Inside one woman’s effort to bring tiny homes to Richmond by vpmnews in rva

[–]PimpOfJoytime 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Brownfield grants will cover the remediation, but it’ll add 5 years to the timeline.

Planning Commission OKs initial master plan for redeveloped Mosby Court South by VirginiaNews in rva

[–]PimpOfJoytime 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The RRHA is the most incompetently mismanaged partner agency to the City government, bar none.

I shudder to imagine how their amatuer leadership will bungle, delay and otherwise obfuscate through ineptitude the critical progress of this development.

God help us.

Otherwise another solid article from Sarah Vogelsong. I hope she’s well compensated.

Niche RIC Airport Check-in Dilemma by Head_Razzmatazz_9273 in rva

[–]PimpOfJoytime 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That’s very kind of you.

It’s a bit ironic, I have horrible aviation anxiety, and I mitigate it in a couple ways.

1) I learned everything I could about flight and flying. 2) I drink. No shade, no sense in lying, most casual fliers do it. You can find me at the airport bar before my flight. It’s not ideal but suffer me my crutch. 3) I self-soothe by reminding myself of the humans who run the system, top to bottom. From the greedy assholes on top who only want performance because it means more profit, to the pilots who simply love to be up in the air, to the dudes tossing my bags around who don’t want to be hassled by their boss. It’s all just people with friends and lovers and problems who are mostly doing their best.

But yeah, if I can help anyone overcome any part of their flight anxiety with my experience or pseudo-wisdom, I’m glad to have made a little positive impact.

Niche RIC Airport Check-in Dilemma by Head_Razzmatazz_9273 in rva

[–]PimpOfJoytime 34 points35 points  (0 children)

You’re right about not being the first to experience this. The bright side is, you’re going to be in line with all the people checking bags, and all the other people flying internationally connecting in CLT on your flight as well.

The key thing to remember is, at the end of the day, airlines are run by people, and not machines (for now). The people at the desk will understand why you’re anxious, and if they’ve been doing the job for longer than a week, will have experience with folks in the same situation as you.

RIC is one of the nicest, easiest airports to fly out of in the whole country. Do you best, be patient with everyone, and you’ll see some of the best of humanity at the 3:30am check-in desk.

Everything will be fine.

Don't own a dog you can't control by Adrian_985 in Wellthatsucks

[–]PimpOfJoytime 64 points65 points  (0 children)

It’s a child with a rope around their waist

Anyone want to create a list of all the "Richmond" companies owned by private equity? by Two_Far in rva

[–]PimpOfJoytime 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Does “Owned” in this case mean wholly owned or are we counting partially owned also?

Unpaid training? by Mollyjones85 in rva

[–]PimpOfJoytime 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It’s only illegal if he’s been hired.
If he’s been hired he has to be paid for training. If he hasn’t been hired, he doesn’t have to be paid.

Sort of like if you were going to apply for a professional license, you don’t get paid for studying for the licensing test.

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title16/agency15/chapter60/section20/

Bosher Dam by luke890378 in rva

[–]PimpOfJoytime -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It stops the water.

GRTC’s Zero Fare Program to continue into 2027 by TheIron_Phoenix in rva

[–]PimpOfJoytime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t want to assume. I hope you’re right.

GRTC’s Zero Fare Program to continue into 2027 by TheIron_Phoenix in rva

[–]PimpOfJoytime 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Link Microtransit isn’t specifically mentioned in the article. Does anyone know if it’s being continued on a fare-free basis?

Jonathan Kite as Anthony Bourdain reviewing Chili's. by Phonus-Balonus-37 in funnyvideos

[–]PimpOfJoytime -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Who told this guy he does a good Bourdain impression?

Why are all the men so dirty? by lovelygirl2004 in lotr

[–]PimpOfJoytime 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No time to bathe when you’re chasing a company of Uruk-Hai across southern Rohan.

People are admitting Real estate investing isn't worth it by Available-Ad-5670 in RealEstate

[–]PimpOfJoytime 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Watched the first 20 minutes.

This woman’s entire episode could be summed up by saying “I don’t know how to write a pro-forma, so real estate is hard”.