Fall is Here in Seattle

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As the owner of a Monk design, that's sad to see

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Hope it all goes well

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Post DB, the 727s had a "Cooper Vane," which prevented the airstairs from being deployed in flight.

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I have flown a number of times with Kenmore Air, once as far north as Rivers Inlet, BC. Usually I was flying to Friday Harbor or Victoria on business....

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Thanksgiving at the Gosars' place must be a hoot.

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He claims the money was his, "lawfully earned."

Obviously. Don't we all keep 1/2 a million in cash in our houses?

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I concluded my Aussie was put on this earth to transport mud from the dog park to my back porch....

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First fire in the house last night while the rain pounded on the skylight.

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Won't need to water the garden ....

• 
  Rain
  Low: 58 °F
• Monday
  
  
  Showers
  High: 67 °F
• Monday
  Night

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My helm chair is supported by an H shape bracket, the end of which pivots on the side of the pilothouse. A pipe threads into the bottom of the bracket...

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When Dad built the outhouse for our summer cabin he did it in the style he learned as a boy. You build the outhouse on a couple of log skids so you can...

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In the old days a convict might have the choice of prison or going into the Royal Navy. That ought to tell you something about life at sea...

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My grandmother, born in 1893, lived most of her life with an outhouse. She always said it was way too close in the summer and way too far away in the...

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I agree this is a good book. I read it this summer and enjoyed it. Amazing what can be done when you have to do it

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I am really enjoying the book. I think I'm going to find a copy to own. As for the beehive burners I remember them as well. And the smell of pulp from...

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It's interesting that in the early days much of the navigation in Puget sound was done with a whistle and echoes. The mosquito fleet captains would blast...

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I never asked--- I find the custom an offensive relic of the thought daughters are property.

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So what do you all do when you ask her father for permission to propose and he says no?

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that sucks

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I got the book from the library this afternoon. What a delight! Published in 1960 and goes back to 1901 or earlier. The author started working in the...