S.KRAUSE

You Might be from the Pacific Northwest if You...

• Feel guilty throwing an aluminum can in the trash.
• Use the words "sun breaks" and know what it means.
• 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.
• Hear the word "ferry" and think of boats-and long waits.
• 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.
• Know at least eight people who work for Intel 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".
• 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 day.