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s.f. burner home for holiday

Cory — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:46:11 GMT

hello spokane.
im a spokane native visiting family over the x holy days and am curious if there are any burning man type events / parties happening between the 22nd and 27th that will allow me some escape. not looking for anything crazy per se', but just some connections in my home town. i graduated from shadle in 88 and havent stayed in touch with any old friends, so i know no one that could provide a little get away time. if you were at burning man in 2005 or 2006 i may have chatted with you a bit, as i did meet a lot of folks from the spokane area... im an artist with the flaming lotus girls and worked on both the angel of the apocalypse and the serpent mother... spent many nights at these projects "working". but i camped with fandango and did A LOT of bar tending at the BFT. anyway, i never bothered to get contact info for anyone in spokane. burning man is like that. long story short... if there is anything... ANYTHING going on, i would love to hear about it. it may just save my sanity and keep the holy day visit trauma to a minimum.

many thanks
-draz-

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crack?

happyinlife — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:24:34 GMT

first of all let me start by stating i am not from spokane, i have only lived here for a few years.
my questan is whats with all the meth users in this town, i have never lived in a place that it is so comon place.

I grew up in the 6th largest city in america Phoenix , then moved to party town USA Austin, then Denver, and Boise.. none of these Citys where crack users everyplace i went. Everone i meet in this town ether knows someone on it or has been on it them self.

why?

whats the deal with meth and Spokane?

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Is anybody out there?

Luke — Fri, 18 May 2007 23:56:42 GMT

Just rolled into town this week after living most recently in Atlanta, GA and before that Boulder, CO. I'm an eastern WA and Northern ID native and I'm glad to be back. Just wondering what's going on in town. I notice there isn't much traffic on this tribe. Where is everybody?

Luke

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Advice for those of us from the hated state of California?

Izaak — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 01:53:30 GMT

Hi, my wife and I live in Sacramento. As you may have read, houses here are at 300k...to live pretty much in the hood. I see all these incredible houses in Spokane for 75 to 150k and I think, "Looks like a beautiful city, is it liveable?" Are there many jobs? I am assuming y'all get a good deal of snow, which would be strange, but not a deal breaker. We are offbeat people with an appreciation for Ghost World, Elvis Costello, and David Lynch, so a reactionary crowd wouldn't be a good thing. I am just looking to get input on what sort of a town Spokane is. Thanks...

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This is ridiculous

BicycleMatt — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 06:44:32 GMT

Did you know that bromination of benzene is not possible without a good electrophile? Did you know that it is possible to convert a 9 speed campagnolo to a 10 speed campagnolo just by switching out the internals of a shifter and a hub? Did you know that a pinch of salt removes the bitterness from a pot of coffee? Did you know there is a microsoft tech writer looking for the best commuter routes in spokane? Did you know that there is a guy who sits on the side of the airport watching the airplanes take off while he eats lunch? There are so many things going on here, and so many interesting people that we could spend a hundred years talking with each other, and still know so little. Im going to go finish my Quadruple belgian, and go to bed. Iyi aksamlar.

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Rental Homes in Spokane???

Carrie — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:01:52 GMT

I'm having a hard time finding a place to rent in Spokane.... any hints? I'm coming from OK Oct 1st & need something closer to the AFB. I've checked to Spokesman Review & Craigslist, are there any secrets or anyone know of any real estate agents that have rental properties? Thanks!

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Which route to Burning Man?

Dork — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:50:03 GMT

Which road do you guys take to get to Burning Man? It looks like there's at least 3 possible routes, none very direct. Going through Boise is a bit longer but appears to be a little less remote. What's the best route for a reliable but rather over-loaded car?

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sundog

hootinanny — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 01:53:33 GMT

so did anyone else see the sundog?

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Favorite Restaurants

silusgrok — Sun, 02 Nov 2003 16:38:23 GMT

Okay... so maybe a specific question will spark some discussion :

What's your favorite restaurant in the Inland Empire?

Why?

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Great diesel buses available for adventurous travellers from honest activist

patrick — Sat, 20 May 2006 16:12:54 GMT

I'm a travellin' fool, mostly to the third world. Lotsa time in Central America, the Caribbean, and SE Asia.
I also travel by my buses, I have 27 or them, so if you need a bus, parts, or just advice, just yell

I'm still new to this tribe thing, but I am a nice person, and have the best buses in the world. I use school buses to haul medical and material aid to some of poorest places in the world (Haiti, Chiapas Mexico, El Salvador, and Nicaragua) and buy and sell them, and bus parts to support the project. I take every penny i make and convert it directly back into school supplies, medical supplies, tools, generators, and whatever the folks ask for specifically, (no junk, no used clothing) and then drive it down in person (except Haiti, that's $6000 thru the Panama Canal. Ouch)

I sell buses to folks that are 100% functioning in every way when they leave my hands, and also give any body thirty days to return the bus if unsatisfied. Nobody ever has, but it's OK, I'll just sell it to somebody else. you will also get a lifetime of free advice before and after you get a bus from me, I'm avaiable 7 days a week within reason, and after having dismantled 14 buses, and owning about 60,I am pretty knowledgable about their inner workings. Also got lots of good used bus parts, at the best price anywhere in the US. Ii have no overhead, just my Mazda mini truck and some tools.

I have a website (below) so you can check out my work. have a good one

Patrick Young
1970 Gillig Splendocruiser
Spicer 5 speed --fully manual
Powered by 8V79.5 CAT NA
4 wheel drive (the back ones)
Aka
the Wheelchair Project
Fresno, CA
http://www.fresnoalliance.com/wheelchairproject
(559) 251-3814 (559) 244-1042
WheelchairBusProject@yahoo.com

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Spokane Burners

Sandwichman — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:07:43 GMT

I am looking for info for a friend who needs to meet some burners in her area....Anyone?

Jason

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Black and white Media

noah_waters — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:21:03 GMT

Does anyone here use black and white as thier media? I am new to digital photography and would welcome any hints tips or advice on the subject? Also I love landscape pictures and will eventully share some of my own, once I am finished moving( long storty, shallow plot). Anyways also wanted to say thanks for leaving this tribe open...

Noah Waters

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DSL Providers in Spokane?

kindsis — Tue, 17 May 2005 22:49:21 GMT

I'm trying to help someone get a package or cheap deal on DSL and/or long distance and local phone service in Spokane. What do you use??

Thanks!

Laurel

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Knitters?

Taresa — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:56:39 GMT

Some Spokane knitters gather irregularly to snack and knit in different locations. Email me for more info at taresa@usa.com.

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Continuing saga...

BicycleMatt — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 23:51:38 GMT

So Im in the middle of a remodel upstairs.

We bought this house and owned it as of dec 10th. The upstairs wasn't up to what we thought a bedroom should have been, so we started something we hadnt done before. I hadnt realized that the putting up of a ceiling would have instigated all new electrical, and all new drywall on everything. PLus the new carpet, etc... Well I had no idea on how to do it, so I asked for help from a Seattle friend. He did me well, but my new Spokane friend did me better. He put ijn all new electrical, plus he is willing to help me install the drywall. I had also met another guy whose doughter goes to school with my son, and he is willing to help as well.

Moral of the story is that Spokane seems to have a surfeit of construction titled talent.

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Getting started.

BicycleMatt — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:18:31 GMT

Long story of when why, and how I got to spokane, so I won't relate it. Suffice to say Ive been here for about 3 months and things are going well. Im glad Ive met the people I know, and I hope it keeps on going that way. Coming from Seattle, after 17 years, I had high hopes for Spokane. They have not been met. Im hoping that someone knows of a coffee shop that is within 2 miles of the Garland district that stays open till midnight. or at least 11pm. Im looking for better sushi than Aki's has to offer(yes Ive tried the shogun, not as good). Im looking for a place that sells fine beers(chimay, mcewans, spaten, lindemanns, cantillion, Duchesse la bourngone(sp?), Orchard street, and just about any belgian, or german beer.) or a bar that serves fine beers. Im looking for a better bookstore than Aunties. A better bikeshop than North division bike shop. A better bike trip than Garland.
Im also looking for a job at night, for only a few hours a night, once or twice a week.
Im deep in the middle of remodeling upstairs, so I need drywall. Any one have any to spare?

till later, and remember, Rubber side down.

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Holy shit!

Wed, 05 Jan 2005 20:22:33 GMT

Spokanes got a craigslist page.

http://spokane.craigslist.org

Use it beeeatchs

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Good Brewery?

Sun, 14 Nov 2004 02:51:34 GMT

Hi all! I'll be moving to Spokane in a couple weeks with Strix Owl & another friend, and I just wanted to find out something very important: where is the best local brew pub? You see we will have to celebrate our arrival, we're all very happy & excited about this move.
Take care folks,
Justice

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Headed Your Way From CA :-)

Strix — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:47:39 GMT

Will be moving to Spokane from CA at the end of November (04). Read the previous posts and really appreciated the restaurant recommendations. Hope to be more involved in this tribe after move. PC disconnect is quickly approaching as well as the net withdrawls.

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Santa's check his list, and you're f***ed

Fri, 17 Sep 2004 00:32:07 GMT

Portland Santa-Con: Santa's checked his list and you're f***ed
Again this year, I will be busting out my dirty matted santa suit for a saturday of drunken debauchery with the other Santi in Portland for this year's Santarchy, Santacon, whatever the hell you want to call it convention. Please let me explain.

Last year over 150 Santa Clauses in different phases of innebriation descended upon Portland for a night of partying the jolly man would thoroughly disprove of -- our trip included:

-Walkthrough of the Saturday Market.

-Magic Gardens for drinks and strippers.

-Walkthrough Embassy Suites to “worship the tree ”.

-Walkthrough Bancorp ’s Building to confuse Security.

-Walkthrough Powell's ending at the front door- joined the strikers briefly.

-Santa Sack Race at the park blocks in front of Powell's Technical Books.

-Eagles Club for gay bar porn and drinks.

-Ringler ’s for dinner and drinks.

-Fantasy Video to try and find Santa porn.

-Walkthrough Whole Foods Market.

-Hung Far Low for quick appetizers and drinks.

-Walkthrough Pioneer Square and "worship the tree" part two.

-Portland Center Stage to visit the SantaLand Diaries.

-Virginia Caf éfor drinks.

-Stealth Santa Walkthrough at Meyer and Franks (Santa makes it to 10th floor and invade a closed SantaLand exhibit- until they kicked us out). I GOT TO LEAD THE CHARGE ON THIS ONE!

-Talk an out-of-service Max driver into taking Santa to the Chinatown stop.

-Invade the Tube- no drinks, just demanding ice water and martini olives.

-Mary ’s Club for PDX SantaCon traditional drinks and strippers stop.

-Santa Stroll to the Jefferson Theatre to be VERY naughty.

-Out the back door of the Jefferson and into the River City Saloon.

-2 Gyrl ’s performance at the Jasmine Tree.

It's an exhausting, grueling over 12 hour long party that moves, and is honestly the most fun one can have fully clothed in a Santa Suit. Last year, I missed about a third of the event because my train was delayed by a trainwreck. I still caught the bulk of the red menace and drank my way through Portland at the various watering holes we stopped at, or by consuming my tropical blue schnapps convincingly hidden in a Scope bottle. Drunk Santas chugging windex and mouthwash are some of our favorite sight gags. We handed out the most outrageously reengineered toys and naughty and nice stickers to the bad big kids partying -- candy canes to the little ones we happened to encounter.

This year I am organizing a trip down to Portland for Eastern Washington Santi who would like to partake in the gift of the Magi. Since Santacon only visits places that do not necessarily "thoroughly" check ID's, the 18 AND OVER crowd is welcome. Besides, how are they going to know when you're in a Santa suit.

If you are interested let me know. We'll be putting together some pre-funcing events for those interested in coming. If you'd like to see pictures of Santarchy worldwide please go to www.santarchy.com or check out the various santa groups on tribe.com.

Santacon is Sunday December 11th from noon to midnight.

Ho Ho -- will somebody please get me a Ho!?!

Santa Trainwreck

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new here

TheUtopian — Fri, 21 May 2004 01:51:18 GMT

Hi everyone. I'm up in Spokane about once a month for work...can anyone suggest a good place to eat? how about a good place to stay?

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coming back

zendrake — Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:19:26 GMT

Hello all,
I'm going to be coming back to spokane from houston and staying from 3to6 months so my mom and sister can see their grandbaby/neice.
Any special events, festivals or barterfairs going on this autumn or winter?

thanx
sam

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deer lake

Thu, 12 Aug 2004 18:24:12 GMT

Has anyone been to Deer Lake? It's in Loon Lake up North of Clayton? My sister just bought some property there.

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Place to stay!

redcouchnomad — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:35:10 GMT

I'm traveling from Texas to Vancouver on my motorcycle and will be passing through Spokane in mid August. So far I've been using cool sites like couchsurfing.com to find places to stay for a night but I haven't found a place in Spokane yet. Does anyone want to let a traveler stay for a night? You can learn more about this stranger wanting to sleep on your couch at my website (www.fliptophead.com).

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How come....

Wed, 14 Jul 2004 05:05:33 GMT

you people in Spokane never say anything? Don't you have anything good to talk about. Come on I lived there and know there is lots going on.

Anyway, boat races, dry-shitties, next week! You know who to ask.

I'm here and live on the west end of the course by Columbia Park so ask. Oh, and the campground in the park is CLOSED this year so don't even try that.

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Spokane Ice Cave

nervous_ned — Sat, 07 Feb 2004 21:52:19 GMT

This is kinda crazy:

http://www.spokaneoutdoors.com/icecave.htm

Cheers,

stan

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Anyone here from Peaceful Valley?

nervous_ned — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 23:56:58 GMT

I lived there in the 70's and loved the place. Anyone got a story?

Namaste.

stan

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photography

Ant — Thu, 22 Jan 2004 05:10:24 GMT

Is any one into photography? Even if its something you never tried its fun, DO yo uhave a digital camera?

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Interesting things to do in Spokane?

vix — Thu, 05 Feb 2004 09:55:09 GMT

So what things do you enjoy doing in Spokane? Seattle people are always yelling that there's nothing to do over here! You have find your fun.

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QUIET GROUP???

mnewguy — Thu, 01 Jan 2004 18:42:52 GMT

Damn it's sad Spokane is so quiet!!!!!!!!

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how do we get more people

Ant — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:47:53 GMT

so how do we get more people involved in this tribe?

My natural instinct told me to search for my local area when i joined Tribe.net. Are we the only ones in the area that have discovered it? or are people from around here more interested in meeting people from other places.

I have invited a few of my friends but so far no response from any? Does the name Tribe scare people?

this could be a very good thing if it gets off the ground.

Thanks for reading!
Ant

Http://dookie.biz

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

vix — Thu, 01 Jan 2004 22:24:16 GMT

It's good to see this community is growing.

What are your new years resolutions?
How would you like to see Spokane change for the better in '04?

You can also post pictures of Spokane for the community pictures/icons.

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Computer Repair

jefu — Sun, 21 Dec 2003 21:10:36 GMT

I have two laptops with hardware problems. Are there are computer repair places in spokane that are good for coping with such things. They both dual boot linux and MS-something so I'd prefer a place that won't tell me that they can't do anything because the machines boot to linux.

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hello :)

dave76er — Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:46:12 GMT

Thought I would join since I meet the requisites. How is everyone?

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living space needed

Tue, 04 Nov 2003 21:16:36 GMT

Hello all. I am wanting a place to stay in Spokane since the commute from Cheney is not working for me. I can't pay a lot, but I don't have a lot of stuff (as in a bed and some books, basically) and am a generally quiet and housebroken kind of guy. Any leads for me?

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hullo all!

Mon, 03 Nov 2003 02:12:39 GMT

Frank here (Cheney, actually, but close enough). Moved up from Phoenix in August and like it so far, though I haven't had much time or money to explore very much. Would love to make friends in the area. I could also use a job (part time or full time) in a good kitchen. Anybody have restaurant connections?

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hello!

karlito1984 — Wed, 29 Oct 2003 22:41:15 GMT

Just joined via invitation...I'm a recent refugee from California now living in Sandpoint. I know absolutely no-one here. With your help I can get through the culture shock... :-)

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hello

license — Wed, 29 Oct 2003 21:24:57 GMT

I'm new here. I know Joleine.

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Liz Tilley

Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:35:54 GMT

um, ya. i'm just here 'cause Liz Tilley is from Spokane and she rocks. Ya Spooookaaaan!

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hmm

vix — Wed, 10 Sep 2003 04:52:18 GMT

It won't let me add more info to the description and change he directory to Regonal. Wonder why.

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