You might live in Seattle if.....

[The Arapaho Kid]

You own more than four pair of Birkenstocks.
You know only two seasons: The summer rainy season and the winter rainy season and can tell the difference between the two.
Your rubber boots are color coordinated with your rain coat.
You spend more than 30 bucks a year on windshield wiper blades.
You know what they call they day after two days of rain.
You notice webs growing between your toes.
You know the difference between a wool sweater and a cotton one.
You know the difference between a Latte and a cup of real coffee.
You know what a "Looney" and a "Tooney" are.
All of your socks are at least 80% wool.
You know how to piss off a Yuppie with only a few words, or gestures.
You growl and utter four letter words when you see a California license plate.
You enjoy laying out in the summer and getting a rain tan.
You think the sun is an evil omen from the Gods.
Your favorite expression to tourists is: "Sure Seattle is hilly, but look at the view you get!"
You think any temperature over 65 is way too damned hot!
You've had at least one picnic....in the rain.
You know that the Washington State Ferries DON'T run to Spokane.*

*Don't laugh...that question has been asked. They usually tell them that they stopped the Spokane runs because the ferries kept getting stuck in Snoqualmie Pass.

[Lou Graham]

Keep it up Arapaho!  You can joke about because you now live in God's Country.  You are in my home town (Bothell).
I'd give anything to be back there.
Remember, you don't have to shovel rain.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Amen, Miz Lou! .....................Buck

[The Arapaho Kid]

Keep it up Arapaho!  You can joke about because you now live in God's Country.  You are in my home town (Bothell).
I'd give anything to be back there.
Remember, you don't have to shovel rain.

Live here now?  I've been living here since I graduated high school back in 19 & 57.  The only time I was gone for any length of time was when I was serving in the Army in Nam.  You wouldn't recognize Bothell now.  It used to be a nice, quiet, off the beaten path town.  Unfortunately the Yups discovered it and now...it's a bloody zoo!  Totally overrun with Yups and their attitudes!

[Forty Rod]

From the time I spent in Seattle, Spanaway, and Fort Lewis:

Everythign you own is either rusted or mildewed.

[Brazos Bucky Smith]

   Seattle was a real nice place back in '43!  Fact is I was a born there!   But now it is way left of center, not La Center, just way out there!   Still kinda Nice place to visit on their one day of summer sunshine !  Everything is so clean

Now I live in Seattle south.  Called the Willamette Valley (Oregon Territory)   Wife won't let me move 'cause all the kids and grande kids are here too!

Brazos

[The Arapaho Kid]

Seattle used to be a nice place up to, about, the mid 70's, then it became infested with panhandling street urchins...children without homes.  The panhandling was mild at first, then they became more aggressive    and started with the knives and threatening people if they didn't hand over some money.  I have a friend who got knifed because he told the little twerp to buzz off.  Depending on the situation...they now have beat cops walking the streets.  This has kinda put the kibosh on panhandlers and they also passed a city ordinance that panhandling is illegal.  Before all this got started I thought nothing of going to Downtown Seattle and having a couple beers in a couple places I knew.....but I'll be damned if I go there now!  I stay clear the hell away from Downtown Seattle!

[Uncle Eph]

I got me a summer place across the water from Seattle and I can see downtown real well from my deck and that is as close to it that I get and thats fine with me.

[Lou Graham]

Sorry Arapaho, don't know why, but I thought you were from Montana and moved to the coast 

Yup, it was a one-horse town when I was a kid.  All the little farms in the valley are gone now -- the whole Udub moved into Bothell.  I was home in June and it was unbelievable.  Places I used to ride horseback out by Woodinville -- huge malls and condos!  I moved east in '98 so it hasn't been that long, but there isn't much land left anywhere.

P.S. IHS '73

[The Arapaho Kid]

Sorry Arapaho, don't know why, but I thought you were from Montana and moved to the coast 

Yup, it was a one-horse town when I was a kid.  All the little farms in the valley are gone now -- the whole Udub moved into Bothell.  I was home in June and it was unbelievable.  Places I used to ride horseback out by Woodinville -- huge malls and condos!  I moved east in '98 so it hasn't been that long, but there isn't much land left anywhere.

P.S. IHS '73

Lou...you were close on that.  I live on the coast and moved to Montana for my job.  I had to spend about 4 months over in White Fish.  As far as land out this way goes....there isn't much left.  Condo's are going up all over the place.  There's a big flat, open section in Woodinville.  All the local Yups want to build a big mall there and they are catching a lot of flack about it.  It hasn't gone up for a vote yet.  I was approached by a Yup in Woodinville a couple weeks ago.  She was gathering signatures to get the mall on a ballot.  I told her in no uncertain terms where she could put her mall!  "Ma'am...you can shove that mall right up your....expletive deleted!"