<p>I Love Being A Seattle-lite
You are from the Northwest if…</p>
<li><p>You know the state flower (Mildew)</p></li>
<li><p>You feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash.</p></li>
<li><p>Use the statement “sun break” and know what it means.</p></li>
<li><p>You know more than 10 ways to order coffee.</p></li>
<li><p>You know more people who own boats than air conditioners.</p></li>
<li><p>You feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.</p></li>
<li><p>You stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the “Walk”
signal.</p></li>
<li><p>You consider that if it has no snow or has not recently erupted, it
is not a real mountain.</p></li>
<li><p>You can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle’s Best, and
Veneto’s. ( I prefer cafe mauro actually- but the barista makes the difference)</p></li>
<li><p>You know the difference between Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye Salmon.
( and will gladly pay extra for line caught)</p></li>
<li><p>You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Issaquah, Oregon,
Yakima, Puget, Skagit, Willapa, and Willamette.</p></li>
<li><p>You consider swimming an indoor sport.</p></li>
<li><p>You can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese, and Thai
food. ( I would also throw in Vietnamese & Korean)</p></li>
<li><p>In winter, you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark -
while only working eight-hour days.</p></li>
<li><p>You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.</p></li>
<li><p>You are not fazed by “Today’s forecast: showers followed by rain,”
and “Tomorrow’s forecast: rain followed by showers.”</p></li>
<li><p>You have no concept of humidity without precipitation.</p></li>
<li><p>You know that Boring is a town in Oregon and not just a state of
mind.</p></li>
<li><p>You can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you cannot see them
through the cloud cover.</p></li>
<li><p>You notice, “The mountain is out” when it is a pretty day and you
can actually see it.</p></li>
<li><p>You put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50, but still
wear your hiking boots and parka.</p></li>
<li><p>You switch to your sandals when it gets about 60, but keep the socks
on.</p></li>
<li><p>You have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.</p></li>
<li><p>You think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists. ( or aging)</p></li>
<li><p>You buy new sunglasses every year, because you cannot find the old
ones after such a long time. </p></li>
<li><p>You measure distance in hours.</p></li>
<li><p>You often switch from “heat” to “a/c” in the same day.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>28… You design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit under a raincoat.</p>
<li><p>You know all the important seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still
Raining (Spring), Road Construction (Summer), Deer & Elk Season (Fall).</p></li>
<li><p>You actually understood these jokes and will probably forward them!</p></li>
</ol>
<p>From across the Juan da Fuca, (and I’m not being rude) …Well done Emeraldkity! I really liked: #28…my kids couldn’t believe watching a movie with a Halloween scene (“ET”) and none of the kids had gloves, coats, or plastic garbage bags over their costumes!..</p>
<p>My cat found a leak at the bottom of the sliding door and thinks it’s his new water dish…saves me mopping it up :)</p>
<p>actually the left lane is only for passing- not for going the speed limit- I think it is assumed that everyone is going at least the speed limit
( not counting carpool transit lane- which is usually on left)
I just drove up from portland in the driving lane last night in the dark and everyone seemed to be doing fine keeping up- except for around fort lewis where there seemed to be a need for cutting in and out of traffic regardless of how fast other lanes were going- it went fairly smoothly.</p>
<p>I must say though that pulling into intersections disregarding that your light will change and you will be blocking oncoming traffic is getting more and more common- some intersections they warn of tickets but not enough
I also am going to start driving my Hs pickup and hitting people who are idiots and talking on cellphones
geezus I bet they are crappy drivers anyway- and the cellphone magnet apparently sucks what few brain cells away that they had left</p>
<p>LOL! You do have to admit it was beautiful today though. Perfect temperature, blue sky, no rain! If only everyday was like this…</p>
<p>Coureur, the streak in Olympia (state capital) is still going but the one in Seattle got broken a couple days ago. It rained everywhere else that day except for the place they were measuring :(</p>
<p>it was really beautiful today
I don’t really go to the market that much- although my great aunt would go there to get her produce- but now we have neighborhood weekend street markets where growers and other food producers sell their stuff on the street-right out of the back of the pickup sometimes
while chinese supposedly was decided to be the second language most needed for county ballots, the Chinese that I know speak and read English fairly well- but the Spanish speaking community could use a translator at the polls-
the monorail is left over from the “worlds fair” they should have expanded it then- but it made it easy to get from teh center to downtown-until they ran into each other</p>
<p>( the seattle live journal thread that I poached this from is also discussing best places to get sushi and pho- )</p>
<p>oh yea- there is a SWAT team up the street- do I go look or do I go a different way when I walk the dog?
I thought of one
living in Seattle means when you see James Earl Jones, or Dave Mathews or Stanley Kramer- you either act like you don’t recognize them- or perhaps smile and nod as you walk by or only if you happen to be sitting next to them anyway (at Mcdonalds as in the case of Stanley Kramer) strike up a conversation.
always playing it very cool-</p>
<p>Of course if you are my daughter- you actually turn down the winningest pitcher in Mariner histories offer to sign your mitt and grab it back from him ( ok she was 5 and she only recognized Randy Johnson)</p>
<p>:o
Yep, that’s me. Of course, since moving from the rainforest to the desert, I’ve had many chances to wear my Birks sans socks but I still wear them year round. People here probably just think to themselves, “dorky Seattle transplant” :p</p>
<p>re tacoma- ever seen stadium high school? My D just rented “10 things I hate about you” and was talking about how big the high school was and how she would get lost in it ( apparently intended to be a hotel), I assumed it was in a fancy suburb in LA and she said “no, it is in Tacoma!”</p>
<p>I’m definately familiar with Stadium HS. A buddy of mine I played football with at UPS is the football coach at Stadium now, and my old girlfriend’s parents both went to Stadium. Yeah, it is a huge place.</p>