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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
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To tubemonkey: don't fret. Maybe your home state of Washington, Oregon's neighboring state, will one day be known for something. hahah
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It occurs to me that that statement could have come across as mean-spirited. I have a problem of sometimes assuming that people are on the same wavelength as I am when I say something, especially when trying to make a joke. I'm always having to work on that.
I actually intended that as sort of a backhanded compliment. People outside of Washington state may not realize that Washington state is already known for something, in fact
many things. Considering just companies, the Seattle/Tacoma area alone is the home of Starbucks (don't laugh--it's a multi-billion dollar company), Amazon, Microsoft (and several other major software companies), practically the headquarters of Boeing (technically Chicago is, but the SeaTac area is where probably most of the aircraft building goes on). Those are just the ones that quickly come to mind . . . .