You know you're from Kingstonwhen...

Meg sent me this one today. I'm amsed. This is mostly for Cait Bri and Cam.

>You know you're from Kingston when ...
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>You remember K-mart and Woolco
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>That there used to be NOTHING out highway 15
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>you know that the military base didn't have any security whatsoever until
>September 12, 2001, and that up until then it was a shortcut
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>you know to stay the hell away from the heights
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>You know what the heights means
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>Collins Bay pen is Mickey Mouse's Castle
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>ALCAN SIGN and you knew by seeing those red letters that you were home....
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>you've lived through the disappearance and return of Burger King
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>The multiple Zellers downtown in the same building
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>You know what it means to get in the line up to catch the boat
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>The pre expansion Cat Centre
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>you remember life with no Rio Can centre
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>You wonder if anything will ever stay open at the Frontenac Mall
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>You know the Frontenac Mall sucks (although it seems geared up to make a
>spectacular comeback)
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>You remember AJ's and that it used to be the place to go, and Stages was
>sketch and for the underagers...almost on par with the Cocamo
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>you survived ICE STORM 98
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>you remember Kingston Transit garages being downtown
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>The bus station was on Division St.
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>we got Starbucks all of 3 years ago
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>you remember BEAVER LUMBER!
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>you remember the golf course across the street from Beaver Lumber
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>you remember when "Mel Gibson's" boat was parked at the Basin
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>Vendetta transformed downtown
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>You've been to Buskers Rendezvous!
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>you think City Hall looks better all green
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>You know what Block D is
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>School trips and Canada Day at Lake Ontario Park!
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>You've been to the drive in!
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>You know there are 8 prisons in Kingston and you sleep fine at night
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>you remember when the Kingston Centre was a rockin indoor mall
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>you remember Sears was at the kingston centre
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>You've been to a Fronts game
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>you know that the memorial centre is actually a frozen in time memorial to
>1957....as it hasn't been repaired or updated SINCE then
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>you remember the giant fire at the Shoppers Drug Mart downtown, and at the
>Old Goodwill store
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>You shopped at IGA!
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>S&R right in the heart of downtown!!
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>That we used to have the female prison
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>You walked around yelling SAVE THE DIEU!
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>You ate at Dan Aykroyd's Ghetto House Cafe, or at Don Cherry's
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>you drove all the way to the township to go to the McDonald's Playplace
>(and that it used to have a ballroom and tunnels in the walls)
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>your parents left you at the babysitting place at the Frontenac Mall
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>You remind everyone that Muller, Gilmour, and Cherry are all from Kingston
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>You hang your head when someone mentions the name Ryan Malcolm (whatever
>happened to that guy anyways?)
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>When St. Lawerence College had tennis courts instead of residence...
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>You went to the Apple Mill!!!
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>You call the entire area on the other side of the Causeway "The Base"
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>You call the causeway the Green Bridge
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>You've never been to a Kingston museum unless your class went (and we have
>a few)
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>Fort Henry realllly isn't all that interesting after the first time
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>You remember when Goodlife Fitness was the Legion building
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>You took swimming lessons at Artillery Park
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>You've played on the "art" in front of KGH
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>You think it's hilarious that there is a section of the 401 with 3 lanes
>for like 20 seconds
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>You remember that there didn't used to be a Sir John A. exit off the 401
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>You ate at the SPORTS MCDONALDS!!
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>you know and call it COUNTER STREET, not John Counter Blvd.
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>You know that the Centennial Drive Overpass was supposed to happen like 15
>years ago, and are actually shocked it actually DID happen.
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>You think this arena thing is possibly the worst idea ever.
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>You know the transit system SUCKS
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>You don't notice those GIANT water towers throughout the city until an out
>of towner points them out
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>You joke about going to the Plaza your entire youth, but once you are old
>enough to go, you definitely don't.
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>You made your own dessert at BONANZA
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>You shopped at Bi-Way
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