On Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 12:00:04 PM UTC-10, tert in seattle wrote:
> dsi1 writes:
> >On Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 3:24:29 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >> some of you kid about Bothell, but according to Reader's Digest, it is
> >> one of the nicest places in America.
> >>
> >> The November issue has an article Nicest Place in America and Bothell
> >> was in the top 10. They did not mention by name anyone we know, but I'm
> >> sure everyone there is in that category. Must be nice to live there.
> >
> >The Pacific NW bay area is a green and pleasant land although the place
> >got choke white folks. I suppose they're nice enough. They like to eat a
> >hearty breakfast.
>
> (they call it a sound, not a bay)
>
> yes it's pretty white here - plenty of scandinavians - it's "nice" in
> that sense (Swedes are some of the meanest people on the planet)
>
> there's a certain class of white folks who I would label post grunge
> who didn't get the memo that 1997 was 20 years ago
>
> that's about all the stereotypes I got

You're right about the Puget "Sound." I had forgotten that. The Strait of Juan de Fuca was always a funny sounding name to me. Beats me why that is.

My wife used to work at Swedish Hospital in the city. I thought it was odd that the Swedes would head North rather than just a little more South when they landed in the states. Those guys must have had a strange fascination with cutting down big trees.

I have not found the Swedes to be mean, although morose or awful depressing might fit the bill. OTOH, you live with those people so you ought to know...