tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post8563157640917956437..comments2023-09-23T08:26:38.233-07:00Comments on Port Angeles Unearthed: Shell GameCrypt Kickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-35259016112670014262015-10-03T13:55:05.239-07:002015-10-03T13:55:05.239-07:00This is "fund".This is "fund".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-19889823017898097692015-09-30T08:51:12.088-07:002015-09-30T08:51:12.088-07:00Gee Scott, it really isn't difficult to post. ...Gee Scott, it really isn't difficult to post. People do it every day.<br /><br /> And, you had no problem posting your shorter comments. Maybe learn from that? Oh, that's right, why learn from observable reality.<br /><br /> I've heard about that "positive world" where everyone supports you with smiles and happy talk, no matter how utterly stupid your proposal is. It doesn't actually create any self supporting successes, but the participants enjoy themselves, and that is all that really matters, isn't it? <br /><br /> I hear a large percentage of the population is on anti-depressants, these days. "Happy pills" that make people happy, no matter how screwed up the situation has become. Very popular in our current culture. <br /><br /> Why actually do what is necessary to correct the wrongs we wreak upon the planet? Why stop destroying our children's future with the rape, plunder and pillage we depend upon to live the lives we enjoy? Why spend any time feeling guilt or remorse for what we do? They have a pill for that. They have "medicalized" guilt and concern. Now, it isn't about being a selfish jerk; you have a medical problem just like diabetes, and no one questions a diabetic having to take THEIR medicine?!?<br /><br /> So, yes Scott, you probably should retreat to the comfy happy talk of Revitalize Port Angeles. Facing reality can be so uncomfortable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-31081938868653013662015-09-30T05:50:59.981-07:002015-09-30T05:50:59.981-07:00No Scott, it hasn't been fund. That's the ...No Scott, it hasn't been fund. That's the problem. You can't raise the funds. Not to buy the Lincoln, not to restore the Lincoln, and not to run the Lincoln. If you can't figure out how to send comments to a blog, Scott, I really doubt you're going to solve the mystery of how to buy the Lincoln. <br /><br />But enjoy that positive world, okay? Crypt Kickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-69719875728507948642015-09-29T21:12:38.533-07:002015-09-29T21:12:38.533-07:00ok, I give up. Apparently I have a problem sending...ok, I give up. Apparently I have a problem sending my longer answers - but still under the character limits. I cleared all formatting, etc. I know you need your anonymity to attack people but anyone can email me at birchhills@mindspring.com. So I will go back to a more positive world. Its been fund.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01379809054257593097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-21856700950383334342015-09-28T19:30:28.307-07:002015-09-28T19:30:28.307-07:00Let's see how downtown is doing the last week ...Let's see how downtown is doing the last week of January, and the first couple of weeks of February. Maybe they'll hold another beer fest, then. <br /><br /> Given the Coho will be out of service for those two months, and all the people who otherwise wander around downtown waiting for the next ferry won't be there, it will be a good indicator how much PADA and Revitalize have really accomplished.<br /><br /> All well and good to be positive when there are people (how ever few) around. <br /><br /> Success isn't about convincing other how great things are, it is about how great things are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-30622903376997507882015-09-28T18:13:21.564-07:002015-09-28T18:13:21.564-07:00Scheduling the A&D festival on the same weeken...Scheduling the A&D festival on the same weekend as the Film Festival in Port Townsend was a big mistake. I've also heard complaints about the lack of non-alcoholic beverages for those who don't drink or didn't want to. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-53253235334363751422015-09-28T17:38:08.676-07:002015-09-28T17:38:08.676-07:00I guess they didn't learn from the failed &quo...I guess they didn't learn from the failed " Arts in Action".<br /><br />I guess they didn't listen to Port Angeles residents who said "Arts" was a low priority for them, when recently polled.<br /><br />Like the "Light up the Lincoln" effort, also supported by the PADA and Revitalize Port Angeles, the supporters think they can ignore the realities of Port Angeles, and just wishing and hoping things will be different is enough to MAKE things be different in Port Angeles.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-76438952341606182532015-09-28T16:54:18.411-07:002015-09-28T16:54:18.411-07:00So Revitalize packed the photos with their friends...So Revitalize packed the photos with their friends or something to mislead everyone into thinking people actually attended this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-8635051727426439672015-09-28T10:39:56.036-07:002015-09-28T10:39:56.036-07:00I want to be positive about the event, and I know ...I want to be positive about the event, and I know friends that went and had a good time, but that was probably because the $25 got you all you could drink and they were counting on the servers to not serve if the person was inebriated. Personally I did not go because I was aware that if I drank $25 worth of beer I would not be ok to drive so $25 would have indeed been a ripoff to me, being responsible. They just didn't get organized enough in advance to plan to give out only so many tasting tickets with each purchase. The headline in the PDN saying "hundreds" attended was kind of sad because a successful event like that should have drawn thousands. I'm glad they tried, but hope they learn from it. Other communities put on successful events like this all the time - they could have just asked for a template, they don't need to reinvent the wheel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-32764278940451419372015-09-28T08:57:18.398-07:002015-09-28T08:57:18.398-07:00The Revitalize Face Book page has several photos u...The Revitalize Face Book page has several photos up showing a "crowd" of people. Naturally, they want to accentuate the positive.<br /><br />I've also seen some photos taken by non-Revitalizers which show extremely sparse attendance.<br /><br />Nothing in today's PDn, so it was clearly and underwhelming experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-15682920974436017872015-09-28T07:18:44.564-07:002015-09-28T07:18:44.564-07:00The Arctic drilling rig's last day to drill wa...The Arctic drilling rig's last day to drill was yesterday and they got zilch-packing up and not returning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-84038973267738397742015-09-28T04:39:34.616-07:002015-09-28T04:39:34.616-07:00Scott, these are the ONLY comments I have received...Scott, these are the ONLY comments I have received from you in the past couple of days. Here they are. No others have come in. Whatever problems you're having with communication are happening on your end, not mine. Crypt Kickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-71629218416679295582015-09-27T22:35:39.023-07:002015-09-27T22:35:39.023-07:00$12 to park in the lot next to the Transit Center ...$12 to park in the lot next to the Transit Center probably drove a lot of people away this weekend. I wound up parking behind Coog's - and it didn't hurt that I had to bring back my drums to his back room, which is our rehearsal space. I'm certain that it kept that sheriff's deputy that was patrolling the alley from ticketing me.FYVMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171480667966546698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-25962950082416592182015-09-27T22:32:28.365-07:002015-09-27T22:32:28.365-07:00The festival was craptastic. $25 a head to enter t...The festival was craptastic. $25 a head to enter the beer garden is ridiculous. And their live entertainment was..... well, it was live, but aside from our friends in the belly-dancing troupe it wasn't all that entertaining. Worst of all was the acoustic folk-grunge act that my punk band utterly destroyed the night before at the Metta Room. I'd say their music could be used as a form of capital punishment, but it'd violate the rights of the condemned under the Fourth Amendment - cruel and unusual punishment.FYVMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171480667966546698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-40348745412752576412015-09-27T20:35:01.355-07:002015-09-27T20:35:01.355-07:00Are you going to publish my comments? If not let y...Are you going to publish my comments? If not let your readers know. Thanks<br />ScottAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01379809054257593097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-2931149153690294272015-09-27T20:34:17.199-07:002015-09-27T20:34:17.199-07:00I wonder why my replies and notes have not been po...I wonder why my replies and notes have not been posted. I see other posts today? Did you get anything from me?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01379809054257593097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-18028684162707528052015-09-27T16:47:56.397-07:002015-09-27T16:47:56.397-07:00No photos in my inbox, at least not yet...No photos in my inbox, at least not yet...Crypt Kickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-34342027580959550472015-09-27T11:11:38.324-07:002015-09-27T11:11:38.324-07:00Well whenever I see Keith Thorpe's knees and f...Well whenever I see Keith Thorpe's knees and fishing vest walking around camera in hand, I make myself scarce too. Got to love the article, it's all "well it's nice out but we aren't selling anything!" Hope we had someone here to photograph how miserably this event failed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-38923158900935085282015-09-27T10:45:46.889-07:002015-09-27T10:45:46.889-07:00I hope CK will let this through, because it's ...I hope CK will let this through, because it's really not intended to be as snotty as it might seem. Anyway...<br /><br />I understand people not having faith in this "Light up the Lincoln" campaign for all the reasons that have been listed here. All are valid concerns. But I look at this project, and the driving force behind it (Scott Nagel), and wonder how much drive that force has left.<br /><br />Let's face it: this has been Scott Nagel's baby. His dream project. But I look at Scott Nagel, who is somewhere near 70, greatly overweight, and I can't help but think he's not going to be around for long. Or at least around and actually able to lead this effort. To me, he looks one or two more cheeseburgers away from a major cardiac emergency. When that happens, I could easily see this whole thing losing all steam (such as it is) and fizzling out completely. <br /><br />In other words, I guess I'm skeptical enough to say that, even if Nagel got a million dollars, I don't think he's in shape to pull it off. And of course, he doesn't have a million dollars, and no one is going to just give him a million dollars. <br /><br />This Lincoln fantasy just has too much going against it to ever succeed. Asbestos, no ADA compliance, no digital projectors, not being earthquake ready, not being a grant attracting building of historical or architectural significance, Port Angeles being so off the beaten path, the city being so hostile to the arts, the building being in such sad shape overall, and Scott Nagel being in such sad shape. His (financial) history with both the lavender and crab festivals are also red flags. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-23541614696505302472015-09-27T10:33:08.782-07:002015-09-27T10:33:08.782-07:00Love the contrast.
The PDN covers both the first ...Love the contrast.<br /><br />The PDN covers both the first PA beer bash festival today, as well as the local school district needing to hire not one but two drug and ALCOHOL counselors. <br /><br />We're really working both sides of that equation, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-86406025364763677022015-09-27T09:47:02.086-07:002015-09-27T09:47:02.086-07:00Middle East music and belly dancing in the Pacific...Middle East music and belly dancing in the Pacific Northwest Timber town drinking cider. Sure. I can see why there were no people in the background of that picture.<br /><br /> Or, why they spoke about "the Surge". It worked so well in Iraq!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-72249876700230232962015-09-27T09:45:29.989-07:002015-09-27T09:45:29.989-07:00I read the article on the weekend festival - and I...I read the article on the weekend festival - and I use the words "article" and "festival" very loosely here - and noticed a similar lack of specifics and an abundance of generalities. It seemed the writer had some difficulties going beyond two paragraphs and creating the impression that this sow's ear was a silk purse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-49576493397974057162015-09-27T08:58:18.977-07:002015-09-27T08:58:18.977-07:00Interesting new pitch in that article. Now we need...Interesting new pitch in that article. Now we need a "mid-sized theater" because we have a smallish one, and a large one. (No mention of the Little Theater, though. It is pretty large) <br /><br /> Also interestingly, the only person in the article about their "Drink 'Em Up" "festival" that was, not surprisingly Leslie Roberts. The vendors weren't doing well, but made polite comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-67718922445414177132015-09-27T07:42:44.282-07:002015-09-27T07:42:44.282-07:00The employers around here have a hard time filling...The employers around here have a hard time filling vacancies because they set their two standards so high-you must show up unstoned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-47561735415369250862015-09-27T07:14:00.951-07:002015-09-27T07:14:00.951-07:00So Scott, I think it's safe to assume there...So Scott, I think it's safe to assume there's no Part 2 coming from you, despite what you said. That sort of lack of follow-through from you is, well, at the very least, emblematic of the doubts people have about you and your Lincoln plans.<br /><br />And, on a related note, I couldn't help but notice that the new PDN article about the Lincoln's "open house" you hosted didn't mention any numbers - as in, numbers of people who came to hear your latest pitch. One photo had one (very elderly) person talking to Mike Gentry. The other photo had two lonely people sitting in the theater, with no one else visible behind or around them. So I'm guessing that not many people stopped by to hear you, Scott. Maybe they get enough hot air and magic beans stories from the local elected?Crypt Kickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.com