Seattle Coffee Shop

[Matt the Engineer]

Originally Posted by jessejb

no chains anyone has heard of there.

I do not envy your workplace. I have family like this.

Originally Posted by jessejb

ethnically-ambiguous freeze fried entrees!... Where seasoning is overrated and cheddar belongs on steak.

F-ing hilarious.

[Seasun]

I like the cart for a coin thing but it's solving the problem of returning the cart across the parking lot, not the "I've pushed the cart a mile from the store and I can live without the $0.25" problem.

[alexjonlin]

On the other hand I could definitely imagine homeless people going around collecting carts and bringing them back for the little bit of money, just like how the bottle refund works in other states.

[D Green]

We can't prevent it either way, but at least it's a cheaper loss for the store than a wheel lock cart.

[jessejb]

DAMN did anyone else catch the game today? Hawks took it 58-0. By looking at ESPN, NBC sports, etc I know the national sports media didn't notice. Which doesn't surprise me.

[RMacherat]

I almost felt badly for phux until I remembered some Larry Fitzgerald games against us.

[Ruffhauser]

Originally Posted by jessejb

DAMN did anyone else catch the game today? Hawks took it 58-0. By looking at ESPN, NBC sports, etc I know the national sports media didn't notice. Which doesn't surprise me.

They aren't sure where Seattle is. Most of them think we are in Canada.

[CityView Jim]

Loved that game. Offense, defense, and special teams: we had all cylinders firing. Even with the outrageous penalty yardage earned (on both sides, for that matter).

Bring on SF!!

[mhays]

Who else distinctly remembers the 45-0 game in 1988 or so, which was referred to in the broadcast? We ran four interceptions back for about 250 yards between them.

I love blowouts.

[Capitol Hill]

Originally Posted by mhays

I love blowouts.

I love blowjobs too!

Oh, wait, nevermind.

[Seasun]

I have a question about the carbon monoxide detector law that recently took effect. Is my recollection correct that this law was intended to avoid deaths caused by people using grills, camp stoves or ranges/ovens to heat their homes? If a resident doesn't have gas service to their condo and doesn't try to use a grill (propane or charcoal for that matter) to heat their home - what other sources of carbon monoxide exist in homes that could create a lethal concentration of the gas?

Effective January 1, 2013, every Condominium Unit in Washington State is required to be equipped with carbon monoxide alarms. The key aspects of the law are:

R315.3 Where required in Existing Dwellings: existing dwellings shall be equipped with carbon monoxide alarms in accordance with Section 315.1.

R315.1 Carbon Monoxide Alarms: to be installed outside of each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms in dwelling units and on each level of the dwelling and in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations.

Previous versions of this law stated certain exemptions. Please note in the current law, there are no exemptions for condominiums (exemptions only for motels, hotels, dormitories, and treatment facilities).

http://www.urbnlivn.com/2012/12/11/s...change-condos/

[Capitol Hill]

Originally Posted by Seasun

I have a question about the carbon monoxide detector law that recently took effect. Is my recollection correct that this law was intended to avoid deaths caused by people using grills, camp stoves or ranges/ovens to heat their homes? If a resident doesn't have gas service to their condo and doesn't try to use a grill (propane or charcoal for that matter) to heat their home - what other sources of carbon monoxide exist in homes that could create a lethal concentration of the gas?



http://www.urbnlivn.com/2012/12/11/s...change-condos/

What happens if the underground parking garage is improperly vented? There is an immediate source of CO gasses. You may live in a building that is all electric, but what is saying somebody who lives in the building hasn't done something foolish and brought in a propane heater or some other item into their home? That is the reasoning behind this law.

[Seasun]

Fair points but I'm still thinking it's too much for many buildings. I can see in a 3 story 1950's/60's motel style apartment building with unreliable heating but a downtown high-rise without gas service (except to the ground floor restaurant) seems like a reach.

[Matt the Engineer]

At $24 for a CO sensor (with a free smoke detector included), this is probably not an issue worth fighting over.

[Seasun]

I'm also thinking about it because I just bought a new house in April of this year and it seems none of the detectors are CO sensitive. I would've thought my inspector might've picked up on this - he was pretty good. They're hard-wired and battery powered so I'm kind of wondering if I can swap the devices with a combo device but I'm probably not going to worry about it.

[Matt the Engineer]

Looks like CO + smoke, with wire and battery backup is around $40. Cheap insurance if you have an attached garage. If not, and if you're all electric, I don't see why you'd need one.

[Matt the Engineer]

Excellent (and free!) section in the DJC today. Here are a few gems:

"If you take away the absorption attributed to Amazon, the market activity would have been nearly flat" But lucky for us, we do have Amazon.

"Demand [for retail space] is predicted to outpace construction by almost double during the 2012-17 period." Good think we didn't let [mhays] talk us out of all of those retail storefronts.

[mhays]

The undercurrent to that retail story was that lack of retail construction would help vacancy rates normalize.

Another gem was about data center tenants learning about the greenest form of public transit in existence...elevators.

[Matt the Engineer]

I missed that - what story was that in?

[mhays]

The Clise one.