http://www.myballard.com/forum/ A forum for the Seattle neighborhood of Ballard en Sun, 19 May 2013 03:06:45 +0000 http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15956#post-218477 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:02:58 +0000 pennygirl 218477@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>I don't know what yard you are looking at iPlod. My starlings are way behind the crows, woodpeckers and bluejays. They don't stand a chance. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15956#post-218476 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:55:16 +0000 iPlod 218476@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>At a feeder, the starlings will peck with their sharp beaks at all of the other native birds which dare to try and take a seed. Including much larger birds like Flickers and Pileated Woodpeckers.</p> <p>They have become such pests it's legal to kill them any time, no permit needed. There's no bounty on them however, unless your cat is interested and rich. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15983#post-218475 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:45:09 +0000 iPlod 218475@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Thanks, Cate.</p> <p>I stand corrected on both knees. Let's leave trendy out of it and see if baby brother can use a backup knee brace. </p> <p>I'm pretty sure if I throw it into my chipper, the birds won't eat the output. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15968#post-218474 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:40:07 +0000 iPlod 218474@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Geez lakreitz, Bellevue?! In the name of decency, please ask that question off forum.</p> <p>Nobody here should be coerced into publicly revealing sordid details of an innocent past they had no control over. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15983#post-218473 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:36:15 +0000 Cate 218473@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>I take both a knee brace and my hiking poles up a trail - or rather they take me. Hardly trendy. Now snowshoes, those are trendy. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15975#post-218472 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:30:45 +0000 iPlod 218472@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>"Celebration trumps convenience!"</p> <p>@ angeline, troo that.</p> <p>Election Day should be a holiday also. Not necessarily paid, but off without penalty. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15900#post-218471 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:29:28 +0000 Dana_StellaDot 218471@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>He is still missing, but I just passed this on to my friends. Thanks for the update! </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15975#post-218470 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:27:22 +0000 angeline 218470@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Guys, that is a mini rain garden. It is filtering pollutants. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15983#post-218469 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:19:14 +0000 iPlod 218469@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Just been seeing more and more of them along popular trails lately &#38; wondering why not save the weight in favor of some extra toothpicks and an e-cig.</p> <p>Also, a knee brace can splint a couple of them danged poles to a sore leg for the trip back. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15958&page=2#post-218468 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:13:18 +0000 iPlod 218468@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>@ great idea</p> <p>I lived on a 5k sq ft in Wedgwood for years &#38; took down three 50 ft + tall trees there with a 14" electric chainsaw without damaging any of my or my neighbors properties. </p> <p>Couldn't have done it with a SawsAll. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15983#post-218467 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:07:48 +0000 allisonw 218467@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Hiking poles are trendy? They've been a must-have for me for so many years that I didn't know that.</p> <p>Biophile came over today and I got her into a bunch of stuff. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15983#post-218466 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:56:24 +0000 iPlod 218466@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>I don't have poles, but I can way sympathize with good knee/bad knee. </p> <p>I have an unopened unused knee brace you're welcome to have for keeps which he may come to love way out there in the wilderness when he's contemplating the hike back.</p> <p>Not as trendy as hiking poles, but they are handy for strangling bears when your poles and appeals to bear empathy have failed to fend them off. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15975#post-218465 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:11:01 +0000 BuffaloHawk 218465@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>GI</p> <p>This has a parking strip punch line written all over it:) </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15975#post-218464 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:55:26 +0000 great idea 218464@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>there are still some big ol mounds of horse poop on the street near Adams. </p> <p>are the police exempt from cleaning it up? </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15900#post-218463 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:32:02 +0000 gracie 218463@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Is Ash still missing? Last night, while looking for my cat Pickles who had ran because got scared, I was in alley between 69 &#38;70. Two people said had seen a black whit cat. Last night in backyard of 3210 nw 69th (dead end) it was laying in tall grass, got spooked by dog &#38; ran. Could have hidden in many places there. Man who walks 4 dogs said he had seen black white cat-he walks same area. Maybe Ash? Hope so. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15981#post-218462 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:30:46 +0000 Cate 218462@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>You know if the helmet is mislaid, you can lock the bike up and take a bus with your kid, or call a friend for a ride, maybe walk if you are close enough. You don't drive a car drunk,particularly with your child inside. You don't ride a bike with your three year old helmentless. Those are kind of no-brainers (pun intended). </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15982#post-218461 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:30:12 +0000 Corvus 218461@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Unfortunately no, I am not a greener. My wife, my cousin and numerous friends are (1990 -1992). I did get to sit in on several classes, spent a fair amount of time there and also met my wife there. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15982#post-218460 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:53:36 +0000 Samkin 218460@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Hey Corvus, does that mean you are too? Me too - 1995, my husband graduated in 1996. Love that place like crazy, would not be who I am today without it... Made me oldest read that article this morning! Love Macklemore for a variety of reasons, that just sealed the deal... :) </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15983#post-218459 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:09:11 +0000 Cate 218459@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Just sent you an e-mail. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15907&page=2#post-218458 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:53:51 +0000 allisonw 218458@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>What was your name again? Thought so.</p> <p>@ iplod, that would be the Withering Stare. My mom does it better though. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15977#post-218457 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:41:06 +0000 onederfullone 218457@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>It was my stuff before stopgo ripped it off, fwiw.</p> <p>It wasn't for a honey bucket, it was for a still, it was gonna be crack fired even. Stopgo stole all my crack too. </p> <p>shoot...I mean, I hope that dude gets his shopping cart back... </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15981#post-218456 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:32:46 +0000 onederfullone 218456@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>You should've confronted the idiot, bh, period. I'd hate to think it would be repeated at any point in the future.</p> <p>"However as saffy mentioned there might have been a reason why the child did not have a helmet, one could have been that they rode to school in the morning and come time to pick up the child the helmet got mislaid somewhere or something like that."</p> <p>Sure, lets discuss reasons for stupid. Does stupid exist? Yes. Should we ever ignore it? Fuck no. We should call it for what it is.</p> <p>Kids deserve better than stupid for any reason, but we send them to SPS, brilliant. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15907&page=2#post-218455 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:25:56 +0000 onederfullone 218455@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>I'm imaginary?</p> <p>You look even more ridiculous. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15968#post-218454 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:46:28 +0000 lakreitz 218454@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Hey Silver, you revealed your age and it is the same as mine. For the longest time I've been thinking I know you from somewhere before. Now I think I know where we met before. Did you go to middle school (jr. high back in those days) in Bellevue? </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15983#post-218453 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:22:22 +0000 allisonw 218453@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Yup, ping me. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15983#post-218452 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:46:59 +0000 biophile87 218452@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>So my awesome baby brother is coming to visit for Memorial Day weekend, and we have some hikes planned. After 2 tours in Iraq, his "good" knee has gone bad. I'm looking for some nice hiking poles to borrow if you're staying at home next weekend. He's about 5'9". If you have, and trust me to take good care, shoot me a line at my handle hosted at the old yahoo place.</p> <p>I would return after Tuesday, 5-28.</p> <p>Thanks so much!</p> <p>ps- also a pair of women's for his GF would be great, whom I have not met....cue the suspense music! </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15982#post-218451 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:33:21 +0000 Corvus 218451@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://www.evergreen.edu/magazine/2013spring/home" rel="nofollow">http://www.evergreen.edu/magazine/2013spring/home</a></p> <p>I had no idea! Best college in the state if not the entire western half of the country. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15981#post-218450 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:23:41 +0000 BuffaloHawk 218450@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>He was coming off Westminister down 145th by the golf course. Like David Crosby said people looking for transplants move to states with no helmet laws. Seriously, rush hour and no helmet on the child but protect yourself.If he was knowledgeable to protect himself the child should and always will be the first priority. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15981#post-218449 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:16:02 +0000 VeganBiker 218449@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>I rode south across the Fremont bridge twice yesterday, once at around 5:30 AM and I was number 79 and then again around 4 PM and I was number 2900!<br /> Lots of bicyclist on the roads yesterday. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15981#post-218448 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:15:15 +0000 racerX 218448@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Corvus, as usual, very well said. +1 </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15981#post-218447 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:14:06 +0000 VeganBiker 218447@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Earnie - I thought the same thing at first! Yesterday was a great day to "comfort" a bicyclist! </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15981#post-218446 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:12:07 +0000 VeganBiker 218446@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>BH - where on 145th was this? 145th has no bicycle friendly sections, no sharrow marking, no bike lanes and is a very busy road at the best of times but in rush hour! Wow this guy must have been brave or crazy. He should have been on the sidewalk with a kid. And he needs to have a helmet on the child.<br /> However as saffy mentioned there might have been a reason why the child did not have a helmet, one could have been that they rode to school in the morning and come time to pick up the child the helmet got mislaid somewhere or something like that.</p> <p>But I am curious to know where on 145th this was, there are better routes to take on a bike than 145th. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15981#post-218445 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:23:30 +0000 Ernie 218445@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>I read the thread title as "I Came Extremely Close To <em>Comforting</em> A Biker Today !" He He. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15981#post-218444 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:38:18 +0000 saffythepook 218444@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Corvus +1. The adult obviously recognizes the importance of helmets because he was wearing one himself so my guess is there was some perfectly logical reason he didn't put one on the kid that time. I'd give him the benefit of the doubt and mind your own business. </p> http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=15906#post-218443 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:02:02 +0000 DimpleDolly 218443@http://www.myballard.com/forum/ <p>Hi onederfullone(: I have more songs on Youtube in case you want to hear em(: </p>