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On Jan 20, 5:19*am, ESAD wrote:
On 1/19/13 11:46 PM, Chuck Gould wrote: You guys from everywhere else but here, take a look a the Boat Show ad for a look at a "typical" Seattle woman, enjoying "typical" Seattle weather. *:-) digital.turn-page.com/i/101224/1 That woman has a tan and sunglasses, so she probably was flown in from somewhere else. * ![]() Two odd things about Seattle. We are one of the leading markets for sunglasses. We buy more of them, on a per capita basis, than most cities in the United States. Why would that be? Usually works like this; when the sun comes out we yell "oh no, my eyes! my eyes! I can't stand the bright light!" and we rush out and buy a pair of sunglasses. When the sun comes out again, we have forgotten where we put the pair we bought on the last sunny day, 7 or 8 months ago. What we don't buy in big numbers? Umbrellas. |
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On 1/20/13 5:40 PM, Chuck Gould wrote:
On Jan 20, 5:19 am, ESAD wrote: On 1/19/13 11:46 PM, Chuck Gould wrote: You guys from everywhere else but here, take a look a the Boat Show ad for a look at a "typical" Seattle woman, enjoying "typical" Seattle weather. :-) digital.turn-page.com/i/101224/1 That woman has a tan and sunglasses, so she probably was flown in from somewhere else. ![]() Two odd things about Seattle. We are one of the leading markets for sunglasses. We buy more of them, on a per capita basis, than most cities in the United States. Why would that be? Usually works like this; when the sun comes out we yell "oh no, my eyes! my eyes! I can't stand the bright light!" and we rush out and buy a pair of sunglasses. When the sun comes out again, we have forgotten where we put the pair we bought on the last sunny day, 7 or 8 months ago. What we don't buy in big numbers? Umbrellas. Because you are already soaked? The few people I know in the Seattle area seem to like it a lot. |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:35:14 -0500, ESAD wrote:
On 1/20/13 5:40 PM, Chuck Gould wrote: On Jan 20, 5:19 am, ESAD wrote: On 1/19/13 11:46 PM, Chuck Gould wrote: You guys from everywhere else but here, take a look a the Boat Show ad for a look at a "typical" Seattle woman, enjoying "typical" Seattle weather. :-) digital.turn-page.com/i/101224/1 That woman has a tan and sunglasses, so she probably was flown in from somewhere else. ![]() Two odd things about Seattle. We are one of the leading markets for sunglasses. We buy more of them, on a per capita basis, than most cities in the United States. Why would that be? Usually works like this; when the sun comes out we yell "oh no, my eyes! my eyes! I can't stand the bright light!" and we rush out and buy a pair of sunglasses. When the sun comes out again, we have forgotten where we put the pair we bought on the last sunny day, 7 or 8 months ago. What we don't buy in big numbers? Umbrellas. Because you are already soaked? The few people I know in the Seattle area seem to like it a lot. You learn to dress for the weather up here but there's still times that umbrellas come in handy. We own a couple. |
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:40:58 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould
wrote: Usually works like this; when the sun comes out we yell "oh no, my eyes! my eyes! I can't stand the bright light!" and we rush out and buy a pair of sunglasses. When the sun comes out again, we have forgotten where we put the pair we bought on the last sunny day, 7 or 8 months ago. === Funny. We have a few neighbors here in Florida from the Seattle area and they confirm your humor rumor as true. How depressing. We enjoyed our brief stay a few years ago, but I guess we caught the weather just right. |
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On 1/20/2013 7:32 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:40:58 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould wrote: Usually works like this; when the sun comes out we yell "oh no, my eyes! my eyes! I can't stand the bright light!" and we rush out and buy a pair of sunglasses. When the sun comes out again, we have forgotten where we put the pair we bought on the last sunny day, 7 or 8 months ago. === Funny. We have a few neighbors here in Florida from the Seattle area and they confirm your humor rumor as true. How depressing. We enjoyed our brief stay a few years ago, but I guess we caught the weather just right. Summer = sun Winter = rain |
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On Sunday, January 20, 2013 10:32:49 PM UTC-5, Wayne. B wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:40:58 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould wrote: Usually works like this; when the sun comes out we yell "oh no, my eyes! my eyes! I can't stand the bright light!" and we rush out and buy a pair of sunglasses. When the sun comes out again, we have forgotten where we put the pair we bought on the last sunny day, 7 or 8 months ago. === Funny. We have a few neighbors here in Florida from the Seattle area and they confirm your humor rumor as true. How depressing. We enjoyed our brief stay a few years ago, but I guess we caught the weather just right. I've been in Seattle a couple of times over the years. I hit it just right as well... the weather was great, mostly sunny, nice, no rain to speak of. I must be livin right! :-) |
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On 1/22/2013 5:18 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article , says... I've been in Seattle a couple of times over the years. I hit it just right as well... the weather was great, mostly sunny, nice, no rain to speak of. I must be livin right! :-) You should have stayed overnight, it would have changed to rain!! annual rainfall (NOAA) inches Miami, Fla. 58.53 Fort Myers, Fla. 54.19 Atlanta, Ga. 50.2 Boston, Mass. 42.53 Washington, DC 41.8 Seattle, Wash. 38.25 Portland, OR 37.07 |
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On 1/23/13 12:49 AM, thumper wrote:
On 1/22/2013 5:18 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... I've been in Seattle a couple of times over the years. I hit it just right as well... the weather was great, mostly sunny, nice, no rain to speak of. I must be livin right! :-) You should have stayed overnight, it would have changed to rain!! annual rainfall (NOAA) inches Miami, Fla. 58.53 Fort Myers, Fla. 54.19 Atlanta, Ga. 50.2 Boston, Mass. 42.53 Washington, DC 41.8 Seattle, Wash. 38.25 Portland, OR 37.07 Seattle has about half the days of clear, sunny weather as, say, Baltimore or Washington, D.C., and, of course, you can't really swim in the waters there. But Seattle is a nice place. I've never understood, though, why pleasure boating is so popular up there. Fishing I can understand, lots of interesting fish, but boating for the sake of boating, when you get frostbite if you get ocean splash on you? ![]() |
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:46:42 -0500, ESAD wrote:
On 1/23/13 12:49 AM, thumper wrote: On 1/22/2013 5:18 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... I've been in Seattle a couple of times over the years. I hit it just right as well... the weather was great, mostly sunny, nice, no rain to speak of. I must be livin right! :-) You should have stayed overnight, it would have changed to rain!! annual rainfall (NOAA) inches Miami, Fla. 58.53 Fort Myers, Fla. 54.19 Atlanta, Ga. 50.2 Boston, Mass. 42.53 Washington, DC 41.8 Seattle, Wash. 38.25 Portland, OR 37.07 Seattle has about half the days of clear, sunny weather as, say, Baltimore or Washington, D.C., and, of course, you can't really swim in the waters there. But Seattle is a nice place. I've never understood, though, why pleasure boating is so popular up there. Fishing I can understand, lots of interesting fish, but boating for the sake of boating, when you get frostbite if you get ocean splash on you? ![]() The shear beauty of the area. Salmonbait -- 'Name-calling'...the liberals' answer to a lost argument! |
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