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[RainyDay1235]

I’ve been in that same predicament. Once was on 405 in Bothell – argh!

People who get frustrated at traffic delays due to accidents – take a chill pill! I remind myself and my husband that there is someone up ahead who is having a FAR WORSE DAY than you are. Be grateful you are getting home in one piece! :)

[JoB]

the same people who were impatiently honking would be grateful if they only knew that the stopped car ahead of them kept them from a much longer delay… hitting a dog..

[GenHillOne]

Thanks, Hormel, cool site and good for them; looks like they have a pretty diverse customer base actually. I especially like their slogan – “God, Country, and Fast Boats” lol, testosterone.

[cruiser]

As a true Dub I haven’t been back in the Celtic Swell since I was poured a brutal Guinness there on my first visit three years ago.Although it is owned by Irish people,they are marketing their bar to an American audience and who can blame them. However it resembles no Irish bar I was ever in Ireland in the 35 years I lived there.

There is pretty good Guinness to be had in WS by the way (apart from my deck),not sure I want to share the location though:)..

ps Thee, PaulD said we should meet and discuss the above:)

[charlabob]

Jan’s right — she never leaves the island unless I make her :-)

We have a wonderful sweet cat who was rescued as a kitten on I5 downtown by a colleague at work. He saw this tiny fluffball, stopped, turned out emergency lights, got out, picked her up and brought her to work. Needless to say we fought over who got to keep her — I was his boss — I won :-)

The office posse named her Road Kill — couldn’t quite live with that, so she’s now officially Roada Katsky. People do care and do take risks and and that’s yet another good thing about being part of the human race.

[littlebrowndog]

I have finally solved my chronic intermittent connectivity problems by giving up on DSL. One of the recent cures I tried as recommended by Qwest was a new Qwest modem. I have used it for 5-6 weeks but now I no longer need it. It’s $70 new; I will sell it for $30. Anybody interested?

[Jerald]

I had one of these salesmen arrive on Mon. eve, also near Lincoln Pk. He didn’t frighten me, but made me uncomfortable by repeatedly telling me not to be scared because he was dark-skinned and it was dark out. It was difficult to interrupt his pitch, but as soon as I was able to say I wasn’t interested, he abruptly turned and strode away.

[JanS]

Raves all around. And, Pam, hope you weren’t hurt too badly today. I will e-mail.

Irukandji..thank you for what you did. And as far as the people who were impatient and honking their horns…so what, let them. They’ll be irritated for a bit, but you’ll probably not encounter them again, so what does it matter. My daughter kept telling me that during rush hour going to Bothell this evening, 520 to 405, to who knows where – lol. Charla knows that I never, ever leave the island, and this was an adventure. The daughter kept telling me that those people tailgating me didn’t matter, that if they get impatient enough they’ll go around, and I’ll never see them again :)

[hammerhead]

KUDO’s I got hit(van) trying to rescue a dog today. Then the other day I needed a piece of chicken to get another dog in my van and the store owner said don’t hurt yourself. I said I don’t care about me I need to rescue the dog. I got that dog too and safely at home.

[Irukandji]

Huge rave for the woman who risked all potential road rage wrath to stop and a retrieve a dog running on Admiral Way this evening around 4:30. Despite having two kids on their way to soccer practice and a dog of her own in the vehicle, she stopped to leash this unknown pet.

I slowed and put on hazard lights but was not in a lane allowing me to stop and help immediately. Drivers behind honked, perhaps not knowing that a dog was headed, in the road, eastbound on Admiral in traffic. She stopped anyway and kept this dog from harm.

I came back around and was able to hold the dog so this exceptional woman could get to practice, and the dog’s owner was fantastically responsive to a call about her runaway.

It was an honor to see people doing the right thing on both ends of what could have gone very badly for one delightful dog.

[Sue]

I may have missed it in an earlier discussion, but what is the general pricing there? Their menu is posted online, but sans prices.

[JoB]

Thank you JanS

Mark Johnson is an inspiration…

“In a world with all these divisions we need to focus on our connections”

he did that through music…

“the only hope we have is to come together … while we are here lets us make a change for the better”

although his message is the one that resonated with voters in the United States this fall..

Mark has been pursuing his dream for 10 years…

Perhaps this election is a sign that the dreams of those like Mark are beginning to resonate with us all.

Please watch the video.. it just may make a difference in the way you view your neighbors…

[herongrrrl]

My maritime sweetie confirms that yes, the boats with the flashing blue lights at night that are escorting ferries are the little coast guard boats. They’ve been doing these escorts for a long time as part of Homeland Security, although they don’t always escort every route/run.

[cjboffoli]

Jaime and ellenater: Thanks for bringing this thread back up to the top. I was wondering what happened with this and I hope that westseattledood replies.

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I’m a fairly high level Mac user and I spend a crazy amount of time troubleshooting for friends and family so I’m often on the Apple.com discussion boards. Most of my Mobile Me problems were just related to the Apple servers which were overwhelmed when the service went live. Everything got sorted out without me having to do anything. My two Macs and iPhone now automatically keep each other apprised of any changes.

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I’m still confused as to what westseattledood had to install on her machine as Mobile Me is web-based and intregrated into OS X. And Safari not working baffles me too. Oh well. I really hope everything worked out.

[Batty]

I just read an earlier post about Cometa Playschool and am curious if anyone if familiar with it? I didn’t find it on the database of registered/licensed preschools-childcare facilities that someone suggested I check for another place. Thanks for any feedback.

[cjboffoli]

Sounds really intriguing. All the classrooms have sand-covered floors, sunlamps and real palm trees. Not to mention the virgin pina coladas in sippy cups.

[Batty]

I just saw a sandwich board down by Alki for the Beach Bungalow Preschool that is Waldorf-inspired. I haven’t heard of it and couldn’t find any information about it online or find the number in the W. Seattle phone book. I’m curious if anyone has heard of it and if you have any feedback on it. Thanks!

[charlabob]

I have never understood why people dread the advent of “new upscale folks” into the condos and coops until now. Probably because I have never actually had to confront/been confronted by someone with JG’s attitude. And because I believe in mixed communities — including communities of mixed taste, I had this idyllic notion of tolerance. Now I understand. We’re afraid a person with high SAT scores and an even higher opinion of hirself might move in next door and tear down our pink flamingos.

I’ve learned to react to informal signs on the sidewalk and curbstrips because they give me information I might not get otherwise. The message is the medium (sic) and I’m looking to them for information about where something is, not as pieces of art. In fact, I don’t look on most pieces of art as art. But I don’t castigate folks who don’t share my odd taste.

Amazing thread — you never know what’s going to twist someone’s virtual underwear, do you?

[JoB]

HeavyMetalConservative..

You seem to have passed right by Zenguy’s comment that Bush’s record in the White House for reaching across the aisle was as dismal as his record in Texas…

his record in texas for the no child left behind program was simply a ploy for moving state and federal money from public schools to private schools without actually increasing the graduation rates.. much like it has been nationally…

He governed in the White House exactly the way he governed in Texas.. and his campaign rhetoric was in direct contradiction to his agenda… as sadly proven by his results.

He talked working together and then bulldozed his way through his agenda… enriching American corporations at public expense..

the senior drug program had been exceedingly costly to the national pocketbook and exceedingly profitable to major drug companies.

Is there a pattern here???? .. moving money from the taxpayers pocketbook to the corporate pocketbook?

Thank god he failed to do that with social security since our captive IRA accounts generaly now have less in them than we invested.. in pre-inflation dollars…

How did we actually lose money in a tax deferred savings program??? Deregulation and the policy of the Bush White House to ignore what regulation existed for the benefit of American corporations. and he wanted to do the same with social security.

Now.. those of us who lost money on this are bailing those failing institutions out at our expense.

Hmmm…

Need we go on with this? Because it all fits the same pattern…

As for guiding us through 911… the only responsibility he can claim for that is that he was the face in the White House at the time.

Embroiling us in a war that is bankrupting our nation and instituting a policy of torture that lost us international standing and inflamed extremists while failing to capture those who perpetrated the terrorism doesn’t show much long term leadership.

But.. one again.. it sure has enriched the pocketbooks of some American corporations.

It will be a long time before we dig out of the financial, moral and international hole that George Bush’s moderation dug for us.

it’s a good thing that the current democratic leadership and George Bush don’t see eye to eye. No matter how badly they handle the recovery from the total disaster that his presidency left.. they can’t help but make some improvement.

even those who share Bush’s supposed ideology must realize that his polices failed even that ideology miserably.

After Bush we have bigger less efficient government at higher cost than we did before… not the trend he inherited…

What is wrong with this picture?

It’s time to seriously ask that question because without an answer we won’t be able to craft solutions.

[JaimeGummer]

I’ve not yet tried Quarter/Half/FullTilt’s ice cream. Maybe not enough sandwich board signs to help me find the place. But I’m curious to try it if I can get some without spit in it at this point ;-)

Job: I hear what you’re saying and I can see that you are trying so hard to couch it carefully and politely. But I feel like you, and Kayleigh2, are falling into that same cynical trap of suggesting elitism, economic and otherwise the second anyone asks if we could do better. And the second anyone says, “this could be improved” people immediately jump forward and say sarcastically, “Oh, you’re the expert?” because there is a certain amount of fear in what’s new and outside of comfort zones.

The thing is, I’d love to be able to peruse the craft show and find things that I like. I’d love to be able to support local craftspeople. The problem is that there is not enough diversity in what’s being offered. It’s fine that people have differing tastes. But why is everything that is being offered in such poor taste? Couldn’t we have a broader spectrum of goods that appeal to a wider range of people? Wouldn’t that make for a more vibrant and interesting craft sale?

It seems sort of anti-progressive (anti-American, even) to say, “We like things the way they are and don’t want to rock the boat with anything too new or radical.” You seem to be saying “West Seattle is charming the way it is and to change it or make it any better would not be charming.” I just think that’s vague and I disagree. Just because the craft show is scraping by isn’t really an accurate litmus test of its economic viability. However, you’re right (JoB) in noting that this is the metric that is going to shake everything out. All of this new residential space you’re seeing built is going to bring in an influx of new West Seattleites who are going to want something better than cheesy craft shows and dive bars with water and mold raining from the ceiling. They’re not going to be the ones protesting the improvement of the Statue of Liberty plaza on the grounds that would do so would make it too pretty. Everything is going to change.

[WSB]

Grace Church didn’t send around advance word of the Safeway food drives last weekend but somebody here noticed and posted about it. So we got this note from Linda at Grace Church who asked that it be shared on WSB and White Center Now (where we posted it earlier on the main page as we don’t have forums there):

>>”A huge thank you to our neighbors in West Seattle and White Center!

Last Saturday, November 15, Food Drives were held at the Jefferson

Square and Roxbury Safeway stores and generous Safeway shoppers donated

more than 65 boxes of food, over $1200 in cash and gift cards, and 102

turkeys for both the White Center and West Seattle Food Banks. And many

thanks to Dave and Curt, the Safeway managers who welcomed us and

assisted in set up of the Food Drives.

— your grateful friends at Grace Church<<

They promise advance word in the future – we had posted about several other food-bank type benefits that day, and would have happily given this one advance publicity too, but are thankful for eagle-eyed, info-sharing WSB’ers.

[malcolm22]

hi

hello

we live on fauntleroy way just south of lincoln park and north of the ferry. in the last couple of months, we’ve had a few ‘kids’ come by, wearing a shirt and tie, telling us to open the door and talk to them about helping them raise money, with some vague mention of some vague program. they look to be late teens, with the last saying he was 19. we never open the door, and they eventually leave. every time my neighbors and i try to get details, they speak in the vaguest terms possible (today i heard something about the paragon program), but insist on us opening the door before divulging more details. most of these visits occur around 4pm, although one today was at 7pm

any thoughts? is this in any way remotely legitimate? any similar experiences lately? hate to be the suspicious and cynical type, but…

thanks very much

t.

[JoB]

JamieGummer..

something tells me those who participated in the craft show wouldn’t meet your standards..

if they did they wouldn’t be participating in a local craft sale and most of West Seattle couldn’t afford their work.

it’s not just blue collar workers who aren’t shelling out a premium for “quality” art these days…

The shops will sell what their customers will buy… and it appears you are in the minority in what you expect from them since they are still open and doing business.

it is all well to insist that all of us rise to some urban chic standard you set… but most of us have neither the inclination or the pocketbook to do so.

West Seattle doesn’t have to be just like everyplace else… that’s what makes it charming…

[datamuse]

Out of curiosity: Jaime do you happen to work in architecture or urban planning by any chance? Those are the only people I’ve EVER heard utter the phrase “built environment” and I’ve wondered if it’s a term of art or something.

[JimmyG]

I don’t want to private message JaimeG, I want to shout it from the rooftops right here on the WSB forums:

Thank you for being so articulate in making your point that just because others here may not like your take on a subject doesn’t mean you don’t have a right to say it.

And full disclosure here: I have awful taste, sucked on my SAT’s, and don’t want us to have a world class city here in Seattle, yet I love hearing your take on why we might disagree on some things JaimeG!