# Seattle (and PNW) Dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 15, 2000, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338 "2000-09-15T18:25:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/21 "2000-09-19T23:11:05Z")
Puget Sound Quiz: I live in a city that was characterized on “Almost Live” as the home of blue eye-shadow and big hair. Where am I? That’s right, Kent!! Would love to do a local Dopefest. I was away from the board for a week or so and I missed this thread (of course)! But I was one of the few (actually, TWO!) who made it to the inaugural PNW Dopefest last year. Anytime, anyplace is okay with me. (Um, do I sound too eager?) Do we have to wait till November? Let’s do a warm-up earlier and do it again when JohnnyLA comes to town. Two Dagos is fine. Another possibility is Beppo’s. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/22 "2000-09-19T23:31:40Z")
Ray’s boathouse is always nice also! The Cafe New Orleans (in Pioneer Square) has some pretty good grub, we could all meet there! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/23 "2000-09-20T01:53:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pluto \* > Puget Sound Quiz: I live in a city that was characterized on “Almost Live” as the home of blue eye-shadow and big hair. Where am I? > > That’s right, Kent!! I could swear the blue eye shadow and big hair was Lynnwood. ---
**Author:** ![MadPoet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@MadPoet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPoet)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/24 "2000-09-20T02:20:30Z")
I’m a bit south, but it’s less of a drive than my last trip to Vegas (via San Diego…) so I’ll probably make it. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2000, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/25 "2000-09-20T02:45:05Z")
Well, as I said before, please either make it somewhere easy to find, or take pity on me and meet me somewhere easy and give me a ride. I can get to Northgate pretty comfortably, but I don’t do well south of that. Scotti ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/26 "2000-09-21T00:58:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Robot Arm \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by pluto \* > > Puget Sound Quiz: I live in a city that was characterized on “Almost Live” as the home of blue eye-shadow and big hair. Where am I? > > > > That’s right, Kent!! > > I could swear the blue eye shadow and big hair was Lynnwood. > \*\* Yeah, I distinctly remember the “Lynnwood Beauty Academy” sketch, with the Patented Lynnwood Wall-o-Bangs™. Kent is the land of the ball caps, pickups, and lazy Boeing employees. Of course, everyone remembers the “Ballard Driving Academy”, right? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/27 "2000-09-21T01:38:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Saltire \* > Of course, everyone remembers the “Ballard Driving Academy”, right? Left turn signal on and locked, 7 mph top speed and seatbelt hanging out the door. Who could forget? [singing] “Hi, kids, I’m Uncle Fran…” [/singing] ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/28 "2000-09-21T02:08:45Z")
“Be like Billy!” ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/29 "2000-09-21T19:23:04Z")
I’m in – just let me know where & when. I will arrange my travel schedule to be there. Since there’s been no consensus, might I suggest Friday, the 13th of October? I would prefer a northerly location, as I’m up on Whidbey. Anybody have any suggestions in the University area? That’s close to downtown, all the bus lines have a way to get there, and there is a surfiet of interesting looking tavern/restaurants. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/30 "2000-09-21T19:28:24Z")
Well here is my schedule Oct 10th-Oct13th - Buffalo Week of Oct 16th - Los Angeles Oct 25-Nov 2 - Nerw Orleans ---
**Author:** ![JDeMobray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@JDeMobray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JDeMobray)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/31 "2000-09-21T19:33:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Robot Arm \* > \*\*[singing] > “Hi, kids, I’m Uncle Fran…” > [/singing] \*\* I actually ran into Bob Nelson yesterday at work. I said “Hi, I loved you on Almost Live.” He said “Thanks.” My roommate, in his previous job, sold a refridgerator to John Kiester and a dryer to Bill Nye. ---
**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2000, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/32 "2000-09-21T19:40:55Z")
Hmmm, I’m pretty busy through October, too. I’m for trying the weekend in November when Johnny LA is in town (17th or 18th Nov), at least there’d be a chance to rope him in… 'course if any of you locals want to get together of an evening before then, I can get to a bar in the city pretty easily any night! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/33 "2000-09-22T22:09:03Z")
Since there aren’t very many of us, maybe we should work around BurnMeUp’s schedule. How about October 6th or 14th? And Danalan, do you think we could meet somewhere along the line and carpool? My sister lives in Edmonds, so if that is the ferry you use, I could easily meet you somewhere there. (Pardon me if I have totally the wrong ferry here, I am geographically impaired.) Or, Mukilteo would be good, too. rjk, if you can come, you could come to B"ham and meet me, if you wish, and we could hook up with Danalan down south. And I do think we should do it again when JohnneyLA comes to town, if he can manage it. It does sound as though he is going to be busy, so it may not be possible. I’m really, really looking forward to meeting everyone. Enough so that if I can’t carpool with someone, I will make the supreme sacrifice and brave the streets of Seattle alone! (gulp) If I need to do this, I need EXTREMELY GOOD directions. Scotti ---
**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/34 "2000-09-22T22:23:54Z")
The 6th I can do, but not the 14th (so it’ll be the 14th, won’t it? 😉 ) I’ve only been here since February, but I’ve been lost enough times that I kinda know my way around now, so I can certainly help with directions… ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/35 "2000-09-22T22:34:18Z")
The 6th is good for me, how about the rest of you? ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/36 "2000-09-22T23:02:09Z")
6th sounds smashing ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/37 "2000-09-22T23:14:26Z")
The 6th works for me. If we want to do another when **JohhnyLA** is here we should probably have it in Bellingham. That would be more convenient for our Canadian friends, plus **Scotti** wouldn’t be scared to drive. Reading back over this, I’ve tried to make a list of possibles and probables: Probables: katrina Cervaise BurnMeUp Scotticher Saltire ren Danalan pluto Possibles: rjk Archer Just Teasing, I think: Zyada dragonlady I’ve got a couple of old lists of Puget Sound Dopers somewhere – I’ll look them up and see if anyone’s likely to be interested but hasn’t seen this thread somehow. And it sounds like Two Dagos from Texas is the place (unless it’s hard to find), right? ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/38 "2000-09-22T23:24:25Z")
Looks like Mrs Burn might make an appearance also! ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/39 "2000-09-22T23:29:03Z")
Gee, Pluto, I didn’t mean to sound like a wuss, or anything. It is just that I am not used to driving like a Seattlite, and I have trouble getting off exits because in Bellingham when you put your blinker on, someone lets you in. When I drive in Seattle, no one EVER lets me in, and I am too timid to just barge on over. So I always end up missing my exit, and then I am totally lost and always majorly late. Consequently, I sort of quit driving there. I usually just drive to my sister’s in Edmonds, and she drives from there. She is used to it. But I assure you, I will come even if I have to drive myself. I’m not THAT scared. So, where is “Two Dagos from Texas”? ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338/40 "2000-09-22T23:30:55Z")
Okay – I found the following Puget Sound denizens still lurking: MadPoet (Sorry, you had already replied but I left you off the list. My bad.) Slithy Tove Inky- (Says he’s a frequent visitor, not a resident) SINsApple Lord Derfel (another Vancouverian) Frankie Girl Next Door Chrome Toaster Miss Anne Thorpe EnochF Kallessa PVonAtark spankboy Kiva I looked at a few profiles and most of these folks are still posting. If they don’t reply to this thread over the weekend I’ll e-mail the ones who have addresses available. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-and-pnw-dopers/33338.md?page=3)