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12 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Professor, 2 Wash. gir... · 2 replies · -38 points

"On a scale of one to 10, it was above a 10" Does not compute. Not possible. I hate this. If you set a scale, you must stick to it.

12 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - University District Ph... · 0 replies · +10 points

I remember doing this when I was 14ish back in the early 90's. We rode from the Kingdome. I remember how much fun it was doing with my father. Glad to see it still going strong.

12 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Man killed sliding dow... · 1 reply · +5 points

I wouldn't call it a lack of common sense, but a lack of backcountry skill. This time of season change is fraught with dangers like this. I'd argue that this time is more dangerous than late fall or winter. The dangers hidden by melting snow are not always obvious. It's a learned skill, not a common sense thing at all.

12 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Proposed Lincoln Park ... · 0 replies · +3 points

All I can think of when I hear ziplining is the Recent South Park episode "I Should Have Never Gone ZIplining." http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s16...

12 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Beware out-of-network ... · 0 replies · +1 points

By not having preferred negotiated rates with Regence, they are no longer a preferred provider. Thus they become out-of-network.

I never claimed Regence was turning them out. Both sides have compelling reasons for doing what they're doing. Regence, of course, uses scare tactic language in letters like this to their members to try and tip the scales in their favor.

I'm aware that usually there are provisions for ER visits. This particular issue though actually had implications for ER visits.

12 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Beware out-of-network ... · 1 reply · +1 points

That's interesting. Last letter I got from Regence says that as of July 1st, out of network rates apply.

12 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Beware out-of-network ... · 3 replies · +2 points

Regence just announced they are considering one of the bigger emergency physicians groups to now be out of network. That means if you go to an ER at a hospital they staff (St Joseph, St Francis, etc), you will get socked big time. This smells fishy to me.

12 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Snoqualmie bears jump ... · 0 replies · +8 points

Haha. Duh. People really think a fence can keep out a determined bear? We're talking about animals that have learned how to bend open a car door (in some areas if the country) to get into the vehicle if they see a cooler or food. Very smart animals.

12 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Seattle janitors vote ... · 0 replies · +3 points

Having a retirement plan is typically of no use to anyone immediately. So, it's a moot point. Benefits at that level of pay (either $9 or $12 an hour) are typically bottom of the barrel with high copays and high co-insurance costs that often still require the worker to seek financial assistance (charity or medicaid) or fall into collections over with anything more than a basic doctor's visit. Are they helpful at some level; absolutely. But they still barely make a dent in the bottom line of day to day living expenses.

12 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Seattle janitors vote ... · 2 replies · +2 points

No one "makes it" on $9 an hour. It's a technical impossibility. That's barely enough to pay rent and utilities, let alone transportation to the job, food, replacement underwear...

Almost everyone in these jobs is reliant on assistance of some type to get by. Whether it's living with parents or other family, food stamps, medicaid, etc doesn't matter. It's all assistance.

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