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UGG!  Moving back with my parents would have felt like the biggest failure ever for me.  I think my mother did a good job making life in her house so unpleasant that going back was not an option.    I worked crappy jobs and lived in a crappy apartment but it was a good lesson.  Being poor is a good lesson.  

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My husband and I became Domestic Partners about 5 years before we got married.  We became Domestic Partners so that I could have medical insurance.  I was blown away because when we got married the cost of the insurance went from $440 a month to $24 a month.

I guess a part of getting married is about saving money.  We were lucky enough to have the right to get married.  I feel terrible for all of the other Domestic Partners who will never have that $$$$ benefit of marriage.

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YES!!!!!

I have been preaching my desire for a waterslide park for years!!!  

posted 2 years, 9 months ago
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My concern about a ballpark would be the traffic. I live about 7 blocks North of the Rose Quarter. When there is a Blazer game it is extremely unpleasant to commute. 

When Seattle has a  baseball, baskeball, soccer or football game, the city is greatly affected. It becomes major rush hour on the freeways.

I don't think the this area of town can handle all of the traffic.  At 5PM you can barely drive north on I5 due to the traffic up to Vancouver.  We need better planning.  

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I really wish we could turn the Memorial Coliseum into an indoor waterslide park.  We could use rainwater and solar to help create it.  

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I grew up in a small town, Pomeroy, 100 miles "downwind" from Hanford. The population of my town is less than 1500 people. The percentage of people who have developed Lupus and Cancer is overwhelming. Many believe that Hanford is to blame for much of the sickness.

I now live in Portland but grew up near Hanford for 18 years. It still terrifies me.

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