up here, grits are good with maple syrup {the real stuff, not pretend maple flavored corn syrup}, a grinder is lunch, not somthing found in a machine shop, in the summer, ribs can be bought out of a school bus, apple pie isnt just for breakfast anymore, crickets arent legal bugs, but counters are, there are a wide varity of seasons {leaf checker, stick [almost winter] winter, m****f****ng cold winter, still winter, sugar, mud, black fly, mosquito, summer [this year it was on a tuesday] then back to the present leaf checker season..., ayuh is a universal response, and city-ots are given real creative directions..., husky vs stihl is a religious question, buck monday is pretty much a holiday, snowshoes are used, not decrotive, blue tarps, 55gal drums, tin roofing and sap buckets are used for everything, rocks grow in fields, 4wd is manditory, jokes abound about cows with legs shorter on one side for easier grazing on hills {lean beef}
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