Williston, ND Active Issues

SKM · Senior Member

RE: How you know if you are from Williston (or any small town)

Mica · Veteran Member

whats mattress point?

gundo · Senior Member

pallet fires at the pumphouse, booze cruises, mattress point, red mike keggers, coulee partys, gettin your license at 14 after already been driving on and off a couple years, dinkin pounders and bein seen by your 4th grade teachers hubby(hwy patrol off duty) @ 6 am and having him bring it up at your graduation party... lol

-- Edited by gundo at 17:02, 2008-03-31

SKM · Senior Member

Ray B. and Toad B. .... out late drunk one night "muddin", Toad gets the points soaked wet in his jeep. So Ray gets out and desides hes going to ride us home on this horse that's in the field... Well....eventually...Ray gets this horse to come to him and Ray grabs that horse by the mane and hops on, well... use your imagination. smile

I think Ray stayed on for a full minute screaming, HOOOOOO, HOOOOO!!! Well, Ray was bucked and came back to the Jeep defeated. It was some time later that one of their firends came with a wench and pulled us out. I was grounded for a month but it was worth it seeing Ray ride that horse!!! biggrin

Expositor · Veteran Member

Gundo, you reminded me of a happier time when that intersection didn't have a #&@%*!! traffic light, but I guess that was then and this is now. I wonder, what sort of community action would it take to get that light taken out? Had there been an unusual amount of accidents there to prompt the placement of that light? confused

gundo · Senior Member

On the way to eat breakfast at old G Sharrons, still drinkin beer, headed north on hwy 2/85 at about trappers k, the driver sez hold this, hands me his beer and decides to take the ditch the rest of the way. yup, small town livin

Mica · Veteran Member

Vicki that is an awesome story. Getting a car stuck in a muddy field should definitely be in the list. I got Brad Knutson's big huge pimp wagon stuck in a ditch one time - that was NOT good.

Vicki · Veteran Member

I'll set the scene for my small town story.
Winter 1989.
Friday night's alright for parting.
Four girls having fun until the car get stuck in a field. (don't ask, we thought it was a road ok?) weirdface
The girl's don't want to get their shoes dirty so they try pushing the car while barefoot. Stuck. Spinning tires. Thirsty.
Everyone starts walking and sees lights on in the house nearby.
Knock.Knock.
Retell story.
The car, the shoes.
The man puts us all in front of the fire to warm up while he gets his truck and gets the car unstuck.
Go to school Monday. Its the unnamed classmate from typing class that sits right behind me retelling the class about some dumb girls getting there car stuck behind the grocery store and how his dad had to help them out (insert red face here).
After the pneumonia (no joke) went away, I still never told him who we were.

-- Edited by Vicki at 21:45, 2008-03-22

ranramsey · Veteran Member

...or you have a "small fire" in your home, you run next door to get the neighbors fire extinguisher (even though they are not home)...run back and put out your "small fire"....

Also a true story...just the Readers Digest version...

Carnell · Veteran Member

If it is raining and a perfect stranger happens to see that your windows are down in your vehicle...will get in and roll them up for you. (Also a true story.)

SKM · Senior Member

Sorry Mica...I won't tell... twas' a crazy night tho...wish you would have been there!! smile

Mica · Veteran Member

Seriously Shayla? Who was it???

And Michele, I cant believe you moved to the big metropolis of Crosby! Do you see my gramma and grampa much? I shouldnt talk - I think the town that Shawna and I live in is maybe 2000 people at best

SKM · Senior Member

you know when your in a small town when the cops bust your party but drink a beer with you befor they take you "down town". LOL. (True Story) smile

Michele · Member

That is soooooo tru..( yes the part where Heather will kick Jim's Arse) and 1-32! If you think those things were true for Williston, take crosby which is 1/10th ~maybe 1/15th~ the size of WIlliston, and it is even more familiar. Except we don't have a stoplight, but we do have 4 4-way stops signs & and excellent golf course with only 9 holes..... Always said I was going to leave williston for the big city. :0

Steve Powell · Guru

Hey!!! Layoff my riding lawnmower!!! My wife will kick your a$$ too!!!

Jimmylikesvikes · Veteran Member

Steve Powell wrote:

Number 24.....thanks bro.

Not saying Steve is old. But here is a video of Steve on a riding lawnmower.

29) It was normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower.

http://www.biggeekdaddy.com/humorpages/Misc/lawnmowerDUI.html

Steve Powell · Guru

Number 24.....thanks bro.

Jimmylikesvikes · Veteran Member

That is hilarious! And so true it's a little scary at the same time!

Mica · Veteran Member

1) You can name everyone you graduated with.
2) You know what 4-H means.
3) You went to parties at a pasture, barn, gravel pit, or in the middle of a dirt road. On Monday you could always tell who was at the party because of the scratches on their legs from running through the woods when the party was busted. (See #6.)
4) You used to 'drag' Main .
5) You whispered the 'F' word and your parents knew within the hour.
6) You scheduled parties around the schedules of different police officers, because you knew which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't.
7) You could never buy cigarettes because all the store clerks knew how old you were (and if you were old enough, they'd tell your parents anyhow.) Besides, where would you get the money?
8) When you did find somebody old enough and brave enough to buy cigarettes, you still had to go out into the country and drive on back roads to smoke them.
9) You knew which section of the ditch you would find the beer your buyer dropped off.
10) It was cool to date somebody from the neighboring town
11) The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
12) You didn't give directions by street names but rather by references. Turn by Nelson's house, go 2 blocks to Anderson's , and it 's four houses left of the track field.
13) The golf course had only 9 holes.
14) You couldn't help but date a friend's ex-boyfriend/girlfriend.
15) Your car stayed filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own a dark vehicle for this reason.
16) The town next to you was considered 'trashy' or 'snooty,' but was actually just like your town.
17) You referred to anyone with a house newer than 1955 as the 'rich' pe ople.
18) The people in the 'big city' dressed funny, and then you picked up the trend 2 years later.
19) Anyone you wanted could be found at the local gas station or the dairybar.
20) You saw at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town or one of your friends driving a grain truck to school occasionally.
21) The gym teacher suggested you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.
22) Directions were given using THE stop light as a reference.
23) When you decided to walk somewhere for exercise, 5 people would pull over and ask if you wanted a ride.
24) Your teachers called you by your older siblings' names.
25) Your teachers remembered when they taught your parents.
26) You could charge at any local store or write checks without any ID.
27) There was no McDonalds.
28) The closest mall was over an hour away.
29) It was normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn mower.
30) You've pee'd in a cornfield.
31) Most people went by a nickname.
32) You laughed your butt off reading this because you know it is true, and you forward it to everyone who may have lived in a small town.