PSA Anyone knocking on your door after a heavy storm to see if you have roof damage is trying to take your homeowners insurance for a ride. Let them look, then tell them you'll think about it. When they inevitably find "catastrophic damage", call someone you trust for a second opinion.

I've always been grossed out that, that's was just accepted by people. Religion doesn't exempt you from the consequences of animal cruelty and harming children

It's not like it's going to be a meadow by memorial day. It probably won't even violate city code. I typically only mow once every 3 weeks and it's never higher than maybe 4 or 5 inches. Depends on the grass type, shade vs light, the amount of rain, etc. Some places like Mt Lebanon are stricter than the city. But it's doable and not a snake and tick haven by that point.

Hey, almost like when law abiding gun owners get lumped in with crazy people who shoot up schools!

Sucks, eh?

I feel ya. Sorry you had to have it happen to you too.

Signed, law abiding gun owner.

Sheetz is the move after 1 am tbh.

Realistically, beyond these "jinxes", there are places where electrical service is far more reliable than in others. In certain areas of the city you have lots of redundancy and switches so that faults can be isolated and routed around. Places where you can have a bunch of separate power line cuts where nobody loses electricity or where there is no way for more than a few buildings to lose power without lots of electrical faults in the area. If you know what you're looking for, you can find lots of automated switches on the electrical lines within the city. By contrast, there are places, especially as you get further from major cities, where if a single tree falls on a power line running for miles through wooded or tree lined streets, everybody in that area is without power.

Every. Single. Trash night.

These are all great! I’m glad that you found them on your visit.

Honestly, for a 1/10 acre skip the battery and just use a cord. You'll probably need to get an expensive one for higher amp draw. For instance, I got one of those leaf blower/vacuum things because I have a below grade driveway and leaves get piled up down there. Use it a couple times a year so no leaf blower hate plz. For comparison, my lot is 7000 sqft, which is about .15 acres.

Anyhow, it draws a lot of amps (around 15 amps) and I need 100 feet to reach all of my yard with ease. So you need a cord with larger guage wires. 12 guage for around 15 amps and 10 guage for anything over that up to 20 amps (has one of the prongs sideways). Because the longer the cord, the more voltage drop which can damage the tool. Anyhow, the extension cord will usually have labeled the amp rating it's designed for. Heavy duty is usually designed for these amps.

The batteries for tools are decently expensive, and lithium ion is only good for full capacity up to maybe 500 full cycles. Corded tools are also cheaper for a comparable battery powered tool. And fewer rare earth metals for environmental responsibility if that's your angle.

The park after dark yo.

Not to mention the Amish puppy mills.

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Squirrel Hill is great! On that note I am moving out of my place in August and have been trying to find someone to rent my apartment since I am breaking my lease early. If you're at all interested, message me and I can give you more info.

What about a zoo? Or a concert venue? Neither of those have as much security as Kennywood

Yeah because guns, kids, schools and making malicious threats towards human lives, is just a lil practical joke.

You know, like pulling the fire alarm to get out of class. No harm, no file 😒

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I go to a small progressive school in highland park. I heard CC got evacuated, right?

It’s stripping the old tar paper off the shed for me, bit by bit.

I think the dennys in harmarville is still 24 hrs

They will really only get hit on county taxes which aren’t very high for starters. And oddly the newest stuff might actually be the least impacted. It will be all the little Ryan homes built in the 70’s that are now going for over $300k that will see the big shift.

Their township taxes should be pretty much the same since there haven’t been big shifts in value within the township itself.

The same is probably true for school taxes. Places like Zelienople and Evans City that had more value relatively speaking in 1969 will see some of their school tax burden shift out to the townships. But since the levels of development have been so lopsided, even if Zelie’s share of school taxes got cut in half that would be a pretty small increase absorbed by all the development everywhere else in the district to make up for it.

Dean’s Diner is 24/7. It’s in Blairsville.

This is the way.

Only one I know of is Dean’s Diner, I think, on 22 down Blairsville? Unless I’m misremembering

I think you’re all right sadly 🙁

WAFFLE HOUSE!