Moving to Seattle from the suburban blight of a Sun Belt city, I was struck by the lack of homogeneity. It seemed like a real place. True, you only had to drive across a long bridge to arrive at bland-ville (Bellevue). Yes, Seattle still has a few interesting subsections remaining; but, the dramatic...

93Regina and RickHaleParker: I'll follow up accordingly over the next few days. Thank you.

I spent a few years in Seattle, too, beginning in the mid-1990's. When I visited Seattle recently, I realized that I was probably living there during the last of its glory days. My old neighborhood, Ballard, is almost unrecognizable.

Last spring a problem suddenly developed on my 89 Volvo 245 (B230F). The first start of the day on cool dry mornings is uneventful. As the car warms up (temperature gauge needle moves into normal mid-range), if I turn off the car engine, then attempt to restart, the engine is difficult to start. If ...

After a gap of seven years, I recently returned to the Volvo family (the 240 series sub part). Was delighted to stumble upon this article after a bit of googling. My family and I are members of our local maker-space ( http://www.bellinghamfoundry.com ). So, printing a copy was simple. The result is ...