State starter packs
Oct 17th 2017 | 8:36 am
#1
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Peace onion
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 5,686
From: Denver
State starter packs
If you met a newcomer to your state, what would you recommend them getting to help them fit in/pass themselves off as a local?
For Colorado:
1. Nalgene bottle.
2. Dog with quirky bandana.
3. Sorel Caribou boots.
4. Patagonia Nano Puff jacket/black North Face Denali fleece.
5. Subaru.
6. Plaid shirt, yoga pants, trapper hat, Ugg boots with tassles.
7. Vaping stick
8. Bronver Donkeys hat or wool hat with Colorado flag on it.
For Colorado:
1. Nalgene bottle.
2. Dog with quirky bandana.
3. Sorel Caribou boots.
4. Patagonia Nano Puff jacket/black North Face Denali fleece.
5. Subaru.
6. Plaid shirt, yoga pants, trapper hat, Ugg boots with tassles.
7. Vaping stick
8. Bronver Donkeys hat or wool hat with Colorado flag on it.
Oct 17th 2017 | 9:46 am
#2
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Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 4,378
From: NC, USA (ex Yorkshire)
Re: State starter packs
For NC:
- Baseball cap
- Panthers jersey
- pickup truck jacked up with no muffler
- sweet tea and bbq
- Baseball cap
- Panthers jersey
- pickup truck jacked up with no muffler
- sweet tea and bbq
Oct 17th 2017 | 11:50 am
#3
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Re: State starter packs
Extra large pick up truck with gun rack and flag flapping on pole .
Gas station polystyrene cup for spitting tobacco.
Large cowboy hat and cowboy boots, jeans and belt with oversize buckle.
Gas station polystyrene cup for spitting tobacco.
Large cowboy hat and cowboy boots, jeans and belt with oversize buckle.
Oct 17th 2017 | 2:06 pm
#4
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Posts: 2
Re: State starter packs
If you met a newcomer to your state, what would you recommend them getting to help them fit in/pass themselves off as a local?
For Colorado:
1. Nalgene bottle.
2. Dog with quirky bandana.
3. Sorel Caribou boots.
4. Patagonia Nano Puff jacket/black North Face Denali fleece.
5. Subaru.
6. Plaid shirt, yoga pants, trapper hat, Ugg boots with tassles.
7. Vaping stick
8. Bronver Donkeys hat or wool hat with Colorado flag on it.
For Colorado:
1. Nalgene bottle.
2. Dog with quirky bandana.
3. Sorel Caribou boots.
4. Patagonia Nano Puff jacket/black North Face Denali fleece.
5. Subaru.
6. Plaid shirt, yoga pants, trapper hat, Ugg boots with tassles.
7. Vaping stick
8. Bronver Donkeys hat or wool hat with Colorado flag on it.
Oct 18th 2017 | 3:57 am
#5
Under blue skies
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 3,624
From: East Anglia->New England
Re: State starter packs
My recommendations are probably not state-wide, since my state though small-ish has at least two distinct and different sections to it that I have discovered so far....
For my local area:
1. Merrill footwear of any seasonal kind (from sandals to full-on high topped mountain boots)
2. Down/fleece vest until it snows
3. Puffer snow jacket (in snow)
3. Jeans all year round
4. Suburu to drive (known to perform well in snow)
For my local area:
1. Merrill footwear of any seasonal kind (from sandals to full-on high topped mountain boots)
2. Down/fleece vest until it snows
3. Puffer snow jacket (in snow)
3. Jeans all year round
4. Suburu to drive (known to perform well in snow)
Last edited by WEBlue; Oct 18th 2017 at 5:27 am.
Oct 18th 2017 | 5:13 am
#6
i hate cabbage
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 438
From: Fort Worth, TX
Re: State starter packs
For me in Fort Worth:
1. Gun
1. Gun
Oct 18th 2017 | 5:24 am
#7
Concierge
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 47,664
Re: State starter packs
For the State of Mississippi, the starter kit should include:
1. Cast Iron Skillet
2. Recipe Book on How to Deep Fry Everything
3. 3 Month supply of Anti-acids
4. Economy Size Sunscreen
5. Football Schedule of all Home Games
6. Coupon book for purchasing Tailgating necessities
7. Tips on buying extended cab Trucks
8. Translation book/software for Spanish
1. Cast Iron Skillet
2. Recipe Book on How to Deep Fry Everything
3. 3 Month supply of Anti-acids
4. Economy Size Sunscreen
5. Football Schedule of all Home Games
6. Coupon book for purchasing Tailgating necessities
7. Tips on buying extended cab Trucks
8. Translation book/software for Spanish
Oct 18th 2017 | 5:37 am
#8
WTF?
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 79,866
From: Homeostasis
Re: State starter packs
Dallas:
Range Rover and a sense of entitlement.
Range Rover and a sense of entitlement.
Oct 18th 2017 | 5:40 am
#9
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 14,596
Re: State starter packs
Florida...
Disney tickets
Sunscreen
Flip flops
Insect repellent
Brit repellent
Disney tickets
Sunscreen
Flip flops
Insect repellent
Brit repellent
Oct 18th 2017 | 5:44 am
#10
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 7,456
From: Portlandia Metro
Re: State starter packs
My recommendations are probably not state-wide, since my state though small-ish has at least two distinct and different sections to it that I have discovered so far....
For my local area:
1. Merrill footwear of any seasonal kind (from sandals to full-on high topped mountain boots)
2. Down/fleece vest until it snows
3. Puffer snow jacket (in snow)
3. Jeans all year round
4. Suburu to drive (known to perform well in snow)
For my local area:
1. Merrill footwear of any seasonal kind (from sandals to full-on high topped mountain boots)
2. Down/fleece vest until it snows
3. Puffer snow jacket (in snow)
3. Jeans all year round
4. Suburu to drive (known to perform well in snow)
It is OK to substitute the Subaru with a prius.
Maybe it should include a couple of Pot plants
Last edited by mrken30; Oct 18th 2017 at 6:11 am.
Oct 18th 2017 | 5:55 am
#11
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 53,356
From: Dixie, ex UK
Re: State starter packs
For NC:
1970's or 80's era pick-up, preferably with a little cosmetic rust.
Bumper sticker (your choice of UNC or NC State)
Bible (KJV only)
Selection of hand guns and long guns
Tin of chewing tobacco
Case of Coke
Case of Bud/Bud light
Well worn T-shirt, of similar vintage to the truck
Well used work boots
1970's or 80's era pick-up, preferably with a little cosmetic rust.
Bumper sticker (your choice of UNC or NC State)
Bible (KJV only)
Selection of hand guns and long guns
Tin of chewing tobacco
Case of Coke
Case of Bud/Bud light
Well worn T-shirt, of similar vintage to the truck
Well used work boots
Last edited by Pulaski; Oct 18th 2017 at 6:07 am.
Oct 18th 2017 | 6:05 am
#12
Banned
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 6,035
From: california
Re: State starter packs
California:
Joint
Flip flops
Surf board
Beemer or Mercedes
"**** You Trump" hat or tee shirt
Joint
Flip flops
Surf board
Beemer or Mercedes
"**** You Trump" hat or tee shirt
Oct 18th 2017 | 7:08 am
#13
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 79,390
From: East Seaxe
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
Oct 18th 2017 | 8:09 am
#14
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Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,904
From: Midlands - MA - CO-CA
Re: State starter packs
Add to the California list: baseball cap with blonde ponytail out the back of it and yoga pants that come just below the knee (for women).
Oct 18th 2017 | 6:28 pm
#15
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Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,403
From: San Diego, CA
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
