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CHICAGO! For all present and ex-Chicagoans!

>> Forget Rednecks .....here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about Chicago. This isn't drum corps but it IS funnny .. and somewhat true!
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If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you live in Chicago
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>> If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you live in Chicago
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>> If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in Chicago.
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>> If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you live in Chicago
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>> If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of I - 80 for the weekend, you live in Chicago.
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>> If you measure distance in hours, you live in Chicago .
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>> If you have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again, you live in Chicago .
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>> If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow durin g a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in Chicago.
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>> If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you live in Chicago
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>> If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you live in Chicago
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>> If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 and everybody is passing you, you live in Chicago
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>> If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you live in Chicago .
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>> If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you live in Chicago.
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>> If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in Chicago
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>> If you find 10 degrees "a little chilly", you live in Chicago.
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>> If you actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all your Chicago friends & others, you liv e or have lived in Chicago.

What did you do in the Corps? drummer

What years were you a Corps member? 1958-63