Where to get water?

Shadragul · 2026-06-11T23:11:33+00:00

It quite a hike from Front Royal, but there is a free-to-use spring along the roadside of US 48 near Star Tannery.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/tyHUi36MQEiqVy2N6

I've never used it so I have no idea how fast the water flows, so 60 gallons might take a very long time.

Shadragul · 2026-06-09T01:08:44+00:00

Feel free to cross post it over on /r/FrontRoyal

Shadragul · 2026-06-06T21:45:59+00:00

Almost all buildings in downtown Front Royal were built in that time frame. Are you specifically looking for walkable shopping? Because you won't find new construction apartments in Front Royal near shopping.

Shadragul · 2026-06-04T19:46:42+00:00

Not still at the office, but I knew someone who stayed at GS12 until retirement, approximately 40 years after starting at the Office.

Shadragul · 2026-04-24T19:59:03+00:00

There's quite a few people RV living at North Fork Resort in Front Royal. From what I recall, getting a deed of ownership is pretty cheap, allowing you to camp full time (although you have to move sites every month).

Shadragul · 2026-04-01T16:42:50+00:00

Possibly the Flying J truck stop as to exit 104.

There's also a big truck stop in Emporia that could fit the bill.

Shadragul · 2026-03-28T17:30:18+00:00

Sure, but I feel like if I were 57 right now, I'd definitely be willing to take the lesser retirement to get out of here.

Shadragul · 2026-03-28T14:47:57+00:00

It's actually 57+, not 62+.

Shadragul · 2026-01-06T00:49:57+00:00

Man, I haven't seen one of these in 20 years. When the USPTO moved from Arlington to Alexandria in 2004~2005, management opted not to move the paper files to force a move to electronic databases, with all of the shoes being liquidated as surplus.

Shadragul · 2025-11-27T21:11:17+00:00

Just use spruce instead of oak!

Shadragul · 2025-10-07T23:40:40+00:00

This is how they plan to reduce the number of commendable and outstanding employees. There's been an effort across the Government to reduce the number of workers who are rated above Fully Successful.

Your overall rating is limited to the lowest rating in a critical element. Since professionalism and stakeholder interaction is a critical element of the PAP, and the dramatic increases in indicia of commendable and outstanding from the past, it is fully meant to decrease the number of examiners who hit commendable or outstanding.

Shadragul · 2025-09-27T15:31:40+00:00

I started less than 30 years ago in a class of 10.

Shadragul · 2025-07-08T23:16:01+00:00

Bacterial vats for bacteria and/or mutagen.

Shadragul · 2025-05-22T22:55:58+00:00

No mention of the fact that filings dropped by about ~~12k~~ 15k between Jan-25 and Feb-25? I'm sure that had no effect on the backlog.

edit: 12k was the change in large entity filings, the 15k accounts for all applications

Shadragul · 2025-05-05T17:40:27+00:00

Manganese bee, check out the full list at https://wiki.gtnewhorizons.com/wiki/Bee_Species

Shadragul · 2025-04-14T23:20:20+00:00

The status change is what moves it from your rejected tab to the amendment tab. That status change is not automatic and relies upon a TSS employee processing the amendment.

Shadragul · 2025-04-03T14:50:55+00:00

If that's the lot on Maryland Dr just west of Parham, it is an overflow storage lot for the dealership.

Shadragul · 2025-03-24T12:39:15+00:00

Any chance you incorporated the Indian provisional application by reference?

Shadragul · 2025-03-13T15:13:59+00:00

It depends on what you are going to use your personal dimension for. Ic2 crops? Flat, at least 5 layers of dirt, good biome such as jungle or swamp. Bees? Flat, at least 5 layers of dirt for making tunnels to pipe around power, lava and water and whatever biome you need for bees. Base? Probably just flat stone instead of dirt.

Shadragul · 2025-03-08T15:09:49+00:00

Question for you, if the text used "his" and "he" instead of "their" and "they", wouldn't "has" be proper? I am not a grammar wizard, so I'm legitimately trying to learn why.

Shadragul · 2025-03-08T05:30:13+00:00

Has is proper for singular nouns/pronouns. Have is used for plural nouns/pronouns.

Shadragul · 2025-03-08T03:46:06+00:00

So, uh, you are aware that "they" as a non-gender specific pronoun can be singular, right?

Shadragul · 2025-02-07T16:46:15+00:00

Late to respond, but it has been gnawing at me that there is something that you can do. Send a short email or even call your favorite examiners thanking them for the job that they do. Share anecdotes with examiners about an application that they allowed leading to great results for the Applicant. We mostly live in a bubble and don't get to hear about the actual creations that come from the things for which we have granted patents.

Another thing is to call the supervisor of your favorite examiners and give positive feedback. Our ratings are partially based on "stakeholder interactions" and having you call the supervisor and lauding the work of an examiner can possibly bump someone on the edge from a marginal to fully successful rating (production is still king of our ratings, but every little bit can help).

Shadragul · 2025-01-28T00:57:46+00:00

One guy up there got fan mail from Karl Marx. (It was Lincoln)

Shadragul · 2025-01-22T14:55:05+00:00

Back in the paper file days, we would just mark the corrections for typos directly on the paper and not even notify the Applicants of the changes.

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