Things that happen in your small town that you wonder if it happens everywhere?

[Thomas]

This year same FedEx driver took out the mailbox twice and others in the area,and still on the same route.

 

[deserteagle71]

Who else lives in a town with a similar sign?

 

[groundcover]

Your house?

 

[deserteagle71]

Your house?

It's a 20 minute drive from my place to town. No close neighbors. Most Nevada towns have a red light district. Prostitution is legal everywhere except Reno and Las Vegas...where prostitution is rampant.

 

[stuckmotor]

We have 8 class 3 Tesla charging stations and probably 1 Tesla in a 50 mile radius.

We have 1 stoplight.

Nearly fifty years ago the nearest small town to where I grew up put in a second red light. I'd moved away and didn't know about it. I pulled up to the intersection and stopped like I always had and couldn't figure out why the police car on the other side didn't pull out. After a while, I decided the officer must be watching traffic or something made a left turn. The next thing I knew, the new Chief of Police stopped me for running the red light. When I explained the situation, he gave me a warning.

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

We have the normal small town in the west politics, mostly dominated by LDS folks, because they vote as a block. Hive minded folks.

We are the commercial hub for two counties, so though the town in only at about 2000 people, the service area gets it up to about 4000. The big towns are 2.5 to 3-hours away, so unless you’re desperate, you go with Amazon, or have one of the local stores order things for you.

We have an ACE hardware, which is the highest volume store in the Ace group. They get freight twice a week, If you let them know you need something by noon on Saturday, they will have it in stock Monday’s at about 1300. Or Wednesday by noon, they can get it in on the Thursday truck. Local grocery is the highest volume store in the IGA, has a good selection in stock and they will special order things if you ask, but you may have to buy a whole case of it. When I’m putting together the Christmas dinner boxes for the food bank, they sell it to me for cost. The local lumberyard is part of an association of 8 lumberyards in Montana northern Idaho. So, they can get you small quantities of things, like 8-sheets of pre-finished AA maple ApplePly Plywood, instead of having to get the whole bunk. We have a good independent tractor repair shop, and three auto parts stores, two of which can order parts for agricultural, mining, and construction equipment, and get them here the next day

We have two stoplights, and there is discussion of moving one of them a few blocks up the road, so it lines up with the new ambulance shed and fire department.

 

[Jstpssng]

Nearly fifty years ago the nearest small town to where I grew up put in a second red light. I'd moved away and didn't know about it. I pulled up to the intersection and stopped like I always had and couldn't figure out why the police car on the other side didn't pull out. After a while, I decided the officer must be watching traffic or something made a left turn. The next thing I knew, the new Chief of Police stopped me for running the red light. When I explained the situation, he gave me a warning.

The ritzy part of town where I grew up puts on a nice Christmas display every year, including candles in paper bags lining the road. I used to get into town early Christmas morning and drive through it with my parking lights on. One year I drove through the 4 way intersection the way I'd driven and ridden all of my life for 30+ years... and the car stopped at the sign for the other direction blared his horn at me.

I hadn't noticed they had changed it to a 4-way stop.

 

[deserteagle71]

I guess your wife can always find work.

That's real classy of you, sir........

 

[Citydude]

This year same FedEx driver took out the mailbox twice and others in the area,and still on the same route.

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[stumblinhorse]

The ritzy part of town where I grew up puts on a nice Christmas display every year, including candles in paper bags lining the road. I used to get into town early Christmas morning and drive through it with my parking lights on. One year I drove through the 4 way intersection the way I'd driven and ridden all of my life for 30+ years... and the car stopped at the sign for the other direction blared his horn at me.

I hadn't noticed they had changed it to a 4-way stop.

One of the nice things about my place is that the first 6 mile stretch Is paved. That is because many of the elected county officials live in that stretch. Well it was just repaved this last summer. Perfect smooth 2 lane county road now. Well I’ve been driving on it enjoying myself till a couple weeks ago one of my neighbors calls me as I wave driving past and tells me I need to slow down. I say “I am only going 53 in a 50”. He says it is a 40 MPH now! There is only 1 speed limit sign as you leave the main road 5 miles from my place. I never noticed!