You might live in the Idaho Panhandle if:

you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling  through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food  will swim by,  .

you have ever refused to buy something because it's "too  Spendy".

your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March.

someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't  work there.

your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead.

you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time.

your town has an equal number of bars and churches.

you think that ketchup is a little too spicy.

"vacation" means going south past Moscow for the weekend.

you measure distance in hours.

you know several people who have hit  deer more than once.

you often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in   the same day and back again.

you can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging  blizzard, without flinching.

you see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.

you install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

you think of the major food groups as beer, fish, and venison.

you carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.

there are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the grocery store at any given time.

you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled  with ice.

you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and  road construction.

you can identify a southern or eastern accent.

you consider Boise exotic.

your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to  your Blue spruce.

down south to you means Lewiston.

you go out to fish fry every Friday.

you find 0 degrees a little chilly.