In a message dated 11/5/2002 4:13:01 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > interesting site. > If you want to see another one, try this: <A HREF="http://www.50states.com/facts/colorado.htm"> http://www.50states.com/facts/colorado.htm</A> You'll find out that Colorado has the highest average elevation of any state in the Union, as well as a bunch of other interesting facts. And here's some more Colorado stuff: "YOU KNOW YOU LIVE IN COLORADO WHEN...." > > > > > You switch from "Heat" to A/C in one day. > > > > You know what the "Peoples Republic of Boulder" means. > > > > Your sense of direction is; towards the mountains and away from the > > mountains. > >You're a meat eating vegetarian. > > > > > > The bike on your car is worth more than your car. > > > > You use a down comforter in the summer cause you have the a/c on at 55 > > degrees. > > > > You're able to drive 65 miles per hour through 13 feet of snow during a > > raging blizzard without even flinching. > > > > You take your out of town guests to Casa Bonita even though you would > > never go there otherwise. > > > > > You install security lights on your house and garage but leave all doors > > unlocked. > > > > You think the major food groups are granola bars, tofu and Fat Tire >Beer. > > > > You carry jumper cables in the car and your girlfriend knows how to use > > them. > > > > You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. > > > > Driving is better in the winter cause the pot holes are filled with >snow. > > > > You think that sexy lingerie is tube sox and flannel PJs. > > > > You know all 4 seasons "almost winter, winter, still winter and > > construction. > > > > You've been tear gassed in a riot to celebrate a team's victory. > > > > You can never figure out why your out of town guests faint from altitude > > sickness on a picnic to the mountains. > > > > You can drive over a 12,000 foot pass in 4 feet of snow, but can't get >to > > work if there are 4 inches of snow. > > > > You know the 'correct' pronunciation of Buena Vista. > > > > When you visit friends at sea level, you can drink a case of beer and >not > > get a buzz > > > > Your car insurance costs more than your car. > > > > You have surge protectors on every outlet. > > > > April showers bring May blizzards. > > > > You see someone riding a Harley in a downpour, and you look closer to >see > > if it's anyone you know. > > > > 'Timberline' is someplace you have actually been. Many times. > > > > You know what a 'Chinook' is. > > > > You know what a 'rocky mountain oyster' is. > > > > You know what a 'fourteener' is. > > But you don't know what a 'turn signal'is. > > > > A bear on your front porch doesn't bother you nearly as much as a >Democrat > > in Congress does. > > > > Your golf bag has a 9-iron, a 3-wood and a lightning-rod. > > > > You know who Alfred Packer was. > > You know who Baby Doe Tabor was. > > You know who Jim Beckwourth was. > > You'd be happier if you didn't know who Barbra Streisand was. > > > > SPF 90 is not out of the question. > > > > People from other states breathe 5 times as often as you do. > > > > Having a Senator named Nighthorse doesn't seem strange. > > > > Thunder has set off your car alarm. > > > > A full moon has never kept you awake at night. > > > > You have an $800 stereo in a $300 truck. > > > > A sudden loss of cabin pressure is not a big deal. > > > > You think a red light means 3 more cars can go. > > > > "Where we're going, we don't need roads!!" > > > > You know where Doc Holliday's grave is. > > You know where Buffalo Bill's grave is. > > You know where the real 'South Park' is. > > > > You can recognize the license plates of all 50 states on sight. > > > > Driving directions usually include 'Go over ____ Pass...' > > > > You've used 'checking for ticks' as an excuse to get someone naked. > > > > You've dressed in shorts, sandals, and a parka. > > > > You've gone skiing in July. You've gone sunbathing in January. They were > > both in the same year. > > > > You've urinated on the Continental Divide just so it could 'run into >both > > oceans'. > > > > And most important: You get a certain feeling of satisfaction from > > knowing that California and Texas are both downstream. > > > > You actually understand these jokes and send them to your friends. Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr