the_wanlorn | I'm an Oregonite?

Italics are my comments.

You Know You're From Oregon When You...

# Feel guilty throwing an aluminum can in the trash.
Dude!! That's 5 cents you're throwing away!! People who throw away cans always mistify me...
# Use the word "sunbreaks" and know what it means.
Isn't that when it's raining a lot and it pauses every so often and the sun shines through?
# Know more than 10 words to describe a cup of coffee.
# Obey all traffic laws except "keep right unless passing."
# Never go camping without waterproof matches and ponchos.
# Feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.
Yeah, but that's cuz I always feel overdressed, unless I'm in jeans and a T-shirt. Even when everyone else around me is in formal wear and crap
# Hear the word "ferry" and think of boats and long waits.
What else is a ferry??
# Know more people who own boats than own air conditioners.
# Stand on a deserted street corner in the rain waiting for the light to change.
Well, I used to do that. But then I grew up and realized how stupid it was. Plus, there's no lights in Dougass...
# Know at least eight people who work for Intel or Nike, or used to work for Tektronix.
# Are amazed by an accurate weather forecast.
# Consider if it doesn't have snow on it or has not recently erupted, regardless of altitude, it is a "hill" not a "mountain".
Yeah. I'm not quite sure why that's what I think, but whatever.
# Only honk your car horn if a collision is imminent; never for anything else.
# Go to a really nice bar and sit at a table.
# Think skiing always means being covered from head to toe, in snow or water.
# In winter, go to work in the dark and go home in the dark, but only have an eight hour work day.
Does that sound like a New England winter? I dunno cuz I'm never awake when it's light out if I can help it...
# Can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle's Best and Veneto's.
Well, I can't taste the difference between those three per se, but I can taste the difference in chai between Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, and those two places in Rhode Island that Alicia brings me sometimes
# Know the difference between Chinook, Coho, and Sockeye salmon.
What can I say? I was writing a story and I needed to know.
# Know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Issaquah, Oregon and Willamette.
I think I do, but knowing me and my bad pronunciation, I'm probably wrong.
# Consider swimming an indoor sport.
...what else would it be... You swim inside. In a pool. Under a roof.
# Are not fazed by: "Today's forecast: showers followed by rain," and "Tomorrow's forecast: rain followed by showers."
!!! I've actually heard a forcast like that!! Except, it was "snow followed by flurries" and "flurries followed by snow".
# You cannot wait for a day with "showers and sun breaks."
# Have no concept of humidity without precipitation.
# Know that Boring is a town in Oregon and not just a state of mind.
I did know that, cuz I went and was looking up weird town names somewhere. Maybe it was an email. Whatever. There's also Hell in Arkansas, or somewhere like that.
# Can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you cannot see through the cloud cover.
# You exclaim "the mountain is out" when it is a pretty day and you can actually see it.
# Put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50, but still wear your hiking boots and Gore-Tex coat.
# Switch to your sandals when it gets about 60, but keep the socks on.
# Have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.
# Think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists.
:-D I don't remember the last time I used and umbrella. I know mum still tries to make me take them places, but... :-D
# Buy new sunglasses every year, because you can't find the old ones after such a long time.
# You often switch from "heat" to "a/c" in the same day.
# You use a down comforter in the summer.
Hahahaha. I do that, but that's cuz I have my fan stuck in my window so it blows in the cold air at night so I can still use my comforter and still feel all toasty warm!
# You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit under a raincoat.
Mum did that for us cuz it always rained on Halloween.
# You know all the important seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Raining (spring), Road Construction (summer), and Deer & Elk season (Fall).
That actually does sound kinda like New England... Maybe Oregon and New England are just very similar places. But yeah. It looks like I'm from Oregon, for the most part...

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