"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> 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...

The Swedish and the Norwegians hate each other. I had a Finnish friend. He
hated both.