my lip balm addiction: Today was fricking gorgeous and it's gonna get nicer the remainder of the week!

Spossed to get crappy again juuuuust in time for the weekend.

Fortunately the weatherman is often wrong in the pacific northwest.

(and even if it does rain that means phat fluffy snow just north of here. playtime.)

There are worse places in the Pacific Northwest. Take Boise, for instance.

/screw all that 'Boise is nice' crap
//none of it is true
///unless you're a gun nut
////or trying to hide from them in the North End enclave
//Burma Shave

It was sunny all day today. It's snowed a little last night. It doesn't EVEN rain here like you people who claim to live here are saying.

"I KNOW, I'm gonna get on the Seattle Fark thread and tell everyone how it rains and shiat here!! THEN they'll believe me, !! YEAAH!!!"

Lame bastards.

Thisbymaster: Javacrucian: DirtyDeadGhostofEbenezerCooke: Nobody misses Seattle.

Except me. Grew up there, wish I'd never left. Pittsburgh is okay but it's not home.

Well find a better city then Pittsburgh, try Boston or New York.

For what it's worth, I've lived in Seattle and Boston and liked Seattle a TON more.

'LOOK AT ME I'M FROM SEATTLE!!!! You know how I KNOW!? Because of the RAIN THAT'S HOW!!!!

biatch! I don't even remember the last time it rained here.

We TELL you it rains a lot here so you will STAY THE fark OUT!!!

fisker: It was sunny all day today. It's snowed a little last night. It doesn't EVEN rain here like you people who claim to live here are saying.

"I KNOW, I'm gonna get on the Seattle Fark thread and tell everyone how it rains and shiat here!! THEN they'll believe me, !! YEAAH!!!"

Lame bastards.

fisker: 'LOOK AT ME I'M FROM SEATTLE!!!! You know how I KNOW!? Because of the RAIN THAT'S HOW!!!!

biatch! I don't even remember the last time it rained here.

fisker: We TELL you it rains a lot here so you will STAY THE fark OUT!!!

Cool bro, story.

semi-ok: fisker: It was sunny all day today. It's snowed a little last night. It doesn't EVEN rain here like you people who claim to live here are saying.

"I KNOW, I'm gonna get on the Seattle Fark thread and tell everyone how it rains and shiat here!! THEN they'll believe me, !! YEAAH!!!"

Lame bastards.


Oh, yes it farking does rain that much in Seattle, fisker!! I lived there too, and I KNOW! Don't EVEN try to lie!!!

I bet it's raining RIGHT NOW!

The ONLY thing it rains here in Seattle is my SWEET SWEET LOVIN' baby! I bet I can make you melt like a grill cheese, woman.

That's right I called you WOMAN.

The rain in Seattle is just liquid sunshine. This town is beautiful when it's wet. Seattle is sweet sweet mistress.

semi-ok: fisker: The ONLY thing it rains here in Seattle is my SWEET SWEET LOVIN' baby! I bet I can make you melt like a grill cheese, woman.

That's right I called you WOMAN.


Grilled cheese is not going to work with soggy-ass Seattle bread

But see, you'll be with me the whole time. I'll keep you warm and dry. We can snuggle together by an open fire with the lights down low. Watch all the cold, hungry tired Seattle bums wander around outside while you melt in my arms.

I WANT YOU IN THE WORST WAY

Javacrucian: DirtyDeadGhostofEbenezerCooke: Nobody misses Seattle.

Except me. Grew up there, wish I'd never left. Pittsburgh is okay but it's not home.

You sound like you have low standards.

Let's get something clear:

Seattle is only the 48th wettest city in the US. Forty-Eighth.

Barely 37 inches of rain each year and not all that spread out either.

Quit whining already, you bunch of California transplanted pansies. You live in one of the driest places west of the Cascades (after Sequim).

Grow a pair.

Also, knock off that "Seattle Freeze" BS while you're trying to improve yourselves. You know, try to care about others, not just claim to.

/End Rant
//I go visit friends in Seattle when I want to enjoy dry weather. It almost never rains. When I lived there, I didn't even bother buying a proper coat; didn't need it.
///Now live where annual rainfall is over ten feet and today was the first nearly cloudless day I've seen since fall. Can't wait until, oh, July or so when the mud might finally pretend to dry out.

The perpetual grayness of the city was one of the main reasons I left Seattle. It was bad enough that I ended up suffering from SAD.

It isn't just the lack of sunshine. Everything is gray. The sky, the roads, the bridges, the buildings and even the art. What wasn't gray to start with will end up being gray after the lichen starts growing on it.

I like to joke that the people from Seattle are like Eskimos. Just as they have 20 different words for snow, Seattle has 20 different terms for the various states between full sun and rain.


/would prefer to live in Victoria if I had to move back to the NW
//half as much annual rainfall as Seattle

Dinjiin: The perpetual grayness of the city was one of the main reasons I left Seattle. It was bad enough that I ended up suffering from SAD.

It isn't just the lack of sunshine. Everything is gray. The sky, the roads, the bridges, the buildings and even the art. What wasn't gray to start with will end up being gray after the lichen starts growing on it.

I like to joke that the people from Seattle are like Eskimos. Just as they have 20 different words for snow, Seattle has 20 different terms for the various states between full sun and rain.


/would prefer to live in Victoria if I had to move back to the NW
//half as much annual rainfall as Seattle

Why are you talking about the way Seattle WAS 70 years ago?

WHY!?

The_Sponge: Ambivalence: DirtyDeadGhostofEbenezerCooke: Nobody misses Seattle.

I LOVE Seattle! Beautiful city. Lots of water (I Love rain). Downtown has a great vibe.

What's not to love?


Rain sucks donkey balls.

/Live north of Seattle.
//Love the summers, though.

In the convergence zone? Yer lucky ya got ANY sun. They don't call 'em 'Foulweather Bluffs' for nothin'.

On the ocean...it never gets warm out here.

fisker: 'LOOK AT ME I'M FROM SEATTLE!!!! You know how I KNOW!? Because of the RAIN THAT'S HOW!!!!

biatch! I don't even remember the last time it rained here.

It rained, like, two days ago, dude.

/I mean, not all day or anything...

Chameleon: It rained, like, two days ago, dude.

And snowed. fark this winter.

semi-ok: fisker: semi-ok: fisker: The ONLY thing it rains here in Seattle is my SWEET SWEET LOVIN' baby! I bet I can make you melt like a grill cheese, woman.

That's right I called you WOMAN.


Grilled cheese is not going to work with soggy-ass Seattle bread

But see, you'll be with me the whole time. I'll keep you warm and dry. We can snuggle together by an open fire with the lights down low. Watch all the cold, hungry tired Seattle bums wander around outside while you melt in my arms.

I WANT YOU IN THE WORST WAY


So, then, you're saying it IS always rainy and cold?
That's what I thought.

I'm saying that I will fully support your beliefs in every way imaginable. I am a lover. We are all lovers up here. If it's sunny out, I will tell you it is raining so you will be happy in your silly sweet lies. That's what I like about you. Your ability to go on wild thunderous stormy night adventures with me under the covers.

Diogenes Teufelsdrockh: Seattle is only the 48th wettest city in the US. Forty-Eighth.

The problem isn't the amount of rain. It is that the duration. It mists, sprinkles, showers and drizzles all the freaking time. Elsewhere, when it rains, it often pours.

Another problem is the latitude. It is at 47° 36' N, which is even farther north than Quebec City. In the mid-winter, you go to work when it is dark out. You return home when it is dark out. Overcast will steal about 30 minutes of daylight.


fisker: WHY!?

Dude, you have moss on the brain.

Dinjiin: fisker: WHY!?

Dude, you have moss on the brain.



You had your chance.

fisker: Why are you talking about the way Seattle WAS 70 years ago?

Is that when Sgt. Pepper taught his band to play?

Having been in Seattle for 4 months now, I am beginning to think that the stories about rain are told mostly by California transplants, and that the people of Seattle allow these stories to persist in hopes that it will keep even more Californians from moving here.

/didn't come from California

digital_opium: Having been in Seattle for 4 months now, I am beginning to think that the stories about rain are told mostly by California transplants, and that the people of Seattle allow these stories to persist in hopes that it will keep even more Californians from moving here.

/didn't come from California

People from Oregon too.

digital_opium: Having been in Seattle for 4 months now, I am beginning to think that the stories about rain are told mostly by California transplants, and that the people of Seattle allow these stories to persist in hopes that it will keep even more Californians from moving here.

/didn't come from California

It has been an usually dry winter. I recalled in 2006 where we had about 2 months straight rain.

Last spring it rained right into start of summer.

Record wet March 2011 (new window)

Record June rains 2010 (new window)

Harry_Seldon: It has been an usually dry winter. I recalled in 2006 where we had about 2 months straight rain.

Last spring it rained right into start of summer.

My first year at UW it rained 90 days straight iirc

I like Seattle. Only been here a few months (Eastern Wa transplant) but people are honesty super friendly. Plus there is a coffee shop run by Browncoats with lots of Firefly stuff everywhere, though that might be influencing my fondness of it a bit.

/u-district bars suck
//capital hill bars rock

Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash: /u-district bars suck
//capital hill bars rock

this, except the exact opposite

/capitol hill

Linda's is good, and that one with all the bowling/pool/air hockey tables. That's about it

What a Miss Seattle might look like

John Henry Eden: What a Miss Seattle might look like

[ultimatepeopledatabase.com image 475x480]

She looks like she was born to do nasty things.

biatching about the weather is a right and privilege reserved to the natives. Out of towners, flatlanders, passers by, and other people from somewhere else should STUF or go back where they came from.

Harry_Seldon: She looks like she was born to do nasty things.

that's why she left

if you're a man moving to Seattle plan on bringing a woman with you or welp

BigJake: Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash: /u-district bars suck
//capital hill bars rock

this, except the exact opposite

/capitol hill

name one good u-district bar that isn't infested with dumbass frat boys.

Seriously please. I would like an enjoyably place to drink around here.

Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash: name one good u-district bar that isn't infested with dumbass frat boys.

Well I take issue with those being mutually exclusive BUT

College Inn (one of those cool old-fashioned bars like you see on the east coast that are underneath the building it's in)
Duchess most nights
Big Time Brewery
the Knarr if you like dive bars

that should get you started

Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash: BigJake: Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash: /u-district bars suck
//capital hill bars rock

this, except the exact opposite

/capitol hill

name one good u-district bar that isn't infested with dumbass frat boys.

Seriously please. I would like an enjoyably place to drink around here.

The Blue Moon, and before it turned into that horrible abomination, the Rainbow, right next to it.

Yeah the Blue Moon is good too

And while you run the occasional risk of the dreaded frat boy, Earl's is one of the last places on Earth an alcoholic such as myself can get good and drunk for $20

/order the AMF

And if you feel like going to a chill place all by itself a little ways north, and are only planning on beers, the Wedgwood Alehouse is good

Rent Party: Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash: BigJake: Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash: /u-district bars suck
//capital hill bars rock

this, except the exact opposite

/capitol hill

name one good u-district bar that isn't infested with dumbass frat boys.

Seriously please. I would like an enjoyably place to drink around here.

The Blue Moon, and before it turned into that horrible abomination, the Rainbow, right next to it.

I never thought I would ever hear The Blue Moon and The Rainbow mentioned on Fark.

What the hell happened to The Rainbow? What is that place?

fisker: What the hell happened to The Rainbow? What is that place?

It's a Belltown style club now

fisker: Rent Party: Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash: BigJake: Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash: /u-district bars suck
//capital hill bars rock

this, except the exact opposite

/capitol hill

name one good u-district bar that isn't infested with dumbass frat boys.

Seriously please. I would like an enjoyably place to drink around here.

The Blue Moon, and before it turned into that horrible abomination, the Rainbow, right next to it.

I never thought I would ever hear The Blue Moon and The Rainbow mentioned on Fark.

What the hell happened to The Rainbow? What is that place?

Don't ask. It will break your heart and ruin the rest of your week. Just remember it like it was.

BigJake: College Inn

I'll second that. Easy going crowd, rarely see any frat boys there. Nice old building. Good beer.

BigJake: Evil Kirk vs Bad Ash: name one good u-district bar that isn't infested with dumbass frat boys.

Well I take issue with those being mutually exclusive BUT

College Inn (one of those cool old-fashioned bars like you see on the east coast that are underneath the building it's in)
Duchess most nights
Big Time Brewery
the Knarr if you like dive bars

that should get you started

Been to the knarr. But every damn time I go in there some jackass drops 30 bucks worth of reggae into the jukebox. Every time!

Big Time Brewery did have some tasty stuff.

I am not desperate enough to head into Earl's. I work for Landmark so I am often catching free movies next door at The Varsity. That place just seems to reek of despair.

I shall try the other recommendations, thank you.