What are they laughing at? This!
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Thursday, January 28
Wednesday, January 27
What's Foulard wearing on his feet?
For the past 8 years, my consistent, almost-every day choice of footwear has been the Blundstone BL 063 boot in black, AKA 'The Cuthbertson'. Blundstones come from Australia, though they're made elsewhere now, and the company has been around in one form or another since the late 1800's.My preferred model is their 'dress' version of the boot, with a more chiseled toe, and a leaner look. Since I've started wearing them, I've bought other boots and shoes, but keep coming back to my Blunnies (as they're known). Mainly, this is because I walk to work and back every day (and also walk almost everywhere else I go), and nothing is as comfortable as these boots. After a year or two, they tend to wear out, and I have to get a new pair. The toebox stretches out a bit after wearing them for a long time, so they look a little less pointed (at least to my eyes), but in general, they look good for as along as they last, as long as I polish them every once in a while.
Now they've introduced a stylish brown suede version--very nifty!
I plan on getting a pair this spring, in time for the end of the rainy season in Seattle.
Tuesday, January 26
Awesome!
Now I know what I want for my birthday!
Bills would let golf carts on Washington streets
By MELISSA SANTOS
The News Tribune
Two state legislators are looking to move golf carts from fairways to roadways.
A bill by Rep. Tami Green, D-Lakewood, would let people drive golf carts in bike lanes and on sidewalks throughout the state.
Meanwhile, a bill by Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano Island, would let local jurisdictions create golf cart zones on low-speed streets.
Right now, state law allows police to ticket people who drive golf carts on roads.
The bills come four months after the City of Orting enacted a policy allowing golf carts on most of its city streets, and more than three years after the City of Liberty Lake in Eastern Washington did the same. But law enforcement agencies worry about whether it's safe to allow golf carts to drive alongside multi-ton sedans and SUVs - especially since the carts wouldn't need to have standard safety features such as seat belts.
"When you put a slow-moving golf cart, even with traffic going 25 miles per hour downtown, it can lead to some safety concerns," said Don Pierce, executive director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs. "It's just not necessarily a good mix."
Haugen said she thinks legalized golf cart travel could be useful for elderly people who no longer wish to drive cars.
"We're having more and more people get older, and they aren't able to drive as much," Haugen said. "We really are trying to be sensitive to the whole idea of providing alternative transportation."
Haugen's bill would allow carts to travel only on streets with speed limits of 25 miles per hour or below. Green's bill would allow them to go anywhere that bicycles or pedestrians can go, and classify them as "local electric carts."
Bills would let golf carts on Washington streets
By MELISSA SANTOS
The News Tribune
Two state legislators are looking to move golf carts from fairways to roadways.
A bill by Rep. Tami Green, D-Lakewood, would let people drive golf carts in bike lanes and on sidewalks throughout the state.
Meanwhile, a bill by Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano Island, would let local jurisdictions create golf cart zones on low-speed streets.
Right now, state law allows police to ticket people who drive golf carts on roads.
The bills come four months after the City of Orting enacted a policy allowing golf carts on most of its city streets, and more than three years after the City of Liberty Lake in Eastern Washington did the same. But law enforcement agencies worry about whether it's safe to allow golf carts to drive alongside multi-ton sedans and SUVs - especially since the carts wouldn't need to have standard safety features such as seat belts.
"When you put a slow-moving golf cart, even with traffic going 25 miles per hour downtown, it can lead to some safety concerns," said Don Pierce, executive director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs. "It's just not necessarily a good mix."
Haugen said she thinks legalized golf cart travel could be useful for elderly people who no longer wish to drive cars.
"We're having more and more people get older, and they aren't able to drive as much," Haugen said. "We really are trying to be sensitive to the whole idea of providing alternative transportation."
Haugen's bill would allow carts to travel only on streets with speed limits of 25 miles per hour or below. Green's bill would allow them to go anywhere that bicycles or pedestrians can go, and classify them as "local electric carts."
Monday, January 25
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