I don't even know, actually! If anybody has a good explanation for this, I would be interested to hear.
In my parents' house, I think it's that there used to be front steps or a porch in front of that door, and then the house got renovated back around the turn of the century sometime. If there are houses specifically designed that way, maybe it's for the snow? Though we don't generally get hardpack up high enough to make that really practical, so I dunno.
Part of the reason I got around to posting this was because I was amused by the Maine and Alaska ones I saw elsewhere. *laughing* I think a certain number apply to anywhere with snow and small towns.
My sister-in-law's cottage/camp is 1 mile due west from the house.
Her sons both hopped the border from 18 o;, one got caught by the border patrol (an uncle) when he hid in a trunk because the car seated 5 and there was 6 of them.
We out-of-towners get stopped and asked if we're "Jeanne's Family"? Because there aren't a lot of Wisconsin plates/accents seen/heard in town, and she knows EVERYONE. So even our trips to the store can take a while!
Why is there nothing about sugar on snow or fiddleheads or driving 85 down the middle of curvy logging roads or bears (BEARS) in the backyard? Is that just my in-laws up in the Northeast Kingdom? ;)
ETA: I just caught the one about bears and grills. Reading iz hrd.
It's totally not just your in-laws! Okay, the bear part is a lot more Northeast Kingdom than Champlain Valley, and I am terrified of driving down curvy logging roads at a good woodchuck clip, but still. This list totally needs leaf-peepers (on curvy logging roads) and sugar on snow and fiddleheads and burdocks and putting big orange bandannas on your dogs for hunting season.
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In my parents' house, I think it's that there used to be front steps or a porch in front of that door, and then the house got renovated back around the turn of the century sometime. If there are houses specifically designed that way, maybe it's for the snow? Though we don't generally get hardpack up high enough to make that really practical, so I dunno.
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Or weird enough to make a good story. Whichever.
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Her sons both hopped the border from 18 o;, one got caught by the border patrol (an uncle) when he hid in a trunk because the car seated 5 and there was 6 of them.
We out-of-towners get stopped and asked if we're "Jeanne's Family"? Because there aren't a lot of Wisconsin plates/accents seen/heard in town, and she knows EVERYONE. So even our trips to the store can take a while!
Why is there nothing about sugar on snow or fiddleheads or driving 85 down the middle of curvy logging roads or bears (BEARS) in the backyard? Is that just my in-laws up in the Northeast Kingdom? ;)
ETA: I just caught the one about bears and grills. Reading iz hrd.
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