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Feb 23, 2016 07:10
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Lord Waffle Beard posted:Tacoma smells bad and is full of
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Feb 23, 2016 07:38
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Ditocoaf posted:A lot of tech guys are "center left" in the sense that they don't really think about politics and generally feel like they're liberal because they were in favor of gay marriage and legalizing weed, but if it comes up they feel that culture is too pc these days and businesses are too stifled by regulation and wish they didn't have to acknowledge poors and people with money should basically be free to do what they want, man. So, libertarians who live in a city commonly thought of as liberal and thus call themselves that word.
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Feb 23, 2016 09:39
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If somebody says "Tacoma smells bad" they are either old or listen to old people.
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Feb 23, 2016 09:59
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LingcodKilla posted:I just back from looking at houses in Port Orchard. Explored the area a lot. What did you do, dude? Explosion levels house in Port Orchard; homeowners unaccounted for
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Feb 23, 2016 16:34
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computer parts posted:Hope none of those are engineering schools. WWU has engineering technology degrees that usually take more than 4 years. They also have a BS in supply chain management that is a 5 year program. I can't imagine any of the four schools will be happy about being forced to graduate students in 3 years.
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Feb 23, 2016 16:38
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SedanChair posted:If somebody says "Tacoma smells bad" they are either old or listen to old people. I beg to differ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroma_of_Tacoma "The city of Tacoma is known for its putrid smell, dubbed the "Aroma of Tacoma""
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Feb 23, 2016 16:43
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It smells bad, the earlier in the morning the worse it is. But its not nearly as bad as it used to be and you can't smell it in downtown Tacoma anymore really either, mainly on the freeway if you're passing by heading north. IF you don't smell it at all you're probably used to it. Another place that smells bad is Port Townsend, still smells like Tacoma at its worst on some days. A place I used to want to move to from just visiting, went there for work one day and was like, "what I had no idea they had mills here, it smells like rear end".
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Feb 23, 2016 16:45
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beefnoodle posted:What did you do, dude? Explosion levels house in Port Orchard; homeowners unaccounted for Ah there you go. Triple wide. RIP methlab workers
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Feb 23, 2016 17:26
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beefnoodle posted:What did you do, dude? Explosion levels house in Port Orchard; homeowners unaccounted for Back in like 2010 there was a gas explosion in my hood that leveled a house and damaged a whole block of houses up in north seattle. Was right after the major PGE explosion in california. lovely cracked gas pipes. My house was about 10 blocks away and it scared the hell out of me. Shook the whole thing.
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Feb 23, 2016 18:33
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Pinball chat; The international district has a pinball museum (bad-rear end arcade) between king and weller on maynard. All you can play after admission. http://www.seattlepinballmuseum.com/games.html
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Feb 23, 2016 19:18
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seiferguy posted:WWU has engineering technology degrees that usually take more than 4 years. They also have a BS in supply chain management that is a 5 year program. I can't imagine any of the four schools will be happy about being forced to graduate students in 3 years. Are any of those ABET accredited, and are there any three year engineering programs that have ABET accreditation? That's really important in engineering circles. Not to mention a bunch of regional accreditations require a significant amount of humanities even for the science majors. And christ, good luck making a department offer every requirement every quarter/semester.
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Feb 23, 2016 19:38
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Junkyard Poodle posted:Pinball chat; That reminds me too, if you're into old computers check out Paul Allen's living computer history museum. It's south of seattle a little bit and worth a trip. You can play with old commodore 64's, apple computers, IBM PC's, etc. There's a neat datacenter room with old mainframe computers like you saw in films from the 60's and 70's. Everything is fully operational and there are terminals to just start messing around with machines. It's really cool.
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Feb 23, 2016 19:51
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Solkanar512 posted:Are any of those ABET accredited, and are there any three year engineering programs that have ABET accreditation? That's really important in engineering circles. Not to mention a bunch of regional accreditations require a significant amount of humanities even for the science majors. As a WWU engineering christ this is depressing: quote:As part of the change to the Engineering and Design Department, the following programs are in moratorium, and are no longer accepting new students: Even my lovely Industrial Technology - vehicle design (non-abet) degree required 110+ credits. Plastics was 130 or 140+ when I was there, with almost no humanities overlap.
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Feb 23, 2016 19:59
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Meydey posted:I beg to differ Reason posted:It smells bad, the earlier in the morning the worse it is. But its not nearly as bad as it used to be and you can't smell it in downtown Tacoma anymore really either, mainly on the freeway if you're passing by heading north. You'll all now presume to quote wikipedia at me about Tacoma, I see. Tacoma used to smell legendarily bad, but with the way it smells today it wouldn't have ever gotten its reputation.
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Feb 23, 2016 20:11
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Junkyard Poodle posted:Pinball chat; Only been there once but it was on Veterans day a few years ago. The owner asked if I was a vet and I said yep, so he gave me free admission. Had a good time so I dropped a twenty into his donation jar, and when I walked out, he gave me 2 pinballs as souvenirs. Now I have 2 more balls than before. Then I went to the Tsue Chong fortune cookie factory a couple blocks away and bought a 5lb bag of seconds. It was a good day. SedanChair posted:You'll all now presume to quote wikipedia at me about Tacoma, I see. Tacoma used to smell legendarily bad, but with the way it smells today it wouldn't have ever gotten its reputation. I live in Kent (formerly "The Lettuce Capitol of the World"). I have to make fun of Tacoma for something. Meydey fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Feb 23, 2016 |
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Feb 23, 2016 20:14
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If you want a bad smell, go to: -the neighborhood outside the Ostrom plant in Olympia, where everything smells like a hot pork rind forever -Tillamook, where everything smells like cheese They are not bad smells per se, but they never go away.
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Feb 23, 2016 20:32
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If you want to make fun of a city's air quality, Portland's only recently identified a source of air toxicity as being caused by glass smelters in residential areas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-fNScJXoo SedanChair posted:-Tillamook, where everything smells like cheese
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Feb 23, 2016 20:34
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anthonypants posted:If you want to make fun of a city's air quality, Portland's only recently identified a source of air toxicity as being caused by glass smelters in residential areas But but but small businesses and local arts!
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Feb 23, 2016 20:43
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Solkanar512 posted:But but but small businesses and local arts! I'm sure daddy's money can afford warehouse space out by the airport instead.
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Feb 23, 2016 20:51
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anthonypants posted:If you want to make fun of a city's air quality, Portland's only recently identified a source of air toxicity as being caused by glass smelters in residential areas I can't wait for the Portlandia send-up of this one!
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Feb 23, 2016 20:54
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Solkanar512 posted:But but but small businesses and local arts!
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Feb 23, 2016 21:01
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anthonypants posted:There are literally people crying about how heavy-handed government regulations are going to kill small businesses and the arts, but one of these places is like two blocks away from a high school. The worst one is right by a daycare center.
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Feb 23, 2016 21:13
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Al! posted:The worst one is right by a daycare center.
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Feb 23, 2016 21:18
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I mean, you want bad smells, anytime I go to Seattle for anything I have to tolerate the stench of urine.
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Feb 24, 2016 00:22
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http://katu.com/news/local/girl-scout-sells-cookies-outside-portland-pot-shop-its-not-against-the-rules Quintessentially PNW.
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Feb 24, 2016 02:46
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koreban posted:http://katu.com/news/local/girl-scout-sells-cookies-outside-portland-pot-shop-its-not-against-the-rules Man I bet she is making bank.
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Feb 24, 2016 02:51
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DrNutt posted:I mean, you want bad smells, anytime I go to Seattle for anything I have to tolerate the stench of urine. Seattle smells so much like pee that I'm surprised the streets don't run yellow when it rains. Its still better than Tacoma. Or Methland(Everett).
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Feb 24, 2016 03:11
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koreban posted:http://katu.com/news/local/girl-scout-sells-cookies-outside-portland-pot-shop-its-not-against-the-rules
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Feb 24, 2016 03:33
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I was walking to the market a couple years ago and saw a man in the middle of the sidewalk and in broad daylight stop, whip it out, and hose down the immediate area in front of him, pointing his tool from side to side as people made way and walked around him. That's my Seattle pee story.
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Feb 24, 2016 03:37
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No Pants posted:I was walking to the market a couple years ago and saw a man in the middle of the sidewalk and in broad daylight stop, whip it out, and hose down the immediate area in front of him, pointing his tool from side to side as people made way and walked around him. That's my Seattle pee story. He must not have been Native American, since the police did not shoot him to death.
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Feb 24, 2016 04:06
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SedanChair posted:If you want a bad smell, go to: Tillamook smells more like cow manure, in my experience.
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Feb 24, 2016 04:24
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No Pants posted:I was walking to the market a couple years ago and saw a man in the middle of the sidewalk and in broad daylight stop, whip it out, and hose down the immediate area in front of him, pointing his tool from side to side as people made way and walked around him. That's my Seattle pee story. A drunk, probably developmentally disabled, adult man peed on the woman in front of us at a Seahawks game. She got a bunch of poo poo out of the deal and that guy can't come to Centurylink Field anymore. That's my Seattle pee story. Everyone should have one. glowing-fish posted:Tillamook smells more like cow manure, in my experience. Doodoo and strawberry ice cream. A potent combination.
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Feb 24, 2016 05:11
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I don't have a pee story, but the stretch of I-5 between everett and marysville often stinks.
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Feb 24, 2016 06:21
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I have a Seattle poop story. My office in the international district was on ground level and there was a lady who would paint our windows with violently sprayed diarrhea at least once a week. I saw this happen. Through the window. I prefer the pee.
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Feb 24, 2016 06:45
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Schwack posted:That's my Seattle pee story. Everyone should have one. Does being one of the few people to use the public robo-urinals count? Basically, it was a large cylinder that you walk into to piss and would close for privacy but then open no matter what to discourage people just hanging out in there, much to my friend's surprise. Our homeless brothers and sisters were much too resourceful to be stopped by that, and they shut them down. :cryingsasquatchinfrontofthedougflag:
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Feb 24, 2016 07:05
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My Seattle pee story is one time I twisted my ankle downtown and had to take the elevator into the transit tunnel, but I didn't notice the enormous, rippling puddle of pee in the corner of the elevator until after the doors had shut. Good times!BlueBlazer posted:The pinball mechanic at Dorky's is a gift from the gods. Better than any arcade in Seattle, imo. The owner is a piece of poo poo and deserves a punch in the face, http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article30667254.html seiferguy posted:Fremont has Add-A-Ball, which is a decent, albeit small retro pinball / arcade bar. I took a date there once and we thoroughly enjoyed it. It can get packed pretty quickly though. Junkyard Poodle posted:Pinball chat; These are all great (except the racist Dorky's dude) but I gotta throw my hat in for Flip Flip Ding Ding in Georgetown, it's pretty awesome.
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Feb 24, 2016 07:17
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The flipside to the racist Dorky's guy story is that his wife/girlfriend/coowner is a POC and was obviously pissed off and tore him a new one. He posted a pretty sincere apology (not one of those 'sorry you were OFFENDED' apologies that are so popular these days) and offered Dorky's as a potential safe space/meeting space free of charge for Stand Up Tacoma (Tacoma's local grassroots BLM type coalition). This went basically unreported because 
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Feb 24, 2016 08:12
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I've peed outside in Seattle on multiple occasions because I needed to go and didn't want to hold it. Mostly recently was like 2 weeks ago behind the dumpster at Filson. If you don't pee outside on the regular you're missing out. Cool breeze against your junk. Feels good man.
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Feb 24, 2016 08:44
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A Bag of Milk posted:I've peed outside in Seattle on multiple occasions because I needed to go and didn't want to hold it. Mostly recently was like 2 weeks ago behind the dumpster at Filson. If you don't pee outside on the regular you're missing out. Cool breeze against your junk. Feels good man. Seriously, be careful about that. If you're caught by a police officer you can be slapped with a public indecency or even sex offender charges. The kind of stuff you have to go door to door and tell all your neighbors about and will torpedo any job opportunity with a background check ever. Not worth it for a quick wizz.
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Feb 24, 2016 09:11
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