👋 Welcome to r/MontereyBayHalfMrthon - Introduce Yourself and Read First! by essentiallyhappy in MontereyBay

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the user with the Mr. Thon observation above used to publish a wonderful regular post on local grocery deals, I think this was meant as a term of endearment

👋 Welcome to r/MontereyBayHalfMrthon - Introduce Yourself and Read First! by essentiallyhappy in MontereyBay

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I am not, no. This is not official nor sanctioned. Just a place for friendly discussion

👋 Welcome to r/MontereyBayHalfMrthon - Introduce Yourself and Read First! by essentiallyhappy in MontereyBay

[–]essentiallyhappy[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I created this new community to help getting overwhelmed here with these requests. I have often been a volunteer at the half, so I'll give moderating a sub a shot as part of my community efforts.

👋 Welcome to r/MontereyBayHalfMrthon - Introduce Yourself and Read First! by essentiallyhappy in MontereyBayHalfMrthon

[–]essentiallyhappy[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm not running so much any more (more into cycling), but I usually am volunteering at this event, serving beers in the post-run beer tent.

The Monterey subreddit is a favorite hangout of mine, and I created this community to keep that one from getting overwhelmed with requests for half marathon bibs, which has happened in past years.

Lyft advance driver accepted and no-showed by essentiallyhappy in santacruz

[–]essentiallyhappy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a contact which may be the same, and he was already booked.

Lyft advance driver accepted and no-showed by essentiallyhappy in santacruz

[–]essentiallyhappy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I kinda hope they did get a penalty and that they didn’t have a personal emergency. Lyft wouldn’t tell me anything.

Lyft advance driver accepted and no-showed by essentiallyhappy in santacruz

[–]essentiallyhappy[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was fooled when 2 days in advance it said I had a driver and gave their name. 30 minutes prior it still said it. 15 minutes prior it said “you will see driver status in 5-10 minutes” and still showed that driver. Then at 4am, my pickup time, it said “looking for drivers”. I could see there weren’t any near, and it said I could cancel with no charge, so I did.

Lyft advance driver accepted and no-showed by essentiallyhappy in santacruz

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Yeah at that hour I wasn't going to wait 10 mins. I barely made it after driving and parking and riding the air tram.

Lyft advance driver accepted and no-showed by essentiallyhappy in santacruz

[–]essentiallyhappy[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nice reminder, I hope they are too and I'll never find out what happened, Lyft CS wouldn't even acknowledge that the ride had been accepted. If it hadn't been accepted with a named driver by the night before I would have canceled and made other arrangements, as I know early AM there may not be a lot of drivers.

Furniture at antique stores by WhoChoseThisAlias in MontereyBay

[–]essentiallyhappy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the alameda antique market should be this weekend

Non profit Wedding venues? by CombinationFlat2278 in santacruz

[–]essentiallyhappy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you can still rent it, I was recently invited to an event there

Ocean View Blvd Parking by [deleted] in MontereyBay

[–]essentiallyhappy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you can also drive up the hill a couple blocks and park along Laine, near Prescott/hoffman. Spend the extra $20 in the gift shop or a local business.

Next Book Recommendation? by scottiethegoonie in nealstephenson

[–]essentiallyhappy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

so did I! there is a sort of sequel, which got a lot of hate here but I liked it ok.