My Hometown

As I won't be making my High School reunion this weekend, I've included a few interesting facts about my town.

You know you grew up in Dickinson, North Dakota if you...
- are proud to be a "Midget".
- were friends with "Titans".
- Scraped the outside AND inside of your windshield in winter.
- went to The River.
- made out at The River.
- passed out at The River.
- thought going to "the beach" was fun.
- rode your bike across town...in 15 minutes or less.
- planned a big vacation to Bismarck to go shopping.
- went to Regionals and don't remember going to games.
- had a season pass to Whitney Pool sewed to your suit.
- don't mind mosquitos much.
- worked at Bonanza or Hardees or Pizza Hut or Country Kitchen (didn't everyone?).
- thought eating at Bonanza was a special occassion.
- had a Cheese Amigo.
- Thought Sergios had great Mexican food.
- Read "The Beat" before anything else in the newspaper
- know what a beer garden is.
- pulled over on any random street to pee after the beer garden.
- avoided riding your bike up water tower hill.
- purposely rode your bike up water tower hill so you could coast down.
- went to the carnival everyday it was in town. EVERY DAY!
- had your birthday at Happy Joes, and got the Barn Burner.
- rented videos at Music Hut.
- trick or treated with a pillow case for 4 hours and pretty much hit every house.
- thought coming out of Patterson Lake all green was normal. (algae)
- shopped at Tempo or Vanity.
- had your after-the-game celebration at Pizza Hut.
- ate pizza at A & B's then went rollerskating. And stayed for Late Skate.
- hit both Taco John's in one day.
- went waterskiing in the day, played softball at night and went to Green River later.
- had to wear your parka underneath your Halloween Costume.
- went to both drive-ins in one night.
- called lunch "Dinner" and dinner "Supper".
- went to Wibaux to be "legal".
- listened to more AM radio than FM (Thanks Jody).
- helped your neighbor, because that's what neighbors do.
- never heard of soccer.
- had a late night breakfast at "The Ho" or "The Gon".
- took part in one of the Roughrider Days events.
- bought your PE uniform from Big Sky Athlete.
- cruised Main, I mean Villard,...did you even know "Main" was Villard until later in life?
- bought Dilly Bars from Dairy Queen before it was the Dairy Barn.
- sledded down Watertower Hill before they built houses and apartments on it.
- played pool at Classic Lanes.
- Rock-a-bowled at the Paragon.
- went to the stock car races with your whole family and knew at least half the drivers.
- listened to Swap Shop and Dialing for Dollars.
- went swimming at the Ramada Inn or Hospitality Inn when you weren't a guest there.
- before you partied at the Riv, you bought a couple six-packs so when the cops pulled you over and confiscated your beer, you were free to buy the real stuff and they'd let you go