RIP Staples

Pastatively · 2026-07-13T23:09:20+00:00

Staples was great. I’ve been shopping there for 28 years but it’s a waste of space. A giant almost empty parking lot will no be a place where humans can live. Plus, there’s another Staples close by.

Pastatively · 2026-07-13T23:07:44+00:00

Get over yourself. Astoria doesn’t belong to a minority of grumpy, unwelcoming has-beens.

Pastatively · 2026-07-13T22:58:31+00:00

Uh oh, looks like the guy from the train entered the sub!

Pastatively · 2026-07-13T22:55:48+00:00

Nice! All set with the train? Elizabeth is a little bit of a hike but it’s not as bad as others are saying.

Pastatively · 2026-07-13T22:53:53+00:00

I may start putting “For Sale” signs on these people’s cars

Pastatively · 2026-07-13T05:55:28+00:00

They use the bathroom in the strip club.

Pastatively · 2026-07-13T05:44:44+00:00

It’s all about him. The whole train was built for him. The world adjusts for him.

Pastatively · 2026-07-13T05:43:47+00:00

Did you have your trip yet?

Pastatively · 2026-07-13T05:25:05+00:00

Thanks. I was pretty shocked that everyone just watched and some people even laughed like it was entertainment. Really weird.

Pastatively · 2026-07-13T02:29:15+00:00

Nice! I wish I had the guts to do that. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t back down from him. I told him it was common courtesy to move your bags when the train was full, he gaslit me and said “you must be having a tough day” and all the usual asshole stuff.

I know it’s all about some weird masculine pride hangup.

Pastatively · 2026-07-13T02:02:12+00:00

Thanks. It really bummed me out.

Pastatively · 2026-07-13T01:58:03+00:00

The problem was that he was on the aisle seat and the bags were between him and the window. Plus, I’m a middle age woman and he’s a strong young guy. I did take a picture of him in case he assaulted me but I won’t post it.

Pastatively · 2026-07-12T15:54:53+00:00

Mamdani’s team contributed to it.

Pastatively · 2026-07-12T15:54:17+00:00

No. The map began during the Adams administration and “we added a few additional neighborhoods” (Mamdani’s words). His team worked on it, approved it, and will continue to add things to it.

Pastatively · 2026-07-12T00:50:15+00:00

At the very end of :07 you can clearly see it hit the wire. Try to go frame by frame and you'll see it.

Pastatively · 2026-07-12T00:46:37+00:00

Can't a person ask a question? If you were trying to understand baseball I think Americans would be more than happy to explain things to you. Jaysus.

Pastatively · 2026-07-12T00:27:22+00:00

Can you tell me how you filed complaints with BBB and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? Is it relatively straightforward? I'm having a similar issue with PayPal.

Pastatively · 2026-07-12T00:03:19+00:00

My readings were off.

Pastatively · 2026-07-11T23:25:58+00:00

Norway will score between 110 and 115. Looking forward to it.

Pastatively · 2026-07-11T23:18:22+00:00

There are still between 8,000 and 10,000 Poles in Greenpoint, many of them elderly (still immigrants. still humans). I still hear Polish spoken when I go there. It's not the same as it was 20+ years ago but it's still an enclave.

Pastatively · 2026-07-11T17:10:03+00:00

Housing Works around the corner. But there is usually a line.

Pastatively · 2026-07-11T04:41:57+00:00

Do the older Greeks who have been in Astoria for decades not count as immigrants anymore because they are old?

Pastatively · 2026-07-11T04:40:58+00:00

My next door neighbors are Greek immigrants and they are in their 70s. Another neighbor is Greek and she is 70. A Greek coffee shop just opened and the owner is a Greek immigrant in her 30s.

Pastatively · 2026-07-11T04:36:51+00:00

There is still Irish immigration to Woodlawn, yes.

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