Box 1001, Dawson Creek, B.C. Canada V1G 4H9
Phone (250) 782-4069    Fax (250) 782-4064    Email: Seniors' Connection

You know you're from the Peace Country when...

1. Designer labels include John Deere, Arctic Cat and Ski Doo.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a combine on the highway.
3. You measure distance in hours.
4. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
5. You often switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day.
6. You use a down comforter in the summer.
7. Your grandparents drive at 65 mph through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
8. Mobile campfires are used at outdoor events so they can move with the crowd, anytime, any season.
9. You keep winter clothes in the motorhome, year round.
10. You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
11. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
12. You close the gate to keep the cows in, not the people out.
13. You think of the major food groups as moose meat, potatoes and wild berries.
14. The kitty litter in the back seat is used to throw under the tires - spinning on the ice three feet below the snow you're stuck in.
15. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
16. There are seven empty trucks running in the parking lot at the Canadian Tire store at any given time.
17. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
18. High centered in a snow bank applies to your four year old kid.
19. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
20. Your preferred lingerie is tube socks and flannel pajamas.
21. The mystery odour in the back of the SUV is your sons hockey bag or your daughters figure skating bag, whatever, it's gone in the spring.
22. You know all four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, construction.
23. It takes you three hours to go to the store for one item even when you're in a rush because you have to stop and talk to everyone in town.
24. The Park Warden lets you off with a warning for cutting down dead trees in the park - what's with that?
25. You actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your friends from the Peace Country!