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#1 Nov 10, 2008
Currently my husband and I live in Vancouver/ Portland area. My husband is a train conductor for Burlington Northern and is going to be in Spokane for the next six months training to be a train engineer, well since Spokane will turn into his home terminal for 4 years we are thinking about moving there. Both of us are outdoor loving people, water, mountains, snow, hiking you name it we love it. I would like to know the pros and cons of the Spokane area! What is the best area to live in there?
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#2 Nov 10, 2008
Personally I find Spokane Valley to be the best area as far as a more relaxed atmosphere, less traffic congestion than Spokane but plenty of shopping, etc... It's beautiful out here!
#3 Nov 10, 2008
I'm a Portlander myself, now a Spokane transplant. Here are my pros and cons:
Pros: sun almost every day for seven months a year; homes are about 2/3 what they would cost in Portland; good public schools in neighborhoods you can afford; you can actually buy land here; five nearby ski resorts with better snow than Mt. Hood; you can bike to work without risking your life; the fall colors in town are incredible; if you're a liberal, you can actually make a difference here; Spokane is blossoming into cityhood as Portland did three decades ago, and it's fund to be part of that; being relatively close to the Canadian Rockies, The North Cascades and Montana is a fine thing.
Cons: you're a looong way from real cities here; conservative religious people run the joint, plain and simple; rednecks yell and wave their middle fingers at bicyclists (you can guess which side of this transaction I'm usually on); most people here are even more reluctant to extend friendship than Portlanders are, amazing as that is; there is a tough shabbiness across Spokane that Portlanders only find in certain parts of the East Side; you will miss Oregon beaches; forget about artsy movies; grocers and farmer's markets here absolutely suck.
#4 Nov 12, 2008
this is a great place to live and raise a family, you will hear alot of negative but most people love it hear. Iam a Seattle transplant and I love it.
#5 Nov 12, 2008
I love it here as well. I'm afraid my "balanced" assessment above came off harsher than it was intended to.
As for best places to live, that depends on what you can afford. The West end of South Hill is charming, affluent and leafy, much like Portland Heights. The North End/Wandermere area is newer, with view neighborhoods, big houses and great schools. The Valley is laid back and affordable. Liberty Lake is the currently hot neighborhood, all new and going rapidly upscale. CDA is beautiful, but costly and far away.
#6 Mar 7, 2009
run (away)!
#7 Mar 7, 2009
There are too many people here already.
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#8 Mar 7, 2009
I wouldn't come if I were you, the city is full of racist people. The town is part of the government's Federal Witness Protection Program, as such, you would discover strange things happening to your piracy. The city hates business owners and does not encourage new dynamic business adventures, the business sector is controlled by old money with old ideas (the city is not allowed to Seattlizes and grow, the judicial system is controlled continuously in a state of conflict of interests by Gonzaga Law School Graduates everybody knows everybody else in the courts and they all work against you if you try to change things in Spokane, oh, you better never talk bad about Gonzaga. The police here are racist, the housing market is ballooning because the rush from California, the town is a who-you-know to get a job type of place to the 5th power, you dont know no one you dont get a job. The nightlife is a joke, there are no radio stations allowed in Spokane unless you like junk, the city hates diversity. If you are an inner-racial couple you are not welcome and if you are a minority couple you are not welcome. Everybody is in everybodys business so you must stay in your house with the doors locked!
But other than these facts Spokane is quiet the city does not grow, so if your family comes, that means someone else and their family MUST leave!
,..don't say someone didn't warn you!
#9 Mar 7, 2009
Some unusual comments above: I've ridden my bike all over the area the past ten years and I've never encountered rednecks raising their middle fingers at cyclists. About once per week I am asked for directions to find local places - always friendly!
The area is not filled with racists (an image perpetrated by the Aryan Nations which moved to N Idaho from southern California, originally, and which has since disappeared). Both of my white daughters have best friends who are black; a son is dating a young woman of Japanese ancestry. None have experienced racist taunts.
Predominant ethnic minorities include Native Americans, and Russian and Ukrainian immigrants. About 7% or so of the Spokane Valley speaks Russian or Ukrainian. This is a very different mix than what you find in the coastal cities.
On the pros - a very good place to raise families. Heavy traffic of the type found in the coastal metro areas is non existent. Smog is non existent except for occasional field burning fires in August.
Housing is much less costly than the coastal cities (and is just starting to fall in price here, as it already has been doing on the coast).
Our local schools have been excellent; most of the schools are very good (there are some exceptions, as there are in any community). I have volunteered in 3 high schools and 1 middle school and am super impressed by the enthusiasm and hard work of both staff and students.
That said there are legitimate "cons" - it is a big "small town". If you like the hustle and bustle of a big city down town, you won't find that here. If you like a life style that is laid back - but with relatively good access to many big city activities (shows, airport, etc)- then Spokane is a good place.
Spokane and Coeur d'Alene are pretty much out here on their own. This is not big metro city surrounded more big cities. But again, it doesn't have the hassles of the huge cities either.
If you like access to natural surroundings - that is excellent here. Spokane is sometimes referred to as being the most western city at the base of the Rockies. Its not technically correct but it is all mountains from here east to the Rockies.
On the cons, the city of Spokane has a long history of dim witted politicians, often owned and controlled by the Cowles family. The Cowles family goes back over 130 years or so, owns the local paper monopoly, owns a TV station - and has a documented history of running out of town those who disagreed with their own business goals. Their company has enormous real estate holdings throughout Spokane County - and through their political influence set zoning laws to benefit themselves. The Cowles family power may be waning as their local newspaper shrinks into oblivion.
Their remaining businesses paper (paper mill and forest products) are also under pressure from the collapse of the newsprint/newspaper industry.
Crime rates are about the same as the rest of the state.
In terms of jobs, the big ones are health care, education, government (USAF, federal, state and local government jobs), and agriculture. The tech sector - so big in Portland/Vancouver and Seattle is largely non-existent here. There is a hard working and excellent blue collar work force in the trades and running businesses like metal fabrication, construction, and heavy equipment.
Salaries are lower in Spokane than in Seattle (except for health care, education and government).
If you like a place that is a lot drier than the coast, yet has most big city amenities without the traffic, long lines, and big city hassles, you my enjoy this area quite a bit. If you really want a big big city, then you probably won't be happy in Spokane.
#10 Mar 8, 2009
All true, but you've left out the revolving door at the "Nervous Hospital".
Since: Apr 07
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#11 Mar 9, 2009
I feel sorry for you. You sound like a very sad, bitter person. I hope things look up for you in this new year.
#12 Mar 10, 2009
The best way is to come up here and visit. See how you are treated and how people react to you. I can assure you you will be impressed with the people. Many railroad people live here. I am sure your husband can get a lot of information from his fellow workers. I would suggest living on the north side - it's a lot closer to the outdoor things you like to do.
#13 Mar 18, 2009
Be careful of Spokane...especially walking by cars...don't touch them...Jay Olsen (possibly Kate as well) might shoot you in the back of the head as you run for cover....
#14 Mar 18, 2009
Im thinkingthis guy needs serious help.
#15 Mar 18, 2009
Kate is a great example of why no one should move to Spokane. Jay Olsen is another. Ignorant, lying cowards. Please chose to live elsewhere, unless you have a bulletproof vest and helmet, because Jay Olsen is still roaming the streets of Spokane...Reply to this Kate if you know I am right!
#16 Mar 20, 2009
Pissed off sounds like he has an issue with cops, Kate. I actually know Jay and find him rather commical at times, a real genuine guy. He doesnt need to go on camera like this Shonto guy and have a bunch of attention. Jay is mostly just, well, Jay. He has nothing to prove, and his friends and family will always be just that, family and friends.
#17 Mar 21, 2009
Tim John must have read my mind.
Spokane is a totally awesome place to raise your children to fear people who are not conservative whites.
Yes, "things get done around here in that manner, because that's the way it's always been done."
That's probably the best way to sum up Spokane...but, if you like that kind of thing, then I suggest you pack up everything and move....you'll fit right in with everyone else, then.
#18 Mar 23, 2009
SInce John had a sex change and became Mary LOL. She CAN read his mind.
#19 Mar 23, 2009
As long as Kate lives in Spokane I wouldn't move here. She's Nuts
#20 Mar 23, 2009
Whatever you say, you obviously have a need for attention. You cant even stay under one name, you jump all over the place with several names having conversations with yourself.
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I would think insurance might cover it as personal property but you'd have to be able to show you actually had that stuff. How? Not only would the paperwork for it (receipts) most likely be destroyed, but it's the kind of thing where the inventory would always be changing, so what you had last month isn't necessarily what you have the day of the loss. It's not like a TV or a car where you have the same one for years. Anyone could walk into the insurance office and claim they have $5,000 worth of food in their basement, but I would think the insurance company would expect some proof before they paid out.
I'm not sure at all how claims like that would be handled. I'm sure it varies, like everything else having to do with insurance.
Those who TRULY believe the world is ending will not be stockpiling. What would the point be?Sponsored Links Remove Advertisements02-21-2012, 12:16 PM #94
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A very good point...
if people really thought the world was going to end they would not be stockpiling(hogwash in my eyes) but i think alot of people like myself believe the world is not going to end...it is going to continue to exist...it is just going to throw curveballs at us such as natural disasters, economic collapse(even further than now) etc... and by stockpiling we are preparing for times when we might not be able to purchase items at the grocery store or not be able to afford them...02-21-2012, 01:33 PM #95
I think some of the extreme coupons on the extreme coupon shows alluded to this as fact.02-21-2012, 01:36 PM #96
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I think it's always good to have some preparation for the down times. When it becomes an obsession or starts to interfere with being able to enjoy life, or causes people to live in fear in a daily basis, then I think it's time to take a step back and look at the positives, of which there are many.
There have always been natural disasters, and economies have always run in cycles. We're in a down cycle right now. Personally, I think it's starting an upswing again based on things I see happening locally which IMO are indicators of things happening nationally and maybe globally, although if gas prices go up very much it will be a setback.02-21-2012, 01:39 PM #97
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I can't imagine insuring food would be the same as insuring something of more lasting value, such as jewelry. I could be wrong since I really don't know, but it just seems like that would be different.02-21-2012, 01:42 PM #9802-21-2012, 01:44 PM #99
For jewelry you have to have a insurance paper stating the value.
So yeah, it would be different but I'm betting it could be done. It would sure make your stockpile cost more though. Paying a premium to have it insured.02-21-2012, 01:50 PM #100
Economically things here locally are improving. I think we have had more time to upturn here though as our factory major employer here closed 2008/2009. But we rebuilt and worked together as a community and now are growing again.02-21-2012, 01:54 PM #101
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Thanks, Russ and Imagine.
I think it would be lumped under personal property, but of course it would depend on the policy like everything else. I'm sure this comes up often, because even if you don't have your whole basement full of food, even just replacing what's in a freezer and pantry for day to day use can run into a lot of money. So there must be a way for insurance companies to handle it.
I suppose if there was something like a fire, an adjustor could actually see the remains of canned goods and things like that, which would be proof the food was actually there.
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I can see signs of economic growth all over in our region. The naysayers who enjoy being negative will say it's all political but that's a hard argument to make when new businesses are moving in, job openings are being posted, and people are being hired.
Shipping of iron ore was way up last year. That means there is an increased demand for steel, which means there must be an increased demand for products made of steel, which in turn means an uptick in jobs to make the items from the steel, or soon will be. Somebody's building something somewhere. And that's just one segment. Steel is only one component that goes into steel goods, so there are other manufacturers that have to employ people to supply the additional components. The ripple effect will means more jobs all the way around.
New vocational courses are being added to some of the community colleges here, because there is an increased demand for skilled labor for certain manufacturing segments here.
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You can have an insurance policy or rider and it will cover food storage, as long as the items were obtained before a disaster.You will need photos, an inventory, an estimate of value and proof that you have the storage capacity for the items claimed.It would not hurt to have receipts. You can keep the inventory items and other paperwork in a safety deposit box or other personal areas away from the home.You agent can have an updated inventory file with the needed items.All stockpiles of this sort are most likely meticulously inventoried, and many foods are shelf stable for up to 30 years, reducing the need for continual rotating.I would check with your TRUSTED insurance agent. Just as I would not live by a stream without flood insurance, I would not stockpile these huge amounts without a replacement policy.To do so would be foolish in my opinion, some I am sure would be willing to take that risk for reasons of their own. It comes back to bite them.
I agree that prepping can become obsessive, and it appears to take over peoples lives. What I do notice is that many of these couples seem to do this as a form of activity that they enjoy doing together. It may be their form of togetherness and building and working together for a common goal. To me personally, it is a better shared activity than shopping with a credit card at the mall.( It is not good to prep for the future with a credit card at the mall.Grin) To each his own.What a wonderful gift for a food bank, friends or family, or just a food savings, if times look up. What a blessing of food and necessities in times of trouble.One thing I know about life(for now) is that it goes on.
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Sherman Williams Duration. I painted some non-treated wood for a garbage corral with the stuff when it first came out several years ago, and everything is holding up amazingly well despite constant weather.
Any good quality exterior latex, 2 coats. I actually do not paint white but use other light colors, easier to identify my equipment as MINE.
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You could go that route...or I go down to the Lowes and check out the "oops" paint shelf. I get $25 exterior paint for 5 bucks a gallon..color is not really an issue although I did pass on the bright pink!!
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I was looking for the bright Pink what Lowe's
I prefer paint of the paint type. Light colors. Preferably cheap, or free. Check your local recyling center. Lots of times they will have it free for the taking, or almost free. I personally don't like to work with Kilz, but it's tolerable in the open air.
Get a cpl of gallons or more and an empty five gallon bucket. Dump them all together and there you are. The best paint to paint bee hives. Don't forget the brush.
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I been going with the natural wood look myself lately! Tung oil is ok, i tried it!! The linseed oil and alil beeswax mixed is ok also but alittle messy! I like the Minwax natural wood for exterior use myself.
When I was a kid, I remember hives painted a metallic grey.
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Fun thing is my wife pointed that exact thing out to me 2 months ago and I had been reading it wrong my whole life!!!!
Further more I did not catch it when I replied to the post!!!
That Williams guy makes some darn good paint whatever his name is.
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I bought some mis-tinted paint to actually use to paint our coonhound's dog house. I went ahead and painted a couple of hive bodies first...its purple. My husband won't let me near his hounds house with it! So I guess I get some funky hives. I now have purple, baby blue, and white hive parts. I just buy whatever is on the sale rack. I guess I'm still looking for dog house paint now...
Human natural selection= just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself.
A flame detail might be nice! Smokin!!!!!
I don't paint anything anymore. I doubt the increased life span is worth the cost of the paint, and I know it isn't worth my time.
I was going to try that...couldn't bring myself to.
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I try to go for anything but white. One I painted a few days ago was dark green. I use a good primer and then 2 coats of exterior latex.
one of my bosses is a professional painter so i asked how will i get the longest life out of a hive.
he said.
make the surface smooth. so i am filling the joint ends in with some wood fill and sanding the whole thing smooth.
then he said to get a good paint and suggested something some sherwin williams and the bear all in one paint with primer in it. he also suggested a semi-gloss to gloss finish because it is more durable.
i went for the bear, i did one hive with 3 coats and one with 2, now i am working on testing a couple of supers with the wood fill and sanding.
i got my paint advice first, then the prep advice.
he also said like a house, you will need to repaint.
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COSTELLO: That many people are out of work?
ABBOTT: No, that's 16%.
COSTELLO: You just said 9%.
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The festival includes songs, narration, recitals and dialogs that are staged over 10 successive nights, culminating the festival of Vijayadashami the day when Lord Ram won against Ravana. The final battle is staged in public, where effigies of the demon Ravana are set to fire.
Ram Lila is targeted towards the Hindi speaking community, although many people now are drawn to it for inspiration and to take a look into Hindu mythology. Its is a run up to the grand harvest festival of India known as Dussera.
Ram Lila is known to be India's most famour theatrical experience. It is presented as a cycle play, in makeshift open air theatres in the late evenings, and the story varies from 7 to 31 days, typically lasting 10 days.
The story of the Ramayana is acted out with focus on the battle between Lord Rama and demon Ravana, and it consists of a series of dialogues between Gods, sages and the devotees. The cycle of plays culminates with Diwali on the last day, marking the victory of Lord Rama; The effigies of Ravana are burnt, amd this emphasises the victory of good over evil.
Local musicians provide the beats. Special drums known as 'Dhols' are used to set the scenes and provide sound effects.A singer or priest recites verses from the Ramayana, and the actors are cheered on by the audience.
The different forms of Ram Lila are the Ayodhya, Ramnagar, Benaras, Vrindavan, Almora, Sattna and Madhubani Ram Lilas. These vary in the number of days and are followed by different groups of people. Ramnaga Ram Lila, for example, lasts for 31 days and hundreds of sadhus known as 'Ramayanis' come to Ramnagar to watch and recite the play. Each region has a different kind of play enactment, borrowing from the local traditions,which is moulded to please the local crowd, and yet they all bear the same message, bringing hope and light into everyone's lives.
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Ram Lilas are performed exquisitely all over India. The beautifully adorned actors and stage setups are the highlights of Ram Lilas. A competition is held on the last day in some places, and prizes are given for the most unique and appealing effigy. Stalls are put up around the theatres; they sell foodstuffs and memoirs.
The audience is even invited to participate in the dances and singing, and the overall atmosphere is very and joyous.


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Anyone have a good sausage recipe using mainly venison, pork butt and potatoes? Thanks!
Anyone have a good sausage recipe using mainly venison, pork butt and potatoes? Thanks!
I use packaged spice packages now days then "modify" them w/ peppers, garlic etc. I recomend "leggs" and "southern plantation" brands but there are lots I havent tried.
I use http://www.alliedkenco.com/catalog/index.php for all my sausage making stuff. Good reliable and fast. Local butcher shops have the spice packages also. They usually make 25-50 lbs but if you have a scale you can reduce as needed. There was a real good sausage making website but I cant find it today!
We've made sausage since I was a kid my kids are now doing the modifying now. My 17yr old son added jalepeno, beer and a little liquid smoke to his german sausage this year and it is great. We use deer and elk w/ pork fat for moisture and a little grease addition. About 6-10% fat to our recipes. We always cook a little of the made up batch before we stuff so we know what it will taste like and modify as needed. Good luck
For breakfast bulk sausage, add a good splash or
two of buttermilk. ummmmmmmm
Closing in on retirement.......
I have a recipe for venison and pork butt sausage, but it is smoked and no potatoes. Let me know if you're interested and I'll post it. (Never tried it myself but it looks good.)
Anyone got a recipe for pork-free sausages?
Birmingham UK
I used this one, but cut it in half and used 3# pork and 2# venison, no mace or allspice, and cleaned out the grinder by running a few potatoes through it and frying it all up as a hash. Very tasty!
Looking at that, the pork may well be there to supply fat. That's easy to get round, but the one time my wife ate pork by mistake, she had to rush to the toilet and put her fingers down her throat! She's a devout Muslim, so that's really serious.
Birmingham UK
get the book great sausage recipes and meat cureing by Rytek Kutas. It is 25 - 30.00 but is a wealth of info with many 100s of recipes. One trick you will learn from this book is to use non-fat dry milk in place of fat to keep sausage more moist.
I concur with danno on this subject, excellent recipes and easy to read.
"Younz" have a great day, I will.
We've substituted freshly ground skin-on turkey thighs and boned legs in pork sausage recipes.


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"Mentally we were all very tired, and then suddenly here was this new hope," she says. "We were very frightened. There was bombing and shelling, and for days, the Baath were coming to the house wanting to know how many men were here - we didn't know what they wanted with them."
By early afternoon cars, taxis and utilities were streaming into the newly liberated city, ferrying revellers in and large quantities of loot out.
For the Sherif family, it is a time of celebration. The sisters bake colchica cookies - traditionally reserved for the Eid feast at the end of the Ramadan fast - and greet long-lost aunts and cousins with hugs and tears.
"It was terrible here under Saddam," says Renak, the third sister.
"They didn't want us to have any news so television aerials were forbidden. We had to keep an aerial in secret and put it up at night to watch Kurdish television from the north."
On Saturday, the arrival of cousin Nawzad Fadhel Ahmed, exiled to Erbil, 85 kilometres to the north, by Saddam in 1996, brings fresh expressions of joy. He is hauled into the back parlour, where Erbil gossip is swapped for hot, black tea.
On the wall hangs a pewter plate stamped with a picture of a smiling Saddam.
"I said we will leave him there forever, so that we don't forget him," says Renak.
Abdul Karim has a different explanation. "Even still we are worried that Saddam might come back. We still remember what happened in 1991, when we were freed for 10 days, and then the Baath recaptured Kirkuk."
Like most people in Kirkuk, the Sherifs are slowly, almost painfully, turning their thoughts to a brighter future. On the outskirts of town, blackened, rusting oil pumps suck feebly at an oilfield thought to account for 40 per cent of Iraq's massive reserves.
Mohammed Sherif, a pipe fitter, has not worked for several months.
"I hope there will be work for people with my trade when the Americans start running the oilfield," he says. "Who knows, with oil and peace this city could become like Dubai or Qatar."
Evening comes and Nawzad has to return to his wife and child in Erbil.
Renak and nephew Murat decide to go. "I want to see Nawzad's wife and her child," she says "I've never met her."
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While sources from the sets of Salman Khan-Katrina Kaif starrer Ek Tha Tiger kept raving about the positive, friendly vibe the ex-lovers shared on the sets, a magazine report has just shattered the hunky-dory story by reporting that Sallu used the stick on Kat.
The cover story in film magazine CineBlitz's latest issue claims that Sallu got mad at Kat for wearing a figure-hugging, cleavage-revealing dress that showed too much skin.
The report has eyewitnesses recalling that he asked her why she was wearing it, and when she said it was the director's call, he told her, "I'll see your director", following it with a string of loud abuses and a blow to Kat from a stick that was lying closeby. A frantic Kat apparently fled from the spot, locked herself up in her vanity van and sought help from actor Kareena Kapoor, who was shooting for Heroine a few blocks away. It was only after Kareena came and spoke to Sallu that Kat is said to have breathed a sigh of relief.
While both actors choose not to comment on the matter, Kat's friends rubbish the reports and say it is only vested interest that has led to such a story.
"No such thing ever happened, and Kat is very hurt to hear of such false news. They share a healthy, happy bond and have put the past behind. Everytime Salman tastes success, someone is out to spoil his case," says a close friend of Salman and Kat, wishing not to be named.
The film's director, Kabir Khan says, "Please don't expect me to comment on bulls**t."
The magazine, however, stands its ground. "We have said what we wanted to in our story. I have no further comment on this," says Nishi Prem, editor, CineBlitz.
In February 2008, Salman reportedly slapped Kat in a coffee shop. Onlookers said Kat did not react; she walked out.
In May 2008, while shooting for the film Yuvraaj with Katrina, Salman allegedly slapped her in her vanity van as he was miffed after seeing pictures of her with Akshay Kumar at an IPL match.
In September 2002, ex-lover Aishwarya Rai had alleged that Sallu was harassing her and had even had hit her.
While Salman was dating actor Somy Ali in the 90s, he had allegedly poured a bottle of cola on her head at a party, which resulted in their split.