Hmmm... Lilo, some of those things mentioned in those lists seemed vaguely familiar. Then it hit me: Here is something my sister-in-law sent my wife almost ten years ago. (My wife was from Michigan; born and raised in Battle Creek, but spent a lot of time in Houghton Lake.)

Signor V.

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Michiganders

1. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.

2. "Vacation" means going up north past Grand Rapids for the weekend.

3. You measure distance in hours.

4. You know several people who have hit deer more than once.

5. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.

6. Your whole family wears hushpuppies and blue and gold shirts to church on Sunday, and they yell "Go Blue!" at the end of every prayer.

7. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching.

8. You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.

9. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

10. You think of the major food groups as Beer, Fish, and Venison.

11. You carry jumper cables in your car, and your girlfriend knows how to use them.