Somewhere, over the West Hills

November 18, 2009

The GTS had to make way for the new furnaceA little rearrangement of the driveway was required for the new furnace install. (Orin O’Neill photo)

“Orin, we need you to move your scooter,” said Pablo. “Nobody else knows how.”

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Way to win hearts and minds, folks

April 20, 2009

Tire tracks on the park trail
West Seattle Blog

Not only is it the future of local journalism, the West Seattle Blog kindly sends many viewers to this here blog, so I’m happy to be able to send some their way.

The picture above was taken in West Seattle’s Solstice Park. WSB reports a group of three scooter riders (who were caught on camera and reported to police) found it necessary to do donuts on the park’s lookout trail.

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Salad dressing for the slide

April 10, 2009

I’m always happy to discover a Web site with a link to Scootin’ Old Skool. I was particularly happy to discover Seattle Weekly including this journal in their blogroll (and no, I didn’t ask them to).

But something caught my eye the other day—I noticed a whole bunch of traffic from a site called Scoot Crash.

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If your head’s only worth 10 dollars…

March 30, 2009

Safety Ed's helmet, post-crash

With arrival of spring (technically, anyway) some of you might be thinking about a new helmet. The debate rages—full-face vs. open, Snell-approved vs. DoT.

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