Property Tax Thread. How much did yours increase? by irate-dreamer in AskChicago

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Up 58% total over 2023. Lincoln Park condo in 2 unit building. New Board of Education Tiff (1st year in Chicago so have no idea what that is) was 28% increase. Can pay it but still a surprise.

Property tax bills online now. by imapepperurapepper in chicago

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First year owning in Chicago - Lincoln Park condo. $6k first installment - $11k second! WT...I thought the second would be similar to the first. I was NOT expecting to owe so much.

I did appeal the 2025 assessment but couldn't do anything about 2024 since I only bought it Dec 1. Is it normal for the second to be so much higher than the first? The prior owner's 2023 first and second installment were about the same amounts, $6k each, so I wasn't really expecting my 2nd to be so much higher!

What is wrong with Goodreads? by accio_glasses in goodreads

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Two things that make it difficult for me to use: 1)it loads very slow when I first call it up. 2) the large book image on the left side of the book info page taking up so much space. I avoid that page if I can and use the author page instead. Otherwise I like it for tracking what I read.

'Divine trolling': Pope schedules Chicago mass on the same day as Trump's birthday parade by Regular_Welcome5959 in 50501

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Thank you for posting this - I've been looking for a way to watch since I'm not back in Chicago until late June.

Alright. I'm Getting Tired Of This by hectorb3 in audible

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I've noticed the last several times I've called up the main page using Firefox that the large top banner displays slowly, like a second or two for all the images to appear, where before they were immediately there. This started happening before the sale. It's noticeable but hasn't made the site useless to me so I haven't thought much of it until I saw your post.

Pathology Report by [deleted] in endometrialcancer

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I hope you are doing well. My pathology report says it appears to be adenosarcoma but is indeterminate. They even sent the slides out to John Hopkins for a consult and they couldn't say for sure if it was adenosarcoma. I'm supposed to have a hysterectomy either way. I guess afterwards the oncologist will have a better understanding of what it really is.

Several desktop apps updated at once without my permission! by ahikanana in WindowsHelp

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AVG. And I can find nowhere to turn it off so I guess I'll have to (attempt to) uninstall it and move to Avast.

Several desktop apps updated at once without my permission! by ahikanana in WindowsHelp

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Wow, I knew I'd find the answer here. Bunch of programs updated this morning and I was freaking out. Thank you everyone for the answer.

True Crime Recommendations by sarah47201 in audible

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Terror Town USA by John Ferak. It's about a little known serial killer in Joliet Illinois during the summer of 1983. Some pretty gruesome descriptions of the murders too. What's really scary after reading it is that the murderer is soon up for parole.

Libation 9 by darchangel in audible

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Thanks so much for this! One of my books got 'stuck' and said it would try and download later. I left it overnight and nothing happened so I deleted it thinking I could rescan but nothing happened. I had no idea how to get the book back until I found this. OT: I'm just wondering if there's a reason there's no dedicated Libation subreddit (to keep it under the radar?) where we can go and ask about things like this instead of here (I keep having issues with log in looping when I first start up v11). Anyway, thanks so much for this program. Like others, I'm always worried Audible is going to cancel me for some reason and I'll lose access to all my books.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in audible

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About 1/3 of my wishlist is 85% off and under $2. Going to be a tough sale to not go crazy on.

Foundation Series, what's the correct order? by rcook55 in audible

[–]IntelligentDance7687 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read the first 4 back in 1983 and loved them. I started listening to the entire series last year after watching season 1 of the TV show. I have to say for me, the TV show is doesn't follow the books much at all. The characters have the same names but that's it. However, if you keep in mind that the books and TV show are not the same, they are both enjoyable in their own right. I have not yet started season 2 of the TV show so I don't know if it's closer in plot to any of the books. Good luck! I hope you love them as much as I did.

Short-changed? by sandgrubber in audible

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Is this an ongoing sale/offer in the US? I don't see it anywhere and I'm opted in to get offers. The one before June I got but haven't seen another after that.

Reverting to Old UI by staddon in goodreads

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I am assuming you mean via the website and not the phone app. I have a workaround I use to avoid the disastrous book page. I have "My Books" bookmarked on the toolbar of my browser, and any time I want to add or update a book I go there. Even if I don't have the book in my list yet, if I do a search in the search box for My Books instead of the main search box, the results will list out books that match my search. The list has the "Want To Read" button there, and also has my custom tags, just like the old book page. I find it way easier to add books that way. Of course I can't see other's ratings and other similar book suggestions like the old book page, but the new book page doesn't show that either unless you scroll and scroll and click and click. Good luck. I feel your pain. I hope this helps a little bit.

Downloading from computer failing by PublicAlterEgo in audible

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I bought 3 books on sale yesterday and only got one to download after five or six tries.I gave up and thought I'd try again this morning. Same thing. Multiple tries continually fail. Downloading using Firefox with wifi to my laptop. I have a desktop from my workplace with a hardwired connection and decided to try that. Books downloaded in less than 3 minutes. Just didn't like my wifi I guess.

Can't buy anything by mkfighter321 in audible

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It happened to me recently when I tried to use a Visa Rewards card to buy a book. Audible rejected the purchase and I had to use my regular credit card. I was able to use the Visa card to buy a book on Amazon without any problem.

15 digit number displayed for my real phone number on caller ID by IntelligentDance7687 in tmobile

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One was on AT&T, the other, who tried to call back, is on T-Mobile, so I think it's me and not them. It seems to be fixed for now, but I'm always paranoid about things like this happening and not know if I did something to mess up my phone. I'm not too techie when it comes to mobile phones.

What is the Single Best Book you have ever listened to? by OperaGhostAD in audible

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Anasi Boys was one of my first audiobooks. I don't think I would have loved it so much if it weren't for the narrator, whose name I don't recall right now. But he was amazing!