Comments on: Edith Macefield’s house sold, to be elevated

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:54:57 +0000

They must be reading this thread. The picture has been changed and no more red eye. Wonder if they realized a sloppy picture that wasn't cleaned up tells something about their professional style?

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:48:01 +0000

Those spooky red eyes the Pinneo's have scare me:

http://www.reachreturns.com/gregpinneo.html#

By: cr -

cr - — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:31:36 +0000

This Pinneo person was convicted of a big money real estate scam. This sounds too weird that all of sudden, he's changed his way of doing business?
This new buyer is already selling tiles? And he doesn't think he'll need permits? Sorry, but once a scammer, always a scammer!

By: gurple

gurple — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:17:20 +0000

Here's the Times' take on it:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews...

This is going to be very high-profile. Even if the development ends in spectacular failure (I give it 50-50), this is going to mean mountains of press for this Pinneo tool.

By: TTTCOTTH

TTTCOTTH — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:08:11 +0000

Damn

I wanted it torn down and turned into a parking lot for Mars Hill Church. Maybe out of respect for “New Ballard” it could be turned into a Meth House with a Graffiti Wall.

By: Ballard_Curmudgeon

Ballard_Curmudgeon — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:17:45 +0000

This is really the thing I hate the most about the real-estate bubble. Any idiot who stumbled into it during the boom thinks they are gods gift to business, when in reality they just won the lottery. Read the guys bio, he spends most of his time scuba diving and divising bumper sticker philosophy slogans and yet I'm suppose to take career advice from him!

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:32:12 +0000

Destroying the house would be a better way to represent the New Ballard. There might even be room for a condo on that lot!

By: SWT

SWT — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:47:46 +0000

Edith would hate this idea. The house speaks for her the loudest just as it is.

By: TheBallardian

TheBallardian — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:19:11 +0000

Where is the lying here? Where is the delusion? Everybody has to have the same take and feelings about the Edith MacField story and what they take from it? So Edith didn't give a hoot about making a statement; she just wanted to finish her life in that house. I get it. That doesn't mean I can't also see in the story a person resisting larger forces that many feel are harming Ballard. Really how is that so crazy? There is a similar issue in literature, which is what a book (or poem, whatever) really means. The answer is not that it means whatever the author meant for it to mean – that's certainly something to think about, but it doesn't rule out other equally legitimate interpretations of that art (the Intentional Fallacy). And so it is with this story here: Edith may have seen things in a much different way than do the people who think of her as really symbolic of resistance or whatever, but that doesn't rule out looking at her story in other ways too.

And, again, I say: If you're such a stickler for living by the letter of Edith's own beliefs, then lighten up and stop giving such a hoot about how people interpret the situation; she certainly didn't. It might really be said that you, being such a stickler about what other people think about the house, are really less in line with the 'true' spirit of the house story than we are! Relax, man.

By: Ernie_98107

Ernie_98107 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:08:02 +0000

“I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and gosh darnit barely half of the voters in Minnesota like me”

-Stuart Smalley

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:07:01 +0000

This makes me very happy.

By: mickey

mickey — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:42:10 +0000

Gee, is there a rule book regarding how many comments people are permitted to make?

Didn't think so.

By: ourballard

ourballard — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:31:32 +0000

I agree.

By: 6_11_000

6_11_000 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:28:39 +0000

Must boardbrown and Chopper_74 give their opinion on EVERY story???

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:20:25 +0000

Edith would want it to be left alone.
If you folks want a tribute to Edith, pay off the hounds, just leave it alone.
Can somebody say what it would rent for?
No.
But somebody will tell ya 'what it's worth', yeah.
Be at rest Dear Edith.

By: Billy

Billy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:15:21 +0000

These tiles sound like a scam and given this guy's history of fraud and jail time, I'd advise folks stay far away.

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:04:53 +0000

Thanks, Ernie_98107, that's priceless.

By: Ian Crowfeather

Ian Crowfeather — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:00:29 +0000

Oh and all of you nay sayers?

This is a heck of a lot more positive than what the alternative is. Which is the house being leveled, and the space being taken up by the building that now surrounds it.

You people have no respect.

By: Ian Crowfeather

Ian Crowfeather — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:57:26 +0000

I must say, that this is totally awesome. I need to get one of those tiles!

By: usernamegr

usernamegr — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:53:08 +0000

This is annoying in so many ways. I'm at a loss….really.

By: SPG

SPG — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:48:52 +0000

A place to drink beer out of a paper bag
A place to sleep off your hangover
A place to park your overloaded shopping cart of crap

By: SPG

SPG — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:47:38 +0000

Is that the sound coming from the basement? I better go check.

By: gmer

gmer — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:42:10 +0000

Here is the link to the Seattle Times article:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews...

Apparently he is planning to have his office on top in the house. Good luck getting people to buy expensive tiles for his own little park underneath. Especially if it is only going to be open when he is there.

By: Structural

Structural — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:35:10 +0000

If lying to yourselves makes you feel better, I say, go for it; but it only proves to a lot of us that you are delusional.

By: kurto

kurto — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:06:55 +0000

OMG that's funny.

By: kurto

kurto — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:57:25 +0000

@chopper_74

". . . and no parking"

lol!

By: kurto

kurto — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:52:40 +0000

OK. That's a neat idea. Look's like a mini park/memorial/public space thing. Is it the same CREDO as CREDO Mobile?

http://www.credomobile.com/

I love the red eye on the picture of Greg and Shauna here (I just love the internets):

http://www.reachreturns.com/gregpinneo.html#

I wonder if they plan on forming a board for this project.

By: audreyl

audreyl — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:47:44 +0000

Gross..

By: Ernie_98107

Ernie_98107 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:47:38 +0000

Right you are G. we posted at the same time, see above.

By: G. Gordon Liddy

G. Gordon Liddy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:43:45 +0000

Yeah, touching story. I seem to recall Greg Pinneo went to jail for something or other related to his chosen profession…