Seattlest Pix 09Nov24
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-The spraying of the moths used to be a huge issue around Seattle and particularly in the neighborhoods, but we haven't heard any noise opposing them. So spray on.
-Santino is coming to town and wrote The Stranger to find out what to do. We're going to start doing that: "Dear Editor, I'll be visiting your po-dunk piece of shit soon and I'm wondering if there's anything worth doing there. P.S. I was totally robbed."
-The Taipei Times' view of Hu's visit here. A Boeing employee's account here.
-A UW graduate survived to the age of 84 as a test pilot and was the first man to double the speed of sound, but died in a plane crash this week.
-A motorhome fire near Lake Union raged while its fugitive occupants walked away nonchalantly with their hands in their pockets, whistling.
Image courtesy of Brooke Mackay
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Well, technically Crossfield wasn't a test pilot for all of his 84 years. Nevertheless, the manner of his death does present a rather grim sense of irony.