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Thirdborn

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  1. How often does Seattle get a crippling snow storm? Every 10, 15 years? :blush:

     

    Evidently, the city will let people crash and get injured before adding salinity to saline Puget Sound...

     

    Seattle: No to salt, yes to snow-packed roads

    By Susan Kelleher, The Seattle Times 12/23/08

     

    "SEATTLE -- To hear the city's spin, Seattle's road crews are making "great progress" in clearing the ice-caked streets.

     

    But it turns out "plowed streets" in Seattle actually means "snow-packed," as in there's snow and ice left on major arterials by design.

     

    'We're trying to create a hard-packed surface," said Alex Wiggins, chief of staff for the Seattle Department of Transportation. "It doesn't look like anything you'd find in Chicago or New York."

     

    The city's approach means crews clear the roads enough for all-wheel and four-wheel-drive vehicles, or those with front-wheel drive cars as long as they are using chains, Wiggins said. The icy streets are the result of Seattle's refusal to use salt, an effective ice-buster used by the state Department of Transportation and cities accustomed to dealing with heavy winter snows.

     

    "If we were using salt, you'd see patches of bare road because salt is very effective," Wiggins said. "We decided not to utilize salt because it's not a healthy addition to Puget Sound.'."...

     

    http://www.yakimaherald.com/stories/2008/1...ow-packed-roads

     

    The run off from the salted roads, would kill the once depleted salmon runs. There is rarely a winter storm like the one we are experiencing now. Maybe if people knew how to drive in all weather, there wouldn't be so many people whining. Oh yeah, and they might want to pick up a shovel as well. My hippy prius gets me around in the snow and ice just fine ..... I am from Buffalo though.

  2. The guy with a Losman, RJ, Flutie, Spikes, and McGahee jersey collecting dust in the closet.....you just had to make one more purchase because there was no way Trent would crap out like the rest of them....JINX!!!.....SHOW YOURSELF!!!....COWARD!!!

     

    I have bought 2 jerseys in my life ........ Edwards (ordered when we were 2 - 0 recieved when we were 5 -1 ....

    and Poz for my son.

     

    I am ready for my lashes

  3. Was that the play when Losman was called for grounding-- which was messed up, given that Losman threw the ball and it hit a Jets player? How is it grounding when the other team tips the ball? And how does grounding trump calling the Jets for driving JP into the turf?

     

     

    It was indeed the same call. I did enjoy seeing a bloody faced ref later in the game, but how that wasn't called is beyond me.

  4. I didn't have sound ....... any reason given? Why did we call a pass on 1st and 10 with about 3 minutes left ....... why did'nt the jets kneel down with less than 2 minutes remaining ..... why did we have to endure what everyone knew was coming? This was Greek tragedy at it's finest. I have to think that there was a Faustian deal made by a Bills fan (now in his 60's) where in exchange for an AFL championship, the Bills would forfeit their right to compete with the rest of the NFL. Maybe it was Ralph trading his teams future for Long life. It has gotten sooooo predictable, that it doesn't even hurt anymore.

     

    I would build next years team around Josh Reed, Marshawn Lynch, and Freddy Jackson. Thsy have Heart.

  5. Drunk man sues town over the injury because they should have locked that cover down and the sewer hole was in a bad place therefore negligence.....collect millions.

     

    God Bless America

     

    not sure, but it seems to have a Baltic flavor to it. I don't think it's from the U.S.

    could be wrong, though.

  6. Looks like he's trying to help a buddy in a fight by picking up the manhole cover. :blink:

     

    He's lucky he didn't break his leg.

     

     

    At first I thought he was trying to give the manhole cover to the dudes swordfighting to use as a shield ...... after watching it a couple of more times, I find it becomes more surreal. It sure looks like he broke his arm ...... maybe lost a testicle too. Had to have been drinking involved.

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