Links and Recommendations
May 12, 2004
Services we've used, people we trust.
Recommendations:
- Automotive Acquisitions - Buying a car? Forget the salesman; Duncan Ostrander is a broker we've used repeatedly for a hassle-free experience each time.
- Coslett Landscape - If you like the looks of our yard, these are the guys that take care of it.
- Donald Brumfield - An excellent painter. Has done a lot fo both interior and exterior work for us.
- Mike's Hauling & Tractor Work - Mike's mowed our front pasture once or twice a year when it hasn't been in use.
- Rick's Window Rangers - Window cleaning and more.
- Lin Sanford - Our real estate agent at John L. Scott. We've been very happy with her assistance.
- Shinstrom & Norman Insurance, in Kirkland.
- Linda Z. Starace - Our accountant for over a decade. 425-453-8630
- Banner Bank - Formerly Towne Bank, which started in Woodinville, a locally operated bank. Tell Eileen Bohn (in the Woodinville branch) that Leo sent you.
Organizations:
- Childhaven
- Corgi-L and Corgi-Aid
- Friends of Youth
- HeroicStories
- Hooterville Pets Safehaus
- Hopelink
- Northwest Harvest
- Seattle Red Cross
- Wolf Haven
- Corgi-L (The Corgi discussion mailing list).
Computers, the Internet and Computing Lore:
- Tech links over on PugetSoundSoftware.com.
- Godwin's Law: on on-line discussions
- The Jargon File: what is a "hack", really? who was "B1FF"? Hundreds more words and concepts explained.
- UrbanLegends.com and Snopes.com. See my rant on Urban Legends for why you really should know these sites.
- This is True - You don't need to read urban legends anyway. This is True is a great humor publication - and it's all TRUE.