Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Another Cold Day

We had another very cold day today, so everyone stayed indoors as much as possible. Jonathan needed to head to his vacuuming job yesterday but the car wouldn't start, so we really needed to get it running today to get him to work. Someone found an inconvenient place to store our portable heater thing for under the car, so instead Jim used a small space heater to place under there. After doing that for an hour or so, the car finally started. It was a very good thing, because friends called to ask Jim if he would go down to town to help their daughter get her car started. Someone passed along one of those "forwards" that has been altered to make it appropriate to our state:

If parking your car for the night involves an extension cord,
You might live
in North Dakota.

If you're proud that your state makes the national
news primarily because it houses the coldest spot in the nation,
You might
live in North Dakota.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March,
You might live
in North Dakota.

If you know how to correctly pronounce Minot ,
Bottineau, Ypsilanti , or Glen Ullin,
You might live in North Dakota.

If you measure distance in hours,
You might live in North Dakota.

If you see people wearing hunting clothes at social events, You might live in North Dakota.

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your daughter knows how to use them,
You might live in North Dakota.

If there are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the grocery store at any given time,
You might live in North Dakota.


If your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your cottonwood,
You might live in North Dakota.

If you find 0 degrees 'a little
chilly,'
You might live in North Dakota.



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