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Topic: Washington State (western)
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Kal_El Knowflake Posts: 245 From: Seattle Registered: Jan 2008
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posted February 17, 2008 09:32 AM
for fun, cause i was thinking about it. You know you are from Washington when...1. You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Enumclaw and Issaquah. 2. You consider swimming an indoor sport. 3. You keep snow chains in your trunk but they've never been used. 4. You see a person carrying an umbrella and know they must be a tourist. 5. Eating seafood isn't anything special. 6. Your lawn is mostly moss and you don't really care. 7. Your daily commute to work involves riding a ferry. 8. You know the difference between "showers followed by rain" and "rain followed by showers". 9. The sight of Mt. Rainier is still awe inspiring. 10. You're extremely picky about your coffee. 11. You yell at the TV if they pronounce the name of a city wrong or make an inaccurate Seattle reference on "Frasier" or "Grey's Anatomy." 12. You rarely wash your car because it's just going to get muddy again tomorrow. 13. You wouldn't dream of putting an air conditioner in your house. 14. You go to Eastern Washington to get some sun. 15. You can drive from your home to a lake, a river or the Puget Sound in 20 minutes or less. 16. You've seen or know someone who has seen Bigfoot. 17. You remember where you were on May 18th, 1980. 18. You get a terrible sunburn on the first really nice day of summer. 19. You look forward to SeaFair and all its related activities. 20. You take a heavy coat and a hat with you for a day at the beach. 21. You have learned to assume Christmas will be rainy, not white. 22. You've owned the same bathing suit for years because you never have a chance to wear it out. 23. You still can't believe the new Seahawks stadium is open air. 24. Your phone book contains a tide table. 25. You only visit the Space Needle if you need someplace to take out of town guests. 26. You or someone you know works at Boeing or Microsoft. 27. You "Do The Puyallup" every year. 28. You feel guilty throwing something away that could be recycled. 29. You use the word "sunbreak" and know what it means. 30. You know more than 10 ways to order coffee. 31. You know more people who own boats than air conditioners. 32. You know the difference between Chinook, Coho and Sockeye salmon. 33. You never go camping without water proof matches and a poncho. 34. You have no concept of humidity without precipitation. 35. You can point to at least 2 volcanoes even if you can't actually see them through the cloud cover. 36. You wear shorts when the temperature gets above 50 but still wear your hiking boots and parka. 37. You switch to your sandals at about 60 degrees but keep your socks on. 38. You have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain. 39. You buy new sunglasses every year because you've lost last years pair after such a long time not needing them. 40. You measure distance in hours. 41. You often switch from heat to a/c in your car in the same day. 42. You use a down comforter in the summer. 43. You carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them. 44. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit under a raincoat. 45. You choose your vacation spot according to the best latte stands. 46. You purchase a new car and the 'Northwest Package' includes a built in umbrella holder. 47. Your children don't get chicken pox; they get 'rust spots' instead. 48. When you think 'big hair', you think of Kent. 49. You can't make it two blocks without seeing a Starbucks. 50. When you hear people from Eastern WA say they're going to the coast, you assume they mean Ocean Shores. 51. You make reference to the new neighborhood going up down the street and people have to ask, "Which one?" 52. You can't believe that people in Spokane actually have yellow grass in the winter and green grass in the summer. 53. You know how to pronounce geoduck and know that it doesn't quack or have feathers. 54. You expect snow for Valentine's Day, not Christmas. 55. You get upset when a store doesn't carry your favorite brand of bottled water. 56. You can tell the difference between Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean and Thai food. 57. You can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best and Tully's. 58. It's not a real mountain unless it has snow and has erupted within the last 200 years. 59. You go to work in the dark and come home in the dark even though you only have an 8 hour workday. 60. You've ever stood alone on a deserted street corner in the rain. 61. You can tell its summer because the rain is warmer. 62. You know what a Frango is. 63. You think the "Middle East" is Ellensburg and the "Far East" is Spokane. 64. You realize no education is required to be a weatherman. Just predict, "Partly cloudy with a chance of rain." 65. You have an earthquake story, and so does everyone else you know. 66. You can identify seven different types of rain. 67. You can identify five different cities by smell alone. 68. You thing espresso was invented in Seattle, along with Starbucks. 69. You know what 'Sodo Mojo' is. 70. You can turn in any direction and be within a stones throw of an Indian-run casino. 71. You think summer starts in July and winter in September. 72. It's not a real windstorm until your lawn ornaments blow away. 73. You know exactly where Tom Hank's boathouse was in "Sleepless In Seattle". 74. You know who J.P. Patches is. 75. At least one of your neighbors has a hot tub they haven't used in over a year. 76. You know who really 'let the dogs out'. 77. You become frightened by the bright yellow orb in the sky until the 9-1-1 operator tells you it's just the sun. 78. You've used every setting on your intermittent wipers. 79. You know you better enjoy the snow the first day it falls before the rain washes it away. 80. You marvel when the autumn leaves stay on the trees for more than three days before the rain knocks them to the ground. 81. You can't imagine living through a tornado or hurricane but you secretly think earthquakes are kind of fun. 82. You give directions using the Puget Sound and Cascade mountains as points of reference. 83. You lose your sense of direction if you go east of the Cascade mountains. 84. You know at least 5 different ways to kill slugs. 85. You know at least 10 different recipes that call for blackberries. 86. You are not sure of the color of your house because of all of the rhododendron bushes planted in front of it. 87. You know the difference between a rhododendron and an azalea. 88. You know what a Dick's Deluxe is. 89. You or your family member live "in the woods". 90. You can endure 100 days of rain and wind but an inch of snow means school cancellations. 91. You consider an antique anything mad before 1970. 92. You know someone whose house has been partially crushed by a tree. 93. You know the difference between an evergreen and a deciduous tree. 94. You don't know what a turnpike is and have never paid a toll to drive over a bridge. [[UNTIL THE STUPID NARROWS BRIDGE. Gig Harborians=Angry. :] ]] 95. You own a barbeque that has rusted. 96. You change your wiper blades more often than your oil. 97. Your idea of dancing is nodding your head vigorously. 98. You use your defogger and your AC at the same time. 99. You don't own anything made of wool. 100. When someone honks at you, you think they are trying to say "hi". 101. You get a least 5 e-mails a week from friends asking you to come see their band. 102. You know what a 9-inning lunch is. 103. You think you're working late if you stay past 3 pm. 104. You have more unemployed friends than friends who have jobs. 105. You prefer one mountain range to the other. 106. You know the state flower (Mildew). [[PS. It's a joke. Mildew isn't even a flower. It's like mold. ]] ------------------ Scio me nihil scire tanslation- I know that I know Nothing IP: Logged |
BlueRoamer Knowflake Posts: 4721 From: Calm Blue Ocean, Calm Blue Ocean Registered: Jun 2003
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posted February 17, 2008 12:34 PM
I looove western washington.Every year as a kid my family would visit our extended family there. Of course we usually went in august or september so it usually wasn't too rainy. It's so beautiful there, I"d love to move there someday. The mountains, trees, puget sound. Dungeness! Too bad all these people are moving there now gumming it up with their pollution etc. IP: Logged |
Azalaksh Moderator Posts: 7644 From: New Brighton, MN, USA Registered: Nov 2004
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posted February 17, 2008 12:57 PM
I LOVE these!!!!! ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/laugh.gif) I'm from Seattle originally and I *can* pronounce geoduck, Sequim and Puyallup ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/wink.gif) Not only pronounce, I have hunted and captured geoduck!! They're fabulous eating, and yes they do look rather obscene ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/biggrin.gif) I miss Frangos..... Just recently, going thru boxes of my parents' things, I came across one of the metal tins they came in from the department store Frederick & Nelson 50 years ago (before F&N was swallowed by FDS): The ones they make here (Macy's, Marshall Field) just aren't up to snuff (**sniffs haughtily**) ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/biggrin.gif) Thanks, Superman!!! IP: Logged |
Azalaksh Moderator Posts: 7644 From: New Brighton, MN, USA Registered: Nov 2004
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posted February 17, 2008 01:20 PM
Oh btw, did you ever get to ride on the Kalakala ferry?? It looked like a spaceship It was on the Bremerton run so I didn't get to enjoy it much since we went to Bainbridge Island every weekend to visit my grandparents, and those were the short-run ferries..... My dad was a native, born in Seattle, so I got to learn fun things like shucking oysters, and Euel Gibbons was thumbed thru a lot ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/wink.gif) If it weren't for the 15,000+ lakes and rivers here, I would be a very unhappy transplanted Washingtonian..... IP: Logged |
Kal_El Knowflake Posts: 245 From: Seattle Registered: Jan 2008
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posted February 17, 2008 06:45 PM
lol. i used to live in minnesota. for ten years. But i missed Seattle too much. I am more of a city person who would rather have rain than snow. And i didn't get to ride that Ferry, although i did commute form Seattle to Bremerton for a while for a job. I have only been to Ocean shores once. and it was beautiful. I love it. *sigh* I don't think I could ever live anywhere else. Although I do miss Minnesota every once in a while.------------------ Scio me nihil scire tanslation- I know that I know Nothing IP: Logged |
Azalaksh Moderator Posts: 7644 From: New Brighton, MN, USA Registered: Nov 2004
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posted February 17, 2008 08:16 PM
Ocean Shores?? Yeah, it's nice..... (**yawn**) ;-D Try Kalaloch, and investigate the Olympic Rain Forest!! Or hike in to Lake Ozette and to the ocean from there, camp on the beach..... http://www.cooltrails.com/ozette.htm Or stay at Lake Crescent and then head up to Sol Duc Hot Springs..... Or if you're in the mood for hot springs in the Cascade instead of Olympic mountains, check this out: http://www.goldmyer.org/goldmyer_hot_springs_virtual_tou.htm Or if you're really adventurous, head down to Oregon: the Newport-Yachats area is my FAVORITE non-tropical Pacific Ocean getaway..... I miss Washington sometimes, but I like it here too The spring, summer and fall are REALLY great -- and exchanging earthquakes (Puget Sound is one of the northern forks of the San Andreas Fault) for the northern terminus of Tornado Alley is no big deal, there's always some dangerous facet of Mother Nature wherever you live..... IP: Logged |
Kal_El Knowflake Posts: 245 From: Seattle Registered: Jan 2008
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posted February 18, 2008 09:46 PM
I must say, i hardly ever venture outside of seattle, I've been to the pennisula a few times. I would go crazy if i ever moved away from seattle.------------------ Scio me nihil scire tanslation- I know that I know Nothing IP: Logged |
aquaspryt69 Knowflake Posts: 1614 From: Arizona Registered: Feb 2004
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posted December 02, 2008 06:02 PM
I lived in Port Angeles and Ocean Park for a couple years, back in the early 1990's. I loved both and wish I had never left. Can't remember the Ferry name,but it wasn't the Kalakala. I would have remembered that one
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aquaspryt69 Knowflake Posts: 1614 From: Arizona Registered: Feb 2004
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posted December 02, 2008 06:06 PM
I lived in Port Angeles and Ocean Park for a couple years, back in the early 1990's. I loved both and wish I had never left. Can't remember the Ferry name,but it wasn't the Kalakala. I would have remembered that one
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aquaspryt69 Knowflake Posts: 1614 From: Arizona Registered: Feb 2004
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posted December 02, 2008 06:07 PM
I lived in Port Angeles and Ocean Park for a couple years, back in the early 1990's. I loved both and wish I had never left. Can't remember the Ferry name,but it wasn't the Kalakala. I would have remembered that one IP: Logged |
pidaua Knowflake Posts: 7519 From: Germany.. but my heart is with my husband in Iraq Registered: May 2002
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posted December 03, 2008 07:27 AM
LOL.... Bear has family still in Puyallup. He always makes fun of how I say that name ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/biggrin.gif) IP: Logged |
missneptune Knowflake Posts: 348 From: Portland, OR, USA Registered: Feb 2006
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posted December 08, 2008 03:36 AM
I'm a Portlander, and its so easy to tell if someone is either a tourist or isn't from here if they have an umbrella! But at least it doesn't rain down here as much as Seattle!IP: Logged |
aquaspryt69 Knowflake Posts: 1614 From: Arizona Registered: Feb 2004
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posted December 12, 2008 04:34 PM
Loved the Olympic Forest and Sol Duc Hot Springs. Well worth the hike. I love the fact that you can go, in a day, to the beach and check out the "build your own kite & fly it" competition, get so many beautiful campsites & hot springs (and Starbucks to go to and all the different animals to be seen. I know it's considered more central Washington, but I regret not having gone to at least one apple orchard while I lived there. I just couldn't get away from the woods and the sea. IP: Logged |
Kal_El Knowflake Posts: 245 From: Seattle Registered: Jan 2008
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posted December 29, 2008 01:06 AM
# 3 on this list is hilarious now. Seattle and most of upper western washington was blanketed in about 6-12 inches of snow depending on the area. Its the most snow we have had in 18 years. Usually Seattle only gets about a half an inch a year.IP: Logged |
future_uncertain Knowflake Posts: 3025 From: ohio Registered: Aug 2004
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posted December 30, 2008 12:25 AM
I have such a longing for Washington state. I have no idea why... I just always have. I enjoyed the list, and maybe one day I'll get there! ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/love.gif) IP: Logged |
Azalaksh Moderator Posts: 7644 From: New Brighton, MN, USA Registered: Nov 2004
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posted December 30, 2008 01:41 PM
Superman ~ quote: Its the most snow we have had in 18 years. Usually Seattle only gets about a half an inch a year.
Really?? I wonder -- the last winter I was there (1996) we had 19 inches the day after Thanksgiving and 19 inches the day after Christmas (if I'm remembering right).....It seems kind of odd -- even leaves you feeling incomplete and anxious -- that we don't drive around here with chains in the trunk ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/laugh.gif) re: #94. You don't know what a turnpike is and have never paid a toll to drive over a bridge. [[UNTIL THE STUPID NARROWS BRIDGE. Gig Harborians=Angry. :] ]] That's not quite correct. The two floating bridges across Lake Washington had toll booths until they were paid for ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/wink.gif) future ~ Washington State is a wonderful place I miss it, but it's nice here too..... If you ever get a chance to visit, let me know, and I'll send you lots of tips and ideas ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/biggrin.gif) IP: Logged |