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[JoB]

have you discovered the First Avenue Cafe in Burien yet? I have fallen in love with the shakshuka there.. hubby with the Huevos Rancheros with chorizo.. and another friend with the eggs benedict. If there is a bad item on their menu i have yet to find it.

I especially like 3 things about this cafe.. it has parking in front… it feels like a safe and welcoming place for a woman to dine alone and they really do an outstanding job infusing several different ethnic flavors into their dishes.

if you are looking for something a little more .. this might be the place.

[whalewatcher]

I made the mistake of buying Linda’s “recommendation” once. Dan the scam.

[EdSane]

@JoB, To me this is more discussion then rant but to each their own I suppose. I’ve grown tired of the ‘fireworks’ discussion and how that thread was essentially everyone talking over everyone else including that it is lost on anyone that my position was that the law should be enforced 364 days out of the year and that blanket bans/prohibition usually do not curb behavior. In fact my thread of logic is consistent to this issue too. I don’t believe enforcing traffic laws will completely stop this behavior either. It is a social/civic issue that I believe will only change over time as opinions evolve (or driver-less cars which ever come first). I’ve already stated that here briefly.

If you wanted to start a thread on bad drivers or a particular spot where many break the law I would participate. I use to rent an apartment on Avalon prior to and after the street conversion for the RapidRide Line. Now you have drivers impatiently going around the bus rather then stopping. I do believe there are bad drivers and I wish SPD had a more beefed up traffic division to handle a city the size that we’ve grown to… The discussion started regarding bicyclists and I was keeping my thoughts to that topic.

@mark, by tribal I mean more the ‘defense as one’ not in the sense that all are one. Similar in my mind to gun rights enthusiast who perceive an attack on even those who break the law as an attack on all.

There are certainly cyclists that feel exempt from traffic laws. As to passing on the right. I’m fine with bicyclist doing that and it is totally legal. I actually think its smarter and safer for the bicyclist to scoot ahead at red lights so they don’t get hit from behind and also as a driver it is easier to see them as I make room to pass. My issue is that some bicyclists insist on passing the car at speed when there is not enough room (e.g. traffic is 15mph and there are parked cars, tight lane with no dedicated bike lane). They shouldn’t be squeezing themselves within inches of my mirror just to get one or two spots ahead.

As to the Idaho Stop Law, I’m not too familiar with it but from what you’ve stated I’d be interested in how Seattle might adopt such a law. The stop sign as a yield sign sounds fine in theory however I wonder if the average bicyclists would slow down as they approached or blow through at speed. I’m not cool with the red light being treated as a stop sign especially on major arterials.

Again my outrage is directed at the bicyclists who break the law and don’t share the road. There are a few I encounter daily. I’m all for common sense laws. I just want a little enforcement too. It doesn’t bother me if a bicyclists gets ahead of me or is faster due to traffic.

[mark47n]

Ed, your attempt to separate cyclists and drivers isn’t going to work as they are one and the same. Also, I suspect that far more cyclists follow the traffic laws than don’t. Be that as it may…

You want to blame the “tribal” aspect and make this assumption that all cyclists are one. They are not. They are no more of one mind that drivers are. In fact, the vast and overwhelming majority of cyclists are drivers themselves. How do you think folks like me get out and ride in the Snoqualmie Valley and other distant places? Would you like me to lump you in with the group of drivers that have tried, actively, to door me, run me off the road or have thrown things at me? Probably not.

You want to complain that cyclists pass you on the right in traffic while you’re stopped. So, I should not proceed unless you’re in motion? Perhaps you should check your mirrors and then your right side wouldn’t be such a blind spot.

There are rude and inconsiderate people on both sides of this divide but only one of them places their own skin at risk, literally. Often it seems a lot like sour grapes. The cyclist cruises right past on your right as you sit locked up in traffic. Often not going faster than 10 mph. They aren’t careless, they are placing a great deal of trust in you holding up your part of the bargain. The part that says you’ll check your mirrors and stay off your phone. Cyclists literally place their lives in the hands of drivers in this way. They trust that drivers will follow the rules, even if they rant and rave about cyclists, and not kill them.

No one has said that cyclists are exempt from traffic laws. No one has ever made that assertion. I do know that if cyclists followed every single traffic law that drivers would definitely not appreciate it. This was thoroughly demonstrated a year or two ago when this was put into action by the cyclists in a part of SF known as the wiggle. By fully complying they tied up traffic something fierce. Many places in the world have realized that they have to change laws so as to accommodate cyclists. Idaho, Quebec, Holland, much of Scandinavia and the list goes on. These are regions that have realized that it’s not workable to have multiple classes of user follow the same rules and carry the same liability. We do that here already. Large trucks have different rules and different liability. Pedestrians and school buses have different rules and liability. Ultimately, the liability increases with the hazards associated with the vehicle. In this country we’ve decided that cyclists are in the same hazard class as cars and semi’s and that’s ridiculous on its face.

Let’s now discuss the “Idaho Stop Law”. This was adopted in Idaho in 1982. It allows bikes to treat stop signs as yields, red lights as stop signs and allows bikes to move up to the front thereby promoting visibility and keeping traffic moving for everyone. Since this was adopted there has been no rise in injuries involving cyclists. It hurt no one. It improved traffic. Conversely, the malicious compliance action that tied up the Wiggle showed the reverse. If cyclists complied with all laws they would tie up traffic. So, which do you want?

I want the Idaho Stop Law and you should too. It would benefit you, Ed, but cyclists would still move faster than you. It would just mean they were now following the law and that would take all the wind out of the sails of your ship out outrage.

[West Coast Nomad]

A landscaper delivered more wood chips than I need. Lots of chips still left; first come, first served. The piles are next to the sidewalk / street on 30th Avenue SW between Kenyon & Elmgrove.

Here’s the posting on Craigslist: https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/zip/d/free-wood-chips-west-seattle/6474785020.html

[mark47n]

Did you lose this? It’s an embroidered pocketbook with a few items in it and no means of identifying the owner. If you can adequately describe the bag and its contents I would be more than happy to return it to you.

[JoB]

EdSane…
Please. “The topics aren’t even related unless you want to compare two nights a year to commuting every day.”

you are being disingenuous… and i am choosing that word to be polite. you have stated that you live in our greater neighborhood so you are not unaware that the fireworks issue is far greater than 2 nights a year… even if you count only those two holidays.. and not the celebration of points scoring or victories for sports teams or other more obscure holidays that are celebrated with fireworks.

the tie that binds these topics is law. You state that bicyclists should obey the law unequivocally.. but that people who set off fireworks don’t need to because that law should be changed… there is dissonance there and a complete denial of the fact that cyclists believe that some of the traffic laws should be changed to better protect them…

but.. if you don’t want to muddle your rant against cyclists with fireworks.. let’s stick to rules of the road .. you might ask yourself why you are not as adamant that drivers should unequivocally adhere to the law.. no speeding. not even up or down Admiral Hill where it is clear people think the law should be changed… coming to an absolute stop at all stop lights and stop signs .. i was nearly t-boned yesterday coming up the hill from Thriftway by someone who totally ignored the stop sign… stopping every time a pedestrian stands on the verge of a crosswalk.. or better yet actually ceding pedestrians the right of way at all times under all circumstances .. that’s the law too… leaving a safe margin around all bicyclists .. etc…

i could go on but i am sure you get the point.

your insistence that one group of citizens should be held accountable for breaking the law while ignoring other groups that don’t is the problem..

it’s the message.. not the fact that you are the messenger.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by JoB.

[Savahnabamaro]

Hi.

FYI: My Roomster account is linked to my mom’s Facebook not mine – as she helped me set it up!

I am a 23 year old female who rents a house in West Seattle. I manage a brewery and am starting my own business. I am medium clean, but like to keep the shared areas cleaner than my room.

I love good food and drink, as well as travel, hiking, camping, scuba, movies, board games and more.

I am a non smoker. I do drink and use 420 occasionally. I can do this in my room only.

I rarely cook, just because I have very little time to, although I would like to cook more. My brother, who also lives in West Seattle, is an amazing cook and he comes over and cooks occasionally.

The house I rent is high end. It has three bedrooms and two baths. It has a fenced yard with hot tub and fire pit. It has all tile and hardwood – no carpet. It has radiant heat and a gas fireplace. It has granite and marble counters and baths; and a WD and DW. It also has three off street parking spaces (huge in Seattle). It is in safe West Seattle neighborhood, close to public transport and shops, restaurants and so on.

I have an amazing Boxer who lives there and she has her own doggie door. She loves everyone. She is our alarm system.

Everyone has their own bedroom; there is also a gorgeous kitchen, a large living room, a large dining area and a front porch and rear patio. Plenty of room.

I come from a professional family. My dad is a pilot, my mom is an attorney, my oldest brother is an engineer, my next brother is in marketing, and I have a brother in 7th grade.

The three bedrooms in the house remind me of the Three Bears story. There is a TINY bedroom that I live in, which is $567 (and when I say tiny I mean like a very large closet). Then there is a regular size bedroom, which is $867. Finally, there is a huge room with ceiling fan, vaulted ceiling, multiple closets, multiple windows and French doors to the back patio – which provides a ton of light. That one is $1,167.

I am losing my current roommates, who have lived with me for 2.5 years, and who shared that room (a couple). I am looking for compatible, responsible, respectful, fun, interesting, long term roommates – who love life as much as I do, and who would love to live in this beautiful home. If you are interested let me know and we can chat.

Savahna Amaro

[Lisa]

I’m sorry, I don’t have any leads/information to pass on to you… I just wanted to respond to your post because it’s really unfortunate that there are very likely some Great resources for you in West Seattle…and maybe even folks reading this that could point you in a good direction. Unfortunate, that in our society, it’s much more likely that someone will chime in without hesitation to offer a lead for helping to find repair on a broken arm or broken pipe… because it’s okay to have those… There might be something here to investigate? https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/groups/depression/98116?sid=1516945888.4359_32564&zipdist=3

I hope you’re able to find a great fit for YOU <3

Lisa

[sbre]

JanS, They’re usually 6″-8″ long.

[EdSane]

@AJP, you just stated we can’t go after bicyclists there are more important things. That fits right inline with my reasoning that we’re only bringing up bad drivers to cloud the issue concerning bicyclist. I think we can walk and chew gum. Specifically, when something is a cultural issue (attitudes), active discussion and civic engagement is what curbs issues. For example, the cellphone law is a step in the right direction but its more the social shaming aspect that will eventually win over the crowd (not police enforcement). However, I don’t see the bicyclist crowd acknowledging any issues without the ‘but drivers’ which tells me this is more about tribal identity then anything else.

With regards to conduct. We all need to display the same conduct to each other when driving, riding or walking. It only works because we have a system of rules and expectations and we take predictable actions. Bicycles should not run up the blind side of a car within inches, they should stop at traffic control signals and yield to pedestrians. They’re not exempt because they’re less likely to cause death or injury to anyone but themselves. In fact their unpredictable actions could have severe consequences when drivers react or over react in an attempt to avoid an incident. Accidents are dynamic and chain reactions happen all the time.

@TSurly, please re-read the firework thread. I stated unequivocally that I did not discharge any unlawful fireworks at all. I merely advocated that they should be legal. I have many friends where they are legal and I went there. But again this line of attack is meant to discredit me the person and not my point or even add to the discussion. The topics arn’t even related unless you want to compare two nights a year to commuting every day.

[HRGDIVING]

Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. is the largest diving contractor on the West Coast, based out of Seattle, WA, a leading provider of marine construction and infrastructure support services in the United States, and an internationally recognized casualty responder.

The Legal Administrative Assistant is responsible for storing, tracking, and updating Company’s contracts and insurance certificates. The Legal Administrative Assistant works with the incident management team on claims handling and also provides some administrative support to the Quality Assurance group.

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Review and draft project agreements pertaining to Company’s operations
• Establish and maintain internal client contact through email correspondence, telephone conversations, and meetings
• Assist management and support groups in preparing and proof reading outgoing documents with legal implications
• Conduct research and report findings as requested by Company’s Contracts Manager
• Assist in compliance with State, Federal, and International requirements in relation to contracts
• Work to maintain, develop and/or improve existing and new tracking tools for use in monitoring all contracts and obligations
• Receive, validate, and store incoming certificates of insurance
• Coordinate, organize, and maintain all Company contract and insurance files
• Collaborate and work with corporate groups, local and regional management, to ensure contractual data and terms are disseminated.
• Work to ensure all contracts are renegotiated in advance of expiration to ensure business consistency
• Coordinate meetings and mailings for Legal group
• Work with estimating and operations to develop a contracting plan specific to a project or client’s needs
• Assist in claims management, including communicating with brokers and underwriters, filing reports, providing documentation, and claim resolutions
• Perform administrative tasks for Quality Assurance group
• General office duties including processing mail, reviewing and processing team invoices and obtaining purchase orders
• Other projects as assigned

Qualifications
Education
• AA in Accounting or related
• BA degree preferred

Experience
• 3+ years of recent legal assistant/administrative experience, preferably in a construction and/or claims environment

Knowledge/Skills
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills
• Technical writing background preferred
• Excellent interpersonal and team skills
• Excellent Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Pro) skills

Physical / Mental Requirements
• Perform work in an office setting

Equal Employment Opportunity
Global is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the objective of Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. to obtain qualified employees consistent with position requirements: to seek, employ, promote, and treat all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion/creed, handicap/disability, marital status, genetic information/history, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by law.

Global will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Global’s legal duty to furnish information. (41 C.F.R. 60-1.35(c))

If you are a candidate with a disability in need of an accommodation in the application process, please contact 206-623-0621 or email hr@gdiving.com.

Job Location
Seattle, WA

Apply online at http://www.gdiving.com/about/employment

[elisabethk]

Only selling due to move and can’t take with me.

Frame: Allez Aluminum frame
Color: Silver
Year: 2005
Size: 52 cm
Price: $300 obo

Comes with bottle cages and a seat pack.
Photos here:

• This topic was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by elisabethk.

[susieq29]

Hi all, sold my CRV but have my roof rack (the two manufacturer cross bars that I had bought separately) sitting in the garage. Would like someone to get good use of them.

Bought them a few years back for $135 but happy to give them to someone that really wants them for only $50. All parts come with it and it’s SUPER easy to install. Two allen wrench bolts per attachment; will take about 10 minutes to install and I can help do it if you bring your car when picking up.

We’ve had kayak mounts on them, cargo carriers on it and it’s great; very versatile. Let me know if you’re interested!

[newnative]

That’s great. I read the Pillars of Hercules a while back (Paul Theroux’s account of travelling the Mediterranean) and he discusses the massive amounts of dog poop on the sidewalks of Marseille, France.

[TSurly]

@EdSane as Job pointed out, it appears you fall back on the rule of law when unlawful behavior affects you. Your unlawfully behavior (deploying illegal fireworks in a densely poupulated area) could easily cause signicant property damage or worse and I find it laughable that you come on here and criticize cyclist for minor traffic infractions. Perhaps their should be some kind of licensing requirement to buy and deploy fireworks so that when someones house is burned down the responsible party can be held accountable.

To your point though, I’m sure you wouldn’t intentionally shoot fireworks at my house, and I apologize for saying that.

[JanS]

as in all things, this country’s problem with “whataboutitis” is really becoming a problem – lol…like I said before…we’re all in this together. Let’s look out for one another, and not make excuses for one another when the other is wrong…and keep the roads safe for all of us.

[AJP]

We’re not saying “we cannot at all address issues with bicyclists until all bad drivers are dealt with”, we’re saying that bicycles and cars are NOT equally dangerous, by a long shot, and that with our limited resources for police and bureaucratic enforcement, going after cyclists isn’t justified. There’s not good reason to do so. The code of conduct for drivers should NOT be equal to cyclists because they aren’t equally dangerous, at all. It’s a false equivalency. Of course cyclists shouldn’t be jerks, but jerk drivers are capable of far worse damages. By a lot. It’s not the same.

[AJP]

The damage a car can do–to a cyclist, to a pedestrian, to another car, to trees, houses, infrastructure is far greater than a cyclist can do to any of those things. Just look at the viaduct this afternoon. A crash where no one was hurt, effectively grinding the city to a halt. The risk involved with cyclist accidents simply doesn’t warrant the amount of money needed to spend on enforcement and accountability. Risk vs. benefit does not add up.

You’re saying cyclists and drivers should be equally accountable, but they don’t cause equal damage. You’re saying cyclists have an “us vs. them” mentality, and not acknowledging that drivers have an “us vs. them” mentality while driving a 2000+ lb vehicle. You’re saying there’s a cultural attitude that cyclists (definitely the minority) have against drivers (most cyclists are also drivers), but why do you not acknowledge the cultural attitudes of drivers who antagonize cyclists, at the risk of actually hurting them?

As a cyclist and a driver, I see good drivers, terrible drivers, and extremely dangerous drivers. I see good cyclists and rude cyclists, but when cyclists are rude the only person they’re putting in harm’s way is themselves (with some rare exceptions, mostly to pedestrians).

Not to mention that the majority of cyclists are working class, often poor, who would like to drive but can’t afford to. Are you in favor of adding another regulation and fee to the working class and poor?

Again, just straight across, the amount of money a cyclist can do in damage is nowhere near what the cost of regulating cyclists would be. It’s financially irresponsible.

http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/memo-to-cities-most-cyclists-arent-urban-hipsters.html

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/01/03/study-cyclists-dont-break-traffic-laws-any-more-than-drivers-do/

[EdSane]

@mark47n, the thread was directed at bicyclists and issues they present specifically to cars. I don’t see this as a bone of contention. Issues on drivers is a separate topic. Which is why I pointed out that the document you presented is only helpful if it’s acknowledged that the code of conduct drivers are expected to show towards riders is equally shown by bicyclists. For example, I need to give at least 3 feet of room when passing a bicyclist. They should give me the same courtesy too and not slide within inches of my mirror at 15 mph on a crowded street or take up all of Delridge when there are no parked cars and staying to the right was both safe and prudent. This is what I mean when its a cultural attitude. An us vs them mentality that many bicyclists display when they ride around and some of them intentionally antagonize drivers.

To be clear my wish for some form of registration has nothing to do with needing licensing for rules of the road. I’d be happy if bicycle serial numbers were large and permanently affixed to be easily read. I feel that a lot of the issues (both bicycle & drivers) are that people feel ‘anonymous’ when they are out in public and that should not be the case when they are utilizing public roads.

As to the article I cited. My point there was that the data is clearly being collected including a section on pedestrian accidents. This leads me to believe that police do actively investigate issues. I don’t disagree with a lack of citations. But my point is that this is not limited to bicyclists. In the majority of non-major (no fatality or serious injury) accidents where there is a lack of direct evidence there is unlikely to be any citation. I’m just not buying into a conspiracy against bicyclists.

@tsurly, I’m sorry that happened to you. However, the theme of the thread was directed at misbehaving bicyclists. To me this is more of a civics issue rather then political. But, it seems this is fracturing along tribal lines which is more true of politics then anything. It seems to me that the underlying theme of your posts is that we cannot at all address issues with bicyclists until all bad drivers are dealt with. This seems more related to how political parties argue that we can’t talk about ‘this’ issue until ‘that’ issue has been handled. How would anything work with those types of ultimatums? And again I ask what was the purpose of the personal attack other then to discredit my voice rather then discuss the topic at hand?

[rpseely]

Clean, good condition. Converts to a single bed or cot and bed. We are remodeling and need the room. Asking $350.

[giglsmith]

Hello Fellow West Seattle Peeps,

We are looking at enrolling my daughter in Arbor Heights Elementary next year for kindergarten. But long story short, their aftercare program has a huge wait list and we are in the mid 20’s on the list with the first person on that list waiting since July’17 so most likely that option isn’t going to work out for us.

Any parents out there have any suggestions or local care they use with openings for next year or maybe in a similar situation and interested in trying to group plan an option/nanny or something as we will probably be skipping kindergarten next year and staying in our current school until 1st grade if we can’t figure something out.

Feel free to drop me a line gigelsmith@gmail.com or comment below!
Thanks in advance for helping out.

Cheers,

Greg

PS. It would have to be something that can pick up from the school and cover the early Wednesdays!

• This topic was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by giglsmith.

[jillalien]

Hello! My name is Jill Jensen, I was wondering if you’re still looking for someone to fill the part-time position! I have a history of both Gymnastics and child-care (6+ years as a babysitter and nanny), along with Drama and a variety of athletics. I also just finished my first education course at Gonzaga University.

My email is jjensenthejet@gmail.com

Thanks! Hope to hear from you soon!

[jillalien]

Hello! My name is Jill Jensen, I’m wondering if you’re still looking for a nanny?

[TSurly]

This morning on my bike commute to downtown, an asian male in his early to mid 30’s driving a white jeep cherokee/grand cherokee (didn’t get his plate #) got pissed that I took the lane riding down Avalon. I was keeping pace with traffic, so I don’t know what his issue was. He dicided to pass me on the short stretch of Yancy between Avalon and Andover, needing to speed (my speedometer was reading 27), go head on to oncoming traffic, and slam on his brakes at the bottom of the hill when he got to the queue at the stop sign. I caught up to him at the light of Andover and Delridge and gave him an earful (no cursing) about his stupid, dangerous move to get no further ahead and just sit in more traffic. Of course he waited until the light changed, and as he was driving on Delridge towards the bridge, rolled down his window and yelled “stay left a**hole.”

Hopefully the coward will man up and come on here to explain/justify his actions, but I’m not holding my breath. He’s probably still sitting in traffic.

Unforntunately I did not have my helmet camera with me today, it would have been a nice video to share. Moving forward, I think I’m going to update this thread (or start a new one with a more catchy subject line) with a video link each time a driver endangers me or another cyclist. I need to limit the scope to just that, because posting video everytime a driver endangers a pedestrian or another driver would be a full time job.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by TSurly.