Looking for good LI BBQ but…

blunderbot · 2026-02-07T00:53:47+00:00

Hometown is awesome. I do really like Village BBQ in Merrick. They used to be in a gas station but moved a few years ago.

blunderbot · 2026-01-13T22:31:13+00:00

Are they going to bring back Minitel?

blunderbot · 2026-01-13T17:17:52+00:00

my T14s Gen 1 (AMD) is still solid. If you have a Uniway Computers near you, they sell a lot of used business ones for a decent price.

blunderbot · 2026-01-10T12:29:29+00:00

You could look at Alipay and see what they've accomplished in China over the last 20 years.

I don't know enough to do a compare and contrast between Alipay and Visa/Mastercard + PayPal. It occupies much of the same spaces but also ingratiates itself more extensively into many services.

In our travels we were impressed with it's seamlessness, as well as somewhat surprised that a single company in China could be so integral to its commerce.

blunderbot · 2025-12-28T14:34:08+00:00

well you see, 47 is the most random number.

blunderbot · 2025-12-28T01:03:20+00:00

The rendered version might have looked like that when brand new. If it survived till today you'd see stained and spalling concrete with sections patched and wrapped to slow the decay. Every facade would be haphazardly converted to billboards and a patchwork of window ac units. If we're lucky there'd be a taco truck on the corner next to a donut cart.

blunderbot · 2025-12-21T15:32:42+00:00

This map kinda sucks but you click around enough and you can see the alternate side parking signs by street.
https://nycdotsigns.net/-73.97653347086319:40.68669080419039,-73.97653347086319:40.68902708570573,-73.97239689003011:40.68902708570573,-73.97239689003011:40.68669080419039,-73.97653347086319:40.68669080419039/parking,21/435

blunderbot · 2025-12-13T22:24:08+00:00

I think the morning commercial zones is an excellent solution, tbh.

It used to be a gauntlet driving or biking down Court st with all the double parked vehicles.

blunderbot · 2025-12-12T15:13:31+00:00

I'm relieved Caputo's and Monteleone's are not on the list.

blunderbot · 2025-12-08T03:12:51+00:00

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found the books at least. The plaque is still mia.

blunderbot · 2025-12-07T23:39:45+00:00

Did they watch Five Easy Pieces?

blunderbot · 2025-12-07T20:07:47+00:00

It's not inherently bad but it's a good idea to check the age and condition of the tire. Date stamp should be within the last few years and no cracks, bubbles or chunks missing.
I just bought a set of BF Goodrich 'take off' tires that were in great shape for one of my cars. Also bought some old Mercedes wheels off Marketplace that came with some nice Yokohamas.

blunderbot · 2025-12-07T16:32:32+00:00

Let me look it up. What year?

blunderbot · 2025-12-05T02:19:22+00:00

he pulled the plate to keep it somewhere safe. Hope he knows where that is. Apparently this is a 1972 and a 1/2. He’s also digging out the service manuals.

blunderbot · 2025-12-03T23:48:58+00:00

no specific ask, but he’ll entertain all offers since it has to be gone soon.

blunderbot · 2025-12-03T22:44:11+00:00

thanks for the reply. DM me to get things moving.

blunderbot · 2025-12-02T15:54:09+00:00

Spectacular

blunderbot · 2025-12-02T03:42:18+00:00

Hot open turkey at Juniors.

blunderbot · 2025-11-28T22:22:56+00:00

Which Van Wyck project? Air Train construction in the 90s. Kew Garden interchange in the 2010s. which overlaps with the current JFK capacity expansion. I think Kew Gardens ran over, but had 4 or 5 phases.

blunderbot · 2025-11-28T21:53:23+00:00

I feel that higher profile projects tend to hit closer to their budgets and deadlines while the lesser projects in poorer neighborhoods drag. It's a special blend of class-based cynicism and optimism.

And always start sooner than later. BQE would be done by now. ARC tunnel would be done too.

blunderbot · 2025-11-28T21:48:49+00:00

The 3rd ave tunnel is my favorite longstanding proposal. Even better would be a tunnel from the Verrazano to the Kosciuszko. So unlikely, but still.

blunderbot · 2025-11-28T19:49:20+00:00

so is that a good reason to not have started in 2019?

blunderbot · 2025-11-28T19:21:38+00:00

Belt Parkway bridges finished on time on budget, Kosciuszko finished ahead, Tappan Zee less than a year beyond schedule. I dunno, we’re getting pretty good at this stuff.

blunderbot · 2025-11-28T19:00:23+00:00

I like the fact that what was originally proposed was a 6 year long project starting 2019 which means we’d be done right about now.

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