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You Know you live in a little rural area when ?

When another fight breaks out if someone sits in your favorite spot at the local coffee shop .
 
When you just nod at the local waitess and she already knows what you want to order for breakfast .
 
When your "used Tires" on your truck has already had two previous owners and you sale them to another guy who is damn glad to get them .:biggrin:
 
300 H and H said:
When your waitress not only knows what you want for breakfast, but also has it waiting when you get there....:biggrin:
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You know, the previous 35 replies all applied to the little town that is about 6 miles from where I live but not this one. I like to change up my order just to keep them guessing. :yum: But the coffee does hit the cup about 10 seconds after my butt hits the chair.
 
When you walk into the county court house and notice there is no sherif at the door ready to inspect you, no metal detector to whistle if you havea weapon and not security camerarecording your every move. And when you get to a clerk's office she isn't hell bent on finding some technical way of stopping you from you mission, but attempts in everyway possible to not only facilitate your efforts but does it with genuine friendliness.

Irecently went to a modern stte of the art courthouse for a weddng in St Charles county. After a pat down and a scanner I was allowed to go to a surly judge's chambers, wait for 30 minutes, and witness his perfunctury performance over a couple gettng hitched.

We were held up because some clerk behind bullet proof glass wasn't happy with the license application.

Later in the week I went to rural Douglas county where the 1930's court house was ungaurded, wide open and friendly. Spent less than ten minutes recording easments on my and my neighbor's property, along with a permit for my new electric, and when I left, I had made at least three new friends. All with a 9mm Taurus on my hip.

I love rural.
 
When you go for a new gun permit and the sheriff himself takes your pic with a Polaroid after he asks the clerk where they keep the film. The clerk looks at your references from half a state away and says don't you know anybody local. You tell her the name of your neighbor and fellow firefighter and the local garage man. She says yeah i know them and stamps it and sends you on your way. :clap:
 
muleman said:
When you go for a new gun permit and the sheriff himself takes your pic with a Polaroid after he asks the clerk where they keep the film. The clerk looks at your references from half a state away and says don't you know anybody local. You tell her the name of your neighbor and fellow firefighter and the local garage man. She says yeah i know them and stamps it and sends you on your way. :clap:
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I am new to the area, only been there four years. You are so right Bill.

My neighbor's name has smoothed over more conversations with officials and clerks than a handfull of $50's would ever accomplish. It opens doors better than any key and results in a genuine smile and a handshake.
 
You are on a first name basis with the whole highway dept. and the roadmaster is also the ambulance driver. You can go to his house if you have a complaint about the town roads.
 
You Know you live in a little rural area when ?

Nobody knows who is responsible for a road that divides two townships....
You call the township responsible for the north side of the road if it is ok to put the snowmobile trail on the road this winter. Chief/constable, says call the town responsible to the south. that captain says call the county. the county says call the nearest city. city says call the town to the north. everybody uses first names. all three entities look at the same GIS mapping and are convinced it is the other guys road. the only person who seems to care is a secretary named Kate who sits next to me at the club meetings and does not ride a snowmobile.:yum:
 
When the secretary at the Municipal Court dismisses most of the cases before they even get to the judge. It doesn't happen if she doesn't know your grandparents, your mother and father, every uncle and aunt and all your cousins. Oh!, and you'd better show up on time for Bible Class on Sunday.
 
FrancSevin said:
My neighbor's name has smoothed over more conversations with officials and clerks than a handfull of $50's would ever accomplish. It opens doors better than any key and results in a genuine smile and a handshake.
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Ain't that the truth.

My M-I-L decided to stop driving after she was involved in a fender bender with an out of towner at a 4-way stop junction in our little town. When the police arrived, I swear the the first thing they asked the other driver was, "Now sir, what were you doing when you ran the stop sign and collided with Mrs. P's car". The guy should have just held out his hands and told them to cuff him and take him away right there and then.

It ain't what you know .....
 
When the waitess at the local cafe tells you what is mechanically wrong with your tractor ,,,,,and she is right .
 
When you have to double the amount shown on the gas pump cause the old pump window display does not go that high to read the correct price .
 
When the place that changes your oil has a bulk motor oil tank that says Esso on the side. And the shop has wooden plank floors and a lift that you twist the whole vehicle to get it to go to the top.:whistling:
 
When you stop at the local supermarket and leave the keys in the switch. Saw 4 other vehicles with the keys in when I left.
 
when u see muley, & he's got a bag of bulk cat food in his buggy, then see al on over in the ammo section. after u see doc buying a few shoe inserts from doctor scholl's. & a keyboard. & excederin. & sanity meds fer dealing w/ us.

& this random person w/ potato chips & a carton of eggs. & the guy getting that maybelline. hm.
 
When you come home and your truck is gone and you do not worry because you know a neighbor needed it .
 
When you can't sleep cause the Elk keeping calling each other in the front pasture at night
 
When 6 horses are in your front yard when you wake up and no one is concerned where they came from .
 
BigAl said:
When 6 horses are in your front yard when you wake up and no one is concerned where they came from .
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When your neighbors cows get out and you know which farm they belong to and which direction to shoosh them along to.:yum:
 
muleman said:
When your neighbors cows get out and you know which farm they belong to and which direction to shoosh them along to.:yum:
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Spent a recent December morning doing just that. I was two hours late for a business meeting in town and smelled like cows when I got to the board room.

I was a bit concerned as this was one of our best clients. A north Western Arkansas poultry producer.

But everybody at the meeting was from rural living and my excuse for being tardy, and disheveled was well accepted. :flowers:
 
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