u/Fake_Eleanor

Ledges at Palisades construction continues on border of Camas, Vancouver

Ledges at Palisades construction continues on border of Camas, Vancouver

Paywalled article. Main takeaways:

Nope, it's not done yet, so they're not hitting the spring 2026 thought.

Spokesperson says "it's going well," and it's a "massive project" that's "gone through a tough economy."

>Kirkland said about 70 percent of the windows have been installed, mostly on the north-facing apartment side of the complex that those driving along state Highway 14 can’t see. Decks on that side are complete, while about half the decks have been installed on the condo side that overlooks the water. Sheetrock is over 50 percent complete and railing for the decks will start in just over a month. Siding for the buildings is about 70 percent complete.

>Kirkland estimates the scaffolding will come down near the end of the summer.

columbian.com
u/Fake_Eleanor — 1 day ago

Chocolate, vanilla, and ... strawberry? When and why did strawberry become the traditional third flavor?

This question prompted by an episode of The Pitt, where someone is offered their choice of three flavors of Ensure: chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry.

And it got me wondering why strawberry became (perhaps?) the most common fruit flavor/third option for dairy treats.

Milkshakes, ice cream, flavored milk — other flavors are often available, but if options go beyond chocolate and vanilla, strawberry seems to be codified as as the go-to third. It's codified in Neapolitan ice cream, which offers all three flavors in one batch.

Why strawberry? Why not raspberry or lemon or peach? Why is one flavor more common than the others? How far back does that go? Is it even accurate, or only accurate in the US or parts of it?

reddit.com
u/Fake_Eleanor — 3 days ago

Great Princess Story: The New Pornographers song-by-song discussion #109

New album’s been out for a while, so time to fire up the song-by-song ratings for this one!

“Great Princess Story” is track 1 — the first song — on The New Pornographers’s most recent album, The Former Site Of.

Here's a link to the song.

  • How do you feel about “Great Princess Story”?
  • Any favorite lyrics?

How would you rate it out of 10?
1 is terrible, 10 is amazing (decimals allowed, not required)

Note: Comments that don’t include a number vote won’t be factored in. Scores higher than 10 will be counted as a 10.

I'll close the poll in about a week.

Results

Great Princes Story: in progress

All New Pornographers song-by-song results

u/Fake_Eleanor — 9 days ago

Who, if anyone, is the closest real-world counterpart to the resistance leader Victor Laszlo, from the movie Casablanca?

Paul Henreid's character Victor Laszlo in Casablanca is portrayed as a Czechoslovakian resistance leader, but someone with connections to the leaders of resistance movements throughout Europe: Paris, Prague, Oslo, Athens, even Berlin.

The Nazis in Casablanca consider him not just any resistance leader, but someone irreplaceable; the resistance could withstand the loss of other leaders, but not Laszlo. He's well-known enough to have "impressed half the world," suggesting he's not just successful but famous.

And of course he was imprisoned in a "concentration camp" for a year, and succeeded in escaping.

Obviously, he's a fictional character, but is the role itself based on any figure or combination of figures that actually existed in Europe in the late '30s-early '40s? Or is he as pure a concoction as the letters of transit that guarantee anyone can leave Casablanca without being detained by the police (or the Nazis)?

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u/Fake_Eleanor — 12 days ago