Still alive in WNY!!

[Hammerhead1st]

HI ALL!!!

Just droppin in to letcha know IM alive and well in Western NY...LOTS of stuff happening lately and dunno if I have the time to relate it all...

Let's see...started a new job in August, turned into a 2nd shift union gig at an insulator plant in Leroy, NY. Pay's great for this area so I've been dropping LOTS of overtime. My family grew at the onset of winter...my three teenage boys came to live with me so we had to rent a house, which meant moving...over Christmas....with all the other traveling and family obligations. UGH...I hate moving.

So, with 8 kids in the house, 2 dogs who eat 50lbs of food a week, and lots of new bills, you can see why the overtime. BRIGHT SIDE: I rode my XS the 3 blocks to my new home in 20 degree weather. Got some looks...loved it...LOL. DOWN SIDE: Haven't been able to afford to do my ground-up or even begin a teardown on my baby. I feel like I've let her down. Poor thing sits out in the snow right now as I try to make space for her in my tool room out back. Not sure what I can do for her this winter now. It's a real bummer. Definately need to get new pipes, the California turnouts are sans baffles and I don't want to burn a valve or anything. Really wanted to give it that chameleon paint job but now it looks like I'll be suffering with a Wal-Mart spray can.

Well, anyhow...just catching you all up, I'll be lurking now and then...waiting for ridin weather...Saddle up, boys, when the sun breaks the clouds and the mercury hits 40, I'll be first outa the gate!

[jetmechmarty]

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 36 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Western New York.


If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights a year because Lake Erie is the coldest spot in the nation, and Panama gets more snow than any other major area in the US, you might live in Western, NY.


If your local Dairy Queen is closed from October through May, you might live in Western New York.


If you get 131 inches of snow in a week and you comment that 'winter's finally here', you might live near Mayville in Western New York.


If you instinctively walk like a penguin for six months out of the year, you might live, bundled up, in Western New York.

If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, you might live in Western NY.


If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in Western New York.


If you have worn shorts and a parka on the same day, you might live in Western New York..


If you have had a lengthy phone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in Western New York.


YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE Western NEW YORKER WHEN:


"Vacation" means going South past Erie for the weekend.


You measure distance in hours.


You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.


You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.


You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.


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


You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend/wife knows how to use them.


You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.


Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.


You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction.


You can identify a southern or eastern accent.


Down South to you means Jamestown.


Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new shed.


You go out for a fish fry every Friday .


Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.


You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.


You find 10 degrees "a little chilly." and 55 is shorts weather.


You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your Western New York friends and to those who used to live here and left. -- (chickens)

[DeanR]

Guess I live in Western NY!! They all sound about right.

[Hammerhead1st]

I read and reread every line, and cant seem to find anything to argue with. Instead of being upset or angry, I actually find they all make sense!

[prometheus578]

"You wound me deeply, sir..."

I'll be suffering with a Wal-Mart spray can

Just what are you insinuating?


Did the blue/red color-shiftin' thing, too. Didn't like it.

[Hammerhead1st]

Hmmmmmmm

I may be able to suffer with it this summer if I can make it turn out that nice...

I'll letcha know with pics of progress if i ever get that far...