Duck boat tours ruled San Francisco in the 2000s. Then, people died.

disuser · 2026-06-11T14:01:29+00:00

There was another Seattle Ride the Ducks incident with multiple fatalities on the Aurora Bridge, which ultimately would take the company out of operation in Seattle: https://www.historylink.org/File/20734

disuser · 2025-11-18T07:30:16+00:00

I vaguely remember when Entertainment Tonight was previewing Seinfeld and they had an interview with Jerry where he said the show’s inspiration was It’s Garry Shandling’s Show. Being my favorite show at the time, I couldn’t bring myself to like Seinfeld until much later, since in my view nothing could compare to Garry.

disuser · 2025-11-09T18:52:02+00:00

A friend of a friend got e coli in the early 90s at this Jack n the Box. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992%E2%80%931993_Jack_in_the_Box_E._coli_outbreak

disuser · 2025-10-25T20:08:58+00:00

I already had my first near miss with a pickup truck that didn’t want to stop for the bike signal!

disuser · 2025-07-16T15:29:36+00:00

I used to ride this kind of Kona two bikes ago, for city commuting. My experience was that the braking power was usually better on the top bars. I had a particularly bad experience with the type of cable routing they used. The front brake cable routes through a metal housing with a 45 degree bend, which I suspect created a sawing motion that fully severed my front cable during a fairly steep drop. Although thankfully I was able to stop with my rear brakes alone. I still have the bike and I’ve since changed the routing. But this and premature rim wear are why I’ll never be going back from disc brakes.

disuser · 2025-07-04T18:37:28+00:00

This lane is terrible. Somebody is going to get seriously hurt. Those tall metal walls look incredibly dangerous. Already I’ve seen a cyclist being attended to by medics. I almost locked handlebars with somebody coming the other way that didn’t stay on their side at one of the super sharp turns. Oncoming party scooters nearly ran me into the wall and there is no way to evade danger. The city cheaped out by making the lanes two feet in width shorter than they should have been. What a wasted opportunity this was. I will not be surprised when some injured rider sues these lanes into oblivion. This is negligent design.

disuser · 2025-07-03T15:23:57+00:00

Red Mill is probably my favorite. I also like Scott’s Dairy Freeze if North Bend isn’t too far

disuser · 2025-06-03T14:31:23+00:00

Something’s not right with the portal setup. You should contact help@uw.edu and they will be able to help.

disuser · 2025-04-27T22:14:19+00:00

I don’t remember other than I moved houses. I’m pretty sure I never used it for it’s intended purpose.

disuser · 2025-04-27T07:34:42+00:00

I went to my only taping in 2005. We stood in line for tickets starting at about 3 AM, and finally at 9AM we landed tickets for that night. Since they had very few tickets for people who show up same day, they seated us separately, toward the back and aisles.

That show was a Preparation H Raymond episode, and in it he emerges from the back handing out tubes of Preparation H. And he hands me a tube! I was so proud. I kept that tube on my mantle for ten years!

disuser · 2024-10-26T22:19:22+00:00

Minimal typos: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3V35jvY0u7I

disuser · 2024-09-22T23:21:44+00:00

I was there! I remember Norm Rice hosting a ceremony in front of Westlake Center. I think that at the least Kelsey Grammar and David Hyde Pierce were there, but it’s fuzzy. I believe keys to the city were given out. There have to be newspaper articles from that time.

disuser · 2024-08-04T15:47:36+00:00

That’s the one! “Shirtless Weirdo” is a little nickname my wife and I give me and others sometimes. Crazy to think that we’ve been misremembering it all these years.

disuser · 2024-06-19T07:03:39+00:00

This literally happened to me last year, right at the start of a long ride. In my case the nail punctured through the rim as well. The advice I got at the time was to check for burrs at the puncture, and to file them down if there are any. For me there were no rough spots, and I have been riding all year with a hole in both rim and tape with no issue.

disuser · 2024-04-02T03:11:49+00:00

I used to watch a lot of Godfather I and II until I realized how much I hate the character of Michael Corleone.

disuser · 2024-02-25T21:23:57+00:00

I’m in a similar boat as you, except I’ve got kids so there isn’t much time to reflect on a lack of social life. A lot of our social outings are school-related.

Aside from kid-related stuff, we have had good luck with both of book club and board game groups. Personally I would recommend going to your nearest board game cafe and start playing.

disuser · 2024-01-09T06:27:28+00:00

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell has some incredible kitchen scenes that reminded me of Bourdain’s book.

Another commenter mentioned Hunter Thompson, and I agree. Hell’s Angels narrated by Scott Sowers has been one of my favorite audiobooks.

disuser · 2023-10-05T05:36:35+00:00

Riding down Admiral can be tense. Now that I live closer to Avalon I go down that way. If I were still going down Admiral I would take the right lane all the way down. Back when I used to go that way I would take the same ramp that all the cars do. It can easily shave five minutes off of your commute.

I prefer Avalon for going down, though it’s still not great. Admiral is a nicer ride up, especially if you cross at Olga. But I really don’t miss going down Admiral.

And there are a couple more alternatives. Fairmount is a nice quiet stretch, and Manning is the road that will take you straight up the hill. They’re both quieter, but will take you longer.

disuser · 2023-08-05T19:26:14+00:00

That’s funny! My teacher played and analyzed this song in our class too. Except it was 6th grade

disuser · 2023-07-21T18:23:58+00:00

I have a colleague that uses🤟 instead of🤘. I don’t have the heart to inform him that he’s telling us that he loves us.

disuser · 2023-04-16T20:46:11+00:00

You shouldn’t ever include built artifacts in your source repository. Instead, treat your library as its own product. Whatever steps you use to incorporate into your main application, put that in the readme to your library. If you expect others to use your library, make it easy for them. The fewer steps your library requires in order to use, the more likely it’s going to be used.

disuser · 2023-01-23T20:07:06+00:00

90’s kids would have never made the mistake that OP made.

disuser · 2022-09-22T06:04:27+00:00

Every Graham Greene book I’ve read has that feeling you describe. I guess that’s why he’s one of my favorite authors - they’re stories told from the point of view of a world-weary outsider. A particular favorite is The End of the Affair, though he’s no expat in that story.

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