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COMMENT 297739P	Loud Neighbors	2012-07-14 11:39 PM
Actually, you can get triple-pane, or extra thick glass on the windows.... Just call the cops and complain about the excessive noise after 10pm... or the volume
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COMMENT 297738P	State Water Project	2012-07-14 10:48 PM
Almost all of Santa Barbara County bought the state water Kool-Aid, all except Lompoc. The push followed on a severe drought, broken by the "March Miracle" rains but by that point the lies had been disseminated and the voters bought into the doomsday frenzy. Foremost was the News-Press (pre Wendy McCaw) editorializing over and over again that the sky was falling and would fall definitely if we did not vote for State Water. About the stupidest was Solvang which bought a huge amount of water that it is struggling to pay for (and doesn't need.) The Grand Jury did an extensive report back in the 90's. Moral of the story is the old cliche: you can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all the people all the time; unfortunately, the "some of the people" were the majority of voters. As a prior commenter noted: if we ever are in a serious drought situation, so will be everyone else and we will not get what we paid for. ...The Santa Barbara greenery predates State Water and has deep roots, planted as it was many years ago. The backyard gardens are something else again.
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COMMENT 297737P	The Santa Barbara Airport held the ...	2012-07-14 10:44 PM
The new terminal is completely lacking in style and charm. It's bland exterior is complemented by a cavernous echoing interior. (But you can get a bottle of water in secure areas). The last time I was there to pick up some delayed lugage there was no place to park and no signage to direct me. I MEAN NO PARKING! Plenty of partly completed lots but not one open. What poor public service and lack of planning!
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MTNDRIVER	Children Donations	2012-07-14 10:39 PM
Alpha is good, but you might also check with Transition House. I know they don't take a lot of clothes any more (get too many) but toys might be very welcome there. Lots of kids.
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MTNDRIVER	Meet Missy	2012-07-14 10:36 PM
Beautiful shirt front there, looks freshly laundered. Lovely kitty.
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COMMENT 297734P	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 10:34 PM
297659: Thank you. I had read of the motor boat earlier and it's great it worked so well. Natural ponds without inflow and outflow (or unnatural ones) like that one, or like Zaca Lake do always have an algae problem in the summer. The smell was (and will be again) a natural one, but the extent was extreme. Wonderful to be able to take care of it so quickly. Thanks, Parks Director Nancy Rapp, and those at the Parks who did the work.
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COMMENT 297733P	Historic Montecito Estate Fire	2012-07-14 10:19 PM
I'm guessing George Washington Smith, an amazing architect, was rolling over in his grave in Friday the13th...and what do you know? A couple of hours later his once simply lovely house was aflame. Sometimes less is more, and GWS was one promote that idea in Santa Barbara . A burned home is always a tragedy, but my guess is that this home was not occupied, and was staged for sale at an excessive price in a really lousy real estate market. I sincerely hope no one's personal and sentimental belongings were lost in the fire and that it was just a lot of faux furnishings to make a spec home look lived in.
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COMMENT 297732P	Loud Neighbors	2012-07-14 09:58 PM
We had a really bad problem a few years ago. I looked up the name and residential phone number of the actual owner of the property and called them at 2 AM. And I held the phone so that they could hear the noise coming from their income property. I told them that when their tenants keep us awake that we will call the property owners. This was quite effective.
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BURNTTHISTLE	Refuged Stink	2012-07-14 09:25 PM
Same thing happens every few years .it stinks for a few weeks. Everybody gets all worked up. Then it just goes away on it's own.
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COMMENT 297730	Still in Love	2012-07-14 08:54 PM
Hmm I want to go to grad school...wanna support me? Oh and pay for grad school too
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COMMENT 297729P	Sirens on Cheltenham	2012-07-14 08:53 PM
Santa Barbara City doesn't do Twitter feeds. So Edhat gives us a heck of alot of information. BTW Arriba Way is in the City not the County.
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COMMENT 297728	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 08:51 PM
The problem is that intelligent, competent people are busy raising families, paying mortgages, running small businesses and working 50+ hours each week. That’s why we end up with losers who see the SB City Council and Mayor's position as a route to a pension, big bucks (or at least bigger than they've earned working for Planned Parenthood), self-serving graft and West Coast Liberal Boss Tweedism. When someone with half a brain cell runs for Mayor, they'll win in a landslide.
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COMMENT 297727	Children Donations	2012-07-14 08:49 PM
I have rescue mission pick up from my house every 2-3 months for clothes, toys, etc. that we have outgrown or don't use
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COMMENT 297726	Loud Neighbors	2012-07-14 08:48 PM
On weekends they can legally party til midnight...
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COMMENT 297725	Pool Service	2012-07-14 08:46 PM
I highly recommend Avalon Pool Service 805 637 4745, ask for Brandon (First Month Free Service!!)
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ROGER DODGER	Scanner Reports 7-13-12	2012-07-14 08:41 PM
@701P Your freaking me out man! Are my Hammond School teachers still alive or are they watching from somewhere else? I hope Mrs Frickie still don't have her yard stick..She used to whip me with that thing I've been into spankings ever since...@ 674P I don't live in Lompoc.
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ROGER DODGER	OH, THIS IS HUGELY DISAPPOINTING	2012-07-14 08:37 PM
I've had that scrap since 15 years of age..It SUCKS you get better ya hear?
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ROGER DODGER	Sirens on Cheltenham	2012-07-14 08:35 PM
Sorry only listen to the scanner for 12-1 hours a day your royal hiney..
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COMMENT 297721	Historic Montecito Estate Fire	2012-07-14 08:34 PM
@712 - for your benefit, here is the definition of prurient: pru·ri·ent/'pro?ore?nt/ Adjective: Having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters. Do you think fires are sexy? It seems like you do. Me thinks you need to seek professional help. News is news and some of us appreciate being able to read it. If you don't like this website, why are you looking at it? If it's a story about a fire or "the misfortunes of others" and it arouses you, don't open it!
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ROGER DODGER	Loud Neighbors	2012-07-14 08:32 PM
I think quiet time is 10pm. People usually call the police if they are being disturbed from loud noise, but not many people are willing to sign a complaint. The police don't just show up they are very busy here..Things have changed it's not the quiet little town it used to be. They put emergency calls first so sometimes a 415 Noise complaint can take hours for them to show up to..
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EZ2	Loud Neighbors	2012-07-14 08:31 PM
Double pane windows
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COMMENT 297717	State Water Project	2012-07-14 08:30 PM
The usual state money grab...our"good hearted“local leaders are defenseless in the face of true corruption.
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COMMENT 297716P	State Water Project	2012-07-14 08:29 PM
Remember when you drove up the 101 past Buellton and all you saw was cattle grazing? Then the homeowners of Santa Barbara South Coast paid to bring in state water and suddenly all you saw was boutique and industrial vineyards for as far as the eye could see. The fear of having to take a shower with a bucket, not wash your car, and have a brown lawn was responsible for the industrial-agricultural development that you see all the way up the 101 to San Jose. We're watching a repeat of this same pattern with the California bullet train. Developers all along the route are licking their lips over new sprawl to be developed alongside the route's stations, and once again, you're paying for it.
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COMMENT 297715	Loud Neighbors	2012-07-14 08:28 PM
Better just join the party.
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COMMENT 297714	Loud Neighbors	2012-07-14 08:26 PM
You should go over and have a beer maybe you will make some new friends.
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COMMENT 297713P	Loud Neighbors	2012-07-14 08:24 PM
Wouldn't happen in Montecito. Gee, I wonder why?
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RIBES	Bunya Cone	2012-07-14 08:20 PM
Good call, Mtndriver. Lovely to look at. Bad choice to grow.
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COMMENT 297710P	Loud Neighbors	2012-07-14 08:20 PM
That's the problem with our city planning. These infill residential developments are often not compatable with the surrounding neighborhood. If it were the case otherwise, residential development would have occured there long ago.
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COMMENT 297709P	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 08:16 PM
Great summer "work" idea for teens - Can't you hear it now on the first day? "Ok, Eddie & Sam, all ya gotta do is speed around in this motor boat for 8 hours per day havin' fun. Got it? Oh, you can come to shore every 2 hrs for a 15 min. break & just go ahead and take yer lunch in the boat & I'll let ya off 30 min. early as long as the stink is gone. Are we cool?"
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COMMENT 297708P	Sirens on Cheltenham	2012-07-14 08:16 PM
Actually, thanks, @687...I was able to look at the County Fire Twitter feed and find out why there was a fire truck and ambulance on my street last night.
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COMMENT 297707	Sirens on Cheltenham	2012-07-14 08:15 PM
Seriously? This place is fine for cat pictures, but for our emergency info is delayed as much as any other free site these days.
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COMMENT 297706	Loud Neighbors	2012-07-14 08:13 PM
In that hood?, yes
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COMMENT 297705	Children Donations	2012-07-14 08:10 PM
The perinatal program at Project Recovery on Haley. and Santa Barbara Street
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COMMENT 297704P	Sirens on Cheltenham	2012-07-14 08:10 PM
What a hypocrite, 687; you're on this site, and posting no less. Cut the snarkin'.
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COMMENT 297703P	State Water Project	2012-07-14 08:08 PM
Probably those that pushed for State Water are living within a "mental" moat around them, removed from the the worst effects of everyone having to pay for the mirage of State Water.
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COMMENT 297702P	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 08:08 PM
@529 - agree @Tennisbum - good points, but it should be a separate post.
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COMMENT 297701P	Scanner Reports 7-13-12	2012-07-14 08:05 PM
Keep writing for Edhat, Roger - and thank you. You writing is fun to read. Your eccentricities in written form would have your Hammond school teachers proud.
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COMMENT 297700P	State Water Project	2012-07-14 08:01 PM
I believe Bob Kallman was responsible for the push that got State Water enacted. It would be interesting to hear his take on the results of this.
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COMMENT 297699P	Sirens on Cheltenham	2012-07-14 07:59 PM
@687 Party pooper
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COMMENT 297698	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 07:46 PM
Or a series of fountain heads.
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MTNDRIVER	Bunya Cone	2012-07-14 07:44 PM
Unless you own a huge piece of property, you don't want one of these trees! It's like planting a coast redwood in your front yard, only a bit faster--pretty soon the whole house has disappeared behind the 4-foot diameter trunk and spreading branches--no sun in any windows on that side of the house ever. And then there are the cones, widow-makers indeed. Every year you either take your life in your hands walking under the tree during cone season, or you pay a lot to have an arborist go up and cut the things down. And then there are the dead branches--even the smallest ones covered with razor-sharp blade-like leaflets. Great tree to look at in a park, terrible choice for a normal house garden. There are some downtown on small city lots that completely dwarf the houses behind them.
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COMMENT 297696	Meet Pinga and Maximus	2012-07-14 07:42 PM
Pinga has a somewhat different meaning in Spanish.
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D8VANILLA	Historic Montecito Estate Fire	2012-07-14 07:36 PM
Great reporting. Nicely written.
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COMMENT 297694	Historic Montecito Estate Fire	2012-07-14 07:25 PM
Weird fascination with fires
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COMMENT 297693	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 07:21 PM
Wow, maybe I'll turn on KEYT and see if they've got coverage. Oh wait, nevermind.
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COMMENT 297692P	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 07:21 PM
We spent last evening in Ventura on Main street. Lot's of people having fun. No bums, not panhandled once - not once. Yes, Ventura is doing something much different than Santa Barbara - becoming a great community for locals and tourists. I wish we'd do the same...
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COMMENT 297691	Yin Yang Kitties	2012-07-14 07:21 PM
543: I had a friend in AZ who used to TNR (Trap-Neuter-Release) the ferals in her complex. The kittens young enough to be able to be raised as house pets she'd find homes for. People like you & her are just amazing, and I hope you know how many people who don't even know you appreciate what you do.
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COMMENT 297690P	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 07:18 PM
533 for the win. If Dog has wanted us to eat the internal organs, he would have put them on the outside, where we'd get to them before we were full. Fatty or not, liver is liver. Yuck.
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COMMENT 297688	OH, THIS IS HUGELY DISAPPOINTING	2012-07-14 07:11 PM
remember "eat to win" spaghetti?
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COMMENT 297687	Sirens on Cheltenham	2012-07-14 07:10 PM
You guys should stop relying on this part time site and just subscribe to the county fire Twitter feed...medical call on arriba way.
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COMMENT 297686	State Water Project	2012-07-14 06:59 PM
Given that our contracts for state water are filled only after all preceding contracts are filled, in a severe, protracted drought we will not get a drop. We will once again depend on our local water with all the added meters to serve.... Desal and state water were/are a lie, and nature has limits. We were built out years ago.
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COMMENT 297685	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 06:55 PM
why not put a motor in the pond at all times and flip a switch every few days?
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COMMENT 297684P	The teen driver who hit and killed ...	2012-07-14 06:50 PM
This stinks!!!! He is NOT a teenager now. He killed a sweet wonderful woman. He should have to talk about it!!! She has to take the 5th for the REST OF HER LIFE thanks to this reckless MAN!!!
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COMMENT 297683P	Still in Love	2012-07-14 06:46 PM
Unfortunately, I have a friend who had this happen to her, only it was her hubby who welched on their 'you work to pay for my grad school, then I'll work to pay for your grad school' deal... and moved her across the world (from NZ) before dumping her. She's bitter to this day. There's a lot of jerks out there. His grad school debts should be HIS grad school debts. Have him sign a legal note to that effect. You've already been had. Do what you can to recoup your losses.
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COMMENT 297682	Grim Reaper Airlines?	2012-07-14 06:42 PM
Powell! Shout outs to all the Bones skate rats!
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COMMENT 297681	State Water Project	2012-07-14 06:41 PM
We're tied in and getting it. We're not as dependent on it as other agencies so the cost so far hasn't been formidable but it hasn't been cheap either. Who benefits? The anti-Zero Growthers. Water is no longer a limiting factor to local development.... not in the way it was prior to SW.
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COMMENT 297680	Still in Love	2012-07-14 06:36 PM
Make him a deal. First he supports you through grad school... THEN..... you BOTH take a year off and travel TOGETHER. If that's too selfish of you he can find another sucker to mooch off of.
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COMMENT 297679	Sirens on Cheltenham	2012-07-14 06:31 PM
Hey.... you won't believe it. There were sirens on Hitchcock too and a car chase involving some kind of underpowered car with what two occupants and several law enforcement vehicles. They caught up with the guy 3 blocks later and a total of 5 cars from both PD & CHP. Is that the incident you're referring to?
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COMMENT 297678	The teen driver who hit and killed ...	2012-07-14 06:26 PM
7434.... there is no way you can compare the cost to the defendants' family against that of the victim's. A year in juvie is not the same thing as loss life. Saying "sorry" ain't enough. 7435... Juvenile records are sealed so the aggressive tactics by the plaintiff is to extract information NOT available from the criminal case.
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COMMENT 297677	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 06:23 PM
Foie gras prohibition will have the same effect alcohol prohibition did. People will make their own, causing many health concerns. Smugglers will bring it in over the border. A new branch of law enforcement will spring up called "The Unduckables".
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ROGER DODGER	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 06:14 PM
For now but it doesn't take care of the pollution and band aide fix..
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COMMENT 297675	The teen driver who hit and killed ...	2012-07-14 06:09 PM
There is no test to determine how high someone is or isn't with marijuana. The car was full of it when the police came...and the rumor at the school was that he was smoking a morning bowl on the way to class.
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COMMENT 297674P	Scanner Reports 7-13-12	2012-07-14 06:07 PM
Burton Mesa is in Lompoc--
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COMMENT 297673	Children Donations	2012-07-14 06:05 PM
Alpha Thrift used to be the best thrift store in town but then they quadrupled their prices. I will never donate to them again. Part of the responsibility of having a non-profit 'thrift store' is to resell the items at a reasonable price to benefit those that can't afford to pay new prices.
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COMMENT 297672P	Mustang Crash	2012-07-14 06:03 PM
654, i am absolutely not saying they should still be building 67 mustangs. it's the exact opposite actually, it's the continued attempt to make contemporary version of something that only worked in the 1960's that's so ridiculous. i understand there will always be mustang fanatics but at that price point for a "sports car" an m3 makes a lot more sense. not to mention if you don't care about styling (what late model mustang owner can really say they do?) and want sheer muscle just buy a corvette. by the way that poor truck gets over 20 mpg on the highway with two motorcycles and a weekend of camping gear in the bed, she's insulted that you'd scoff at her utility.
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COMMENT 297671	Historic Montecito Estate Fire	2012-07-14 05:57 PM
On google maps you can see the house and the construction crews....bet the plumbers and patio heater guys are glad it was what looks like a painter or drywaller was parked out front at the time.
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COMMENT 297670	Children Donations	2012-07-14 05:49 PM
Don't know what happened to my earlier post but I would highly recommend the Assistance League. Although others have a help component, I believe Assistance League is the only place now that has an all volunteer work force. They are on Veronica Springs Road.
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JOHN WILEY	Magic Pond	2012-07-14 05:43 PM
Thanks for asking, #099. There are pix of Nojoqui and the waterfall above it here on my Photo Page. There's an added one stimulated by your request, due to wondering if I'd ever snapped a glimpse of the top thru the trees. I might try again with my new camera in Spring if we have a heavy rain before the leaves come in.
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COMMENT 297668	Bunya Cone	2012-07-14 05:33 PM
Widow-makers! Aha! Just got that. Great comment.
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COMMENT 297667	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 05:28 PM
Being from the mid west - small town - there are no services - no nanny state - you don't work - you don't eat - no free housing - you get food stamps - you clean the fire house - or sweep the city streets - no one rides for free - It's hot in the summer and - 20 in the winter - Cali land is all about acceptance and not personal responsibility Until you grasp the concept that this life style is not OK - you get state street mid day - GRUNGE -
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COMMENT 297666	Still in Love	2012-07-14 05:16 PM
Support him in his endeavors and make sure that the debt is in his name...if not have him sign a promissory note .... Once that has been accomplished send the upstanding young man on his way! Good riddence!
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COMMENT 297665P	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 05:11 PM
412 - Yes - the plan was to close the huge mental hospitals and open smaller neighborhood facilities for the people. They took step one, then, when step two came along.....nothing happened. I think it was a state thing and Reagan was governor. Also; starting under Reagan as president, there was a sharp drop in federal funding for affordable housing. I can't remember the numbers.....but from millions and millions of dollars down to next to nothing......
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COMMENT 297664	Children Donations	2012-07-14 05:06 PM
You could always donate then directly to a school and get a tax write off. I also vote for Alpha.
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COMMENT 297663	Rent A Cop	2012-07-14 04:58 PM
Roger Dodger - wrong threat oar knot, your comments our write-on, thought-provoking, and something we all knead to here. You speak eloquently to some of the ills and wrongs in our society, and we all oh you tanks for having the courage to talk about the darker parts of your history.
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COMMENT 297662	Children Donations	2012-07-14 04:46 PM
Another vote for Alpha. If you call them, they will pick up stuff the next time they are in your neighborhood. Otherwise you can bring it to them.
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COMMENT 297661	Children Donations	2012-07-14 04:43 PM
I second, third and fourth Alpha Thrift. It provides essential services to Santa Barbarans born with intellectual and cognitive disabilities.
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COMMENT 297660	A woman allegedly walks naked on St...	2012-07-14 04:40 PM
If the shirtless pedestrian was Cat Cora, provide mug shot....pretty please?
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COMMENT 297659	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 04:37 PM
@553, The plan to rid the Bird Refuge of its stench was in the end a simple one, and pretty low tech. An outboard motor boat plied the refuge for several hours over a couple of days. That was apparently enough to aerate the water to reduce the algae bloom caused smell.
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BONNER	Permit Violation	2012-07-14 04:33 PM
Best burgers around. My son, when visiting from the east (and he's a french chef) insists on a Habit burger while here.
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 04:24 PM
One witness identified the guy..
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COMMENT 297656	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 04:20 PM
Yuuuuurrrreee desspiikable!!!!!
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 04:20 PM
This other guy is busted they said something about slashing? A vandlism prehaps..Positive ID on subject and car branshing a gun.. Wow trouble there..Good thing the other idoit didn't hit no one.
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COMMENT 297654	Mustang Crash	2012-07-14 04:19 PM
578 REALLY??? I seriously doubt you've driven any of the more recent Mustangs. The ones with the truly unsafe handling were the 67-68 GTA's with 390 V8. Inefficient? Try 6 mpg city and 10-12 Freeway if you kept the speed under 70. Handling? My '67 GTA Fastback was front-heavy and feather-weight over rear axle. Whenever it rained, I had to throw two 50-Lb sacks of redi-mix in the back or my car handled worse than a 1960 Corvair! Mustangs of the past 15 years or so, have far closer to even front/rear weight distribution, for one. Their suspensions in recent years have drawn considerable praise from professional automobile test drivers, and my '98 with manual tranny, would deliver 28 mpg at an average 75 mph on the freeway between L.A. and S.B. For a car that makes 60 mph in under 6 seconds, I think that's pretty darned efficient fuel consumption, and I'll bet it totally blows away the lousy gas mileage you're getting on that bloated truck.
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COMMENT 297653P	Children Donations	2012-07-14 04:18 PM
Alpha Thrift. They support the Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara, a non-profit corporation that provides services and supports for people with developmental disabilities and their families in Santa Barbara County.
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STACE	Historic Montecito Estate Fire	2012-07-14 04:14 PM
Not me. I sleep through everything....
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COMMENT 297651	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 04:11 PM
Saw the silver accord zoom past with a chp car giving chase at about 2:50, heading down state towards la cumbre and town. The accord almost t boned the guy in front of me when he blew through the red light. Glad that at least nobody got hit by the fleeing car.
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COMMENT 297650	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 04:11 PM
I like all the banter, sarcasm, wit, thoughtful advice, insight, facts, and even the put downs....often I learn more from someone who is presenting a completely different thought than I had, I come here to learn, and to laugh. If I wanted a fact blog I would go somewhere else. Stinky smells are funny, gross, and illicit jokes...sorry that you are bothered by that Tennis.....
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 04:07 PM
Police have 3 witnesses in this 2nd case.
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ROGER DODGER	Historic Montecito Estate Fire	2012-07-14 04:06 PM
I used to work nights can't seem to stay up late anymore sometimes I wake up and hear some off the wall stuff..
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STACE	Historic Montecito Estate Fire	2012-07-14 04:00 PM
One of us does...the other one is on an ever-constant quest for the perfect night action shot in SB...some nights that means little sleep. Peter actually keeps trying to get me to do a piece "What's Happening on the Streets of SB at 4:00 am"...not sure if he thinks it would be interesting or that it would be a public service for the other unusually inquisitive ones amongst us. So far, I've opted for sleep.
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COMMENT 297646P	Still in Love	2012-07-14 03:57 PM
Gimme a break! Time for work, buddy.
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COMMENT 297645P	Mustang Crash	2012-07-14 03:48 PM
334....Really? 337....I agree. And especially because it wasn't far from here that the hit and run occured.
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COMMENT 297644	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 03:48 PM
The ducks do not suffer one bit from my experience.
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COMMENT 297642	Storage Facilities	2012-07-14 03:45 PM
Give away some of it for crying out loud.
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COMMENT 297641	Children Donations	2012-07-14 03:45 PM
Destined for Grace Oldtown Goleta
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COMMENT 297640	Magic Pond	2012-07-14 03:44 PM
I would love to see the top of nojoiqi falls! Please? I think it's pronounce na ho ee
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ROGER DODGER	Historic Montecito Estate Fire	2012-07-14 03:42 PM
Do you guys sleep?
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 03:41 PM
This is not the original call involving the pursuit this is another call just didn't want to do a bunch of Code Reds.. Police now calling it code 4. Will there is always 2 sides to every story...
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COMMENT 297637	Ominous or Serene?	2012-07-14 03:39 PM
Friday the 13th turned out lucky for the lady who got her wedding ring back! So the cloud is not ominous poster. By the way, don't waste your time wondering.
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COMMENT 297636P	Children Donations	2012-07-14 03:39 PM
Salvation Army in Goleta
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 03:39 PM
Code 3 back up responce.
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 03:38 PM
Cops are on the guy can't pronunce the street. 2100 Bella cross of Crestline.
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COMMENT 297633	Still in Love	2012-07-14 03:37 PM
Agree, sounds like a total slacker and not the agreement you signed up for. If he doesn't have any money, he doesn't have the luxury of living off you for another year to find himself. The fact that he wants to travel solo while you support him is a red flag. Time to cut your losses and say goodbye (but that you fully expect him to pay you back for your years of support).
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 03:36 PM
Seprate Call at Calle Ceta? and RollingBrook a guy in a gold Lexus just branshed a gun on someone..
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COMMENT 297631	Still in Love	2012-07-14 03:36 PM
Keep working. Pay off his school debt. Send him money on his travels. When you are helping him pack make sure he has a good supply of Trojans.
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COMMENT 297630	Still in Love	2012-07-14 03:34 PM
If you're not married, then it's not "WE" who owes some money for student loans. These would be in his name, I would hope. You've made enough sacrifices and now are being asked to sacrifice your own plans so that he can, err-- what? Find himself? On your dime? He needs to grow up and take responsibility for his own choices, and you should quit enabling his permanent adolescence. The plans for traveling could be a cowardly transition away from you, a gradual sort of breaking up. See what he says if you say that you can go on this trip. And if he says he needs to take this journey alone, do yourself a favor and move on with your own life.
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COMMENT 297629	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 03:34 PM
Roger, your usual perfect grammar is slipping.
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COMMENT 297628	State Water Project	2012-07-14 03:33 PM
State Water equals $$$$$ paid for by water customers equals a boon to developers equals density beyond what our area infrastructure can handle. Voters were duped.
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ROGER DODGER	Bunya Cone	2012-07-14 03:33 PM
Hate to get hit by one of those.
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COMMENT 297626	Still in Love	2012-07-14 03:33 PM
Now this I would sue over!
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COMMENT 297625	Save a Crow	2012-07-14 03:32 PM
297351 I absolutely agree with your comment and with the others who have expressed compassion and who are creative problem solvers. Thank goodness for the WCN and any other rescuer that was involved in this endeavor. These edhat comments are a revealing study in empathy (who has it and who's impaired.) Also we can see who is Biocentric as opposed to simply Androcentric. Situations which define all of us, our humanity, our perceptions...are evident in every seemingly small act. The healthy survival of a thriving diverse planet (more than human) depends on what we do in our own backyards and neighborhoods. We are constantly being given these chances to evolve. If, in the future, we find ourselves in trouble, in pain,trapped...we know the kind of being we wish to discover us in our plight.
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ROGER DODGER	Still in Love	2012-07-14 03:25 PM
Heeheehee..
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FLICKA	The Santa Barbara County Board of S...	2012-07-14 03:24 PM
Well, all the "Save Our Valley" sob stories are interesting. Too bad the Chumash didn't come up with an iorn-clad policy of "Save Our Land" about 1782. Now all the invading hoards from Los Angeles, who bought little ranchettes that broke up the open space in Santa Ynez, think they own the whole area. I knew people of Chumash descent who didn't dare mention it before the 60s, racial bias had them at the bottom of the heap.
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 03:24 PM
There are alot of places to disappear in this town. Parking lots garages etc. My guess is the passanger hoped out and the CHP went after the passanger.
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COMMENT 297621	Ominous or Serene?	2012-07-14 03:19 PM
Awesome cloud photo.
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COMMENT 297620P	Mystery Plant	2012-07-14 03:16 PM
Sorry for this but, Pesticides are never a good idea, no matter what. Not only do they poison our water, oceans, etc. but read below... and they've been finding their particulate matter everywhere....sorry! http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/wellness/babies/story/ 2011/02/Exposure-to-pesticides-in-womb-linked-to-learning-disabilities/43401024/1
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COMMENT 297619	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 03:16 PM
How the HELL can you loose a car in a pursuit in a town that has the MOUNTAINS on one side and the OCEAN on another...?
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COMMENT 297618	A woman allegedly walks naked on St...	2012-07-14 03:15 PM
Earth Jen is back.
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 03:09 PM
Yellow paper plates red writing possibly Oxnard auto delarship advertisement.
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COMMENT 297615	Yin Yang Kitties	2012-07-14 03:09 PM
571, thanks for your support. I am in the high desert, a very hard environment for feral cats to live in. I have a new home already lined up for the whole family. Unlike others who trap and shoot the poor dears.
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COMMENT 297614	A woman allegedly walks naked on St...	2012-07-14 03:05 PM
Maybe they just couldn't afford the clothes, poor dears!!! jk
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COMMENT 297613	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 03:03 PM
There's no need at all to subject other living creatures to this kind of treatment just to tickle the palate, it's just an (epicurean) snack and I hope (perhaps) we are waking up in this country to a respect for all life. I thought that in the Sixties too!
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 03:00 PM
Lost the vehicle at Los Positas and Modoc not in pursuit at this time. Driver got away passanger got caught. Driver is possibly a hispanic male adult 5'5.
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COMMENT 297611P	Church Architecture	2012-07-14 03:00 PM
Mt. Carmel - my granddaughter was baptized there. As she, my daughter, and I drove by it one day when she was about four, she said, "Mama, that's where I saw God."
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JOHN WILEY	Rodeo	2012-07-14 02:59 PM
I looked on gMaps, and it's S. Clow Rd. but there's no business name listed. In the closest view you can make out a white arch above the driveway at the north end, but not what it says. I've put an enhanced closeup on my Photo Page in case that helps with the magnifying glass. :) Maybe what looks like a dog you saw on the tiny Edhat version is a small bull they're about to rope?
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 02:58 PM
Sounds like they are seeking a silver Honda Accord with yellow paper plates the vehicle is newer last seen South on Los Positas.
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COMMENT 297608	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 02:57 PM
The issue is no longer why others try to shame us into creating a vagrant magnet out of our city; but why do we still let them do that to us? Is this now our problem; not theirs. How do you shift from letting them (whomever "they" are) make you feel you are not doing enough. Particularly when that shame leads to floundering in the unworkable status quo, and even making it worse. Try saying no to more vagrants, no more enabling life on the streets, no more playing the guilt card for someone else's benefit and self-satisfied piety. Practice saying no until it feels like finally it is the right thing to do. Saying yes to vagrants got us into this mess, for us and for them. It is stupid to say yes to vagrants. Good book to read: "Why do I feel guilty when I say no?"
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COMMENT 297607	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 02:57 PM
Yes - just had a CHP unit rip past my house on Apple Grove. Resisting the urge to go lookie-loo.
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COMMENT 297606P	Reported Sexual Abuse	2012-07-14 02:56 PM
Get 'em Joyce!
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 02:56 PM
Apprently there was a foot pursuit involving the CHP. Sounds like SBSO Also responding. I don't know why the CHP was chasing the subject.
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COMMENT 297604	Rodeo	2012-07-14 02:54 PM
This looks to be a charreada or charreria.
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GARFIELD	Excavation	2012-07-14 02:44 PM
Becky is the expert. The rest of us have more good intentions than good information. At the risk of adding to the confusion I concur that you should drop a chunk into your trash every week, so that it goes to the landfill. If you need to break it up, lay it with the ammo side in dirt and use the sledge to hit an area with no ammo showing. Pile a shovel full of dirt against any exposed cartridges to capture possible eruptions. To be more helpful requires a bit more information. What size/caliber is the ammo? .22 caliber is different from it's larger cousins. Are these chunks mostly concrete, with a few cartridges thrown in, or is it a more like a box of ammo into which concrete has been poured? If the police just said to be careful, that is the best information, as they have seen your concrete. Remember, it is also dangerous to break plain concrete with a hammer, as small pieces of rock fly out at high velocity, just like a bullet from a barrel.
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YPYETR	Rent A Cop	2012-07-14 02:40 PM
I can tell you that they are very intollerant of isolated public intimacy.....hahahaha!
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COMMENT 297601	Bunya Cone	2012-07-14 02:39 PM
call me and c'mon over 569-1714
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COMMENT 297600P	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 02:37 PM
The question posted was how do Monterey and Ventura handle the homeless differently.
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COMMENT 297599	Bunya Cone	2012-07-14 02:37 PM
Where can i get a seedling ??
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COMMENT 297598	Mystery Plant	2012-07-14 02:36 PM
Our N Fairview neighbor operates a commercial nursery and has several of these in tree form that are 20-30' tall. Birds have spread them throughout the neighborhood. Other than the use of Roundup on juveniles or cut stalks, I've found nothing else that can kill these very invasive plants.
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COMMENT 297597P	Trucks on the 154	2012-07-14 02:28 PM
Furthering the citation of the law by 296824P, the law DOES NOT STATE if you're going slower than the speed limit, it's slower than the "RATE OF TRAFFIC." to all you vigilantes who believe it's your duty to slow other drivers down who appear to be going to fast according to your opinion you HAVE to pull over BY LAW to let them pass. regardless of whether you think the other driver is going "too fast" by your standards or exceeding the speed limit. if you're impeding the flow of traffic at ANY SPEED you're in the wrong, pull over, let whoever is behind you pass and return to driving your own drive at the speed you're comfortable with. enforcing the traffic code is a job for sworn peace officers, not you. problem solved.
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COMMENT 297596P	The teen driver who hit and killed ...	2012-07-14 02:26 PM
Fifth amendment? I thought it only applied to criminal cases not civil cases. He could also plead the right to privacy under the California Consitution if the Fifth doesn't pan out.
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COMMENT 297595P	Give 'em Your 2 Cents	2012-07-14 02:19 PM
If you think the fee will be $2.00 you are living in la la land. Do not let these people get away with this. Our county beaches are always clean. Most people pick up their trash. I myself will always pick up any trash I see.
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COMMENT 297594P	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 02:11 PM
549 - Sure, two EdHat's The seriously serious one could be "Top EdHat" & the regular, garden variety version, Ed Hat. Hip, hip.
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COMMENT 297593P	Santa Barbara wines and our local U...	2012-07-14 02:10 PM
keep LA 100 miles away!
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CAPTAIN HALEY	Bunya Cone	2012-07-14 02:10 PM
Yeah. Don't park under that tree!
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COMMENT 297591	Magic Pond	2012-07-14 02:04 PM
I would love to see a view of the lone house at the top of the mountain in Buellton. I see it standing all alone high atop the hill between 246 and Nojoqui. Visable from Solvang at the river and Buellton behind the ranches on 246.
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COMMENT 297590	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 01:43 PM
Factual with Jokes I'm told there was a power outtage yesterday on State. No doubt the sewage pumps are electric. I think it's great that tourists will be getting a whiff of Santa Barbara behind the scenes.
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COMMENT 297589	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 01:43 PM
Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy....
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COMMENT 297588P	Excavation	2012-07-14 01:40 PM
For those questioning Becky's advice you should do a little research on her work. You've got a real, live, expert authority on guns and ammunition chiming in on this post. She doesn't "work" in an ammo factory, she the co-owner and operator. Having purchased both firearms and custom ammo for my firearms at Custom Cartridge i can assure you there is no higher authority on ammunition in the county. The fact that our local SWAT teams would choose Custom Catridge's Hush rounds to ensure civilian safety by preventing shoot through should tell you enough about their legitimacy. Sorry for the rant, i just won't sit here and watch good folks like Becky be slandered by anonymous trolls on edhat.
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COMMENT 297587P	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 01:40 PM
297495: There is a difference - we (or most of us) do not eat human livers. And, 297550, "humane" means how humans should behave towards the non-human and human life not how that life behaves towards each other or humans. Ducks and geese. (And 560: foie gras, literally "fat liver", is not ordinary liver, but the livers of geese and ducks that are force fed for 12-18 days before being slaughtered. If, as some say, you are what you eat, then what are those who knowingly eat foie gras?)
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COMMENT 297586	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 01:36 PM
A good foie gras for me! No difference between stuffing geese and watching some of our human bretheren force fast-food down their own gullets at our fast-food establishments. Long live our own Julia Child - er - or did she die of obesity from too much foie gras? Ahhh... whatta way to go. Signed, Gourmand d'Gastronomie
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COMMENT 297585	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 01:32 PM
Easy solution to Tennis Bum - A poster can simply begin his/her post with one of three words: 1. -Instructive- or 2. -Comic- or 3. -Sarcastic- Easy, peasy, Japaneasy!
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ROGER DODGER	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 01:32 PM
I don't eat Duck..@560 Why do you have a problem with what people eat?
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COMMENT 297583	Meet Missy	2012-07-14 01:30 PM
What a pretty lass..... grey eyes?
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COMMENT 297582	Bunya Cone	2012-07-14 01:28 PM
Aussies call them the "Widda-makahs".
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MICHELE	Save a Crow	2012-07-14 01:27 PM
I'm pretty sure this must be the crow I've been hearing daily for the past 10 days or so, both near my home and at a distance. Its caws are different than the other crows, sounding hoarser and more alarmed. I figured it wasn't a raven I was hearing, because other crows tended to gather around it. Unfortunately they would fly away when I tried to see more closely. I assumed the troubled one flew away with them because it stopped cawing, on those occasions that it came into my yard. I haven't heard it today at all. I hope it got rescued. It's hard to listen to a creature in distress, especially such an intelligent, social one.
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COMMENT 297580	Rodeo	2012-07-14 01:26 PM
I got out my magnifying glass, wondering if they *might* be Paso Finos. Tack isn't complex enough. But I did find what I think is a cow, surprisingly small, next to the wall on the right entering the ring. Eh. Probably a big dog. My eyesight is bad.
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COMMENT 297579	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 01:24 PM
Good idea Tennis Bum, please contribute future posts on dedhat dot com.
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COMMENT 297578P	Mustang Crash	2012-07-14 01:22 PM
don't get why they still make these inefficient, poor handling hunks of junk. like another poster said, i'll take that '68 fastback over one of these any day. the convertible model weighs about a hundred pounds less than my full size, extended cab pickup with a small block v8. what a waste of space and fuel economy!
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REDTOP	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 01:21 PM
TENNIS BUM has some very good points. Edhat can be a source of excellent information and that's why I log on and PAY for the privilege. Inevitably the sarcastic and cutting comments are made by those who prefer to remain anonymous and/or do not financially support this site. Too bad all the way around.
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COMMENT 297576	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 01:16 PM
TENNISBUM.... live and let live. No one made you the cultural and social etiquette judge of the InterNets - that I know of. If they did... congratulations. To the OP.... sorry to hear about the infrastructure break down downtown. Your post really brings home how much we rely on working wastewater pipes. And as I'm finding out this weekend it's not cheap replacing them (I'm in Noleta so it's not MY pipes smelling up your good times). 7505.... I LOVE the smell of composting mulch!!! Beats diesel fumes, car exhaust and second hand cigarette smoke ANY day.
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COMMENT 297575	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 01:13 PM
It is tedious to read through the banter to get useful information. Some of the posters are funny to eveyone, many are funny only to themselves.
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COMMENT 297574	Meet Pinga and Maximus	2012-07-14 01:12 PM
Happy Happy Joy Joy!
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SUMMERTIME	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 01:12 PM
DUCK
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COMMENT 297572	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 01:04 PM
Agenda 21. Look it up.
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COMMENT 297571	Yin Yang Kitties	2012-07-14 01:03 PM
543, thank you for doing so! Hope you're in SB and bring poor momcat to ASAP. Dan, I'm flattered you used my screen name. ;-)
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ROGER DODGER	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 01:02 PM
Co'mon Humorous comments are cool but lettuce not start this cutting each other down scrap..I bet they dumped some other chemicals in the Turd Refuge to mask the real odor of Santa Barbara.
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COMMENT 297569P	Give 'em Your 2 Cents	2012-07-14 12:59 PM
i don't know how it would play out if ratified but i honestly like the paid parking at surfer's point near the fairgrounds in ventura. i will often travel south when the waves are too small to surf in town (8 months out of the year). for those who haven't been down there they have two lots for beach access. one is free and the other costs $2 for all day access. i opt for the paid lot most of the time because it's less crowded, much cleaner, free of vagrants in RV's and people sitting in their cars using drugs/alcohol. the pay lot is a much nicer place to change into my wetsuit without having to stand in piles broken glass and cigarette butts, the trash bins aren't overflowing and people don't pack into the lot like sardines and ding up my truck with their car doors. it's also nice to stop and chat with the parking attendant, a friendly and familiar face who earns a living wage because some folks are willing to pay for their peace of mind. just my .02
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COMMENT 297568	Grim Reaper Airlines?	2012-07-14 12:56 PM
No wonder the underwing logo looked so familiar (but I couldn't place it)! thanks for the pics.
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COMMENT 297567	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 12:56 PM
I got all my ducks in a row. And I will not get off my high horse!
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COMMENT 297566P	Give 'em Your 2 Cents	2012-07-14 12:55 PM
There are very few public beaches. Most beaches in Santa Barbara are slowly becoming private . Haskels has become private, padero lane is all private. Sandy land is all private. From Hobsons almost to emmet wood is all campers, you cannot park and go to those beaches. And especially if you are in a wheel chair. The county beaches are the only beaches where people, all people rich and poor can go. Ten or twelve dollars may not seem much to you, but it is for a lot of people. With all the taxes that we pay you would think that at least we can go to the beach without paying a fee. Sorry but this is just wrong. It's actually sickening, the mismanagement of our government . Excuse me while I puke.
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COMMENT 297565	A 16-year-old hiker is recovering t...	2012-07-14 12:53 PM
Dilly: Every news outlet reported that the woman had an injured ankle. They added that she was treated an released. Doesn't sound very life-threatening, but I'm sure you will ignore the Cottage agreement and make a case for it.....
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COMMENT 297564	Not So Friendly Skies	2012-07-14 12:53 PM
I refuse to fly United . . . ever since they treated me and my mobility issues like a hunk of trash and used a commercial fork lift (with no safety railing) to get me into a plane! Check out untied.com (just flip the 't' and 'i') and you will discover a whole world of people unhappy with UAL.
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COMMENT 297563	The Santa Barbara County Board of S...	2012-07-14 12:52 PM
There are few actual Chumash descendants in the make up of the Indians at Santa Ynez who measure their Indian ancestry in "minute fractions" (if any at all )which no one verifies. An Indian is whoever the tribal government says is an elligible Indian and there are no legal rights involved only the discretion of the tribal government. This has been the case for many years and no one cared. Those seeking tribal "membership" were mainly looking for federal welfare grants and services and the larger the "tribe" the more benefits. Now the claim to be Indian and for acceptance of membership means big money from the gambling losses at the casino. So now no one else claiming a right to be a member can get in and those fed up with the arrogance and tyranny of Tribal Chairmen Armenta are afraid to speak out at the risk of losing all that money!
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COMMENT 297562	The Santa Barbara County Board of S...	2012-07-14 12:46 PM
The beautiful Santa Ynez countryside will be lost to all, including the future children of the Chumash. Yes, it is very sad that the Chumash lived in such poverty but those horrible conditions have changed and can no longer be used as a resonable argument for current, unnecessary, development. Did the supervisors side with the money source or the needs of the entire community? Say good bye to the open space forever. Santa Ynez will look like Thousand Oaks in ten years if the powers that be allow the money eyed developers to chip away at the land in the name of "whatever". The Chumash should know better.
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TAZ	Bunya Cone	2012-07-14 12:39 PM
Spectacular!
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COMMENT 297560	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 12:39 PM
I guess all you who chose ducks must get your meat from the grocery store where no animals have to suffer or die. What about the Asian Tea smoked duck dinner? Or how about the duck at The Dutch Gardens? Do you think that the liver should be discarded instead of being made into foie gras?
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COMMENT 297559	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 12:37 PM
100% Duck. 499 has NEVER had a tube down his throat or his would know it hurts.....
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COMMENT 297558	Grim Reaper Airlines?	2012-07-14 12:36 PM
Well if it is a skate board company, why do they use the airport? Couldn't they just land anywhere kind of like skateboarders do no matter if they damage any property or injure anyone else that gets in their way?
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COMMENT 297557	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 12:34 PM
@504, this is 499. What makes you think I'm a conservative? I'm not. That's the point of being liberal. Also, I don't think you can compare the two laws. One relates to endangering an entire species of wild animals for a small body part. The other is raised for food, and is used for such as 550 so eloquently points out. So, maybe you should get off your high horses and leave the SB bubble every now and then. You might discover other cultures do things differently than the California legislature tells us to.
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COMMENT 297556P	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 12:32 PM
Tennis Bum, you would not last 10 seconds on other boards, like say, oh - fark.com. I've had more then my share of beat downs on that one which is why I am now on this one. That and this one is local. On point, this makes me glad I live out here in Noleta. No stench here.
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COMMENT 297555	Rent A Cop	2012-07-14 12:32 PM
Private security guards ( or security service) they have the same powers of arrest that any private citizen has. (citizens arrest) Felonies and misdemeanors being committed in fact IN THEIR PRESENCE (i.e. at the time) as opposed to the powers of arrest for peace officers who can arrest for felonies they have reasonable cause to believe were already committed or are being committed in their presence and misdemeanors being comitted in their presence. (i.e.) they see them occurring.
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COMMENT 297554	The Santa Barbara County Board of S...	2012-07-14 12:31 PM
Money always wins in the end.
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COMMENT 297553P	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 12:31 PM
The Bird Refuge no longer smells (and there have been NO comments that I have seen at least about that, none compared with all the earlier comments!) Maybe, knowing we needed something to complain about, the stink moved west? (By the way, how did the Bird Refuge get reasonably scent-free?)
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COMMENT 297552	The Police Officers Association has...	2012-07-14 12:29 PM
I thought pants suits were passe.
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DRBUD	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 12:28 PM
The best routine for the homeless I ever have seen was years ago in Wash. D.C. They would routinely sweep these types from the sidewalks, send them to a rehabilitation center in northern VA about 25 miles away & treat them til recovered from whatever problem they had. Once healthy and sober, they would be offered a ticket to any other city in the U.S. and off they would go. Voila! the streets of Washington were free of beggars and drunks! Maybe it's time here in S.B.!
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COMMENT 297550	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 12:24 PM
Sorry, but when the end result of an animal's short life is to have it's head cut off and its feathers plucked and its guts ripped out and its parts dissected to feed us, it is entirely silly to require "humane" treatment up until that time. And the term "humane" should only be ascribed to humans.
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COMMENT 297549	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 12:22 PM
Maybe there should be a different Edhat for stuffy people with no sense of humor?
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COMMENT 297548	An Assist Toward Justice	2012-07-14 12:22 PM
DA's office has a victim-witness assistance program/office: Santa Barbara 1112 Santa Barbara St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Tel: (805) 568-2400 Google 'santa barbara victim witness program' Looks useful. No reason not to try this resource even though you feel the DA's office is not helping enough. I agree with contacting a civil attorney. Good luck, Mom!!
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COMMENT 297547	The Hot Shot crew from Vandenberg A...	2012-07-14 12:21 PM
Well, call me Mrs. Hero!
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COMMENT 297546P	Senior Discount	2012-07-14 12:20 PM
CVS offers senior discount? That's new info. Thank you D8Vanilla and Edhat. This is useful information. P.S. Interesting that most responses to this posting are by paid subscribers.
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D8VANILLA	Senior Discount	2012-07-14 12:17 PM
I was talking with a CVS checker about the age requirements to get the Senior discount, and after he told me, (which I don't remember right now), he also told me that they are NOT allowed to ask for proof !!!
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COMMENT 297544	Mustang Crash	2012-07-14 12:16 PM
I drove my ex boss to pick up a older mustang in perfect shape. It wasn't long before his teenage son ruined it.
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COMMENT 297543	Yin Yang Kitties	2012-07-14 12:14 PM
Gosh wish I didn't have to trap a mom cat and her kittens this weekend. She is under a neighbors house, and I know the other neighbor feeds the mom cat. The rule is no unfixed pets, so why does she keep letting it have litter after litter after litter. These poor kittens have to fend for themselves. Another neighbor just told me he had a kitten under his house for a week after he bug bombed the underneath of the house. The mom cat is friendly to the people that live in that house but is wild towards everyone else. Yea feed the cat but let all the kittens suffer and die. Sometimes I think people are brainless.
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COMMENT 297542	The teen driver who hit and killed ...	2012-07-14 12:04 PM
I raced in a stolen 911 on coast village. I didn't feel a need to kill anyone.
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COMMENT 297541	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 12:01 PM
This news has me smiling and smiling with happiness. It's about time. Poor fowl, to be so barbarically force fed! Let's hook you up, 499, to a feeding tube and force feed you until you can't walk or even sit up straight. And then we'll let you struggle to walk around, in your own excrement, for weeks on end. Bet YOU wouldn't be heading to the front of the line for another session with the tube. You need to go on Youtube (ha!) and see the footage of how these animals are tortured.
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COMMENT 297540	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 12:01 PM
Get a sense of humor, Tennis Bum. Edhat's humorous / sarcastic comments make it worth reading.
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COMMENT 297539	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 12:00 PM
514, right on. When did we get the idea that it was now acceptable for men to not work, get drunk all day, be entitled to meals and shelter, and then let them panhandle us? Why do some factions shame others who think enabling might not be the right thing to do here? Why do some people think Santa Barbara must assume responsibility for solving the homeless problem for the country? They tell us we must provide shelter and housing for anyone that's been here one day after arriving from somewhere else. Why do we fight for the rights of the homeless to be homeless? Why do we tolerate antisocial and criminal behavior in this city, zone homeless problems into someone else's neighborhood, and consider ourselves progressive for doing so?
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COMMENT 297538	PA System	2012-07-14 11:56 AM
Call grant at Luners (805) 963-7756
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COMMENT 297537	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 11:51 AM
I agree Tennis Bum. Some of it is funny, but most of it isn't, and quite a bit is mean spirited. I could do without that. To stay on topic, I did notice the stench yesterday while I was at work in SB. I live in Goleta, and I don't think the stench has permeated this far north!
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COMMENT 297536	Bunya Cone	2012-07-14 11:48 AM
Araucaria bidwillii is the Australian native Bunya Bunya tree, originally from Queensland, on east coast of Aus. The Monkey puzzle or Monkey pine is Araucaria araucana, from Andes (Chile, Argentina). Same genus, but not same trees. Cones on Bunya Bunya could be dangerous, but our City tree guys keep "on top" of it. 83 cones must be some kind of record.
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CORKY	Low Flying Helicopters	2012-07-14 11:43 AM
The helicopters were shown in the paper lifting new air conditioning, I think, to Dos Pueblos.
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COMMENT 297534	The teen driver who hit and killed ...	2012-07-14 11:42 AM
He wasn't high----he was given a blood test at the scene and passed. It was 8 in the morning and he was on his way to school. I happen to know the family and they are wonderful people that feel terrible about this tragic accident!!!!! Tyler is a good kid that had a car accident that ended up killing a woman and he will have to live with that horror for the rest of his life. Who of us hasn't sped, picked up our phone, or done something we shouldn't have while driving? He pled guilty at his trial and has done everything asked of him. His whole family has been paying a price for this for the last two years and will continue to for the rest of their lives. It is a tragedy on all sides.......
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COMMENT 297533	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 11:41 AM
genuine marijuana or faux grass?
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 11:34 AM
Thanks @526 yes I like to be prompt..
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TWO ABBYS	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 11:34 AM
Another vote for the geese
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 11:33 AM
Engine 2 cancelled it's a small fire don't need all of them..
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COMMENT 297529	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 11:32 AM
Tennis Bum, your post was so boring I made it through just the first line and a half before I decided that you were just doing what you likely are complaining about. Lol
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RAINE5360	Yin Yang Kitties	2012-07-14 11:32 AM
Best of luck to you and your furry friends. Enjoy!
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 11:31 AM
Small fire side of the road 10x10 feet..
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COMMENT 297526	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 11:31 AM
Ha I hear the sirens, love when you have it posted here like the second I hear the sirens and am wondering what's up! :)
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COMMENT 297525	Bunya Cone	2012-07-14 11:30 AM
They are dangerous and can seriously hurt you if they fall on top of you, especially if it hits your head. These are rare trees, also known as Monkey Pine, our neighbor had one in their yard and we hated that thing because it made such a mess in the yard!
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COMMENT 297524	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 11:29 AM
Put it in the ocean. We will flush the Pacific at a later time.
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COMMENT 297523	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 11:28 AM
Edhat at its best is a wonderful/helpful place to post and receive valuable and quick information. It would be nice to be able to get that information without having to plow through people's exchange of "humor" and sarcasm. Maybe there should be two links on each submission - one whereby people who have something of value and responsive to the topic to click on and a second where people who wish to contribute their humor/sarcasem go to. Readers can choose whether they read (1) helpful/responsive information; (2) "humor" and even (3) where we can already (if we choose) read Nanny censored material (or maybe 2 and 3 can be combined).
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COMMENT 297522	The teen driver who hit and killed ...	2012-07-14 11:16 AM
517, you didn't miss anything. He wasn't high. His parents are involved in medical marijuana distribution (or were at the time) so some people assume that means he was high. He was driving recklessly (too high of a speed) but drugs weren't a factor in this crash.
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COMMENT 297521	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 11:16 AM
Ducks
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COMMENT 297520P	SCENIC VINTAGE RAILCAR DAYTRIP!	2012-07-14 11:16 AM
We went on this amazing trip last summer and had a blast! I was suprised to see how much land Vandenberg AFB occupies. It goes on for miles and miles and the number of rocket launch pads is really impressive. The Hollister Ranch is one beautiful beach after another. Wish I lived there!
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COMMENT 297519	Grim Reaper Airlines?	2012-07-14 11:15 AM
Sweet!
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COMMENT 297518	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 11:13 AM
goose!
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COMMENT 297517	The teen driver who hit and killed ...	2012-07-14 11:12 AM
I missed something how do you two know he was high?
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LONESTARCA	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 11:11 AM
"THE homeless." Is there really such a thing as one label fits all? Some may be on the streets as a way out of society but that number must be pretty small. There are people with mental illnesses that self-medicate with substances that only make matters worse. Addiction is a disease. Most people with a mental illness not on their meds have exhausted the help of their families who have no recourse in caring for "adult" family members with mental illness. This is a complex problem. Why are they in Santa Barbara? Location, location, location. Who wants to be homeless in Bakersfield? If you have to live outside, this is a pretty good place to be.
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RED CREEK	The City of Goleta is starting to e...	2012-07-14 11:10 AM
The County took these revenues from the Goleta area for years and gave little back. It was an inside source of humor for the administrators, how little Goleta wanted cityhood while being ripped off. In order to finally receive any where their fair share it looks like Goleta cityhood advocates had to make compromises. In the long run Goleta is way better off. Noleta beware.
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COMMENT 297514	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 11:09 AM
The point of shoving people along is to send the message this is not a condoned lifestyle in this town. Their job is to find one where it is. Unfortunately the rest of the country knows Santa Barbara is the one who condones and supports this lifestyle from: ---- the wealthy who like to keep it out of their own backyards, ----to the laid back who are easily intimidated and can't say no to their implied threats, ---to misguided progressives who don't mind spending other people's money for their own psychic brownie points ......bad karma in this town about this issue because not checking it has turned this town into a nightmare magnet. Don't let yourself get scolded by the few to do things that are counter-productive. SB needs a 12 step program that teaches them to say no and stop enabling poor behavior choices. Start with the book: " When I Say No, I Feel Guilty
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COMMENT 297513	A historic cottage, obtained throug...	2012-07-14 11:09 AM
So they had to pay taxes 293! We all do, would you call a lottery winner unlucky because they have to pay tax on their winnings? Yes their property taxes would increase if they re purchased but that 200 grand will cover that nicely. They sold an uninhabitable house for easily 25% above market value with no realtor fees in a down market, cry me a river. I watched the report on keyt (uninformative as ever) and still have no idea what their complaint is.
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ROGER DODGER	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 11:01 AM
Duck!
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COMMENT 297511	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 11:00 AM
Take a shower and everything will smell better!
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COMMENT 297510	Senior Discount	2012-07-14 11:00 AM
Ross Dress for Less, on Tuesdays Garvin Theater
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COMMENT 297509	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 10:58 AM
One more for the ducks, here. We don't need to be eating that stuff any way.
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COMMENT 297508	The teen driver who hit and killed ...	2012-07-14 10:57 AM
Yes, pot is harmless. Nothing like a family that smokes together and does it legally because they all amazingly had serious medical conditions all at the same time. Of course, they now deserve our compassion.
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COMMENT 297507	A woman allegedly walks naked on St...	2012-07-14 10:55 AM
Bath salts hit SB?
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ROGER DODGER	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 10:55 AM
We over hear on the EAST SIDE wanted to share the turd refuge with the whole city so we moved it downtown over night.
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COMMENT 297505	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 10:52 AM
Could be that "free mulch" from the dump the gardening companies are spreading around. It's horrible.
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COMMENT 297504	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 10:52 AM
Funny how the same conservatives who relished in a food law that was seen by some as anti-Asian (the shark fin ban) are opposed to a ban on foie gras, largely eaten by rich whites, as an example of "the nanny state." I'm for the ducks and the sharks. Most human beings need animal protein to survive, but that's no reason to be cruel or wasteful as we go about it.
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COMMENT 297503	A historic cottage, obtained throug...	2012-07-14 10:50 AM
And, if they paid capital gains it's only 15% of the profit they made on the sale.
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COMMENT 297501	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 10:50 AM
I think it's due to the new influx of vagrants on State Street.
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JOHN WILEY	Bunya Cone	2012-07-14 10:46 AM
I wonder what it would be like to get hit by one of those falling from a height of 85 feet. Araucaria bidwillii (wiki) is an interesting tree, and now I'd like to taste one of those "pine" nuts. :P
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COMMENT 297499	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 10:46 AM
Foie gras! Now I'll eat more of it just out of protest to our "nanny state". For those of you that like all these bans and overzealous legislation, something you like will no doubt be unnecessarily banned or restricted soon. That's the problem with banning things. When will it stop? BTW, this issue has been completely over-hyped incorrectly by the animal-rights crowd. Do some research. Feeding tubes are not uncomfortable or painful for the animals.
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COMMENT 297498	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 10:44 AM
I think it's the Marborg facility.
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COMMENT 297497	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 10:43 AM
@493 - the smell was only noticeable this morning, so I really doubt that was the cause if it happen a couple of days ago.
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COMMENT 297496	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 10:42 AM
272's onto something. The answer is to just exterminate all the homeless, never mind the economy and never mind all the ultra-filthy-rich bankers who have done this to them. It's so easy to be intolerant of that which we do not understand.
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COMMENT 297495	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 10:36 AM
A good foie gras for me! No difference between stuffing geese and watching some of our human bretheren force fast-food down their own gullets at our fast-food establishments. Long live our own Julia Child - er - or did she die of obesity from too much foie gras? Ahhh... whatta way to go.
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COMMENT 297494	Not So Friendly Skies	2012-07-14 10:34 AM
I'll add the next voice of frustration to the long list. SBALAX's points are very well taken, but my experiences with United in March (and ongoing) have been unimaginably poor. My main complaint is that they do not respond, you can't get anyone to handle a complaint. Currently I am trying to reach their "customer service" people--who their agents don't even have an internal phone number for--via my travel agency AAA, but not even AAA can get a response out of United. The bottom line is there has been a decision made at the top to make customer service United's lowest priority, and all we can do is refuse to tolerate it and fly elsewhere.
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COMMENT 297493	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 10:32 AM
Something did happen downtown. A family member of mine works for one of the theaters downtown and in the concession area where they sell the food, sewage started to overflow out of drains on the floors..they had to close up for a couple of days to get everything fixed and cleaned.
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ROGER DODGER	What's that smell?	2012-07-14 10:30 AM
I'm sorry that was me Dog!!! You can smell it all the way over there?! I gotta cut back on the lentil..
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BECKY	Give 'em Your 2 Cents	2012-07-14 10:30 AM
It's a poorly designed survey. For ex., I get to the beach by walking, biking, or car, yet they only gave me one choice on that question. They also don't give you the choice of $0 for how much you're willing to pay, so I just didn't answer that question, because $0 is my answer. Then I reinforced that in the comments at the end. Take the survey. If most of those answering it refuse to answer their bogus question about how much you're willing to pay, and put NOTHING, FREE, or $0 in the comments, they'll get the message. We already pay for access to the beach and mountains through out higher rents and mortgages. Enough! Downsize govt if needed, but I'll be damned if I'll pay a fee to walk on the beach!
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ROGER DODGER	Scanner Reports 7-13-12	2012-07-14 10:29 AM
He's being a jerk toward Pooh Bear attacking him. Pooh Bear is old and crippled and cannot fight back..I suspect he is playing some weird cat game..It's kinda weird for me because I t reminds me of my childhood, Kitty PTSD. I am being stern with him but not abusive I don't go that way..I love both kittys little boogers..
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COMMENT 297489	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 10:28 AM
There are patients who have a legitimate need for medical foie gras and now are forced to buy it illegally in back alleys and slimy dealers.
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COMMENT 297488P	Meet Pinga and Maximus	2012-07-14 10:22 AM
Beautiful dogs and pictures. Long may they romp.
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COMMENT 297487P	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 10:20 AM
Make that 2 for the ducks. No man ever died for lack of foie gras.
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TAZ	Rodeo	2012-07-14 10:20 AM
Sure looks curious ~ and very orderly :) Will be interested to read what people might know about that...
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 10:19 AM
I guess they really wanted to put the fire out and not endanger the public.
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COMMENT 297484	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 10:19 AM
Quack!
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ROGER DODGER	The teen driver who hit and killed ...	2012-07-14 10:18 AM
Wood Chipper!
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ROGER DODGER	Daily Edhat - 07/14/12	2012-07-14 10:17 AM
That is one cool Duck.
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PURPLERIDER	Did you hear about the foie gras fo...	2012-07-14 10:06 AM
Ducks.
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COMMENT 297480	Grim Reaper Airlines?	2012-07-14 10:06 AM
Yep, Skate One, Powell Peralta.
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COMMENT 297479	PA System	2012-07-14 09:57 AM
I just saw something las tnight at CVS on Calle Real it was really blasting the music and sounds real good $69.00 and yes you can put your iPod on it... Check it out
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COMMENT 297478	The teen driver who hit and killed ...	2012-07-14 09:54 AM
It is his right to "plead the fifth" regardless of Jewish law. However, if he wanted to do the right thing, he should just admit he was high as a kite when he ran over and killed that woman. Now THAT would be the right kind of right and justice for his innocent victim - yes, that would be the right thing to do.
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COMMENT 297477	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 09:41 AM
Why isn't there a homeless problem on Coast Village Road (that I'm aware of)? Is it somehow not allowed? I'll bet if the transients were trucked to Coast Village Road, the Upper East Side and the Riviera, somehow the priority of dealing with decreasing the transients/homeless would become a much bigger priority to the city.
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COMMENT 297476	Save a Crow	2012-07-14 09:41 AM
Shoot it in the face & stop wasting my tax money.
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COMMENT 297475	Rent A Cop	2012-07-14 09:40 AM
They have the authority to hold your @$$ until handed over to law enforcement for processing and booking. What your parents tell you is to be suspect as they are in effect your co-conspirators... you get caught doing something dumb it looks bad on them and they have to pay for your defense ... of course, they'll tell you anything that helps you exonerate yourself, that's what parents do these days.
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COMMENT 297474	Rent A Cop	2012-07-14 09:40 AM
Good story Ronnieb
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COMMENT 297472	Meet Pinga and Maximus	2012-07-14 09:36 AM
Both dogs have such personality, what a joy they must be to you. Thanks for sharing!
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COMMENT 297471	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 09:35 AM
A second alarm and a helicopter for a two acre fire next to the freeway in Santa Maria?? This sounds like incompetence to me! I was also under the impression according to the Board of Supervisors that county fire no longer had a helicopter program that it all belongs to the Sheriff's Dept. am I wrong? Or is this just another county fire press release trying to fool the public
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COMMENT 297470	Give 'em Your 2 Cents	2012-07-14 09:35 AM
I agree with 405. The survey seems to be designed to find out which beaches we use, how often we go, what we do there and how much we would pay. Sounds like they want to know how important the beaches are to people and figure out the max amount of money they can extract from us. I just wrote a comment at the bottom and gave my zip code. All they need to know is that people don't support this fee and won't re-elect those who do.
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COMMENT 297469	Senior Discount	2012-07-14 09:34 AM
Home Improvement center! :)
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ARTEMISIA	Mystery Plant	2012-07-14 09:32 AM
Granted, the clusters of flowers are a bit unusual, but each individual flower is unmistakably Solanum. Further googling reveals that Solanum mauritanium is native to South America and is a widespread invasive weed that outcompetes native plants here. Keeping one ornamental specimen under control in a garden shouldn't cause problems if you don't let its seeds get away.
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COMMENT 297467	Mustang Crash	2012-07-14 09:30 AM
I have to agree with the comment that this is nothing but a salacious view of the unfortunate misdeeds of some reprobate. 3 pics of the same damaged car, same angle and everything but none of the damage sustained by the other. I feel the story is incomplete so the imaginative reader is forced to fill in the blanks with all manner of supposition, prognostication and divination. Hell you could've included a photo of an old lady at the bus stop and imply, without saying a word, she had something to do with it. I love Edhat in the morning.... you guys are sooooo entertaining.
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COMMENT 297466	Take Something for the Congestion	2012-07-14 09:29 AM
@113 - the whining or the construction?
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COMMENT 297465	Gaviota Gridlock Day 3	2012-07-14 09:25 AM
I'm glad we in Santa Barbara don't roll up the drawbridges and lock the gates to the city at night. As if that were possible. Santa Barbara has just too limited affordable housing stock to support all the workers we need for our service industry economy. So unless our governmental leaders become visionaries that plan and implement excellent public transportation to Ventura, Lompoc, and the Santa Ynez Valley, get used to this sort of gridlock. It's not going to get better in the years ahead, only worse. A big thank you to commuting workers for servicing our fair city of Santa Barbara.
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COMMENT 297464P	PA System	2012-07-14 09:23 AM
Another vote for Luners
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COMMENT 297463	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 09:15 AM
If a qualified mayoral candidate made cleaning up the town a priority, I would write them a big check as would most people I know. If it takes writing up new no loitering laws and moving limited services to less touristed areas, that would be a good start.
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COMMENT 297462	Yin Yang Kitties	2012-07-14 09:15 AM
How about "Kit" and "Tea?" Take lots of pictures and post them - plus any amusing stories about the cat things they do. I had a cat years ago ("Blackie") and she used to swat at anything that came near her: flies, bugs, other people...ants!!! Should have renamed her "Swatter!"
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DEEKER	Meet Pinga and Maximus	2012-07-14 09:14 AM
Just adorable!
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COMMENT 297460	Not So Friendly Skies	2012-07-14 09:14 AM
I believe the outsourcing of United customer calls to a third world country call center is my biggest source of frustration. Very polite operators, but very ineffective. Sorry, but it's true.
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COMMENT 297459	Meet Missy	2012-07-14 09:13 AM
Adorable, says it all.
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COMMENT 297458P	Meet Pinga and Maximus	2012-07-14 09:12 AM
I think Pinga has a firm grip on the "Cutest Dog in the World" title!
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SBALAX	Not So Friendly Skies	2012-07-14 09:08 AM
We are an "Ex-Con" family -- one of us worked for Continental for over 40 years and now works for s-CO (subsidiary Continental) of UCH (United Continental Holdings). Most of the problems that customers (and employees) are experiencing are coming from the switch to a single computer system. United did not own Apollo so the switch was made to Sonic/Shares, the Continental owned system. If you get a former Continental employee there should be few problems. United employees are having a tough time adapting to the different system in spite of quite a bit of training and tech support. Hopefully things will smooth out with time. From our side of the fence we see things becoming more and more "Continental" than United both on the ground and in the air.
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MTNDRIVER	Mystery Plant	2012-07-14 09:05 AM
Well, if I'd just waited a couple minutes! Thank you 429 and Moonwillow. Looks like S. mauritianum all right, judging from the photos on a google search. And here's a link showing its range in the US. Have to scroll down the page a bit to get to this species. From the color key on the map, looks to be native here! http://www.bonap.org/BONAPmaps2010/Solanum.html
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COMMENT 297455	The Santa Barbara Airport held the ...	2012-07-14 09:03 AM
ITs sooo Ugly now.. it is Sad.. It looks like it belongs next to the LA county Court Hose from Dragnet.! This Architect missed the boat by about 90 Miles..
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COMMENT 297454	Give 'em Your 2 Cents	2012-07-14 09:01 AM
I took the survey and voiced my opinion that a user fee/tax would be damaging to the Boathouse business and a hassle for both users and the County alike to administer and enforce considering it would be a small fee. Maintenance should be taken from the normal tax base as it is now.
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COMMENT 297453	Grim Reaper Airlines?	2012-07-14 09:00 AM
Rad!
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COMMENT 297452	High Voltage	2012-07-14 09:00 AM
ITs a warning that there is High Voltage near by..DUH.. and really its because there is a Transformer at that location.
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ROGER DODGER	Rent A Cop	2012-07-14 08:58 AM
Look at that I commented on the wrong thread..Got me.
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SBALAX	Senior Discount	2012-07-14 08:58 AM
Carl's, Jr. does. So does Ross on Tuesdays.
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COMMENT 297449	The Santa Barbara County Board of S...	2012-07-14 08:57 AM
The hometown District Supervisor and her side-kick, Janet Wolf can't even convince the others to vote as the area would like. Powerless, leaderless. Get those two jokers out of these positions. Fail.
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ROGER DODGER	Rent A Cop	2012-07-14 08:57 AM
The original poster only seems concerned with teaching the rotton eggs a lesson without suing the HELL out of everyone and their mothers involved the cops, DA, Hope Ranch Patrol and whomever else wants to go.. She only wants real justice. Good Luck with that one she wants her kid to see that justice works, which it doesn't. Maybe at one time it did. It's too bad that not even the da, the cops no one seems to care until they are being sued. I look at my own experience of being teased and abused for years and years and finely striking back. Fracturing one peers skull, and putting a metal plate in another taunters head. If things would have been done right those things would never have happened. But no body does anything right, they just talk about it. Look at our country today..What a mess I'm surprised there isn't another war between the states we are one messed up society. I sure hope her kid don't end up like me a drunkard in and out of rehab most of his life, a failure until middle age so angry at the hand delt one can't see straight. What happened to people in our country don't they care about the children anymore?
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COMMENT 297447	Mustang Crash	2012-07-14 08:53 AM
It is a very dangerous place to have a cross walk! One of these days someone is going to get killed there. I have seen far too many close calls at that intersection.
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MTNDRIVER	Mystery Plant	2012-07-14 08:51 AM
That's very interesting--at first I thought the flower umbel must be from a different plant, that you were teasing us mixing two plants together. The foliage looks so much like a brugmansia--the angel's trumpet plant, a member of the solanaceae (nightshade) family. But the flower, as seedlady said, is not at all typical nightshade (think tomato, potato, eggplant, peppers). Virginia Hayes at Lotusland might have be able to help. Any hints as to where it came from? Did it just show up?
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SBJULES	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 08:46 AM
While I've never been panhandled in Montecito, there is a homeless camp by biltmore property and the railroad.
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MOONWILLOW	Mystery Plant	2012-07-14 08:46 AM
If that ID is correct and it seems to be, it's very poisonous. Here's the Wikipedia article on it: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_mauritianum
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COMMENT 297443	Rent A Cop	2012-07-14 08:45 AM
They are the SBcounty Sheriff.. Look at the Back of the Car.. It is A Sheriff officer paid by HR to patrol the Private Areas of the Ranch.. Stay on the County Roads and Obey the Law you will be fine.
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COMMENT 297442	Senior Discount	2012-07-14 08:44 AM
Mesa Produce offers 10% discount to those over 62.
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COMMENT 297441P	Roger Code Red	2012-07-14 08:44 AM
197 Do you know for a fact this was a Casa Esperanza resident? Apparently you feel they don't deserve a full-on response?
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COMMENT 297440	Excavation	2012-07-14 08:42 AM
Becky, you may work in an ammo factory but your information is wrong. Live ammo are exactly "small bombs." A bomb also has a detonator like a primer. It's true that black powder was often useless when wet, but modern powders and primers have a good chance of working at least when they dry out. A piece of shell or concrete can kill you just as sure as a bullet. You should call the police back and tell them to take the stuff and dispose of it properly. You might call the local national guard base and see what they say also.
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COMMENT 297439P	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 08:41 AM
412. You're correct - we have dear Ronald Reagan to thank for closing those facilities for the mentally ill, which were far from perfect but at least the residents were protected from all the sneering and self-righteous disgust we see here. Why don't we open a sanctuary in the old Miramar hotel while they're figuring out what to do with that? We could house the homeless and the mentally ill now in jail (current alternative housing for them) and then keep the real criminals in jail longer? Everyone's off the streets except the "nice" people who belong there.
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COMMENT 297438	Mystery Plant	2012-07-14 08:40 AM
I had one of those in my driveway and every time I cut it off it would grow back very fast. It would produce these small grape like things that would stain the driveway. Very vigorous plant!
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COMMENT 297437P	Give 'em Your 2 Cents	2012-07-14 08:38 AM
Boathouse and the other restaurant at Goleta beach bring in lots of revenue yet it seems it gets sent up to take care of north county and cuyama parks. Too bad we didnt do the county split when we had the chance. And now they want us to pay MORE to cover the other parks?? Uhhh noooooo.
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COMMENT 297436	Not So Friendly Skies	2012-07-14 08:37 AM
Your flight # might be a "code share" with another airline. If that's the case you might experience problems with self-check. I agree UAL is a poor in customer service. It took them more than 4 months to settle a damaged (destroyed) piece of luggage claim we had.
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COMMENT 297435	The teen driver who hit and killed ...	2012-07-14 08:33 AM
Methinks the aggressive defense is being mounted by an insurance company, not the young man and his family. Not being forced to testify against one's self is not only a Constitutional right but a right that can be traced back to Jewish law long before the birth of Christ. Plaintiff's counsel has more than enough arrows in his quiver to obtain relief for his clients. However, it's good to see a news story in support of our tort system, rather than the usual stuff about hot coffee from McDonald's -- which is also an aggressive defense continued to be mounted by insurance companies.
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COMMENT 297434	Mustang Crash	2012-07-14 08:33 AM
Seeing the MacKenzie Market in that photo makes me want a gyro. Definitely the best Greek gyros in town!
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COMMENT 297433	Not So Friendly Skies	2012-07-14 08:31 AM
I'm a 1k flyer and generally get treated ok. The folks at the back of the bus seem to get crapped on regularly. And I can only imagine the horror of being a United employee or retiree if this is how they treat customers. Delta is probably the best domestic airline for service, but I stopped flying them when they cancelled the direct SBA-SLC flight. I find the United iPhone App to be fantastic. But anything is better than the POS United website they implemented after the Continental merger.
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COMMENT 297432P	Gaviota Gridlock Day 3	2012-07-14 08:30 AM
Only a temporary delay with an end in sight. As folks have said, it's like this every day between Ventura and SB and all day every day in L.A. Here at least you're stuck in a beautiful location
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COMMENT 297431	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 08:27 AM
The Mayor, Helene Schneider doesn't care about Santa Barbara. That is why she does nothing about the homeless harassing tourists & citizens. How many times do law abiding citizens have to get assaulted before something is done about the homeless problem. Why would the citizens of Santa Barbara vote in such a sorry excuse for a mayor?
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COMMENT 297430	Carpinteria Shuts Down Smoking	2012-07-14 08:24 AM
Good. The next obvious step: Banish the toxic (very) smoke (choke) emitting from the chimneys of all the 19th-century-technology wood burning (gasp) fireplaces.
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COMMENT 297429	Mystery Plant	2012-07-14 08:24 AM
definitely solanum - maybe Solanum mauritianum.
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COMMENT 297428	Grim Reaper Airlines?	2012-07-14 08:24 AM
That pretty much sums up why I don't fly. That's how I see all airplanes. And that's OK...that makes more room for those of you who love to fly.
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COMMENT 297427P	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 08:23 AM
297265: There is such a sign by Carls Junior on Milpas - it seems to make no difference. People apparently still give money. There should be other signs at all the exits, especially by the Quinientos exit where daily handouts are asked for (and given) for "jokes". The best Trader Joe's could do for the neighborhood is keep their carts on the property instead of littering the neighborhood - but that's another issue. COMMENT 297410: What changes are you proposing for the New Beginnings, Safe Parking program? I would like to know and perhaps you would write an op ed here about that? I hope that Edhat is open to publishing that? (Fwiw, I think it is an excellent and worthy program, but, not a participant in it, I don't know its details. I heard that the Garden Street parking lot has been withdrawn from the program.)
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COMMENT 297426	Yin Yang Kitties	2012-07-14 08:13 AM
Yay! Kitties and all the trouble they get into is so....worth it!
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COMMENT 297425	Rent A Cop	2012-07-14 08:11 AM
I appreciate the retrospectives but why do some of you begrudge the question/er? Are we so suspicious of our fellow posters to assume their curiosity is driven by jealousy and/or intent to be unruly? I am continually struck by the very uptight and angry tone of many edhatters. I guess, if you're angry at the world, this is cheap way to unload your agressions. I'll at least admit that snipey behavior on community blogs makes me angry. Ironically, folks who shower anger on other posters for no good reason are likely the same folks who seem to have plenty to say about what's wrong with the world. Get a mirror.
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COMMENT 297424	Not So Friendly Skies	2012-07-14 08:01 AM
The only time I've had to wait longer than 30 seconds to speak with an agent on American has been when there was a major crisis that overwhelmed the system (ie blizzard).
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COMMENT 297423	Give 'em Your 2 Cents	2012-07-14 07:58 AM
All I knows is I doesn't likes payins for whats me uses.
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COMMENT 297422	School Districts	2012-07-14 07:57 AM
Yes buy my house for what I paid five years ago.
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COMMENT 297421P	Give 'em Your 2 Cents	2012-07-14 07:55 AM
297405: Don't boycott the survey! Take it and if you oppose parking fees answer that question that way, when given the choice of what you are willing to pay. A silence says nothing, except to give greater weight to those indicating they are willing to pay some fees.
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COMMENT 297420	Mustang Crash	2012-07-14 07:53 AM
Glad no one was hurt. That part of State St. is always an intense driving situation. Lots of high speed passing and people who can't seem to stay between the lines.
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COMMENT 297419	A historic cottage, obtained throug...	2012-07-14 07:51 AM
What did they blow all the money already?
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RONNIEB	Rent A Cop	2012-07-14 07:47 AM
Sixty-five years ago when I was in second grade we lived in Hope Ranch Annex on Arboleda Rd. Hope Ranch patrolman Baker's son was my classmate at San Roque School and their daughter was a year behind us. The Bakers lived in a two-story house on Nogal. Mr. Baker patrolled at night in his Ford. (I sense most of the action he found was couples parked to "make out.") He was an avid ham radio guy and had his radio equipment in a room attached to the old garage behind their house. Around that time the Bakers son Chucky who was around three died of a brain tumor. Their old home and ours are both gone now. On the west side of the creek behind Arboleda Rd. there were lemon orchards all the way to Goleta. When the trees flowered the wonderful smell of lemon blossoms was everywhere. It was a wonderful neighborhood for kids!
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COMMENT 297417P	Mustang Crash	2012-07-14 07:44 AM
why are chevys always the underdog? reminds me, it's time to get to Donut Derelicts...in my FORD.
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COMMENT 297416	Grim Reaper Airlines?	2012-07-14 07:43 AM
Fly or die!
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COMMENT 297415P	Scanner Reports 7-13-12	2012-07-14 07:39 AM
Roger, how about a kitty report? hows the JOJO doing?
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COMMENT 297414	Give 'em Your 2 Cents	2012-07-14 07:39 AM
First they make us pay to park in the mountains, now the beach too. What's next, a fee to walk out my front door?
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COMMENT 297413P	Senior Discount	2012-07-14 07:39 AM
Metropolitan Theatres gives a senior discount and Marshall's on Tuesdays I think.
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COMMENT 297412	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 07:37 AM
As a child in the 1950's, I recall a large government facility that housed hundreds of mentally ill patients. It looked like a college dormitory complex with many buildings, large park areas with many benches, all fenced in. People wandered around inside, sat on benches, talked to others, or talked to themselves. By the early 1960s, that facility was closed due to lack of funding. I believe we are watching the results of not funding mental health hospitals/institutions. This same lack of funding for mental institutions plays out now in many communities nationwide. On the plus side, I believe the more intelligent homeless population members choose SB.
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COMMENT 297411P	Senior Discount	2012-07-14 07:35 AM
New Frontiers, Tues and Thurs, but you have to ask. I forget...and the clerks say that people get offended if they are asked if they want a senior discount!
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COMMENT 297410	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 07:33 AM
Bear in mind, I've been harassed constantly.... Yet unlike the freeloaders we see so often; I work, I pick up other homeless people's trash. I provided assistance to tourists. i cooperate in all police matters, and I've been to city council to describe the very same thing you're discussing here. When the police come rolling up, for some reason they've got their sights on me.... Why is that? Maybe Capt Whitham was right when he told me "It's all about money." With that being said.... I do appreciate your efforts to bring this matter to light. I hope one day I will be able to meet with you all and ask you to sign my petition to reform the "safe parking" program! It's my honest opinion that none of this will be accomplished with the current status of city hall. Maybe we can get "Hope & Change" right next time around! THANK YOU EDHAT!
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DEEKER	Yin Yang Kitties	2012-07-14 07:32 AM
Have you decided on names yet? Yin and Yang might be quite fitting... :) Cute kitties, lucky Dan!
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COMMENT 297408P	Permit Violation	2012-07-14 07:29 AM
I for one have had a bad Habit...tasteless, overcooked, dried out, I do not see the value in a Habit burger, or fries for that matter.
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COMMENT 297407	Rent A Cop	2012-07-14 07:27 AM
The patrol is harmless, keeps the rifraf out . We mest with him for years. He won in the end when he ran us off the road down hilling are skate boards, That was a wreck. Baker is part of my history,It would not be the same with out the Hope Ranch Patrol. "Pinto Ha"
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ANDY	Sunset	2012-07-14 07:23 AM
Truly magical. Thanks!
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COMMENT 297405	Give 'em Your 2 Cents	2012-07-14 07:23 AM
The survey is written to provide numbers in support of the fees. Don't take the survey! I don't want amenities, I don't even want asphalt to park on, just leave it alone!
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ANDY	Ominous or Serene?	2012-07-14 07:22 AM
Serene I feel. Great photo. Thanks mucho.
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ANDY	Grim Reaper Airlines?	2012-07-14 07:19 AM
Very very cool.
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COMMENT 297402P	Gaviota Gridlock Day 3	2012-07-14 07:17 AM
349-Exactly! This looks like the normal commute going South. "Day 1,372 of stop and go traffic on the 101 South." So sorry this is ruining everyone's day on that commute.
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COMMENT 297401P	Monterey Bay	2012-07-14 07:15 AM
Monterey? Carmel?
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SEEDLADY	Yin Yang Kitties	2012-07-14 07:14 AM
love the subtle stripes...
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SEEDLADY	Mystery Plant	2012-07-14 07:13 AM
solanum flrs not usually clustered like that. have forwarded it to an expert...any idea where it came from? random volunteer seedling or planted? looks like it grows VERY fast, with the potential for substantial size.
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COMMENT 297398	Give 'em Your 2 Cents	2012-07-14 07:06 AM
Just another way to make us pay for something that is already ours..... I am going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the rents collected from the commercial endeavors present at some of the beaches were originally meant to offset the maintenance of the parking lots.... I'm not sure what rent is paid, for instance the Boathouse at Hendry's, but I am willing to bet it is substantial! Litter patrol looks like a Community service program.... Time to start looking at the people that come up with these schemes... Fire them and budget issue is resolved!
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COMMENT 297397	Save a Crow	2012-07-14 07:05 AM
The crows are eating all the baby birds out of my trees. I say shoot it.
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COMMENT 297396	Rent A Cop	2012-07-14 07:04 AM
they are hired to keep the "hope ranch annex" folks from coming in and pretending they live in hope ranch!
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SHOREBIRD	Senior Discount	2012-07-14 07:03 AM
Craft Essentials. But you have to ask.
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COMMENT 297394	Senior Discount	2012-07-14 06:44 AM
Toyota Of Santa Barbara. Movie Theatres. Home Improvement.
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COMMENT 297393	Church Architecture	2012-07-14 06:40 AM
I agree with Vedanta, Montecito Presbyterian and Mt. Carmel.
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COMMENT 297392	Not So Friendly Skies	2012-07-14 06:35 AM
Booking flights is better than flying United, and both are really poor. Only an emergency will see me on a United flight again.
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COMMENT 297391P	Mystery Plant	2012-07-14 06:26 AM
Some type of Solanum (Potato Plant)?
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COMMENT 297390	Homelessness In Other Counties	2012-07-14 06:24 AM
Other communities don't tolerate them.
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COMMENT 297389	Not So Friendly Skies	2012-07-14 06:21 AM
I agree with Mesarats. I had a similar experience with UAL in June. Their own agents have to call for tech support when re-booking cancelled flights. Nobody seems to know what to do.
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COMMENT 297388	Mustang Crash	2012-07-14 06:09 AM
As a camaro guy, nothing could make me laugh more.
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COMMENT 297387P	Give 'em Your 2 Cents	2012-07-14 05:17 AM
I would hope that the County would be distributing hard copies of this survey at the beaches for those that don't have internet access.
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COMMENT 297386	Rent A Cop	2012-07-14 04:20 AM
Thanks Self-deprecation is an art I learned from Rodney!
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GILBERT	Give 'em Your 2 Cents	2012-07-14 03:11 AM
Once a fee is instituted , then the raising of that fee has no public input factor . They will systematically raise it (again with no public review or input) . Many folks are surprised when they learn that day use at Jalama has been raised to $10. At Jalama the no parking signs along the road begin at first sight of water( couple miles from park entrance). You can expect similar action near these proposed entry fee parks. We need to stop this boondoggle now before the county wrests beach access away from us. Don't forget they will limit our entry times as part of this lousy deal.
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MESARATS	Senior Discount	2012-07-14 12:48 AM
Lazy Acres on Tuesdays.
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COMMENT 297383P	Not So Friendly Skies	2012-07-14 12:34 AM
Try 1-800-225-8900 I have status with them and this is the number they gave me never waited longer than 5 minutes and that was during a busy period. When they ask for your FF number just say don't have it thru prompts until it transfers to a agent.
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MESARATS	Not So Friendly Skies	2012-07-14 12:33 AM
Since they merged with Contenential it has been horrible. The computer systems have been so screwed up it is beyond bad. I have been 1k with United for years an that doesn't help Llately with cancelled or delayed flights I can wait on the phone for a hour and then have to tell them what flights are available to rebook. A tip that sometimes works on the phone, when they give you a option of domestic or international take the international
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COMMENT 297381P	Give 'em Your 2 Cents	2012-07-14 12:28 AM
The beach parking has always been free, to change that due to the fact the County and State cannot manage their own house is wrong. The elected officials locally and at the state level bought into the hype of the real estate boom and overspent even though there was ample warnings to be cautious of the artificial market. They are no better than the execs at Countrywide and WAMU to take the right to free parking which has existed for generations due to their mismanagement is criminal they need to clean up their house before coming to the public on this.
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ANIMALLISTNER	Yin Yang Kitties	2012-07-14 12:26 AM
Congrats! Such lucky babies!
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COMMENT 297379P	An Assist Toward Justice	2012-07-14 12:19 AM
My mistake was accusing anyone of racism or believing the address of the offender had anything to do with this situation obviously that made some assume I was trying to gain sympathy. I did speak with the officer that took our report and he said the DA "screwed him over too" he is going to contact the probation department to try to have something done. Of course I did need to let him know our intention is to contact a lawyer and have them evaluate whether we were treated fairly. The asst DA assigned to this case called and said they wanted to file simple battery charges. When I said I did not agree with that he hung up on me. I found out the SBSO has not even finished their report and investigation so how in the world can the DA even know what the appropriate charges are right now? The boy that did this is 5'9" and 160 lbs at least. He beat up someone that is about 80 lbs. These kids are 15 and 16. No matter who is involved this was just wrong!
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COMMENT 297378P	Senior Discount	2012-07-14 12:05 AM
If you have an AARP card you can get discounts at some of the chain stores locally.
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