I received the following from a descendant of the Tower family one of our earliest settlers in the Town of Porter. It was obvious that her father "Dad Tower" had sent it to her by email. You may have received similar posts such as this but I send it to the list and admit to changing only one reference in it. That is I changed "Stewart's (convenience store chain)" to B-Kwik which has recently changed its name to "The Market Place." Other than that, it paints a pretty accurate picture of our lives here in the Town of Porter, Niagara Couunty. vee You know you're from Upstate NY when... Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway. Vacation means going to Rochester for the weekend. You measure distance in hours. You know several people who have hit deer more than once. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day. You use a down comforter in the summer. Your grandparents drive at 65 mph through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard...without flinching. You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave them both unlocked. You think of the major food groups as deer meat, beer, fish, and berries. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girl friend knows how to use them. There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at B-Kwik at any given time. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with snow. You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and flannel pajamas. You know all 4 season: almost winter, winter, still winter, construction. It takes you 3 hours to go to the store for one item even when you're in a rush because you have to stop and talk to everyone in town. AND... You actually understand these jokes and forward them to all of our friends from Upstate NY.