Seattle on MM

[niq]

It seems there are a bunch of people on MM who live here but don't post on the local board. Anyone know what the deal is? Are they lurking or not even reading? Is there some sort of feud or were they just on TK/TN at different times so it's different friends groups?

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[Deleted]

I have no idea but have wondered about that too.

[Deleted]

We are waaay too puppies and rainbows for them.

[mominatrix]

Hi!

I don't post on MM (they freak me out!) But I do post on the politics board.

I guess I don't post here because I never got in the habit before the big move. Since then, this board has been delightfully busy, but I never saw my 'in'... So I guess it's now.


Intro!

I'm Chris. I used to be alkibride on the knot, as I got married on Alki beach (wow. Clever!).

I live now in the 'bad' part of West Seattle. Favorite pizza: Proletariat in White Center.

Two delightful kids. The older one starts kindergarten in the fall, and I have war stories of the school district to prove it.

We have a dog and four laying hens. My H works for a large local aerospace company in IT.

I'm currently drinking lemonade my daughter made, with a nice hit of vodka in it.

Cheers!

..via mobile.

[Deleted]

Welcome mominatrix! Join us we have fun here.

[InBetweenDays]

Welcome mominatrix! I have a daughter entering 1st grade and we had some discussions on thenest about Seattle schools. Can you tell me how you taught your daughter to mix drinks??

[mominatrix]

Jul 20, 2012 21:08:33 GMT -5 InBetweenDays said:

Welcome mominatrix! I have a daughter entering 1st grade and we had some discussions on thenest about Seattle schools. Can you tell me how you taught your daughter to mix drinks??

...july twenty-something, and we still don't know what school she's going to in six weeks, so I deserve vodka!

I was actually teaching her how to make lemonade... It's become her favorite drink, and she figured out the three ingredients, so we bought lemons and had at it. The vodka was.a later, adult, addition. We'll teach her about that after she's done with kindergarten... Much...

Reminds me of the friend who taught her dog to get her beer from the fridge (she left a dish towel in the handle). Kids are almost as handy! :-)

..via mobile.

[Deleted]

Lol, eh, teach'em young how to make drinks and they can bartend for extra cash when they hit 21. Welcome mominatrix! (love the name). My ILs live in West Seattle about 2 blocks from the WC line

[jennlin]

Jul 20, 2012 20:50:43 GMT -5 @uwhuskygirl said:

We are waaay too puppies and rainbows for them.

this!

[mominatrix]

Jul 20, 2012 21:22:44 GMT -5 @ksta said:

Lol, eh, teach'em young how to make drinks and they can bartend for extra cash when they hit 21. Welcome mominatrix! (love the name). My ILs live in West Seattle about 2 blocks from the WC line

Funny! We're near SCCC. We joke that it's the ghetto of WS.

..via mobile.

[niq]

Jul 20, 2012 20:50:43 GMT -5 @uwhuskygirl said:

We are waaay too puppies and rainbows for them.

Meaning what? they think we should all be scolding each other about all sorts of sh!t?

[karebear219]

Welcome mominatrix!.... I know that I personally don't have time to keep up with more than one board. I love H&F but can't keep up with them and you guys. You guys win.

[mkate710]

Jul 20, 2012 22:11:44 GMT -5 karebear219 said:

Welcome mominatrix!.... I know that I personally don't have time to keep up with more than one board. I love H&F but can't keep up with them and you guys. You guys win.

Ditto. I love H&F and the beauty board but I just can't keep up. I do lurk them though.

Welcome Mominatrix!

[dana86]

Welcome! I used to be on the cooking and pets board a lot but this is about the only one I come to anymore

[joenali]

Hey Momanatrix!! switched schools and wi be teaching in west Seattle now!! Welcome to the local board!!

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Jul 20, 2012 20:44:02 GMT -5 niq said:

It seems there are a bunch of people on MM who live here but don't post on the local board. Anyone know what the deal is? Are they lurking or not even reading? Is there some sort of feud or were they just on TK/TN at different times so it's different friends groups?

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I used to think that there was some sort of feud or that some of them didn't like us....

I remember back on TN there was on poster....who would come over here and cause trouble (you can prob figure out who I am talking about)....then she would go back to MM and talk trash and since she was a reg there, they would totally be on her side...and I think some of the peeps on "her side" were seattle posters too....

Who knows what the deal is now. I know that we have tried to be welcoming in that past....even to the trouble maker. Who knows.

It's prob just like others said... that it is too hard to keep up with several boards. And prob not much else.

But also maybe because we are rainbows and unicorns and they can be snarky sometimes i think. obviously that's an over generalized claim....not trying to slam.

[jennlin]

Lol, I don't think there was a "feud" between us and that person, I don't even remember why she didn't fit in on our board--- but that's exactly what it is...some people just don't "fit"....and we're a tighter knit board, with more heartfelt answers, whereas places like MM or any other fast-moving national boards, most the time (not always), their responses are shorter and too the point, simply bc they have sooooo many posts to read, which can be conceived as rude-
On this board, I would say about 80% of us know each other IRL, so we care more about each of our posts, as well as the people behind each post. The boards just have a different vibe. Some like fast paced, some like slow. And as "fast" as we think our board is....try following the nat'l boards! We aint got nuthin'. Our board is probably boring.

/pre-7am rambling.

[picksthemusic]

Jul 20, 2012 20:50:43 GMT -5 @uwhuskygirl said:

We are waaay too puppies and rainbows for them.

This is my thought, too.

[emyinpink]

I think a bigger thing is that people are comfortable on their home board, and don't necessarily reach out to other boards.

[joenali]

I branch out and sometimes I get shit on, but it's fun that way!!