Some Thanksgiving Funnies:

You Might Be a Grizzly Flat Newbie If...

...you say, "What's that?" when you hear the term "defensible space."

...along about the end of March, you say something like, "Now that wasn't such a tough Winter, was it?"

...your house is taller than your woodpile.

...you're on the phone to your Mama back East and you say, "I'm going to run out for some milk.  I'll be back in a few minutes."

...your windshield has never been cracked.

...you have to pull over every 10 minutes on your way down the hill to let "locals" pass.

...you don't own a snow shovel.

...you live on less than an acre of land.

...all of the structures and additions to your house are permitted.

...you ask Maxine for her chili recipe at Burger Night.

...you think there must be a race track near your house because of the "roaring" sound in the trees.

...you don't know what it means when someone "went off the grade."

...you have to ask how to get to Leoni Meadows.

...you think the post office is on "Sky-roni" road.

...it starts to snow and you don't move your car to the end of the driveway.

...your big ol' SUV makes a buttload of noise but doesn't have 4-wheel drive capability.

...you've never had "wood envy."

...you don't realize that the Red Hat Ladies could totally kick your butt if they put their minds to it.

...you ask Lyle to play some heavy metal music at Burger Night.

...you don't know why Tyler Road is called that.

...you think Logan's Grade is too scary to drive.

...you plant lots of rose bushes and calla lilies in your unfenced front yard.

...you talk extensively about how much you miss the amenities of the city.

...you think you've got some kind of inherent right of way when you are at the bottom of the one-way bridge coming up.

...you don't wave at "Oak," the Sword Guy, when you stop at the stop sign at Sand Ridge.

...you actually stop at the stop sign at Sand Ridge when no one else is around.

...you don't know who "Officer Davenport" is.

...you think it's something out of the ordinary to see an unattended horse strolling down Grizzly Flat Road.

...you try to mail a letter at the old post office.