Fourteen Ways to Tell You're in New England and Not Florida

1. People drive in the correct lanes. Except for the moron in front of us last Tuesday on I84 who apparently assumed that 35MPH was a brisk enough pace for the passing lane.
2. Motels let you mke long distance calls and pay when you leave. Even if you're paying in cash.
3. A gas station attendant washed our windshield when we bought gas.
4. When you see a man walking briskly toward a door you are about to enter, it is likely that he plans to open it for you, not squeeze into the store ahead of you.
5. I heard someone whistling "A Little Night Music".
6. People in the "12 items or less" lane have 12 items or less.
7. When we returned to Connecticut, we dropped our rental truck off and the rental guy said he'd call us if we owed any money.
8. In rental stores, the DVD boxes contain DVDs.
9. Checkout persons speak understandable English. Now don't get me wrong. I have much admiration for anyone who moves to another country and learns the language, and will try to decipher what they're trying to tell me with all the patience and understanding I can muster. What I DO have a problem with is not being able to understand someone who WAS BORN IN THIS COUNTRY.
10. One can walk outside at mid-day and not shrivel and die.
11. The new traffic light in Torrington made the front page.
12. The bugs are civilized, small and know their place.
13. Having 10 children is considered an aberration, not an income.
14. If your car breaks down at the side of the road, the police will stop to assist instead of speeding up when they see you.
15. People use apostrophes in sentences, not their children's names.
16. License plates stay on the cars they were registered to.
17. There are real trees.