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10-11-04, 11:36 AM
You might be a Floridian if:
>
> You exhibit a slight twitch when introduced to
> anyone with the first names
> of Charley, Frances or Ivan
>
> If an airboat is parked in your drive instead of a
> car.
>
> Your freezer never has more than $20 worth of food
> in it any given time
>
> You're looking at paint swatches for the plywood on
> your windows, to accent
> the house color
>
> You think of your hall closet/safe room as "cozy"
>
> Your pool is more accurately described as "framed
> in" than "screened in"
>
> Your freezer in the garage now only has homemade ice
> in it
>
> You no longer worry about relatives visiting during
> the summer months
>
> You too haven't heard back from the insurance
> adjuster
>
> You've ordered gas cans via FedEx
>
> You now understand what that little "2% hurricane
> deductible" phrase really
> means
>
> You're putting a collage together on your driveway
> of roof shingles from
> your neighborhood
>
> You were once proud of your 16" electric chain saw
>
>
> Your Street has more than 3 " NO WAKE" signs posted
>
>
> You now own 5 large ice chests
>
> Your parrot can now say" hammered, pounded and
> hunker down"
>
> You recognize people in line at the free ice, gas
> and plywood locations
>
> You stop what you're doing and clap and wave when
> you see a convoy of power
> company trucks come down your street
>
> You're depressed when they don't stop
>
> You have the personal cell phone numbers of the
> managers for: plywood,
> roofing supplies and generators at Home Depot on
> your speed dialer
>
> You've spent more than $20 on "Tall white kitchen
> bags" to make your own
> sand bags
>
> You're considering upgrading from a 16" to a 20"
> chainsaw
>
> You know what "Bar chain oil" is
>
> You're thinking of getting your wife the hardhat
> with the ear protector,
> face shield for Christmas
>
> You now think the $6000 whole house generator seems
> reasonable
>
> You look forward to discussions about the merits of
> "cubed, block and dry
> ice"
>
> Your therapist refers to your condition as
> "generator envy"
>
> You fight the urge to put on your winter coat and
> wool cap and parade around
> in front of your picture window, when you finally
> get power and your
> neighbor across the street, with the noisy generator
> doesn't get electric
>
> And finally you might be a Floridian if
>
> You ask your sister up north to start saving the
> Sunday Real Estate
> classifieds
>
> You exhibit a slight twitch when introduced to
> anyone with the first names
> of Charley, Frances or Ivan
>
> If an airboat is parked in your drive instead of a
> car.
>
> Your freezer never has more than $20 worth of food
> in it any given time
>
> You're looking at paint swatches for the plywood on
> your windows, to accent
> the house color
>
> You think of your hall closet/safe room as "cozy"
>
> Your pool is more accurately described as "framed
> in" than "screened in"
>
> Your freezer in the garage now only has homemade ice
> in it
>
> You no longer worry about relatives visiting during
> the summer months
>
> You too haven't heard back from the insurance
> adjuster
>
> You've ordered gas cans via FedEx
>
> You now understand what that little "2% hurricane
> deductible" phrase really
> means
>
> You're putting a collage together on your driveway
> of roof shingles from
> your neighborhood
>
> You were once proud of your 16" electric chain saw
>
>
> Your Street has more than 3 " NO WAKE" signs posted
>
>
> You now own 5 large ice chests
>
> Your parrot can now say" hammered, pounded and
> hunker down"
>
> You recognize people in line at the free ice, gas
> and plywood locations
>
> You stop what you're doing and clap and wave when
> you see a convoy of power
> company trucks come down your street
>
> You're depressed when they don't stop
>
> You have the personal cell phone numbers of the
> managers for: plywood,
> roofing supplies and generators at Home Depot on
> your speed dialer
>
> You've spent more than $20 on "Tall white kitchen
> bags" to make your own
> sand bags
>
> You're considering upgrading from a 16" to a 20"
> chainsaw
>
> You know what "Bar chain oil" is
>
> You're thinking of getting your wife the hardhat
> with the ear protector,
> face shield for Christmas
>
> You now think the $6000 whole house generator seems
> reasonable
>
> You look forward to discussions about the merits of
> "cubed, block and dry
> ice"
>
> Your therapist refers to your condition as
> "generator envy"
>
> You fight the urge to put on your winter coat and
> wool cap and parade around
> in front of your picture window, when you finally
> get power and your
> neighbor across the street, with the noisy generator
> doesn't get electric
>
> And finally you might be a Floridian if
>
> You ask your sister up north to start saving the
> Sunday Real Estate
> classifieds