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.

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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.