The West Coast states (and British Columbia, should it go into effect in WA, OR, and CA) all adopted permanent daylight saving time 5 or so years ago. However, Congress must approve any changes to observance of standard time and they've not acted one way or another on it.
Ending DST is possible by state action, so any state could be on solely standard time; HI, AZ and parts of IN I believe do this already. A bill to put WA on permanent standard time was introduced in the WA legislature this year but it did not get out of committee.
That sighting is literally where I used to fish for salmon. Although I never saw one with a fish on its head, when you saw the orcas around you there was no point in fishing for the rest of that tide - the salmon were long gone. You just drifted and enjoyed the show around you. Orcas are truly majestic.
They'd have been more so if they'd bothered to wear a damn fish hat for us.
Wish I had gone. Great place to watch hoops. Hopefully the Sonics will call it home soon.
This game is always anticipated every year (no, I'm not a Zags fan lol).
Nice win for UK.
lol yeah - neither my brother or buddy had ever been to Texas (I have many times), so when we visited last January for the national title game in Houston I took them around to various places so they could experience at least a little bit of Texas, like what H-E-Bs were closed (all of them), etc. As we'd all flown into Dallas for various reasons, on the way back I wanted to show them CS (they're familiar with A&M's various quirks including the Finding Kyle Field stories). As we drive into town my buddy said "people couldn't find THAT thing?"
After driving around campus for a bit, my brother asked me "Can we get the hell out of here? This place makes me sad" and so we did.
I was waiting for them to go out and for the little girl to show some poor lost soul where Kyle Field was, even flying with them from California to do so.
I'm not from Texas, none of my family is (although I've been many times and have criss-crossed the state), but I love Traces of Texas. You really catch the spirit of what Texas seems to be. It's one of the best things I've found via my delinquency on Shaggy/Surly.
Jeez, Pato - now tell them what the minimum wage is here - soon will be $20.26 where you are; a bit higher in Seattle. I'm more than fine with that but it does make a difference in prices.
(We're basically neighbors; my Dad went to Bothell HS.)
I walk out of my grocery store in Portugal paying about 40% less for basically the same stuff I get here in the US. The produce quality in particular is substantially better there as well.
Portugal is somewhat similar re banking (I have an account in a Portuguese bank). One advantage of course is that Portugal is part of the EU and so everything is portable between EU countries - same with mobile phones, etc.
In Portugal you must first obtain a NIF (Número de Identificação Fiscal or tax ID number). This requires a bunch of paperwork including a background check here and a narrative stating where all your funds are sourced from. It was time-consuming although not particularly challenging. I highly recommend obtaining a local immigration attorney to assist with everything - mine is reasonably priced and extremely helpful.
Note that many banks in the EU and elsewhere overseas will not take American clients due to the long reach of US financial laws.
The political situation here had nothing to do with my starting this process - what's left of my family live in/are citizens of the UK, 2.5 hours from Faro rather than 9 from Seattle, and I speak some Portuguese - and at the moment I keep less than $10k in my account there to avoid the annoying US FBAR reporting requirements.
Residency is a completely different kettle of fish; there are several possibilities depending on how long you wish to remain in country each year. Like here, it's 5 years minimum temporary residency before you can apply for permanent residency or citizenship. You need the NIF and bank account for any of the residency visas.