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YVES	Goleta School Board	2012-07-23 11:12 PM
Thanks!
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MACPUZL	Goleta School Board	2012-07-23 10:41 PM
Go Yvonne!
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SHOREBIRD	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 10:38 PM
I always call Rose Cab when I need a ride home from the airport. Ignore those scammers in the taxi line. When you call Rose and give your pick up and destination locations they will be able to tell you the approximate fare. Airport to turnpike area was ~$20.
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ACF	Cat Conundrum	2012-07-23 10:17 PM
OP here: One clarification: we spend three months in France, then three months in S.B., etc., so the cats are only alone for three months at a time. I know there is no simple solution to this problem, but thank you for all your suggestions. I can't find the heart to lock the cats in, especially the once wild cat, and I worry too much about collars when we are away and can't make sure they stay on (and come off when necessary). Plus the wild cat would be impossible to collar. Let's hope Ray, the neighbor tom, becomes more civilized. He's not a bad cat, just lonely.
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COMMENT 300702P	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 09:38 PM
Please let's keep the name the same. Definitely not name the airport or terminal after a politician.
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COMMENT 300701P	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 09:30 PM
The problem is, all of these...creatures...are over the age of 18, meaning that the parents aren't responsible at all for the misdeeds of their little darlings. Wasn't a recent murdered local gangsta also named Caracature? Any relation?
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COMMENT 300700P	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 09:26 PM
This is a sad event. Whether one is "doing something they love" or not at the time of death, or the fact that "we all die sometime" notwithstanding, and whether Santa Barbara uses a coroner or a pathologist (really? this point had to be made?), the family and loved ones of this person are grieving and mourning their loss. The lack of sensitivity on this site is, at times, staggering.
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COMMENT 300699P	Cool Breeze	2012-07-23 09:24 PM
3006765, There are plenty of places to post one's family pictures online: Flicker.com for one; or a family Facebook page would be more appropriate since the purpose is for family and friends.
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COMMENT 300698P	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 09:22 PM
I once saw a great birthday card. Cover: "You're living proof that the fun doesn't have to end at 50." Inside: "No, the fun ends at 7:30." Hits pretty close to home...
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COMMENT 300697P	Pelican Pose	2012-07-23 09:13 PM
And the MUCH preferred method to feed the birds is to put the fish in a tub of water so the birds NOT get acclimated to getting food from people. I hope that's what they are doing at the SB Wildlife. Is it, 687? Good for you, no, great for you for being so respectful of the bird's space! And a small boo to the ranger for getting so close that the young one flew away.
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COMMENT 300696P	Pier 1 Imports is bringing a new lo...	2012-07-23 09:09 PM
By the same people who made the US Olympic team uniforms probably, maybe even in the same sweatshops.
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MTNDRIVER	Green Lynx Macro	2012-07-23 08:44 PM
Wow, great shot.
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COMMENT 300693P	Pier 1 Imports is bringing a new lo...	2012-07-23 08:42 PM
All Made in China, I presume?
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COMMENT 300692	Pelican Pose	2012-07-23 08:40 PM
@687 Thanks for the number! lol @Rodger thank you, I am an excitable person, and it was very hard to stay still
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COMMENT 300691	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 08:34 PM
Cabs cost more here than any other city ( I travel a lot). $8 a mile is about what it costs in SB while its closer to $5 in most cities... in fact its cheaper in NYC, SF, Chicago, Seattle, LA and other big cities than it is here in SB. I know gas is more expensive here but its ridiculous how much a cab ride costs. Anyone know why we have so many cab companies?
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 08:20 PM
These guys were so smart I'm surprised they didn't shoot each other..
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ROGER DODGER	Pelican Pose	2012-07-23 08:18 PM
Nice picture..
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COMMENT 300688	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 08:16 PM
Hope the parents are proud of there children.
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COMMENT 300687	Pelican Pose	2012-07-23 08:16 PM
They are a fun bird also. If you are really taken with them, call the Santa Barbara Wildlife 681-1080. They always need volunteers to help feed the pelicans. You have to throw it to them. It's sort of like throwing to your grandkids, easy and underhand, and they don't throw it back!
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COMMENT 300686P	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 08:15 PM
Oh gosh...get naked and run back and forth through the lawn sprinklers...is it a full moon on that night?
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COMMENT 300685P	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 08:09 PM
Agree 674 et al. Is the Net Nanny on vaca?
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COMMENT 300684P	Hwy. 101/Gaviota Update	2012-07-23 08:06 PM
Call Doreen Farr's office whenever you encounter the big rigs slowing traffic on the 154. She's made this one of her pet projects.
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COMMENT 300683P	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 08:04 PM
Wow! They're in their 60's! Regular geezers, we're talkin'. I thought those of us in our 60's crashed, whoops, I mean turned in by 8 pm due to rising at 5:30 am. How about late night dessert & very adult beverage a local, high end hotel that stays open past 8 pm?
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COMMENT 300682P	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 08:00 PM
$20,000 Hmmmm How soon will it take these tagger dogs to pony up an easy $2,000 and be on their way. The wimpy DA should have made it more like $200,000 & that way it'd take much more for their mommies, daddies, or hommies to scratch together to spring them. Too bad. Bet they're already out as I type this. But hey! This is a start SBPD.
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COMMENT 300681P	Spider Shot	2012-07-23 07:59 PM
The pic is superb, due to the shadow. And content! I've never seen a green spider. I voted for it for pic of the day. But I sure do like the crescent moon in the beached boat shot.
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YIN YANG	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 07:50 PM
Oh, I'm echoing 621P. Great idea, 621.
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YIN YANG	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 07:48 PM
Hiding behind the car -- that's effective! I'm thinking of Roger's editorial re: Casa Esperanza. Street, sidewalk and front yard cleaning detail would be great punishment, along with fines and/or incarceration! Except they'd have to be supervised. Oh well.
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COMMENT 300678	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 07:45 PM
dat qwazy wabbit!
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COMMENT 300677	Beached Boat	2012-07-23 07:45 PM
It is my understanding that if a beached boat is not removed by the owner before a set amount of time the city will remove it and bill the owner. How is this a burden on our taxes?
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COMMENT 300676	Beached on Butterfly	2012-07-23 07:39 PM
Oops... a nice Ketch
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COMMENT 300675	Cool Breeze	2012-07-23 07:38 PM
People need to get over themselves. It's not like Fiona's address was listed with this post. Children are at risk anywhere they are, but it's a VERY LOW RISK. Let kids enjoy themselves...and grandparents post pictures of their grandbabies online. My god, people. You're out of control with the crazy.
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COMMENT 300674	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 07:34 PM
654, a man has died. A husband, a father. Shame on you. You're a jerk for making a joke like this.
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COMMENT 300673	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 07:32 PM
$70 from the airport to San Roque? That is a joke! I would of called the owner and complained. You know, there is a taxi licensing department (of some sort) in the City of SB. At least there was 10 years ago. I had an altercation with one of the cab drivers and I called the city who directed me to the right department. The guy I spoke to said that this particular driver had a lot of complaints. He is no longer taking fares in SB.
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COMMENT 300672P	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 07:32 PM
654 reported. Is the link at bottom of thread not working for others?
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COMMENT 300671	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 07:18 PM
IF they need an outlet maybe they could ride their bikes to a park and play a sport? I don't know.... maybe that's just not "cool" these days, but it's what me and my friends did in our youth.
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COMMENT 300670	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 07:18 PM
654..that is uncalled for!
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SUSIECHAOS	Sunday Brunch	2012-07-23 07:12 PM
Wow! How'd you get that? It's great!
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YIN YANG	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 07:09 PM
I really appreciate these editorial comments of yours in this thread, Roger. I mean it. Crazy *stupid* stuff. And I saw those several mentions of bb/pellet guns in your most recent scanner summary. Stupid, dangerous, criminal and cruel. And now someone's got a crossbow? Or bow & arrow, if ID was wrong? Not good; not good at all.
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COMMENT 300667	Chromatic Gate $$	2012-07-23 06:55 PM
Don't Like It - We now have a ball field full of drunken Sots and a square metal colored deal ..... Lets remove all of the above and start over .........
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COMMENT 300666	Chromatic Gate $$	2012-07-23 06:52 PM
The Chromatic Gate suggests an entrance to an amusement park at Muscle Beach....
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COMMENT 300665	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 06:47 PM
I donated my 86 suburban to the spray can one weekend - Lived in the Wizie - Valerio & San Andres - talked the local hoods into spraying our beach wagon - I bought the paint - It was a great piece of art the rolled to SB high everyday for a few years - and it stopped most of the tagging in our hood - One kid kind of took over - He was and is very talented - From then on I bought 4x8 sheets of plywood and let them tag away in the back yard - just say'n they need an out let - no parental involvement ....I'll see if I can find a pic of it and post to ED
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COMMENT 300664	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 06:43 PM
sorry but i can't help you with your wiring problem but can you help me with my sliding hallway door that fell off the roller? It is similar to a sliding closet door but has no over sized opening on the metal part where the rubber wheels fit onto? I have tried and tried but the door won't stay on the metal roller piece and keeps falling to the floor. Any advice on hanging a sliding hallway door?
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COMMENT 300663	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 06:42 PM
Shhhhhhhhh. Be berry, berry quite. We hunting wabbits.
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COMMENT 300662	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 06:41 PM
@ 558... Over sixties can probably spell....
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COMMENT 300661	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 06:34 PM
I totally got taken on a ride the other week. The cab driver charged me twice as much as it usually does to go home. When I refused to pay that much he said he would call the cops. I told him go ahead and call as I knew the fare was too high. When the cops got there they made me pay the fare cause they said I had been drinking and the driver was sober. What BS. I am totally paranoid now about which cabs I take.
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COMMENT 300660	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 06:33 PM
What I would do - Reserve a Limo - Go to Vegas - sunrise cocktails at the MGM grand - over to the Tropicana for the pool - 40 is a big one congrats - we are at 31 - If Vegas is out - I would grab a cab - a very expensive bottle of Brandy - expensive cigars - head to the biltmore beach - and watch the sun rise - Good Luck and have fun
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COMMENT 300659	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 06:29 PM
I think that everyone caught in this activity should be compelled to work for a predetermined length of time removing the graffiti ... Nevermind jail, fines etc...give them a toothbrush and some green cleaner and have at it! After a year or so of weekends spent scrubbing they may feel differently about their art/ statements!
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COMMENT 300658P	Green Lynx Macro	2012-07-23 06:28 PM
Quite a stylish little predator!
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COMMENT 300657P	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 06:27 PM
Probably shooting at people's pets.
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SUMMERTIME	Orphaned Coyote Pup	2012-07-23 06:24 PM
Very cute....
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COMMENT 300655	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 06:23 PM
"Oh, seems you need a new johnson rod."
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ROGER DODGER	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 06:18 PM
Cheif of police says no gang problem...
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COMMENT 300651	Cool Breeze	2012-07-23 06:18 PM
So super cute! Pay no mind to all the negative comments...
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COMMENT 300650P	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 06:17 PM
Towbes is naming his Sansum buildings on Foothill and Cieneguitas the "Foothill Centre" so let's be more sophisticated and cosmopolitan than he can be and call it the "Santa Barbara Terminale."
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 06:16 PM
I've been hearing calls of kids with pellet guns shooting at people it's a good thing they aien't my kids..
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COMMENT 300647	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 06:09 PM
Sunrise. Sunset. Few get to choose when and where they die. Live each day with purpose.
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COMMENT 300646	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 06:09 PM
Soho has the Alan Jackson after party with Chapparal. My husband and I are 55 and just were there dancing for three hours last weekend. Great place to go. Always a good time. We don't care if we are the oldest ones on the dance floor. Lots of ages show up. Great place even for drinks.
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COMMENT 300645	Surf Beach will be closed for the r...	2012-07-23 06:08 PM
An earlier article stated that footprints constituted a violation. I'm with 612 and 609 in that someone who wanted the beach closed could have left those prints.
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 06:08 PM
They are just West of Ward on the bike path with one subject the other two idoits got away. Not so brave now...
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 06:05 PM
If they were not shooting at her what were they shooting at in a populated area? I wonder sometimes where the HELL do some people get their brains..?
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COMMENT 300642	Cool Breeze	2012-07-23 06:04 PM
I agree with you, 581P.
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 06:03 PM
Dressed in hunting clothing olive green thought they might be shooting at her calls SBSO They respond check area. They found one subject with arrows who stated he's all by himself.
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COMMENT 300640	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 06:03 PM
Fixed rates? You want fixed rates? Isn't that unAmerican? What about "free market forces"?
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COMMENT 300639	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 06:00 PM
Check to see if they stole my bike three months ago...
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COMMENT 300638P	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 05:59 PM
062 --- right-on but, i'm sure you will get flagged....
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COMMENT 300637P	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 05:58 PM
People in their 60's today are a far cry different then people in their 60's were when they were young. (did that make sense?)
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COMMENT 300636P	Green Lynx Macro	2012-07-23 05:53 PM
Yikes. I respect them, a lot.
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COMMENT 300635	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 05:52 PM
The last time I flew back into the airport, the cab I took from there charged me $70 to get back home in San Roque. Be careful, as I have heard similar things from other people. Why doesn't Santa Barbara have fixed rates like everywhere else?
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COMMENT 300634P	Laboratory Safety Awareness	2012-07-23 05:52 PM
Dow != Safety. Did not read the article, will not read the article/propoganda.
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COMMENT 300633P	Surf Beach will be closed for the r...	2012-07-23 05:51 PM
609 here, yeah, been to that beach a number of times, have you? Do you think it's really fair to close one of the only access points in N Santa Barbara County to all beach users because a few stupid people did the wrong thing or a few ploveristas gamed the system? Get off my lawn.
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COMMENT 300632	Beached on Butterfly	2012-07-23 05:50 PM
Beautiful photo!
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COMMENT 300631P	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 05:46 PM
I agree. People have different preferences and age may not define them. While "only" in my late 50's, I think I would be bored by a piano bar - although anywhere there's really superlative music happening, people would probably have fun. It depends on the person what they're going to enjoy most! My taste is indie and post-rock. I may be just getting a little ...sensitive.. to making age assumptions. lol.
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COMMENT 300630	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 05:40 PM
@350: you're waiting for a helicopter crash/ fatality to bring sense to the matter? What what what? Are you serious? What a horrible thing to think and say! Shame on you!
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COMMENT 300629P	Cool Breeze	2012-07-23 05:40 PM
570/OP, presumably you have the email addresses of your family and friends around the world, so you could send them Fiona pics directly? That would seem wiser/safer than drawing her to the attention of infinite numbers of strangers. JMHO.
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COMMENT 300627	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 05:34 PM
It's funny but I heard in the police class that there ARE Gang Members. We also Learned lots of the different tags the gangs use! We even learned about the different gangs in S B. I thought the the courts were going to also go after the parents to pay for the damage.If these so called gang members or groups have cell phone and gold jewelery,high end cars and rides,they can pay for the damage and so can there parents They cost this city so much damage besides all the stolen property.
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COMMENT 300626	Cool Breeze	2012-07-23 05:32 PM
Fiona is cute keep up the good pictures OP :)
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COMMENT 300625	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 05:31 PM
I left my phone in a cab the other week, and I had no way of finding out which one it was! I checked the phone book and online and called all of them. No phone. One of the companies I talked to said that there were a bunch that were unlisted too. If you have an iphone, make sure that you install the Find my iphone app. I sure wish I had.
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COMMENT 300624P	Surf Beach will be closed for the r...	2012-07-23 05:22 PM
Good idea, 610! People do have a choice and those 50 decided to impose their choices on all the rest of Lompocians.
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COMMENT 300623	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 05:20 PM
I vote for the Beavis and Butthead terminal. And, for the knuckle draggers who can't read, they're talking about naming _*THE TERMINAL*_ not the entire airport. Yeesh. Even after 524 pointed this out, people are still confused about what is happening.
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COMMENT 300622	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 05:16 PM
619, a few months ago my 10 year old son and I started tallying how many different cabs/taxis we spot in Santa Barbara and Goleta. We're up to 48 and still counting!
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COMMENT 300621P	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 05:12 PM
Maybe grafitti artists should have to take care of the homeless. Think of all the money that could be saved from not having to clean up grafitti that could be used to feed and house the homeless. It's not just the clean up costs, but preventative costs as well. I saw a city worker moving signs one day and stopped to ask. He was going around and re-installing signs higher on the post to make it harder to reach. Think of what we pay that guy just to move existing signs. What a waste.
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ROB EGENOLF	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 05:07 PM
You speak only for yourself 591. My wife and I are closer to 70 than 60 and have celebrated our 42 wedding anniversary so are similar in age to the family the OP wants to entertain and we have danced at the Wildcat many times. Youth is a state of mind, not a chronological age.
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COMMENT 300619	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 05:06 PM
How many cab companies are there in town? Every time I turn around there seems to be some new ones. I still seem to have a problem finding a decent one to get a ride home from downtown. It is never the same price to go home! Can someone tell me what is the deal?
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COMMENT 300618	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 05:05 PM
Hang 'em high.
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COMMENT 300616	Surf Beach will be closed for the r...	2012-07-23 05:05 PM
What would happen if we all just showed up to Surf Beach on Saturday? Would they really send us all to jail?
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COMMENT 300615P	Surf Beach will be closed for the r...	2012-07-23 05:04 PM
I would even vote against Capps for any Republican who was willing to roll this back, and I'm an enviro-wacko usually.
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COMMENT 300614	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 05:03 PM
I bet they are not looking forward to being "tagged-in-the-shower" while in lockup; however, if they are walking funny during their arraignment hearing, it’ll be me laughing in the back of the court room. Hasta la vista!
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COMMENT 300613P	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 05:02 PM
Would it be too inconsiderate to point out that jail would not be good for these fellas? Fresh meat and all. They need a better alternative, like coal mine trainee or fire shovel sharpener.
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COMMENT 300612	Surf Beach will be closed for the r...	2012-07-23 05:00 PM
I agree 610. It's probably one person that's causing all the trouble and he or she is for the bird.
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COMMENT 300611	Surf Beach will be closed for the r...	2012-07-23 04:59 PM
you can thank the 500+ snowy plover.
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COMMENT 300610	Surf Beach will be closed for the r...	2012-07-23 04:56 PM
I would love to see a listing of names and addresses for the 50 violators that caused the closure of surf beach so that ALL the residents of Lompoc can personally thank them for eliminating their access to the beach for the remainder of the summer. It's only fair...right?
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COMMENT 300609P	Surf Beach will be closed for the r...	2012-07-23 04:54 PM
and in other news, Yosemite National Park is closed to all visitors due to food storage violations by visitors which encouraged bears to raid campsites and vehicles for food. Highway 101 and 154 are now closed to all vehicle traffic due to too many accidents and littering violations. Water drinking in North Dakota has been terminated due to fracking pollution. Sex anywhere has been banned due to overpopulation. I think I'm ready to move overseas and take my chances.
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COMMENT 300608P	Two Vandenberg beaches are a few st...	2012-07-23 04:53 PM
858-You do know that Wikipedia is not a dependable source for research right? And your quote does nothing to prove that any scientific study has confirmed it is a separate species. I "strongly suggest" that any group that cares and believes strongly in something will be blinded by their belief and ignore any facts to the contrary.
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COMMENT 300606	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 04:43 PM
Just got this email regarding the incident from the Santa Barbara Response Network, of which I am an emergency mental health responder... don't know any other details: A family of four was out hiking/Camping. The Father is the deceased Leaves behind 2 kids and his wife 30+ impacted, family members were directly impacted-they were there They are guests of USCB and will be here the rest of the week
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COMMENT 300605	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 04:43 PM
Bad cable usually means a type called RG59. The current standard for a reliable signal is a thicker cable called RG6 Solid Copper Center Conductor. If you really want to go first class - look at RG11. For phone or DSL - the wire in most 30 y/o house is Cat (Category) 3 three pair. The current standard for internet cabling is Cat 5e or better yet, Cat 6. In either case, when it comes to a rewire project - it ain't as easy is as it sounds. Take using the old wire to pull in a new one. If the original wiring was installed when the house was built - then code would have required that it be stapled to the inside of the wall studs at certain intervals. In other words - you can pull on it all you want and it's not moving - unless it snaps in half - which it does. You want a specialist in replacement rewire - look to a good Electrician - licensed and bonded please.
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ROGER DODGER	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 04:42 PM
HEY!!! The cheif of police says there are no gangmembers in Santa Barbara then there are no Gangmembers..These are just a few guys that like to get together do graffiti, kick the scrap out of each otter, and stick each otter with knifes occasionaly they shoot guns.. There are NO GANGS in Santa Bruta!
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EZ2	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 04:40 PM
Avenue Q at SBCC great play..fun evening at the New Garvin theater.. I Highly recommend
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COMMENT 300602	Property Management	2012-07-23 04:37 PM
Another vote for McFarland Financial/Team HOA. We switched from Bartlein a few years ago and Geoff McFarland has done a great job for us. They actually know how to use technology instead of doing everything the old-fashioned, slow way.
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COMMENT 300601	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 04:31 PM
How about hearing the Ulysses Jazz Band at the James Joyce Pub? Mostly Dixieland and Trad. Jazz.They play till approx. 10:30 pm. It can get a little rambuctious but it's generally a more "mature" crowd. I'm 58 and I've enjoyed them many times.
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COMMENT 300600	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 04:28 PM
Bus terminal is still there just greyhound left, plenty of people still need a cab from that spot.
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COMMENT 300599	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 04:28 PM
If you guys are gonna try to be thugs, at least learn how not to cry before getting your mugshots taken.
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COMMENT 300598	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 04:27 PM
582 - great question. I know these guys are gang affiliates. My guess is that they earn notoriety with fellow gang members if they are able to graffiti in unusual locations. It's just something to gloat about. It's possible that someone from the rival gang owns a house up there... but I doubt it. Not all taggers are gang members but some are... the actual tags themselves would clue us in to which side and what they were trying to express, but no need to give them more notoriety by posting the photos online.
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COMMENT 300597	Green Lynx Macro	2012-07-23 04:27 PM
The main technique for attacking their is by ambush. They're very patient critters.
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COMMENT 300596	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 04:25 PM
I hate walking by them because they smoke gross smelling cigarettes and ogle (yes, I am using that word!) women when they walk by. Yuck!
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COMMENT 300595	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 04:23 PM
Modoc Road on the Westside got tagged heavily by some gangbangers on Saturday night. They really went after all the utility boxes and also the wall at the entrance to Pilgrim Terrace. When they start moving into the neighborhoods I try to clean that stuff the next morning- they've done the sidewalk in front of my house and a utility box near my corner. Most of what I've cleaned up has just been by taggers but this recent stuff looks like someone claiming territory. Seems a little more serious to me.
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COMMENT 300594	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 04:20 PM
First of all being in someone's 60's doesn't make them "old" infact that is the rock and roll generation so I recommend seeing what Soho has going on that night. I could ask my boss - he's 62 and acts younger than I do.
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COMMENT 300593	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 04:19 PM
Am I a bad person for wanting to spray paint their faces?
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COMMENT 300592	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 04:17 PM
They look baked out of their minds.
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COMMENT 300591	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 04:15 PM
Wild Cat or Eos, people? Unless they are 60 going on 20, I can't imagine them enjoying thumping dance beats. What about Blue Agave? It's a great place for drinks on Saturday night.
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COMMENT 300588	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 04:11 PM
Those fellas sure have some glossy eyes.
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COMMENT 300587	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 04:08 PM
I guess she must be your MUCH older sister? "people in their 60s"
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ROGER DODGER	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 04:08 PM
They should have used chalk.
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COMMENT 300585P	Cat Conundrum	2012-07-23 04:04 PM
Capture the intruder, drop it off in a village, such as the one you live in half the year, and hope a kind person will take the animal in or it can forage for a living.
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COMMENT 300584P	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 04:04 PM
571P, frerned, rerling in der derp....LOL.....
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COMMENT 300583	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 04:01 PM
Doesn't Council have more important issues to deal with than this? SBA is SBA- keep your personal EGO's out of it!
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COMMENT 300582	Graffiti Vandals Arrested	2012-07-23 03:58 PM
Let's see what the Judges / DA hands out as punishment... Hopefully we can get a follow up report as this is processed. What were they doing tagging in the high rent district of Via Alicia anyway?
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COMMENT 300581P	Cool Breeze	2012-07-23 03:57 PM
I don't find it creepy, just not interesting. I know all parents think their kids are cute.
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COMMENT 300579	Laboratory Safety Awareness	2012-07-23 03:52 PM
When I think Dow, I think Union Carbide.
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ROGER DODGER	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 03:49 PM
A woman went code blue alittle while ago 600 East Cabrillo homeless gal about 35 years old..They transported her to Cottage but I'm not sure shes going to pull through. I'm sorry for the familys loss of the man on the trail, and for this other gal near the beach...
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COMMENT 300577P	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 03:48 PM
well, the hiker from the jesusita rescue passed away. shame on everyone who posted about the "unnecessary" use of heilos by s&r. i hope you all lose a night or two of sleep for your vitriol, i'd recommend re-reading your comment and thinking hard about how his wife feels right now and how having ems on scene via helicopter may have eased her (and his) pain just a little. it's not like these guys are siphoning your tax dollars into offshore accounts and yachts registered in the caymans... perhaps you should be more upset with investment bankers.
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COMMENT 300576P	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 03:48 PM
300473: We don't have a coroner. Sheriff Brown is the coroner, SB uses contract pathologists. Very sad situation for his wife, I agree, but we all die sometime, and doing something you enjoy isn't a bad way to go.
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COMMENT 300575	Fallen Tree	2012-07-23 03:48 PM
@300398P No, but it made a sound.
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COMMENT 300574	Transition House is succeeding in f...	2012-07-23 03:47 PM
DillyDally - No most people are not one illness, injury or disaster away from TH being their best option. Irresponsible people maybe. So tired of the one paycheck away ... cliche that has been around since the 80's.
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COMMENT 300573	Fiona Flamingo	2012-07-23 03:47 PM
Thank you Lou, I will keep sending pictures. @269 yes Fiona lives at the zoo, the monkeys make great babysitters.... lol
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SHAGGY	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 03:45 PM
mid eastern? Good Old Yellow Cab ? Really ?
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COMMENT 300571P	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 03:44 PM
Kind of comical, isn't it? I love when racist people think they are the majority and then every single response they get is against it. Derp.
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COMMENT 300570	Cool Breeze	2012-07-23 03:44 PM
OP here- if you find it creepy to share on the internet then you should obviously not post on the internet. I enjoy sharing pictures of Fiona doing fun stuff around SB most of them are of her back with either an animal or something pretty in the background, none of the pictures are anything but innocent fun. IMO If you find that creepy, that says more about you then it does about me.... Isn't ed hat based on local's photo and story submissions?? I guess I could post pictures of my dog, but she does not make it to the zoo very often. I like sending links to family & friends around the world with Fiona pics on edhat dot com,
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COMMENT 300569	Beached on Butterfly	2012-07-23 03:43 PM
Looks like it lost its anchor, and its keel. Sad, looks like a nice Schooner.
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COMMENT 300568P	Beached on Butterfly	2012-07-23 03:42 PM
Upscale panga boat?
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COMMENT 300567P	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 03:41 PM
Oh, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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COMMENT 300566	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 03:39 PM
533, you da man
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COMMENT 300565P	Cool Breeze	2012-07-23 03:38 PM
And here's another who agrees with you, 523P!
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COMMENT 300564	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 03:37 PM
515, you hate walking by the cabs because (you decided) they are middle eastern people? This one takes the cake.
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COMMENT 300563P	Texting At Lunch	2012-07-23 03:36 PM
I would prefer if my mom texted during lunch rather than talk to me actually. But if you want your mommy to pay attention to you ask her if there is some sort of emergency and let her know maybe you should have lunch when she is not so distracted.
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COMMENT 300562	Phone Wiring Technician	2012-07-23 03:36 PM
I take care of numerous Nortel systems in Goleta and Santa Barbara. Give me a call if you need assistance. Les 805 681 0118.
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COMMENT 300561	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 03:35 PM
Maybe he died doing something he really enjoyed.Beats dying in some bed enclosed by four walls.
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COMMENT 300560P	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 03:34 PM
Sad indeed, and horrific. My sympathies to the wife and family.
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COMMENT 300559P	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 03:31 PM
Thanks, 548! Reading is a good thing. Harry's? Someplace on Cabrillo, the Harbor, or wharf? And take cab fare. In fact, reserve a cab van & driver ahead of time. This is probably out of date, but last time I had a dinner/night out I used Jack at Lucky cab. 968-5020
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COMMENT 300558	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 03:28 PM
Drive down the rode with their turn signal on.
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COMMENT 300557P	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 03:27 PM
question, do the city council members collect salary to be present at a meeting of this nature? i don't feel this is an appropriate use of my tax dollars...
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COMMENT 300556	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 03:20 PM
Pat MaBack
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EDHATBARBARA	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 03:19 PM
SoHo? Eos? The Palm in Carpinteria?
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COMMENT 300554	Cool Breeze	2012-07-23 03:16 PM
0523.... I'm so glad you said that as I thought I was the only one being creeped out. I just can't imagine wanting to bring so much "stranger" attention to a little girl like this. But to each his/her own.
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SBFUNLOVER	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 03:14 PM
The MTD transit center is located across the street still.
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ROB EGENOLF	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 03:12 PM
Notice he is asking for what to do between 10 PM to 1AM. Other than the Maverick suggestion no one is actually reading the question because these thing are not possible during that time frame. How about going to the the Wildcat to dance or taking a long cozy beach walk along East Beach on a warm summer night. Go home and sip some fine brandy and play Charades or Pictionary or Trivial Pursuit or maybe even hold a midnight Texas Hold'em tourney.
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COMMENT 300551	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 03:11 PM
This was a horribly sad incident. I just ran into the wife of the man who died. She had to stand there through all this while others tried to help. When it was clear he had passed, she had to leave him there on the trail and walk out on her own, while EMS figured a way to get the body out. Truly sad day.
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COMMENT 300550	Beached on Butterfly	2012-07-23 03:11 PM
Pretty composition.
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COMMENT 300549	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 03:09 PM
Does the biltmore still have the piano bar? That used to be cool.
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COMMENT 300548	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 03:06 PM
OP says: to go AFTER 10pm on Saturday
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COMMENT 300547	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 03:02 PM
Do not re-name the airport terminal. Call if the Santa Barbara Airport Terminal. It was bad enough we got the Naomi Schwartz building when all she did was run up the county debt. That was a vanity outrage. R.I.P. Naomi, but you never should have had a building named after you.
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COMMENT 300546	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 02:58 PM
go to the Maverick for a few shots and dancing. At least that's what we did for our 40th, but whale watching sounds exciting............... } (
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COMMENT 300545	In the wake of the Aurora, Colorado...	2012-07-23 02:57 PM
069- so when we make only muskets and knives legal, everyone including all the criminals are going to march to their local police departments and turn in their now illegal weapons? I don't see any problem with that logic.
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SBITIZEN	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 02:56 PM
re 300520's comment Cox wont rewire interior outlets if you have the insurance, they will drill a new one from outside, or run along the exterior of walls but will not run or replace inside the wall at least thats what I found out when I asked them to. I had the insurance.
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COMMENT 300543	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 02:55 PM
Whale watching!
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COMMENT 300542	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 02:54 PM
1. Circle Bar B Ranch theater production and dinner 2. South Coast Railway Museum vintage railroad car day trip on the California Zepher or the 1950's Lounge car to SLO and back 3. Dinner at Downey's and Granada Theater production
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COMMENT 300541	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 02:53 PM
TWA = Ty Warner Airport. Just kidding. SBA should remain, SBA.
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COMMENT 300540	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 02:52 PM
405, Please contact EMS and tell them your assessment is right on the money. Extremely way to many helicopter calls for injuries not requiring rooftop landings. County fire will tell you that your assessment is wrong because their paramedic training is more than a doctors. County fire needs to be knocked off their self-made pedestal because THEY will seriously injure someone for PR purposes.
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COMMENT 300539P	Transition House is succeeding in f...	2012-07-23 02:51 PM
They do frequently link to articles from other news sources.
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COMMENT 300538P	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 02:51 PM
What a waste of good (?) pot!
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COMMENT 300537	Wedding Anniversary	2012-07-23 02:48 PM
Sunset cruise on the Celebration. The boat leaves from the wharf and goes down the coast towards Montecito. Beautiful, relaxing trip. Champagne available of board
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COMMENT 300536	Orphaned Coyote Pup	2012-07-23 02:45 PM
Not cute to me.
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DILLYDALLY	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 02:44 PM
Somebody just discovered their pot is melting.
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COMMENT 300534	Chromatic Gate $$	2012-07-23 02:43 PM
I've lived here my entire life, and haven't met one person with anything good to say about this arch. Not sure where these commenters are from who say they like it. Maybe it's one person who keeps posting in favor of this "beautiful" art? lol
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COMMENT 300533	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 02:41 PM
They should name it the Ritz Terminal, after all the crackers who live here.
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COMMENT 300532P	Spider Shot	2012-07-23 02:40 PM
great shot!
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COMMENT 300531	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 02:37 PM
Let's move the Chromatic Gate to the airport and solve two problems with one action. Chromatic gate lovers, you know what I'm talking about!
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COMMENT 300530	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 02:36 PM
Why does someone always have to put down the people trying to help improve the helicopter situations. Things have improved at Cottage because of the caring neighbors that are working on it. How does this come into a thread where someone has died? I'm so sorry for the loss of a life. Save your post for some where else, not on the thread of the loss of a life. Prayers to those involved.
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COMMENT 300529	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 02:34 PM
"But, the city received two unsolicited requests from community members to name the terminal after people who made significant contributions to Santa Barbara's history." So, if two people can attempt to change the name of our airport, while the majority of people don't want to change it... just who/whom is our City Counsel representing: Us, or Them? Oh that's right, the "Them" represent the 1% so to hell with the rest of us.
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ROGER DODGER	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 02:33 PM
Sad I wonder if it was a heat stroke..?
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COMMENT 300527P	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 02:32 PM
The station is closed?
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COMMENT 300526	Hwy. 101/Gaviota Update	2012-07-23 02:32 PM
I sure was glad to help out Caltrans as I didn't have to travel through this area. When I went to Atascadero on Saturday I took the 154 and promptly got stuck behind a Ralph's food truck that refused to use the turnouts to let the people behind him get by. Other than that, the 154 moved smoothly.
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MTNDRIVER	Chromatic Gate $$	2012-07-23 02:31 PM
Some people keep commenting as if public funds were being used for this project. Get it straight--nothing to do with public funds. Completely privately funded. Arts patrons paying big money to fix it up. Fans invited to donate to the effort. Getting rid of the thing is another topic altogether. I've always thought it was tacky, too. Bauhaus was daring and radical in 1925, but not in 1991. The arch might look okay in a sculpture garden at a modern art museum, but I don't think the style is appropriate for public art between a Spanish-style former-railroad-roundhouse hotel wing and a baseball diamond right across from the beach in this city. It just looks silly, out of place in that spot, in my opinion. Why by the ocean? There isn't really even a "public space" there, practically speaking--I mean a place where people hang out and eat their lunches, etc--except for the homeless people who congregated at the ball field until it was fenced to keep them out. It looks more like a monument of some kind than public art in that location.
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COMMENT 300524P	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 02:31 PM
Stop the hysteria, renaming the terminal does not rename the airport. It will remain SBA or Santa Barbara Airport do you call LAX the Tom Bradley International Terminal?. While I don't care if they rename it or not I can't get over all the fuss people make over this without actually thinking thru what they read.. KEYT is to blame to a certain extent since they originally reported this back as renaming the airport but still what does it take to get this thru peoples heads. THEY ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT RENAMING THE AIRPORT, JUST THE TERMINAL.
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COMMENT 300523P	Cool Breeze	2012-07-23 02:24 PM
Okay, so I'm apparently in the minority, but I think it's creepy to post pics of your kid / grandkid on the internet.
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COMMENT 300522	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 02:23 PM
its a cab rank. never seen one before? 515, did good old yellow cab have a different racial mix that you preferred driving their cabs? i always thought having a miniature shrine in the front seat esp in NY was sorta interesting.
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COMMENT 300521	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 02:16 PM
Sixthed (or seventhed)! Please, please don't mess with the name. Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) is a perfect name as it stands.
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COMMENT 300520	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 02:16 PM
sign up for the cox cable insurance (it's only a couple bucks), then call them and tell them you have poor service. they will replace anything that needs it.
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COMMENT 300519P	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 02:14 PM
Because of the weirdly named hotel across the street from the old Greyhound station?
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KDEF	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 02:12 PM
Please, members of the City Council follow the advice of the airport commission. The name of the airport terminal should be the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport. The naming of the terminal after some public figure from the past twill only confuse visitors and locals. How many Edhat readers where the John Wayne Airport is?
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COMMENT 300517	Chromatic Gate $$	2012-07-23 02:11 PM
@248P - This is 233. We live in a representative democracy, so not everything can be put to a full public vote. And besides, look how low our turnout is for elections as it is. My comment about the community "allowing" something other than Spanish architecture is based on how droll and uninspiring the architecture here has become. Any project with controversial or abstract architectural themes has been prohibited in the downtown area. To me, this represents the side of SB that plays right into the "newly wed or nearly dead" thing people say about SB. I would much rather have a thriving, progressive community with interesting, less formulaic architecture and public art.
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COMMENT 300516	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 02:11 PM
I just hope they don't choose something stupid, like changing Orange County Airport to John Wayne Airport or Washington National Airport to Ronald Reagan Airport. I refuse to use either of those new names. I'd prefer Santa Barbara Airport.
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COMMENT 300515	Line of Taxis	2012-07-23 02:06 PM
They are comfortable sitting there. I hate walking by them and am glad that there are fewer than there were when Greyhound WAS there. They do seem to get a few fares from Ralph's and maybe they are more busy on weekends when people are heading home from the bars? Not sure but they are mainly mid-eastern, not good old Yellow Cab.
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KEVINSB	Spider Shot	2012-07-23 02:05 PM
420, thanks for identifying her! 428/MTNDriver- thanks for noticing. I actually had to work a bit to coax her from a shadow into the sunset glow to get that effect. I'm glad folks liked it. It is a fierce looking creature, I wouldn't want to be an ant running into this beast. I'll post some real macro shots from my SLR, but yes, this is an iphone 4gS and the camera is superb. Only way it comes up short is low light (with or without flash it's no bueno) and telephoto. But 99% of my pix (and phone calls) are with it these days.
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SHOREBIRD	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 01:59 PM
The name should remain Santa Barbara Airport. But everything goes to the highest bidder now-a-days. Don't pimp out our airport.
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COMMENT 300512P	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 01:57 PM
Please leave it as is.
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COMMENT 300511	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 01:55 PM
Don't rename SBA!
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COMMENT 300510P	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 01:52 PM
Thirded. This is a waste of time.
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COMMENT 300509	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 01:50 PM
Agree, keep it Santa Barbara Airport.
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COMMENT 300508P	Cat Conundrum	2012-07-23 01:44 PM
Why not just get rid of the cat door and keep your cats inside? This will keep them safe from the Tom cat as well as other animals. I also wonder why you do not bring your cats to SB with you. Many people travel the world with their pets. Cats are very smart and will adapt to living in two places just like you do. This is much easier of course if you have them inside all the time. It would probably be less expensive than paying for a house sitter or someone to feed them while you are away.
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COMMENT 300507	Not Running Yet	2012-07-23 01:38 PM
Oh Nicole, I am so happy to see you back at Ed Hat! This improved my 2012. Thank you, thank you.
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ROGER DODGER	Scanner Report 7-23-12	2012-07-23 01:35 PM
I have no idea there are all kinds of things it seems lawenforcement cannot do anymore..Kinda makes one wonder.
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COMMENT 300505	Beached on Butterfly	2012-07-23 01:33 PM
Salvage material?
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COMMENT 300504P	The SB City Council will hear comme...	2012-07-23 01:33 PM
All the money spent to market Santa Barbara as a vacation destination, all the cachet that name brings, and the imagery of the American Rivera known worldwide, all to be tossed on the rocks to name SBA for some local politician, gladhand, or do-gooder. Don't mess with the name.
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LOUWHO?	Cool Breeze	2012-07-23 01:28 PM
So cute!!!
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DILLYDALLY	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 01:28 PM
Roger nails it again! Keep in mind; -The injured party didn't ask for a helicopter, dont blame them. The dispatcher and first responders decide who gets transported in what way. - Hikers are no different than people in town on a sidewalk. No outrage over them getting taxpayer benefits if hit by a car or .... (even when stupid). These aren't mountain men who live back there and pay no taxes and contribute nothing to society. The use of resources should always be evaluated and questioned. The time and place for that is not when someone is sick/injured and waiting. Before someone assumes I work for cottage or own a helicopter gas station understand that I am all for an audit of the use of the helicopter but lets not blame the victims. (and remember with HIPAA laws the audit wont be public fodder)
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SBJULES	Cool Breeze	2012-07-23 01:28 PM
I wish Fiona many more cool days :)
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COMMENT 300500	Transition House is succeeding in f...	2012-07-23 01:19 PM
I thought edhat didn't print columns from other publications.
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COMMENT 300499	Conflict between the Milpas Communi...	2012-07-23 01:17 PM
Seems like people are pointingout the obvious here - CE is a business, they need customers - and they really don't care if the customer is wasted or what the customer does after they stumble away from CE. CE is just an enabler. Come to SB! Get wasted and sleep at the Casa! Rescue Mission and Salvation Army - those are the organizations that should be funded.
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MTNDRIVER	Spider Shot	2012-07-23 01:13 PM
Great photo--I love the shadow, so big and ferocious looking. Beautiful spider--and wow, the definition is great, with an iPhone--must be a 4? I hear the new camera is much better than my old 3G.
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DILLYDALLY	Transition House is succeeding in f...	2012-07-23 01:11 PM
Very interesting read, thanks for linking it here on edhat. Very easy to understand why this organization feels attacked and it would be a shame for Santa Barbara to lose this program. The comments re: family planning are insulting and offensive. Please dont take this as "pious scolding" I also believe reproducing is a choice and expensive. I guarantee those homeless families also know that, and that is what makes it insulting. The insinuation that education and birth control is what they needed to prevent them from having children they cant support is offensive and mean. From this article, clearly most of these families were in very different circumstances when that choice was made. Very few people in this country aren't an illness, injury, or other disaster away from finding the TH their best option.
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STACE	Just Walkin' The Beach	2012-07-23 01:11 PM
One of the UH here - thank you all for sharing your memories and sentiments about the Miramar...it was obviously a "big" place for many of us and is still very much alive in our hearts and minds. Thanks FLICKA for your valuable information. In our follow-up story we'll be sure to give Mark the credit he deserves for his wonderful video. If anyone knows who any of the actors are, let us know and we'll include that too. It's a very entertaining and clever video. And we know the house, although we don't know Mark. Great house, great story. That was Montecito "back in the day" - so glad to hear Mark's mom is still enjoying the home she put so much of her own blood, sweat and tears into!
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MTNDRIVER	Cat Conundrum	2012-07-23 01:06 PM
Sounds to me like you need a rota of trusty volunteer tenants to teach that tom where to poop and give lots of love to all three kitties and drink some nice Provencal wine and eat a little goat cheese during the breaks in the action. And you have come to the right place--edhat! I'm sure we can find volunteers to help out. Seriously, the tom has adopted your house if not you personally--it's a fait accompli, unless you can find a new home for him. Does seem you need someone in the house all the time until he learns where it's okay to leave his "deposits."
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COMMENT 300494	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 01:05 PM
Coroner just arrived. Sounding like it was not an accident. I heard CPR not sucessfull, so it was, as best i can tell, a medical emergency. It is very hot up there compared to down on the trail at creek level.
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JOHNSANROQUE	Busy Bee Hive	2012-07-23 01:02 PM
Thanks to all the commenters who gave me helpful suggestions. I'll check them out.
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COMMENT 300492	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 12:57 PM
This is sad...maybe now the naysayers will understand the use of helicopters in these emergencies. It might not always seem critical, but why risk it when someones life is in danger.
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ROGER DODGER	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 12:54 PM
@473 Did they tell you if it was an accident or medical emergency?
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MESARATS	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 12:54 PM
RE Sceptic. Yes relevant You go girl!
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DILLYDALLY	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 12:54 PM
Condolences to friends and family
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COMMENT 300488	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 12:49 PM
Just talked to the sherriff at our driveway. It is in fact a fatality. They are stopping hikers from proceeding up the trail. Sad news, no other details, as of yet.
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COMMENT 300487P	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 12:48 PM
I question the ~38 years old for Internet/tv wiring. Of course being Cox it is probably coax cable so that would make some sense but if it is UTP (unsheilded twisted pair) used for Ethernet wiring (cat 3 to cat 6) then I have my doubts. If it is regular phone UTP then that would make sense, that stuff has been around for over a hundred years. However, why would company use that stuff for Internet/tv?
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COMMENT 300486	Fallen Tree	2012-07-23 12:47 PM
We should do what UCSB does and cut all of our trees down! Safety first!
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COMMENT 300485P	Scanner Report 7-23-12	2012-07-23 12:33 PM
The family in the white van overnights at Goleta Beach. Saturday I saw deputies, including a supervisor, questioning him and then leave. I was told their RV was leaking sewage and the Park was trying to ban him. This has been going on for several years now. Wonder why Parks can't get their own ordinances enforced?
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COMMENT 300484	Orphaned Coyote Pup	2012-07-23 12:32 PM
I saw a Coyote yesterday around lunch time running across Cathedral Oaks and Patterson. Larger than a dog but looked thin. At first I thought it was a deer. This was the first time I've seen a coyote in this area.
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COMMENT 300483P	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 12:32 PM
Roger! Ah man, sorry to hear this.
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COMMENT 300482P	Orphaned Coyote Pup	2012-07-23 12:28 PM
Where do you release these pups when they are ready?
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COMMENT 300481P	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 12:26 PM
Alarm companies also have people trained to pull cables.
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ROGER DODGER	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 12:17 PM
Now it's 1144 they died so they will probley be up there awhile.
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ROGER DODGER	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 12:13 PM
Code Blue is pretty serious..I thought it was the Hazard incident. When I hear a call like that I hit manual to hear what is going on so I totally missed the other call.
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COMMENT 300478P	Cat Conundrum	2012-07-23 12:11 PM
Those are such beautiful cats! It does sound like the automated cat door is the way to go. The poop in the living room sounds like the tom is trying to establish territory in your house. Some cats are aggressive like that, but I gather this tom didn't do this when he had his own home with a person, right? So, what does the tom cat do now? Does he have an actual new home with people, or is he living alone in an empty house? Because that sounds like a separate problem which, if solved, might cause him to stop coming into your house looking for community/territory.
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SCEPTIC	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 12:09 PM
An electrician can do this, or you can, and many computer network people in town do this too. I'm not sure if you're talking about replacing coax cable (the kind that brings cable tv & internet to you house and has F connectors - a center wire with a metal ring that you push or screw to tighten) or network cable that has a connector like a phone plug except with 6 instead of 4 wires (RJ 45). Cat 6 is current, and there is shielded cable and unshielded. If you already have phone cable, you can pull either coax or network cable through the wall from the crawlspace and connect them in a modular coverplate with the phone wire. Most new construction has these installed in walls before sheetrock. Network cable is a little fragile - very small wires that can break if the cable is bent or crimped, and I haven't found an electrician who knows this - I've had to pull new cable or cut holes in drywall to fix. I'd probably call computer repair people and ask for a referral if they don't do it themselves. Also, SBCC teaches network cabling (I took these classes) and they might have a good referral. Hey, I'm a girl, this is relevant?
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COMMENT 300476	2000 Degrees Closed	2012-07-23 11:59 AM
I have several plates and bowls that have some valuable hand and footprints on them. It was a great store for fun and to do projects with your kids..... Sad its gone.
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COMMENT 300475	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 11:58 AM
I second Dino Pauletto - known him for 25 yr+ ....
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ROGER DODGER	Scanner Report 7-23-12	2012-07-23 11:56 AM
Code Blue on the Jesusita Trail.
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COMMENT 300473	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 11:56 AM
Another hiker incident on Jesusita trail. Helicopter landed on our property (sherrifs) a few minutes ago, now it sounds like another medic copter is going to land as well. EMS is already on the trail
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COMMENT 300472	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 11:56 AM
County helicopter 308 flew over Painted Cave toward the East about 15 minutes ago.... I can hear it circling somewhere over town, but can tell where. All the scanner channels I have tuned are now complete static.
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ROGER DODGER	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 11:55 AM
County Fire Twitter says Rescue on the Jesusita Trail for someone that is code blue..That is probley what you heard..But there is also a Hazard investigation on South La Cumbre.
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ROGER DODGER	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 11:51 AM
Hazard investigation on South La Cumbre but I don't think they are using a chopper for that..Did the chopper have a siren too?
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COMMENT 300469	Transition House is succeeding in f...	2012-07-23 11:49 AM
Transition House is also part of Homeless Inc, for those who claim this city is not doing enough. Learn how much this city has been doing before being so quick to scold and judge. The bad Homeless Inc programs are dragging down the ones that actually can be productive. So Transition House should reasonably feel defensive, but they need to help target the more nefarious abusers who also are part of Homeless Inc instead of guilt tripping this city who has been overly generous for far too long. I am sure TH is feeling the secondary brunt of the Casa Esperanza and New Beginnings abuses.
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COMMENT 300468	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 11:47 AM
Lots of sirens up Chapala near Carrillo at 11, with ambulance & paramedics too...
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COMMENT 300467	Spider Shot	2012-07-23 11:42 AM
What a cool looking spider! Do they live here in Santa Barbara? Do they bite?
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COMMENT 300466	Senior Alternatives, a Bay Area fir...	2012-07-23 11:42 AM
Free advertising?
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COMMENT 300465	Chromatic Gate $$	2012-07-23 11:42 AM
It is not a rainbow. Give that a rest. Learn the colors of the rainbow - ROY G BIV: red-orange-yellow-green-blue-indigo-violet
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COMMENT 300464P	Roger The Scanner Guy	2012-07-23 11:42 AM
154P, then you just let them FLOAT since they'll be wearing their life jackets!
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SHAGGY	154/La Cumbre Sirens	2012-07-23 11:39 AM
Probably an emergency
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COMMENT 300462	Watch out for the P.O.	2012-07-23 11:35 AM
I always rub on some mugwort before hiking. Very convenient at rattlesnake canyon since it is right at the entrance to the trails. May not be full proof, but have heard the Chumash used it for prevention. Only time I ever got poison oak was when I was younger and inadvertently grabbed a plant and pulled it out. This was only to say to myself "this looks a lot like poison oak" with the entire plant in my bare hands. Not a fun time.
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COMMENT 300461	Fall From the Cliffs at Shoreline P...	2012-07-23 11:33 AM
It never ceases to astound me that people can quicky be judge to an event they know only bits and pieces of. I am personally involved in what has been the worse crisis of my life going through this and find it utterly repulsive of comments like "half a brain". You know absloutley nothing about these people or the accident. I have always been taught to choose my words very carefully it is dissapointing that this practice is not common place.
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COMMENT 300460	Scanner Report 7-23-12	2012-07-23 11:33 AM
Hey Roger, is there another fire? multiple sirens and copter in the area of 154
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COMMENT 300459	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 11:26 AM
Keep in mind that the issue is technical and always needs to be meaured. When someone says "it works just fine", that's not a meaurement. 10Mb peer second is a meaurement. Also, the Internet travels through coax cable and the signal degrades through length from the source, poor cable and from other users (your neighbors tapping into it). Combine length from telephone pole, bad cable and many users and you're in trouble. Also, Cox is aware of their own modem problems right now, with about 20% in the field either broken or breaking. If a tech was at your house, he tested it so you're okay.
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COMMENT 300458	Chromatic Gate $$	2012-07-23 11:19 AM
Lots of opinions offered in respose to an apparently erroneous story. The Indy in May said they were going for $30K to restore and $20K for future working funding. $50K total. News-Press story is not available to the unwashed, but if they already have $48K then they are doing pretty well according to their goals. If they found people willing to plunk down almost $50k then they have a lot of supporters. Score one for the pro-rainbow crowd!
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COMMENT 300457	Scanner Report 7-23-12	2012-07-23 11:18 AM
Completely sick when people do that to animals. Whats even more upsetting though is the dismissive nature in response to the death/torture of so many animals, all the while, we cry for weeks about people. Any death is sad, but animals obviously aren't as important as humans.
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COMMENT 300456	Beached Boat	2012-07-23 11:17 AM
I'd be willing to help the owners out too; can't carry much at a time, but the more hands the better. Our friends keep their boat at Channel Islands - much more affordable and there seems to be more activity to watch from the slip.
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COMMENT 300455P	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 11:07 AM
Cox told me that on a rental property, they said I needed to replace all of the lines. It turns out there was one connection to one outlet that I had rewired and it fixed the problem throughout that unit. The Cox guys told me I had to rewire every unit to get internet, dvr's etc but a majority of the other units already had that service and it works just fine. The line that needed to be replaced had a electrical surge after a SCE problem and the tenant had spliced lines with connecters himself and that fried. Beyond that all the other 30 year old cable is doing the job just fine with people using all the cox services on the property. I do agree with other posters though if you do change it out upgrade phone and cable maybe do ethernet wiring as well.
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COMMENT 300454	Fallen Tree	2012-07-23 11:00 AM
Tree probably fell victim to a phenomenon known as "Summer Branch Drop." Google it.
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COMMENT 300453P	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 10:58 AM
The "old" wire is the reason I can't connect my phone upstairs at the same time as the internet. I just use an extension phone for the upstairs, but I should rewire the place. I did it myself at my old house, with the help of a friend. And, I'm a girl!!!! It's like Becky says.... attach the new wire to the old wire and pull it through.....
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COMMENT 300452	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 10:54 AM
By all means we should just let the injured fend for themselves and find their own way to medical help. That way no one is disturbed by the noise, health care costs or tax payers costs (minimal individual cost). Come on people show some compassion for your fellow Santa Barbarans and people in general! And don't believe people are who they claim to be on the internet. Great point Roger!
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COMMENT 300451	Scanner Report 7-23-12	2012-07-23 10:48 AM
I feel like anyone who would call the cops on someone just for talking to himself while sitting on his own porch probably has worse issues than the talker.
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BECKY	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 10:38 AM
1. The technician is correct. The older wiring can't deliver as good a signal as the newer wiring. That's the problem at my parents house and I've been trying to get them to replace their wiring for 5+ years. 2. A competent electrician can replace multiple kinds of wiring, and you might consider having both TV & telephone wires replaced at the same time, so that you have current wiring to take advantage of either cable internet access or phone line (DSL) internet access. 3. Replacing existing cables with newer cables is faster and cheaper than running all new lines, as they use the existing lines to pull the new lines through the walls to the existing outlets. If you need new outlet locations, an electrician can do it cleanest, though there still may be some drywall patching involved. 4. There is/was a guy in SB who claimed to be a cable specialist. I used him a few times, but quit when he put a big hole in my drywall that he told me afterwards I'd have to patch, put a hole in my ceiling (that he neglected to mention, and didn't offer to fix), and billed me for more than double his estimate. Go with a licensed electrical contractor to avoid these kinds of surprises.
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COMMENT 300449P	Monday Traffic	2012-07-23 10:35 AM
That is a good question...my guess is that maybe those that use RSS feeds click it to check if there are any comments? The RSS feed only gives the headline and a link, it doesn't say anything about comments. Who knows.
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AGENTSME	Cat Conundrum	2012-07-23 10:32 AM
We had the same problem and solved it by getting a SureFlap cat door. (I'm sure there's other brands) It is a cat door that is activated by your cats micro-chip (no need for a collar) which means it only opens for your cat and keeps anyone else out. It is one of the best things we've ever bought. I love it and highly recommend it to solve your problem. (We got our cat at the shelter and it already came with a chip and if your cats don't have one then this would obviously need to be done - totally worth it)
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ROGER DODGER	Scanner Report 7-23-12	2012-07-23 10:18 AM
I thought about that Death at the Library...Especally since many people that were there heard nothing about it..I keep thinking maybe the body was found near the Agatha Christie section. I don't know if the crow was "Hung" or already dead.
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COMMENT 300446	Monday Traffic	2012-07-23 10:12 AM
I'm curious. As I post this it is the first comment on the daily commuting thread, yet there were 80 views already. Why do subscribers view a thread that doesn't have any comments? Sign me, Befuddled.
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COMMENT 300445	Spider Shot	2012-07-23 10:11 AM
What a great looking creature!
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COMMENT 300444	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 09:57 AM
Pauletto Electric is the best in SB. They're local, and he's a local. Can't get better than that.
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COMMENT 300443	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 09:46 AM
Running coaxial cable through your attic or in the crawl space is one thing but if you don't want wires dangling out of your ceiling/crown moulding or popping out of your baseboards call in a pro for a more finished look. Fortunately replacing wire is easier than running it anew.
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COMMENT 300442	Orphaned Coyote Pup	2012-07-23 09:34 AM
What a cute face!
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COMMENT 300441	Spider Shot	2012-07-23 09:32 AM
I think this qualifies as a macro even if shot with a phone. The spider in the image is pretty close to life size, yes? That's what macro is.
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COMMENT 300440	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 09:31 AM
TV and "internet" wiring? If you just mean your single coax cable used for both TV and cable internet, then this is very easy to replace and run through your attic or crawlspace. Anyone with half a brain can do it. If you're also trying to run ethernet cable then you will want someone with more experience.
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COMMENT 300439	Beached Boat	2012-07-23 09:26 AM
0329.... what stupidity don't you want your tax dollars funding? Beach clean up? Or are you looking for another layer of Big Brother intrusions requiring people to certify/prove their intentions and knowledge of maritime issues and skill before they can even buy, rent or anchor a boat offshore? Big Brother intrusions don't come cheap..... just look at the War on Drugs, aka the War on People doing Stupid things while High, Looking to get High and Supplying the Means for People to do Stupid Things while High.
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EDHATBARBARA	Phone Wiring Technician	2012-07-23 09:26 AM
Also Mike Colburn of Gold Coast Communications is great: (877)805-COMM / info@goldcoasttele-comm.com
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COMMENT 300437	Lonely Goose	2012-07-23 09:12 AM
Awww. But those geese can be VERY aggressvive! They scared the beans out of me when I was five years old, and I am still scared of them 40 years later!
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COMMENT 300436	The Indie Film Guru tackles a new f...	2012-07-23 09:05 AM
I am hooked and am looking forward to seeing it. Playing around here now?
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COMMENT 300435	Transition House is succeeding in f...	2012-07-23 09:04 AM
Family planning is the most responsible thing a parent can do. There is nothing mean or irresponsible about this comment. Cutting the pious scolding will go a long way to get actual progress from "progressives". If you can't afford to care for children properly in both the short and long term, please do not have them. This is what choice is all about.
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COMMENT 300434	Goleta Park Open House	2012-07-23 09:00 AM
@866 - so just because people aren't affluent means that they and their kids shouldn't have a place to play? As "the worst part of Goleta" this is exactly what this space needs. And I'm sorry, but the "welfare folks" aren't getting the better things in life, they're getting one basic park so that their kids can get out and play and be active and healthy so that they can grow up to be productive adults.
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COMMENT 300433	Cat Conundrum	2012-07-23 08:58 AM
M, your kitties are beautiful. Good luck with the intruder problem.
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COMMENT 300432	Morning Titmouse	2012-07-23 08:57 AM
An Oak titmouse, eh? SO glad to learn what critter makes such a loud song. Many times I have looked up in the birch tree and just couldn't believe that TINY thing was making such a big sound! SO much attitude in such a minuscule package! Delightful picture!
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COMMENT 300431	Protecting two local neighborhoods ...	2012-07-23 08:57 AM
Ahhh, the continued smugness of those who love to spend other people's money creating the perfect nanny-state on planet earth right here in Santa Barbara.
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COMMENT 300430	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 08:52 AM
Definitely a job for a good electrician.
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COMMENT 300429	TV and Internet Wiring Replacement	2012-07-23 08:49 AM
Get an electrician to switch it out for you. Yes, I've done it and had it all upgraded to CAT 7 or whatever the latest is.
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COMMENT 300428	Spider Shot	2012-07-23 08:44 AM
Brilliant shot (by iPhone!) with great composition. Love it!
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COMMENT 300427	Scanner Report 7-23-12	2012-07-23 08:44 AM
"Death at the Library" sounds like a good book title.
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COMMENT 300426	Cat Conundrum	2012-07-23 08:40 AM
We had a raccoon come into our house through the cat door one night - what a mess! We now have a cat door that can be switched to locked, open, in-only, out-only and requires a magnet on the cat collar. Our cats get chased to the cat door by a big neighborhood tomcat all the time, but he doesn't have a magnet collar so can't get in (I think it would be very hard for another animal to piggy back in). The only scenario this wouldn't work for is if a neighbor cat also has a magnet on the collar and tries to get in. I agree that this arrangement does require some oversight, but a few times a week should be sufficient (sometimes we find odd pieces of metal, screws, etc stuck to the cats' magnets).
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COMMENT 300425	Transition House is succeeding in f...	2012-07-23 08:36 AM
The article, written by a board member, makes it sound like they are under attack. But I've never read anything derogatory about them.
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ARCHIE	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 08:34 AM
Happy ending, hurrah! Good idea about GPS on kids -- thanks for letting us know, Roger --
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COMMENT 300423	Fallen Tree	2012-07-23 08:31 AM
With all the trucks and RV's "stored" on that block, why did the tree have to miss them and hit a little car?
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COMMENT 300422	Cat Conundrum	2012-07-23 08:21 AM
I've had a similar problem with a neighboring cat actually chasing my cats into the house. He was a real bully. We installed a magnetic cat door. If the Tom gets in, he is not trapped, unless you set the door so your cats can't get out either. A few times of strongly discouraging the Tom should take care of the problem. I stomped my feet & clapped my hands & shouted at the bully when he came in & eventually he gave up coming in.
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SEEDLADY	Morning Titmouse	2012-07-23 08:20 AM
Engagingand entertaining little birds. I get scolded --Chiiiit-ChitChitChit--if I forget to refill the black oil sunflowers feeders.
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COMMENT 300420	Spider Shot	2012-07-23 08:17 AM
Green lynx spider, my favorite!
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COMMENT 300419	Cat Conundrum	2012-07-23 08:16 AM
We had a significant problem with other animals coming on our house, including a pack of possums when we were on vacation. I found this electronic cat door and have been using it for more than a year now with zero problems. We got a CAT MATE "ELITE" 305 & 306 ELECTRONIC CAT DOORS. But there are tons of other ones out there that can read your cat's microchip to ones like this that have a tag on the collar.
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COMMENT 300418	Sunday Brunch	2012-07-23 08:13 AM
Nice photo. FYI you don't need to add food coloring to the hummers feeders. The dye is not good for them. Boil 2 cups water 1 cup of sugar cool to room temp and they will be happy hummers.
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SEEDLADY	Butterfly Banquet	2012-07-23 08:11 AM
Haven't seen too many around here, perhaps because it's been so cool and not many composites blooming yet. This year I tried something new--Helenium--and am really enjoying the blossom shapes. Hope to see some butterflies if the weather improves. It's a cold and drippy 50 degrees now at 8 a.m.
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COMMENT 300416P	Scanner Report 7-23-12	2012-07-23 07:55 AM
In response to the dead crow hung in the parking lot, sadly hanging animals is not THAT uncommon here. I've heard stories of hanging cats (not sure if dead/alive) and also of hanging pit bulls to make them stronger for fighting - all in Santa Barbara. This place ain't perfect :/
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COMMENT 300415P	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 07:48 AM
405's comment is significant. Is anyone doing any analysis of these helicopter recues, identifying the need, the costs (and whether they are being reimbursed) and how much is being paid by County Fire? County departments seem to have an unlimited budget for toys and then "need" to use them to keep them operational, yet they come crying for more money at budget time. Where is the accountability and oversight, especially here on the south coast - we don' t hear of helicopter rescues bringing people to Marian Medical Center. Farr, Wolf, Carbajal and your taxpayer-supported staffs, please look into this and report back to the taxpayers!
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COMMENT 300414	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 07:40 AM
Who pays for all these helicopter evacuations after people make extremely poor personal decisions that put themselves in harms way? One could also suspect they probably did not carry their own personal health insurance that included emergency evacuations clauses, but I don't know this for a fact. Report here than helicopter evacuations have tripled since Cottage opened its helipad in the middle of a residential area and emergency dispatchers are now calling for them with every distress call. Follow the money. Cottage needs an internal audit on this new activity. Taxpayers need to know who is picking up the bills, what exactly these helicopter evacuations cost, their impact on emergency room resources, and what exactly is the ratio of true emergency and questionable non-emergency calls, based upon objective criteria. Is being stupid and indulging in extreme sports an "emergency" taxpayers should be subsidizing?
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SHAGGY	Beached Boat	2012-07-23 07:27 AM
This board is all about pre speculation, your kidding me right ?
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DULCE	Busy Bee Hive	2012-07-23 07:24 AM
Paul Cronshaw was wonderful!
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COMMENT 300411	Transition House is succeeding in f...	2012-07-23 07:16 AM
376- that is probably one of the meanest comments I've seen here. Who are you to judge? I hope the view is nice from that glass house you're living in.
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COMMENT 300410	Watch out for the P.O.	2012-07-23 07:08 AM
Rubbing poison oak does not spread it! Once the oils have been washed off, there is no spreading. I agree with 278, getting the blisters to open is the first start of healing. The few times I have had PO, it's been picked up in fall when the leaves fall and only the branches remain.
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 06:58 AM
I am the King of Southern California. I paint my toenails hot pink and read the LA Times upon my throne every morning..I think the choppers are being used in a manner which pleases the King. Anyone can be anything they want on the internet. Just because people say they are someone doesn't really mean they are...
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DIRTYHARRY	Cat Conundrum	2012-07-23 06:57 AM
Ok it sounds like you have a possum problem but if you're certain that it's the neighbor cat then my suggestion would be to find a house sitter for the period you are gone. There are many reliable house sitters who would keep your house more secure and provide better company on a daily basis for your sweet kitties.
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COMMENT 300407P	Meet Carmel	2012-07-23 06:52 AM
I think that the 'kittens' comment was just an observation that most find kittens to be considered "cute" by default simply because of their tender age and active antics, while more mature cats are often overlooked for their less flashy but subtly charming ways. Cat people know that cute is never defined by age, but by personality and by the feline ability to encompass us inept humans in their fascinating lives.
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ROGER DODGER	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 06:51 AM
There is GPS on the older folks that wander off from retirement communities with those Search and Rescue is able to trace their whereabouts. GPS for everyone police are really good when it comes to searching for missing people.
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COMMENT 300405	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 06:51 AM
I am a physician at a large, south county emergency department and can say that I too agree that we are seeing entirely too much use of the County Fire Helicopter for illnesses and injuries that do not meet the need for such services. If poor assessment by the helicopter crew leads them to insist on air transport, the policy is to land at the airport and transport by ground. Rooftop landings are for critical life threating injuries/illnesses. This had become nothing more than a PR event for County Fire
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COMMENT 300404P	Watch out for the P.O.	2012-07-23 06:50 AM
Prednisone.
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COMMENT 300403P	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 06:49 AM
I don't object to the rescue, but I do think that the rescuee should be billed to pay for much of the cost of the service, particularly when the victim's bad judgement caused or significantly contributed to the incident.
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JOHNSANROQUE	Chromatic Gate $$	2012-07-23 06:41 AM
I'm not a fan of the sculpture either, but I agree completely with the post that says public art can't be put to a public vote. Voters can express their unhappiness to the Commission or Board that approved this-- or to the City Council which has the power to do something if there are enough complaints. Have any of you opponents done anything other than rant on Edhat? My idea of horrible public art are the multi-colored windmill-type cones at Goleta beach. I believe they are called kinetic sculptures. What could be worse than trying to improve the view of a beach and an ocean with whirling mechanical devices? However, I really can accept the fact that some people, maybe a majority, like them.
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COMMENT 300401	Cat Conundrum	2012-07-23 06:40 AM
Just a thought....shut the door!!
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COMMENT 300400P	Transition House is succeeding in f...	2012-07-23 06:38 AM
They do a wonderful job - I've visited their facilities. Does anyone know if they ever got air conditioning? Some of those rooms had tiny windows and no cross-ventilation...
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COMMENT 300399	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 06:37 AM
Lets just put a huge water tank a mile up the trail a fountain attached. (could even be some ice tea for 391P)
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COMMENT 300398P	Fallen Tree	2012-07-23 06:35 AM
...but did anybody hear it?
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COMMENT 300397P	Roger Code Red	2012-07-23 06:34 AM
We need GPS on these kids. :-) So glad happy ending. Thanks Roger.
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COMMENT 300396	Cat Conundrum	2012-07-23 06:24 AM
Yes, there is a touch of dissention here. However, there are many animal lovers in this town who will take this situation seriously and their concern will naturally be for the abandoned. Cats are indeed independent creatures and do survive well. Whereas dogs need people, hearth and home. These particular animals are gorgeous and I am sure someone will be happy to stay with them. Good luck.
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