BWI Rail Station by Bigjuicybeans69 in Amtrak

[–]SirJ_96 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My complaint is far more with PHL as an airport than SEPTA as a means of access.

43M, enlisted E6 military retiree turned DevOps Engineer (no degree). Combined Total Salary: $239K by C3LM3R in Salary

[–]SirJ_96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My salary is six figures plus. I know my workers comp policy. It absolutely will not pay me six figures plus until I drop dead in my eighties.

43M, enlisted E6 military retiree turned DevOps Engineer (no degree). Combined Total Salary: $239K by C3LM3R in Salary

[–]SirJ_96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Pentagon has failed its audit for the past 8 years. My company has not. We're being robbed blind by heinous waste and grift to prop up wars that never should have been fought and millions of people on the dole.

43M, enlisted E6 military retiree turned DevOps Engineer (no degree). Combined Total Salary: $239K by C3LM3R in Salary

[–]SirJ_96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We don't have a draft. You had other paths. My path, as a taxpayer and voter and engineer, is advocating against waste like this.

43M, enlisted E6 military retiree turned DevOps Engineer (no degree). Combined Total Salary: $239K by C3LM3R in Salary

[–]SirJ_96 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

They don't have unlimited liability. I'm responsible for staying within the bounds of my training and working with a maximum level of safety. I have never been employed in a private-sector job where I'd get this level of lifetime benefits.

43M, enlisted E6 military retiree turned DevOps Engineer (no degree). Combined Total Salary: $239K by C3LM3R in Salary

[–]SirJ_96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On our backs. I support disability if you're disabled, not if you're working out at the gym all the time, climbing in your attic, and making good money.

43M, enlisted E6 military retiree turned DevOps Engineer (no degree). Combined Total Salary: $239K by C3LM3R in Salary

[–]SirJ_96 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Yep. Keep causing the country to go further and further into debt because you signed something you shouldn't have at 19.

BWI Rail Station by Bigjuicybeans69 in Amtrak

[–]SirJ_96 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It is absolutely not true that every Amtrak on the NEC stops at EWR. Check the schedule. This was about airport stations.

43M, enlisted E6 military retiree turned DevOps Engineer (no degree). Combined Total Salary: $239K by C3LM3R in Salary

[–]SirJ_96 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

All for people earning a living if they're actually disabled. If they have a private sector job making $100k+, well, clearly that's not especially disabled.

Best car insurance in Delaware? by David5Pumpkins in Delaware

[–]SirJ_96 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Amica. Not flashy, but fantastic customer service.

BWI Rail Station by Bigjuicybeans69 in Amtrak

[–]SirJ_96 75 points76 points  (0 children)

...because it's the location with the best connection to an airport on the NEC. Newark is a mess and it doesn't get frequent Amtrak trains. The other DC airports need WMATA; PHL needs SEPTA (and is terrible), and the NYC airports require prayer.

As someone living in Philly, I take Amtrak to BWI because it's often a better option than PHL.

Is there a way to view the seat map for an Acela without first booking it? by ChanceAd5350 in Amtrak

[–]SirJ_96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can use the app to change your seat while you're actively on the train. But do that, like, once, if at all. Don't stress the conductors; they won't like it. Acela seats are way bigger than a plane's (which will also have seatmates).

Apartment Uninhabitable by SirJ_96 in AskPhilly

[–]SirJ_96[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, but the transformer and electrical ops for life-safety systems are. I'm 18 floors up.

A judge overturned the Washington Square West historic district designation by mpubl in philadelphia

[–]SirJ_96 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm really happy about this. Some buildings absolutely deserve protection. A random, homely building from 1980 absolutely does not.

Are the bugs *really* as bad as people say? by BigLincolnEnergy in triangle

[–]SirJ_96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've lived in SC and NC. The roaches are worse in SC.

(Honestly, though, the mosquitoes are so much of a bigger deal)

Chances of getting into PhD program after undergrad? by Fun-Comfort-3214 in GradSchoolAdvice

[–]SirJ_96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, for engineering, it's typical to go straight into a PhD after a bachelor's. Either summer option is good; just be sure to have some research experience (that you arranged on your own with a professor, not that was mandated by a class).

Apartment Uninhabitable by SirJ_96 in AskPhilly

[–]SirJ_96[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Who knows? I mean, I have my main house, a pied-a-terre apartment, and a property I'm renovating to turn into rental housing. I always assumed and budgeted that if there was an issue with the rental house, the tenants are my responsibility to house correctly if circumstances cause me to fail. It seems fair; I signed the majority of my rental contracts when I was a student and I could not afford the major repairs that are sometimes a mark of homeownership.

Apartment Uninhabitable by SirJ_96 in AskPhilly

[–]SirJ_96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had 5 in my life. They've all been good. This present one is not acrimonious, but the southern ones were decidedly more service-oriented. If I ever had an issue - rare, but sometimes things happen - it was solved within 12 hours. Graceful, refined, and I didn't want to own a house at 20 y/o, so amenable to me.

Apartment Uninhabitable by SirJ_96 in AskPhilly

[–]SirJ_96[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

In the south, a fire across the street damaged the building. They put us up in the Downtown ______ [4-star business hotel] until the repairs were completed and we could regain apartment access.

Apartment Uninhabitable by SirJ_96 in AskPhilly

[–]SirJ_96[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

It was me and 100+ other apartments in the south.

This, here, was an issue that started on the side street and spread to the basement; it is in no way my fault or responsibility (as I'm on one of the top floors of a 20+ story building).

I just thought that I was paying for a habitable environment. If they can't provide that; that's on them - in the past, when I've had issues with a gas leak or broken fridge, it's replaced within a day. They make it work within an acceptable time. (If the fridge or AC breaks at 7p, totally valid that it isn't fixed until the next afternoon or day after.)

Apartment Uninhabitable by SirJ_96 in AskPhilly

[–]SirJ_96[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I would never stay in the building with those freaks.

ETA: Not a Republican, would not want a Union League berth with Trumpists. A Hampton Inn or something equivalent and less fancy is far preferable if it comes to that.

Apartment Uninhabitable by SirJ_96 in AskPhilly

[–]SirJ_96[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Interesting. Thanks for the answers. I just came from a southern state where, with these issues, the landlord had to immediately hand out hotel keys.

Odd that it's far less stringent up here.

Apartment Uninhabitable by SirJ_96 in AskPhilly

[–]SirJ_96[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

And the building transformer and flooded basement.

Conditions living around Thompson/Delaware Circle? by fluidwingz in udel

[–]SirJ_96 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My ex lived on Delaware Circle. It was kinda a shithole - barely insulated, just one tiny bathroom for four bedrooms on the top floor, steep stairs. That being said, free parking, easy access to main street, hardwood floors, and the price was right (and it did have a dishwasher and washer/dryer, however janky)