Wow you need to get outside and off of Reddit more, my dude. I don’t have a Costco. I used to live by one, now I live in an area with a lot less options because I was priced out of where I was living, that’s capitalism for ya. I’m trying to make ends meet as best as I can with the options I have because when I need Drano, I can’t make it appear from thin air or get it from some local artisan. “Anyone with options” - do you even hear the classism in your tone there or are you totally clueless?

Does Costco carry everything? No they definitely don’t. Did Walmart kill your grandma or something? I agree they’re an evil shit corporation, you won’t find me defending them at all but people need to make ends meet and don’t all have the same options as you do. Aldi just had a big recall on some frozen fruit. Are they better overall than Walmart? Sure. Are they perfect? Nah, almost nowhere you spend your money is.

You’re passive aggressively coming at me, I assume, because I mentioned price checking shit at Walmart? Ok. But you need a grip on reality and maybe a touch less militant idealism. Not everyone lives your reality. Go take a deep breath of some fresh air.

I wish there was a way to check beforehand. :/

Oh yeah I understand all of this. I was just trying to get across how much of a pain in the ass it is lol.

Pennsylvania is a mandatory access state, which means a landlord cannot prohibit a tenant from choosing their internet provider where available.

They can, however, drag their feet because they have to sign off on paperwork with Verizon to get the systems installed in their building. That building is private property, so Verizon’s not just going to walk in and start running thousands of dollars worth of fiber without getting permission from the stakeholders of the building.

Yes, thanks had the names wrong.

Costco. Walmart sells garbage and anyone with options doesn't step foot in Walmart.

Good call on the archive link, interesting article:

tl;dr: “The owner is not cooperating”

> Mike Parker, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, said that soon after hearing the initial complaints, the agency agreed to deal with the unattended craft whether it bore legal responsibility or not. In fact, in most cases the Pennsylvania Code places the burden of salvaging abandoned boats on Fish and Boat.

>”The difficulty is the law is set up to protect boat owners from having their boats stolen,” said Mr. Parker. “You can’t just claim one if you find it. There’s a process for changing ownership without the owner’s participation and it takes a while.”

>Fish and Boat has been wrangling with the process for months. The relevant law goes something like this:

>A person who wants an apparently abandoned boat has to send the agency a downloadable document including registration number, hull ID, temporary decal number, model and year, swearing under penalty of law that the information is accurate. Upon request for a title change, the commission sends a certified letter to the last known owner. If ownership is not claimed and the boat is not moved within 30 days, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat has 45 days to legally take possession, dispose of the boat or sell it at auction, or authorize a salvor to get rid of it. PFBC and the salvage company are reimbursed for costs incurred including removal, towing and storage. If the remaining proceeds on the sale are not claimed within 60 days, Fish and Boat keeps the cash. If the craft is determined to be valueless, the salvor may apply for ownership. When the title arrives, the boat can be stripped and sold for parts.

> Before it can be moved, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to confirm there is no boat fuel, oil or other possible pollutants aboard or leaking from the listing vessel. If chemical products are found, Mr. Parker said another legal process outlines its safe removal.

So things that aren’t groceries, you just don’t buy? Let’s say you needed Drano, where are you going? Aldi doesn’t sell it.

If it is shaking bad, they may need a new belt.

I want that lens so bad great shot!

I do most of my grocery shopping at Aldi. We have a special produce delivery thing because I don't need to cut corners on what we eat.

 
Outside of groceries, Walmart sells absolute garbage that's specially made for them and falls apart pretty quickly. I'd never buy anything there I intend to keep for any period of time.

I misread godson as grandson...

Funny you mention this cause just this last weekend I was out driving with my dad around Murrysville and noticed the Ponderosa was packed. Granted, so was the Atrias and Juniper Grill, but I was honestly shocked to see it so full lol 🤷‍♂️ this was midday

Remember the brief moment a couple of years ago when we acknowledged that the people who make civilization run are more important than dudes in suits pushing piles of money around?

But it also shouldn't be in such a state of disrepair that it's vibrating the apartment. There's a line between chosing to live above a restaurant and something being broken that's causing unreasonable noise.

I had Comcast from 2011 until 2022 while I was living in Avalon and basically have no complaints about the quality of the service. Didn't bundle TV so the best package they would sell me was ~5/100, but checking with fast.com routinely showed it would exceed that number. I purchased my own cable modem early on to save fees and it was fairly easy to swap in.

They were constantly trying to screw with the bill by changing tiers around so that what you had last month is $2 more, so the South Park jokes ring as true as ever.

When it comes to reliability though Comcast runs circles around the electrical grid in the area. Had short power outages nearly monthly, occasional longer ones where even the traffic lights would go down - but if you had your network on battery backup the internet worked just fine the entire time.

I would have rather had FiOS but it wasn't available on my side of the street so Comcast was the only high-speed provider aside from Verizon DSL. That said, I'm generally happy with the product I got even if it felt a bit overpriced. The stability of the connection over the years really added value for me.

I know there is one in Beaver. I had another reason to be in Butler, though.

Fios is fiber optic. I am fairly certain Comcast is not. You can’t just hook your modem up to whatever is run into the apt and choose. And that box probably could have been the demarcation point? I don’t know. The two I have had installed weren’t that same color. It just needs to be run from the street to your building or at least just hooked up. Fios can tell you that you have it in your area but it may not be set up for your building yet.

My guess personally is not a lot, just in camera saturation and a polarizing filter. The style is very similar to how I do landscapes. We probably both read Ken Rockwell.

So where do you shop to get the lowest prices?

u/anonymousmolarbear

Holy fuck, the A7 and that lens must be beautiful. How much editing went into this?

So fios needs specific wires to work? I remember having a black box at my old apt that had fios. I guess that was the demarcation point?

It’s a crosspost, but I have an A7C, so Sony gang rise up.

Welcome to the elite