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red_purple_red t1_j6kb7vn wrote

Reply to I’m homeless living in my car and today I got a flat tire. by Adventurous_Air2867

You must have some money at least to pay for gas. You could try buying some temporary sealant for a few bucks at an auto store and then pump up the tire. It could let the tire hold air for a bit while you drive it to a safe location.

From there you could improvise a jack by getting a rock and a long branch and use that as a lever to jack up the car.

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wherehaveubeen t1_j6kakb0 wrote

Reply to Is it harder to find friends as an adult or is it just me? by britt_102689

It’s hard. I’m 39 and haven’t really had a new friend since my 20s. I’m married with kids and I have a job which fulfills my social needs personally. That being said, when I do get lonely I’ve been going to yoga classes. I think just being out of the house around a positive group helps even if you’re not talking to anyone.

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DicmoVolant t1_j6kacvz wrote

Reply to comment by mynameisnotshamus in Better grocery stores than Whole Foods in Central CT by raindroptop

Their seafood can be good (always lots of dead mussels and clams not culled though), but they are cutting the same meat that comes from the same packing plants as every other grocery store, and their cutting isn't particularly good in my experience. It's nothing special. They just run a lot of fancy premium steaks at attractive loss-leader pricing to get you in the store, so it makes it look like their meat department is better than it is.

Source: Former meat cutter and fish monger who shops at the Danbury Stew's a lot. I'm never that impressed when I shop their meat department.

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DicmoVolant t1_j6k9qmw wrote

Reply to comment by mynameisnotshamus in Better grocery stores than Whole Foods in Central CT by raindroptop

Stew Leonard's is a store that lives and dies by it's loss leaders. Go get the loss leader (usually a premium steak cut or something), then buy everything else at the regular grocery store. Their pantry items and everything else that isn't a loss leader is going to cost far more per unit than at the regular grocery store, and there's usually no selection. Every grocery store does this, but Stews does this to the extreme.

Stew's baked goods are legit though and worth going for by themselves.

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buried_lede t1_j6k9elk wrote

Reply to comment by WestRiverTraveler in Guilford vs Madison by Coffee_Cardio

I’d vouch for this comment. The economic diversity in both towns is there, because until the pandemic hit, working class salaries could get you something for sure, in either town, even a couple of WalMart greeters could afford to buy something as long as they kept their eyes peeled. Sadly, the pandemic inflated house prices a lot here. Hopefully it won’t be permanent in terms of inclusion. The shoreline does not want to be Fairfield County.

Racial diversity is not big and neither town is happy about that so it would be better if we were more diverse.

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sourkingsbury t1_j6k86cs wrote

Reply to Restaurants with the best Spicy food in CT by Syncharmony

It's a little hole in the wall but Himalaya Restaurant on Farmington Ave in Berlin has the tastiest house made chilli paste/oil I've ever had. They (at least prior to covid) did a Friday lunch buffet, and you can get the hot sauce on the side with any order.

That stuff was seriously spicy and flavorful, but I couldn't stop just dipping everything in it - Naan, pakora, whatever.

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