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I'm trying to find a good (cheap) place to get my rings appraised so my failed relationship with my ex can at least help me pay off some of the debts that occurred because of them.
Any suggestions? I live on Capitol Hill but I'm willing and able to travel a reasonable distance for this.
Shane Company is out as they don't appraise things not bought from them. I honestly don't remember the company where she got it. It was in the Northgate Mall near the north entrance but it's a different shop now. (These rings have been in limbo for a while.)

hi all, I hope this allowed.

I've lived in Seattle for a little over a year now (I'm originally from Florida) and I love living here (I live on the cusp of Greenwood and Ballard). I guess I don't have much of a question besides, where are some good places to meet friends? I have a few friends here I made at work, but I'd like that number to increase. I miss having someone to talk to about more than pop culture and hanging out with new people, etc.

sorry if this sounds lame lol.

I'm looking for the best places to shop for used cars in North Seattle. (And by "best", I mean in terms of trustworthiness and affordability.) Help?

It's dark blue and the seats are folded down in the back. There's a brightly colored "tropical" Trader Joes bag in the back along with a tarp. Hopefully it is still in Seattle--it was taken by Greenwood & 80th. If you see it or have any information about it, I would be really thankful if you could notify the police and/or send me a message. Thanks.

I had today off from work and was really enjoying it. It got me thinking of ways that I can save enough money so I can someday work part time or quit my job forever. In addition to "unplugging the toaster to save energy costs" and "washing my car at home instead of going through the car wash" I thought maybe ridesharing would be a good way to save money. So, look under the first cut if you're interested.

Another thing I was thinking of was to trade something that I do (babysitting) for things that I want or need. Look under the other cut for that.

( Looking for Carpool/Rideshare Mornings: Capitol Hill to White Center )

( Child Care Exchange. )

Kindly flag me or delete this post if it doesn't fit within the guidelines. (I did read them because I'm not really into breaking rules, but still.) Also, I guess you should probably sark me.

Do you know where I can buy Ting soda anywhere in King or Kitsap Counties? It's a Jamaican grapefruit soda.

Thanks!

Does anyone here know glueslabs/Jeff Barszcz?

Despite claims that it isn't a suicide note, he left what amounts to a suicide note on his page today.

My partner needs a suit for his father's funeral. I'm about to get my Yelp on, but thought it would be smart to come here as well, since the funeral is on Friday and we don't want to spend a million dollars. We'd like to get him something decent that he can wear both to the funeral and job interviews, later, if possible. I am lost because I'm a girl.

Help?

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Hey folks,

My mum saw a bit on the Korean news about a taekkyeon school opening in Seattle, but so far I've been unable to find anything about it on Google besides an expired Craigslist ad. Does anyone know anything about this?

Hi seattle, I have 2 sets of Groupons for 2 horseback riding lessons each that I don't think I'm going to be using. These Groupons include 2 riding lessons each for 2 people. I would like to ideally sell these at cost for $80 for both sets (that's $20 each for 4 lessons). You must call to SCHEDULE by 5/12 in order to apply the Groupon. The lessons are at Cedar Grove Equestrian Center in Redmond, WA, which offers lessons for both children and adults. Reply here or email vdozier at gmail dot com if interested.

Under the order issued today, you cannot carry a 2x4 downtown. Nor a club, metal sign, or tire-iron. This order does not apply to weapons lawfully kept (off public property). any stupid hippy running afowl of this order owes up to five hundred dollars or a half year in the tank. OR EVEN BOTH.

break it down for me mike

Full video of our press conference earlier this afternoon: bit.ly/Jdoo7q ^sv

— Mayor McGinn (@mayormcginn) May 2, 2012

bonus to anyone who can explain that ^sv


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Which one of you broke the American Apparel window downtown and threw a paint bomb on my friend Joel Moreno?

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Windows-smashed-as-May-Day-protests-wind-through-Downtown-Seattle-149713705.html

Suck on THAT, Baltimore!

So come on, what do you like most about Seattle?

I like the fact our Stand Your Ground laws all apply to Hipsters and people from Portland (same difference).

As you all undoubtedly already know, Saturday May 4th is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!!! Go to a comic book store, get stack of free comic books, read, enjoy :)

Anybody have a favorite shop to recommend? Some place that's doing something awesome for the day, like a special sale or people in costume or anything? Trying to figure out which shop I want to go to this year. Any personal recommendations are appreciated thanks :)

Are there any parks in Seattle where people hang out and play guitar and sing in open jams when the weather is good. Today is a beautiful day, and if I were back in NYC, I'd probably be in Washington Square park, singing good old-fashioned folk tunes like "Psycho Killer" and "How Deep is Your Love," and I miss that sort of thing.

we live in kirkland and we doing fine with verizon dsl, but they dumped us on frontier and since the changeover, the service has gotten unreliable and bad.  

who doesn't totally suck?  will go with cable or dsl, but prefer dsl.

tia, prepared sark etc.

Holy shit, The Stranger/Eli Sanders won a Pulitzer. Nice.

Also, their site is now down.

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/04/16/eli-sanders-just-won-a-pulitzer-prize-for-a-feature-last-year-in-the-stranger

I was just made aware of this deal for this summer.

https://freebowling.amf.com/

It gives your kids 2 free games of bowling M-F through summer, minus the price of renting shoes.

They have two alleys in the Seattle area: One in South Seattle and one in Bellevue.

I don't know how much we will be taking advantage of this offer, but it's nice to know it's available to us. Just passin it along :)

Why do websites (like the Seattle-PI) think it makes their website more useful by adding another useless "toolbar" to their pages? All it does is clutter up their already busy web page.

The news is out .. react to it if you want to. I've seen too many cool places around the Hill get torn down and those funky cubist buildings with the sconces and the anchored canopies put up in their places, I can't even manage a groan.

There is an alert from WA State AG, by way of the Washington Military Department's Emergency Management Division

ok. this video is painfull to watch:
http://youtu.be/lwniFHoRL3Y

but i fucking work and live in downtown, where the fuck is THIS:
http://i.imgur.com/1qLNT.jpg

I'd have thought seward park or something, but i've never seen a huge, gloriously huge, fucking thing like that. I mean, why not just have a statue of pedobear?

This is off the King County Metro website.

"There may be delays in Metro this afternoon in the Westlake Park area due to a rally from about 3:30 – 7:30 PM at the park. Traffic congestion could occur on the surrounding streets by the large gathering."

So what is this rally all about? Nothing on the news mentioning it.

OMG there are chopper(s) currently over Greenwood. I have not checked anything and I really dont care as sometimes choppers fly over things. But I felt the need to share that choppers are flying over the city. That is all.

I have an old Ipod Nano 3rd gen that has white screened on me after all these years. I've done the Googles and no fixes work. Now I am looking to toss it.

Was wondering if there is a place that will take an old broken iPod for credit on a new one. I know I coudl sell it on eBay for a pittance, but would lose it all in shipping and fees.

Barring that, anyone want it?

My fiancé and I recently agreed on a spa for our honeymoon, our budget is almost nonexistent but this is something we are willing to splurge on, within reason.
Are there any suggestions for anything within an hour drive of Seattle that you would recommend? The mental picture I have includes a place that offers lodging as well but I'm flexible on that.
I have little experience with spas so searching google is only going to get me so far so any personal recommendations would be great. Thanks.

in serious business breaking news north seattle/shoreline had some lighting and loud thunder. i think many natives are scared and in hiding. us out-of-state born folk can now begin our plundering and ruling of the city.

but if you must, share your story.

so, I got this fancy insurance stuff [Regence], and I wanna use it to go see a dermatologist. thing is, I ain't never been to one of them fancy kinda doctors. recommendations? preferably lady doctors and the closer to Ballard the better. thaaaaanks.

I am losing my mind.

I have been calling and calling and calling dental clinics trying to find ONE place, just ONE place, that is low-cost and treats non-pregnant adults. (I don't have dental insurance.) I've gone through the community tags, but a lot of the posts are before the budget cuts in the low-income programs. Now the Neighborcare and similar places only take children and pregnant women. I am neither, although I act like both.

The places I've found that do treat adults require up-front payment of $200 or more for a checkup and a few hundred more for actual treatment, which I probably need. They claim to offer sliding scale payment plans, but I was informed by all I called that the payment had to be up front.

All I want is a dentist who can do cleaning/fillings and not charge hundreds and hundreds of dollars- or, if they do, a place that allows payment plans. I can spend $300 up front, but I can't afford follow-up care without a payment plan.

I tried UW. They are completely booked. So.

I'm wondering if I should just go to the UW emergency clinic and... say it's an emergency? I would feel guilty, but they are only $200 up front and they offer actual treatment in addition to a checkup and cleaning. Is there any other option?
I've also considered claiming to be pregnant, but I assume they would require proof. Then I considered ACTUALLY getting pregnant. Yes, I am almost willing to get knocked up for affordable dental care.

What the fuck.

I mean, has anyone else had this problem? Do you just... not see a dentist if you don't have insurance or hundreds of dollars or six months to wait?

I live in Shoreline, and I'm thinking of buying a bicycle. Thing is, it's been about 15 years since I owned one, and I have *no clue* how to choose the right bike for me. Where should I go in N. Seattle to get expert advice, and maybe try out a few cycles?

If anyone here wants to offer me advice, that's great, too. Relevant info: I am a woman in my early 30's, in good health, but not especially great shape. I'll mostly be riding for errands on paved roads, but a more versatile bike could be good, too.

Thanks!

Since the memories don't have anything more recent than eight years ago...

Anyone have recommendations for timber buyers that can/will remove a single tree from private property? I have a rather girthsome but not particularly tall cherry tree in lopsided but decent-ish condition that won't survive the pruning needed to accommodate the neighbor's new fence. Transplanting isn't really an option - pulling it up will kill the much larger, much older tree it's growing beneath.

Seeing as how I can't justify the expense of digging up and transplanting the neighbors, I'd like to at least get *something* for it besides a headache and a big fat bill.

Gimme your best wood sark.

Hello! 
I joined to post some questions to you all since I saw this is a pretty community. I'm in Montana and my husband and I are planning my first visit to Seattle in July. It'll be us and our baby who will be 1 years old and another couple. They're coming down from Malaysia and probably won't have this opportunity again. It looks like Seattle Citypass will be a good deal so will probably get those tickets. 

1) How does this itinerary look to you?
2) Is there anything else I should see/slip in there?
3) Should I try to fit in Mt Rainer?
3) Could you recommend any affordable hotels? We don't need to be in downtown, willing to drive some if it means saving more in hotel room costs.

Thanks for any advice!
 
Sat 21 July - Road trip to Seattle - approx 12-14 hours- arrive at night

I'm selling an old tv & stand for $20 each the stand was originally 150 & the tv sells now for 50 online.

The skinny:
32" sony trinitron, model kv32S26, with remote, minor plastic damage to front (does not affect use) bush tv stand, model ht6442, silvery-black with hidden side cabinet.

The stand:

Got Snow?

Did you "work" for the Employment Security Department last year? If so, did you get their W2 yet? You know... for taxes!

gunshot north of republican near 12th.

I bought my wife a gift card to the Tea Cup in late December not knowing they were about to go tits-up on Queen Anne Hill. Since then, I haven't been able to get ahold of them to redeem it. I've tried calling, leaving messages, sending emails -- no responses.

Anyone here have any dealings with The Tea Cup since they moved?

Doctor questions:

I need a doctor. Just got insurance.
I'm looking for both a basic doctor and maybe a psychiatrist.
Some things I am looking for, if anyone has personal experience, is someone who might know a thing or two about trichotilomania, as well as someone to talk to about intimacy issues within a gay relationship.

Any recommendations are appreciated. Thanks!

Hey folks!
Where is your favorite or most profitable place to sell movies and get cold hard cash? I'm not looking to trade in at this time. But feel free to recommend those spots too. TIA.
xx

Does anyone know where I can buy cranberries (frozen are great, canned are not) this time of year? QFC stops carrying them after the holidays, and I'm dying to make more cranberry bread and stock up for smoothies.

I'm looking for food delivery in Kirkland that isn't pizza, any suggestions?


I've been googling and all I've found is pizza and a few Chinese places that sound great but have $7 delivery fees or require a $45-$75 minimum order.


I'm trying hard to adjust, really hard.

A new comic strip based in Seattle called
Overcast With A Chance Of DOOM!

I've tasted some pretty bad stuff, here and there, but Zoopa's at South Center (do they still call it South Center?), has the BEST!

I've made some progress in trying to make my own, but I can't get it right. Anyone know what brand they buy? Or do they make their own?

Just Curious, (but not Yellow).

I live in Seattle's North End, and have a real problem with housekeeping. I have a bad back that keeps going out, and hurts so much I could scream. My hips do the same thing, too. Because of this, I can't keep up with the housekeeping the way I'd like to. I'm very poor, and I applied to the Catholic Community Center for someone who could help me with housekeeping. She came out once, took a lot of notes, and never came back.

Is there anyone out there who could help me? I desperately need assistance with this. I can't afford to pay money for this, but I can do astrological chartwork for anyone who wants to help. I usually charge $50 per chart, and if you have a natal chart done, you also get a progression-to-date and a transit-to-date done for FREE, as well. I also give other services.

If anyone out there could do this, I'd very much appreciate it. My name is Yael Dragwyla. If you message me on LiveJournal, I'll give you my phone number and email address.

Thanks in advance.

The Port of Seattle truck drivers have been fighting for better working conditions this week.
Please read about their plight here:

http://cleanandsafeports.org/blog/2012/02/01/breaking-america%E2%80%99s-truck-drivers-shut-down-port-of-seattle-to-expose-dangers-of-the-job/

There is a food drive going on for them, since they are losing pay, and if you'd like to donate food you can:

a) Drop food off at the WA State Convention Center this Sunday from 7-10pm, second floor, 701 Pike St.

b) If you live in Seattle, I could come pick up donations

c) You could drop them off at my place on Cap Hill any time from now until Sunday at 6pm.

And here's a link to the facebook food drive event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/105957899529352/

Thanks so much!!

I have a tree trimming service coming to my house today. How much should I tip them? They have been here before for some storm damage, and we liked their work so much we asked them to come back to do the rest of the yard. It's a guy and his two man crew, about a six hour job he said.

Last time I tipped 20% of the total (handed to the boss for him to hand to his crew), but this time, the estimate is considerably pricier, and 20% would be over $200. So, how much to tip? Thanks.