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I spoke to a couple of employees during my shopping trip yesterday and it was heartbreaking. One staff member explained that they’ve worked for Fred Meyer for 23 years and thought they would retire from that store. They love that location, even though it’s a longer drive than other stores closer to their home, and they love the customers. They said they have heard nothing about moving to another store from corporate or the union and fear they will all be laid off. They said they probably won’t keep their position and will be demoted if moved elsewhere. Can you even imagine working for a company for 23 years and the losing your job through no fault of your own? Another staff member started crying when the conversation moved to that subject (I wasn’t walking around the store asking everyone about this, BTW). It was absolutely heartbreaking. The 100+ employees have no idea what is going to happen to their jobs. These are humans who live in our community. Their job loss will affect us all in some way. My 73 yo neighbor walks there using his walker every morning for a bit of exercise and to get a donut to go with his coffee. He won’t be able to walk to the other 19th St location. This will have a huge impact on his life, too. So please think before you say “just drive a couple of miles down the road to the other store!” as I noticed on a previous post. Take a beat and think about how it might affect someone besides yourself. Thanks.

As a fan of the book, the movie and the infamous fox cardigan, I’m wondering if anyone would be down for a Dr Grace night at a local venue or maybe a group for the Halloween pub crawl? I’m almost done with my sweater and think it would be fun to get together with others who made it!

Context: I live in salt lake but am heading to Tacoma in a couple of weeks to visit a friend, explore WA, and celebrate both of our birthdays. I am looking for recs on a restaurant with good food/drinks and a fun ambiance for two mid-thirties girls. I would love to be able to walk to a few other bars if possible, but this is definitely not a requirement. Cost/type of food is a non-issue. She doesn’t go out very much so she hasn’t been able to help with suggestions and I have searched through past posts, but wasn’t finding a thread that aligned with what I’m looking for. Bonus points if anyone has recs for the best place to grab an espresso martini (or really any martini). Really just trying to make this the best 5 days for my beautiful friend!

I’ve looked at 38 homes this summer. My partner and I don’t have FAANG salaries. We’re trying to stay under 800k with some budget for repairs. We found a home that checks all the boxes, and we’re about ready to submit an offer. It’s a 1962 SFH and I asked the fire department to check records, they found it was pumped, rinsed & capped/plugged (which were the requirements for decommissioning in place in 2004), is still be in the ground, and was NOT filled with any inert materials. My dad is telling me to walk away or get a soil test. My realtor is telling me it’s fine. The internet says to expect nothing or 500k in future liabilities for environmental agencies… what are your thoughts? TLDR - pre 1970 seattle homes overwhelmingly have in ground oil tanks, of those decommissioned ~70% are capped rinsed and buried . Is a home with a decommissioned in ground tank a deal breaker to you? Why or why not Edit to Add: THANK YOU for all the comments. - Monday I will call my insurance agent and discuss liability, coverage, exclusions, and riders… - I have sent requests for soil testing estimates from Filco, Tanks by Dallas, and Puget Environmental. - I will be asking my realtor to reach out to seller and see if they’ll let us do a soil test before we make an offer (we are already planning a fairly low offer with other inspection/sewer/financing contingencies, don’t want to add a forth and get told to kick rocks) - FWIW my realtor was actually the one who suggested we inquire about the in ground tank and reached out to SFD to get the info, he was saying it’s fine because it was permitted not because there was no risk

I’ve looked at 38 homes this summer. My partner and I don’t have FAANG salaries. We’re trying to stay under 800k with some budget for repairs. We found a home that checks all the boxes, and we’re about ready to submit an offer. It’s a 1962 SFH and I asked the fire department to check records, they found it was pumped, rinsed & capped/plugged (which were the requirements for decommissioning in place in 2004), is still be in the ground, and was NOT filled with any inert materials. My dad is telling me to walk away or get a soil test. My realtor is telling me it’s fine. The internet says to expect nothing or 500k in future liabilities for environmental agencies… what are your thoughts? TLDR - pre 1970 seattle homes overwhelmingly have in ground oil tanks, of those decommissioned ~70% are capped rinsed and buried . Is a home with a decommissioned in ground tank a deal breaker to you? Why or why not

Anyone else experiencing outages? We’re by Meadowdale. Comcast said restore by 12pm, T-Mobile says it will restore within 12 hours! What are the odds both would go down at once, thank god for our work phone being on a different carrier!

Anyone on I5 north from Kent-Tukwila see the approximately 15-20 police cars speeding down the HOV lane? And does anyone know what they were chasing?

This should probably be posted in r/NoStupidQuestions but in Lakewood we have a problem with drivers blowing through crosswalks endangering pedestrians. What if instead of having a wheelchair ramp down to the crosswalk on both sides we raise up the crosswalk to a speed table. Drivers have to stop anyway so it will not be an inconvenience but will stop drivers from blowing through the stop sign.

I'm working on my cardio fitness and I'm curious about using the track at Nino Cantu for walking/running - is it open to the public? When? Are there bathrooms available? Any other rules/norms I should know about?

We'll see if they've actually upgraded TSA enough to no longer need security appointments. I don't have high hopes. TSA was probably upset they were missing out on a lot of TSA PreCheck sales.