• You refer to downtown Buffalo as "The City"
• "Vacation" means going to Allegheny for the week.
• You measure distance in hours.
• You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
• You've used your back porch or the trunk of your car as a fridge/deep freeze. (Ahhh, winter...)
• You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
• You use a down comforter in the summer.
• You drive at 65 mph through a raging blizzard, without flinching.
• People say they live in Buffalo when their mailing address is West Seneca.
• You install security lights on your house and garage, and leave both unlocked.
• There is a mini mall every 1/4 mile; if not, you're in Niagara County.
• You carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them.
• There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the Wegman's at any given time.
• You design your grandkid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
• Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
• You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and flannel pajamas.
• You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, construction.
• It takes you 3 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.
• You know to avoid tractor trailers 190 with Canadian Plates.
• It's POP DAMMIT! And people who call it Soda make you want to slap them.
• You don't consider what Domino's or Pizza Hut sell as real Pizza.
• You know that 'First Night' isn't a Sean Connery movie.
• There is no such thing as waiting for the left turn arrow at an intersection.
• Your career ambition is to work for NY State.
• Even with the slightest threat of snow, you know that only the Buffalo City schools are closed.
• There is nothing International about Buffalo's Airport.
• You can spell and say 'Cheektowaga' and 'Lackawanna.'
• You actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your friends from Upstate NY.