Recent comments in /f/rva

goodsam2 t1_j5zjrg4 wrote

Does anyone know someone in the legal profession I could talk to. I never received any bills because DPU sent it to my old address. Apparently the city of Richmond says that they haven't received any water bill payments in 18 months but I've been paying my landlord was supposed to be paying that. Water bill is handled per the lease by the landlord...

Now one was giving me estimates into the month range, I was wondering about putting money in escrow or something.

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gamerthrowaway_ t1_j5zgb1y wrote

I think it was Pete Humes who said (in the shortlived, but delightfully spicy, Brick periodical) "there are two things that journalists hone in on; fear, and weather, and it's almost ecstatic joy when they can combine them on a single topic..."

That's had space in my brain for a long time and I think about it periodically.

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Danger-Moose t1_j5zg20l wrote

The Williamsburg Pottery used to be awesome. I remember it as a weird collective of glass blowers, pottery makes, people selling mall ninja swords, and random hippies with patchouli and other things that probably passed way above my head.

What it is now is just... weird and sad.

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jodyhighrola t1_j5zfod6 wrote

This will continue to get worse as the inequality gap widens here. Cars are super easy targets, and we clearly have people living in the city who do not want to believe that Richmond is indeed a city. Don't leave anything in sight in your vehicle, don't leave it running while you're away from it, don't be dumb. If you have a Kia/Hyundai on the Kia Boys shit list, lock it down or trade it in, because it's a matter of time before it's disappearing.

The police don't eliminate this issue in any city, let alone richmond.

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jodyhighrola t1_j5ze2e0 wrote

Same. I thought for sure the entire law enforcement world was going to converge on me the first time I used one of the Instagram services. It's been totally fine. Really nice people too.

Edit: before I get DMs asking who I use, these relationships are fragile af. Can't share that with strangers on the web unfortunately.

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fusion260 t1_j5zdtj5 wrote

I'm hoping for snow at some point this winter. At least make it feel like this cold weather is worth it so I can make snowballs or a snow person or sled at least once this season.

But, so far, 2/10 does not give me hope that we'll see it next week.

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