You Might Be From the Northwest If you ...

* Buy new sunglasses every year, because you can't find the old ones after such a long time.
* Switch from "heat" to "a/c" in the same day. You use a down comforter in the summer.
* Your grandparents drive 65 mph through 2 feet of water during raging rainstorm without flinching.
* Design your kid's Halloween costume to fit under a raincoat.
* Know that driving is better in the winter because almost everybody stays home.
* Think ingerie is tube socks and flannel pajamas.
Originally published January 28, 2003.