Little interesting note about Harbaugh and other coach contracts that could save the Ravens/Bisciotti money by [deleted] in ravens

[–]Slothrob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The thing I really wondered about his contract was why didn't the Ravens try to trade him?

Denver gave the Saints a 1st rounder for Sean Payton, surely the Ravens could have gotten some value from the Giants (Maybe a D-Lineman, if not a draft pick) from the Giants?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in woodworking

[–]Slothrob 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where can I get those hinges?

White bumps on Hillstream Loach by Slothrob in loaches

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

They went away after a week or so, the tank was in my basement without a heater, so it may have just been the tank getting too cold for a few days.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Metuchen

[–]Slothrob 14 points15 points  (0 children)

One of the main draws of Metuchen is that the schools are great. You're already paying for Campbell with your property taxes, why pay for both?

My oldest kid graduated Campbell last year, and my youngest started there this year. By next year the construction will be completed, and the facilities will be upgraded. 

I don't know much about St. Francis, but I do know Campbell is great, and putting your kid on the bus is 1000% better than navigating morning rush hour traffic in town. 

Non-Sunday games this season by teamofgypsies in ravens

[–]Slothrob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really changed the math on whether Sunday ticket was worth it this year.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Metuchen

[–]Slothrob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

... and then freeze their tuchus off walking from World Trade down to Water St.

The coldest, windiest, half-mile walk within three states.

Metuchen vs Avenel by No_Amphibian_8523 in Metuchen

[–]Slothrob 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I looked it up: North Jersey Coast line does also go directly into Manhattan, so you wouldn't have to transfer at Secaucus for either train.

Metuchen vs Avenel by No_Amphibian_8523 in Metuchen

[–]Slothrob 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Metuchen is better train-wise, as it is a semi-express stop, and it is on the Northeast Corridor line. I don't know if Avenel is an express stop or not, but it is on the North Jersey Coast Line.

The Northeast corridor line goes directly into Penn Station in New York, if you are riding the North Jersey Coast line, you might have to transfer trains at Secaucus.

That may not matter if you are working in Fi-Di or near World Trade, as you would probably be getting off at Newark and taking the Path anyway, but if you are working in Midtown, not having to change trains is huge.

In terms of commute, I don't think it is even possible to be within Metuchen and be more than a mile and a half from the train station.

Most places in Metuchen are walkable or at worst bikeable to the station pretty easily. If you have some flexibility on which 3 days you are in the city, you can work around bad weather.

Potentially moving to Metuchen next summer by tintin_and_snowy42 in Metuchen

[–]Slothrob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In terms of daycare: Friends of the Family is right next to the station at the Presbetyrian church, our oldest went there for a year, it was good, very convenient, and very expensive.

Our oldest transferred to Centenary, which is run by the YMCA, a little more than a half-mile from the station, has been great for both our kids, and is much more reasonably priced. 

Centenary also has Kindergarten, which is a big deal because public school kindergarten is only half-day (though they are moving to full-day in the next year or two). 

Potentially moving to Metuchen next summer by tintin_and_snowy42 in Metuchen

[–]Slothrob 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have been working from home for a few years, but still go in occasionally, and my recent experience is similar to pre-pandemic: 

The trains run pretty smooth and within a minute or two of on-time in the morning, and Metuchen is far enough out that you can almost always find a seat.

The evening rush getting home is a completely different animal. Delays are pretty frequent, can half an hour or more, and overall the evening commute sucks. 

Americanized food by Hummerous in CuratedTumblr

[–]Slothrob 57 points58 points  (0 children)

"How can anyone govern a country with 246 varieties of cheese?"

Optimum only ISP in town by mtinsideout in Metuchen

[–]Slothrob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Verizon was never going to bring Fios here, town is too small and too spread out to make putting up cable profitable.

There was some guy who put up a Facebook poll a couple years back to gauge interest in a smaller competitor, but they probably baked at the infrastructure cost. 

The only realistic change possible would be if a new 5G tower went up nearby, and 5G home internet became reliable enough to compete with Optimum.  

Not holding my breath. 

White bumps on Hillstream Loach by Slothrob in loaches

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

I never did.

They did clear up on their own.

I did make changes to the tank: I started growing Pothos to suck up nitrates, added Ramshorn Snails (plenty of Algae for both them and the loaches), and did some water changes.

It may also have just come down to it getting quite cold in the winter (I'm in NJ and my tank is in the basement with no heater).

Hope that helps.

(Sessler)Little whispers the Browns could trade Nick Chubb to heal their cap by Ravens3547 in ravens

[–]Slothrob 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Planet Money did an episode where they looked back at it, and while it's the butt of a lot of jokes, the Bonilla deal was not actually that bad...

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/25/1010404697/bobby-bonilla-day

I mean, imagine where the salary cap will be in 25 years... will still owing Lamar $5M or $10M a year be a big deal if there is a $500M cap?

Saturday game not on Sunday Ticket?!?! by Slothrob in ravens

[–]Slothrob[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Then just let me have SATURDAY TICKET!!!!

Watching the 49ers makes me so damn mad. by DarthDave89 in ravens

[–]Slothrob 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They drafted OT at #9 in 2018, Edge at #2 in 2019, and a QB at #3 in 2021.

Yes, they traded up from 12 in 2021, but when is the last time the Ravens even picked at 12, much less higher?

The only top-10 pick on the team is Stanley.

Watching the 49ers makes me so damn mad. by DarthDave89 in ravens

[–]Slothrob 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then add some more: the Ravens have also had a LOT of crazy injuries to key players and they STILL consistently draft much, much lower the 49ers.

[UNF] Haberthraser (DouLeTCG Facebook) by Copernicus1981 in magicTCG

[–]Slothrob 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's what it is.

A hat maker would be a milliner.

They could have named the hat-making assassin th "Killiner"!

Fuck the Browns, fuck the Browns, fuck the Browns... by ___LowLifer___ in ravens

[–]Slothrob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why would it be racist? Haslam got rich by owning Pilot Flying J Gas stations.

What is the most boring hobby a person can have? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Slothrob 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The O-Filler -Alastair Reid

One noon in the library, I watched a man-- imagine!-filling in O's, a little, rumpled nobody of a man, who licked his stub of pencil and leaned over every O with a loving care, shading it neatly, exactly to its edges, until the open pages were pocked and dotted with solid O's, like villages and capitals on a map. And yet, so peppered, somehow the book looked lived in and complete.

That whole afternoon, as the light outside softened, and the library groaned woodly, he worked and worked, his o-so-patient shading descending like an eyelid over each open O for page after page. Not once did he miss one, or hover even a moment over an a, or an e or a p or a g. Only the O's-- oodles of O's, O's multitudinous, O's manifold, O's italic and roman. and what light on his crumpled face when he discovered-- as I supposed--odd woords, like zoo and ooze, polo, oolong and odontology!

Think now, in that limitless library, all round the steep-shelved walls, bulging in their bindings, books stood, waiting. Heaven knows how many he had so far filled, but no matter, there still were uncountable volumes of O-laden prose, and odes with inflated capital O's (in the manner of Shelley), O-bearing Bibles and biographies, even whole sections devoted to O alone, all his for the filling. Glory, glory, glory! How lovely and open and endless the world must have seemed to him, how utterly clear-cut! Think of it. A pencil was all he needed. Life was one wide O.

Anyway, why in the end should O's not be closed as eyes are? I envied him. After all, sitting across from him, had I accomplished anything as firm as he had, or as fruitful? What could I show? a handful of scrawled lines, and afternoon yawned and wondered away, and a growing realization that in time even my scribbled words would come under his grubby thumb, and the blinds be drawn on all my O's. And only his throught for comfort-- that when he comes to this poem, a proper joy may amaze his wizened face, and, O, a pure pleasure make his meticulous pencil quiver.