--- [email protected] wrote: > This has nothing to do w/hospitals, but I thought > you all would enjoy > this..... > > > TOP TEN THINGS VISITORS DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT > CHATTANOOGA, TN. > > > 10. Our public airport terminal isn't for flying > out of, it's just a > big, > pretty, expensive building that's for lookin' at. > > 9. Any road can change names without any > warning, rhyme or reason. > (See > Brainerd, Lee, McCallie, etc....) so if you're > lost, get used to it. > > 8. The secondary roads were laid out by > releasing a goat, then > following > it > with a bulldozer. > > 7. All train crossings remain quiet and > untraveled until you are 15 > minutes > late, at which point a 120-car train stops > halfway through, backs up > and > pulls forward several times while you contemplate > turning around like > the > vehicles behind you did. (You can rest assured > that when you do turn > > around, > the last thing you'll see in your rear view is > the caboose going by.) > > 6. Road construction employees have been know to > begin their careers > right > out of high school and retire at 62 within the > span of a single > Hamilton > County road project. No one even thinks this is > unusual anymore. > > 5. When you say "I live on THE Mountain" you are > speaking of Lookout > Mtn. > When you say "a mountain" it could be Signal, > Elder, White Oak, > etc... If > you reside anywhere in the valley you are "ditch > people." > > 4. Chattanooga is pronounced "chat-a-noog-a". If > you pronounce it > "chat-nooga" you are obviously from "up north" > and are branded an > outsider > for life. See "Wutwull" (not Whit-well). > "Lufayet" (not La-fee-et), > or > "Fallin'-wadder" for reference. > > 3. If there is even the slightest inkling of a > chance of snow, > schools > will > close without warning. (My personal belief is > that the local > weathermen are > on the payrolls of Bi-Lo, Food Lion and company > since a prediction of > snow > causes every self-respecting Southerner to flock > to the grocery > stores as > if > we would be trapped in the house for a month. > Never mind that > there's a > Golden Gallon store 200 yards from every home in > Hamilton County. > And the > employees never go home. Ever. I've seen the > same girl in our > neighborhood > store at every conceivable hour for 6 years, but > I digress.... > > 2. When four locals meet at the approximate same > time at a 4-way > stop, it > will take a small eternity for everyone to stop > being polite > (motioning > "you > first") and just go on through. > > 1. The downtown aquarium was designed with a > slanted roof for one > important > reason. It's to keep the locals from fishin' out > of it! > > Sheila > > > > ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > Checkout the other lists being watched over by your > List Mom; > http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html > To learn more about my world visit > http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Oh my God what a Howl!!!As a native Chattanoogan I can only say I resemble those remarks! <howling> BTW,my boyfriend lives in what I call LaFF-at-ette,Ga.(somewhere in Walker Co.) Karen. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/