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YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM WISCONSIN IF...

Bucky the Badger hangs on your Christmas tree even if you didn't go to University of Wisconsin Madison.
If you refer to U-W Madison as Madison.
If you go to school even if there was a blizzard that morning because the buses can still go on the roads.
If you are a member of the Polar Bear Club and proud of it.
You know you’re from Wisconsin if you know the word spelt b-r-a-t does not describe a child
You know you’re from Wisconsin if you’ve considered voting Brett Favre for president
You know you’re from Wisconsin if you can use the word “ya der hey” easily in a sentence If your e-mail address ends in ".over.yonder.com".
If you connect to the World Wide Web via a "Down Home Page".
If the bumper sticker on your truck says "My other computer is a
laptop".
If your laptop has a sticker that says "Protected by Smith and Wesson".
If you've ever doubled the value of your FSJ by installing a free
cellular phone.
If your baseball cap read "DEC" instead of "CAT". (Or AMC/Jeep)
If your computer is worth more than all your cars combined. (nuff said!)
If your wife said "either she or the computer had to go", and you still
don't miss her.
If you've ever used a CD-ROM as a coaster to set your beer on.
If you ever refer to your computer as "Ole Bessy".
If your screen saver is a bitmap image of your favorite truck, tractor
or farm animal. (Bonus points if it leaks oil!)
If you start all your e-mails with the words "Howdy y'all".
You've never met any celebrities.
Your idea of a traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
You can gauge the depth of your relationship by the number of fingers your friends use to wave to you as you pass by on the road.
"Vacation" means playing miniature golf at the Dells.
You've seen all the biggest bands 10 years after they were popular.
You measure distance in minutes.
The corner bar is decorated with neon Pabst signs instead of hanging ferns.
You know several people who have hit a deer.
Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way.
You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better."
You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July.
Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
You ask for a "bubbler" when you're thirsty.
You hear someone use the word "oof-dah" and you don't immediately break into uncontrollable laughter.
You "borrow" your neighbor you snow blower and hope he returns it before the next storm. (And you don't know why there are quotation marks around the word borrow in that sentence.)
You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it,  no matter what time of the year.
You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition.
Example:  "Where's my coat at?" or "If you go to town, I wanna go with."
All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain or animal.
You install security lights on your house and garage and then leave both unlocked.
You think of the major four food groups as cheese, beer, brats and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.
You carry jumper cables in your car.
You know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.
You own just three spices: salt, pepper and ketchup.
You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page,  but requires six pages for sports.
You consider opening day of deer season a holiday.
You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
You find --20 degrees F "a little chilly."
You know all four seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Construction.
You actually get these jokes and forward them to all your Wisconsin friends.

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Here a list of the towns, counties and areas covered by these web sites.  Since information is being added and updated constantly, some areas my not be completely represented yet.

Wisconsin: Apostle Islands, Ashland, Alvin, Arbor Vitae, Argonne, Blackwell, Boulder Junction, Bradley, Brantwood, Carter, Cavour, Chequamegon Bay, Clearwater Lake, Clifford, Conover, Crandon, Cresent Lake, Eagle River, Enterprise, Harshaw, Hayward, Hazelhurst, Heafford Junction, Hiles, Hurley, Jennings, Lac du Flambeau, Lake George, Lake Tomahawk, Land O Lakes, Laona, Long Lake, Manitowish Waters, McNaughton, Mercer, Minocqua, Mole Lake, Monico, Newbold, Park Falls, Pelican Lake, Phelps, Popple River, Presque Isle, Rhinelander, St. Germain, Sayner, Star Lake, Starks, Sugar Camp, Three Lakes, Tomahawk, Tripoli, Turtle Flambeau Flowage, Wabeno, Winchester, Woodboro, Woodruff, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior and the counties of Onieda, Vilas, Iron.
Michigan: Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the towns of Marinesco, Ironwood, Bessemer, Wakefield, Iron River, Iron Mountain, Lake Gogebic, Bergland, Silver City, Hancock, Watersmeet, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior and others.