You Know Youre From Nevada When
As nearly column writers will tell you, reader reaction to columns you're particularly proud of tin can range from crickets to complaints to an occasional "practiced column" e-mail, phone call or comment.
And every and so often, yous catch lightning in a bottle.
That is what happened to me in October 2001 when I wrote a column for Nevada Solar day with the headline, "Signs you might be a Nevadan."
The numbers from the 2000 Census had just been released and they showed Nevada had the to the lowest degree number of natives of whatever state in the country. Just every bit whatever blueish-blooded Silver Stater will tell you, being a Nevadan is more of an attitude than a birthright.
And and then I made a list of a few items that I thought would define a true Nevadan — things like "You know Governor Mike," and "Yous've thrown a rock down a mine shaft," and "You had a chili cheese omelet at Landrum's at 2 a.1000."
I likewise invited readers to ship me their ain suggestions. Cue the floodgates.
Day after solar day, week after week and yr after year, thousands of emails, phone calls, messages and conversations followed. They came from in-state, out of state and even an shipping carrier in the war zone in Afghanistan.
Many more columns followed. And then, too, did two books, "You Know Y'all're A Nevadan, if..." which featured many of those reader submissions along with forewords from Gov. Kenny Guinn for Book 1, and Mike O'Callaghan (yep, Gov. Mike) for Volume 2.
Nevada artist and native Marilyn Melton provided the artwork and Nevada Humanities the publishing with the coin going to Humanities' slap-up programs.
Now thirteen years since that original column, I all the same become comments, and the question, "When are you going to do Volume 3." The respond is soon, so if y'all have submissions, experience free to transport me an electronic mail or drop a note.
Here are some of the favorites from Volume i and 2 to get those memories flowing.
Happy Nevada Day.
• You love the smell of sagebrush in the pelting.
• You lot remember the wacky television commercials by the Carson City auto dealers, Dan Flammer, Andy Butti, Al Rutledge and Archie Pozzi.
• Yous've owned a letterman'southward jacket, T-shirt, gym shorts or gym bag from Chet and Link Piazzo's The Sportsman.
• You still call the Grand Sierra Resort the MGM.
• You were in the stands at Mackay Stadium for The Day of the Hawk, Snow Bowl I and Snowfall Basin Two.
• You lot've filled upwardly at 2 Stiffs Selling Gas in Lovelock.
• You watched Virginia City's Fred Andreasen win a hand-drilling competition.
• You watched state laws being fabricated at Jack's Bar.
• You've thrown a rock downward a mine shaft.
• Mills Lane chosen you "Bubba," if you lot're a male or kissed your hand if yous're female.
• You've been to Jim Butler Days in Tonopah, Armed Forces Day in Hawthorne, Carson Valley Days in Gardnerville, the Sheepherders' Festival in Elko, the Denio Community Picnic, the Fallon Cantaloupe Festival or Gabbs Day. (If you've been to them all, consider yourself a native.)
• You tin pronounce Yparraguirre.
• You know in that location is no "span" in Jarbidge.
• Your Christmas tree is a pinon pine.
• You watched Bill Stead race "Bohemian" on Lake Tahoe or Pyramid Lake.
• You know when "The Behave" is in the air at the National Championship Air Races.
• You've hunted greenhead at Greenhead.
• You've eaten an Awful Atrocious and information technology was awfully skilful.
• Y'all watched Sam Feinhandler pb the Elko Arabs in a parade.
• You rode the mechanical bull at the Shy Clown.
• You had the apple pie with butter sauce at Les Lerude's Wigwam Café.
• Yous went shopping at Park Lane Mall during a blizzard – before it was an indoor mall.
• Y'all watched Movies at the Granada, Crest, Tower or Majestic theaters.
• Y'all know the all-time time to go pine nut hunting is after the commencement difficult frost.
• You heard Chris Talbot sing "American Pie" at the Beer Barrel.
• You will forever call up Bill Ireland as "Coach I."
• Within radio range of Fallon, you listened to Ted Romero (the quondam baldheaded-headed ane) and the Land Caravan Show.
• You've seen Glenn Lucky riding his tricycle betwixt Carson City and Gardnerville.
• You saw "The Waver," Ed Carlson walking and waving between Reno and Carson City – and you waved dorsum.
• Yous've watched one of the Marvel boys from Boxing Mountain ride a bucking horse.
• Y'all always looked for the "Spider Bug" when you lot were on the Wells Avenue overpass.
• Y'all were serenaded by Pier Perrotti as he served you Italian food at Rivoli'due south.
• You've had Mamma Inez's raviolis at The Halfway Club.
• Y'all've had "The Mess" at the Coney Island.
• You bought your showtime pair of cowboy boots from Harry or Mush Parker.
• You saw the great Earl Dunn outplaying the youngsters on a basketball court.
• You ate brains and eggs or the chili mac at Kiah's Squeeze Inn.
• You've swapped seats in a car while waiting for the train on Virginia Street.
• You recollect when the only stoplight in Elko was at Fifth and Idaho streets.
• Yous tapped your feet to the music of Jan Vicious and Bob Braman.
• You attended a milestone issue in Nevada and Bill Raggio was there.
• You went to downtown Reno to buy your new eyeglasses from George "Pop" Hamilton at Hamilton Opticians.
• You had a burger at Flakey Jake'due south or Baileywicks.
• You had your photo taken for the RGJ by Marilyn Newton.
• You know what a cui-ui is and might have even caught one by mistake.
• You lot shared a Volcano at Trader Dick's.
• Yous've heard Winnemucca's Bob Tallman announce the Reno Rodeo.
• You take read "The Just Newspaper in the W that Gives a Damn About Yerington.
• You've been given "The Shaft" at Sheep Dip.
• You've run across Leonard Nimoy at the post function in Incline Village.
• You remember when the flop went off at Harvey'southward Lake Tahoe.
Source: https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2014/10/31/happy-birthday-nevada-know-nevadan/18208909/
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