How do panhandlers spend your money? 這篇報導讓我想起兩個星期前在 Westlake Center 前一個 Panhandler’s Note. 不太記得完整的句子. 大意是, “Please help! Parents murdered, need money to learn Karate to revenge.” Side Note: Complaints mount about debt collectors Read a good book lately? 1 in 4 hasn’t Youths don’t rely on money for happiness — but it helps Medical Side Note: Youths may not know of high blood pressure
更換成抽油煙機…
星期六家裡的微波爐使用了十多年後, 在小小的爆裂聲中終於壞了… 由於老婆很久前就想把這台微波爐加上抽油煙機給換成像東亞家庭使用的抽油煙機, 剛好就利用這個機會把它給換了. 去了西雅圖的 Chinatown/International District 逛了一下, 選了太平洋這個牌子. 先前的舊微波爐/抽油煙機已經有排煙管了, 不需要另外請人做過, 只需要更換成這個抽油煙機. 還好沒有太難…
好多東西都在漲價…
Forget caviar and lobster; basics are pricey enough
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照片出處: Seattle Times
Cost of dairy farming is rising with milk prices
Year Farms Cows
1996 902 257,000
1997 825 253,000
1998 770 248,000
1999 725 247,000
2000 680 246,000
2001 655 246,000
2002 630 247,000
2003 602 247,000
2004 585 240,000
2005 560 237,000
2006 550 233,000
Source: Washington Dairy Products Commission (Seattle PI 報導裡的資料).
Side Note:
UW ranked 11th on public-university list
Police to increase patrols downtown
Most youth happiest just being with family
Youths say parents are their heroes
Working women could use a wife
Top party school: West Virginia
Medical Side Note:
Sales of pain-killers in state up 96 percent since 1997
Virus may be partly to blame for obesity
Wanted: athletes with defibrillators