Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Awfully quiet in here... Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 19:15:30 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 04:15:28 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9125e47491eaf810ebc06abcd892d4e3"; logging-data="107015"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19U8ofRJDZzc7YKcG8hYN+1" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:apfH7Q/aJez14ozehG96RQYs/ok= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3143 On 11/9/2024 4:41 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote: > On 11/9/2024 11:47 AM, Paul S Person wrote: >> On Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:56:24 -0800, Robert Woodward >> wrote: >> >>> In article , >>> Paul S Person wrote: >>> >>>> On 7 Nov 2024 23:45:56 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote: >>>> >>>>> Paul S PersonĀ  wrote: >>>>>> Seattle doesn't want you. We are actually considering reviving the >>>>>> Lesser Seattle movement of the past. >>>>>> >>>>>> Remember, it always rains in Seattle. >>>>> >>>>> Might be a nice place for a Worldcon, though. >>>> >>>> Unless we are under a Heat Dome and the power fails. >>>> >>> >>> More a danger for a Westercon, but still possible. >>> >>>> Or we get another dose of Freezing Rain. One lasting more than one >>>> day. >>>> >>> >>> Thankfully, the Worldcon won't be in December, January, or February. >> >> What part of "it always rains in Seattle" don't you understand? >> >> But I agree that that only instance of freezing rain that I >> experienced was on a 12/23. >> >>>> Small tornadoes are rare, but not unknown. Maybe once a decade or two. > > I've been to Seattle twice, both times it was beautifully sunny. > > The second time was while I was taking training at Microsoft, in > Redmond. At the start of the course, everyone was asked to stand > up and introduce themselves. I did, and added 'Clearly, I've been > lied to about the climate here. Everytime I've been here the weather > has be great." > > There was silence, then someone yelled "Don't let that man leave!". > "We need to sacrifice him to the Sun God!!!" :D -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.