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Seattle

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I made a quick inspection trip to Seattle, on my way to intercept the Queen Elizabeth, a Cunard liner. Seattle is very nice…a sort of clean and non-hostile San Francisco.

I visited the iconic Space Needle. Am amazed they could build it in less than a year. One wonders what corners were cut to achieve that!
Pie in the sky? They called it pie, but, as you can see, it is not a wedge. Pie is served in wedges. Tasty, though, despite their misnomering.
This is Dale Chihuly, manager of a glass factory. There is an exhibit of his products at Seattle Center, near the Space Needle.
At Chihuly’s factory, they make many bowls like these. Pretty, I suppose, from a certain perspective. Lacking in utility and not dishwasher safe.
Luckily, Chihuly manufactures decorative forest adornments, compensating for Nature’s lack of beauty.
I discovered a transit vehicle—a sort of train—called a “monorail.” Weirdly, it has only a single track, like a unicycle train! Engineers are still trying to work out how it maintains its balance. Most trains require two, sometimes three, tracks.
Seattletonians specialize in odd structures like this one. The inexplicable lack of straight walls and right angles leads to an inefficient use of interior volume. Wasteful!

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3 responses to “Seattle”

  1. Anonymous

    So good that you are willing to endure the discomfort of travel so that I am able to see the wonders of the world such as a non-wedge slice (?) of pie so that I can snuggle in my bed with my computer and enjoy the sights.

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  2. Anonymous

    Thanks – needed that today!

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  3. Tom G.

    Glad to see that your discerning eye and discriminating taste have not diminished in retirement. I hope that you have advocated to the appropriate authorities in Seattle for their implementation of corrective measures.

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