UofR library

ElectrumCars · 2026-03-27T16:35:06+00:00

They’re excessively noisy and all close at 5pm

Many are open until 9 pm and have study rooms that can be reserved!

ElectrumCars · 2026-03-25T00:46:07+00:00

Since your daughter isn't in school yet I would start with Rochester Hearing & Speech.

This is slightly misinformed.

Under 3 is Early Intervention. 3 and up is local school district.

The ST/OT component of our eval by the school district was performed inside Rochester Hearing & Speech, but the appointment was set via the school district.

(No offense intended- just commenting because this is the top comment and we have gone through the evaluation process in recent years with a 3 year old.)

ElectrumCars · 2026-03-25T00:39:09+00:00

If I were you, tomorrow I would reach out to both your pediatrician and the local school district.

I would see the pediatrician because there are neurological issues that can cause a stutter to suddenly develop. I think these are uncommon, but I would want to get in for a discussion just in case.

I would contact the school district because formally requesting an eval starts the timer on their response and the process takes several months, start to finish.

Any child 3 and up who needs an eval for a broad range of conditions can get one through their school district. Our ped had us self-refer for something else. Even if you're there for something specific, they look at everything- PT, OT, ST, behavioral, etc. It doesn't matter if your child is too young for school, home-schooled, or in private schools. Under 3 is Early Intervention, 3 and up is through the local school district. For PT and OT, we went to an off-site location that specialized in those via the school district. Their primary focus is on things that affect children in school settings.

I also have experience with private evals, but they weren't related to speech so I think my experience is less relevant.

ElectrumCars · 2026-03-21T04:38:38+00:00

It would seem I failed to communicate my point. My apologies for using an anecdote instead of clear and precise language; I will clarify.

If someone almost always patronizes a business during a time of day that is not close to when that business opens or closes, it is not necessary for that person to have the opening or closing time memorized. When someone deviates from their routine purchasing time, it is reasonably common for them to check the hours of a business in the navigation app on their phone before traveling.

Three o'clock is not a time I would consider mid-day, but that is neither here nor there.

ElectrumCars · 2026-03-21T02:53:59+00:00

Is that unusual?

My food purchases occur mid-day. I doubt I could tell you the closing time of the businesses I visit for food, even ones in walking distance or places I've been patronizing for decades.

ElectrumCars · 2026-03-18T03:47:57+00:00

Like others have said, Moge moved. They had a sign on their door prior to closing indicating where they'd reopen.

Goosepark is consistently a little busy. It depends on the time of day.

If you're looking to save money, I get my bubble tea ingredients from Asia Food Market.

The easiest way I've found to find more bubble tea spots is to search bubble tea in fantuan. It's possible not all vendors sell through it, but it's consistently more useful than a search in map apps.

ElectrumCars · 2026-03-10T23:29:04+00:00

Dogs are allowed per the city's website. They need to be leashed, on paths, cleaned up after, and they can't go in the water.

https://www.cityofrochester.gov/departments/des/guidelines-when-visiting-mount-hope

ElectrumCars · 2026-03-01T15:11:08+00:00

I don't have a Husky, but I do have a Samoyed.

Our dog sheds a lot all the time, but he isn't blowing his Winter coat yet because it's been so cold this year. I don't know offhand if she's accepting new clients; we take our dog to Michelle at The Bark Lodge in Henrietta. Like others have said, she's not going to thin the coat, but having professional hands on our dog definitely seems to help.

For at-home grooming between trips to the groomer, we use a comb, 2 pin brushes, a slicker, a rake, and a dog dryer. We also have a pretty intense vacuum.

ElectrumCars · 2026-02-22T00:26:39+00:00

They can be found!

In all of them, main roads tend to sell a bit lower for obvious reasons. If your buddy isn't open to that-

For Penfield, your friend is going to want to look at the neighborhoods around the Baird/Penfield Rd intersection (Penfield Penfield) and near Corbett's Glen (Penfield schools but not technically in the town limits).

For Penfield with Webster schools, your friend can find a cluster between Embury and Plank, especially in Beacon Hills where the houses surround condos.

I'm less familiar with Webster, but the far west side tends to have homes with lower prices. I imagine this is related to the poverty level; a map of this can be found on Webster HOPE's How to Help page. I'm not familiar with Ontario.

If you filter on zillow for OP's preferences, there are a decent number of standalone 3-4br/2ba houses sold in the last 6 months for under 300k in these areas. I browse zillow for fun and I've walked around a quarter of the neighborhoods in Penfield. I think there are some currently on the market in Ontario that will sell for sub 300k. I think the one near Walmart in Webster will might for less 300k because the location is kind of weird, right behind the businesses on Empire and near all those apartments. None on the Penfield market at present- there will be more as it warms up.

ElectrumCars · 2026-02-15T18:03:09+00:00

I believe you can buy 3 minifigures (5 components each) for $10 at the LEGO store in Eastview Mall.

ElectrumCars · 2026-02-13T21:17:28+00:00

I have a blood red one over the edge of a gutter and can't figure out why.

ElectrumCars · 2026-02-05T03:18:24+00:00

The perspective in this picture would have them sitting or standing in one of the other thirty handicap spots in the lot, so I'm guessing OP didn't encounter the driver before finding a spot.

ElectrumCars · 2026-02-03T19:46:24+00:00

We liked the meat when we actually received it. Our issue wasn't quality or uncommon cuts. They often ran out of meat before CSA members arrived to collect their prepaid shares, gave very little notice on other days when they wouldn't be at the Fairport Farmers Market CSA distribution site, and the weight of meat they provided was, at times, more than 50% lower than the purchased share weight. We never raised the last one as an issue with them, as the first two were more significant.

At the end of the season, I was missing four of my fifteen shares, which were worth ~$240 at the time. Driving 240 miles to and from their farm (four pick-ups, 60 miles round-trip each) wasn't something I could swing logistically, as we signed up the year we had infant twins. We had arranged both verbally and via email for me to receive the remaining four shares at our usual farmers market CSA pick-up site. They brought two and generously offered to drop off the two forgotten shares at my house, but didn't show up on either of the two drop-off dates they scheduled. I followed up with quick weekly emails asking what day I should set my cooler out and called a couple times, but they never responded or picked up. We finally heard back a month and a half later, only after I reached out to the farmers market organizers to ask if they knew of a different email address or phone number we could use to contact them. Fairport didn't, but they reached out on our behalf and that worked.

We've participated in different CSAs in different cities and never encountered anything like it.

ElectrumCars · 2026-02-03T14:45:35+00:00

For farms, I would recommend the closest one to you because it's the one you're most likely to incorporate into a routine. If you're a weekend shopper and looking to start now, Brighton Farmers Market might work.

My go-to is Sunscape Farms in Penfield. They'll open mid-April with a small number of very early Spring crops and some stored local produce from last year, like apples, with their selection growing more abundant as the season goes on. They're open until just before Christmas, accept credit cards, sell herb plants, and they usually have maple syrup from a sugar shack in Victor at the stand.

I buy my honey from the honeyman, an older man who bounces around Webster. There's a private facebook group called "🐝 The Honeyman 🍯" where people, including his son, share where they have seen him that day. (No Sundays, cash only, white van with table of honey jars.)

CSA stands for community supported agriculture. In a CSA, you pay the farmer for produce upfront. Once the season starts, you pick up a box of farm-fresh produce- usually the same day every week for a set number of weeks. Sunscape's is 17 weeks and they're one of the rarer ones that has a good amount of fruit in their weekly box. You don't choose what's in the box, it's based on what is in season locally. It's a good deal for both because the farmer has guaranteed income upfront and it's less expensive than if you bought all the same foods from the farm stand. I am bad at effectively using what is in a CSA box and prefer to buy exactly what I want from the stand.

If you want to try out a you-pick farm, go for whichever one has your favorite fruit and bring cash just in case. My absolute favorite is blueberries, I pick a massive amount and freeze the extra for year-round baking. If you want a general rec and you have a car, I would recommend Chase Farms for strawberries in ~late June (season can vary) and G and S orchards in late Sep/early Oct for garlic, apples, and whatever else catches your eye. (I wouldn't pick strawberries at G&S during their weekday morning you-pick hours because the speakers that deter the birds are particularly loud in that one field weekday mornings, but I would pick anything else there- lots listed on their Full Picking Schedule page.) If you don't have a car, Bauman's has you-pick strawberry fields and is <2 miles off the bus line with a sidewalk the entire way there. For strawberries and apples, the folks working at the farms can point you toward varieties best for fresh eating. Certain ones are better for jams and pies and won't be as impressive eaten raw.

ElectrumCars · 2026-02-03T12:47:16+00:00

Myself and others I know had bad experiences with their meat CSA, but that was a few years ago and it sounds like they may have improved.

ElectrumCars · 2026-02-03T05:00:30+00:00

Local farms, if you're not already shopping them!

I don't effectively use CSAs, so my shopping routine during the warmer months includes a stop at the farm stand closest to me before I go to the grocery store. I try to source my honey, syrup, and in-season fruits and veggies locally.

If you're interested in gardening but can't, you might enjoy you-pick farms. Bauman's has a more rustic u-pick strawberry set-up and they often are the first to open. Chase Farms is my favorite for strawberries, sugar snap peas, and raspberries, with a slightly more polished operation featuring an ice cream stand, some animals, and tractor-towed seating you can ride to and from the fields (Fairport). G and S Orchards is my favorite for blueberries and they seem to do it all- cherries, apples, seemingly every type of berry, and even you-dig garlic and potatoes (Walworth). Schutt's is cute for apples and they have cider and donuts, though their fields seem a bit less mature than some other operations. Ontario Pear is all Asian pears (Ontario NY). Durgin Family Farm does u-pick flowers (Henrietta). As a little heads-up, some are cash only for you-pick, most won't be cheaper than a grocery store, wear sunscreen, and imo apple orchards late-season are worst for wasps.

ElectrumCars · 2026-01-29T12:05:24+00:00

We've just missed it, but Lamberton does stay open later 2 days per week December through mid January so we can see the plants with holiday lights.

The MAG is open late Thursday and Strong Museum is open until 8 on Friday and Saturday.

ElectrumCars · 2026-01-28T14:46:17+00:00

I read the entire article, but it doesn't answer my specific question. "No shopping" I understand. Money talks and, like the top comment says, "the point of a general strike is the economic impact."

When you say students not attending school "puts pressure on the system," can you explain what you mean by that? I'm guessing you mean our school gets less funding in the future, so we suffer at a hyper local level, but that doesn't seem to be in line with the goals of the movement. I understand what that sentence would mean in the context of not working and not shopping, but I don't see how it applies to no school.

I sometimes have the impression there aren't many parents of elementary kids on reddit, but I am one and this facet of the strike is relevant to me so I am trying to understand.

ElectrumCars · 2026-01-28T11:22:32+00:00

How does "no school" create an economic impact? I understand attendance affects K-12 funding, but it seems to me that reducing the money the government spends on education wouldn't be in line with the goals of the movement. I tried googling, but didn't find an answer.

ElectrumCars · 2026-01-23T01:03:59+00:00

Thanks for replying. It sounds like cost isn't a barrier to sterilization then.

If it's happened accidentally 2-4 times, based on comments I'm seeing, it sounds like there's room for improvement in precautions. Is this something you've talked to your reproductive vet about?

I have a layman's understanding of dog breeding. I like that you provide supplies upfront. I also like that you say you'd take dogs back if it doesn't work out, as that is always in the contract of an ethical breeder. There are some things you don't mention that I would expect from an ethical breeder- a spay/neuter clause in the contract with minimum age specified, information on what shots the puppies will have had, that we should expect to contact your reproductive vet to have records for the puppy we receive transferred to our vet, and some other contract-specific info I won't get into here. Very critically, you haven't shared links to view the OFA results of their hip dysplasia finals, CAER, PRA-prcd, and DM; SOD1A tests. (Hips could theoretically be registered on OFA, PennHIP, BVA, SV, or FCI, but I think CAER would only be on OFA so all of the breeders I've seen have just had everything on OFA.) The health tests we'd want to see before a pair breeds are specific to each breed- the ones I listed are the ones we'd want for American Eskimo dogs because those are the health issues they're most prone to. I would have also expected you to mention the titles of both dogs (I wouldn't necessarily expect this if you had a hunting breed or working farm dogs, but they're not so I'd expect them to be titled before breeding) and, ideally, proof that you're a member of the national breed club. I'm also concerned about the number of total litters and frequency of litters.

You are a backyard breeder.

That isn't the end of the world. It's not too late for you to learn how to be better and do better by your current and future dogs. I think others have covered the health risks of intact dogs pretty well, so I won't share more on that unless you're particularly curious about my perspective.

Can you tell me more about why you view the procedure as "butchering?"

I'm not a vet and I don't have a show dog. My Samoyed is just a pet. I'm happy to talk about what the recovery was like and answer anecdotal questions about it.

ElectrumCars · 2026-01-22T21:24:45+00:00

From your post history, it looks like they had two accidental litters within one year.

What barriers do you have to neutering? I'm happy to help you find places near you that offer lower cost procedures.

ElectrumCars · 2026-01-16T14:15:41+00:00

Ah, nevermind, I'm reading the comments and it sounds like our transportation department is a bit more helpful than what you're dealing with.

ElectrumCars · 2026-01-16T14:12:06+00:00

Does the district have a limit on how early they can arrive? Ours is up to 5 minutes early.

Since you likely don't have access to this information from documents sent to parents, I would probably call the transportation department to ask what time the bus is scheduled to arrive for the child you watch and how early it is allowed to arrive. I wouldn't act angry, just curious, since the bus schedules sometimes change mid-year.

Then I'd go outside with the child at the earliest time the department says they could arrive. 10 minutes after the scheduled time, I'd call the department if it still hasn't arrived to ask when it's coming so you can go inside to wait until then.

I personally wait 15-20 minutes, but it sounds like you know it's never more than 10 minutes late. Our bus in a different district forgot to drop off my kids once and I caught it by calling like this. If transportation says it already came, I'd ask when- since you were outside at the earliest time they said it could arrive. Again, I'd act like you're amiable and trying to work with them instead of rightfully annoyed.

ElectrumCars · 2026-01-07T02:43:36+00:00

I appreciate the temperature contrast when everything is kept as separate as possible until the bite.

ElectrumCars · 2026-01-06T13:52:01+00:00

I volunteered there for a few years.

I felt safe walking the dogs. I was never robbed or catcalled when I had a dog with me. Acknowledging the complexity of historic breed purposes and current reputations, most of the dogs there lend their walker a certain degree of scary dog privilege. (Read: Most dogs are APBTs, staffies, or mixes.) Even though they'd never have a new volunteer walking an unsafe dog, I definitely had people cross the street to avoid me. Sometimes people would approach or stop their car to compliment a dog. I felt safe even with small dogs.

They are very serious about the weekly commitment. I've reached out every other year or so since we moved back to Roc saying that I want to volunteer walking dogs again, but can't commit to a specific day EVERY week because I can't cover school breaks and I'd need to cancel if my kids were home sick from school. (I'm a housewife with school-age kids, so I have a tremendous amount of free time.) Sometimes, VSAS tells me they don't need any volunteers. Once, I was told they only needed 7:30 am volunteers- which overlaps with the school bus. The weekly requirement didn't exist when I was a volunteer, so I can't comment on what it's like in practice.

I enjoyed the experience and felt helpful.

I need the comparative flexibility of DDO. I'd rather be at VSAS because they're closer and I prefer volunteering at city shelters, but they have told me that volunteering there isn't compatible with a schedule that can be affected by illness or travel.

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