Were I to chair a campaign that used dubious tactics, it'd be a lot more fun. People would still be upset, but there would be an element of humor involved.

I don't hear a lot of laughing around election time

'07? I still vividly recall sitting with Rich Hartman on election night '06 at Geppetto's and commiserating with him on his loss over a stiff one. But it's not worth arguing about. Either way, he's no longer on the school board.

ETA....geesh. I am getting old. Just recalled that I was commiserating with him about something totally different that night. It was at some kind of event at the QBR last fall where we discussed the school board race. Still over a drink. I only drink, at most, once a month or so, so this really isn't the booze talking. I'm 50, I tell ya. The brain has gone seriously downhill the last year or so. Oy veh! So, yeah, it was '07. Sorry.

[quote=StriderI thought he had left the area. [/quote]

Only to East County. Not far enough?

Yup.

The guy who owns the rest of the dealerships lives here too.

Paisley Penguin has lots of books? I drove by and saw one shelf full. What's the deal? This town needs a real bookstore. Thank God for the internet.

Amen to that. I buy all of my books online, because there isn't a true bookstore here.

Jay's Stand is great, Levee Lumber gets my money on projects (unless it is seriously cheaper at Home Depot and in most cases, it hasn't) and, like someone else said, I shop for clothes online.

But not having a true bookstore in this area sucks. I have to get my fix when I go to Seattle.

Yup, definitely miss the bookstore, even though I got tired of working there (but I solved that by quitting ).

Buying books online is easy, but I really miss the new-book-smell that you get in person . . .not to mention the excitement of opening the shipments of all those brand spanking new books . . .

Ah, memories . . .

I've been known to drive to Olympia for errands and get virtually none of them done because I've just spent 3, 4, 6, 7, hours at B&N. I've stayed so long that I've had two meals at Starbucks!

I haven't bought a book in a bookstore for so long, I'm not sure I'd remember how.

I buy at Estate Sales. I've a rack of about 30 now on which I'm behind. Every other week or so I add two or three to the shelf at a buck or two each... ebay for an urgent, specific need.

This morning I was bagging an item that the cashier felt was better left to roll around in my trunk and while I was bent down with both of my hands tied-up trying to slip the 30 or so cans of pet food into a sack the jim lad shoved the receipt in my face telling me that he had my receipt. I'm not too suprised.

When he greeted me he asked how my day was going and I said greeeeaaaattttt, how 'bout yours? He responded by informing me it could be better, that it was a long day and he did not want to be working. Phhhhttttt.

I'm pretty sure that is not an approved response for a retail clerk. If one does not want to work with the public one should not be a retail clerk. Ditch diggers make pretty good money I'm told.