How do you know that you live in a small town?

When you go to the movies and the owner of the theatre sees you to say, "Where have you been? We haven't seen you in six months!"

When your girlfriend cancels your date because her chicken house alarms have been going off all day.

When you understand the difference between a frost and a hard frost.

When you judge planting according to a blackberry winter.

When you say things like, the amount of fogs in August are the amount of snows in winter, and you are right.

When you describe where you live according to the river: I live of Town Creek, btw.

When it is acceptable to be late to work because you overslept due to the calves being weaned from their mothers and crying all night.

When there is no question to missing work to take a family food because there is a death in their family.

When the big night in town is to go to the auction.

When people think that driving more than ten minutes is too far unless you are going "into town".

When the guy who drives the tow truck is the guy who gets you out of jail because he is the family friend that does that kind of thing.

When the best time of the year is when the rodeo is in town.

When everyone knows you your mom, your grandmother and your great grandmother and you are related to half the county. (In case you are wondering, I had a customer who came in today and went to church with my Great Aunt Nenny and knew well my cousins Witt, Bruce, George and Lane--small town.)