So maybe I'm Alaskan...

[ellenmillion]

[X] Someone mentions "super cub" and you do not envision a tiny bear wearing blue tights and a red cap.

[ ] You are vacationing in Hawaii when a beautiful woman in a bikini walks by and you think, "Boy I'd sure like to see her in a snowmobile suit." (Obviously aimed at the other gender)

[X] Your relatives/friends think you live too far away for them to come visit you, but keep asking you to come see them more often.

[X] You have ever called a 1- 800 number you found in a catalog, and then were told, "Alaska? Oh, we don't ship outside the USA."

[ ] You have ever put up with the pain of a toothache until the Permanent Fund checks came out in October. (Always had dental insurance!)

[X] You know going "outside" involves a lot more than opening the door and walking out into the yard.

[X] You have ever worn a tie with rubber boots. (Well, I've worn formal dresses with rubber boots, so that's gotta count)

[X] You have ever worn underwear that had something called a "trapdoor."

[X] You have learned that in the Summer you never say to your kids, "Be home by dark!"

[X] You know a tail-dragger is an airplane, not a bad day at the office.

[X] You know that a Spenard Divorce involves a .357 magnum, not a lawyer.

[X] You know bunny boots aren't worn by bunnies or made out of bunnies.

[X] You know the meaning of the word 'Baleen' and it has nothing to do with making hay into large cubes.

[ ] Your monthly Alascom phone bill is larger than your house payment. (I don't bother calling people. :P)

[X] The reason you don't own a poodle is because an eagle ate the last one. (Well, it was the neighbor across the street…)

[X] There is a bottle of Avon's Skin-so-Soft in your tackle box.

[X] You've never met any celebrities. (Oh, wait, I suppose Larry Elmore is a 'celebrity,' and I had lunch with him)

[X] Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a camper on the Seward highway.

[X] "Vacation" means driving to Chitna to dip net.

[X] You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.

[X] You measure distance in hours.

[X] You know several people who have hit a moose.

[X] Your school classes aren't canceled because of cold.

[X] The last thing you do before going to bed is plug in your vehicle.

[X] You see a car running in the parking lot, with no one in it, and two dogs on the front seat.

[X] You install security lights on your house and garage and then leave them both unlocked.

[X] You think of the four major food groups as moose, caribou, beer and salmon.

[X] You carry jumper cables and a sleeping bag in your car.

[X] You think driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

[X] You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightie.

[X] You think that the start of moose season is a national holiday.

[X] You know which leaves make good toilet paper. (Coffee filters work, too.)

[X] You know that the phrase "the kings are running" has nothing to do with royalty.

[X] You find -20 degrees F "a little chilly", and put on long pants.

[X] You know there are only 2 seasons: Winter and Construction.

[X] You can spell and pronounce words like Chatanika and Venetie.

[ ] You know why they named it Chicken, Alaska. (Huh… I'll have to look that up)

[X] Bug dope is an essential part of your summer wardrobe.

[X] You think the song "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" is about springtime.

[X] You know that road flares will start a nice bon fire.

[X] You take the door off the outhouse to see the aurora. (Well, technically, none of my outhouses started out with doors)

[X] Your idea of taking a load off is emptying the firewood out of the back of the truck.

[X] You think it is safe to drive as long as you can still see the snowplow's flashing light ahead.

[X] Your wardrobe consists of polar fleece, Gortex and wool, and nothing really matches.

[X] You wear your furry slippers to the grocery store.

[X] You own 3 modes of transportation: boat, 4-wheeler and 4X4. (Actually: boat, snowmachine and all-wheel-drive)

[X] You drive 55 on icy roads. (Sure, they're designed for it)

[X] You like your neighbors.

[X] You know at least one pot grower.

[X] Your idea of gang violence is fighting off mosquitoes.

[X] You have learned almost everything by doing it.

[X] Your kids catch the bus in the dark and get off it in the dark. (Me, not my kids, but the same idea)

[X] October is the month of your highest income. (Easily)

Comments

[mirar.livejournal.com]

I didn't know I lived in Alaska. :)

(What's with October?)

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

October is not only my best month for business (for the Christmas season), it's also Permanent Fund month. State skims off the oil companies and holds that money in trust for Alaskan residents. Once a year, they pay us a divident: highest check has been more than $2000 dollars. This has been going on since 1980, I think. Paid most of my way through school this way, because my parents saved all of mine when I was a minor.

[mirar.livejournal.com]

Awesome.

Maybe I'm not Alaskan after all, I never got one of those. ^.^

[curvature.livejournal.com]

why did your neighbor eat your poodle?

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

*laugh* Oh, no... my neighbor's small dog was eaten by an eagle!

[fieryfae.livejournal.com]

Puerto Rico is probably the complete opposite of Alaska but we have one thing in common. We also measure distances in hours here. I don't know why. And obviously we get the "we don't ship outside the USA" comment a lot. I hate seeing commercials for contests that afterwards say "void in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico". It's annoying. I know we are not a state but still, it's not like we're very far. We're practically Americans ourselves... I'll drop the subject cuz then I'll go into political and patriotical details about the status of the island and what's best.

[fireborn.livejournal.com]

[X] There is a bottle of Avon's Skin-so-Soft in your tackle box.

**with a curiosity of someone who has "Buffet!" stamped across her forehead to a certain type of winged insect** Does that stuff really repell misquitos as well as they say?

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

The stuff is awesome! It works very well, it doesn't stink or dissolve Goretex, and you can use it to get rid of sticky residue from tape.

[samanthagms.livejournal.com]

What are bunny boots? Are those what we call Duckies (rubber shoes basically) in Ontario? Permanent Funds sound awesome although I don't think I'll be moving out there any time soon. :) Hitting a moose?! People hear have been killed because deer went through their windsheilds...I can't imagine hitting a moose.