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The_MetalDog t1_j1n10on wrote

Yup. Power is still out here and has been since Friday morning. Not the greatest Christmas that’s for sure but it could be worse. Hope everyone else who is without power is safe and is doing the best you can.

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TerranceBaggz t1_j1mq868 wrote

It’s likely your water meter. If you have a wrench, an extension cord and a small portable heater or hair dryer, open your water meter cover in the sidewalk, and drop the heater in there for a while (make sure there is no water in the meter hole.) the meters freeze BEFORE the pipes in your house almost every time because they aren’t insulated and the pipes in your house are. If you have some fiberglass insulation, wrap your meter with it after thawing it. This can prevent it from happening again.

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damdarirum t1_j1mh13e wrote

Reply to Piano lessons by Robu12345

Stay away from big box lessons (guitar center, etc.) The quality of instruction is typically poor and the fees structure of what they charge teachers is predatory and almost exploitation and it definitely degrades the experience.

Go private. It's built for long term relationships and learning.

There's a co-op studio in Cockeysville of private teachers that don't compete with one another for students but also doesn't have that fee structure, so you're getting your money's worth and so is that teacher. Find something like that.

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Mikel32 t1_j1ma2uz wrote

Yea mine was pressing on my nerve as well. I was very close to bedbound for a month or two but staying active as hard as it was definitely saved my mental health lol. Also, I discovered the heating pad made it much worse. So if you’re doing that, opt for ice.

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ceh12345 t1_j1m8gy2 wrote

That's fair and makes sense. I've seen down here that thankfully it's not just the college-y parts of Fed Hill that are lively. The whole area has bars and restaurants that get reasonable levels of activity from various age groups. I agree that I think it's for the reasons you mentioned - there's more business in general.

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billiamprydz OP t1_j1m8gwq wrote

It’s tough. It’s impacting my every day life. Wake up all out to wack. Stretch everyday. Can’t be in the car more than 15-20 minutes in the morning. Hour max car ride as a passenger. I’m not “overweight” I could drop say 10lb. I just don’t want to live like this for too long, I want to get back to normal life.

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Mikel32 t1_j1m2p2w wrote

Herniated my L4-L5 in college. I played baseball and refused to get the surgery. The only thing that worked for me was stretching, inversion table and honestly loosing weight and changing my diet. Loosing weight was the biggest game changer. Mine was pretty severe but sticking to a routine it took care of itself over 3-5 years. Will still act up occasionally especially when it’s cold out. But if I were you id do what ever I could to avoid surgery. Surgeons always want to cut.

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radicalbxchg t1_j1lvs9b wrote

Reply to Piano lessons by Robu12345

Peabodys out for winter break I'm sure you can enroll for the spring. My 6 year old son has been taking lessons since the fall.

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wbruce098 t1_j1lu07b wrote

What in proposing is a little different. Since you basically said infrastructure doesn’t scale with construction, in proposing a tax on new construction that will be used to help fund more infrastructure. This could help solve that problem.

I figure there’s a bunch of “but what about xyz” pushbacks to this suggestion, so a carve out for affordable housing (so the same bill could also serve as part of a financial incentive to build more of it), and maybe a very few additional exceptions might be effective, but definitely applies to commercial and industrial spaces, who use the most electricity by far, and maybe anything that fits the all-too-easily thrown around “luxury” housing term.

Make it green because there’s no reason our tax dollars should be used to build coal plants. Solar & wind are the typical responses there, but probably also things like battery capacity, general electrical infrastructure, and charging stations. And creativity about placement can make a big difference from simply finding fallow land: Ranchers often lease their land out for solar farms, with the panels built high enough that cattle/etc can take shelter under them. Seems a nice 2-for-1. My rooftop will never be big enough for whole home power from solar, but could house a couple panels that contribute to a collective run by the city or my neighborhood and/or a solar water heating system, which is much smaller.

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