Fleeced In Seattle

[Hem]

The gum wall ( alley) is overrated...

 

[LousyResident]

The gum wall ( alley) is overrated...

Ridiculously so

 

[TheJason]

The gum wall ( alley) is overrated...

 

[Hem]

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Nice picture of the family. I have a similar one of my girls somewhere in digital archives.
Still trying to figure why it was a must see stop.....a wall of goo and spit.

 

[Ben Lamb]

wall of goo and spit.

I saw them open for a Nirvana ska cover band called Lickity Splits inside a carboard box in a Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone alley in 2017.

Seriously do not reccomend.

 

[BuzzH]

Wow, halibut over $30 a pound. I should probably lock up my freezer.

 

[Hem]

Wow, halibut over $30 a pound. I should probably lock up my freezer.

Yes, I'm trying to crunch #'s to understand if an Alaskan charter truly pencils out.

 

[BuzzH]

Yes, I'm trying to crunch #'s to understand if an Alaskan charter truly pencils out.

I can help with the math for our trip.

400 pounds halibut filets: $12,000
200 pounds ling cod: $4000
100 pounds black rockfish $1500
350 pounds Pacific cod: $3500

Total for 8 guys...around $21,000 in fish.

So about $2700 in fish per guy.

Trip cost is about $3000 each for 4 days.

Not quite, but close not factoring in the fun.

 

[Hem]

I can help with the math for our trip.

400 pounds halibut filets: $12,000
200 pounds ling cod: $4000
100 pounds black rockfish $1500
350 pounds Pacific cod: $3500

Total for 8 guys...around $21,000 in fish.

So about $2700 in fish per guy.

Trip cost is about $3000 each for 4 days.

Not quite, but close not factoring in the fun.

Thanks for breaking it down.
Does the 3k cover the obvious costs, and not so obvious costs?

 

[WildWill]

I can help with the math for our trip.

400 pounds halibut filets: $12,000
200 pounds ling cod: $4000
100 pounds black rockfish $1500
350 pounds Pacific cod: $3500

Total for 8 guys...around $21,000 in fish.

So about $2700 in fish per guy.

Trip cost is about $3000 each for 4 days.

Not quite, but close not factoring in the fun.

I would say y'all came out ahead after factoring in the fun of 4 days of fishing with friends in Alaska.

 

[LousyResident]

I would say y'all came out ahead after factoring in the fun of 4 days of fishing with friends in Alaska.

You pay for the time, the fish are free. Always worth it in that regard.

 

[Laelkhunter]

The gum wall ( alley) is overrated...

I don't know about that. I was able to find a few pieces that still had some flavor.

 

[BigHornRam]

Goddamn. I'm landlocked in Alberta, 1000kms from the coast (615 miles for you Yanks) and King crab is $40/lb. Can get a sablefish for $30 if you know where to look. That is crazy.

You're probably talking in Canadian dollars, too!

 

[noisy]

Seattle is an awesome city. My daughter lives on Capitol Hill and I love visiting. All the "Seattle is Dying" hype is way overdone IMO. I even bought into it before I started going there regularly.

Also, people need to own up to the fact that in this country we do not institutionalize our mentally ill drug addicts. We let them live on the streets. This goes back to the Reagan days when all that funding was cut. You can make an argument that living on the streets is more humane than being institutionalized. In any case, that's where we are now in the USA.

 

[Hem]

Is this a good time to link some sort of Archie Bunker rebuttal...?

 

[thomas89]

Seattle is an awesome city. My daughter lives on Capitol Hill and I love visiting. All the "Seattle is Dying" hype is way overdone IMO. I even bought into it before I started going there regularly.

Also, people need to own up to the fact that in this country we do not institutionalize our mentally ill drug addicts. We let them live on the streets. This goes back to the Reagan days when all that funding was cut. You can make an argument that living on the streets is more humane than being institutionalized. In any case, that's where we are now in the USA.

^^^always one

You see the highlight reel when you visit.

Speechless to think an institution is less humane than letting them continue to kill themselves and others on the streets, not counting all the other crime.

There are plenty living on the streets by choice. Big business up there.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Sell more guns, you’re loaded, remember ...lol

 

[maconbacon]

5 minutes to salmon and Dungeness crab fishing, 1 hour to skiing, 2 hours to Roosevelt elk and black tail in one direction, 2 hours to mule deer and rocky mtn elk in the other direction, just to name a few. Well worth it for a few city warts imo…

 

[Clam]

I’m 30min. N. of downtown. No one I know goes into Seattle without a specific reason, like going to an event or symphony etc.

Many factors. Prices, safety, congestion/hassle, crime. In most areas I think it is basically safe, but why deal with the above factors when there are better alternatives.

 

[SFC B]

I was stationed at Ft Lewis from 2000-03. Went to Seattle a few times and it was very expensive and all of the "fun" things were a hassle even then. Traffic from JBLM all the way north was horrible. After the war started we all had to pleasure of being called names and having our vehicles vandalized whenever we went from Tacoma north (back when we had to have DOD stickers on them) by the same folks that are so "tolerant". I went back for a conference in 2008 and it had gotten much worse. We were staying at the Crown Plaza Downtown and EVERY direction we went was bad......human waste on the street.....horrible trash.....open drug use.....and the topper was the abusive, aggressive panhandlers. Literally had one try to threaten myself and another soldier with me for money. We had to explain to him we WEREN'T from there and if he didn't back off things would end very badly for him. The degree to which people there have become accustomed to, and accepted, horrific crap is scary. Denver now reminds me of Seattle from that time.....I avoid it if at all possible.