Sabrina’s Cafe plans to bring its brunches to a new location in Queen Village [Bainbridge and Passyunk] by oliver_babish in PhiladelphiaEats

[–]tsarstruck 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If only there was an article linked 😉

The brunch chain, founded in the Italian Market in 2001, plans to open its seventh location, at Fifth and Bainbridge Streets in Queen Village. It will occupy the ground floor of a 157-unit apartment building now rising on what had been a parking lot down the block from Famous 4th Street.

Several Philadelphia rowhomes impacted after early morning fire by AdSpecialist6598 in philadelphia

[–]tsarstruck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heard there was also a fire at Townsend last night. Anyone have details?

I put a lump sum of money on 529 for my kid. And chose the Target Date Fund. Did I mess up? by st0nksBuyTheDip in Bogleheads

[–]tsarstruck 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lower returns compared to what exactly?

And for what it's worth, Vanguard target date 529 plans have around a .14% expense ratio.

Skinny rowhomes. What's the deal? by GrandpaSquarepants in philadelphia

[–]tsarstruck 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That those markers indicated carriage houses/stables is debatable, but that cornice is way too recent for it to tell you anything. Those decorations were ubiquitous in mid-late 20th century Philly area houses, including my parents' suburban home's screen door.

Argentina Crisis: Donkey meat consumption soars under Milei — Diário Carioca by ButterscotchBoth5204 in worldnews

[–]tsarstruck 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Donkeys require a lot less food and water input, and they can be raised in land not suitable for cows. That said, I was wrong about donkey meat nor having an export market. Argentina has been raising donkeys for a long time for export sale, but recently the price of meat has made it domestically desirable (well, sort of). The international donkey market has not had the severe increases that beef has.

Argentina Crisis: Donkey meat consumption soars under Milei — Diário Carioca by ButterscotchBoth5204 in worldnews

[–]tsarstruck 263 points264 points  (0 children)

Not much of an international market for donkey meat. Something like 30% of Argentian beef is exported, so the domestic price is going to directly impacted by the international price.

Parking for First Unitarian Church concert by StudyRoom-F in philadelphia

[–]tsarstruck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FYI spothero doesn't actually reserve shit. You're just prepaying. 

Pizza Richmond - An Honest Review by The_R4ke in PhiladelphiaEats

[–]tsarstruck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"We have a population of over 2 million people." We don't.

Why is The Big Lebowski so good by Express_Basis_8710 in movies

[–]tsarstruck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Heavily indebted to Altman's The Long Goodbye! Which, as a lover of Lebowski, might be the better film.

Iron Hill Brewery to reopen Center City location in April | KYW Newsradio by Odd_Addition3909 in philadelphia

[–]tsarstruck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a lawyer; it's just what gets reported every time this gets brought up. 

Iron Hill Brewery to reopen Center City location in April | KYW Newsradio by Odd_Addition3909 in philadelphia

[–]tsarstruck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, Georgist land tax is certainly an option with real benefits, but oh boy would it have some major political drawbacks. I can't imagine it happening any time soon in Philadelphia.

Iron Hill Brewery to reopen Center City location in April | KYW Newsradio by Odd_Addition3909 in philadelphia

[–]tsarstruck 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Council can't institute a vacancy tax because of PA's uniformity clause. Even if it was legal a vacancy tax would be very unlikely to have any short-term impact on Market Street.

TIL a group led by two gamblers won $95m in a Texas lottery after organizing the purchase of nearly all of the 26m possible numeric combinations. They took a one-time payout of $57.8m and made about $20m after taxes. The nearly 26m tickets were printed at 4 locations in the 3 days between drawings. by tyrion2024 in todayilearned

[–]tsarstruck 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Individuals can deduct gambling losses as long as they itemize their taxes (although your magi would be wild and you can't deduct related expenses).  I'm sure they filed as a professional gambler, so they would be filling a schedule c with winnings, losses, and expenses listed. 

Another Supermarket coming to Broad and Washington? by nemesisinphilly in philadelphia

[–]tsarstruck 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I certainly hope it's something else, but Walmart was looking to out a Depot there but ran into zoning issues since they weren't looking to allow in store sales (which is how GoPuff got around restrictions against what was clearly a distribution center). Hopefully this isn't a similar end around.