QE,

This forum is an eclectic segment of PNW society. You'll get the "Seattle freeze" and you get insulted. In fact, some of the folks here will talk to you in ways that make you sure you don't want them to meet your family, and they'll be the same folks that will go 100 miles out of their way to give you a hand if you need it. This place is home to some of the best folks you could hope to meet, even though the majority are social misfits. We're fishermen after all. If one of us calls you a reprobate, consider it an offhand compliment. And for some reason, we do make fun of people from the southern states. I have a tarheel friend from N. Carolina who I've known for nearly 30 years and just two years ago he pointed out to me that the majority of PNWerners are downright insulting to tarheels. First time I ever knew he took it personally.

Sg