Fall is Here in Seattle

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Please, sir, may we have more?

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Lots of rain with the leaves still on the trees. My 60 plus year old Hawthorne, which had two trunks, just dumped part of the tree on my roof. Of course...

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It's deep water there. The 10 fathom line is close to shore and it's 25 fathom and deeper farther out....

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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.