November 30th was the last day you could legally text while driving in Wisconsin.  I'm not really a text and drive kinda gal, so this isn't going to be much of a change for me. However, in the past four and a half years I have learned some important and unique features related specifically to driving in Lancaster that have nothing to do with texting.

1) We have a traffic cop. Seriously. Like in old time movies. He, however, does not wear a navy blue uniform and white gloves. But he has a really interesting mustache. 

2) There is a hitching post at the grocery store. That is used. Regularly.

3) Stop signs are optional. The older you get the more optional they are. By the time you are ninety I believe you are actually supposed to speed up.

4) The square is confusing to out of towners.  For residents, it should be treated as an NASCAR track.

4) Pedestrians do not have the right of way anywhere, but especially on the square (see above).  This is particularly true at any "Right turn, no stop" stop signs.  Apparently this means that you MAY not stop. Not even if a pack of nuns and orphans carrying kittens are in the middle of the street.   

5) People claim they will move out of town if Lancaster ever got a stop light.

6) I think it is legal to drive your lawn mower on city streets. My husband does anyway.

And mostly unrelated to traffic...but still weird...

The delivery guy will deliver your packages to your house even if the wrong address is on the label.  However, he may also deliver your packages to the wrong house if he knows someone you know lives there. I guess he assumes you'll work it out.