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[beachdrivegirl]

Well maybe the post would have better suited with a title such as ICY drive carefully?

And then in the post remind parents, children, and teens that b/c of the ice it is even more important to follow the laws and not play in the streets. IMO, the post ridiculed drivers and defended those that were playing in the street.

[Caduceus]

Beach I’ve lived in 5 different cities. Including Niagara Falls and Buffalo for almost 3 years combined.

People sled all over the streets, here, east coast and the mid-west.

No one asked you to apologize, unless I missed it.

And you’re STILL missing the point, and being childish.

The point to the creation of this thread is as follows, I’ll even put it in a simple list.

Children are sledding.

A lot of drivers are being just as careless as ever.

Peggy would like to remind us to drive carefully, not only for our own safety but for the safety of the kids who would like to enjoy sledding.

And legality is a laughable point, sledding will be enforced the same way “curfew” is enforced. Of the utmost rarity if at all.

So you are essentially saying that Peggy is wrong? And that everyone should drive normally because the kids shouldn’t be in the street in the first place? I don’t understand, I mean she is either right or she is wrong, we should either drive extra carefully or not.

[Caduceus]

I wasn’t replying to the complaint, I was replying to the negativity in this thread, which stemmed from the OP.

Just because there is a law doesn’t make it right, or even sensible. I have no problem getting to sleep and we have a house full of “young-adults” next door that party all night long at least 3 times a week and can be heard at the end of the block until 5AM.

I’ve never understood why people are bothered by “noise” when even a smoke detector alarm is easy to ignore if you have any self-discipline at all and can control your thoughts accordingly.

And personally I don’t view the argument of legality as valid. People like to forget that we once had segregation laws.

I guess my point is, don’t give yourself reasons to be angry and negative/hateful (although hateful is a strong word) towards people for minuscule reason like noise, when it isn’t the noise that’s keeping you up/annoying you it’s your inability to not focus on the noise. And calling something stupid because that particular activity isn’t something you enjoy when the person doing it probably enjoys it very much.

[Anonymous]

Caduceus, the OP stated *have your fun, just do it at a reasonable hour*. 10 pm is the chosen LEGAL cut-off for excessive noise. This gives the majority a specific period to attempt sleep whether you have children or early shift work. I have relied on that cut off myself.

Lived next door to a very enthusiastic evangelical church that preferred to conduct their shouting sermons and screaming (singing) with all the windows open and a speaker system facing the street. The whole neighborhood would collectively be relieved when 10 pm came around and we could actually enforce the noise ordinance.

And lest any church goers take offense, no one found this the least bit pleasant. We are not talking about a chorus singing in tune.

Again, the OP isn’t talking about kids playing, she’s describing essentially a lawn mower engine in her ear. Justifiable complaint.

[beachdrivegirl]

I am sorry but I feel that I have no reason to apologize.

A statement that is made telling people who INSIST about driving (which is legal mind you) to be more careful of those that choose to break the law. That deserves ridicule.

And generally speaking Caduceus in other cities, I know you are still a bit young to have experienced this, parents dont allow their children to play in the street snow or no snow. In fact, parents keep their children farther from the street in conditions like these b/c they understand it is icy and that life doesnt end b/c of ice. They bring their children to parks and let their children slide down the big hill in the park. In Denver, Chicago, and back east people dont play in the streets they go to the park to sled. simple fact.

I cant believe that people actually believe that people think it is alright to risk not only their own lives while breaking the law but INNOCENT DRIVERS as well.

And Caduceus unless you have lied to us about your age you arent exactly a mature adult so I would be careful about who you told to grow up. Maybe this is just another example where we should practice the saying of “practice what you preach.”

Charlabob, I dont think i was on the news. What was it for?

[Caduceus]

This whole thread is ridiculous.

PeggySue has every right to ask drivers to be more cautious.

People here in Seattle can hardly drive in the rain, let alone in the snow and standing at any intersection on let’s say…35th will show you that they also have avoided learning how to drive in the snow.

Kids are going to go play inthe snow regardless of whether or not you feel you need to be going down hills that are sled-able.

Generally (key word, right there) kids will find the steeper, icier hills. Because you go faster and they are more fun. Now what was the kind of hill you’re suppose to avoid driving on?

Oh, right.

The people on this forum need to seriously grow up, and start thinking straight.

Kudos to you PeggySue for reminding people they need to drive extra careful since kids will be out playing in the snow.

[inactive]

Cait –

Oh, you TOO are a hoot…made me lol.

I’m not wanting to participate in this current brouhaha, but I just had to say that.

Ok. Maybe I’ll just say for the record, I’ve been deleted off the front AND miscategorized on the back, but the latter was a spam bucket thing. I took it VERY personally. There. That’s all I’m sayin’ here.

[JoB]

cudos mellaw6565..

who says a virtual community can’t be real?

[SMS]

I had the same problem recently too. Seems like it should be illegal to sell something they can’t (or won’t) consistently provide. But since most customers don’t actually know that Qwest is doing this, they don’t know to complain about it. So unethical.

[pigeonmom]

lol cookies loves it :-) that’s cute :-)

and doofus is one of the best words ever!

I’ll add to this rant….

To the person who drives up and down my street

blasting earsplitting music in their car

late at night, you are a doofus

Hey wait, I’m not done….

to all the doofuses/doofi? who tailgate and speed in the icy conditions, please stay off the road.

OK, I feel better now. :-)

[hopey]

PeggySue, your post said the following:

1) please be cautious!

2) there are kids & adults “sledding, sliding and playing” on this one particular street

3) so don’t even try driving up that street

The reason folks are interpreting your post as being mainly about the people sledding is probably because you made “caution about people sledding” more important than “caution about steep incline and ice”. It’s also emphasized in the first word of the title you chose for the thread.

You also used the phrase “people who insist upon driving”. That is a very judgmental phrase, suggesting there is no good reason for anyone to be driving up and down hills in this weather. Unfortunately, people have numerous, legitimate reasons for driving in this weather, and living in West Seattle means driving on streets which go up and down hills.

I understand that sledding on streets is a hot button for many (most?) of us right now — today I saw a family, 4+ kids and 1 adult. in a plastic toboggan heading down a steep street with blind turns, and actually considered calling the police for reckless endangerment of children — but at the same time, your post put undue emphasis on the kids sledding.

[cakeitseasy]

I think everyone “ganged up” on PeggySue’s post because it hit an obvious nerve. I think many of us have been fuming about the way people have been playing at winter sport on trecherous city streets and since she brought it up in a way that reflects the attitude many of us are annoyed with, she got the brunt of the collective frustration.

If the street is offcially closed, well, then I could understand (and I’ve seen a number of jerks ignoring those signs and driving on the closed streets…a very dangerous situation) otherwise, the street is definitely NOT a playground. Honestly, how can anyone expect the cars to “be careful” when they are having a hard time maintaining control on icy roads? I’m sure *most* of the people driving around are only doing so out of sheer necessity. Don’t make it more difficult and more nervewracking by asking them to dodge people when they very well can’t. On the other hand, if the street is officially closed…for godssakes don’t drive on it. If it’s not closed, stay off, and keep your kids off it!

[cjboffoli]

For the past few months my Qwest DSL service has been all over the road. I pay for a 7 Mbps downstream connection but as of late that speed dwindles to less than 1Mbps in the evening. I’d be fine with 5-6Mbps. But under 1Mbps is a crime when you consider what I’m paying. I call tech support. They put me on a new “gateway” and things are fine for two weeks. Then the problem returns.

Each time this happens I call Qwest tech support. I always get routed first to a offshore call center where they check the line and promptly tell me that everything on their end is fine. I quickly discovered that you have to ask to be escalated to local tech support (I think they are in Colorado) to actually reach someone who is empowered to remedy the problem. The engineers in Colorado will usually tell you the truth.

Tonight I got one who REALLY told me the truth. From what he said it seems they have a capacity problem. They only have so many 7Mbps connections. However, it seems they have absolutely no qualms about selling 7Mbps connections to anyone who is willing to pay. But in terms of providing that service, they just can’t do it.

The engineer empathized with me. He says Qwest is being reactive as opposed to pro-active and he’s caught in the middle. They wait until a customer calls to complain and then they put that person on one of the 7Mbps “pipes”, simultaneously bumping someone else off the other end. How they can charge people for more fast connections than they can provide without it constituting fraud is beyond me. And there seems to be no recourse. I could seek out a 3rd party DSL service but Qwest owns the hardware. So there is no guarantee I’d ever get what I’m paying for. It’s not all that clear that Comcast internet service would be a lesser evil.

On top of all this I’ve heard that, after the first of the year, Qwest and others will be rolling out even more expensive and exotic high-speed internet plans (slower and exponentially more expensive than similar service enjoyed by the citizens of about 20 other countries).

Obama says he’s gonna fix this. I wish him the best of luck.

[miws]

Note to Ellenator (and others) re: generators.

Obviously, DO NOT run them indoors, even in an attached garage. Which means, of course, leaving them outside, away from anyplace exhaust fumes and poisionous carbon monoxide can get into the living quarters.

Also, during the storm/outage a couple of years or so, there was somewhat of a spate of generators being stolen. If I recall, some were even stolen while in use!

So, the thing to do is try to figure out some way to secure them, by bolting them,or locking them down in some manner.

Of course, no method will be 100% secure, but some way to make it difficult, and unappealing to quickly steal, is better than nothing.

Oh, and lock up the booze too. I think Flowerpetal is lurking around people’s homes! ;-)

Mike

[charlabob]

Don’t go. At some point, you’ll want an excuse not to go (believe me!) And avoiding this horrible weather will allow you to establish a precedent. I wish I were kidding — I’m not; I commuted from Iowa to Michigan through storms for holidays throughout my first marriage. Probably why it’s my first, but not last, marriage. :-)

[Sue]

Has anyone tried ordering from Amazon Fresh since the storms and actually had a delivery made? Their site said that deliveries may be delayed due to weather.

I have never used them before, but decided to try them this morning. The earliest delivery time I could get was Sunday afternoon. Fortunately what I ordered isn’t crucial, but I was curious if anyone’s deliveries are actually coming.

[flowerpetal]

I’m going to JoB’s cuz for sure she will have just pulled something out of the oven before the power goes out. From there I will walk to Ellenater’s cuz she will have booze. Next stop, Celeste for a nip of Kahlua; and then someone please help me sniff out Christopher’s so I can get some bacon.

Then we can all come back to my place. I’ve got a huge load of firewood and we will all move in close to the fire. Just don’t fall into my Christmas tree.

Jan, what have you got at your digs?

[JoB]

kids sledding on streets with cars.. parked or otherwise.. creates a really dangerous situation.

did no-one see the bus story today? imagine that sliding through a throng of sledders.

No matter how much fun it might be, it just isn’t safe to sled anywhere that it is possible a car might be parked or might drive through.

If you must succumb to the temptation.. all cars should be removed from the street and parents should be at both ends of the hill turning away drivers…

if i had children and lived on one of those steep grades with a sheet of ice underneath.. my kids would be in the back yard.. with a house between them and the idiots on the road.

Peggy Sue.. i am sorry you feel you got trashed.. but the message that kids and cars don’t mix is not enough.

kid’s just plain shouldn’t be anywhere that they might encounter cars in this kind of weather. Under the best of circumstances with sober careful drivers at the wheel.. everyone slides… and sliding cars hit unintended targets.

parents.. it’s your job to make sure that unintended target isn’t your child… it’s too large a risk to take with their future.

[Garden_nymph]

I have been told that the fire stations welcome people in such circumstances. Sounds good to me- to cozy up to a firefighter!

[flowerpetal]

I’m certainly no fan of SP. However, I do find it difficult to laugh about someone’s drug addiction; even this one.

Now SP’s comments about it… which will likely include some huge gaffe, I will be right there to hoot and holler.

[mellaw6565]

I’ve been on these roads consistently over the past few days – probably more than most in W. Seattle. I don’t need a lecture or reminder from Peggy Sue about her road or hill – those of us with common sense know how to handle things.

All I want is for her to keep the kids out of the street and not tell the rest of us to watch out for them – we have the right of way and in light of the various newscasts the last 48 hours showing sledding injuries and discussing dangerous sled practices, I think her post was unnecessary and opposite of what’s being preached by experts and others.

[celeste17]

bump

[ellenater]

lmao, GHO.

No, it’s not stolen. Fed-X is just dumb. 5 trucks passed me on my way down the hill. I think they just drive around town looking busy. I’ve yet to see anyone get out of a truck. Maybe they’re remote control trucks. Or maybe they’re sad that the UPS guys are cuter. At least when all is said and done I’ll have a MacBook and not a Dell. ;)

I WANT that cheesecake…

[BookGal]

1. I do not appreciate the venomous nature nor the name calling responses to my initial post.

2. No where in my post did I say I condone those who choose to go sledding etc on our street. It is their choice.

3. Drivers choose to speed up and down this street and there have been countless near accidents – regardless of the weather or road conditions.

4. Where exactly did I say in my post that I didn’t want cars being driven on the street because people were sledding, etc. on it?

5. FACT: The street is situated on a hill.

6. FACT: There IS a slab of ICE under the packed snow on the entire street (including near the curbs, and around the roundabouts).

7. FACT: The hill has a steep grade.

8. FACT: There are no parked cars on this particular street. Which may be why people have chosen to sled here?

9.FACT: We have heard a myriad of spinning tires, and have seen cars, trucks, and SUVs sliding around on the street since the snow fall last weekend.

10. LOGIC: this street is NOT entirely SAFE to drive DUE TO ROAD CONDITIONS and the steepness of the grade.

11. So, is it “ridiculous” that I only wanted to warn people that if they choose to drive, on any street – that they should exercise caution? Perhaps just slowing down and paying a little more attention? Taking in consideration the freezing temperatures, the condition of the (side) streets, and the possible unexpected appearance of youngsters sledding? It doesn’t matter that you have a clunker, a hybrid, a SUV, a 4-wheel drive, a sleigh, or a tank. Things happen, and they can happen very very quickly.

[wingme]

what kills me about the elevated option is the decreased capacity (from the current 3 lanes and exits to 2 lanes, no exits). Why? because 3 lanes cost more money! with all the new migration to WS, 3 lanes would be a no-brainer. our mayor sure as hell didn’t think adding a couple billion on for a deep-bore tunnel was too costly, so i don’t get all the concerns about 2 more lanes. again, IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY! it’s about room for waterfront development. and wait til the rest of seattle wakes up about how all this will affect our beloved pike place market. anyone remember the 70’s when it was last threatened?