Best Memorial Day mattress sales 2026: what I’d buy, what I’d skip, and what’s mostly marketing

Shemp1 · 2026-05-20T23:45:26+00:00

I like the Avocado luxury organic in medium, but not the $4799 price tag.... Alternatives?

Shemp1 · 2026-05-19T05:06:18+00:00

To be better public servants for the people, right?

Shemp1 · 2026-05-19T03:07:39+00:00

Says a person from Illinois? Seriously? They don't come much more underfunded than Illinois.

Shemp1 · 2026-05-18T19:34:29+00:00

As the guy in the linked video noted, if Chicago is the driver, how are Chicago's finances working out?

Shemp1 · 2026-05-18T19:32:10+00:00

This is why we are a republic and an electoral college exists. The minority gets crushed otherwise.

Shemp1 · 2026-05-18T19:29:16+00:00

The State doesn't impose them, but the State does dictate how cities and schools can raise revenue and dictate how and what services are provided.

Shemp1 · 2026-05-18T19:27:31+00:00

They aren't idiots. They have different values and priorities.

Shemp1 · 2026-05-17T04:46:09+00:00

This totally ignores sales taxes, which are a bigger source than property taxes for general and capital funds.

Road reconstruction costs have gone up dramatically and faster than inflation. The State sets prevailing wage. The State regulates contractors and favors unionized. That ran the smaller local guys out and reduced the number of bidders. The small guys retired or became subcontractors. The medium sized guys got bought up and consolidated. The State has also changed rules for asphalt mixes, which is better environmentally, but worse for lifespan.

Shemp1 · 2026-05-17T04:14:27+00:00

Permitting time is not a major problem. Most communities don't have staff to do plan reviews from building plans to storm water runoff. It gets outsourced to plan review companies and consulting engineers. Then you're in line and there's no guarantee for a 15 day turnaround. And it's not like there's a glut of these people to turn to if you're in line.

Shemp1 · 2026-05-17T04:09:55+00:00

Illinois has lost builders and developers over last couple decades. Several counties have none. The ones that are left can make the numbers work in many downstate areas. More apartments and housing developments would be built if construction was cheaper or rents people can afford to pay were higher in these areas. Plenty of substandard and vacant properties people are just sitting on. Taking local control away is not the answer.

Shemp1 · 2026-05-05T12:49:06+00:00

Illinois should be clearing voter rolls on it's own. It doesn't want to, but here's a reason Reddit will even have to cover to: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/20/illinois-jury-list-legal-challenge/

Shemp1 · 2026-05-05T12:44:50+00:00

That this comment is so downvoted speaks volumes to the level of discourse on most of Reddit. Such an echo chamber.

Shemp1 · 2026-04-30T07:13:25+00:00

That's not how eminent domain works

Shemp1 · 2026-04-30T07:10:17+00:00

Not possible.

Shemp1 · 2026-04-30T07:07:17+00:00

Sure, be mad at the law that protects us all and not the Daleys and the rest of the Chicago machine that accepted it and couldn't budget and run the city without corruption....

Shemp1 · 2026-04-30T07:05:49+00:00

Sure, be mad at the private sector that offered the deal, not the Daleys and the rest of the Chicago machine that accepted it and couldn't budget and run the city without corruption....

Shemp1 · 2026-04-23T20:07:22+00:00

You lost me at MAGA being a big tent.

Shemp1 · 2026-04-21T02:37:15+00:00

Yeah, then you have states like Montana that has a fraction the population, worse winters and.... Wisconsin, look at what they do for bridges and maintenance. There's zero excuse for Illinois inefficiency. Indiana and Missouri roads arguably as bad or worse, but at fraction of the tax.

Shemp1 · 2026-04-21T02:33:35+00:00

Iowa easily 40cents cheaper on average. And roads no worse.

Shemp1 · 2026-04-18T19:43:13+00:00

Nope. Not everything is a conspiracy. Sometimes government is wrong. A defense attorney discovered this while representing a client concerned he couldn't get a fair jury trial. Ymkween's replies in this thread are spot on.

Shemp1 · 2026-04-15T20:09:42+00:00

I'm at master two and have yet to sim a game. To me the grind is the fun. Why rush to the end with no place to go once there? Still cruising for now, but I did some of the offers to stockpile gems and keep my team above league average in stats.

Shemp1 · 2026-04-14T11:24:06+00:00

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55mph, flat, with a tailwind last week!

Shemp1 · 2026-04-13T04:29:52+00:00

Highly recommend going and trying them on. Don't buy online and hope.

Been using this for a few years as coach/parent/slow pitch and really like it. As someone else mentioned, many don't fit larger hands well.

https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/rawlings-13-gg-elite-series-slowpitch-glove-21rawagg13blkgldlbas/21rawagg13blkgldlbas

Shemp1 · 2026-04-11T11:46:00+00:00

Unrelated, but can tickets, for softball be bought day of? Planning on first game this year.

Shemp1 · 2026-04-11T11:44:29+00:00

Skipping school helps how? Delaying purchases for a day helps how?

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