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[CMP]

Okay, I went running this evening right after work and decided to smile or say hello to everyone I ran past (which was quite a few people at that time). I got very few smiles or hellos back and some folks flat out ignored me. I know I might look a little crazy in my orange reflective vest blowing snot rockets, but I’m not that weird. And considering that a winded runner is making an effort when other people won’t…come on! I was hoping to encounter some fellow WSB readers that would shout out a HELLO back to me, but no such luck. Will keep trying, especially on my weekend morning runs :)

[credmond]

deby,

Interesting, I think we get more sun here than other sections of the city, too. We certainly get the grand views in all directions. Maybe that contributes to a more open frame of mind. I’ve met and become friends with a way-far neighbor (about 7 blocks) who has seen this place change over the 50 years she and her husband have lived there. I love talking to her, it’s like a window into someone else’s experiences and life. Anyway, she’s a native and wasn’t in a freeze when I walked past her house several years ago and said “hi, nice day isn’t it?” She’s got a great view from her garden, too, of the ferry dock, Vashon, Southworth and beyond.

[swimcat]

LOL- when I have children, they’ll be riding in the backseat so I won’t get a ticket, but I’ll let ’em climb in the windows dukes of hazard style every once in a while so they can see how mom used to get in the car back in the day…

[Kayleigh]

I used to love Seattle Teriyaki but I think they are closed. Now we like Yummy Teriyaki–big portions, fresh, tasty,etc. Sorry you had a bad experience there, wsguy!

[Anonymous]

We have been going to Yummy now for over 6 years and have never had a bad meal there, the people working there have always understood what we ordered, we never received anything less than great service and great good.

[wsguy]

Just tried Yummy Teriyaki – it was aweful!!!

I asked for spicy chicken and stir fried veggies, spent about 10 minutes and the lady behind the counter said she understood.

After about a 15 minute wait (4 other people in the restaurant)I was served about 8 pieces of chicken, not only was it not spicy but cold. This to go aling with about two cups of cold dried out cabbage with some kind of disgusting dressing on it.

When I asked the man cooking he replied that the restaurant did not have vegatables. Thinking that there was a misnderstanding I pointed to all the color pictures showing meat and vegatable dishes. He just kept repeating that they did not serve dishes with vegatables. When I asked him for a refund he refused as he did my request to heat up the cold non spicy chicken.

Yummy Teriyaki -terrible service, terible food, with a heeping does of arragance and attitude. I travel a lot and have found better teriyaki in Wichita and Oklahoma City. Born and raised in WS and still looking for good Teriyaki and Chinese food!

[Bonnie]

Well, I’m not bashing you CMP because I can remember sitting in the front while my younger sister was bouncing around in the back with no seatbelt on. I don’t even think our old car had a seatbelt back then! (ages and ages ago!)

BUT of course you’re still alive…those who are not can’t say that.

When it comes to my kids I’d rather be safe than sorry. Of course, I don’t know how a 12 year old would want to sit in the back but my kids aren’t at that age yet.

[CMP]

Before anyone bashes on me, I always wear my seatbelt, even if I’m only driving a few blocks. I remember when I was five years old, my parents would let us kids fight over who got to sit in the front of our VW van and I’m sure the two in the back were not strapped in. And we’re still alive, somehow. However, we lived in Mississippi at the time so we were “country”, just as Britney Spears justified her baby in her lap episode. Cars are much safer nowadays so I don’t see the need to keep a 12 year old in the backseat for those reasons. Unless there’s a DVD player and TV back there…another stupid invention. Any parent that has that in their car should be ashamed. Talk about boring road trips with no fights from the kids or having to find ways to pass the time by making up games.

[Anonymous]

We would recommend Huddleson in White Center, my husband was recenty in a minor car accident, a car decided to change lanes and ran right into his truck and Huddlesons was a great fixing the damage and at a great price.

[PDH]

Hi, I am looking for an auto body repair facility to fix some minor damage. Insurance company recommended Thoroughbred on 38th or Bernard Imports on 8th SW. Anyone heard good/bad regarding these facilities?

Thanks!

[B-squared]

Not in West Seattle, but Ballard Camera does a nice job with passport photos. They are digital so you can review it before they print. also you can have glasses on without getting glare. Besides the size needing to be particular, i believe the kind of paper it is printed on also matters – must handle heat.

[Anonymous]

Good for you Ken!! How clever that your grandson uses the “click” of his seatbeat tso you can start the car, that is cute! I wish more peope paid attention to this issue and realy thought before placing their kids in cars.

Our daughter is 7 and knows she will be in the backseat until she is 13 and she gladly gets into her booster seat.

[Anonymous]

I am posting this here as a reminder to all parents and child-care givers to please place all chidren in back-seats and to restrain them in booster seats or infant car seats. This past weekend my husband and I saw several women driving around town with children as young as 2-3 in the passenger front seats, unrestrained. God forbid what would happen to those children if the driver had to slam on their brakes. We saw 1 child fall off the seat when the driver turned a corner. Too bad we couldn’t catch up with this driver and the child that had fallen on the car floor.

Washington’s New Child Restraint Law

Effective June 1, 2007, children less than eight years old must be restrained in child restraint systems, unless the child is four feet nine inches or taller. A child who is eight years old or older, or four feet nine inches or taller, must be properly restrained either with the motor vehicle’s safety belt or an appropriately fitting child restraint system. Children under thirteen years old must be transported in rear seats where it is practical to do so.

The fine for improperly restrained children in motor vehicles is at least $112 per child.

For more information on choosing the safest seat for your child, please call 1-800-BUCK-L-UP toll-free.

Washington Child Restraint Law

On June 1, 2007, Washington’s revised Child Restraint Law went into effect. This law, also known as the Anton Skeen Act, is one of the strongest child restraint laws in the nation. It requires the use of booster seats for older children. In 2000, Washington was the first state in the nation to pass this type of law.

Key provisions of the law:

Children under the age of 16 years must be restrained in a vehicle according to the following steps:

. 1 year of age AND under or weighing less than 20 pounds:

a rear facing infant seat

. Between 1 – 4 years old or 20 – 40 pounds:

a forward facing child safety seat

. Children under 8 years of age, unless 4 feet 9 inches tall:

a booster seat with a lap and shoulder belt

. Children over 8 years of age:

a properly-fitting seat belt or a booster seat with a lap and shoulder belt

NOTE: Doctors and safety experts recommend that children ride in booster seats until the lap and shoulder belt fit right, usually when they are at least 4’9″ tall, or around 8 years old.

As of June 1, 2007, tickets cost $112 for each improperly restrained child, including if the child safety seat harness is not buckled, or if the older child has put the shoulder belt behind his back.

Shoulder belts must be used with booster seats at all times! A child is exempt from the booster seat law requirement, only when a child weighs 40 pounds or more and is in a vehicle with lap-only belts.

The law was the work of a bi-partisan legislative effort spurred on by a Walla Walla parent, Autumn Alexander Skeen.

Autumn lost her four-year-old son, Anton Skeen in a rollover collision. Anton was using a seat belt in accordance with state law at the time. Yet, because seat belts are built for adult bodies, he slid out of his seat belt and was thrown from the vehicle and crushed in the collision.

[Robindianne]

Hi there. I’m looking for a good hair salon that does balayage. Anybody know of one in WS? I’ve been going to Gene Juarez for years and it’s just so expensive for cut, color, and style.

Thanks!

[Ken]

arborheightspals

Describe your system and what problems you are having. Some of us understand the basics of many mechaniucal systems and my be able to advise you as to what to concentrate on.

I am hoping you have a woodstove or some alternative heat source this week.

[Ken]

I have Hydronic heat with a NG boiler. Brennen did a good and professional job when it was last replaced and updated. It is a low pressure hot water circulation system so any plumber or layman with soldering skills can extend or repair the actual piping and baseboard radiators.

This is not a widely used system but they were knowledgable and appeared factory trained. They have their own electrician to do the electrical connections and it was all done in two days.

http://www.brennanheating.com/about_01.php

I have had no contact with them other than as a customer.

[Ken]

I applaud those who will vote their conscience as well as this who are strategizing. It means your interested in the process and the results.

For too long fans of the constitution took it for granted. We sat back and thought our republic could not be taken away since broadcasters and newspaper reporters like Edward R Murrow and H.L Mencken and Joseph Pulitzer would sound the alarm and alert us to any threat to the republic.

But those days are gone. If we are the save the Republic and the Enlightenment ideals it was based on, we must get involved and actively seek out the information we should be getting instead of polls, pundits with consistent records of being wrong, fashion commentary and body language pop psychology.

We have to read boring policy and parse the meaning of various code phrases designed to reassure various demographics while remaining impenetrable to other. We have to do the work yet again that FDR did in repairing the damage done by the so called “free market”. Oddly enough the same deregulation of banking, securities oversight, and accounting standards have to be re applied for the same reasons as it did in the 30’s. Social security is only in danger if we roll it from an insurance system into a financial instrument.

Fixing the deficit is going to be painful no matter who is elected and the damage done to the economy may be no more avoidable than the mess Hoover left the country in.

But one thing is not in doubt. Fixing the situation will not be done by those with their head in the sand of those marching in lockstep with their chosen authority figure.

[Ken]

I guess I never noticed any “freeze” even though it appears to be a common enough occurrence to be legendary.

I am a large guy with a face that scares children so I assumed anyone who appears shy or evasive feels they have good reason.

As a transplant from NC (by way of a dozen cities on the east coast both north and south), I find Seattle natives to be, by and large, more honest about their feelings, fears and social interactions than many other places.

I have been in the state since 88 so I am still considered a transplant after 20 years.

The myth of southern hospitality is just as pervasive and misunderstood. I would rather cut through the surface friendliness to the core distrust of the stranger than go through that crazy dance of fake politeness, insincere smiles and the Q and A designed to classify you into one of their acceptable compartments of class, religion or politics.

I meet people without expecting them to automatically want to interact with me. Friends happen if your honest, sincere, and willing to help strangers without the calculation of what you will get out of it.

Of course if you want to meet your neighbors, one way is via politics. I go up the walk and knock on the door and ask if everyone in the house is registered to vote. That’s an ice breaker here in West Seattle. Some of you who might live in Highpoint have also found it is not safe to jog by my house, with or with out dog since I ask every pedestrian and even those in slow moving cars if they are registered to vote.

There are still some residents of my precinct who run when I try to talk to them or refuse to answer the door. I consider that any residents prerogative and am not offended by it. :)

If you are interested in meeting your neighbors in the near term, show up at the party caucus location of which ever party you feel closest to, and you will probably meet those who have similar political views (with some wide variations on the Dem side). Apparently you can meet every republican in West Seattle if you attend the single caucus location at SW community center.

For caucus information see the other posts on the political forum of the main page updates.

[DJSonsteng]

These are my opinions and my opinions only. They do not reflect the views of anyone other than myself. I do not intend for any of this to be taken as medical advice.

I think that there is such a huge biased towards Swedish is that it has the most individual hospitals spread around the county. You have First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, Issaquah. Rumors have it that they are building at least one more hospital in the general area. Out in the issaquah highlands. They also have the West Seattle Clinic and Swedish childrens physcians, which my son is seen at. Swedish is a good hospital. They have a variety of specialties the only problem is that they are spread out around the city.

I think the key is finding a Primary Care Provider (PCP) that you like. I wouldn’t necessarly worry about what hospital they are connected to. You can go to whatever hospital you want in an emergency. You aren’t going to see your PCP at the er so it doesn’t make a huge difference. Even if you PCP works for the hospital ER you go to it doesn’t mean that they will be able to pull your records out of thin air. Personaly I have had bad experiences at several hospitals around the area. I’m talking off duty I was there for me or one of my family members. They are all good ERs some better than others, but I’m not sure that my opinion on which are better than others should make a difference.

Now I don’t mean this to sound mean or anything of the sort but: In an ideal world only truly Life or Death emergencys would go to the ER. That being said we don’t live in an ideal world. Heres how I look at the local hospitals.

Harborview- I would ONLY go here if I had a severe burn or just chopped off a limb or had a major traumatic injury.

Childrens- They don’t just treat the kid they take care of the whole family. I would try to see my regular peditrician before I went to childrens. But if my 1 year old NEEDS to go to the ER you can bet I’m taking him to childrens.

For me or my wife I would probably go to Swedish Cherry Hill Its a more low key ER. I would probably go to First hill as well, Its busier than cherry hill but still a good choice. I’ve only ever dropped off paitents at the UW but it seems like a good ER from everything that I have seen. In the end it all really depends on what your are going to the ER for. Hopefully none of you have to use my advice to frequently or at all.

Sorry about all the rambeling its 1215am and I just got home from a 14 hour shift. So if I just babbled and it doesn’t really make a complete thought just let me know and I’ll see if I can try again.

D.J.

Just a reminder if you feel that you are having a life threatening emergency please don’t hesitate to call 911.

[afrikando]

Check out the local website ubersquare.com. You can post your project and get bids on the work. I just completed a small bathroom upgrade this way and couldn’t be happier with the result. There are all sorts of jobs posted—not just contractor type stuff. It’s a great resource!

[flipjack]

New Teriyaki and Wok…is pretty dang good. Good portions, the yakisoba is great too. great service.

[JoB]

it’s hard, isn’t it.

I remember Kennedy’s campaign and in spite of his charisma, how difficult that first hurdle of catholicism was to jump… and the difference between the campaign promises and the reality of his presidency. That’s the process, isn’t it.

And now we have two candidates who would each topple further barriers… Obama and Clinton. Obama is charismatic… we want to like like him, We want him to succeed.

I just keep remembering that is why we had 4 more years of Bush, not because America liked what he had done, but because at least half of America liked what he told us he wanted to do. They wanted him to succeed.

Hilary isn’t so charismatic… no matter how much her policy wonks tweak her image. She is centrist, but unlike her husband, she presumably will have a congress that will back her instead of fighting every step of the way. And i think she is pragmatic which helps. She will have to fight to succeed and that can’t be a bad thing.

On the other side, we know that incredible amounts of money and political pressure will be brought to defeat her. And we know she is far more militant than most democrats are comfortable with. she is too militant for me.

Edwards has a great message, but he also has a wife battling breast cancer and a family to raise. Even if they are able to work around those issues, it will create a ton of stress and distraction that will make the job of president more difficult.

Kucinich is every idealistic thinking democrat’s dream… but like most intellectual presidential hopefuls, not likely to get elected in today’s media market.

So what’s an idealist to do?

I can’t forget the women’s movement. Especially these days, my hormones won’t let me. Hilary is one of us.

So, I will vote for her because she is a woman. Now, isnt’ that lame.

But, as a woman, she will have to work harder to succeed. i want my president working very hard for me.

She will have more scrutiny than any other president in our history and i think it is time to restore some accountability to our White House. It’s unlikely that much will slip past that kind of scrutiny.

She understands housekeeping and it is time we had a president who was interested in the details of managing our nation. Someone who knows what it is like to juggle diverse needs and schedules every day… someone who understands that health care and health are essential to productivity… who understands that good nutrition isn’t just a goal but an investment in the future… who knows what it is like to balance egos and outcomes.

ok, so those are campaign promises like everyone else’s.

It’s just that i think we have a better chance of having those promises fulfilled by a woman who grew up having to battle her way to success… and i will bet my vote on it.

[JoB]

This is frightening. Not the he said/he said, but the idea that someone thinks it is necessary to put a house resolution like this together and that our legislators are more likely to pass it because they don’t want to seem unchristian than because they actually read it and agree with it. We are becoming too much a nation that worries about what something will look like instead of one that concerns itself with the actual facts.

This country was settled on economic principles, not religious ones. Religious communities took advantage of the situation to resettle where they would be free of religious persecution. The excesses of some of those religious communities prior to the declaration are what guaranteed the inclusion of religious freedom as one of the basic tenants of our nation.

“One nation under god” does not exist in our constitution… it was not assumed that every man worshiped his god the same way… thus the need for the inclusion of words on religious freedom. It is unlikely that the framers of the constitution were trying to guarantee the freedom of atheists, Mormons, Muslims, Buddhists or even Catholics as they weren’t present in large enough numbers to note. They simply realized that even Protestant Christians did not agree on how to worship their god.

If we are to pass a resolution stating that this nation’s history has been based on religious principles on such little evidence, we might as well pass one that states that we never really intended freedom to encompass women or blacks as they weren’t mentioned in our constitution or our voting history until much later. Now that would rise some hackles.

An educated man/woman is one who reads both sides of an argument and then reads all the references each side used. In any disagreement, by definition both sides are biased. The only way to sort through that bias and decide what you believe is though careful examination of the evidence… not the commentary.

And dismissing an argument simply because of it’s source is equally foolish. Amazingly, intelligent comments are made on both sides every day. In these days of polarization, they are few and far between… but they are still there for those of us who like to sort through the rhetoric in search of the truth.

gosh.. sound just like a schoolteacher, don’t i? I’m not, but I’ll post this anyway.

thanks ken for alerting me to this.

[JoB]

This thread is growing cold, but i would like to remark that beliefs are just that… personal beliefs. Any of us can believe anything we want, whether that belief is in sync with current science or not. However, we are talking about who will sit in the President’s seat and we have just had 8 years of a president who crafted American policy based on nothing more than his personal beliefs. Look where that got us. I care more what my next president will base their policy decisions upon than their personal belief system. Jimmy Carter is both Christian and baptist and i would vote for him again tomorrow because he based his decisions more on science and fact than his religious beliefs.

[Goody]

My freeze was unfrozen by meeting a great group of women who each took a long time to get to know. It was worth it! However, I had a lot of “freezes” and had I not lucked into a great group of friends, it could have been a sad year. Back from a much friendlier and warm place, I landed next to the screaming neighbor from hell-complete with divisive actions straight from a soap opera written by Dante.

It was one foot in heaven/one in hell and I think I was frozen and thawed. I made some really good friends here and ignore the ones I am territorially tied to. There is a certain amount of righteousness that abounds throughout the community. It took awhile for people at my coffee shop to allow me in the inner circle-first few months I heard one woman talking about newcomers as though we were scum. However, I kept showing up and smiling and I met people.

I love W.S., the women at PCC got me through a lot of colds, shopping is good, the Sunday market is great, the views spectacular, the housing stock ok(I was able to buy away from the nutty harridan and will move next month). Friends are all what it is about for me and I bless my lucky stars I made some. I do think it is different here. I work downtown and people there are much less open. I have always made friends easily but was in despair about here initially. So, overall I am thawing my own little space-inch by inch.