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Post by EarlJam » July 20th, 2011, 2:06 pm

For years, I feel I have been called to Seattle, but have never gone there. Has anyone else been? Is it nice?

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Post by CathyCA » July 20th, 2011, 4:36 pm

I went to the Final Four in Seattle in 1989.

I filmed a commercial in Seattle in the mid 2000s.

I like Seattle.

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Re: Seattle

Post by YmoBeThere » July 20th, 2011, 7:50 pm

DA lives there. I'm going there in a couple weeks.
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Re: Seattle

Post by Lavabe » July 20th, 2011, 8:38 pm

Steve Largent used to play in Seattle. 8-|
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Post by lawgrad91 » July 20th, 2011, 10:04 pm

My inlaws live in Seattle (Tacoma, actually). I like Seattle. It's a lot cooler there right now than it is on the East Coast.
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Re: Seattle

Post by DevilAlumna » July 21st, 2011, 1:20 am

I've lived here for 8(!) years now, it's finally starting to feel like home. I know this, because sunny days generally stress me out now. Grey days after a stretch of sun feel like getting home after a vacation -- you enjoyed it, but it's not ... normal.

It's very green, lots of trees & mountains. Beautiful, really, especially on the days where you drive over one of the bridges and can see South to Mt. Rainier, North to Mt. Baker, East to the Cascades AND West to the Olympics.
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Re: Seattle

Post by bluebutton » July 21st, 2011, 2:18 pm

My husband and I both have family there. Having visite, my sense is that it's a cooler place to live than to visit. My favorite parts are being with family and being out of the city--Mt Rainier, Bainbridge Island, Olympic peninsula. But if you've never been, it's well worth a trip.
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Re: Seattle

Post by Lavabe » July 21st, 2011, 6:15 pm

If you drive south a few hours, you can pass by Mt. St. Helens (REALLY awesome), and even stop by Vancouver, Washington, home of NASCAR driver Greg Biffle. Just over the border from Vancouver, Washington is Portland, Oregon, home to MANY good brews.
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Post by lawgrad91 » July 21st, 2011, 8:48 pm

Lavabe wrote:If you drive south a few hours, you can pass by Mt. St. Helens (REALLY awesome), and even stop by Vancouver, Washington, home of NASCAR driver Greg Biffle. Just over the border from Vancouver, Washington is Portland, Oregon, home to MANY good brews.
Mt. St. Helens is extremely neat. That and Mt. Rainier are well worth the viewing. Except for the fact that I wouldn't be close to Duke and my Mom is in eastern VA, I would have no problem with moving to the Seattle area.

If you like cars, the car museum in Spanaway (I can't remember the name of the place) is amazing. We spent hours there on a tour. The guy who owns the cars was voted "Least Likely to Succeed" by his high school classmates, got into the garbage business, and made an absolute pile of money. There's a Tucker in his museum, a Dusenberg, and some really neat other vehicles.

Lavabe, who was the NASCAR driver from Spanaway?
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Re: Seattle

Post by Lavabe » July 21st, 2011, 9:34 pm

lawgrad91 wrote:Lavabe, who was the NASCAR driver from Spanaway?
I googled up Derrike Cope. Stumped me.
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Re: Seattle

Post by captmojo » July 22nd, 2011, 9:07 am

lawgrad91 wrote: The guy who owns the cars was voted "Least Likely to Succeed" by his high school classmates, got into the garbage business, and made an absolute pile of money. There's a Tucker in his museum, a Dusenberg, and some really neat other vehicles.
Oh! Sorta like this dude?
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Re: Seattle

Post by lawgrad91 » July 22nd, 2011, 9:25 am

Lavabe wrote:
lawgrad91 wrote:Lavabe, who was the NASCAR driver from Spanaway?
I googled up Derrike Cope. Stumped me.
I couldn't remember if it was Cope or Chad Little.
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Re: Seattle

Post by lawgrad91 » July 22nd, 2011, 10:13 am

LeMay Auto Museum.

(I remembered it was the name of a WWII general, but I was stuck on "Patton.")
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