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[wingme]

just to clarify, (due to my being geographically challenged), i mistakenly thought we were discussing south africa, wherein reside many anglos… it just didn’t compute why this was a big deal. duh, my bad.

[raresthare]

Seattle Youth Garden Works empowers homeless and under-served youth through garden-based education and employment. We are a market gardening program for youth ages 14-22 in the University District and South Park neighborhoods. Our goals are to connect youth to housing, health care, education, jobs and community.

We are currently recruiting new Board Members to contribute their unique skills and talents to a diverse working board. If you have Accounting, Finance, Web Design, Marketing, Fund-raising, Program Development, Farming or Agriculture skills, we would like to speak with you! The typical time commitment is 12-16 hours per month. We also have a number of committees that are looking for lessor time commitments as well. These include our Annual Auction Committee, Fund Raising and Volunteer Committees.

Please give us a call if you are interested in participating in this unique organization that connects local youth to the community.

Call board member: Clay Swidler for more information.

(206) 669-4653

[mrhineh]

I am all for starting a new thread with regards to the topic of “posters being protected from other posters, but the public at large is open game”, to preserve the intended integrity of this thread. In the mean time, here is an example:

Thread:https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=12738

West Seattle snow and ice: Is this your car?

Some comments:

“I say we should have a bonfire with it and roast marshmellows”.

“Jenna, Suzy and I talked about pushing it down the hill today…but of course now that they sanded it, it won’t go! Maybe all of us neighbors can get out there – break into it – release the emergency brake and let it roll”

“OK – so the 2nd car got stranded trying to get around the 1st car. This guy needs a serious beating IF and when he comes to get his car!”

“I would just break the glass and move the darn car. Who cares about a broken window when they have left it for several days”

This thread caught my attention today and there are some posts that go a little too far sometimes elsewhere. So, anything to really get into a snit over? Not especially because we can assume its made in the heat of the moment amid frustration. But try to call out another poster, and bingo! I even tried to repost *exactly* Christophers orignial post, and his reminder of his videos together on this afternoons thead and shazzam! deleted within 5 minutes. Why the censorship about a sensitive comment, unless it wasn’t so sensitve? Why protect posters, but not the public being trampled on? (right or wrong).

The bicycle discussions and pedestrian discussions come to mind too from the past.

So there you go. I’m not going to go into major rant about it, but I stand firm that the deleted posts were not that objectionable.

mrhineh

[celeste17]

Cute puppy! good Doggie! What a good Labradoodle!

[celeste17]

WSB to the rescue again. Something to be said about us Forum members helping each other out.

[mrhineh]

I am more offended at how WSB “protects their own” when called out. I’ve noticed on WSB how nasty people get at the general public, threaten them with violence, property destruction and such, and that seems to be OK. But call somebody out for an innapropriate comment (and I am comfortable calling it that and not racism),and you get the penalty box slammer censor. And then a public hand slapping by the editor to boot. The fact the defenseless public can get called out on this site, but posters get ultimate protection from the publisher seems unbalanced and unfair to those people who sometimes get mercilessly ridiculed without recourse.

I do think it is not a comment that I would feel comfortable making in mixed company. Sorry to rain on your birthday parade here, but the Editors kind of forced it, rather than on the public thread.

[Cait]

I am the first to maintain the everyone should be respectful (particularly regarding race), but how desperate-to-be-offended do you have to be to find this off-color.

BTW – what’s racial about being West African? That’s a NATIONALITY for all those who did not do their vocabulary in history/sociology class. And who knows – maybe they had a huge “I HEART WEST AFRICA” or West African Flag bumper sticker on their car. You don’t know RT – so as much as I dislike the ACTUALLY racially insensitive, I really don’t like the assumptive and overly sensitive. Spend your time raining on the parade of real racial inequality.

And another thing that makes me mad – party poopers. Do yo thang, CJ. I got your back.

[GenHillOne]

I just saw the blurb about this on KOMO’s website…when price-checking for services, I was told by Verizon that they don’t serve Seattle with their new fiber optics (Eastside though). At the time, I told them “too bad, because Seattle has a lot of frustrated Comcast customers” (re: newest conversion box revelation). Looks like Dish cusomers might be another untapped market for them. Get those lines laid guys, we need more options around here!

[WSMom]

Recipe for hot buttered rum mix:

1/2 gallon of melted vanilla bean ice cream

pound of soft butter

pound of powdered sugar

pound of brown sugar

mix the dry sugars in a mixing bowl

mix the soft butter until creamy in separate bowl

add melted ice cream to butter

mix the sugars with the ice cream & butter

keep refridgerated until used up (doesn’t last long)

To make the drink, boil water, then in a cup put as much mix in as you like, add the hot water, ten put one shot of rum into it if you like. Enjoy!

My daughter likes it without the rum, we call it a “Christmas Nudge” when it’s alcohol free.

[transplantella]

“Where did you hear they were canceled? I know they are affected, but none?”

From the husband. He said that during his trip to the stadium the bus driver was busily talking to the Metro garage, and the message going out was that all west Seattle buses were being called in to terminal.

Unfortunately, nothing useful or current has appeared on Metro Transit’s snow and ice advisory page. Just some buses have magically disappeard off the schedule completely, and others which are not running are listed as on the road.

Metro Transit seems a little ~disorganized~ when it comes to disseminating current conditions and information on it’s website.

[Zenguy]

My contract is up this month. I was a VERY loyal Dish customer, but their customer service has been outsourced and is substandard. They do not provide a channel I want (LOGO) and now this. I am gone…when can Direct come and install?

[sb2780]

Has anyone had trouble making or receiving calls with AT & T wireless today? My phone keeps dropping calls like crazy. I’m sure it’s just the weather, but I was curious if anyone else is having trouble too.

[B-squared]

I had to create baffles to hang above my hummingbird feeders to keep the snow off, and it only did so marginally as the snow is blowing. that little UFO shaped one is tricky but it definitely helps to have something flat over it. i used the lid to an old kitty litter bucket and cut a hole in it. as for the other model (glass with screw on plastic red “flowers”), i removed the bee-guards which were only helping the snow accumulate. i wish i had a few more feeders as it would be nicer to rotate them.

[JoB]

my experience is that people who are insensitive to animals are equally insensitive to people.

I applaud any site that encourages people to share their experiences with their pets.

As for acupuncture as a treatment for dogs… acupuncture was cheaper and far more effective than surgery for my elderly akita with hip degeneration. That therapy bought her another two good years.

It’s not for me.. but it sure worked for her.

I have to think my own bias gets in my way on this one.

[miws]

As a long time METRO rider, I don’t recall seeing the “unpublished Route” term used before.

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My best guess is that it’s whatever alternate route dispatchers/supervisors dictate, as opposed to the regular route, or the normal snow route, if that particular bus route has one. Or, perhaps, supervisors are letting the drivers determine the best and safest way, under the circumstances. In my experience, drivers are not allowed to vary from the route, for example, if a road is blocked by an accident, without a re-route being dictated by a supervisor, or approved by the super, if the driver requests it. (I wish in those cases, METRO policy and the supers would allow dirvers to use there own judgement within reason. Though it hasn’t happened often, I’ve been stuck on busses before with the driver requesting a re-route to be approved, when in some occasions it’s just a very small variance from the regular route.)

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A word of caution about Tracker. I love it, use it all the time, even have a link to it on the sidebar of my screen. However, as noted on Tracker, the info, including the location of a given bus is not 100% accurate.

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For example, if route 22 is on it’s snow route, turning from southbound California, to westbound Fauntleroy, instead of crossing Fauntleroy to continue up Gatewood Hill, Tracker may show it as actually continuing up Gatewood Hill.

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The reason for that is, that as I understand it, Tracker is not actually a GPS system, but some kind of system that detects where a particular bus is at a certain point, then shows it continuing on it’s regular route until it passes by the next point that recieves the info.

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For example, and I don’t know exactly how it works, so this is based on guesswork, (note I didn’t say “assumption” because we all know what happens when we “assume”! ;-) ) but, let’s say there’s a receiver that detects when the 22 reaches California & Fauntleroy, it’s going to *assume*, (Heh!) that the bus will be going up Gatewood Hill, until the point of the next reciever at maybe 41st & Thistle. So, even though the bus is actually going down Fauntleroy, Tracker will show it continuing along California , up Gatewood Hill.

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Hope this helps, and that I didn’t bore people too much with the length and detail of the post! ;-)

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Mike

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[JoB]

JT..

i loved this comment.. “are liberals to be fluid in all things at all times to remain a liberal?”

transplantella..

if “flexible, unbiased, tolerant, unprejudiced” equates with giving in to and agreeing with everyone who crosses their path.. then probably we aren’t so liberal.

(yes, i am a transplant.. but it didn’t take me long to figure out i belong here.. i am one of those you so carelessly condemn now :)

but there are other ways of defining those terms…

flexible?.. have you looked outside your window? the flexibility of people here is confirmed by the incredible transportation options people are using today:) so far i have seen sleds (made of everything possible) snowshoes, cross country skis… and every motorized option short of a snowmobile:) And that is just on one street.

that same flexibility fuels the innovation of Seattle’s business and arts community… and produces some of the best geo-tech engineers in the world:)

my daughter is visiting and i am geo-tech focused right now.. but i suspect the same is true of several ground breaking areas of science…

unbiased? … the lack of bias here fuels the imaginations of those who lead the pack in innovation… you can’t get innovation from biased minds… You have to be willing to concede that there is much you don’t know to look for what is possible instead of labeling the unknown impossible.

tolerant? … on any given day in any pub in town you will hear a broad range of opinions being voiced on a broad range of subjects .. and the most likely comment is.. “you might be right, but”…. present your argument well and someone is likely to buy you a beer… I’d call that pretty tolerant.

The range of diversity in lifestyles here is also proof of a pretty tolerant society… When somene here says.. “some of my best friends are ____ ” .. they probably are.. and not because they went out of their way to cultivate a token friend…

but, come to think of it, most of us would never think to make that statement at all.. we’d just be indignant that you were so insensitive as to talk about our friends that way…

unprejudiced? … I think a lot of us struggle with our own personal prejudices.. but as a whole we tend to err on the side of bending over backwards to compensate for that prejudice rather than let that prejudice control our actions.

while i am fully aware that is a form of prejudice.. i suspect it isn’t the one you were noting.

Have you noticed the way we tend to look after those who are different or disadvantaged here.. even bag ladies and tramps.. ???

I think you got us wrong… your loss ;)

Don’t confuse our intolerance of dogma for intolerance in general because there is one thing that is definately true here.. we seem to be a fairly well educated group of people who were taught to think for ourselves… and don’t much value those who can’t or won’t.

I suspect intolerance of bull is one of our most consistent traits.. maybe that’s why we choose to live here ;~>

but…. we are mostly too polite to call you on your bull unless you insist on foolishly repeating stereotypes without bothering to scratch the surface for substance…

scratch a little and you might find what you have been missing.

unless of course, you are inflexible, biased, intolerant and prejudiced yourself..

in which case no matter how deeply you look, there will be nothing you can see.

[JoB]

JT..

i loved this comment.. “are liberals to be fluid in all things at all times to remain a liberal?”

transplantella..

if “flexible, unbiased, tolerant, unprejudiced” equates with giving in to and agreeing with everyone who crosses their path.. then probably we aren’t so liberal.

(yes, i am a transplant.. but it didn’t take me long to figure out i belong here.. i am one of those you so carelessly condemn now :)

but there are other ways of defining those terms…

flexible?.. have you looked outside your window? the flexibility of people here is confirmed by the incredible transportation options people are using today:) so far i have seen sleds (made of everything possible) snowshoes, cross country skis… and every motorized option short of a snowmobile:) And that is just on one street.

that same flexibility fuels the innovation of Seattle’s business and arts community… and produces some of the best geo-tech engineers in the world:)

my daughter is visiting and i am geo-tech focused right now.. but i suspect the same is true of several ground breaking areas of science…

unbiased? … the lack of bias here fuels the imaginations of those who lead the pack in innovation… you can’t get innovation from biased minds… You have to be willing to concede that there is much you don’t know to look for what is possible instead of labeling the unknown impossible.

tolerant? … on any given day in any pub in town you will hear a broad range of opinions being voiced on a broad range of subjects .. and the most likely comment is.. “you might be right, but”…. present your argument well and someone is likely to buy you a beer… I’d call that pretty tolerant.

The range of diversity in lifestyles here is also proof of a pretty tolerant society… When somene here says.. “some of my best friends are ____ ” .. they probably are.. and not because they went out of their way to cultivate a token friend…

but, come to think of it, most of us would never think to make that statement at all.. we’d just be indignant that you were so insensitive as to talk about our friends that way…

unprejudiced? … I think a lot of us struggle with our own personal prejudices.. but as a whole we tend to err on the side of bending over backwards to compensate for that prejudice rather than let that prejudice control our actions.

while i am fully aware that is a form of prejudice.. i suspect it isn’t the one you were noting.

Have you noticed the way we tend to look after those who are different or disadvantaged here.. even bag ladies and tramps.. ???

I think you got us wrong… your loss ;)

Don’t confuse our intolerance of dogma for intolerance in general because there is one thing that is definately true here.. we seem to be a fairly well educated group of people who were taught to think for ourselves… and don’t much value those who can’t or won’t.

I suspect intolerance of bull is one of our most consistent traits.. maybe that’s why we choose to live here ;~>

but…. we are mostly too polite to call you on your bull unless you insist on foolishly repeating stereotypes without bothering to scratch the surface for substance…

scratch a little and you might find what you have been missing.

unless of course, you are inflexible, biased, intolerant and prejudiced yourself..

in which case no matter how deeply you look, there will be nothing you can see.

[stina]

When the snow melted yesterday, we found a key near our house on the ground. It looks like a house key, cut at TrueValue, attached to a lip balm holding key chain (grey). If you are missing a house key, and this sounds like yours, let me know. I’d be happy to return it, as soon as the snow lets up.

Christina

[JoB]

i wish i had kept my rainbow.. but it was big and heavy and all those lighter modern vacuums promised so much:(

sometimes downsizing isn’t a good thing.

[transplantella]

You’re in luck, I just got through to Metro and spent 30 minutes on hold while they investigated the 54 problem.

After much time and effort the customer service person came back to say that they had no idea what the “unpublished route” was nor where to find the bus. But that the 54 must be out there somewhere.

I had to refer the rep to their own unuseful webpage where it showed the ice and snow page and the mysterious 54 and 55 re-route.

http://metro.kingcounty.gov/up/rr/adverseweather.html

[Caduceus]

Alright so I’ve been looking for a slim leather jacket for ages. The only ones I’ve been able to find are $1400 and only available in-store in Paris. Thay are over-priced because they are a product line from the band Justice.

Here are the jackets, and they are beautiful.

http://www.surface2airparis.com/store/?pg=style&collection_id=13&style_id=23

And by slim and fitting I mean SLIM and FITTING, for example on the left in the following picture

http://www.exclaim.ca/images/up-justice.jpg

I find the regular leather jackets that are baggy and huge appalling and un-comfortable.

Does anyone know of someone who makes custom leather jackets and is capable of making jackets of similar complexity as the ones mentioned above?

I need help! :P

Thank you all in advance.:]

[HWCoffee]

Hotwire is looking for a part-time barista who is friendly, outgoing and understands the meaning of great (we mean REALLY great) customer service. Experience not necessary as we train to our methods but you will be expected to create amazing beverages once we have put you through our training program.

This is a part-time position that requires weekends. To apply stop by the coffeeshop with a resume or email your resume to info@hotwirecoffee.com

[Gina]

No matter what the weather, this fellow is going to run to every branch of the Seattle Public Library, Thursday December 18th.

http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=audience_current_featuresdetail&cid=1229563541790

[guidosmom]

I just had to comment on this post. Years ago when I bought my last horse, he had a pre-existing injury. A vet recommended acupuncture. I honestly didn’t think it would help but since I respected this vet’s opinion very much I gave it a shot. It worked WONDERS on him. He overcame his injury and I competed on him for several years. If my current horse or dogs ever need it I wouldn’t hesitate at all.

Hammerhead, do you know if your friend does work on horses?

[mellaw6565]

Yes I agree Scott – that’s why when I bought my Dyson it was at the top of CR’s Best Buy list!