you might be in New Hampshire if you...

[adamiata]

When Massachusetts is your Mexico...

 

[Bob]

You can throw your beer can out the window and not lose 5 cents.

or you can pay for your trip by turning in all the NH cans from a Gathering and get .05 each back in MA.

 

[Roxi]

Someone uses the word "secession" at town & school board meetings.

No, that's VT. VT is now discussing whether or not people should have a visa to cross the border, but it's unclear if they mean only the one between countries or also other states.

You know you're in NH when while sunbathing at the seashore on a warm day in June, the only people actually going into the ocean are the out-of-state tourists who don't know better. NH residents wait until August when the water temp is warm enough not to get hypothermia within seconds.

You know you're in NH when people tell you that they spent their summer weekend skiing in Tuckerman's Ravine.

You know you're in the north country of NH when any day above zero is viewed as a heat wave.

And you know you're in NH when people talk about making the mosquito the state bird.

 

[Waumbek]

You might be in NH if this neighbor walks down your driveway:

 

[carole]

When you drive along and watch the residents cleaning out the contents of the collapsed sheds and barns you’re probably in NH.
When every other yard is an auto salvage yard you’re probably in NH.
When you can forget drinking a cup of coffee on the way to work (more will be down your front) you’re probably in NH.
When you feel the vibration and then hear the grumble get louder and louder and you think nothing of it you’re probably in NH (and it’s just another group of Harley’s going by).
If there’s still snow on the lawn you’re probably in NH.
When you love coming home you probably live in NH.

 

[SherpaKroto]

You know you're in NH...
... when changing the clock includes adding/removing the shovel and sand in your trunk
... you hike to Tuck's to get a few runs in and laugh at all the "idiots" still skiing at Wildcat.
... you then look forward to Wildcat closing for the year so you can skin up the Polecat.
... snow tire conversations get VERY heated.
... deer become hood ornaments in November.

 

[marty]

You know you are in Hampton, NH when cars start weaving all over the place due to the "strategic" placement of the EZ Pass Lanes

Marty

 

[giggy]

you might be from NH..........if make you fun of Massachusetts people alot about things like taxes, etc... but then you realize at the end of the day - you are taxed just as much - its just channeled through different things.

or if you make fun of the flatlanders down south (MA, RI, CT, etc.) but in reality, compared to the 10-14k'ers out west - you are a flatlander too.

 

[Kevin Rooney]

You know what "Going down to the Irving" means.

Am partial to the one at Fabyan, myself.

PS - You know you're in NH if you know where Fabyan is.

 

[Fisher Cat]

You might be in NH if the hats kids wear to school advertise Stihl, Jonsered, or Husqvarna.

 

[Paradox]

If the cars are on blocks and the houses are on wheels.

 

[KayakDan]

When your contractor says something like "Sure would liketa finish up 'fore huntin' season staats!"

 

[skiguy]

when you drive down a dirt lane and five mailboxes in a row have the same last name on them

 

[carole]

You might have been hiking in NH if your shins are all scratched up from postholing with shorts on.

 

[Neil]

Official forms are readily available for the reporting of Elvis sightings.

 

[Grandaddy]

if you...

can legally purchase a bottle of booze at any number of highway rest areas.

are given the hairy eyeball by the locals for driving a foreign car, even if it is full of rust...oh yeah, I'm from MA.

feel like are in Arkansas.

are surrounded with cars carrying very imaginative 6 or 7-character announcements on thier licence plates. Does every person from NH have a vanity licence plate?

 

[Gris]

can legally purchase a bottle of booze at any number of highway rest areas.

Bingo - we have a winner!

 

[HikerAmiga]

...You know you're in New Hampshire when another driver shows courtesy and allows you to take the available parking space at a plaza or a mall. (Usually a male when I show a big smile).

...You know you're in New Hampshire when you're very tempted to give a hitchhiker a ride! (especially if he's cute).

...You know you're in New Hampshire when you make a purchase and the receipt total looks wrong and then you remember...no sales tax.

 

[marty]

You know you are in New Hampshire when you start seeing fireworks stores on every road except the interstates.

You know you just left New Hampshire when a State Trooper pulls you over to inspect your car for the fireworks she/he just watched you purchase. NOTE: IT IS ILLEGAL TO TRANSPORT FIREWORKS ACROSS STATE LINES (AT LEAST MOST OF THEM)

Thankfully this did NOT happen to me, but the Boston TV stations show this scene every year just before the 4th of July.

Marty

 

[sardog1]

You might be in New Hampshire if you know that Stihl, Jonsered, and Husqvarna are not foreign-born players signed by the Bruins.

You might be in New Hampshire if you were cross-country skiing to the music of a red-winged blackbird at the beginning of April. (What the &^%! did he find to eat? The lakeshore he claimed as his turf was under three feet of snow and ice.)

You might be in New Hampshire if you were snowshoeing on April 8 . . . from necessity. At an elevation less than 500 feet above sea level.