Only in Baytown

The shared language. If you know, you know; if you don't, this is the glossary.

1."Shift change" is a time of day, not an event.
2.The 3:40 alarm. Half the town sets it.
3."The plant." Which one is obvious from who's talking.
4.A flare is a weather condition.
5."Is the bridge open?" is a legitimate greeting in a norther.
6.The ferry line is where you see people.
7."Turnaround" means the hotels are full and the Cuban is packed.
8.FR is a color.
9.You know which restaurants are closed Sunday without checking.
10.Sunday at 12:15 you are either in a church or in a line.
11."Downtown" means three blocks, and you're proud of them.
12.You've explained to someone from Houston that Baytown has a bird sanctuary.
13.You've explained that it used to be a neighborhood.
14.You know a curb in Brownwood.
15."Market Saturday" means park at the college.
16.October has three Saturdays and you have plans for all of them.
17.The grito. You've shouted it back.
18.You've seen a kolache line at 5:30 a.m. and thought nothing of it.
19.You know Denna's is a donut shop and El Toro doesn't do breakfast.
20.You have a Cuban Cafe order and a Doughnut Wheel order and they are different orders.
21.Crawfish is eaten in a parking lot and that's correct.
22.You have a Bocanegra's/El Toro position and you'll defend it.
23."The Chute" is on Garth and you've corrected someone.
24.You know which Days Inn.
25.You know which Motel 6.
26.You know which Super
8.There are three.
27."146 was bad" needs no elaboration.
28.You've U-turned on Garth to avoid a left.
29.You have a Pirates Bay season pass and a strong opinion about the lazy river.
30.You know the water park is weekends-only after school starts, and you've told someone who didn't.
31.You know a person who drove the tunnel.
32.You've stood under the San Jacinto star on a fourth-grade field trip and again as a parent.
33.You know Mont Belvieu is its own city and you know why people move there.
34."Goose Creek" is the school district, the creek, the park, and history, and the context tells you which.
35.You've been to a listening tour and said something.
36.You know the CAER line by heart, or it's in your phone under "plants."
37.You know your zone.
38.You have a hurricane box and you've used it.
39.You know the first fall front is worth a day off.
40.You know Stallworth on a Friday is the biggest crowd in town.
41.You've bought boudin at a gas station on 146 and defended it.
42.You know Sylvan Beach is "the beach" and Galveston is "Galveston."
43.You've said "the mall" about a construction site.
44.You know the Market is Saturday, and you've turned someone around on a Sunday.
45.You have a Yepez Sunday and a Thompson's Sunday and they're different Sundays.
46.You've watched the plants from the Hyatt terrace and not stayed there.
47.You know what a hole watch is.
48.You know the Battleship Texas isn't at the Battleground anymore, and you have feelings.
49.You know the newspaper's publisher has a bridge.
50.You've told someone from Houston what they've been missing, and meant it.