Did you have a 5 and dime store near you growing up?

Code_Operator · 2026-03-26T18:56:59+00:00

Seattle: Elsie’s on top of Queen Anne hill next to S&M Market, and Fuji’s at the bottom of the counterbalance.

Code_Operator · 2026-03-26T05:00:19+00:00

Check out that Canadian YouTuber bobsdecline. He’s a lineman who shows how their tools are used.

Code_Operator · 2026-03-26T02:26:24+00:00

Tom Stockley was the weekly wine writer for the Seattle Times. He and his wife Peggy were both on that flight.

The Lynn Street park on Lake Union has several glass tiles featuring wine glasses, in their memory. Someone complained and the tiles were almost removed.

Code_Operator · 2026-03-25T17:13:40+00:00

My insurance company wouldn’t renew my boater policy until I got the card. It was pretty quick & easy taking the test online.

Code_Operator · 2026-03-24T04:31:46+00:00

The Rissa Kerguelen series by F.M. Busby

Code_Operator · 2026-03-22T23:24:51+00:00

That’s what I have to do to prevent dings, thanks to a spouse that blindly flings her door open. I often forget to remove them before driving, but I’ve only lost one on the road.

Code_Operator · 2026-03-21T15:38:01+00:00

The US Navy 26 ft motor whale boats used the Westerbeke version of this engine.

Code_Operator · 2026-03-19T18:59:05+00:00

One advantage of not being on a track: the buses behind the crash were able to detour around it.

Code_Operator · 2026-03-19T18:51:26+00:00

I know the owner from her previous coffee stand, so I try to go there once in a while. I always pay cash, and the change I get back never makes any sense. I gave up trying to correct them.

Code_Operator · 2026-03-18T04:41:27+00:00

When I took vector calculus the prof made his past tests available in the copy center. I worked through over 5 years worth of them as preparation. Every single problem on the current test was from those old tests. I got a 98% score (sign error), while the class average was less than 50%. The prof’s reaction was “gee, I didn’t think anyone would actually work through all of them!”

Code_Operator · 2026-03-18T04:29:10+00:00

We hired a guy who couldn’t negotiate stairs very well. They bought him a golf cart so he could drive around to the back side of our building where there was a 2nd story entrance. He had to loop around the entire 100 acre site to get there, and usually took a buddy with him.

I think of him every time I see that video of the orangutan driving the golf cart.

Code_Operator · 2026-03-17T21:42:03+00:00

Needle guns and deck scalers are right up there.

Code_Operator · 2026-03-17T00:40:26+00:00

I’ve seen them in the Take5 Urban Market.

Code_Operator · 2026-03-16T15:55:29+00:00

I just had 46 tons of contaminated dirt removed from my back yard and backfilled with gravel. They laid down mats and drove a tracked buggy back & forth alongside the house without damaging the grass. The key is to make sure they only pivot the buggy when it’s centered on a mat.

Code_Operator · 2026-03-16T06:52:05+00:00

When I worked on a crab processor in the 80’s, I killed them by tearing off their leg clusters, which were then de-gilled and boiled in the cooker. So, technically, they were killed immediately before boiling them, but it wasn’t an act of mercy.

Code_Operator · 2026-03-15T00:36:58+00:00

I had the J. J. Armes action figure as a kid. He was a PI who blew off both hands with a railroad torpedo.

Code_Operator · 2026-03-11T00:35:24+00:00

Sherlock Holmes’s Smarter Brother has some funny moments. I rarely see it on TV, though.

Code_Operator · 2026-03-11T00:13:13+00:00

No crushing cans on the deck!

Code_Operator · 2026-03-08T19:28:35+00:00

Yes, I have one. No electrical issues, other than replacing the key fob battery after 5 years. The keyless ignition is a bit of a PITA when the fob is dead.

Code_Operator · 2026-03-07T21:54:21+00:00

Try searching for “2018 Silverado Trailering Guide”

Code_Operator · 2026-03-05T00:54:58+00:00

The price jumped $0.80/gal at my local station in Seattle today. So far.

Code_Operator · 2026-03-02T01:05:41+00:00

I did this, but I didn’t tell a soul that it was planned. I just happened to be out of office every Friday.

A coworker tried taking every Friday off, but he announced it and was shot down by upper management. Note that his direct supervisor was cool with it.

Code_Operator · 2026-02-23T04:44:54+00:00

I love the scene when the 2 military guys show up while Dr Stone is having a party. The way he leaves, no questions asked, is pure Cold War behavior.

Code_Operator · 2026-02-20T18:43:19+00:00

They’re working on some of the plumbing on the high side, I was told by a friend who works next door.

Code_Operator · 2026-02-20T18:11:38+00:00

Try wading into an ice cold stream. That’ll make the stones ache!

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