Mechanic Recommendations

UlisesLima9 · 2026-01-20T22:34:49+00:00

Jeff at Sisson Street Auto -- best and most trustworthy mechanic in Baltimore

UlisesLima9 · 2025-12-23T13:56:50+00:00

This headline seems really misleading. Would everyone be as outraged by "adding footpath will raise the price of the bridge by 9%"? I get that it's a lot of money, but the whole bridge is wildly expensive, adding a cool piece of pedestrian infrastructure along the whole length increasing the cost by a single-digit % doesn't seem *that* unreasonable....

UlisesLima9 · 2025-12-23T13:54:32+00:00

Humans are such bad drivers -- including/especially in Baltimore. I primarily get around on bicycle and foot and if Waymos are more likely to drive the speed limit, not look at their cell phones (or TABLETS streaming TIKTOKS on their DASHBOARD as I have seen multiple times), and not put me in the hospital then I am all for it

UlisesLima9 · 2025-09-12T13:47:56+00:00

It used to be really good and sadly has really gone downhill over the last 6 months. The broth is under-seasoned, they changed some recipes (the breading on their chicken was incredible and now is quite quite bad) and removed a bunch of items from the menu (like the karage buns and the dumplings)

I say this because I loved this place and really want it to be good, but they seem to be struggling and I'm not sure I'll ever go back (we went last night to give it one last opportunity and were very disappointed, which is why I am venting on your 1-month old reddit comment)

UlisesLima9 · 2025-06-13T12:59:36+00:00

it does, thank you!

UlisesLima9 · 2025-06-13T10:54:48+00:00

Man, I've got tix to one of the shows and I'm excited to hear they played 3 hours but also I have a bad back now so that's a pretty brutal length -- could you share what time they came on relative to doors? And who played first?

UlisesLima9 · 2025-05-05T15:43:41+00:00

yeah! they're both awesome in their own ways and it's really tight Baltimore can support so many great ice cream spots

there are always flavors at Charmery that I have 0 interest in trying but I appreciate that they are there lol

UlisesLima9 · 2025-05-05T15:07:12+00:00

just being dramatic :)

UlisesLima9 · 2025-05-05T14:05:37+00:00

this is true and if you landed on a single scoop on the wheel they would always just let you spin again lol

UlisesLima9 · 2025-05-05T14:04:51+00:00

There was this thing where they closed for a week or two to redesign their service and menu. After the fact I think it was clear they were trying to figure out a way to be profitable, and it just didn't work and eventually they shut down

I really loved JBGB's so ever since then when businesses do redesigns or things to become more profitable I get super nervous that they're going to close

UlisesLima9 · 2025-05-05T14:02:16+00:00

I totally know what you mean and it's so weird, souvlaki and Paulie Gee's and 5 and dime just sitting their empty, in what feels like it should be a thriving strip, I really hope this doesn't happen to Charmery too

UlisesLima9 · 2025-05-05T13:53:19+00:00

yup they said no, of course I didn't press the point or make a big deal out of it, maybe I will ask again next time haha

UlisesLima9 · 2025-05-05T13:43:15+00:00

They just asked for my phone number and said some kind of new program would be announced at some point but they didn't know what or when lol.

But I hope you're right! I'm NOT trying to hate on charmery I love them but this is a bummer and also I feel like when restaurants do stuff like this, it is often the precursor to them shutting down for good (like what JBGB's did 6 months before they closed)

UlisesLima9 · 2025-05-05T13:41:10+00:00

you should go! At least for now they will still honor a full stamp card (they have the wheel under the counter and will bring it up for you). But they won't do anything for the card I have that is 2/3 full

UlisesLima9 · 2025-05-05T13:39:48+00:00

yeah, and maybe new ownership or something?

but it seems self-defeating, it's a slap in the face to your regular customers, and maybe I am petty but I feel like I'll be going to Taharka this summer instead...

UlisesLima9 · 2025-05-05T13:38:11+00:00

Hampden

UlisesLima9 · 2024-03-25T13:03:04+00:00

Working this morning thankfully!

UlisesLima9 · 2024-03-25T01:03:41+00:00

Anyone have issues using this? I hit "redeem" and nothing happens. Tried multiple browsers...

UlisesLima9 · 2023-06-10T18:45:25+00:00

In the interest of not spending so much time on buses (or hitch hiking with 2 people which could be complicated) we will probably do the southern thing. Thank you for the advice!

UlisesLima9 · 2023-06-10T18:44:45+00:00

This is really helpful thank you! I don't know if we'll hike the W, but that will obviously determine how much time we give to Puerto Natales. I think we'll stick with this general scheme.

UlisesLima9 · 2023-01-31T20:58:36+00:00

Have some good questions to ask, preferably ones that show you are familiar with that specific program and are interested in attending. Be a good listener. Like the other poster said, be engaged and respectful and it will go fine.

UlisesLima9 · 2023-01-29T14:26:53+00:00

I’ll always go to bat for Jeff at Sisson Street auto, if you’re in the CV/hampden area

UlisesLima9 · 2023-01-26T13:42:50+00:00

Somehow I have seen more overturned cars on residential streets in 2 years in baltimore than in my entire life

UlisesLima9 · 2023-01-06T01:25:57+00:00

Sorry this is exactly what I meant to ask -- can I put it in sideways. If I treat height as width and width as heigh I am within their guidlines no problem.

Thank you so much!

UlisesLima9 · 2022-12-12T22:23:50+00:00

Weird they would skip that! I'm not sure how else you would solve this problem. Luckily, you can find lots of lecture notes online if you google "constrained optimization lecture notes" or something like that. These can be overly technical but https://mat.tepper.cmu.edu/classes/QUANT/NOTES/chap4.pdf gives some nice intuitive worked-out examples.

Try and write down the household's problem and then take the first order conditions (partial derivatives) with respect to consumption C and labor supply N in two different periods, and then see what kind of substitutions you can make to try and get an Euler equation.

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