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[mjd]

JoB.. my boss always wears jeans and cowboy boots!

I find it amusing that a discussion re: pit bulls has evolved to – what is appropriate office attire?! I guess that is what I get when jumping in late.

[JoB]

because i am an old fart and proud of it.

i earned every year.

i paid attention to everything that happened to me… and i learned from it.

and i don’t mind sharing my experience and perspective.

thus.. old fart.

And i am not yet 60.. tho i won’t be saying that long.

[JoB]

mjd.. my little cujos are shiba inus which are really just japanese rat terriers in a different package and not as easy going… my hubby would love to take them to work with him and could… but thought better of it since either dogs or people are always there and one dog is good with people and the other with dogs:)

as for a dress code.. i asked him what his boss wore to work. Baggy shorts and sandals or trainers… year round. hubby is actually way over dressed in chinos… tho not likely to change the dressing habits of a lifetime:)

all that… downtown… for one of the biggest companies in Seattle. imagine that;-)

lattemom… unless you speak politely, we no longer have anything to talk about.

[Anonymous]

JoB: Didn’t mean to offend you with my last comment above, but why do you keep referring yourself as an old fart??

[Anonymous]

You really like to call yourself an old fart, huh?? How old are you??? Geez!!

[mjd]

Hmmm, at my office we have two dogs that are at work nearly every day,nd have been for the last 5 years. A jack russel terrier and a pit bull. There aren’t too many people in our office(less than 15) and everyone is more than okay with having the dogs at work.

Other than my own dog (a pug), I have never met a sweeter pup than the pit bull. The jack russel clearly has anger issues, but we don’t mind too much b/c he’s small and for the most part harmless. In fact, on days when I know that the J R won’t be in the office I bring my pug in to play with the pit bull. There are nice pit bulls out there. (And Jack Russels too, just not the one in my office (: )

[Anonymous]

Sure load up on the fats that should do the trick!!

Just because I see that people in general downtown Seattle dress sloppy, kids wear baggy disgusting pants showing their bottoms, I don’t care to be harassed while eating with my family, that I do not care for aggressive dogs, that if people want the freedo of the U.S. they should at the very least learn the English language, hey why not they get all the priviledges of an American born Citizen when they get their Visa’s, Look who is calling the kettle black lady!

I don’t have to agree with any of you people, you don’t have to agree with me. This is a discussion forum, get it!! Not an all agree forum.

JanS, you missed my point totally, I was not talking about people who work at home, just people working Downtown Seattle. We don’t go Downtown much anymore since having to deal with the smokers and the homeless we go to the mall.

[karen]

The parks – any of them – would be good. I think you can get a permit for adult beverages. Also, any of the halls – Alki Masonic, Hiland Park Improvement, VFW, etc.

[karen]

Actually, I did tell him one morning when we met that we don’t have aluminum cans. We very rarely buy soft drinks in cans. However, he continues to dig through every other week.

I guess it’s one of those things that will just annoy me but that I don’t feel strong enough to do anything about.

I suppose I could have worse things to complain about!!

[JoB]

new resident.. i like that idea… although i would guess the recycling company wouldn’t. i am sure they count on the revenue from the cans.

but if it keeps one person off the streets.. i would do it.

[JoB]

beachdrivegirl…

Bill Clinton campaigned on a platform of change… tho he/they were unable to make the kinds of changes they wanted.

that experience taught hillary that she couldn’t make the kinds of changes she wanted to make without learning how to play washington politics.

the truth is that a vote in the house or senate is always for sale. Unless they are sponsoring a bill, none of them will commit to vote for anything (even if they believe in it) without getting some favor for their vote. It isn’t how it should be.. but it is how it is.

I wish it there would be a new game… but this process is too well entrenched to give up without one heck of a fight… and that may take generations. You have to play the game that exists.. not the one you wish did.

the thing that would be different with this Clinton presidency is that there is a very good possibility that this president will have a congress they can actually work with… and imagine what somebody who knew how to play the game could do with that.

that to me speaks more of hope than anything in this campaign. Someone who knows how to work the system and has the ability to get things done.

Perhaps we would finally get the chance to see the democratic agenda in action.

Did you know that Hillary and Bill were wide eyed idealists… both working deep within the democratic party when they started? i think younger than you at their first real experience at democratic power brokering… in Texas.

She is still a wide eyed idealist… who optimistically believes there has to be a way to get things done and keeps trying even when she runs into countless roadblocks.

she will literally work with anyone to accomplish her goals.

And more important.. after the beating they took in Texas.. she stayed in the game. (One i dropped out of…) and she learned how to play hardball. She truly believes you can change the system from within. She has spent her entire political career doing just that.

I have read both candidates websites… so i know what their platforms are… and where they differ, i think Hillary has a better grasp of the issues… but being an old gal who has seen more campaign promises broken than kept, i wanted to know what Obama has actually done.

I will tell you that the news is more promising than i thought.. tho his senate record (including who he chose to mentor with and his attempts at passing substantive bills) is not what one would hope for as an agent of change.

I agree that Obama sells. But he is going to have to sell a lot more than people’s enthusiasm for him and hope if he wants to beat McCain.

McCain has a reputation of being a tough independent and when the shouting is over and he has that nomination, he will go back to selling that image.. regardless of the fact that he sold it out in a heartbeat to get his chance at the presidency.

Let me tell you, it’s a pretty convincing image.

And he has equally good plans for almost everything except getting out of the war and the economy.

He knows how to play hardball… and has no qualms about doing so.

And he has a republican administration behind him to help time events to promote his agenda.

If it becomes the Obama campaign against the McCain campaign, this pretense of a clean and gracious campaign.. the political high road… will have to go because it just plain won’t stand up against the republican/McCain smear campaign. It won’t be a gentleman’s race.

If he has to campaign against McCain, you won’t get the same candidate you have now because he will have to adjust his rhetoric and his strategy to combat some of the dirtiest politicking available.

I am sorry new resident and any other republican toes i stepped on there… but i am just stating the obvious… the truth is that if you don’t win.. you never get a chance to either keep or break your campaign promises and nobody knows that better than John McCain.

and i am sorry if this offends obama supporters. I am not putting him down. i truly think he would make a great president in 4 to 8 years… but for now, i am am hoping the better woman gets a chance to get things done:)

ok.. so i guess i have to apologize to the guys too for my sexist ways;-)

just more food for thought…

[ALS]

Again, ditto Kayleigh. Lattemom, welcome to 2008. Things are different from “when you worked 7 years ago.” Why don’t you get off your butt and get a job and then talk to me about what’s appropriate at work. Like hopey, I also work in the tech industry and no one cares what you wear when you’re behind a computer all day. If the freaking CEO wears jean shorts to work, I think it’s okay for me to wear jeans. I do own a suit which I have worn for interviews, but as soon as you’re in the door, you assimilate with company culture. Everyone would probably assume I was interviewing for another job if I showed up to work in a suit, lol.

[beachdrivegirl]

I am not trying to bash Clinton I am trying to point out one of the strongest reasons why people of my in my age bracket our voting for Obama. ( I am 25). I think that a number of us have not spoken up in the past about who we think could when the past two elections and lets take a look around and see where that has gotten us. So yes the number one reason why I would like to see Obama come out ahead after the primaries is because I do think he can and will win. A few of the other reasons I support Obama include the fact that he seems more like the guy next door and someone you can open up to than Hillary. Furthermore, he would be change. And change is what we need. Lets take a look back for my entire lifetime starting since before i was born in 1982 we have had either a Bush or a Clinton in the White House. (Including VP’s) Now fast forward to today and take a look at where we are. Yes I like Hillary, I think she has great points, and I think she is an extremely positive role model for all women out there; however, i disagree that she is what we need. Take a look @ Obama’s web page if you have a chance he isn’t forgetting Healthcare, or kids, in fact he addresses each issue and has huge plans as to how to change the problems with in each of these issues. Maybe his biggest weakness is that he is not speaking out about them enough–but to me i think that plays into his hope campaign. that if he doesn’t over sell what he plans to change people will believe in him and have hope for our country!

[barmargia]

Oh well I will show you JT, hold on and let me get my checkbook

[Anonymous]

For those of you enjoying a good “laugh” at my expense, I would like to amend my original comment. Heheheh no longer bothers me. I am now offended by people sending me cash.

[Anonymous]

True, Kayleigh. I have yet to meet a Democrat who really “gets” it. I say this smiling. We both have a lot of faith in our respective party.

And, believe me, I’m sure the Democratic party will get some Republican votes this year. However, I firmly believe that Democrats have a better chance of winning if it’s a McCain/Clinton race. I think more Republicans would be apt to vote for Clinton over Obama.

[JanS]

Kudos, Sue. At least you got them to thinking, and will now make appropriate changes in the code. How often does that happen?

[Kayleigh]

NewResident, as a diehard Republican you can have opinions, but I suspect you don’t really understand what Obama or Clinton–or the party itself–stand(s) for. I’ve yet to meet a Republican who really *gets* it. (and I’m sure that the reverse is probably true as well.)

It would be nice to think that we might draw a few votes from Republicans over to Obama, but I’m not so sure. Republicans seem to have a way of rallying around whichever clueless white guy the party sends up. Look how many of them still support Bush.

[Wes]

Curious KidStuff in the Junction has a little artist studio that you can book for birthday parties, and the kids get to paint and do crafts and then have cake! We have done it twice and it was a blast, a little pricey, but if you consider all the cleanup and preperation that you wouldn’t have to do, I thought it was well worth it!

http://www.littleartiststudio.com/

[Anonymous]

I have 1 email address and so does my husband, we use the same connection to the Internet, he has a laptop I have a desktop they are in the same house. I get 1 set of emails on my desktop and another totally different set of emails on his laptop. I have called Comcast to come investigate it and each ime the tech can not find a solution as he has never seen this before. So I receive massive amounts of emails, at one accoount but on 2 computers.

[Kayleigh]

Lattemom, why don’t you actually *get* a job and then we can talk about what is professional and what is appropriate in the workplace. I am considered a professional by my bosses whether I wear tennis shoes or dress shoes.

I honestly wish that WSB would ban you because you are a troll.

[Bonnie]

We did Coleman pool for a birthday party. Fun! You can also rent out Southwest Pool if you want indoors. the only problem with Coleman is that you can’t rent it until 7pm and it starts to get cold.

I agree with all the other suggestions. Camp Long is great. You could do a bbq. fun!

For indoors the YMCA is good too.

[Sue]

This discussion got a bit lost with the election talk last month, so I wanted to update the reply I received.

For the original discussion on traffic circle rules and yielding here in the forum, you can see https://westseattleblog.com/blog/forum/topic.php?id=191&replies=19

I had said I would be contacting SDOT to find out the answer on enforcement of “short left turns” in traffic circles, and this was their reply:

“Thank you for your inquiry regarding the rules pertaining to left turns at neighborhood traffic circles. You are correct that the Washington Driver Guide (and the state law that the guide implements), does not distinguish between

neighborhood traffic circles and roundabouts.

Practically speaking, a left turn can be performed safely in front of a neighborhood traffic circle since they are typically located on low traffic volume and low speed residential streets, unlike roundabouts, which control traffic flow on higher volume arterials.

However, under a strict interpretation of the Driver Guide and state laws, this is not a legal left turn, and similarly to roundabouts, a driver turning left at a neighborhood traffic circle should proceed counterclockwise around the traffic circle, rather than turning left in front of the circle.

We recognize that this issue causes confusion, and the City will be working this year toward clarifying the distinction between neighborhood traffic circles and roundabouts in state law, addressing the issue in the Seattle Municipal

Code, or both.”

So I read this as yeah, you’ll probably get away with it because we usually ignore it, but it’s technically not legal to make the short left and you COULD get a ticket for it if somebody is bored and wants to write a ticket.

[Anonymous]

Karen – I think you should separate your cans and maybe put them in a bag next to your recycle can and that way this gentleman wouldn’t be going through your trash, but he’d be getting the cans. Maybe the first time you’ll have to let him know, somehow, that you have already done the separating and that you will from now on.

[JoB]

beachdrivegirl..

you are very wrong that most of the people posting are pro clinton.. you have plenty of company.

And they all say some version of the same thing.. Clinton can’t get elected. people hate her.

if America has no choice but her or McCain, who do you really think they would vote for?

It’s the issues this time far more than the candidates. And the democrats come down on the popular side of three very big issues… the War… Health care… and the economy.

It is time to stop making the Presidential race a personality contest and that is exactly what that argument does.

If you feel Obama is the better candidate, tell me why… instead of bashing Clinton.

And if you need a little ammunition, i learned some reasons why Obama might be a good president from the Feb 18 Newsweek.. you can find it at the library.

I learned more from that one article than from any of the Obama campaign literature. (i have been on his mailing list from day one of his campaign.)The Obama campaign is selling the campaign… not his ability to do the job.

it’s a good thing I kept looking because i will be selling him if he wins the nomination… and i desperately want to understand why anyone would think he was really the better person for the job.

will you be selling Hillary if she wins the nomination? Because it isn’t over, you know. Neither candidate has the numbers to make it without super delegates… so she is not alone there.

it is still a horse race no matter how Obama supporters would like to paint it. It may not be tomorrow… though it looks like it still will… but it is now.

As for her ability to raise money… she passed her millionth donor and raised a good chunk of change this weekend amidst little fanfare from the press.

Don’t count her out yet.

got to go..