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Hi Everyone. Lora Lewis, Hotwire Owner [and F-Cuber], has provided two free space to Furry Faces Foundation(F3)and Animals First Foundation (AFF)in her Courtyard. F3 will have organic veggies and tomatoes; annuals, such as dianthus, petunias, and pansies; perennials, such as columbine, solomon’s seal, geraniums, shasta daisies, lychnis and more; plus ornamental grasses. AFF will have a wide selection of dog ‘n’ cat toys and accessories, plus lots of donated garage sale items. We hope you will stop by, share an animal companion story or two with us and possibly, make a purchase. Remember: It’s Hip, To Be Snipped
4 tickets available to this Saturday’s game at Qwest Field, 1:00 p.m. in the Cadillac Reserve Club. We’d be happy to sell the tickets in pairs, or all 4 together. Each pair of tickets includes a Parking pass for the North Lot.
You’ll want to go early because the Cadillac Reserve club experience includes a gourmet meal, appetizers, snacks, pizza & hot dogs, beer/wine & Jones Soda, dessert & coffee bar, coats, blankets, private restrooms and full service staff (sorry, scarves not included!)
Tickets are $125.00 each and we can accept credit cards.
206-910-2234
You know those garish plastic signs for commercial painting services, junk removal, house flippers and what-not that we constantly see on utility poles and parking strips all over town? Well, a couple of years ago, I started noticing how someone in my West Seattle neighborhood has been going around slicing them right down the middle. Whoever it is that’s doing this, he (she?) works stealthily (probably at night) because I’ve never seen him at work. And quickly, too. Sometimes it’s just a matter of hours between when a sign goes up on a pole and when the Mad Hacker slices it in two.
I’ve noticed that the Mad Hacker doesn’t bother taking these signs down; he just mutilates them and leaves them in place. At first I wondered why he does this, especially if his complaint is (as I assume) that the signs are ugly. Then it dawned on me. In the first place, it’s too much trouble to climb up every utility pole that has a sign on it. Unsafe too. And besides, if the point is just to disable the sign, it’s so much easier just to cut it and move on to the next one. This guy must be thinking: Why should I waste as much of my time taking these signs down as some clown took putting them up?
In the second place, the Hacker probably wants the person who put up the sign to come by later and see what happened to it. So the Hacker’s message to the businesses uglifying our public spaces is this: Hey Mr. “Got Junk,” Mr. “College Pro,” etc.! . . . If you put up one of your crappy signs in my neighborhood, I’m going to slice it immediately, and I want you to see that so you’ll know you’ve wasted your time and money. Eventually you’ll learn not to do this in my neighborhood again. Because I live here. And I care what people do to this place.
Bravo, Mad Hacker! Bravo! Based on your fine work, I have been inspired to imitate you. Only for now, I’m doing a slight variation on your theme. Instead of hacking these unsightly signs to shreds and leaving them in place, I’m going to remove them first, then hack them, then photograph them in my trash. Then I’m going to send copies of the photos to the perpetrators, just to make SURE they get the message: It is illegal to put up non-dated, commercial signs on Seattle utility poles, and if you do that in my neighborhood, I will gladly undo it for you.
Please see the text below, which I’m using as a template to send out to various companies that put up these signs. Following that are sample photos of signs I’ve recently taken down.
Dear CollegePro Painters: Someone from your organization has been tacking up signs on utility poles in my neighborhood. I need to let you know that this is illegal activity according to Seattle signage laws. Whenever I encounter such a sign in my neighborhood, I remove it immediately.
Please discontinue posting your signs on utility poles in Seattle. It is illegal and just plain unsightly. If you continue doing it, I will be forced to contact the police, file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau, and take other action as necessary.
Thank you.
–Me
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I took my 8 year old gortex jacket in for a cleaning and water proofing at Cory’s in West Seattle (it cost $245 new). I had called ahead and got a quote of $19, then whe I dropped it off I was told I had to pay $27 because it is considered an “overcoat” not a “jacket”. I paid it and a few days later, when it was “finished”, they called me and I went to pick it up. Not only was it still dirty, but the fabric was bubbling up because it had separated from itself. The gal behind the counter said “It was definately not like that when you brought it in cuz I would’ve noticed that”. She asked me to leave the jacket for her manager to take a look. I agreed. She called me back the next day and informed me that the manager said that when gortex gets old it can “break down” and that re-cleaning it would only make that worse. She also informed me that I can fill out a form to get my cleaning fees back, if I wanted to, but she could not do any refunds in store. I filled out the form and left the jacket, once again, so it could be sent with my “complaint” to Cory himself. A few days later I got a letter from Corey stating that they do not ever claim to be able to get any garment “completely clean” and that since my overcoat was 8 years old and the typical lifespan of an overcoat is 3 years it had already outlived its life. They would not refund my cleaning fee, yet admitted that the damage happen while it was in thier “care” however said it was only because my coat was old not because they damaged it. I would not recommend taking your item there unless it is brand new, you have a receipt and you don’t really care what happens to it….The long and the short…..I washed it (as per label) for all of those years with no problem and after one trip to Cory’s my jacket is no longer water proof at all and it is ugly with dirty spots and areas of separated fabric – totally unwearable….all beacause I took it to Cory’s Drycleaning. :( BEWARE!!
West Seattle, Washington
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