There are so many Seattleites on this board...

[Vexorg]

Hmmm... I didn't go through that entire list, but even as a transplant (originally from New Mexico, been here 14 years now) I still qualify on a good number of those.

 

[bumbershoot]

I always take those lists waaaaay too seriously.

4. You don't go to work for a whole week if there's 2 inches of snow.


It's more that you *can't* go into work, or can't safely. Hubby got into work during the last storm, but only b/c he walks to the lightrail which gets him to the train, then he walks from the train station up to his office. Rails are good.


5. You take your dog to play at a special park just for dogs.

Dog parks are the bane of my existence. I once obliterated the chances of a relationship (or rather, the dude did) b/c he felt that dog parks are a Good Thing, and I despite their existence. I was raised by Alaskan Malamutes, and he was raised by Golden Retrievers, and that heavily colors our opinions on how trustworthy leash-less dogs are.

6. With all the microbrews around, drinking a Bud is like drinking Folgers.

OH yes.

Though if I'm in SC or WC, a Coors Light is absolutely delicious.

11. You know what NIMBY's are.

NIMBYs are everywhere...

20. You think Copper River salmon is WAAAAAY tastier than the rest.

All salmon is vile and makes my tummy sick.

26. You know which house is Bill's.

I even know which house out in Union is Bill's...

28. You own some weird figurine made out of Mt. Helen's ash.

Had earrings made from it.

31. You recycle everything possible and think people who don't are criminally irresponsible.

Definitely.

35. You know Seattle actually gets less annual rainfall than NYC and that summer is amazingly perfect.

The people in the DC area who went on about the rain, when I was moving back, were so silly.

38. You personally know someone who owns a boat.

Yep.

39. You think people who drink Maxwell House on purpose are out of their minds.

Definitely.

40. You've been to the original Starbucks location in Pike Place.

Only b/c people from CA want to see it! Absolutely horrid lines there. Plus, I go to Tully's.


49. You don't iron your clothes.

Gawd no.

52. You don't need to call a computer specialist for home computer problems because you or someone you know can fix it.

True.

53. You give directions like this: I can't remember what that road's called, but it's just past the hill, after the Shell station. If you start going up another hill, then you've passed it. I think there's some kind of plant nursery across from where you turn, so look for that.

I've never heard someone give directions like that specific to here. Here directions giving how *long* up the highway it'll be, instead of how many miles, I've heard as being specific to here.

But the "look for this and that" directions, in my experience, are more specific to the South...I knew I'd been in SC too long when I gave directions using the following..."go down xyz street, then you'll pass the place where the big furniture warehouse *used to be* before it burned down, then it's the next turn".


59. You eat at least one kind of Asian food on a regular basis.

Well, hubby is Korean, so....

71. You've had pets in counseling.

No but my friend had her pets in psychic counseling! Seemed to work.

73. You enjoy having "help out to the car" with your groceries.

Gawd no.

77. You've driven to the western edge of America on a whim, and it took a really long time to get there.

Almost, and yes.

78. You've gone camping on a whim.

Tried to, but campsites are booked 9 months out, so was unsuccessful.

79. You own your own tent and about a hundred other camping supplies.

Still starting out, so only about 30 supplies plus the tent.

81. You've seen the Seahawks play in Qwest Field.

Unfortunately, yes. For hubby, on MY birthday. What was I thinking?

86. You've seen the summer wildflowers at Mount Rainier.

Of course!

89. You wonder what would happen at the Canadian border if you admit to transporting homegrown tree fruit.

They confiscate the fruit and might search your car for more things you haven't mentioned.

90. You have Canadian coins in your house or wallet.

And Irish coins...

93. You've seen bald eagles and orca whales in the wild.

Bald eagle yes. NO whales of any sort, not even on our Alaskan cruise.

You can point to where "the mountain" is, no matter where you are and how heavy the cloud cover is.

I can't really do that, unless I absolutely know where I am. My mom was convinced it was styrofoam, on wheels, and pushed around by trolls b/c it kept moving. We were walking the Nisqually Delta walk at the wildlife refuge, and it kept showing up even when we swore we were walking away from it.

 

[Sherwin]

LOL on "Keep Clam" - Ivar's had a .5 second commercial on the Superbowl yesterday...

Haha, I saw it. "Ivars!"

It's more that you *can't* go into work, or can't safely. Hubby got into work during the last storm, but only b/c he walks to the lightrail which gets him to the train, then he walks from the train station up to his office. Rails are good.

You mean commuter rail? Light rail isn't open yet. Yet another thing an anal Seattlite would say.

 

[MinnieDiva]

Ah yes, also true - I grew up in California... Northern, but still...

Also from Northern CA, now in Oak Harbor, WA. We saw the sun today!!!

 

[erinbev]

woohoo, yes! And right now the current airfare prices are killing me! **needs to wait till september**

*sigh*

I lurve Seattle. I just hop on the ferry and go! Hey, ferries should be on that list (maybe they are and I just didn't see it?)!

 

[ylatan]

i have never been to seattle. well, once i went to the ikea there, but i don't even think thats in actual seattle!

we live in portland. we are going to DL in april, and my next door neighbor is going the following week!

i would say i'm craving sun, but by the time we go to DL, it'll be sunny here, too. well, partly.

 

[rszdtrvl]

I love the Pemco commercials. I never knew that there were some on the internet, on Pemco's website.

I also love those "You know you are a Washingtonian when...." dealies too.


I am in Aberdeen.

They don't call it "Grays Harbor County" because the sky is blue.

Right now I am 100% craving beautiful blue California sky. I am giddy because I can now say "I am going to Disneyland next month."

I have waited since September to be able to say that, LOL.

I think in the Winter they should put Prozac in our water. Seriously.

 

[disneymom8589]

woohoo, yes! And right now the current airfare prices are killing me! **needs to wait till september**

*sigh*

I lurve Seattle. I just hop on the ferry and go! Hey, ferries should be on that list (maybe they are and I just didn't see it?)!

I noticed you said something about hopping on the ferry. We live in Port Orchard...just across the sound from Seattle. We have a view of downtown Seattle from different spots in town, including the Southworth ferry dock.

Even though I've grown up and lived in Seattle (or vicinity) my whole life, I am getting increasingly frustrated with the weather! When we were at DLR in December, it was cloudy and rainy. Even in CA I can't get away from it! However, even a cloudy/rainy day in DL can't be beat!

 

[erinbev]

I noticed you said something about hopping on the ferry. We live in Port Orchard...just across the sound from Seattle. We have a view of downtown Seattle from different spots in town, including the Southworth ferry dock.

Bremerton right here! Spent some time in PO, though. Love them ferries!

 

[Sherwin]

Bremerton right here! Spent some time in PO, though. Love them ferries!

Until they started disintegrating one after the other.

 

[Krissy Marissy]

I'm down in portland but I do agree with the fact that I never have a tan (could be cause I'm a redhead too) but always get one sunburn a year! lol I wouldn't trade living in the PNW though...I dont like doing DLR when it's too hot. I dont do well in the heat. I agree with Molly that they should build a park up here for us...I'd go rain or shine!

 

[QueenDoOver]

I think so! I swear, half the kids in the Puget Sound area schools seem to go to DL sometime during the late winter/spring...

Seems like it's just not that far to sliiiiide down the Pacific coast seaboard to get our sun fix. Especially when some airlines run flights from SeaTac to Long Beach for around $140 RT! Wheee!

Oh my gosh, the $105RT on Alaska is killing me. Even though I am going this month, and paid $145 RT ages ago. I want to plan another trip just to get that $105 airfare.

Oh yeah,Mukilteo here! Howdy Neighbors!

 

[Bunless]

One of these days I need to try flying down on Virgin America, if for no other reason than to try out their planes.

I'm glad I'm not the only one! It's hard to turn down the free rides on Alaska, though when we have a gazillion skymiles.

 

[erinbev]

One of these days I need to try flying down on Virgin America, if for no other reason than to try out their planes.

they are SO SO COOL! even their check in counter is cool! and its not too expensive, either!

 

[Bunless]

My turn to comment! (now that I've had time to read it)

You Know You're a True Seattle-ite when...

6. With all the microbrews around, drinking a Bud is like drinking Folgers.
oh my lord, so true...I mean, why do they even carry it in non chain places anyway?
7. You have a lifetime REI membership.
yes, but I only go once a year for body glide--which I never have to pay for because of the dividend
11. You know what NIMBY's are.
actually, I don't--what is it?
12. You ARE a NIMBY.
am I?
17. You have an I.V. line of coffee dripping into your body at all hours.
I don't think that the rest of the country truly understands how important this is. Yes, it's something easy to poke fun at us for, but it's really necessary for life!
20. You think Copper River salmon is WAAAAAY tastier than the rest.
when you go out to eat and it just says "salmon" you ask the server "what kind" and if they can't answer you don't order it
24. You've visited all major fish 'n chips restaurants and know which is best for which seafoods.
and it's that one place in the market
31. You recycle everything possible and think people who don't are criminally irresponsible.
I Know! why don't they? it's so easy, plus you get money back
39. You think people who drink Maxwell House on purpose are out of their minds. Or Nescafe--Disney, I'm looking at you!!!
40. You've been to the original Starbucks location in Pike Place.
but only once, and that was for the out of town visitors
48. Your bathroom has black mold somewhere.
and your insurance agent thinks it's ok, AND the guy who apprases your house
53. You give directions like this: I can't remember what that road's called, but it's just past the hill, after the Shell station. If you start going up another hill, then you've passed it. I think there's some kind of plant nursery across from where you turn, so look for that.
guilty
59. You eat at least one kind of Asian food on a regular basis.
mmmm, pho
60. You are regularly sobered by the power of Mother Nature, whether that be noticing tsunami escape routes in Ocean Shores, experiencing earthquakes in downtown Seattle, hearing about volcanic activity, or seeing rapid flooding of our local rivers.
actually, it's more of the opposite...oh look, another earthquake...yup, the Cedar is flooding again and I can't get to work, oh well, day off
61. You do one or more of the following: catch rainwater in rain barrels, compost, and/or use organic pesticides/weed killer.
I think that it's so cool that the yard waste is used for composting with King County parks! our trash output dropped by half when we started doing that!
64. You know the phone number to report carpool lane violators.
764-Hero...did you know that was a name of a band in the 90s?
73. You enjoy having "help out to the car" with your groceries.
I miss Larry's
84. You've "met The Man".
I don't care for the man
89. You wonder what would happen at the Canadian border if you admit to transporting homegrown tree fruit.
hahahahahahahahahahahaha, actually, they get really serious if you start talking about the fruit that you bought at the farmers market and you don't know if it was homegrown
93. You've seen bald eagles and orca whales in the wild.
we know a guy who lives on the lake who has a bald eagles nest on his property...I think he has a website

...and how did this one get missed?
101. Sunbreaks.

 

[Sherwin]

My turn to comment! (now that I've had time to read it)


...and how did this one get missed?
101. Sunbreaks.

Haha, a NIMBY is an acronym for 'Not in My Back Yard'. There's even an article about it on wiki. It's basically any project that rouses up community neighbors. We get SO many of those. *Cough cough..Seatac..cough*

 

[Bunless]

Haha, a NIMBY is an acronym for 'Not in My Back Yard'. There's even an article about it on wiki. It's basically any project that rouses up community neighbors. We get SO many of those. *Cough cough..Seatac..cough*

I'm not a NIMBY.
NIMBYs bug me.

 

[disneykreyzee]

Yeah for Grays Harbor! I'm just down the road in Pacific County - Raymond. We to are looking forward to the sun next month!

Nice to see so many Disney lovers close by!

 

[Alex2kMommy]

You Know You're a True Seattle-ite when... (slightly amended)

5. I wish my neighbor would take his dog to play at a special park just for dogs instead of leaving piles in my front lawn.
6. I don't drink beer but can rattle off the names of at least 10 different brands.

11. I didn't know what a NIMBY was, but I love wikipedia!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY
12. OMG! I AM a NIMBY! We are near one of the proposed sites for a new jail. No thanks!

51. I've never tried lutefisk, despite the fact that my mother's family is Norwegian.
71. You've had pets in counseling. Nooooo... In Washington? That sounds more like a California kinda thing.
72. You expect people to come to complete stops in highway merge lanes. What? YIKES! Noooo... Unless the car in front of you is stopped, of course.
73. You enjoy having "help out to the car" with your groceries. OMG, my mother would be so mortified, NO WAY!
84. I met Gene, but was too chicken to "meet The Man". DH was not given the choice, however.

 

[momofdisaddict]

Yeah for Grays Harbor! I'm just down the road in Pacific County - Raymond. We to are looking forward to the sun next month!

Nice to see so many Disney lovers close by!

Double yeah for Grays Harbor!!! We are in Montesano

We are driving down on March 27th and staying until April 3rd at HoJos. This will be the first time we have done the drive ...we usually fly. We can't wait to get back to the magic