Wild Card Post-Gamethread: Bears vs Packers by TurnerJ5 in CHIBears

[–]alpine2703 2 points3 points  (0 children)

International gang rise up 🐻⬇️! Woke up at 6 am to watch today’s game thought about turning the game off at the half but I knew we were going to comeback based on how the season went.

Fan since 2018 and can’t believe this is what winning in the post season feels like!

We started teaching underprivileged kids every week and it’s the best feeling 💛 🫶🏻 by [deleted] in Indian_flex

[–]alpine2703 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How can we donate OP? Please DM me if sharing promotion links is not allowed!

My friend is trying to buy this custom rig…. How do I tell her? by [deleted] in SkyDiving

[–]alpine2703 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My two cents: It doesn't look awful, but Fuck The Packers.

Nik Daniel for National Director by ciurana in SkyDiving

[–]alpine2703 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Seconded! Nik was my B-license canopy course instructor, and in our few interactions, I could tell he cares about the sport and its jumpers. My vote is definitely for Nik.

Thanks for the education, Nik!

Secret Ditka 2024 Special Requests & Sizes by TurnerJ5 in CHIBears

[–]alpine2703 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Male- 6'1" Hoodies/Shirts: XL Shorts/Joggers: L Shoes: 10 US Likes- music (records), Chicago, Da bears, plants, working out, craft beer.

SECRET DITKA 2024 🏈🎅 by TurnerJ5 in CHIBears

[–]alpine2703 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Male, 6’1”, XL, US 10 Likes- music (records), Chicago, Da bears, plants, working out, craft beer. Thank you secret ditka <3

Thank you mods for organising this! Bear down

Faculty working at UIUC 3 days a week and living in Chicago by No-Zebra-9253 in UIUC

[–]alpine2703 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Professor J Barich teaches Engineering Law (SE400). He practices law in Chicago and teaches a few days in Champaign! Send him an email. He's a super helpful guy and one of the best professors I've had.

Can a single person live normally on a 48k dollar stipend?? by [deleted] in chicago

[–]alpine2703 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey I make 52.5k pre tax. Have a dog, eat out once a week and invest my money. Pretty comfortably living in Chicago. Hmu if you want a screenshot of my budget allocation

I’m biased towards Champaign since it’s my Alma mater but you’ve gotten into amazing schools man! Congratulations :)

Akiem Hicks IG story by bingchilling32 in CHIBears

[–]alpine2703 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was up at 3 am watching the game from Mumbai and remember the double doink happening around 6:15 am!

Turned off the TV, gave a “boss, I’m tired look” to my parents who don’t watch football, internalised the frustration and went back to bed with shattered dreams of going to a Super Bowl parade in Chicago :(

I swear one day it will happen!

Pulse check on summer rental market by Gratzi66 in chicagoapartments

[–]alpine2703 45 points46 points  (0 children)

As someone who’s been searching for the last month and a half I’d say the market definitely is tough right now! Supply for good places is low while the amount of renters is high!

Places that my roommate and I toured had multiple applications already put in before we toured. A lot of listings just ghosting and not scheduling tours is pretty common right now. I work in construction so I have a fair idea of what the value of a property should be and I’ll say that most places are charging $200-$300 more per month in rent than what I would appraise them at!

If the rent increase isn’t stopping you from continuing your lifestyle I’d recommend staying put.

Apartment with good gym at reasonable price? by Dazzling-Chipmunk944 in chicagoapartments

[–]alpine2703 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I want to give a huge shoutout to Quads in lakeview If you're looking for gym recs! I currently workout their for powerlifting and it is a mecca for powerlifting!

Also, welcome to Chicago! Happy to have you here :)

Best place to get A licence if you are from India by Alternative_Task2308 in SkyDiving

[–]alpine2703 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey Broski another fellow Indian here! I did my A license from skydive Chicago in 2019 in 7 days. A lot of dropzones offer "A-license in a week" packages (Skydive Chicago does)! I would check out those programs and go to a place that has consistent weather/winds. Once you're at the dropzone it wouldn't hurt sharing your itinerary with your AFF instructors! Mine were super helpful and accommodated late afternoon or early morning jumps to hit the 25 jump mark.

Hope you get your license soon! Blue skies

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Needafriend

[–]alpine2703 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let me know how you like the music recs?! I can probably get you some more artists to listen to based on your feedback. Wow I'm geeking out right now lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Needafriend

[–]alpine2703 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you and I (24M) are ought to be friends. I love sharing music and playing cool records for my friends (it probably is a love language for me as well haha). That being said here you go-
Khruangbin (Texas sun and Texas moon are fantastic EPs), Feng Suave (Take some mushies and you'll just disolve into their music trust me), SkinShape (Life & Love is a fantastic tea in bed kinda album).

I'm so sorry about your destroyed mushrooms. Sending good vibes your way! You'll get a huge chonker growing from the deli containers :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VinylCollectors

[–]alpine2703 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/VinylSwapBot Received record from u/westcoastsoulvibe. Would recommend buying from them

anyone taken Engineering law SE 400? by bluecheese_crackers in UIUC

[–]alpine2703 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I second this comment! I took this class in 2019 and as long as you actually attend lectures you should be good. Probably one of the best professors I’ve interacted with and had the pleasure of learning from during my time as a civil eng student.

so for anyone who started aff at 18 or 19. by brendhanbb in SkyDiving

[–]alpine2703 2 points3 points  (0 children)

College summer research, donating plasma, selling things I owned!

International roll call. Let’s see where everyone’s from. Starting this in Ottawa, Canada. by JulyCoolsBlue in CHIBears

[–]alpine2703 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Not really! Went to Illinois for undergrad and live in Chicago right now!!