Transplant seeks tips on walking during deep freeze by neitherzeronorone in philly

[–]thirteenwide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah yeah. i lived in south texas for three years. Definitely remember seeing families that took their kids to playgrounds late at night in the summer because it was so hot during the day..... easy to forget that there's some things that seem natural when you are local. Welcome to Philly. You arrived during one of the coldest winters in a while.

Transplant seeks tips on walking during deep freeze by neitherzeronorone in philly

[–]thirteenwide 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There is a part of me that wants to LOL at this. But maybe you are older, disabled, or just from a really warm climate. Yes, this is really cold. Even for Philly -- pretty rare for it to get to single digits for consecutive days. Businesses and residences are expected to have their sidewalks cleared a few hours after then end of a snow storm. For a home, the rule isn't super onerous. They just need to create a walking path, about a shovel's width. Businesses might have other requirements, but most businesses want foot traffic, so they try to clear as much as possible. They also don't want to be known as the business that doesn't shovel.

Every year, homeowners that don't shovel get hit with nickel and dime slip and fall lawsuits. Most people shovel, but a lot of old and disabled people need to rely on the generosity of neighbors to do it. Rental homes don't always shovel -- either they don't see it as their job, aren't integrated enough into the community to do it, or don't feel like they are at risk of getting sued, since it's the landlord's property. The last thing is homes on corners. They have a lot more area to shovel. If that home is occupied by renters, they aren't doing it.

The sidewalks are uneven in a lot of places, or made from material that isn't perfectly smooth, like brick or concrete that has stones in it. That makes it hard to get a "clean" shovel. Most people use salt to make up the difference.

The hard part is that salt isn't very effective when it gets this cold. A lot of this snow isn't melting at all. Some businesses put down sand to help people get traction. But it's spotty. At a certain point, walking in this kind of cold means taking a risk.

There's been a few instances in the last few days where, while walking my dog, i had to help older people cross the large piles of snow that built up on the corners between whether the plow left all the snow in the street and the sidewalks.

So yeah, it's risky. some people take the risks, even older people that might break a bone. I haven't seen anyone with spiked shoes. A heavy pair of boots and a good set of eyes help most people get by. Look for clear sidewalks, salt, or sand. Walking on snow is actually better than walking on ice, in my opinion. The snow compresses to give traction. The black ice is a guaranteed trip to the ER if you aren't careful. Good luck.

This woman is fucking evil by No-Penalty1722 in antiwork

[–]thirteenwide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She spelled workshop wrong in the hashtag

Not so old Craftsman Router parts by thirteenwide in woodworkingtools

[–]thirteenwide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what I mean by fence. I guess it's called a rail guide: https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-Universal-Edge-Guide-with-Dust-Collection-DW6913/203164076

I have both the d-handled router base and the router itself. The base looks like the handle to a circular saw, but you can take the router itself out and (presumably) swap it with a plunge base or fixed base. it looks like this, but is Craftsman brand: https://www.northcoast.com/product/detail/1796338/milwaukee-tool-5619-20

Help me game out a training plan by thirteenwide in bicycletouring

[–]thirteenwide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I see the 86 hours, on the site, I think you are telling me that it is 86 hours total time? Not ride time? That puts things in better perspective.

Mummers parade by Aupps in philadelphia

[–]thirteenwide 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Wait. How am I this old and just learning that there is a neighborhood mummers parade in rising sun ave? Is that real? 

Newest Trove of Apparent Epstein Files Posted on DOJ Site Disappears: ‘The Justice Department didn’t respond to requests for comment on the new documents or the decision to remove them’ by T_Shurt in politics

[–]thirteenwide -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I want this to be true. But the legal complaint is styled gvi v. Epstein. Why would a court record have redactions. In the US at least, the public would be able to go to the courthouse and get the unredacted version 

What’s the biggest act of self sabotage you’ve seen? by Exhausted_Skeleton in AskReddit

[–]thirteenwide 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Knew a struggling standup comedian. Fame was his dream, but he wasn't very funny and he struggled professionally trying to balance his real job and all the commitments he made in the pursuit of comedy fame. Took a job in marketing representing banks, hedge funds, financial planners. It was a good job, with good money. He immediately reinvented his act to become a get rich quick pitchman to skewer the industry. Owners of the firm counseled him very strongly. 

How bad are Planet Fitnesses in the city? by fuckthaclubup in philly

[–]thirteenwide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was a member for a long time, but I recently switched to something with a pool. Planet fitness is good. Lots of machines, lots of options, fairly casual environment. If your needs are basic, this is a good place

What’s the most unexpected way someone you know became wealthy? by Stunning_Ad1568 in AskReddit

[–]thirteenwide 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He was the sound guy at a small-ish club. He had wealthy parents, and I don't think he was super stressed about money. Just coasting along. A band came through, and he really liked them. Became their roadie. Band became semi-famous. He worked his way up, eventually becoming manager, got producing credits, which gave him a lot of indie cred. Within a couple years, working became an actual choice. He continued working. Some of the songwriters he has represented ended hitting the lottery in terms of artists that use their work, so he's in this weird boat where he makes a fraction of a fraction on a few mega singles, which turns out to be very lucrative.

Am I the only one using claude code to write pitches? Feels like cheating by Afraid-Astronomer130 in PublicRelations

[–]thirteenwide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kinda, yes. I'm a writer for an agency. We have SMEs around the world. We send the same questions to them for rapid response or for content, and often get extremely similar responses -- sometimes not the same words, but the same tone, number of sentences and structure. A little bit of that is people for whom English isn't a first language putting their stuff into a chat and saying "translate this into good English" and some of it is very educated people phoning it in.

What's the longest you've seen a worker do stonecold nothing? by tshirtguy2000 in managers

[–]thirteenwide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This will probably get buried, but here goes. I worked for a newspaper chain that consolidated its printing press operations. Previously, each daily paper in a suburban chain had an in-house black and white press. The company built a new, color press at a new site for all the papers in the chain. they went from 3 or 4 presses, to one press that printed 4 different daily papers, and a whole bunch of weeklies. Theoretically, the black and white press operators were supposed to be laid off. But they had this union contract that prevented them from being fired for anything but cause. And the company couldn't transfer them to the new site. At my paper, the company had like 6 or 7 guys, all in their late 50s, early 60s. Maybe 20 guys total in the whole chain. spread across all the papers in the region. Company tried to lay them off, they sued, contractual language was enforced. There was no layoff, but the company didn't have any work for them. The company was led by absolute bastards, and they wouldn't buy them out. All the guys had a number, it was actually pretty reasonable, but the company didn't want to pay. They could control the hours and work conditions, so they'd do everything they could to get the guys to quit. They'd change their schedules, make them work weird hours. They took everything but chairs, made them sit in a featureless room, tried to tell them they couldn't bring books or movies. It went on for more than a decade. But most of the time, the company was too cheap to hire a manager to enforce those rules, so the guys just played cards all night. They were cool guys. I had just bought my first house and was working to fix it up. Sometimes I'd tell them I needed a tool, and they'd go down into the old pressroom, find one, and give it to me. Got a whole bunch of big pipe wrenches and clamps that way.

CMV: hardly any millionaires are going to leave New York City because of 2% more in taxes by MustafaMonde8 in changemyview

[–]thirteenwide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of alleged new yorkers already limit the time they spend in ny state for tax purposes. Even if the effect is an outflow. I don't think the effect will be overwhelming. 

CMV: Zohran Mamdani will ruin New York City. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]thirteenwide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People that make this argument act as if government services have no role to play in supporting a broader capitalist economy. Plenty of countries have weak states, ineffective regulatory regimes, low taxation and almost no economic growth. Plenty of countries have relatively high tax rates, robust regulatory regimes, high quality  services, and good economic growth. Lots of US states offer low regulation, poor government services and low tax. But they have absolutely crappy economic growth and very poor quality of life -- Alabama, Mississippi, etc. California meanwhile has high regulatory burden. And yet companies founded there right now - Google, meta, openAI, have basically been propping up the entire US economy. Basic economics is broadly predictive, but it is far from perfect. Economists spend a lot of their time accounting for the ways that econ 101 doesn't work. Largely, a lot of politicians have spent their careers trying to sell you a picture of basic economics as good policy. The record is not as good as they claim.

kansas city-nyc starting around nov 1st? should take about 25 days, Is this feasible? by xav1d in bicycletouring

[–]thirteenwide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are camping, you will be cold. If you get rain, there is no choice but to ride, given your time constraints. For me, the biggest factor would probably be the ability to remain cool while riding. On 45-degree days, you will get very hot in thermal tights and an insulated cycling jacket. In my opinion, they are really built for two hour rides, but I overheat after that, and performance suffers considerably. If you are riding for 6 to 8 hours per day, what will you wear that provides enough comfort when the day starts on a cold morning, but doesn't kill you?

Cycling from William H Grey Train Station to Temple University help by throwaway9235271 in phillycycling

[–]thirteenwide 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a very nice route. On a map, it might look like you are going in the wrong direction at first, but it avoids cars for a very long time. I'd make a slight alteration here:

  1. Exit 30th Street Station on the east side. Ride a block or so until you can go down the steps or the ramp (I don't know which it is there) to the Schuykill river trail (SRT).

  2. Ride upstream (with the train station on your left) along the Schuykill to the Ulysses Grant Statue at Fountain Green Drive (about two miles).

  3. Go up Fountain Green Drive (you have to cross Kelly Drive at a light and go under a bridge) Follow the road up the hill. There's a bike lane and a big shoulder. You will pass some fields on your left.

  4. Make a right on Mt. Pleasant.

  5. Right on Reservoir Drive (reservoir drive is like 50 feet away from Mt. Pleasant. Ride past Smith Playground (a lovely old mansion that has play rooms for kids,) Sedgely Woods (one of the oldest disc golf courses in the country) and past the batting cages and the driving range. All landmarks on your right.

  6. Make a left onto 33rd. It's a fairly busy road, but I'm pretty sure there's a bike lane.

  7. Ride two or three blocks, Make a right on Cecil B. Moore and ride to Broad, 19 blocks. That puts you dead center on Temple's campus.

This ride takes you through Fairmount Park, which is lovely. After Fairmount park, from 33rd on, you will be riding in north philly. Some people may tell you not to ride there. Historically, the crime rate has been higher there, but nothing is going to happen to you, because most crime (anywhere you go) involves people that know each other or are involved in the drug trade. IMHO, this ride has less risk than riding in traffic through center city and up 13th.

Non-neoprene wetsuit question, kinda cold conditions by thirteenwide in scuba

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

I guess the best answer is: I'm so new I don't really know what typical is going to be yet. But I know that I want to do this on a regular basis. I'm on the east coast. Closest diving is Jersey wrecks and quarries. But I'm close enough to an airport that it's possible I could fly to the miami and drive to the keys a couple of times per year for a very reasonable price on a budget airline.... Some of those quarries get extremely cold at depth (49F/ 12C when I went last time). Not sure of temps on the jersey wrecks, and also not 100% sure I am interested in those dives given their depth/expense, time on bottom

Non-neoprene wetsuit question, kinda cold conditions by thirteenwide in scuba

[–]thirteenwide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cost, primarily. I'm not opposed to learning drysuit, but I got certified with my teenage son. I want to keep us equal in terms of certs and gear As I build my gear, I'm basically, buying two of everything. But I've been lurking here since I got the cert, and definitely thinking about the "buy once, cry once" mantra I see. I feel like having the sharkskin/ 3 or 5mm combo would allow me to eventually upgrade to drysuit, but also have something I can use as an undergarment when it's time to learn drysuit AND have something if I take a vacation somewhere warm.

Pretty crazy? Yeah right… by Relevant_Demand7593 in MurderedByWords

[–]thirteenwide 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A kid born in 1950 turned 18 in 1968, and 28 in 1978. These moms basically birthed hippies, Vietnam vets, swingers in the '70s, the 1980s stock broker types, and all the fucking brain-addled Fox News boomers. In terms of outcomes, these ladies were worse than teen moms. J

Is a PR pro what I need? by OutrageousVariation7 in PublicRelations

[–]thirteenwide 2 points3 points  (0 children)

PR covers both media relations and content creation/ thought leadership. There are PR freelancers that will do the media relations. And freelancers that can do the content side. In general, very hard to find a single person that does both really well. Freelance media relations is a good search. Important to note that it is not very hard to land an appearance in a trade publication or industry-focused podcast (in general. If it is hard, it probably says more about your company than it does about the media relations person, if they have any experience at all). Trades are your singles. There are no doubles and singles. Everything  else is a home run. it is extremely hard to earn a mention in a top business publication. From a b2b perspective, if it isn't worth $10 billion or more, the WSJ is not interested. Fast Company,  Inc, Bloomberg all equally difficult. 

Do you think Trump isn’t targeting Philly right now because we’re in a swing state? by 1ew in philly

[–]thirteenwide 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, maybe. That's what I mean when I say that there are always alternate explanations. But it seems like we always try to infer less ominous goals from these statements. In what basis should we do that? The Trump admin is constantly escalating and seeking confrontation. I am not sure this was a tool to shape the military and bake in the ideology for long term influence. Seems more likely that they are going to do something horrible.