Until Global Warming hits Washington I will stay where I am at.

RebelKev Wrote:

fsquid Wrote:Alaska? brrrrrrr

It gets 95 degrees in Fairbanks. Of course, it also gets -60.

My brother in law lived there, he said the good thing is that you can play golf 24 hrs a day when the daylight is up, if you have the stamina.

JTiger Wrote:

RebelKev Wrote:

fsquid Wrote:Alaska? brrrrrrr

It gets 95 degrees in Fairbanks. Of course, it also gets -60.

My brother in law lived there, he said the good thing is that you can play golf 24 hrs a day when the daylight is up, if you have the stamina.

True. Longest day is the 21st of June. I have pics of me drunk off my ass at about 2AM, in broad daylight.

RebelKev Wrote:

JTiger Wrote:

RebelKev Wrote:

fsquid Wrote:Alaska? brrrrrrr

It gets 95 degrees in Fairbanks. Of course, it also gets -60.

My brother in law lived there, he said the good thing is that you can play golf 24 hrs a day when the daylight is up, if you have the stamina.

True. Longest day is the 21st of June. I have pics of me drunk off my ass at about 2AM, in broad daylight.

I spent a summer in the Brooks Range. Got there on June 10th and it didn't get dark until August.

Endzone2 Wrote:

moloch_322 Wrote:

Endzone2 Wrote:Yes I have often thought the same thing Dr. Torch. Why does everyone congregate here when there are vast open spaces--even in the state of Washington.

I think you answered the question right there. Not many other places in the US has vistas like the Puget Sound region. A waterfront lush green landscape against a huge mountainous region. Come to think of it, the only places like that in this country would be on the west coast. I've been to Seattle a few years ago and thought that it was beautiful except the city seemed it was getting too congested. Also I read a news report a while ago that had NW cities (Seattle & Portland) on top as having the most courteous drivers in the nation. Miami was ranked at or near the bottom. I gotta find that one....

Don't believe that BS survey. I saw that too and it is pure lunacy. These drivers up here are raging lunatics. They just stop short of shooting each other (most of the time) and that is why that survey is skewed. Let me tell you something. I lived in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area for 25 years, and in just 1 month of living up here I've been flipped off more times on the interstates than in the entire 25 years I drove in the DFW area. These people are savages. There are times when I get flipped off and I don't even know what for. If they think you're driving too slow or too fast, you can get flipped off just for that. Then they also honk at you and try to intimidate you and harass you as much as possible. I've been tempted to ram them and also knock these young punk motorcycle riders right on their @ss. I really have been. If not for the fact that my dad gave me the nice car I'm driving now, I probably would have done it. I've considered leaving Seattle for that reason--I fear what I am capable of doing. I wish more people would get shot up here on the interstate. I know that's a bizzare thing to say, but maybe that would put an end to their outrageous behavior. Talking to the guys I work with, they agree with me and say it has gotten really bad in the past few years. That newspaper article is absolute nonsense! These interstates are carrying 3 times as many cars as it was originally designed for. These is basically a pagan culture up here, and these are the most unforgiving drivers in the world IMHO. And having been to all 7 continents and Greenland and most of the 50 states I know a little bit of what I'm talking about I think.

Endzone2, as RobertN could explain to you, the reason you find so much cilivity on Texas highways is because we are all gun-carrying lunatics who will shoot you for looking cross-eyed at them, much less for flipping them off. I saw twelve shootings last week, and the police cleared them all as justified. Damn tailgaters.

Enough sarcasm for now. My real thoughts? I think southern drivers are just more polite to each other than others. We are all brought up with the ideals of gentlemanliness and neighborliness, and this translates into more civility (not universal, just more common).

There is a development near my home that is causing severe traffic problems - long lines, uncontrolled intersections, etc - and all you have to do is drive up to it and someone will stop and wave you across or let you in. Just as conservatives are more compassionate, they are more polite.

OptimisticOwl Wrote:There is a development near my home that is causing severe traffic problems - long lines, uncontrolled intersections, etc - and all you have to do is drive up to it and someone will stop and wave you across or let you in. Just as conservatives are more compassionate, they are more polite.

Ever been to Atlanta?

Of course, one could make the case that the problem there is transplanted yankees and liberals.

Brookes Owl Wrote:

RebelKev Wrote:

JTiger Wrote:

RebelKev Wrote:

fsquid Wrote:Alaska? brrrrrrr

It gets 95 degrees in Fairbanks. Of course, it also gets -60.

My brother in law lived there, he said the good thing is that you can play golf 24 hrs a day when the daylight is up, if you have the stamina.

True. Longest day is the 21st of June. I have pics of me drunk off my ass at about 2AM, in broad daylight.

I spent a summer in the Brooks Range. Got there on June 10th and it didn't get dark until August.

That is just nuts to me. Then again, when I lived in England, it didn't get dark until 11pm in the summer. The winter sucked though, dark at 3!