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From: john@amc.com (John Sambrook)
Subject: Re: Beware Precision Tune in Federal Way!
Organization: Applied Microsystems, Redmond, WA
Distribution: seattle
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 17:23:07 GMT

>I will not bring my vehicle back there again, nor will I recommend them to
>anyone.

I'll second this.  I took my truck to "Precision Tune" in Totem Lake about
two years ago and wasn't at all impressed with the service or the results.

>   howard modell, Boeing Defense & Space group, Seattle, WA
>         howie@simcon.boeing.com, h.modell@online.com,
    	    	^^^^^^
p(50) = .001 !

>         h.modell@ieee.org,   72376.252@compuserve.com


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Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell)
Subject: Re: Transit system in Seattle (Re: Following distance Was (Re: Why CAN'T people drive 55?!))
Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:34:43 GMT

In <1993Jan27.220641.6436@Happy-Man.com> josh@Happy-Man.com (Joshua_Putnam) writes:

:In <1k6grbINNd8s@shelley.u.washington.edu> monaghan@cac.washington.edu (Tracy Monaghan ) writes:

:>According to Metro, including the $.10 fare increase next month, the
:>average cost to the rider for riding Metro is $.12 per mile.

:>According to AAA, the aversge cost for operating a car is $.35 per mile.

:The frequently-cited cost per mile of driving, prepared by the 
:Motor Vehicle Manufacturer's Association, has risen sharply in 
:recent years, from 27.2 cents in 1985 to 41.0 cents in 1990. 
:Interestingly, variable costs (gas, oil, maintenance, and tires) 
:have remained relatively stable, rising from 8.04 cents to 8.40 
:cents per mile.  Fixed costs, meanwhile, have risen from $2,441/yr 
:over the ownership period to $3,256, despite an increase in the 
:projected ownership period to six years and 60,000 miles.  

Hertz car rental publishes figures around $0.50/mile.

Bill
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Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: klg@statsci.com (Kevin L. Gross)
Subject: Non-Smoking Restaurants/Bars
Reply-To: klg@statsci.com (Kevin L. Gross)
Organization: Statistical Sciences, Inc
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 22:33:51 GMT


I decided to compile a list of non-smoking restaurants and bars. I know
that most places have a non-smoking section, but IMHO this merely pays
lip-service to the reality that smoke knows no boundries.

If you know of a restaurant or bar that does not allow smoking on the
premises, I would like to know the name and location of that business.
I'll send the compiled list to whomever would like a copy, but I'll send
it quicker if you give me some info first ;-).

Food type does not matter, as long as the place does not allow smoking;
but if you want to indicate any facts about the restaurant, I'll include
it in the list.

I realize I may still be tilting at windmills, but I've been doing it
for so long now that not doing it might hurt.

-Kevin
From: dtaylor@carson.u.washington.edu (Dan Taylor)
Newsgroups: seattle.general
Subject: Re: Recycling centers in Seattle?
Date: 26 Jan 1993 20:48:00 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
Distribution: seattle
NNTP-Posting-Host: carson.u.washington.edu

Where can people drop off alkaline batteries to have them recycled?

Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: yaplee@h2olog.enet.dec.com (Jeff Yaplee)
Subject: Re: Recycling centers in Seattle?
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Distribution: seattle
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 06:02:11 GMT


In article <1jvk0jINNnvc@hubble.asymetrix.com>, markmc@asymetrix.com (Mark McWiggins) writes...
>I know of a couple of places to take recyclables (Fibres International in
>Bellevue & the Safeway at the corner of 40th & Stone Way in Seattle), but
>neither takes everything I have to recycle:
> 

If you live in Seattle, you can go to the transfer station.  They'll take the
recyclables, and you don't have to pay a fee.  If you don't live in Seattle,
then there's a fee (but I don't know how much since I live in the city).  

Jeff

yaplee@h2olog.seo.dec.com
Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: klg@statsci.com (Kevin L. Gross)
Subject: Re: Non-Smoking Restaurants/Bars
Reply-To: klg@statsci.com (Kevin L. Gross)
Organization: Statistical Sciences, Inc
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 23:46:18 GMT

dianysos@raphael.u.washington.edu (Benjamin Andrews) writes:

   In article <klg.728001231@bass> klg@statsci.com (Kevin L. Gross) writes:
   > 
   > I decided to compile a list of non-smoking restaurants and bars. 
   
   I want to know where all the 'smoking permitted throughout' establishments  
   are....
   would you like to compile a list of these, too??


You don't need a list, just use your senses:

   1. Look for the obvious cloud of smoke...if its stinging gasses haven't
      blinded you yet with their eye-burning toxicity.

   2. Follow your nose, if it still works...the stench of cigarette smoke
      readily wafts out of those particular establishments.

   3. Listen for the coughing, wheezing and hacking sounds of nearly dead
      lungs trying to squeeze oxygen out of carbon monoxide.

   4. Taste your food, if you still can...it will taste like an ashtray.

Hope this helps.
From: grtorlba@sumax.seattleu.edu (Jojie R. T.)
Newsgroups: seattle.general
Subject: Re: Windshield Repair
Date: 26 Jan 1993 19:10:15 -0800
Organization: Seattle University
Distribution: seattle
NNTP-Posting-Host: sumax.seattleu.edu

Isn't that between you and your insurance company and not the repair
place?  I used to take my truck (which I don't have anymore) to Novus when
I needed a ding patched (and that was I think at least twice a year).

George

In article <1993Jan26.173455.9063@neopath.wa.com> kristine@neopath.wa.com (Kristine Kaleszewski) writes:
>Does anyone know of a place that will waive the deductable for windshield
>repair in the Seattle/Tacoma area?  I'm from Portland and we had a place
>down there, but I don't know of one up here.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Kristine
>kristine@neopath.wa.com


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From: donn@brat.wa.com (Donn Pedro)
Newsgroups: seattle.general
Subject: Re: E'coli -- "God's Revenge"?
Date: 23 Jan 93 18:17:09 GMT
Distribution: seattle
Organization: Tandemonium, Kent, WA

In article <C18Dt7.8F4@bcstec.ca.boeing.com> robs@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Robert Sipe) writes:
:In article <1993Jan20.180407.9941@fylz.wa.com> fyl@fylz.wa.com (Phil Hughes) writes:

Something insightful and wonderfyl.

:>I have heard so many times that AIDS is God's revenge for an unnatural
:>lifestyle.  Are these same people who said that saying that the
:>current e'coli epedemic in Seattle is God's revenge for eating
:>animals?

Thanks Fyl, you made my day.

:   Just to add my 2 cents, 

Adjusted for inflation .... 

:I listen to those bible thumpers from time 
:to time and none of them have said AIDS is God's revenge.  

That just means you haven't or cannot hear it.  It has been 
said.  I have heard it said *exactly* in that manner, on 
national television by more than one 'thumper'.

:Rather, AIDS
:is a consequence of a life style not approved of by God.  

That too.  but let's not leave out the ones that claim AIDS
is an deliberate and direct punishment from the old man in 
the white robe and flowing white beard for daring to be queer.

:Like
:your mother telling you not to put your hand on a hot stove.  So,
:When you burn your hand you can not say that is your mom's revenge.
:However, this is immaterial if you don't believe in God.

AIDS is not a gay disease.  It is an opportunistic disease.




         Donn Pedro ....................a.k.a. donn@brat.wa.com
	
	       "You talk the talk.  Do you walk the walk?"

		    There are no ordinary moments.

Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: gregs@eskimo.com (Greg Sumner)
Subject: Re: Recycling centers in Seattle?
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
Distribution: seattle
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:08:56 GMT

markmc@asymetrix.com (Mark McWiggins) writes:

>I know of a couple of places to take recyclables (Fibres International in
>Bellevue & the Safeway at the corner of 40th & Stone Way in Seattle), but
>neither takes everything I have to recycle:

>	* newspaper
>	* "mixed paper" (mostly junk mail)
>	* plastics (all #'s)
>	* glass bottles 
>	* aluminum cans
>	* tin cans

>Thanks in advance for any pointers.

Both the North and South transfer stations accept all of the above and
more, including yard waste (at the moment) for free.  I don't know the
addresses, but the N. station is near the Fremont bridge, and the S.
station is in South Seattle.  (go figure.)  I'm sure they're both in
the phone book.

-- 
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Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems, Inc.
Seattle, Wa.
Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: dcb@kopachuk.uucp (David Breneman)
Subject: Re: Why CAN'T people drive 55?!
Organization: Tacoma Screw Products, Inc.
Distribution: seattle
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 20:19:38 GMT

In article <1993Jan19.212605.14668@mdd.comm.mot.com> mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) writes:
Deletions...
>                                  [the German driver]  Said that the
>truck driver would have seen in his rearview that we were coming by, that
>we had a clear lane to our left, and that we were far enough back to
>react to his blinker.  My friend said that he saw the blinker, checked 
>his rearview, and moved smartly left.  Said anyone not alert enough to
>do that without difficulty had no business on the road.

Would that we could enforce it.  Sigh.

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From: raoul@fangio.wa.com (Jeff Benedict)
Newsgroups: seattle.general
Subject: Child born in Japan with American Father/Japanese Mom-citizenship?
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 19:01:01 PST
Organization: J. Benedict Computing, Port Townsend, WA. USA

I have a question to you folks out in net-land:

I have a student who has lived in the U.S. for the last 10 years (He's 
16).  His father is an American citizen and his mother is a Japanese 
national.  He was born in Japan.

The question is:

What's his nationality?  Is he an American because of his father's 
heritage and his American residency or is he in some "dual-citizen limbo 
land"? BTW- He *was not* born in an American military hospital or 
facility.

Jeff

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From: gwynne@stein.u.washington.edu (Kristan Geissel)
Newsgroups: seattle.general
Subject: Re: Bird ID?
Date: 25 Jan 1993 16:13:57 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
NNTP-Posting-Host: stein.u.washington.edu

In article <1993Jan22.230918.14774@ssc.com> markz@ssc.com (Mark Zenier) writes:
>Jeff Benedict (raoul@fangio.wa.com) wrote:
>: 
>: It's quite a sight to see those big birds soaring through the home 
>: neighborhood!
>
>Don't leave out the noise.
>
>"Grak, Grak, Graaaaaaaaaak"
>
>It usually scares the first time hearer out of a couple of years
>growth.
>

The first few times I saw these guys flying out of the corner of my 
eye, I realized where the legends of goblins and flying evil beasties
(half-man, half-some sorta animal) might have sprung from.  The herons
flying look exactly like a person flying with their legs hanging down.
They are proportioned like a person and so it is spooky to watch them
sometimes fly.

Kristan
From: rfisher@uswnvg.com (Robert Fisher)
Newsgroups: seattle.general
Subject: notes from order processing
Date: 28 Jan 93 22:17:37 GMT
Organization: U S WEST NewVector Group, Inc.
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From: bigstar@hardy.u.washington.edu (J Paschel)
Newsgroups: seattle.general
Subject: Price quotes for drugs ?
Date: 28 Jan 1993 00:50:29 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
NNTP-Posting-Host: hardy.u.washington.edu


Subject header pretty much says it all...what prices are people paying for
stuff on the streets these days ?

Trans-High from High Times puts Seattle indoor green @ $15 per gm.

Seems a little inflated to me.

What about lsd, mushrooms, or hash ?  Any ideas ?

-- 
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look, and they come with this delicious red sauce.  It looks like ketchup. 
It tastes like ketchup.  But brother, it ain't ketchup!"- Homer J. Simpson
	       >>> === bigstar@u.washington.edu === <<<
Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: delisle@eskimo.com (Ben Delisle)
Subject: Re: Beware Precision Tune in Federal Way!
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
Distribution: seattle
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:52:22 GMT


	I had a friend that went there to have his oil changed.
They put on the wrong size oil filter and all the oil leaked out
by the time he drove five miles.   



Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: larry@shiva.ca.boeing.com (Larry Miller)
Subject: Re: Windshield Repair
Reply-To: larrym@shiva.ca.boeing.com
Organization: QCDS
Distribution: seattle
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:45:53 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.173455.9063@neopath.wa.com>, kristine@neopath.wa.com (Kristine Kaleszewski) writes:
|> Does anyone know of a place that will waive the deductable for windshield
|> repair in the Seattle/Tacoma area?  I'm from Portland and we had a place
|> down there, but I don't know of one up here.
|> 
|> Thanks,
|> 
|> Kristine
|> kristine@neopath.wa.com

  If in windshield repair you're talking about minor cracks, most insurance
  companies waive your deductible. If you're talking windshield replacement
  a lot of windshield companies offer incentives, up to $100 to use their 
  company. $100 is a common deductible for most windshield replacements.

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Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: busker@seanews.akita.com (matt blumenfeld)
Subject: Re: Price quotes for drugs ?
Organization: SEANEWS - Seattle Public Access News + Mail
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:07:20 GMT

bigstar@hardy.u.washington.edu (J Paschel) writes:

> 
> Subject header pretty much says it all...what prices are people paying for
> stuff on the streets these days ?
> 
> Trans-High from High Times puts Seattle indoor green @ $15 per gm.
> 
> Seems a little inflated to me.
> 
> What about lsd, mushrooms, or hash ?  Any ideas ?
> 
> -- 
> 'You can't go wrong with cocktail weenies!  They taste as good as they
> look, and they come with this delicious red sauce.  It looks like ketchup. 
> It tastes like ketchup.  But brother, it ain't ketchup!"- Homer J. Simpson
> 	       >>> === bigstar@u.washington.edu === <<<

There's a guy over in alt.drugs (I think) doing a national survey. Vis a 
vas High Times: They tend to be alittle on the high side, but in this 
case they're probly about right. (I suspect that people that are selling 
stuff tend to inflate the price a bit, for obvious reasons.) Personally, 
I think that ANY pot priced by the gram is too expensive! (I grew up in 
the 70's, and think that the present prices are absurd. If people would 
refuse to pay the price, then you'd expect things to get cheaper...)
        L8R...          >matt<

Sig files?!?!?!? *WE* don' NEED no stinkin' Sig files!
busker@seanews.akita.com
Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: jammer@eskimo.com (Lyle Harwood)
Subject: Where should I go, then?
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:21:49 GMT


OK, I believe you about Precision Tune.
Now, knowing about as much about cars as I know about commanding
a star ship, 
Where <SHOULD> I go to get an oil change/tune up?
Any recomendations?

Thanks!

Jammer
Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: das@emmapeel.ca.boeing.com (Deb Schwartz)
Subject: Re: Where should I go, then?
Organization: Yet Another Graphics Project, Bellevue, WA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 21:54:03 GMT

In article <1993Jan28.184858.23532@tc.fluke.COM> witters@tc.fluke.COM (John Witters) writes:
>the intersection of 128th St. S.W. and Highway 99 in Everett / Lynnwood.  I
>used to do my own oil changes, but I decided to stop throwing the old oil into
>a dumpster and let someone else recycle it.  I don't know if all Express Lubes
>provide good service, but I know that this one does.
>
Just so y'all know, you can drop off used motor oil for recycling for free
at the Seattle transfer stations, don't know about other parts of King
County.
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Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: yasha@seanews.akita.com (Yasha Cunningham)
Subject: Re: Non-Smoking Restaurants/Bars
Organization: SEANEWS - Seattle Public Access News + Mail
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 04:07:17 GMT

klg@statsci.com (Kevin L. Gross) writes:

> 
> I decided to compile a list of non-smoking restaurants and bars. I know
> that most places have a non-smoking section, but IMHO this merely pays
> lip-service to the reality that smoke knows no boundries.
> 

There is a non-smokers' advocacy group that periodically publishes a list 
of non-smoking restaurants, taverns, and bars in NW Washington state.  
The name of the group is Fresh Air For Nonsmokers (FAN)--they compile 
this list from information provided by statewide FAN chapters, Commit to 
Health in Whatcom County, the American Lung Association in Pierce County, 
and the Snohomish County Health Department.

Acquiring this list could save you a lot of work.  You can contact the 
Seattle chapter of FAN at P.O. Box 24052, Seattle WA 98124-0052,
(206) 932-7011.

The list isn't perfect (for example, the Trolleyman's Pub and the Red 
Hook Brewery are listed as 2 separate taverns), but it contains a large 
number of listings for Seattle restaurants.

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Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: tom@nds.com (Tom Williamson)
Subject: Re: Non-Smoking Restaurants/Bars
Reply-To: tom@nds.UUCP (Tom Williamson)
Organization: Northwest Digital Systems
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 15:19:37 GMT

In article <1k3pi0INNcjh@shelley.u.washington.edu> dianysos@raphael.u.washington.edu (Benjamin Andrews) writes:
>In article <klg.728001231@bass> klg@statsci.com (Kevin L. Gross) writes:
>> 
>> I decided to compile a list of non-smoking restaurants and bars. 
>
>etc., etc...
>> 
>> -Kevin
>
>I want to know where all the 'smoking permitted throughout' establishments  
>are....
>would you like to compile a list of these, too??

Benjamin-

I am sure that Kevin Gross and many others are not the least bit interested 
in locating "smoking permitted throughout" establisments.  Except to know 
what to avoid.  The message here is that we are all tired of having to 
smoke your cigarette with you.  Why don't you compile the list?

Tom

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From: markmc@asymetrix.com (Mark McWiggins)
Newsgroups: seattle.general
Subject: Recycling centers in Seattle?
Date: 24 Jan 1993 18:41:23 -0800
Organization: Asymetrix, Inc., Bellevue WA
Distribution: seattle
NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.asymetrix.com

I know of a couple of places to take recyclables (Fibres International in
Bellevue & the Safeway at the corner of 40th & Stone Way in Seattle), but
neither takes everything I have to recycle:

	* newspaper
	* "mixed paper" (mostly junk mail)
	* plastics (all #'s)
	* glass bottles 
	* aluminum cans
	* tin cans

Fibres International comes close, but last I checked they only take plastic
#1 & #2. Plus they're geographically undesirable for me these days ...

Thanks in advance for any pointers.
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Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: markmc@halcyon.com (Mark McWiggins)
Subject: A non-smoking tavern
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 06:44:20 GMT

Try the Blue Star on Stone Way just north of 45th. I've only been there
once, and will go back. The food was even good (I'd have gone back a couple of
times even if not, just to support the concept).

Also Cutter's became nonsmoking throughout last year.

No doubt this trend will continue, what with the recent EPA ruling
(Hurrah!)
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markmc@halcyon.com    Box 31356, Seattle WA 98103-1356  +1 206 632 1738 (fax)
From: fyl@fylz.wa.com (Phil Hughes)
Newsgroups: seattle.general
Subject: E'coli -- "God's Revenge"?
Date: 20 Jan 93 18:04:07 GMT
Distribution: seattle
Organization: FYL

I have heard so many times that AIDS is God's revenge for an unnatural
lifestyle.  Are these same people who said that saying that the
current e'coli epedemic in Seattle is God's revenge for eating
animals?
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From: mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU (Mark Crispin)
Newsgroups: seattle.general
Subject: Re: Following distance Was (Re: Why CAN'T people drive 55?!)
Date: 20 Jan 93 02:59:12 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
NNTP-Posting-Host: tomobiki-cho.cac.washington.edu
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

Il Hwan Oh writes:
> What we really should be pushing
> for is for this city to pay for a decent transit system.

Could you define what you mean by a ``decent transit system''?

If you believe Metro's propaganda, we already have an ``award-winning''
transit system.  I don't know what sort of award -- possibly the ``best reason
for using private transportation'' award? ;-)

I'd love to see a rail network, but I think they'll be buying space heaters in
hell before we see a useful rail network in Seattle.  It's hard to dig a
subway here, and the NIMBYs would make sure that only toy lines such as the
waterfront trolley or the monorail ever get built (who else besides tourists
use either???).