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You know the correct
pronunciation of "Pompey."
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You no longer need
to brace your eardrums when exiting the pressurized Carrier
Dome.
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You can tell all
the Hafner establishments apart.
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Your chest bursts
with pride when Syracuse's climate runs as the top story on
cable TV's Weather Channel.
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You're beginning
to suspect that the time and temperature lady actually died
years ago and her voice is now computer-generated and preserved
for all eternity.
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You know where to
find parking spaces in Skaneateles.
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Extra points for
finding free parking spaces anywhere in downtown Syracuse.
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You're surprised
that people from other parts of the country know nothing about
lacrosse.
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Your snowblower
gets stuck on the roof.
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You miss Bowling
for Dollars and its host, Bud Hedinger.
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The waitresses at
the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que are intimidated by you, instead of vice
versa.
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You think Nancy
Larraine Hoffmann carelessly abandoned a promising career as
a go-go dancer.
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You know what a
"spiedie" is and pronounce "coney" like
it has two o's.
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You automatically
give speeding cars with Canadian license plates the right-of-way
on I-81.
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You remember when
Armand Magnarelli had a real head of hair and Stan Colella was
skinny as a rail.
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You can determine
how much a person's house is worth by the way he or she pronounces
"Skaneateles"
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You can explain
to visitors what salt potatoes are.
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You already feel
kind of nostalgic about the slowly disappearing tank farms of
Oil City.
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You've shopped at
Penn Can Mall. [Bonus points if you remember its jingle or know
that it's named Penn Can because of its location between Pennsylvania
and Canada.]
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You define summer
as three months of bad sledding.
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You attended a Syracuse
Chiefs game at MacArthur Stadium. [Bonus points if you attended
a Chiefs game at Municipal Stadium.]
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You've shopped at
Switz's novelty store in North Syracuse
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You know how to
decode the weather star on top of the MONY Tower.
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You design your
Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.
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You have more miles
on your snowblower than your car.
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Attending the State
Fair is a family tradition, and you go more than three times
during the 12 days it's open.
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You owe more money
on your snowmobile than your car.
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You have experienced
frostbite and sunburn in the same week.
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Half the change
in your pocket is Canadian, eh?
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You keep the snow
tires on your truck all year because it ain't worth taking them
off for only two months.
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You remember when
Doug's Fish Fry had only one location, and you remember when
owner Doug Clark actually liked the First Lady.
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You still think
of Channel 9's Mike Price as Baron Daemon.
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You think driving
is better in the winter because the potholes get filled with
snow and snowbanks protect you from the guard rails.
Thanks to my friend Greg for this.
