JenV – jump on your case? Now who would do that? LOL!!
I think we should have done it; I still think we should do it. Of course, now that the opponents have had their way, it’ll be way more expensive. But it’s the cheapest way I can think of to get a grade-separated (that is, dependable), carbon-responsible transit system. So, is this the 6th vote?
What might have been….I’m still angry and still sad about that last vote and the absurd misrepresenation of costs that the opponents used to kill it.
We could have been riding it all last year–and planning an expansion now with money from a more transit friendly administration.
I believe that the light rail, when it opens next year, will have people all over the city realizing what real city transit could be.
But, lowmanbeach, I think West Seattle will be lucky if our grandchildren get something other than buses stuck in traffic to get out of West Seattle.
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I had been a regular customer over at Quid’nunc Computer repair down at the Junction until I had the worst customer service experience in recent memory, not to mention the fact that they never fixed the problem and took over two weeks to fix when they originally told me two DAYS. When I called to inquire about the whereabouts of my computer, the person actually hung up on me!
Anyway, I still had the awful computer virus on my machine after my experience at Quid’nunc and I really wanted my laptop to work properly! A friend of mine mentioned Julius Sommer (ujsommer@gmail.com) here in West Seattle as someone to look into. I emailed him, we arranged a time, he quickly diagnosed the problem, he FIXED the problem, and went into great detail with me as to what had happened and how I could prevent this from happening in the future. An overall GREAT experience — and, now almost a week out, he actually emailed me to follow-up and make certain everything was still working OK. Great, great experience and I will continue to take my computer to him to repair!
flowerpetal, I try to do that too. I remember one time I was at a Chili’s-type place at some busy airport by myself and happened to be seated near the entrance. I watched a young woman workin’ the hostess station be unbelievably friendly & cheerful to every person who came by, even when she had to tell them there was a wait. I was struck by her genuinely positive attitude in such a busy and potentially stressful scenario. On my way out, I told her so – and her smile brightened about 100% more than was already there. I was at first hesitant to say something, but seeing her reaction & feeling so good about it myself I now try to do that whenever I can!
We tried to buy a jetski from Gonnason’s. It was like they didn’t want to sell ANYTHING. I have never had poorer service. This was just this past summer…you’d think with the economy being what it was, and gas prices- they would have been falling all over themselves to unload a “toy”. Nope. Guess they just didn’t want our business. (And yes, we called and told them so before anyone jumps on my case)
The Seattle Boat show is Jan 23rd thru Feb 2nd. Hope to see you there.. Discounted tickets are available on http://www.seattleboatshow.com
***edited to remove advertising reference not related to the posted “discount”***
Hi Rudy,
I can highly recommend a guitarist based out of West Seattle named Kathleen Voss, MT BC. Her company name is “The Music Seed”, and I’ve alerted her to your post.
She is professional, fun, talented and effective (she’s been providing music therapy to my autistic son for over a year now).
If you don’t hear from her soon, feel free to contact her. Her website is: http://www.themusicseed.com and her e-mail is themusicseed@gmail.com.
Again, I enthusiastically recommend her.
Instead of turkey on Thanksgiving, I always have crabs and I love them.
The best place to get crabs…in chinatown..cheap at $3.99/lb and they even clean for you.
Please invite me over. Eating crabs as a group is so much fun…forget about table manners…chow down the carcass.
Fresh crabs ..the best.
I saute them with a little bit of curry powder..that it
and I love the roe.
again..invite me over
OH, that must be why on their website it says:
“Preventing crime, enforcing laws, supporting public safety”
I can see how someone who lives in a liberal city like Seattle might just misinterpret that, you know, where it says “preventing crime”..
DURRRRR.
I only skimmed this, but this is a common misconception. “crime prevention” is not what the police do. Police enforce laws when they are broken, thats it. Its hard for people in a liberal city like Seattle to understand this, but its your job to protect yourself.
O.K. I’m game for this one. I had a girl and boy cat (not related) who’s names respectively were Sparkle and Tinkle. Sparkle was raised with a raccoon; but thats a different story involving water faucets.
Sparkle and Tinkle made a baby together, a litter of one. With only one kitten, of course I had to keep her; and name her. Her name?
Sprinkle.
In the 70’s we had a neighbor with a dog named Cocaine. He would walk down the alley yelling Cocaine, Cocaaaaiiinnneee…
My kids have taken swim lessons at both the WS YMCA and Southwest Pool. Southwest Pool is the best hands down! All kids are tested at the first lesson and then grouped by ability rather than age. The teachers are fabulous with kids and the manager searches out kid-friendly teachers. The staff has amazing patience with the kids and I have seen the Director work individually with kids who are afraid of the water (these kids were enrolled in regular classes not private). I highly recommend them.
Gina…how come I don’t know that house? is it on Hanford or on Walnut?
If you wanna see more of Christopher’s work, head to Ama Ama Thursday evening during Art Walk…his photos will be all over the place :)
Zenguy, my best friend had a dog named Mister – they’d yell his name out and every man on the block would turn around!
Zenguy, that actually made me laugh out loud…or LOL, as the kids call it these days. :P
I have friends that have a male dog named Woman. It is a little embarrasing when you are out and yelling “Woman, get over here”.
Before I adopted my cat from the shelter I had decided on the name “Mou-sey Tongue” but thought the name she already had (Gizmo) fit her better.
My personal favorite is the soup at Blue Willow Luncheonette. Yesterday was Lentil or Creamy potato garlic! Yummy! Warmed up my toes! I occasionally work for Patty and see the healthy ingredients and care she puts into her meals. I’ve learned a lot about how to make a fabulous veggie broth (somehow mine still isn’t quite as good!)
I wrestled with the companies web sites for two weeks and could not figure out enough info to make an informed decision. I called and talked to both companies several times without making a choice because I refuse to be sold something by someone who has an even poorer understanding of the product than I.
I finally chose one during the whole house 4 unit free install promotion and got two tv hooked to DVR (one DVR box = 2 tvs, 2 remotes) and 2 more hooked to a regular set top box. (also two tv’s, 2 remotes hooked to one box).
I questioned the installers relentlessly and read the manuals and finally got enough info to configure the wiring plan to work where I needed it to. I now have enough knowledge to redirect the signal anywhere in the house via my pre-existing cable wiring if I need to.
A friend also went to work for direct-tv so I got several of their failed boxes to take apart and “play” with.
Most of my experience in the corporate world was always based on figuring out how to do something complex and then teaching it to execs, sales droids and office serfs. I was reminded of that by seeing a ad here that needed expertise with excel. I would not call myself an expert, but I was always the one handed a process in the form of a box diagram and I had to turn it into an actual work flow using whatever tools and software were available. I know some pretty weird stuff in excel but I suspect there are normal common office functions I have never seen or used.
I know a dog named Hashbrown!
Thinking of kids though, in high school there was a guy named Brock Coli. Cruel, huh?
I can vouch that Ellen’s rum balls were awesome! Definately not too much rum… it gave them a good kick. The honey and toasted pecans really did the trick – they had a perfect consistency.
Atomic rum balls? Yes please!
Mike, that’s too funny! My husband and I are always making fun of those pedigree names that cats have – the ones with 3 or 4 names that sound very pretentious. So we have a joke that we should get a cat and name it Madame Fifi Kibblebuckets. Fortunately, for our current cat (the one in my avatar), we chose a less insane name. :)
Jen, that’s a ridiculous name – people need to think of how a name affects the person with it. I’m glad she could get it changed. I have a close friend whose wife was pregnant with their first daughter, and they spent the whole pregnancy joking that they’d name their daughter Luscious Dupree (which they thought would be the perfect hooker name). They never intented to really name her that (and I’m sure that baby Kate will be grateful when she grows up), but it was definitely funny. I suppose I could use it as another ridiculous cat name. :)
