You know you're a true Michigander when....

You know you're a true MICHIGANIAN/MICHIGANDER when:

1. "Vacation" means going up north on I-75.

2. You measure distance in hours.

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

4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard wthout flinching.

6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings).

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

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

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

10Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

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

12.You can identify a southern or eastern accent.

13.Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.

14.You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.

15.Down South to you means Ohio .

16.A brat is something you eat.

17.Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole barn.

18.You go out to fish fry every Friday.

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

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

21.You find 0 degrees "a little chilly".

22.You drink pop and bake with soda.

23.Your doctor tells you to drink Vernors and you know it's not medicine.

24.You can actually drink Vernors without coughing.

25.You know what a Yooper is.

26.You think owning a Honda is Un-American.

27.You know that UP is a place, not a direction.

28.You know it's possible to live in a thumb.

29.You understand that when visiting Detroit , the best thing to wear is a Kevlar vest.

I'm an import from socal but I guess I quallify now.

[Sailkat]

30. When someone asks where you live, you hold up your left hand as a map.

....and I have my own jumper cables.

Originally Posted by dccraft

You know you're a true MICHIGANIAN/MICHIGANDER when:
7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
24.You can actually drink Vernors without coughing

I was laughing my a** off at these three. Sweet list dccraft

Originally Posted by Sailkat

30. When someone asks where you live, you hold up your left hand as a map.

Kat beat me to the punch. I have a friend from Wisconsin and he cracks up when he sees me and another Michigander talk about Houghton Lake with our “Palm Maps”.

You went to canada on your 19th birthday.
You think nothing about replacing a starter in 3* weather in the parking lot of a coffee shop
your car has at least 2 sets of tires, snow and less snow
You have more than one car and lovingly refer to one as your winter beater, and occasionally beat it...
youve never hit a deer but a deer has hit you

Originally Posted by darb85

You went to canada on your 19th birthday.
You think nothing about replacing a starter in 3* weather in the parking lot of a coffee shop
your car has at least 2 sets of tires, snow and less snow
You have more than one car and lovingly refer to one as your winter beater, and occasionally beat it...
youve never hit a deer but a deer has hit you

I think that I remember my 19th birthday at Don Cherry's