So long as there is a page for an item then I think you can leave a review. Though I do not know about Cabella brand items.

BTW- If you do wind up needing side sewer repair then there are a handful of companies that are the best in Seattle. I have used Jim Dandy for most of mine and they rocked it.

And then i read your other post.

Well aware of and probably know personally 1/2 the the actual population of Deadwood. I was just cracking wise.

My own personal needs for internet speed are minimal. I doubt I ever come close to using taking advantage of what I already have and what i already have is base on what my wife wants. That means comcast.

What I do want, though, is for this whole city to be as wired for speed as much possible. And I don't want to give Comcast a dime.

Being that tech is how many people make what i understand to be a good living in Seattle (I'm not a tech pro by a long shot- ) and as how so many folks are making that living at home and that number is growing and as more folks are signed on as independent contractors then let's get this city wired for it. With a publicly owned FOC network that allows multiple ISPs to compete fairly for business.

The cost of instalation maybe higher in Seattle per cap then it is in Deadwood. The per cap income is also exponentially higher. And I would think that long term maintenance costs per cap would much less. And I think a lot of residents, myself included, would be glad to pony up $ for it whether through fees or dedicated taxes or inceases in the city portion of the property tax so long as it was for a publicly owned system.

I work for the City of Seattle. We rip up roads all the time. Ripping up roads is not a big deal. We like to make it seem like a big deal but it isn't. The big deal is the inconvenience for residents and workers more than anything. Much of downtown is vaulted anyway so running new cable system wouldn't mean as much digging as one might think. And we (the City) already own the electrical infrastucture. I don't know who owns the steam infrastructure in downtown and SLU.

My own life would not change much if the internet disappeared today. My wife would be devastated but I'd be fine. Except for medical equipment and modern "less toxic" industrial alternatives I'm pretty much down with technology from the 40s-60s anyway.

Essentially, my point is, and I'm sorry it took so long to get to it, is that Seattle is all in with tech. There is a lot of money to made with tech by a lot of people doing a lot of different things from a lot of different places. It's both mega huge corporate and a cottage industry. As such it it way too important a thing to be left to what amounts to one or two massive companies who are only concerned with their own bottom line.

Ultimately it's any argument about a "natural monopoly" making any sense that gets my hackels up.

Why wouldn't we not only accept a new set of high speed fiber optic lines rather than put up with antiquated coax crap? doesn't matter who the isp is when you have to deal with coax.

I don't just want fast I want blazing fast with wifi available throughout the city. And I'd be glad to pony up.

I've got friends in Deadwood Oregon population: them that have fo. That this city doesn't have it yet sucks and that needs to change.

I remember these virtually exact discussions when i was in high school (or junior high, maybe).

I would guess that the post office wanted each two letter designation to not only be unique but also as not as easy to confuse with other states.

WN may be Wisconsin. MA may be Maine but it's Mass so it's hardly perfect. ME is main but could Minnesota as could Michigan. States beginning with M and N were a hassle apparently.

I would also guess that the license designations were grandfathered in and had been in use for so long for those particular purposes that they decided not to change it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_abbreviations

legal-ish, I should have said...

It's legal.

I don't think I ever actually blushed from a post before.

But I'm afraid I am married with child and one on the way.

Thanks, though! that made my day.

ha! I'm just glad the edited question isn't an invite to a Mars Hill event or something. 'Cause them I'm not in.