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[anonyme]

I’ve been with the Allstate office on California for several years (homeowner’s only). Their rate & coverage are the best I’ve found, although there was a big increase this year. I’ve never spoken to the current agent, but Sonja, the office manager, is nice and very knowledgable. After the rate increase I did some research and Amica seems to be at the top of all customer service ratings. They’re also higher in cost.

I used to manage a medical practice 12 years ago and got a good look at which auto insurance companies actually took care of their clients after an accident. State Farm was one of the worst. In fact, they were routinely slapped with big class action lawsuits for failure to pay on valid claims. It was cheaper for them to pay the fines than to pay the claims – a harbinger of things to come. At the time, Pemco was the best at paying claims, but I don’t have current information.

[WorldCitizen]

OK, I’ve been busy and havn’t been able to check this for a while.

It seems like this is what should have nbeen learned from the conversation.

1) a drink is a drink (for the most part)…they get you drunk at more or less the same speed. So to be clear 1 Mickey’s = 1 shot of Stoli. It is not true that a sixer of Mickey’s = 1 shot of Stoli. Who in the hell chugs a liter of Stoli?!?!?

2) The more availability of alcohol leads to more crime…irelevant of weather or not said booze is in beer form or liquor form. The availability of alcohol will not change with the passage of 1100.

3) The impact of the changes of 1100 or 1105 with respect to state revenue is highly debatable. IN FACT there is no good credible evidence to make a case either way (for or against, financially speaking).

4) people have varying experiences of acquaintances consuming alcohol in varying amounts at different ages to generally detrimental effect.

All this sounds fine. The only real way I could be even mildly convinced by JoB’s statements are if you can say it’s easier to steal hard liquor from the new outlets. Also if this new increase, increases the overall rate of alcohol theft in this area. I’ve lived in states that sell liquor in non state-run stores. They have controls to limit loss due to theft in place. ie: corner stores only allowed to have hard liquor behind the counter (as is the norm for these states). Grocery stores have the bottles in well lit isles with under-cover employees posing as shoppers monitoring the traffic in the areas selling liquor.

Also, yes college kids binge drink. They also do drugs they couldn’t do while at home with mom and dad. They also don’t sleep for days at a time. They also do MANY things that the general public doesn’t do because they are learning how to balance social life and new freedoms with maintaing responsibility. College is never a good measuring stick for society. It’s a time of drastic change and adjustment. Not a time to justify how the the level of education of people relates to the levels of alcohol consumption and abuse when compared to the rest of society. I would be so bold as to say college is not any more good a measuring stick of how people act when compared to anything else but college. Saying college kids drink more is a cop-out to the question of weather or not education level is a major factor to an area’s problems of alcohol related problems

People drink for many reasons. The reckless drunks will continue to be reckless. The responsible drinkers will continue to be responsible. There will continue to be poor decisions made when people are drunk. The difference is people will save money and drink better if 1100 passes.

I also know I can’t convince you to change your already made up mind.

[charlabob]

I, personally, use the term “teabaggers” because it annoys the hell out of them, and out of other right wingers who pretend to be reasonable. I also use the term “repugs” in my mind, whenever I type “R’s” only because there might be some few fence straddlers who will form negative opinions based on a term.

Smitty, I’d have a lot more respect for you (not that that is or should be your goal) if you came right out and said “Is the term a slam on us?” rather than on them. But that’s just me.

The R party has been taken over by the teabaggers — because the teabaggers are nothing more than an arm of corporate America — another ploy to get working class people to vote against their self-interest.

I still haven’t seen any answer to my question about whether the token R’s who post here aren’t just a tiny bit embarassed by the crop of R candidates. I’m pretty sure Barry Goldwater, Nelson Rockefeller .. would have been. And I *know* William Weld is.

[Smitty]

Curious.

When you guys (folks on the Left) use the term “teabaggers”, do you do so on purpose? Is it kind of a funny inside joke? I realize that technically they may have used it first, but I am pretty sure they go by tea party now.

Is the term a slam on them? If so, why? It sounds homophobic. Thanks.

[yeah-me]

Really? It is somehow the joggers fault that the dog bit him? Seriously! If you dog bites have it wear a muzzle when in public.

[maplesyrup]

I want the Heartland to succeed because I like restaurant options and the employees seem nice enough. But I hope they improve the service during breakfast. All 3 times I went there it was painfully slow and the server and kitchen seemed oblivious to it. Come on, Heartland. Step it up!

I’ll still go to the Benbow though. Their happy hour drinks are cheap and strong.

[redblack]

i didn’t mean to be condescending, que; nor did i assume that you’re stupid. i was just trying to get the point across – and with some difficulty, it seemed – that the kindle is not really intended for web surfing. for another thing, the screen is black and white.

edit: maybe these excerpts from the user’s guide will be more helpful:

“The Kindle Store offers thousands of Kindle blogs, including up-to-the-minute news feeds and topical blogs. Blog categories include business, technology, sports, politics, culture, entertainment, humor, and science. Kindle blogs are sent to you wirelessly throughout the day, allowing you to keep current. Unlike traditional feeds, which often only provide headlines, Kindle downloads the complete feed onto the device so you can read them even when you are not wirelessly connected. All blog subscriptions are delivered wirelessly and start with a free trial.”

so you can view blogs with a subscription service. some are free, i imagine.

“Your Kindle comes with an Experimental application called Basic Web, which is a Web browser optimized to read Web sites that are primarily text-based. It supports JavaScript, SSL and cookies but does not support media plug-ins (Flash, Shockwave, etc.) or Java applets.”

emphasis is mine.

[JoB]

redblack…

it isn’t that i think teabaggers are taking over the world…

it’s that i am overwhelmed with sadness at the success of political advertising on both sides of the aisle…

reacting is NOT the same as acting :(

[RespectYourMother]

Small, busy, West Seattle consignment shop for Everything Baby, Kid, and Maternity seeks Jane (or jack) of all trades with excellent manual dexterity and good eye for detail.

Do you like to: Buy – Sell – Trade? Be on your feet moving at a fast pace? Can you drive a hard bargain? Do you value being fair? Are you quite internet savvy? Do you love recycling?

Respect your mother?

This is a small, independent, neighborhood business serving thousands of primarily West Seattle families & supporting WestSide Baby, among other charities for children and families in need.

Our new retail Earth-Animal-Kid Friendly Footwear department is cruelty free.

Preference is given to candidates who are members of the West Seattle Community with knowledge and understanding of factory farming and how kids footwear could possibly be animal friendly.

Job requires: A), strong communication and CUSTOMER SERVICE skills, B), background with hunting for quality bargains, C), good working knowledge and experience with all phases of pregnancy and parenting including all the clothing, toys, books, and equipment that pregnancy and parenting entails.

Job involves some lifting (up to 50 lbs.), an affinity for babies and children, critical thinking, squeezing into small spaces, multi-tasking, computer friendliness, ability to work well with others and independently, mechanical / repair abilities, CLEANING, basic accounting, and, a special flair for “keeping shop” in an attractive, pleasant, fun and festive way.

College, and experience with children, retail, performing arts, event planning, athletics, garage sale-ing, craiglslisting or e-baying, all a plus.

Shop is open 7 days / week. Schedule is Part Time & can possibly be flexible, but must be reliable.

Please respond by email to: justasksar@gmail.com

References required.

Compensation while Training is $10 / hr, pay increases dependent upon production.

[Blend]

There is a new place opening up in Southcenter called Kid N Play. The owners are from West Seattle and live out here on Alki by me. It’s a center you can drop your kids off while you shop or go to a movie.

They have a climber with a slide, air hockey table, lego tables and other fun play stuff..and a theater for movies too. They also do parties. I am not sure when their grand opening is…but it’s sometime very soon.

Their kid is having his birthday party there this Sunday and I am going..so I will report back.

But anyways, it’s on Baker st..right by the mall kinda over by Acme Bowl. Oh and they do have a bouncy house for parties. Your kid might be a little old for it but they do take kids up to 12. I know adults who love those bouncy houses.

[BigRed]

I just bought the new 3G wifi kindle. I LOVE it! Can’t stop reading …

Que- you can browse but it feels really sloooow….

[BaJa]

4142 SW Frontenac St

10:00-2:00

Last day of our sale of children’s items. We have a great selection of quality, gently used clothes, books, toys, etc. for ages birth to four. We’ll be happy to give you some seriously good deals.

[villagegreen]

OK – after writing my original post, I realized I should probably go eat at the Heartland again and assess the situation for myself. Just had lunch there. There were 5 of 6 other tables eating, so a respectable lunch crowd I would say for West Seattle.

Anyway, as someone noted the menu definitely has changed for the better. There are now four salads on the lunch menu (Cobb, Steak, Spinach, and Shrimp) and you can sub chicken or veggie patties for any of the burgers.

Also, all sandwiches now come with TATOR TOTS. Not sure if this was always the case, but whatever, tator tots rock! These were good and almost on par with Skylark’s (and that’s saying a lot). I opted for the Reuben and was quite pleased. Corned beef and sauerkraut were tasty, with just the right amount of thousand island and swiss cheese (not drowning in it like some places I’ve been). And the price was right at $8.99.

Also saw they have a happy hour in the Benbow from 3 to 6, M – F. Lots of food specials with a dollar off micros, cheap domestics and cocktails. What’s not to love?

The service was friendly, without being overly so. Food came quickly. Overall, a great experience. Exactly what a neighborhood diner should be. It definitely seems like they’ve worked some of the kinks out that I (and others) experienced when it first opened. I hope people that were turned off back then will give it another try. I know I’ll be back for happy hour in the Benbow soon, if not tonite!

[Andy]

Johnnyblegs,

I just got a blu-ray player for about $160 that connects to my wireless router, accesses netflix, some hulu movie site, another pay-per-view type service, pandora, mlb.tv, and a couple of other things. Links to my computer wirelessly, too, so I can look at any pictures/videos/files I have on there. All operated via the remote control.

That sound at all like what you are after?

[JustSarah]

Well, obviously the level of intoxication inevitably increases with hard alcohol, DataMuse, because hard alcohol has a higher percentage of alcohol, and yet everyone drinks the same volume regardless of whether the ABV is 5%, 15%, or 50%. For example, if I get home from a long day at work and want to kick back with a cold beer, only to discover I’m out of beer, I’ll choose instead to poor a pint glass of nice cold vodka.

Thus, my intoxication is inevitably higher than if I had only had beer.

(For the sarcasm-impaired, this was written with tongue very firmly planted in cheek.)

In all seriousness, though, it’s not *what* one drinks that’s the problem, it’s the quantity and the person’s attitude toward alcohol. There is nothing inherently more dangerous about someone drinking a 1 oz. shot of 80-proof tequila vs. someone drinking a 6 oz. glass of pink zinfandel; both contain approximately the same amount of alcohol, and one can become terribly inebriated from too much of either. The demonization of “spirits” needs to end.

[Joan]

Dang! I hope they catch whomever it was that needs catching! Woke me from a sound sleep about 20 minutes ago!

[kg]

Bit of a tangent, but one I felt needed corrected. The Marine Corps was not founded for the sole purpose of defeating Muslim corsairs(Barbary Pirates) which we were forced to deal with around 1784 when Morocco seized the first ship from the United States. “On November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress passed a resolution stating that “two battalions of Marines be raised” for service as landing forces with the fleet.”

Source–http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usmc/history.htm

Okay tangent off.

[redblack]

rich: i don’t underestimate those radical fundamentalist criminals who happened to be islamic. they could have just as easily been IRA. or jewish separatists. or ELF. or buddhists.

by bringing religion into it in an us-versus-them debate, you are helping perpetuate what “bin laden” – sponsored by corporate media – has been selling. (and business is fine, thank you very much.)

israel has committed a lot of brutality, (supposedly in the name of self-defense) but just because i believe their government is insane doesn’t make me anti-semitic. and as much as i’d like to, i don’t accuse christians of being criminals just because of nonsense-in-the-name-of-christ like the spanish inquisition. or fred “god hates fags” phelps.

you can’t broadbush – what? – a quarter of the world’s population as bomb-throwing criminals simply because they’re islamic. that’s like dismissing the entire catholic religion as pedophiles.

if that’s the intent of you and jiggers, then you’re either purposely fomenting religious war or you’re completely bent by what corporate media is shoveling you.

your dismissive “ahem” notwithstanding, of course.

in conclusion, though, have you ever considered that bin laden was more pissed off about american corporate hegemony – enforced by our miltary and financial might – than by our constitution, our freedom, or our religious views? if not, i can recommend ghost wars by steve coll, a former washington post editor. very illuminating.

[JoB]

DP…

man has been moderate in the name of Christianity?

not so much:(

i suspect there is plenty of brutality to go around on both sides of the islam/christian divide… and not just towards each other either.

[DP]

HMC Rich: Do you know any Muslims personally? I’ve known a few, and I have to say that none of them impressed me as the type of person for whom “losing is not an option.”

Well, on second thought, maybe one of them was . . .

Part of the problem here is that Islam and Muslims are two different things. I’m happy to buy off on the concept that Muslims are, on the whole, moderate people. But if you extend that to say that Islam is a moderate religion, then it gets more complicated, because then you’re getting into things like history, psychology, and scripture.

In any case, I think it’s times like this when we should just cease all the bickering and recrimination and challenge ourselves with this simple moral imperative: WWJD? *

*What would Jiggers do?

[JoB]

Smitty…

when republicans have to misinform voters to get their votes.. something is wrong with their ticket.

Perhaps it’s time for republican voters to demand that they fix it.

i don’t know if you get AARP’s newsletter these days.. but for the first time i can remember.. they aren’t coming down on the republican side of any of the issues this year.

it’s that self interest thing… it is not in a senior person’s self interest to vote republican unless they are extremely wealthy and are certain that their wealth is safely invested.

to paraphrase AARP on the acrimony this political season..

there is a difference between debating issues and name calling to demonize your opponent.

One is constructive and leads to negotiated solutions.. the other is destructive and leads to national division without solutions.

when republicans start talking and stop the name calling and outright lies it will be a lot easier to have respect for their positions.

Sarah and her ilk really don’t do you guys any favor.

[cjboffoli]

After reading weeks of raves here, and hearing endorsements from another local chef who told me he liked it, we finally made it in to Blackboard Bistro for dinner last week. But I have to say that it was surprisingly uneven, both in terms of service and food.

Admittedly, it was a Friday night and every table was full except for a couple of “two tops.” But no one was at the door and it took a while for someone to even make eye contact with us. I noticed that the servers were busy and one was clearing and resetting the empty tables. Waiting a few minutes for a table on a weekend night is totally reasonable. But it might have been better for someone to at least acknowledge us before resetting the tables. A minor quibble but more than five minutes standing at the door feels long. Not a strong start but hardly a felony.

As soon as we were seated I ordered a glass of wine. But it never materialized until much later in the meal only when I reminded our waiter about it.

They first brought out some bread with almost a dipping sauce of clarified butter, herbs and toasted squash or pumpkin seeds. It was really wonderful. I’m often surprised at how many good restaurants can’t get bread right. These guys do get it right.

We were excited to dive into what looked like a very interesting and compelling menu. Of course I HAD to order the beer battered okra with the watermelon rind ketchup. We decided to share an eggplant dish that was served over sort of a mash of roasted red peppers. And after deliberating over about six dishes that looked really interesting, I ultimately went with the slow-cooked lamb with gnocchi and summer squash.

Unlike any fried okra dish you order in the South, this okra was served in whole pieces (as opposed to cross sectioned cubes). The trick with okra is for it not to get slimy and the chef pulled it off successfully. The light batter was perfect and the okra was nicely cooked. However, the dish was somewhat under-seasoned and the ketchup was bland and in definite need of some acid.

The eggplant was similarly underwhelming in terms of flavor and texture though the roasted red peppers underneath were wonderful.

After we were finished with the eggplant dish, and sitting there for a good while, our waiter asked us if we wanted to order anything else. And we were like, “Um, no..but it might be nice if you brought out the lamb dish that we ordered.” For the second time in the meal he totally forgot something. He covered pretty well though. No apologies but an assurance that it it was on the way. By the length of time it look to come out, it was clear that the kitchen only fired it after he left our table and put the order in.

(Note to servers who forget things: You’re busy. Mistakes and oversights will happen. But it is always better to tell the truth about it and correct it ASAP. Trust me. We’re people who love good food and you’re the nice young person working your ass off to bring it out to us. We’re on your side. So don’t lie to us because we’ll know.)

The lamb dish wasn’t worth the wait. It is hard to go wrong with a shredded, slow-cooked lamb. And there WAS great flavor there in the meat. But the gnocchi was under-seasoned, bland and too fluffy. Some of the squash was too crunchy and under-cooked. But the most troubling aspect of the dish was two large pools of oil. If they hadn’t been rushing to get it out to us, I wonder if the chef would have stopped this dish at the slide. Having had multiple dishes by that point that were under-seasoned, I wondered if enough tasting was happening back in the kitchen.

Just when we had lost hope, we shared a dessert of an eggy brioche French toast with honey ice cream and grilled figs. All I can say about that is WOW! Definitely in my top five desserts of the past year. The texture of the bread was heavenly. Buttery, eggy, delicate. The figs were grilled perfectly. And the honey ice cream just tied it all together. A brilliant dessert. I really need to find out who the pastry chef is there because that person is a star.

I definitely will be going back in to give it another shot, especially as their menu continues to evolve. But I just didn’t find the first experience to be all that rave-worthy.

[JoB]

B-Squared..

you must not have my magnetic personality :->

seriously.. for whatever reason some of us do generate more static electricity than others..

i seem to short out toggle switch light switches too :(

[maplesyrup]

My kids have enjoyed:

Circus Arts

some gymnastics place down in Kent/Renton (sorry I don’t know the name)

Bullwinkle’s

Gameworks

And the good old group sleepover

[Jiggers]

The latest report by HarborView is that TB is up sharply among the homeless community this year because they are forced to sleep in cramped quarters in a shelter and breathe the same oxygenated air. There is a mandatory quaranteened period if one is symptomatic and will undergo numerous blood cultures in a 4 day holding period. Once determined if the individual has contracted T.B, they are given a prescripted medication(not A cure), to help combat their virus and let back out into the public. Most carriers of TB don’t give a damn about giving it to other people around them. The scary thing is that you don’t know who has it around you and hopes no one sneezes within fifteen feet from you. You can get TB just by breathing it in.

I personally have a rare auto-imnnuno deficiency illness which requires life-long infusions which isn’t A cure. I am very nervous being around dirty individuals with nasty habits. Thank gawd I am not on medicaid and have better insurance to pay for my $2,500 an infusion treatments. But one day soon, it will be cut too I’m afraid.