You measure distance in hours.

You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.

Stores don't have shopping carts; they have buggies.

You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.

You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, or animal.

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

You carry jumper cables in your car...for your OWN car.

You get tears in your eyes when Lee Greenwood sings "proud to be an American," no matter how often you hear it.

You only own four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.

You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.

You think sexy lingerie is a tee shirt and boxer shorts.

The local paper covers national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for sports.

You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

You attend every high school reunion, and chaired the committee twice.

You find 90 degrees F "a little warm,"

You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, Still summer, and Christmas.

You know whether another Georgian is from southern, middle, or northern Georgia soon as they open their mouth.

There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1000 or more.

Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin' wal-martin" or off to WallyWorld.

You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili weather.

A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop ... it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor.

You know what a "spicket" is.

You still call the refrigerator the "icebox."

You call it a cold Christmas if you don't break out in a sweat in your new sweater.

Your whole town completely shuts down for 1 inch of snow or just the threat of snow.

You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from Georgia