It's too bad there's no other road or bridge to Bellevue.
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It's too bad there's no other road or bridge to Bellevue.
Steelyuhas
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I-5 to I-90? woof
MarmiteBadger
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I just crossed the Tacoma Narrows Bridge last night. If you don't cross those bridges often, pay-by-mail is the way to go. GTG Pass $5, Toll Both $6, PBM $7. I'd rather pay $7 instead of waiting at a toll booth, imho.
Didn't McGinn want to put bicycle lanes all over Seattle? For some reason that I can't remember, I never really cared for McGinn.
I never said it was a good choice.
platypotamus
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522 over the top is actually not bad. Used to drive from my gf's house in Shoreline to my place in Kirkland in the mornings, and it was never out of hand. Slower, but free.
platypotamus
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The drive home is much worse. I'm not sure what laws of math allow that to be the case, but it pretty much always is.
Unknown Soldier
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Guys it's HOT AS FUCK
distantmantra
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Not as hot as they thought, though, thanks to the smoke.
Went for a run a bit ago and it was damn hot, but then I submerged myself in my daughter's little wading pool. That was nice.
distantmantra
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From The Stranger...
Yep. My in-laws are here from Omaha and were hoping to see the mountain. Wonder if it will clear before the Blue Angels start flying?
Heading to Yakima on Friday for berry picking and breweries, hopefully it's clear over there.
Yep. My in-laws are here from Omaha and were hoping to see the mountain. Wonder if it will clear before the Blue Angels start flying?
Heading to Yakima on Friday for berry picking and breweries, hopefully it's clear over there.
It's worse in Eastern Washington, actually. Komo claims that it should waft away on the weekend. Hopefully in time for the show (and our lungs).
It's like I'm in Vegas.
If it lowers the temperature a few degrees until the heat wave is over I'll take it.
distantmantra
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I hope so. My buddy lives in Seward Park so we go to his house every Seafair Saturday to get buzzed by the Angels in his backyard.
I love the Blue Angels. I don't get all the people who complain every year about them. I'm not a big "USA USA USA!" type dude but they rule.
Anyone having sound issues with Comcast? I have no audio on any channel. Already checked the audio settings in the on-screen menu and already verified that my TV is working (it emits sound when I use my game consoles).
Tried restarting the cable box but no dice. Been like this for two days.
Tried restarting the cable box but no dice. Been like this for two days.
Tacoma here. I've been having near constant DNS issues over the past day and a half. Dunno what's up.
SUPER HAPPY about Moon most likely advancing to the general election (wary of counting my chickens before they hatch, but I'm optimistic).
Nobody in a car has a right to complain. You are voluntarily making it worse for everyone else on the road.
When your commute to work is two hours one way, maybe then you can complain (this was my commute for the last 5 months).
Oh come on. I take the fucking bus, you know? You don't see me bitching about traffic. You can go around.
Nobody in a car has a right to complain. You are voluntarily making it worse for everyone else on the road.
When your commute to work is two hours one way, maybe then you can complain (this was my commute for the last 5 months).
MarmiteBadger
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If people are complaining about being in traffic and their job is 2+ hours away. Then they need to find a way to live closer to work or find a job closer to their house.
distantmantra
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http://www.thestranger.com/slog/201...ilitary-excess-pollution-and-traumatized-pets
I was wondering when the Blue Angels hate machine would start this year. Looks like they're a bit late.
Excuse me for not enjoying WAR MACHINES invading my perfect liberal utopia.
sarcasm
distantmantra
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Swam in Green Lake with my daughter for an hour. That was nice.
MarmiteBadger
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Waiting to get out of work so I can go home and hide in my air conditioning.
distantmantra
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Maybe it's because I was in Morocco earlier this summer for two weeks, but the heat hasn't been that terrible.
I think the smoke is lowering the temperature.
distantmantra
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It definitely is.
That's awfully tone-deaf of you. Just because you can afford to live where you work doesn't mean that everyone can. The jobs are in Seattle, it's just that most of them pay jack shit compared to the cost of living.
My wife and I can theoretically afford to live within city limits, but not if we ever want to save enough to actually buy a place.
But sure, people just gotta hike up those bootstraps. C'mon man.
Was going to post something similar. A "normal" commute is like 1.5 hours now.
Unknown Soldier
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The Blue Angels are in SF every year for Fleet Week and no one gives a crap lol, stop being posers Seattle liberals
distantmantra
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The Blue Angels hatred has been a thing for at least five or six years now. Mostly people on Capitol Hill or in Central who hate the noise and then made it a political thing.
Being Seattle, I figured people would bitch more about the waste of fuel, haha.
(I'm in Capitol Hill and I kinda like the noise when they zip on by. Always catches me off guard.)
What does this even mean
distantmantra
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Noise pollutuion, air pollution, tax dollars, pro military sentiment, etc.
I grew up here and have always loved SeaFair and watching the Blue Angels. I'm not a fan of the military industrial complex, but I still love those blue fighters jets being loud and doing cool stunts. It's fun. [shrug]
It woke me up.
People will complain about anything, I guess. They're good fun! Unfortuntely, the latest projections seem to show that the smoke is going to be around for quite some time to come.
Was it at a good hour, at least?
MarmiteBadger
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I'd rather be tone deaf than complain about traffic.
My work is less than 10 minutes from my home. I transferred from a location that was 1 hour away. I don't care if people complain. It's a simple solution, look for something close. Or move closer to your work.
Well what a coincidence; I just opened an Artissan Bootstrappery in Georgetown called bo͞otte.
I live less than 3 miles from my job, and the commute is at best 45 minutes.
Tone deaf is one thing, proudly ignorant is another.
platypotamus
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I'm not trying to stir up more shit or anything, but you should probably just walk or something
Yeah. I am lucky enough (now, anyway) to start at 6AM, but even at 5:30AM the traffic on 405 is already getting bad. My new commute (from northeast King County) is down to 50-60m one-way, down from nearly 2 hours one-way when I was starting at 10AM. This is the from the very same location, mind you.
Bruh, what? Did you actually read anything I wrote? My wife and I make great money (a fair bit more than the median household income for two in Seattle) and living 10 minutes from where we work (I'm downtown, she's at Swedish on Cherry Hill) would essentially prevent us from ever saving enough to actually buy a place.
We are forced to live outside of the city in order to escape being condemned to a life of renting. I can't imagine the hardship that people who are making median income (or, god forbid, less than that) are experiencing. It's a miracle that any middle income person can live in the city, to be frank.
The margins for those at minimum wage or just a little higher must be razor thin, even if they aren't living within city limits. To hand-wave it away like you are is brazenly ignorant of the struggles that most people face. You're exactly the type of person we don't need, or want, in this city.
:lol
Your cheapest model is $500, I presume?
Man, I'm glad I bought my place in Cap Hill 10 years ago. I haven't worked more then 2 miles from work in 7 years (currently 1.5). It has ruined me for commuting, though. There's no way I could ever go back to commuting by car without turning into a white-hot seething ball of rage.
When I moved out here from the D.C. area we used to joke about how people in Seattle thought traffic was bad here. Now it's actually pretty bad (D.C. is still worse though).
When I moved out here from the D.C. area we used to joke about how people in Seattle thought traffic was bad here. Now it's actually pretty bad (D.C. is still worse though).
About a mile of it is walking.
In good news, it looks like Cary Moon is almost certainly in for the general election. She has widened her lead over Oliver again. Also, we're up to 39 percent turnout, the best in 20 years for an off-year election. Great stuff!
I would bike/light rail/bus everywhere if I lived in the city.
Or at least, that's my plan once (haha, if) we have a place here.
Just curious, is biking not an option?
I would bike/light rail/bus everywhere if I lived in the city.
Or at least, that's my plan once (haha, if) we have a place here.
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