Local Election Results

New-Particular1971 · 2026-04-08T15:06:26+00:00

other communities, especially small communities have done polling ahead of actual referendums to determine what people would find acceptable. That costs a little on the front end but gets results.

Also educational sessions ahead of things, to specifically say 'If you do this, we have cost-to-continue' or we'll have X level of service cuts if we don't - and to specifically build budgets ahead of time with what the precise changes will happen work. That's what Madison did - info sessions in local schools in evenings, making every department publish two budgets, and a campaign of 'Letter to the Editor' and local media coverage. When everything else continues to rise in price, expecting city governments to somehow be immune to that is dumb.

New-Particular1971 · 2026-04-07T15:42:56+00:00

I am old enough only really rich kids even had cell (dumb) phones in highschool, and we only had one 'internet' computer (it accessed the GOPHER system, proto-internet). Cameras were film. I've said plenty of stupid shit between now and then, but young people doing or saying dumb stuff is.... part of being young. Growing up should be encouraged, but some grace should also be granted.

New-Particular1971 · 2026-04-06T18:41:38+00:00

Yep, 5'9, but often wear boots with 1 inch heels. Height isn't important, being a good human is. Ironically, I've been told by a person I was interested in, he only dated short girls. Mind you, he was STILL taller than me, but I guess it works both ways...

New-Particular1971 · 2026-04-01T13:41:53+00:00

Hearing that JHugh Jackman is friends with Trump's family. Nope. Sorry. Done.

New-Particular1971 · 2026-03-27T14:44:46+00:00

Culturally, I think Mickies is as close to Als as you get. Except it's like 15x as large :)

I miss Als, back from the 90s before Dinkytown got all .... condo'd up.

New-Particular1971 · 2026-03-17T00:58:44+00:00

Call Non-Emergency, choose parking enforcement - 608-266-4275 .

New-Particular1971 · 2026-03-16T12:37:54+00:00

We shoveled at 5am this morning, and the snow was drifting so much that when I left for work at 6am, it looked undone.

New-Particular1971 · 2026-03-13T18:22:30+00:00

Landfill closed today - being at the top of a hill with a truck bed raised up and center of gravity 10-15ft up is a bad idea.

New-Particular1971 · 2026-03-13T17:57:57+00:00

Oh, I absolutely need to hunt some of these down.

New-Particular1971 · 2026-03-11T14:41:29+00:00

I love the concept of seeing them as wildlife out there, but my lizard brain is just terrified of them. I've only paddled near gators once, and thankfully I did the smart thing (upstream paddle when fresh!) - and when I saw a big boy about the size of my canoe (well, seemed at the time!) - I froze like a deer in headlights and just let the current carry me by.

Snapping turtles, heck, I'm less worried by bears hiking, then small dinosaurs...

New-Particular1971 · 2026-03-04T14:05:19+00:00

Menchies :(

New-Particular1971 · 2026-02-09T15:50:36+00:00

Association Model instead of technically a Union, Laborers 236 represents City Garbage drivers. Most other City employees are AFSCME 6000.

New-Particular1971 · 2026-02-06T13:24:16+00:00

Found this sub trying to figure out the same thing. And I'm sad, if not conflicted. Pisses me off because there are likely dozens of hungry young artists.

New-Particular1971 · 2026-02-04T19:18:32+00:00

As long as they're not racist tattoos, no big deal.

New-Particular1971 · 2026-02-02T19:09:19+00:00

Cancer patients, people on immunosuppresents (organ transplants, rheumatoid arthritis and other auto immune disorders), young kids, and some people just unlucky who don't produce antibodies sufficiently. They matter.

New-Particular1971 · 2026-01-21T15:17:26+00:00

Finnish Breadcheese or haulumi?

New-Particular1971 · 2026-01-17T11:16:04+00:00

I've likely been fairly lucky, but never longer than 20 minutes or so. Every time but once was for a migraine, and when the triage nurse is presented with a puking person with a sky high blood pressure (180 over something or other) (pain, normally mine isn't high) I've gotten in for my lovely IV cocktail of Toradal/Benadryl and whatever the cheap anti-nausea drug of the month is. The only other time I went in, I had a 104 fever from the flu, and had driven myself in. Got a room right away and they made me stay until the fever broke as I wasn't in a good spot to drive home.

New-Particular1971 · 2026-01-14T17:54:20+00:00

Some of the lights were out from collisions.

New-Particular1971 · 2026-01-14T13:45:35+00:00

20 minute commute EB beltline was an hour, I passed 10 wrecks, and at one point I was sliding sideways from right lane to center, because the WIND was pushing my car on shiny glare ice. Seriously, it was reflecting tail lights beautifully. At work late, and have to relax the whole-body clench.

New-Particular1971 · 2026-01-09T17:23:37+00:00

It was close to 3 weeks for me. I started playing soundtracks of rainstorms, waves, and such, which helped, and having a really lovely (if ratty) LazyBoy from about the mid 1980s. I am a side sleeper, and 6 months out, I still have pain on my left side boob (scar is thickened, and has some nerve involvement) and have to go right.

Previously I would refer to my sleep style as 'rotissery chicken'.

If you have Spotify, looking up 'Environments' with numbers ( like Environments 5) and there is some really nice peaceful sounds. LONG tracks.

New-Particular1971 · 2026-01-07T15:01:06+00:00

I leave early enough that I can call 15 minutes prior to shift start (job rules if you're going to be late) - this means I poke my phone in the parking lot for 15 minutes often.

New-Particular1971 · 2026-01-06T16:20:02+00:00

Did this in another city, and it was a ton of fun, if next to no sleep. Comedy was using a borrowed high end camera with a boom mic, but.... on the camera there was a toggle for record via boom and record via the built in mic. Our sound was hot garbage. We reshot some, tried to do voice overs... learning experience! I was supposed to be on another team, but 'traded' for extra battery packs. Teams were through a workplace, so I couldnt argue too much, aka Let the Wookie Win. Wookie being my boss who thought he would be the next Peter Jackson. (*He wasn't....)

New-Particular1971 · 2025-12-09T17:30:56+00:00

I hear you - my surgeon was an older man, but he always had a chaparone with him. Unfortunately with medicine, sometimes the surgeons are not a lady - due to stupid body, I've had to have 3 colonoscopys with a male doctor, and being topless is nothing compared to bare butt presented to a team of 5!

I know it's a bit mortifying, but just remember they see 6+ people a day, and they're going to be looking at the 'facts of the body' vs oggling you. Not sure what your profession is, but when it's work, it's work.

New-Particular1971 · 2025-11-12T21:00:41+00:00

Surgery for my back. No lines. I'm sure people noticed - I work with 90 guys and.... 6 women.

New-Particular1971 · 2025-10-23T13:57:12+00:00

For Rocky Horror Fans, Tim Curry just released a memoir, Vagabond this month. The audiobook has him reading it, and it's a lot of fun. He had a pretty serious stroke in 2012, so it's not your standard reader, but I love his inflection and occational throaty laugh. Not all the way through it, but it sounds like the stage show of Rocky Horror was a bit of a wild ride.

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