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[inactive]

I’m not a big sewer. At all. So, I only have occasion to shop a fabric/notions place probably a couple of times a year.

Even so, and maybe I’m just getting too old and sentimental or something, but it strikes me as weird that a small fabric store (aside from strictly upholstery or strictly quilting fabrics) is not to be found in WS or Burien.

I do go to Pacific Fabrics now, because I dislike Southcenter. Maybe my POV is skewed from having lived on Queen Anne for so long, where Nancy’s is. Nancy’s is a very, very nice, rather tiny, high-end store. It makes me assume that WS, or at least the peninsula at large, would have a little place like that. But a volume place like Pacific is definitely more economical.

[JenV]

[Aim]

If you have someone on ignore, it can mess up the numbering, as well as the pages. Often I go to the last page of a thread and it’s blank. I have to go back one in order to see the most recent. I’ve figured out this mostly happens when someone I have on ignore has posted.

[captainDave]

JoB:

Yes, I have driven the the port lately. There is far less containers and shipping activity then there was two years ago. The port has had many upgrades in recent years to accommodate what was thought to be a never-ending growth of imports. Then the US dollar fell, …then the ballon bursted. Now we have multi-million dollar cranes sitting idle most of the time just rusting in the wind. Tacoma has the same problem. My point is to reduce spending on port facilities when it comes to using transportation funds.

Tunnel grade: I was a truck driver for many years and can’t tell you how pissed off people get at trucks on hills durring rush hour. Best example is to observe loaded trucks stop and start up on the South Center I-5 grade. They don’t accelerate like cars. This has an amplified effect on rush hour traffic. You are absolutely wrong about most of the truck traffic exiting for downtown. There are statistics available through SDOT.

Offset from old 99 route: There is not a huge distance between 99 and first avenue when you look at how the majority of the traffic enters the corridor at the 1st Ave South Bridge. There is actually less stop lights between the 1st Ave South Bridge and the starting point of our proposed SoDo Express Way (at Diagonal St.) than there is on the original 99 route. There are also no railroad crossings either on 1st. Even without the SoDo Expressway, it is easy to get from the 1st Ave South Bridge to 4th via the Michigan St. Exit. – not that it is ideal. Also remember that SDOT is in process to adding a 2-lane west bound exit from the West Seattle Freeway to 4th Ave.

Freeway Integration: Our proposed SoDo Expressway does just that. It makes it easier for Ballard and West Seattle to reach I-90 without getting on I-5. – Thus reliving pressure on I-5. But also, by virtue of the I-90 interchange, it also makes it easier for Ballard to get to south bound I-5.

Money: I would like to have trust in our leaders to make prudent decisions balancing both the short term and long term needs of our city. It seems to me that Seattle has been plagued over the decade with short sighted decision making which has lead us to now having to contemplate such large scale projects. If the city had only kept some of its road and transit rail line right of ways that it had in the early part of the century, then these things would not be such a problem. We think the upland route can be more than just a fix for the viaduct, but rather an integrated solution to fixing a number of costly traffic problems that are suppressing our ability to effectively use the city.

[CB]

JoB, I followed this thread in the early days, and have just now returned. I also missed the meeting and this is helpful to catch up. There’s a lot of data to sift through and you have done much research. Just to base line me, which of the three alternatives do you support?

[Ken]

Jenny12:

What you describe is the exact reason I expelled Comcast for the house completely and forever.

As a customer paying for the highest level of service for more than ten years, I blew up when the “Tech” told me I had too many tv’s in my house. The 40% signal drop and insane SNR (signal to noise ratio) I could measure (since I have access to that sort of equipment) indicated that the “tech” was either lying at the companies behest or he really did not know how to locate and fix the problem with the feed to my street.

Comcast wants to make sure your are paying the maximum for every reciever in your home even though the signal for basic cable (at the time) did not require a box with a monthly recurring lease. I was paying for two of the boxes for more than a decade, but when the choice came down to restoring the level of signal I had for the last decade or lying to me about it and trying to charge a “truckroll” fee just to come into my house and count tv’s, I threw the bastard out and cut the cord off the house. I had terminated comcast internet 4 years before when they started blocking port 25 traffic transiting their network and did not tell their “tech support” drones about it or even explain what it was. (Port 25 is the port all SMTP (mail) servers use)

I had dish network three days later.

When I look north from the end of my street, I see 80% dish or direct receivers on what was once a 100% cable street. (We were in the beta rollout area for Comcast internet in the early 90’s.)

[JoB]

what the…

are you sure that means jaeger burp in ha’ole???

sounds more like a melodious jaeger fueled brain fart to me ;~>

i once had a dog named mele haole… roughly translated.. song of joy…

but she didn’t drink.

are we going for 7 pages?

[JoB]

CaptainDave…

Have you driven the roadways connecting to our port area much lately? i did during the storm and have to agree that the area is in dire need of improvement.. and that need will only increase with the investment currently going into SoDo… investment that has little to do with our uber-competetive port…

and.. isn’t that a moot point anyway? That work will be done regardless of which, (if any) option, is eventually built…

so what we are really looking at is cost above and beyond… not eliminating that cost with either plan…

as for the tunnel grade… is truck traffic during rush hour really going to be a huge issue there? my understanding is that the majority of the truck traffic on the viaduct now service the downtown core area which wouldn’t be likely to be in tunnels that have no access to the core area…

and.. there is a huge distance between 6th av and hiway 99.. so something would have to be built to take traffic from the existing 99 to 6th to enter the tunnel…

from the standpoint of integration to the existing freeway network in Seattle, i can see why a 6th Av bore would make sense…

but any way you look at it, it looks like a lot more money by the time you build all of the connecting arterials that would make this plan make sense… and right now i am not so sure it is money well spent…

i have to wonder if it wouldn’t be a better idea to do a future plan for a tunnel that bypasses the downtown core area and connects to the other freeways (the 6th Av bore) … actually relieving I-5 congestion..

instead of using the current need for a viaduct replacement to construct a bypass tunnel that connects up to aurora avenue….

because without substantial federal dollars.. any other use for that tunnel is a future projection that may well come to nothing…

and without public transit options… (or trains as you propose) those dollars seem less likely…

[JoB]

scrolling back i can’t see any messing.. but the tag at the top doesn’t seem to have kept up with the number of posts…

i love bettas.. but they are far too active and enticing for my curious dogs… if i put them high enough.. the dogs would knock over the stand jumping up to see them.

[JoB]

thanks Catlbob for the link..

i love it when someone else does my opposition research for me:)

As enlightening and downright entertaining as the piece was (written in 2005 and still pertinent), i particularly liked this comment…

“The only thing David Irons appears to have done well is having been born well. He is the beneficiary of affirmative action for rich, white, well-connected males; he would have gone nowhere without his parents’ assistance. Come to think of it, Irons’ path to political power tracks that of GW. Maybe that’s the Republican model”

sorry HMC Rich.. i couldn’t resist posting that bit of blatant political generalization… which was clearly rebutted by the nomination of Sarah Palin as VP candidate:)

Had she come from one of those advantaged families she probably would have fare better ;~>

On the upside… he really does need the job as WiFi must be eating a hole in what he thought was a captive clientele by now and his resume says he will be a hands off manager.. which if he is smart enough to continue means he couldn’t mess things up too much.. could he???

As for Sherril Huff.. well her record speaks for itself… and she knows about elections too…

cool.

[wingme]

Guess not…is it just me or is someone from the Twilight Zone messing with the numbers on these posts?

[wingme]

Am I 86’d from this thread?

[wingme]

Fishies are pets too, and I feel kinda guilty about not mentioning mine…a beautiful red betta, 3-years old, named Master Betta; residing in an adjacent tank is his brilliant blue companion and frequent rival Moe Bettah.

[alicat1012]

I don’t understand why anyone has negative reviews about The Bamboo, whenever I have ever been there I was met by very personable staff and a warm smile. I personally feel all and all the food was great as well as the service.

[c@lbob]

I don’t know exactly what you mean when you say that Sherril Huff needed to be accounable after the 2004 election. She wasn’t even with King County then, since she was serving as Deputy Mayor of Bremerton from 2002 to 2004. She started with King County in February of 2005 as Assistant Director of Elections and has been a major player in the now successful effort to improve the processes and procedures at Elections ever since. As mentioned before, her record for that imporvement is outstanding, but she wasn’t involved in the bad old days. She is the executive in the department that has been involved in all the improvements. She is certainly accountable for that, and all King County residents should be grateful for her service.

We should keep in mind, though, that Huff has a long and distinguished record in govenment, beginning in 1979 with two terms as Kitsap County Auditor. This is where she developed the skills she later brought to King County, since the Audior in Kitsap runs elections, as is the case in most smaller counties in the state. So a very big fact about her is that she has been the elected official in charge of elections before. No other candidate can say that.

Certainly not David Irons, take a look at this analysis of his resume:

http://tinyurl.com/9wln3g

The other complaint you mention, HMC, seems to have something to do with certification of the tablulation machines. The Federal Elections Commission is the fly-the-ointment there, not Huff. KC Elections is using the same ancient tabulators as in the past ten years, but it isn’t Huff’s fault. In fact, once the feds say ok, I would anticipate the new tabulators will be deployed very rapidly, perhaps as soon as the election immediately following certification. The problem at Federal Elections has to do with a vacancy that George Bush has let remain open for over a year now, after he couldn’t get his pet nominee past the Senate.

You say that taking a chance on Irons is no problem, because he can be voted out in four years. It took four years to turn KC Elections around, Irons’ record suggests he could bring it down in that time.

There’s only one competent candidate for Elections Director, and that person is Sherril Huff. She has nearly thirty years experience running government agencies in both elected and appointed positions. Replacing her with Irons would be like trading a BMW for a Yugo.

[What The]

I named the Goldfish I got for Christmas “Floater” and he lived up to his name! Keep a floatin buddy!

[Anonymous]

clark5080,

There are a bunch of additional channels (maybe a dozen) that I receive that aren’t worth watching or listing.

[Anonymous]

I paid a company to install on my roof an antenna for my HDTV TV. I think I paid $750.

I get the local channels

4, 5, 7, 9, 13, and KONG (16)

for free. The over-the-air bandwidth is greater than pay alternatives, so I get the best possible signal.

The only pay channels I watched when I used to pay for DirectTV were Discovery etc. I don’t miss them. PBS on channel 9 occasionally has similar programming.

[Lj]

also

stitches on pike st. smallish selection and kind of expensive but really fun and funky

in the pike st market there is a great shop for cotton fabrics, an amazing amount packed into a little tiny store.

on queen anne is nancys sewing basket which has a a little bit of everything

then if you don’t mind going all the way over to bellevue quilt works northwest has a very good selection of cotton quilting fabrics.

If you want inexpensive, your best bet is jo anns. though i’d highly recommend supporting the small businesses :o]

[Anonymous]

Upon further review (NFL terminology) I have decided to give five Netflix stars instead of four to

Lost In Translation (the version with Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson)

which satisfies your original criteria.

If you like Scarlett Johansson and sci-fi (sci-fi demands special effects), then I highly recommend

The Island

[HMC Rich]

JoB, what about the sex scandal you speak of? You should be more careful in what you write ….”Sometimes the best man for the job is the woman who is already doing it.” You verbal vixen.

I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist. I was infected by “What The…”

JoB, am I just supposed to take your word for it? Am I going to just automatically vote the incumbent in? You already think you are correct in your assessment so I know I am not going to change your mind. I don’t plan on even trying. Others may have a different opinion.

Each of these candidates has varying degrees of experience. If I were to go more conservative, I would pick Roach but I don’t think she is the right person for the job. Plus she has guns so I don’t want to tick her off. Kempf has had difficulties since at least 1999. Every few years something else about her rears its ugly head.

Huff needed to be accountable after the 2004 debacle. I will give her credit for doing a good job. No argument there.

But, there are complaints about her and for a county to go into an upcoming election that is about a completely mail-in ballot, I really do not think it is too much to ask for the machines to be counting the ballots in future elections to be certified. I am guessing they would have liked those machines operational for this election. Regardless, I suspect the people under her will do a fine job. They have to.

Non-partisan… Sims… uh, really… when Sims goes and asks other Democrats not to run so that the Democratic vote doesn’t get split? Just a guess, but I wonder if Irons and Sims like each other?

Yes, Irons is a Republican. I like Republicans. I like Democrats too but I usually don’t vote for them, but once in awhile I do. Irons has government and private sector experience. I like that.

If Huff wins, good for her. No matter who is in that position, they will be in the hot seat. If they don’t preform, they won’t be re-elected will they?

[Anonymous]

Mostly Martha

My So-Called Life (TV series)

My Summer of Love

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

Sweetland

Walk The Line

The above are alphabetical from my Netflix five star ratings, but given your original criteria, they are coincidentally arranged in order.

Your later refinements of your criteria make choices more difficult, but my above recommendations stand either way. There would have been a couple more in the above list either way, but people already mentioned them.

[captainDave]

Length: While there is no information available that I have found regarding the exact locations of the tunnel portals on the lowland route, I am told that it is proposed to be aprox 2.2 miles. An Odometer reading of the 6th between the proposed portals is also about 2.2 miles.

I am not aware of core samples on the 6th Ave route. However, the depth of the tunnel may not be much deeper than the basements of some of the buildings on either side, so there is a fair amount of data available I am told due to the various construction projects over the years.

Tide Level: You are incorrect to state that the lower route is above tide level. The surface streets in the SoDo District are only about 4 feet above high tide. The 1903 rail tunnel under Seattle is also about 4 to 6 feet above sea level. For the lowland tunnel route to get below the first and second avenue street level and rail tunnel, it will need to be constructed well below sea level. A scientist specializing in urban coastlines, who attended our meeting last night, stated that coastal cities should not plan to build critical infrastructure near the shore due to the potential of sea level rise over the next 50 years. It is also not a comforting though that there is evidence the the Puget Sound has experienced 15 to 30 tsunamis from seismic events in the past. – which could flood a lowland tunnel.

Clay or rock? I am recently told that modern boring machines self adjust their cutters to accommodate a wide range of substrates and that the diameters that we are looking at move at about 35 ft per day regardless of substrates. Soft wet ground does still have more challenges however. As far as obstructions, there is more of a chance of running into some uncharted obstructions along the lower route. There is an unknown number of large iron ship hulls that were beached and buried in the vicinity of the SoDo District prior to the tide flats being filled in.

Agencies: I don’t know specifically where the cut off is for the different agencies that deal with shoreline issues.

Modular: In this case, I believe it would be better for Seattle to build toward an integrated infrastructure then to patch things together based on a 60 year old layout. However, I agree that in plan view (without the SoDo Expressway) the First Avenue alignment would be better. However, It seems to me (based on the WSDOT elevation illustrations) that there may be some rather steep hills to contend with because of the depth of the lowland tunnel route. – This will be a problem for trucks especially at rush hour. With the SDOT updates to the West Seattle Freeway, there will be a lot more people heading into town along 4th avenue, so I do not believe that the miss alignment of the 6th Ave entrance would be all that dysfunctional of a situation since there are a number of large intersections between 4th and 6th. The city owns 100 ft of right-of-way down 6th so there is a lot that can be done there on the cheap if need be.

Tax payer money: There is always a need to monitor the balance between the costs of study vs. action. I wish I did not have to get involved in this as I would have wanted (and expected) our government to consider and weigh out all obvious corridor alignments instead of focusing so much energy on the congested waterfront for so long. The only reason I am involved is because I believe that our tax money is not being spent for the better interests of everyone who lives here. $1.1 billion of the $2.8 billion is already committed to reworking the stretch of roadway south of the viaduct. – mostly to benefit the Kingdom of the Port of Seattle. With the world economies in the tank, and imports drastically down, the last thing we need to do is expand our port facilities. You speak of wasting money? How about getting the Port of Seattle to work in conjunction with the Port of Tacoma so that washington tax payers did not have to fund the competitive battles they have with each other. Between the two ports, they now have excess capacity than what will be needed for years to come. Why should a bunch of the viaduct replacement money be used to expand port capability at this time? The plans were drafted at the top of an inflated market and have not been changed to accommodate current (and projected) economic conditions. This new port-centric infrastructure may become obsolete before it is ever needed.

Why it should be studied: It is critical to keep the main arterioles flowing efficiently for the people who work and live here.- now and in the future. A traffic system needs to be designed to support domestic business over foreign trade if we are going to have a sustainable local economy to fund social services and schools. According to some experts who have looked at our plan, it is possible that it offers a more balanced solution for the general population of Seattle.

[jschu]

I’ve been a victim too. I was cleaning my roof and found 7-8 green blk poop bags on my roof. The criminal was throwing the bag on my roof as they past by. Damn- I know it was a ( ) couple with a pitbull doing it. not sure what to do but check your roof

[emily]

We have two cats:

ISBN (International Standard Book Number) – it’s pronounced “is-ben.” My only is excuse is that we’re book people. We call him Izzy.

Hoopla – she’s a petite all-black girl who lives up to her name and enjoys climbing the shower curtain and jumping to the top of doors. She goes by Hoops or Hoopy.

And one dog, a Rat Terrier called Fiona. We got the name from the character on “Burn Notice,” although all little girls assume we named her after Princess Fiona in Shrek. We usually call her Fi or YoYo. Before we got her, her name was Biscotti.

Cats who have passed include: Atlas (he seemed to carry the weight of the world), Cuddles, Claus (Santa brought him), Reebok (four white feet), Tugger (after the Rum Tum Tugger in “Cats”), and Sydney Ann. There was also a bunny named Santino (from the Godfather), called “Sunny Bunny.”