State starter packs
Oct 19th 2017, 3:21 pm
#16
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Re: State starter packs
Illinois - Chicago area (downstate is another country)
1. Cold weather gear that doesn't matter when splashed with salt-laden slush
2. A car with visible rust (note reference to salt, above)
3. A refillable Starbucks travel coffee cup
4. A Chicago Bears shirt
5. A grill, with a supply of polish sausage
6. If a woman, dyed/highlighted hair
7. Cargo shorts for the summer
1. Cold weather gear that doesn't matter when splashed with salt-laden slush
2. A car with visible rust (note reference to salt, above)
3. A refillable Starbucks travel coffee cup
4. A Chicago Bears shirt
5. A grill, with a supply of polish sausage
6. If a woman, dyed/highlighted hair
7. Cargo shorts for the summer
To expand on point 4, you see as many Packers shirts/bumper stickers etc up my way as you do Bears, which is interesting but still FTP all the same. I do have a Bears shirt (not a real jersey, one of those Kohl's knock off deals that's the shiny material but just with a picture of the bear on it) though, so I'm doing my part.
It's worth it for the Vienna Beef hot dogs though. And Al's Beef. Great junk food round these parts
Oct 19th 2017, 4:28 pm
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Re: State starter packs
Illinois as a whole is just corruption, crippling debt and potholes. Not much else going on.
To expand on point 4, you see as many Packers shirts/bumper stickers etc up my way as you do Bears, which is interesting but still FTP all the same. I do have a Bears shirt (not a real jersey, one of those Kohl's knock off deals that's the shiny material but just with a picture of the bear on it) though, so I'm doing my part.
It's worth it for the Vienna Beef hot dogs though. And Al's Beef. Great junk food round these parts
To expand on point 4, you see as many Packers shirts/bumper stickers etc up my way as you do Bears, which is interesting but still FTP all the same. I do have a Bears shirt (not a real jersey, one of those Kohl's knock off deals that's the shiny material but just with a picture of the bear on it) though, so I'm doing my part.
It's worth it for the Vienna Beef hot dogs though. And Al's Beef. Great junk food round these parts
Oct 19th 2017, 4:31 pm
#18
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Oct 19th 2017, 5:05 pm
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Oct 19th 2017, 6:29 pm
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Re: State starter packs
I've never heard that pronunciation either and my girlfriend and I are up those parts a lot at her parents!
Oct 19th 2017, 6:42 pm
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Re: State starter packs
Oct 19th 2017, 6:45 pm
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Re: State starter packs
Oct 19th 2017, 6:58 pm
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Oct 19th 2017, 9:09 pm
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Re: State starter packs
Colorado has already been done but:
1. Some sort of notice on your car or social media about how you smoke weed as it's really cool and everyone obviously needs to know about it.
2. Subaru and or Toyota 4Runner.
3. "Native" sticker on the back of said Subaru or 4Runner.
4. CU Boulder sticker plastered on everything you own.
5. Coffee cup from Peet's or Starbucks permanently glued to your hand.
6. Ski rack's on your car, even though you probably don't ski... But you need to let everyone think you do.
Apart from that, Octang Frye pretty much covered everything!
1. Some sort of notice on your car or social media about how you smoke weed as it's really cool and everyone obviously needs to know about it.
2. Subaru and or Toyota 4Runner.
3. "Native" sticker on the back of said Subaru or 4Runner.
4. CU Boulder sticker plastered on everything you own.
5. Coffee cup from Peet's or Starbucks permanently glued to your hand.
6. Ski rack's on your car, even though you probably don't ski... But you need to let everyone think you do.
Apart from that, Octang Frye pretty much covered everything!
Oct 20th 2017, 6:23 am
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Re: State starter packs
For Louisiana,
1. DEET
2. Local pronunciation guide
3. Fishing pole
4. Cotton Country Collection cookbook
5. Tabasco hot sauce
6. Saints & LSU schedule
7. More DEET
1. DEET
2. Local pronunciation guide
3. Fishing pole
4. Cotton Country Collection cookbook
5. Tabasco hot sauce
6. Saints & LSU schedule
7. More DEET
Oct 20th 2017, 3:48 pm
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Re: State starter packs
California is too diverse, so here's my locale of San Diego:
1. Prius with 'I love NPR' license plate holders and faded Obama/Biden sticker
2. Flip flops / board shorts / sunglasses / yoga pants
3. Case of craft beer (IPA with particularly aggressive hops)
4. Fish taco and acaii kale berry bowl
5. Part time gig as a Kripalu yoga instructor
6. Hydro Flask
1. Prius with 'I love NPR' license plate holders and faded Obama/Biden sticker
2. Flip flops / board shorts / sunglasses / yoga pants
3. Case of craft beer (IPA with particularly aggressive hops)
4. Fish taco and acaii kale berry bowl
5. Part time gig as a Kripalu yoga instructor
6. Hydro Flask
Oct 23rd 2017, 8:36 pm
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Re: State starter packs
San Francisco: A shopping cart with everything you own in it.
