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WesternHeretic
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It's ALMOST MARCH WHY THE FUCK IS IT SNOWING!
I regret this post now because getting home was a total shitshow.
distantmantra
Member
I'm currently on vacation in Florida (muggy 78 outside) so I texted my neighbors and they're all "we don't have any snow in Green Lake."
KING 5 had some pretty cool videos of the city during the squall
https://twitter.com/joshlyle/status/836362906144944130
https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle/status/836369478552268801 (lightning hitting the Space Needle in the snow)
https://twitter.com/joshlyle/status/836362906144944130
https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle/status/836369478552268801 (lightning hitting the Space Needle in the snow)
I haven't seen this much snow come in so fast in a long ass time. I left work at 4 when it first started snowing a bit to avoid any mess.
By the time I got home at 6pm (a normally 20 minute commute!) on foot, after my car got stuck on a hill causing me to have to abandon it, we had about 3.5-4 inches.
This is dumb. I'm so tired of the winter.
By the time I got home at 6pm (a normally 20 minute commute!) on foot, after my car got stuck on a hill causing me to have to abandon it, we had about 3.5-4 inches.
This is dumb. I'm so tired of the winter.
True Underdog
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Did it calm down a bit on the Eastside after around 5?
I left work around 4:30; Bellevue transit center was nuts. The bus was crowded as fuck and everything seemed to have cleared up in Seattle by the time I got to my stop. Really made me regret leaving work early.
I left work around 4:30; Bellevue transit center was nuts. The bus was crowded as fuck and everything seemed to have cleared up in Seattle by the time I got to my stop. Really made me regret leaving work early.
GEEEEEEZUS what a shit show today
People stuck on Microsoft campus trying to get out of underground garages - but the ramps were too steep for most people to get out, leading to huge lineups in the garage before people could get out.
Cars sliding around at slower speeds at the 520 junction on Microsoft campus at 40th street.
Busses running over an hour behind while the transit center fills up with more people than I've ever seen there
People stuck on Microsoft campus trying to get out of underground garages - but the ramps were too steep for most people to get out, leading to huge lineups in the garage before people could get out.
Cars sliding around at slower speeds at the 520 junction on Microsoft campus at 40th street.
Busses running over an hour behind while the transit center fills up with more people than I've ever seen there
Unknown Soldier
Member
Guys it's literally The Day After Tomorrow, I wonder when New York City gets buried
Whew. So glad I work from home and don't have to go to campus that often.
THE TACO TRUCK ON EVERY CORNER, IN EVERY LANE OF TRAFFIC FUTURE DONALD TRUMP WARNED US ABOUT IS HERE
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
Paseo open next door to Neumos now 😂
The Regal downtown is upgrading: currently sitting in a leather recliner with it's own table and about three feet of leg room in front of me for the same ticket price as before.
The Regal downtown is upgrading: currently sitting in a leather recliner with it's own table and about three feet of leg room in front of me for the same ticket price as before.
that is just crazy. i left seattle too soon.
Oh that's so great. I still prefer going to Sundance.
platypotamus
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I basically only go to movies when work has a free movie night, which is usually in *shudder* Lincoln Square or whatever it's called in Bellevue.
This guy knows.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
That's great news. I've had horrible experiences there in the past and usually go to pacific place if I'm meeting someone downtown, even though that place is kind of eh.
My favorite theaters in the seattle area are Sundance, Cinerama, Cinebarre, and of course the Boeing IMAX.
Yeah, Sundance Cinemas right? They're pretty good, but the seats aren't stadium and the screens are a lot smaller.
On the bright side, they have their own online ticket ordering and don't charge any fees for it. So unlike Cinerama and other places with assigned seating, you get assigned seating at Sundance ordering online for no extra charge.
Yeah, that's it. I won't watch anything I'd like to see in IMAX there but it's cool for everything else.
I just saw Get Out there over last weekend and the sound is fantastic, which is usually my biggest pet peeve with less-impressive theaters. Smaller picture is OK as long as the sound is up there, which it is.
distantmantra
Member
I love Sundance Cinemas. I can walk there from my house and have a beer while I watch a movie. I don't really care about stadium seating or big screens. I go to art house theaters, those things aren't really things.
lastflowers
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bringing back memories of the shitty theater I had to go to see The Road. Glad I got to saw it with the pops, though.
platypotamus
Member
Even chocolate can't make popcorn worth eating
Ma'ono is good - fried chicken is amazing
Ittos up the street from there is good tapas style place
Husky deli for ice cream is great
Bakery Nouveau is amazing
Easy Street record shop is good greasy spoon style brunch
Mashiko is secretly one of the better sushi places in town
Darth Pinche
Member
Cinebarre now has bacon popcorn. Bacon fixes everything.
distantmantra
Member
Kizuki is good ramen. Jacks has a great burger. Marination Makai down on Alki is kickass.
And don't forget you can bring all this food to Beer Junction.
Called Comcast because they keep raising my rates. I'm not paying over a hundred bucks just for internet. They lowered me about $25 by bundling it with a phone. I asked specifically if my internet speed was changing and they said no.
Yeah, it changed. Down to 25 Mbps, which is too slow for my needs. Calling back, I bitched and the nice (but not budging) support lady told me that my only option was to add back blast internet but that my bill would basically go back to what it was before. And since I have no leverage in this situation (what am I going to do, threaten to cancel when there's no other alternatives?), I had to grin and take it.
Oh, and they sent me a second modem, which is basically the size of my car (and I'm returning). This only really annoys me because before I opened it, I actually thought my Switch had arrived early. Fuck Comcast for getting my hopes up (and being an overpriced monopoly).
Yeah, it changed. Down to 25 Mbps, which is too slow for my needs. Calling back, I bitched and the nice (but not budging) support lady told me that my only option was to add back blast internet but that my bill would basically go back to what it was before. And since I have no leverage in this situation (what am I going to do, threaten to cancel when there's no other alternatives?), I had to grin and take it.
Oh, and they sent me a second modem, which is basically the size of my car (and I'm returning). This only really annoys me because before I opened it, I actually thought my Switch had arrived early. Fuck Comcast for getting my hopes up (and being an overpriced monopoly).
Unknown Soldier
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Comcast has been jacking up prices like crazy. When I moved into my current house, I was paying $65 a month. It recently increased to $88 a month.
They know they have a virtual monopoly here because CenturyLink are such a useless company and they are milking us like 1-2 Switch players milk cows.
They know they have a virtual monopoly here because CenturyLink are such a useless company and they are milking us like 1-2 Switch players milk cows.
platypotamus
Member
We switched to CenturyLink when finally given the opportunity. They suck real bad too. My favorite part was when an error in their billing system meant we got a bill for 1700 bucks.
I mean that unironically, because by the time my wife got done with them, our account got locked to a rate and "won't ever go up".
That was about a year ago, and we just got a bill about twice our regular, so wife had to talk to them again. Another "error in the billing system" that got resolved
I switched to CenturyLink FioS last week and I have been basking in the speed and reliability. Even ignoring the fact that Comcast managed to creep my bill up to basically triple what it was initially, they started throttling service and dropping connection - which would magically fix itself ONLY if you called.
At half the price of Comcast - same channels, vastly superior speeds and connection quality. Just a no brainer. Dude even patched a hole in my wall for free. Installation took about an hour total, and he was able to tie in directly to the existing coax run. Only tricky bit was drilling a hole in an exterior wall to run the fiber in, but that took all of 15 minutes.
Oh and finally convinced wife to dump land line. So quality of life improved dramatically because solicitors stopped calling.
CenturyLink only offers 10 Mbps for my building.
I can get a whopping 7 Mbps from CenturyLink. I hate Comcast, but I couldn't live like that.
I feel like I've had a pretty good deal from Comcast for a while in Wallingford.
For a couple of years I had a promo on their "Internet Plus" deal, which is:
The promo just ran out though and they're not giving it back to me, so that's up to $94.66/month now.
For TV I end up just shelving the cable box they give me entirely, and I use an over the air tuner going into a HTPC instead. Works great for me.
I've thought about trying Century Link since Comcast won't give me the promo price anymore, and Century Link just started offering Fiber to my house a couple months ago, but the customer support and reliability stories give me lots of concern.
For a couple of years I had a promo on their "Internet Plus" deal, which is:
- Internet (paying extra to boost it to 100 megabits)
- TV (local channels only, SD only - HD is an extra $10/month, and no DVR - DVR is an extra $10/month too)
- HBO (which allows me to access full-fidelity HBO Go)
- $77.10 after taxes and fees
The promo just ran out though and they're not giving it back to me, so that's up to $94.66/month now.
For TV I end up just shelving the cable box they give me entirely, and I use an over the air tuner going into a HTPC instead. Works great for me.
I've thought about trying Century Link since Comcast won't give me the promo price anymore, and Century Link just started offering Fiber to my house a couple months ago, but the customer support and reliability stories give me lots of concern.
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