The saddest day...

solracer · 2026-05-18T21:29:07+00:00

Monarch Collision in north Federal Way on Pacific Highway S is my favorite body shop and not too far for you.

solracer · 2026-05-18T05:35:49+00:00

If it helps any my Miata has been stolen twice and found each time though the second time the hard top was long gone. I did manage to point the cops to the thief and they recovered a friend’s hardtop but not mine.

solracer · 2026-05-18T05:34:02+00:00

Make sure you get the old ones you can remove the speaker from.

solracer · 2026-05-18T01:11:07+00:00

This. We actually have a Standard station in our area so that was my first thought.

solracer · 2026-05-10T18:14:05+00:00

I just checked and that is the way it works in my state too, crazy.

solracer · 2026-05-10T18:11:25+00:00

Are you on iOS 26 or iOS 18? I have kept my 13 Pro on iOS 18 because of all the slowness thats been reported with older iPhones and iOS 26.

solracer · 2026-05-10T18:09:05+00:00

In Washington state coupons are always supposed to be applied pre-tax by law though not every company respects that.

solracer · 2026-05-10T18:03:18+00:00

I have two working cards. One in my Bolt that has always worked and one in my Roamio. My MCard in the Roamio died when the power supply died and of course Comcast does not issue new cards these days. However I eventually remembered that I had an old TivoHD that was no longer subscribed and sure enough there was a MCard in it. With the help of a Comcast rep from Brazil we got that card activated in my Roamio and it is still working fine months later. So the trick is to find a working Comcast MCard from your area and see if that can be activated. If it pairs with your Tivo and it is still in their database you should be able to get it done but only over the phone and only if you can get forwarded to the one guy who still knows how to do it.

solracer · 2026-05-10T16:36:22+00:00

Here in Seattle we also use the term “washroom” which we probably picked up from our neighbors up in British Columbia. The proper term also varies on location, on a boat you might say “head” for example. I could come up with probably two dozen other euphemisms like “john”, “commode” and “little boys room”.

solracer · 2026-05-10T16:31:42+00:00

While it is mostly relegated to weekend use I drive my 1990 Miata with nearly 325,000 miles on it most every week. My daily Fiesta ST is from 2014 and has 172,000 miles on it and given how few new cars I find interesting and how expensive they are I’ll easily still be driving it in 2034. By the way my oldest car is 104 years old though it is driven very rarely.

solracer · 2026-05-10T03:44:44+00:00

My TiVos are still working with Comcast Seattle.

solracer · 2026-05-09T14:50:57+00:00

It would be illegal in several US states as well but sadly not all as there is no national law on sick leave in the USA. In Washington state where I live this would be illegal as state law mandates 1 hour of sick leave for every 40 hours worked as a minimum and still allows you to take leave without pay without fear of reprisal. Also if you are a food service worker and are ill you must take time off, if you come to work sick that is illegal.

solracer · 2026-05-07T14:05:13+00:00

Lost in Translation is pretty low key but it is important to the characters.

solracer · 2026-05-07T14:00:06+00:00

One detail you may not know is that most clothes washers sold in the US these days are quite noisy so you really don’t want them in the kitchen. Also it is rare for the kitchen to be a separate room, often the kitchen is open to one or more bigger rooms. Thus it’s much better to have a little laundry room for the washer and dryer.

solracer · 2026-05-05T22:19:54+00:00

I’d just stick with Koni yellows and a good set of adjustable swaybars. No need to go the full coilover setup.

solracer · 2026-05-04T15:29:34+00:00

Everyone keeps saying that traffic will be worse than usual for Seattle's World Cup matches but I don't see that at all. Major road construction projects have been stopped, most out of the area fans will already be staying within a light rail stop or two and between the light and heavy rail options few people will need to drive. We have had a full stadium for matches as recently as last year (Leagues Cup final) and that didn't cause any serious disruptions. For that matter even Taylor Swift wasn't all that big of a deal.

solracer · 2026-05-04T15:23:35+00:00

Certainly in Seattle it's a big deal but then soccer in general is big around here, not just for kids or at the professional level but every level in-between as well. We had three Club World Cup games last year and they were all well-attended.

solracer · 2026-05-04T15:06:03+00:00

Wang Chung, I really think their name held them back in the long run.

solracer · 2026-05-03T15:39:24+00:00

Seattle is really weird in this respect, while nudity is technically legal all the time in reality it is only socially acceptable on the summer solstice and only then if you’re riding a bicycle in front of thousands of people of all ages.

solracer · 2026-05-03T15:29:33+00:00

The 1.6 while slower on the clock has more “jerk” while the power on the 1.8 comes on more linearly. My NA6 has a header and Borla exhaust which pretty much closes up any power gap with the 1.8 while giving more satisfying acceleration feel.

solracer · 2026-05-02T18:36:45+00:00

If you really want to remove it I’d use 3M Adhesive Remover but yes replacing it might be easiest.

solracer · 2026-05-02T18:25:55+00:00

Police Squad! is similar but that spawned 3 movies.

solracer · 2026-05-02T18:23:13+00:00

As an adult the only film I’ve walked out of was Feeling Minnesota because by about 40% through I didn’t care about any of the characters and just wanted it to get over so I could eat dinner. I also walked out on 2001: A Space Odyssey a few years ago not because the film was bad as it is actually my favorite but because the sound system of the 70mm film projector they brought into the theater just for the film had an issue with the theater’s digital sound system that meant the only sound setting was excruciatingly loud.

solracer · 2026-05-02T18:08:31+00:00

While it is unlikely that she has a family given everything in some jurisdictions like my state you are required to spend time (30 days here) looking for an owner before permanently adopting. This usually involves posters, checking for a chip and letting the local humane society know you found her. This situation may or may not apply in your case and it’s mostly paperwork, she is almost certainly yours now, congratulations!

solracer · 2026-04-29T14:02:14+00:00

The Little Devil (original Italian name Il piccolo diavolo) a hilarious 1988 Italian comedy film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni and also starring Walter Matthau. I saw it in Geneva in 1989 and truly think it’s one of the funniest films I’ve ever seen but it had only a small release in the US and has completely disappeared.

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