Yoopers Unite

[LadyHitchhiker]

I thought I would make a thread for us rare, the few, the people who live in the U.P. of Michigan. To educate and others and to selflessly share the beauty and grandeur of our fair state. :rock:

According to Wikipedia:
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the northern of the two major land masses that comprise the U.S. state of Michigan. It is commonly referred to as the Upper Peninsula, the U.P., or Upper Michigan. More casually it is known as the land "above the Bridge" (above the Mackinac Bridge linking the two peninsulas). It is bounded on the north by Lake Superior, on the east by the St. Mary's River, on the south by Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, and on the west by Wisconsin.

The Upper Peninsula contains almost one-third of the land area of Michigan but just three percent of the total population. Residents are frequently called Yoopers (derived from "U.P.-ers") and have a strong regional identity. It includes the only counties in the United States where a plurality of residents claim Finnish ancestry. The peninsula's largest cities are Marquette, Escanaba, Sault Ste Marie, Menominee, and Iron Mountain.*The land and climate are not very suitable for agriculture. The economy has been based on logging and mining. Most mines have closed since the "golden age" from 1890 to 1920, and the land is heavily forested. Logging remains a major industry."

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*Iron Mountain is Kingsford's twin city. For some reason they count them as just one city sometimes. Probably because we used to be small enough that we only had one zip code for the two of us. That changed several years ago but the world still hasn't gotten over it. :lol:

To start this celebration out right though, I thought we would begin with a song! I made a song to the tune of "Ohio (Come Back to Texas)" and it is called "Come Back to Kingsford"... so here we go!

He said he needed a break
A little time to think
But then he went to Houston
With some gal named Rooster
That he met at the bank

There's nothing wrong with the south now
Except the bugs and the heat
I really like NASA
And I'd love to see the Dallas Cowboys compete

So when you're done doing whatever
And when you're through screwing whoever
Dickinson County will be right here waiting for you....

Come back to Kingsford
Its just not the same since you went away
Before you get an accent
And forget about the Wolverine State
There's a seat for you at the flivver game
And we can go watch the sweet bat cave
Besides the Mexican food sucks more than here anyway

I think I made a mistake
Its not that easy to take
He went to make a deposit
Then he cleaned out his closet
Guess I'll sit here and wait

For him to come back home (I'd wish you come back home)
It shouldn't take very long (so long so long)
I bet he misses the snow now
And all of the milk cows but I could be wrong

So when you're done doing whatever
And when you're through screwing whoever
Dickinson County will be right here waiting for you....

Come back to Kingsford
Its just not the same since you went away
I bet you missed your exit
And drove right through the the Wolverine State
There's a seat for you at the flivver game
And I've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sucks more than here anyway

Da Yoopers want you back
J. C. Penney's wants you back
Monette's wants you back
And the Flivvers want you back
Trico wants you back
And BK wants you back

I got a premonition
I'm taking a petition
And the U. P.'s gonna sign

Come back to Kingsford
Its just not the same since you went away
Before you get an accent
And forget about the Wolverine State
There's a seat for you at the flivver game
And we can go watch the sweet bat cave

Come back to Kingsford
Its just not the same since you went away
Before you get an accent
And forget about the Wolverine State
There's a seat for you at the flivver game
And we can go watch the sweet bat cave
Besides the Mexican food sucks more than here anyway
Besides the Mexican food sucks more than here anyway
Besides the Mexican food sucks more than here anyway

[Daghain]

As an LP (Saginaw) girl, I have to point and laugh:

YOOPER!!!!! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!









just kidding :)

[LadyHitchhiker]

At least you've heard of the UP unlike SOME people! :D :lol:

[Daghain]

True. Do you make the top half of the map with your other hand? I do. :lol:

[LadyHitchhiker]

Yes! The scarf and the mitten!!! :D :lol:

And I diagram where on the scarf we live all the time to my southern friends...

[Daghain]

Thought so. :lol:

[LadyHitchhiker]

I think it's funny that hardly anyone will know what we're talking about..

Michigan seems like a dream to me now...

[Daghain]

...it took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw....:lol:

[LadyHitchhiker]

I wonder if it would take me 4 days to hitchhike to Saginaw...

what a vacation THAT would be...

[Daghain]

No no, you don't want to hitchhike to Saginaw, you want to hitchhike away from Saginaw. :lol:

[LadyHitchhiker]

So would it take you 4 days to hitchhiker to here?

Because that's why I would hitchhiker to Saginaw is to see you...

[Daghain]

You'd have to hitchhike a lot farther than that. I live in Colorado now. :lol:

[LadyHitchhiker]

So then I can see the Stargate and Boulder and meet Mother Abigail and see you.......

;)

[Daghain]

Exactly. And Cheyenne Mountain, if you're a Wargames fan.

Oh, and the Stanley Hotel!

[razz]

LadyHitchhiker, since most of my novel is to take place in the upper peninsula of Michigan (unless i am unable to gather suitable information), would you mind is i ask you some questions?

[Jon]

So... people actually live in Michigan on purpose!!??!!

[The Lady of Shadows]

i know, i was shocked (and appalled) as well. :lol:

[Daghain]

So... people actually live in Michigan on purpose!!??!!

No. People escape Michigan on purpose. :lol:

[LadyHitchhiker]

Absolutely not, Razz; I would love to help you!

And for your comment Jon, I've been to most of the states, and this is my favorite. :P :P :P

As for escaping Michigan, I escaped and lived in Mississippi for 2 years. It was one of the stupidest mistakes I ever made, but it made me appreciate what I had left behind, and I ended up with the coolest cat ever because of it... :D

sometimes you have to leave home to find home..

And besides, the U.P. is VERY different from the lower peninsula; for some reason it's almost like another country. And this opinion is held by the trolls (the people who live below the bridge in the lower peninsula) also. Why, just the other day, a lady strolled in asking about Tim Russert's book. I said, "well ma'am, we have a list; we can put your name on it, but right now we're all out." And to this she said, "oh how quaint. I just was SURE that no one from the U.P. who have even heard of Tim Russert." It took all of me not to tell her that the parking spots out front were for tourists in cars and that our sled dogs are parked in the back.

People still think we travel by sled dog and that we don't have electricity. People who live downstate from us!!! :lol: People in our very own state!!!

[mia/susannah]

I have never been to Michigan. One day when I am rich I want to visit all 50 states. As far as home is. I live in New York but Georgia is my home state where I was raised and will always be

[LadyHitchhiker]

My mom's from Georgia. I was just in Georgia in January... I was fed soooooooo much food... I would weigh 500 pounds if I lived in Georgia around my relatives... :lol:

I actually have family all over the U.S. and some in Germany which means probably family all over...

And I think I would really enjoy Georgia if it weren't for the heat. I barely survive our heat up here in our little peninsula.

New York is one of the few states I've never been to, but if I ever go, I'm coming to see you, Alex!

[LadyHitchhiker]

Oh Daggers.. funny but true, Stargate is supposed to be contained within Cheyenne Mountain!!! Also funny but true, there is a janitor closet in the base that truly says, "stargate command". :lol:

[stboling]

Haha, when I saw this thread I had to laugh! Being from Michigan (the LP) we just love to laugh at the Yoopers. All in fun though. You guys are great.

[The Lady of Shadows]

why are they yoopers? and why trolls? enquiring minds want to know.

[mia/susannah]

My mom's from Georgia. I was just in Georgia in January... I was fed soooooooo much food... I would weigh 500 pounds if I lived in Georgia around my relatives... :lol:

I actually have family all over the U.S. and some in Germany which means probably family all over...

And I think I would really enjoy Georgia if it weren't for the heat. I barely survive our heat up here in our little peninsula.

New York is one of the few states I've never been to, but if I ever go, I'm coming to see you, Alex!

I hope if you make it to New York, you will come see me as well. :)

[Daghain]

They're Yoopers because they live in the Upper Peninsula, or U. P. for short.

I have no idea about the trolls. :lol:

[LadyHitchhiker]

Ah!!!!!! YES!!!!!! Mia, you Alex and I will all go hang out with Eddie Dean!!! :D :D :D

Well we'll find some guy and call him Eddie Dean and make him hang out iwth us... :lol:


Turtlesong, to answer your question, residents are frequently called Yoopers (derived from "U.P.-ers") because we live in the Upper Peninsula, and the people who live in the lower peninsula are jokingly and lovingly called Trolls because they live below the bridge, like our friend stboling because only trolls live below bridges *laughtrack ensues*.

I'm excited that so many people are contributing to the thread!

[The Lady of Shadows]

liz - i can just see you walking up to some random guy and asking him if he wants to be your guy's eddie dean. :lol:
god knows what would happen then, though. :unsure:

[razz]

that would make a great book. "Of Goats and Trolls: life as a resident of Michigan"

[LadyHitchhiker]

liz - i can just see you walking up to some random guy and asking him if he wants to be your guy's eddie dean. :lol:
god knows what would happen then, though. :unsure:

I would so do that! My only problem is that the guy would probably say, "don't you mean James Dean / Jimmy Bean?" :wtf:

[LadyHitchhiker]

Are you aware that Jeff Foxworthy is now picking on Michigan ? Read on.
(pretty funny and accurate)


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


2. If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights
each year because Pellston is the coldest spot in the nation, you might live in Michigan .


3. If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you
might live in Michigan .


4. If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the
year, you might live in Michigan .


5. If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, you might live in M ichigan.


6. If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of
his forehead, (or at the top of his ankles) you might live in Michigan .


7. If you have worn shorts and a coat at the same time, you might live in Michigan .


8. If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might
live in Michigan .


9. If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who
dialed a wrong number, you might live in Michigan .

Part 2 - You know you're a true 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, without 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.

10. Driving 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 tha n 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.

30. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your Michigan friends.


Have a Nice day and a Better tomorrow.....

[Daghain]

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OMG I totally forgot about Pellston! AHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!

And about 90% of those describe my family. And WTF is is about Michiganders and pole barns? :lol:

Oh, and you should have seen how excited I got when you could finally get Vernors out here. Now, if they'd just get Koegel's Ring Bologna I would be one happy camper. :D

[razz]

hey! i resent that! fish fry is on Saturday :D

as for potholes and construction season: Jeff must have drove through Flint.

[Daghain]

:lol:

And fish fry is Friday - the Catholics eat fish on Friday, remember? :lol:

[LadyHitchhiker]

Drove through Flint? He must've driven through my home town in the U.P.!!!

[razz]

okay, if your hometown has the worst roads in michigan, raise your hand.
*all hands up*
okay, um..new tactic
If your hometown does NOt have the worst roads in michigan, raise your hand
*one hand up*
You're not even FROM Michigan! put your hand down!

[Daghain]

Drove through Flint? He must've driven through my home town in the U.P.!!!

Well, he definitely didn't drive through Flint. He wouldn't have survived. :lol:

[LadyHitchhiker]

Michigan is so funny...

[razz]

Drove through Flint? He must've driven through my home town in the U.P.!!!

Well, he definitely didn't drive through Flint. He wouldn't have survived. :lol:
touche'

[Daghain]

Michigan is so funny...

It's a great place to be from. FAR from. :lol:

[LadyHitchhiker]

No no no... Mississippi is a great place to be far from...

:D

[lead dealer]

Oh you betcha (I geuss that is a "palininisum" now....dammit) Yea, dont forget about us troal's (persons living "under the bridge"{macakinac}) Where we loose more people in the first three hours of deer season than 3 years of homasides.

[LadyHitchhiker]

lol.... Are you a yooper, as well, lead dealer?

[lead dealer]

Beg pardon, no

I, alas am a troal. From the sticks (anywhere outside of the urban squaller) In lower Michigan. Yet have spent a lot of time in gods country. And miss it so. Howerver, One of my favorate movies is Escanaba in da moonlight....... Nessarry for the Michigan deer hunter....

"I kill with my heart"

[LadyHitchhiker]

What I find sad is that we don't play Da Yoopers on the radio very often up here in the UP. They play bananas at large - a wisconsin band which is really good - more than Da Yoopers!!

[lead dealer]

I know, the da yoopers are great! You hear rusty chevyrolet almost constantly around the holidays, but there are so many other really good songs that you never or hardly hear... The Bananas aren't bad, but there no DaYoopers.....

Yea, you betcha.....

waiting for my next trip up marquett way,and visit the Youpers tourist trap. yea, can not spell today.....

"I kill with my heart"

[LadyHitchhiker]

Christmas and hunting season is coming... time for Yoopers songs...

[lead dealer]

Opening day is like christmas, with guns!:shoot:

[LadyHitchhiker]

:rofl:

That's how they treat it up here.... At least they finally stopped having opening day on a Wednesday, so now the kids won't be skipping school as much.

[Daghain]

DBF's father hunts here in Colorado. Antelope is might tasty, I must say.

And, it makes GREAT sausage. MMMMMMMM

[LadyHitchhiker]

I have never had antelope... or bear... or many other exotic creatures but I have had deer.

[Daghain]

Antelope and elk are awesome!

[LadyHitchhiker]

I've had squirrel!

[Daghain]

Ewwwww......:lol:

[LadyHitchhiker]

:unsure: It was actually good...

[Daghain]

If you tell me it tastes just like chicken I'm going to barf on you. :lol:

[LadyHitchhiker]

Ewww! No... more like pork...

[Daghain]

:lol:

[razz]

i recall the lines

"mmm bacon!"
"squirrel"
"... ... mmm, squirrel"

[LadyHitchhiker]

:cry: They made me eat it when I was in Mississippi and they wouldn't tell me what it was until I was done...

[Daghain]

*barf*

[LadyHitchhiker]

At least it wasn't cat... :beat:

[Daghain]

EWWWWW!

[LadyHitchhiker]

Which I will NEVER knowingly eat. And if I were to eat, I would throw it up...

if thy food offends thee.... :evil:

[lead dealer]

Squrrel was not to bad. Just be thankfull it was not rodent. Bad survival school treat. Greasy.....:arg:

Much like deer and other large animals, you are what you eat. Feild rat, not to bad. Gan forbid what urban rodentia tastes like...........

The corn fead deer in the lower pensulia have a more beef like taste than the "forest deer" of the upper (gods own) pensulia.

my bad 2 cents on wild food....


"I kill with my heart"

[LadyHitchhiker]

Really? The deer taste different? Which do you like better?

[Daghain]

Michigan deer taste really gamey to me. I'm not fond of it.

[LadyHitchhiker]

It's the only deer I know, to be honest.

How sheltered I am...

[lead dealer]

Honestly I preffer the less gamey taste of the corn eaters. I suppose it is true, you are what you eat. I assume it is symialar to the diffrent tastes between european beef (grass fed)and American beef (grain fed).

[LadyHitchhiker]

Mmmmmmmmmm... I like our beef... I wonder if I'd like Europe's?

And the distinction between american and european beef I don't think is all just grass fed or grain fed... aren't they feeding them bits of themselves nowadays and that's how we end up with krudu (mad cow disease)?

[LadyHitchhiker]

Winter is here we may as well get a laugh about it......
WINTER BLONDE

As a trucker stops for a red light, a blonde catches up.
She jumps out of her car, runs up to his truck, and knocks
On the door.

The trucker lowers the window, and she says "Hi, my
Name is Heather and you are losing some of your load."

The trucker ignores her and proceeds down the street.

When the truck stops for another red light, the girl
Catches up again. She jumps out of her car, runs up
And knocks on the door.

Again, the trucker lowers the window. As if they've never
Spoken, the blonde says brightly, "Hi my name is Heather,
And you are losing some of your load!"

Shaking his head, the trucker ignores her again and
Continues down the street.

At the third red light, the same thing happens again.

All out of breath, the blonde gets out of her car, runs up,
Knocks on the truck door. The trucker rolls down the
Window. Again she says "Hi, my name is Heather, and
You are losing some of your load!"

When the light turns green the trucker revs up and races
To the next light.

When he stops this time, he hurriedly gets out of the truck,
And runs back to the blonde..

He knocks on her window, and after she lowers it, he says...




"Hi, my name is Mark, it's winter in
MICHIGAN and I'm driving the
SALT TRUCK!"

[razz]

ah, Michigan and morons. i wish they didn't go hand in hand.

[LadyHitchhiker]

Actually I wish the whole world was moron free... maybe we could send them to the moon... Not people who can't help it because they're challenged but people who just don't care any more but would rather be stupid.

[Whitey Appleseed]

Who'd a thunk it, a yooper thread. Funny thing happened on this other site. Met a guy from up the street. (a political site so what's an old hippie doing there, I wondered...hoot, snort!) It'd have been a real hoot if we'd have come to blows on-line...or some other weird scenario...there's probably a story in it...but how likely is it that you run into a neighbor on-line? April 1st on the other board they changed it so everyone sounded suspiciously like the people talk around here...bork!bork!bork!...a scary thought, imagining my 80-something white woman neighbor logging in as "felicia bedknobs" or sumpin'...I'm about ten hours north of Ann Arbor...so yeah, I guess we measure distance in hours.

I'm nort ah da udder bridge...there's a little fishhook shape there across the finger pointing at the Canadians and I'm right on the barb of the hook. Torch Lake and people think Michael Moore, Traverse area, and there's a name or two like that around here...as well as a town called Gay...named after some mining captain...the town's only business, the bar, is going gangbusters...The Gay Bar...big sign out front...100 years of tobacco smoke residue on the walls.

Yeah, the U.P., God's Country, where fresh roadkill doesn't stay in one place long...muskrat, skunk, porcupine, all edible...sure, tastes like chicken.

[Daghain]

Salt truck indeed! :lol:

I love Colorado for this - they use SAND instead of SALT, so the cars never rust. :D

[Whitey Appleseed]

Yeah, wonderful vibes in the U.P. Moved into the house I'm in now in '92. The old lady to one side had a metal roof installed same year. Our houses are about 8' apart. We've had well over a hundred inches of snowfall this year. Some winters, we've gotten as much as 400". Snow slides on metal.

First year up here, I used a snowscoop to move my snow. Gotta put it somewhere, wherever there is room Put some between my house and the old lady's. She didn't like it. Thought it would cause her problems. (It didn't.) She had her doctor son come down during the winter...this after calling me on the phone to complain about my snow disposal location...but she had her son come down to take photos.

A week later, January thaw, and 200" of accumulated snow avalanches off her roof against mine. (This has been going on for 16 years.) The crash was thunderous. There was one winter when it cracked the foundation of my house. Whilst looking for damage from my kitchen window, the old lady appeared at her window to survey how well her metal roof worked. I looked left, looked right, looked at her. Shrug. Dunno.

Head south, the neighbor on the other side and I'm shoveling my roof. 200" of accumulated snow plays hell with roof systems. They collapse. The neighbor on this side is doing a jig in her living room, mad as hell, cause I'm shoveling my roof. She's in her flannel nightie, doing the sister-act, white hair bobbing and weaving, like a pigeon.
I'm shoveling my freakin' roof and she's upset!

Her husband tells me later, 'you'll never work in this town again!' Trouble is, there are people who listen to them. Work is hard to come by, construction. I'm a carpenter.

So yeah, things are rosy in the U.P.

(Figured since the other post was a thread killer, I'd talk to myself.)

[Whitey Appleseed]

Vibes, dontcha know.

[LadyHitchhiker]

I am reading Christopher Knight (regional author) and he has been called the Stephen King of the UP... I reserve my judgement thus far.

[LadyHitchhiker]

Yooper Guide To Computer Terms
*LOG ON
Making `da wood stove hotter at camp.

*LOG OFF
Don`t add no wood.

*MONITOR
Keep an eye on `da stove after you log on and open the draft.

*MEGAHERTZ
When a big log drops on your bare foot in the morning.

*Floppy Disk
What you get from piling too much wood.

*RAM
Da hydraulic ting that makes da wood splitter work.

*HARD DRIVE
Gettin home durin most of the winter in da Yooperland.

*Prompt
What you wish the mail was during the snowy season.

*ENTER
Come on in, eh!

*WINDOWS
What you shut when it gets ten below.

*SCREEN
What is a must during da black fly season.

*BYTE
What dem black flies do.

*CHIP
What you munch on during the Packer game.

*MICRO CHIP
What you have left in the bag when da chips are gone.

*MODEM
What you did to da hayfield last July.

*DOT MATRIX
Eino Matrix`s wife.

*LAP TOP
Where da grandkids sit.

*KEYBOARD
Where you are suppose to hang all your keys so the wife can find dem.

*SOFTWARE
Dem plastic picnic utensils.

*MOUSE
Dem buggers what eats the horses grain in da barn.

*MAIN FRAME
Da part of da sauna what holds up da roof.

*PORT
Where the commercial fish boats park.

[LadyHitchhiker]

You Might Be a Yooper If...
Your wife's Lady Remington is a 30-06...

Your snowmobile costs more than your kid's college education...

Your wife's night gown says Fred Bear Archery...

A trip to the islands means Mackinac and Bois Blanc...

You're on a first name basis with the clerk at the Michigan State Unemployment Office...

You install your snow tires in early September...

You think working at McDonalds' means making the big bucks...

Your best clothes are reversible; Blaze Orange to Camouflage...

Going south for the winter means going to Escanaba...

You think that Iron Mountain is a prime example of a big city in urban decay...

You think the expression "to open a can of worms" means " to go fishing"...

You think that a Big Mac and a shake refers to the Bridge on a windy day...

People in Wisconsin act superior to you...

Your kid "aced" the 3rd grade...on his 9th try...

A new car means a 1972 AMC Gremlin...

Being a "Red Wing fan" means you like their new line of hiking boots...

You watched the "Ricki Lake Show" because you thought it was a show about fishing...

You answer the question "How many Yoopers does it take to change a light bulb?" with "None, we don't have electricity"...

You consider Velcro to be high tech...

You think that the Mackinac ferry refers to, well, you know...

You view working the drive-through window as an important career advancement...

You only know Ted Nugent for his archery equipment...

You think the phrase "It's all down hill from here" is an advertisement for the local Ski Lodge...

Your telephone number has 3 digits...or less...

You think that a 6 pack of Strohs, a bag of Doritos, salsa and bean dip cover 4 of the 7 basic food groups...

You think your family tree is the one in the backyard with the tire swing...

You saw a sign that said "Drink Canada Dry" and you've been trying ever since...

You think Canadian Club is the hockey team from Wawa, Ontario, EH?...

Your car phone is a rotary model with a loooooong cord...

You didn't go see the movie Malcom X because you missed Malcom I through IX....

You can ice fish 9 months of the year...

You think that poached eggs means they were stolen from your neighbor's chickens...

You think that the Board of Education is the paddle the teacher womps your butt with...

You think the sign in every bar that says NO MINORS SERVED is occupationally biased...

You think the sign saying FINE FOR PARKING means this is a really good spot...

You consider Membership in the Michigan Militia as a viable military career...

Your Jr. High School has a mandatory class titled Chainsaw Operation and Repair...

You know 37 ways to prepare meals from roadkill...

Your idea of deer hunting is driving down the logging roads in your 4 wheel drive WITHOUT your gun...

When sent for a jack, you bring back a fifth of Lynchberg Tennessee's finest...

Your summer shirts are plaid wool (same as your winter shirts)...

Your mosquito repellent doubles as your aftershave...

Your daily log is something you burn for heat...

Your ice fishing shanty is better furnished than your house...

You think ice beer is leaving a 6 pack of Old Style outside overnight...

You think that The Milwaukee Brewers and the Green Bay Packers are labor unions in Wisconsin...

Your favorite bar plays both kinds of music, Country AND Western...

Indoor plumbing is something you want to have someday...

You consider a thunderstorm as a drive thru car wash...

Your wife's new fur coat came from animals you trapped yourself...

You think Barney Rubble deserves an Emmy as Best Supporting Actor...

Your local meat market sells daily roadkill specials...

Nothing in your living room clashes with your stuffed moose head...

Your local bowling alley has 6 lanes so there's no waiting...

People admiring your earthtone carpet suddenly realize it really is the earth...

Your county library has 1 book, "Dick and Jane"...

You still have all your original teeth, you just keep them in a jar on the shelf...

You know 16 ways to cook a raccoon...

Your local record store still has brand new 8 track tapes for sale...

You think a Laundromat is something soft to kneel on when you wash your clothes in the creek...

Your new goose down pillow was migrating south yesterday...

Your local movie theater is offering "Gone With The Wind" as a first run feature presentation...

Your local doctor is also the veterinarian, auto mechanic....and the school bus driver...

All of your available radio stations can be preset on the car radio's 6 buttons---3 times...

You're a witness to a spectacular car crash! Just imagine, what are the odds of both cars in the UP being in the same place at the same time...

Your friends give you a really cool nick name, like "Stinky"...

The term "Up North" refers to land due south of your house...

You fertilize the lawn by letting the cows out of the barn...

You burn your kid's Statistics text book as pornography, after all it had 1 whole chapter on standard deviations. You think that they will learn about leather, whips and sheep soon enough...

You find your car when you cut your grass...

You consider a six pack of beer and a bug zapper quality entertainment....

You have more insurance on your snowmobile than your car...

You refer to winter mittens and hat as "choppers" and a "chook", respectfully...

You think traveling cross-country means traveling from The Soo to Green Bay...

Your favorite band is Da Yoopers...

Your snowblower gets stuck on the roof...

[Whitey Appleseed]

I'm always at a loss for whens the best time to switch to summer air in the tires...anyone a member of Triple AAA?...or does one simply ask the attendant at Squeaky's Fillin's Station, ah, that'd be Squeaky I guess, if he could put some summer air in the tires...what, come June...come, commala?

[Daghain]

Summer air in the tires....LOL.

You can't even take the snow tires OFF!

[Whitey Appleseed]

Squeaky always laughs, too, Daghain, when I ask him to put some summer air in the tires, come June, July 4th, the latest. Can't play it too careful, not being a member of Triple AAA and not being privy to all the insider information.

-4 degrees Fahrenheit today....brrrr!

I did have a tire fall of the truck, though, heading down the road, KA-POW! and I thought I busted an axle, angled over to the side, get out and I'm missing a tire! Look back. Its lying against the guardrail...almost fell into Quincy Creek. Aluminum rims. I guess the nuts loosen, or it is possible for them to loosen...had had a flat tire a couple weeks earlier, put on the spare, had the bad tire fixed, never put it back on, the spare fell off...used a lug nut from the other three rims just so I could get going again. They had to take the axle off to replace a broken stud.

Turns out you need to be aware that after a tire rotation, new tires, etc, if you have aluminum rims, to check them for tightness after 50 miles...never did put the small hub cap back on after the flat tire change....Information.

[Daghain]

That's news to me. I've never had a tire fall off before. :lol:

[Whitey Appleseed]

You and me both, Daghain. The small hubcap has a kind of lug nut built into the inside of the hub, three of them, for whatever reason--there are five on the wheel--and I wondered if that design is to help prevent that. Course, simply snapping the hub back in place after changing the tire may have prevented it altogether. And the mechanic tells me--after the tire falls off--that this is a possibility, the same mechanic who put a hot patch on the tire.

fwiw, I guess some version of truck one needs to remove the cab to work on the motor.
can you say national health care?

[LadyHitchhiker]

-14 today here without the wind chill... wind's kicking up the last two days so it seems real cold when you get out there. Without the wind, it would be beautiful out. Funny what the damn wind does...

[LadyHitchhiker]

Everyone who has visited or lives in Michigan knows how unpredictable the weather is, so here's a funny joke about the weather (yes, weather can be funny)!


This had most of the state of Michigan laughing for 2 days
and a very embarrassed female news anchor who will,
in the future, likely think before she speaks.
What happens when you predict snow but don't get any!
We had a female news anchor that,
the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't,
turned to the weatherman and asked:
'So Bob, where's that 8 inches you promised me last night?'
Not only did HE have to leave the set,
but half the crew did too they were laughing so hard!

[Brice]

:wtf:

[Jean]

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bearmood_hahaha.gif

[razz]

pssst! Liz!
VERNORS!

[Daghain]

MMMM Vernors. And Koegel's.

[razz]

Vernors und Viennas ja!

[Daghain]

:lol: I was thinking ring bologna, but whatever floats your boat. :D

[LadyHitchhiker]

Vernors... by George... yes!

[giggler5]

didn't think i'd stumble upon a yooper thread on this site. lol. either way, i'm located in calumet (about as north as you can get in the u.p.)

[LadyHitchhiker]

Welcome! Great to see ya!

[LadyHitchhiker]

Hey I'm sending out a special invite to you other Michiganders to start lurking in here. Razz, Blavigne! Where are you at?

[Merlin1958]

Wait, are you trying to tell me there is more to the country west of the Hudson River than New Jersey & California?


LOL LOL LOL

[blavigne]

Hey I'm sending out a special invite to you other Michiganders to start lurking in here. Razz, Blavigne! Where are you at?

Here I am.........Michiganders unite :)

[The Road Virus]

IL was in here peeking around too :ninja: and Merlin, you forgot the best city in the nation (Chicago) in your west list but if you wanna discuss I mentioned Chi>NYC in one of the IMMRN threads so we could debate there.

Sorry for taking up MI real estate but most of my relatives on my dads side live there and I've been there dozens of times so I feel like one time was justified.

[LadyHitchhiker]

Heeey I don't mind at all... :) Glad we got an Illinois person to come here and respect the Great North! :) :wub:

[Merlin1958]

Hey, I was just fooling about.

LOL

[The Road Virus]

Haha well it is hard to tell when it is written word Merlin. And (based on my prior expierences) NYer's can be condesending from time to time and some actually maintain that what you said is really all there is to these magnificent United States of ours. But I figured someone as nice (and helpful) as you is/was not that narrow-minded :)