6-12-08 Life in Alberta...

What it means to be an Albertan:

1. Vacation means going to Calgary or Edmonton for the weekend.

2. You measure distance in hours.

3. You often switch from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day.

4. You know several people who have hit deer more than once or hit a moose and totaled their car.

5. You use a down comforter in the summer.

6. Your grandparents drive at 100 km/hr through 4 meters of snow during a blizzard, without flinching.

7. You carry jumper cables in your car and your kids know how to use them.

8. You design your kids’ Halloween costumes to fit over their snowsuits.

9. Driving is so much better in the winter because all the potholes are filled.

10. You know that there are two seasons: winter and construction.

11. You get bundled up in three sweaters, a parka, ski pants, a toque, two pairs of mittens, boots past your knees while around you a blizzard blows making -35 turn into -8000 with wind chill, in three feet of snow as your nose is running, your eyelashes are frozen together, you can’t feel your toes and you STILL stop at 7 Eleven for a slurpee on the way home from the ski hill.

12. Gopher = speed bump

13. At least half your family works in oil and gas.

14. You’ve said the phrase, “Don’t spill any poutien on the chesterfield, ya’ hosier!” and know what it meant.

15. You actually laugh at this list.