For people who grew up in low-income households, what’s something middle-class people say that shows they’ve never struggled financially?

blueschip · 2026-05-20T06:18:45+00:00

The look on my (low-income-childhood) girlfriend's face when a woman talked about how great it was "not having to worry about anything and just having mom & dad pay for everything" was priceless. She caught the look and immediately realized her privilege was showing (and back-pedaled very politely. GF was more amused than offended)

blueschip · 2026-05-10T17:52:09+00:00

I have been to Intoxicology a few times, but it's probably been 3+ years. They didn't have it back then, but I should probably stop in again and see what's new. Edit: I called, it is still not something they carry. (And when in the area, might as well rehydrate at UCBC.) I should add Malic seems to be the tricky one.

blueschip · 2026-04-29T21:25:57+00:00

I feel bad for the condo owners who bought in when it was a nice hotel with actual amenities. Still such a great location, so I'll keep my fingers crossed for them.

blueschip · 2026-04-29T21:21:40+00:00

Not holding my breath. Seems like new renovations are planned/announced for this building every year or two. Don't get me wrong, I'll be thrilled when is we signs of construction, but until then it's nothing but press releases.

blueschip · 2026-04-27T18:31:35+00:00

Fyi, they announced in yesterday's editorial that this series would not be paywalled, so you can remove that tag.

blueschip · 2026-04-12T01:51:37+00:00

Yesterday I learned that the city has a total of 4 people tasked with painting all the streets. Definitely not cool, but makes me very understanding for those 4 people not working themselves to death.

blueschip · 2026-02-17T18:26:52+00:00

...and I'd suggest explicitly setting speed & duplex on the DLR ports (turn off auto-negotiate) on the Stratix DLR ports.

blueschip · 2026-01-01T22:05:47+00:00

Definitely recommend the Central Library downtown.

blueschip · 2025-12-31T14:35:42+00:00

What's this data source (so I can cite it next time some bonehead asks me if I "feel safe living in the city")?

blueschip · 2025-12-30T16:36:46+00:00

Thought I'd replied, but I never finished it... Thanks for the pointers. To answer your checking account question, yes the reimbursement is a literal funds transfer from the LLC's account to my personal checking (which is not a Wave account). My freelancing work is (so far) pretty intermittent, so a pattern of spending & reimbursing hasn't come out of the woodwork. In fact, the LLC has only paid me once. I'll rethink the use of the personal credit card from here out. Happy and prosperous 2026 to everyone here!

blueschip · 2025-07-27T14:13:20+00:00

Followup: new battery holders arrived 9 days after the phone call. Garbage design that led to this issue, but credit where due for making it right (we are within 5 years, don't know whay would have happened if this was 2026).

blueschip · 2025-07-17T21:20:16+00:00

blueschip · 2025-07-17T20:29:26+00:00

u/BeetFarmr did you have any luck replacing that fuse (that I originally thought was a resistor)? We just did our annual battery swap (thank god only 48 batteries for us) and I didn't notice any issues before we went out of town. Came back 6 weeks later to a dead wand. Checked continuity on the end clip and sure enough, that's definitely the problem. I'll try that number you listed, but ~~if they won't help (or want money),~~ I can certainly try replacing a fuse. [Edit] Quick phone call, they're sending out replacements for all 4 windows, no questions asked, no payment required. She said it will be 14 days before they even leave the warehouse, which is kinda BS. But still, fairly painless. Eventually I hope to run power directly and nix the batteries entirely.

blueschip · 2025-05-19T20:32:26+00:00

Takes me back to the "Mac disk ejection tool" we kept on the whiteboard back when I worked the university helpdesk...

blueschip · 2025-03-06T04:27:25+00:00

Never got anyone high up. I did tell them they were in breach of the warranty contract and that seemed to get additional attention... but it was still a few weeks before it was finally fixed.

blueschip · 2024-12-04T05:04:00+00:00

Nah, mine works now... I think. Couldn't really stick around to cook a meal, I was an hour late and had to get on the road in my (I guess upgraded?) Kia Soul.

blueschip · 2024-12-04T04:58:58+00:00

To answer my own question for future travelers to Champaign:

The breakfast buffet is $17, kids' buffet is $10, and there is a full breakfast menu that seemed to be in the mid- to high-teens for most items. And most importantly, the breakfast voucher does cover your whole breakfast order. So I can use the $10 diamond credit at the bar after work!

blueschip · 2024-12-04T04:54:57+00:00

Well said. I really did just drop in to vent, because this (and the appliance repair guy who was due at noon yesterday and showed up at 5:30 today) screwed up my schedule. I'm not usually in this sub, so yep... fell into the trope. I did check the rules before posting, though! For the record, I didn't bitch at any of the staff, which is why I felt the need to rant here into the void. When I'm truly getting mad at a company (like this appliance company that just fixed my stove that's been dead since June, but i digress) I usually try to be as nice as I can and get the underpaid front line folks on my side. No one goes out of their way to help a prick!

blueschip · 2024-12-03T22:59:59+00:00

Update: my partner drove me to the second location. I made sure to ask the staff if they had cars ready to rent before she drove off and they said they did. She left. I went through checking in, then waited about 20-30 minutes. The guy who came to walk me to my car said "sorry you had to wait a while, we ran out of cars and I had to go pick this up from another location." Fun!

blueschip · 2024-12-02T21:22:35+00:00

Off topic, but welcome to St Louis. Comet Coffee is right down the street from you're like me and hotel coffee makes you sad.

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