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freddie_love OP t1_j6pfdaj wrote
Reply to comment by nailpolishbonfire in Seeking vocal lessons for average talentless people! Located in 23236, but will travel. by freddie_love
Have you had any personal experience with their services? Thanks for the suggestion
Mystical_Mojo t1_j6pfcda wrote
Reply to comment by ImmobilizedbyCheese in VCU student death highlights worsening pedestrian fatalities trend in Richmond. How can the city fix it? by CrassostreaVirginica
Was in the car with my friend when he got into a hit and run accident on Cary and Belvidere. Called the non emergency line a couple times. We waited for over 4 hours, and NO ONE showed up. When we finally met with a cop the next day he told us Richmond PD is extremely understaffed and thats probably why no one showed up when we called the day before. Then he tried to recruit us to join the force...
Point being, im not sure if more traffic enforcement from cops is even feasible in Richmond.
lame_gaming t1_j6pegsw wrote
Reply to comment by Reasonable-Newt-8102 in VCU student death highlights worsening pedestrian fatalities trend in Richmond. How can the city fix it? by CrassostreaVirginica
yes to more public transportation, yes to condos that are actually walkable, but also yes to redesigning our streets
i would like to see a vcu superblock too. that would be nice
gowhatyourself t1_j6pe77g wrote
Reply to comment by notnot_athrowaway in Greengate, those townhomes out in the Pump. How are they justifying those prices? by HoldingtheMoon
> I just don’t get what people see in that area.
whole foods and homegoods.
lame_gaming t1_j6pe0pv wrote
Reply to comment by Successful1ok in VCU student death highlights worsening pedestrian fatalities trend in Richmond. How can the city fix it? by CrassostreaVirginica
sign me up for horses
Kindly_Boysenberry_7 OP t1_j6pdzlw wrote
Reply to comment by johnnycoolmane in Real Estate 101 - How to Tell a Bad Flip From a Good One by Kindly_Boysenberry_7
Most recently used a company called Triangle Plumbing.
https://triangleplumbingservice.business.site/
Actual service was by a guy named Doug, who was super friendly and helpful. He actually called 30 minutes before arriving, was 10 minutes early, spent 30-40 minutes and multiple tries to get the scope through, explained what he found (patiently), and called my buyer client, who wasn't present, and re-explained the findings when I asked. I'm not sure they are a large company, but based on my experience, I would recommend them.
dreww4546 t1_j6pdyuz wrote
Reply to PSA: Indecent exposure at Byrd Park by Lavenderlaurel
I know of (a friend of a friend) who had the misfortune of changing in his car for an after work run and got caught and prosecuted because there had been a series of car masturbators in the park recently.
The fact that he was a different race did not stop the prosecutor from trying to pin the whole string of incidents on him. He lost his security clearance at work as a result of his bad decision to do a quick change in a corner of the parking lot.
lame_gaming t1_j6pdmd2 wrote
Reply to comment by ImmobilizedbyCheese in VCU student death highlights worsening pedestrian fatalities trend in Richmond. How can the city fix it? by CrassostreaVirginica
yeah, i think the "traffic calming" was half assed though. cops are a temporary solution, ideally we would actually traffic calm the street and create a proactive solution to speeding
opienandm t1_j6pdhi8 wrote
Reply to comment by Kindly_Boysenberry_7 in Real Estate 101 - How to Tell a Bad Flip From a Good One by Kindly_Boysenberry_7
There are really only two safe options for an ungrounded circuit:
- Rewire with a ground wire and install a three prong receptacle
- Replace the receptacle with a GFCI receptacle
These will in most cases protect humans from electrical shock. The second will NOT protect electronics however.
lame_gaming t1_j6pcz4g wrote
Reply to comment by tpasmall in VCU student death highlights worsening pedestrian fatalities trend in Richmond. How can the city fix it? by CrassostreaVirginica
yeah. but even if a pedestrian pops out, especially in an area like vcu, they shouldn't die
RulerOfTheRest t1_j6pcy47 wrote
"In an emailed statement to CBS 6, Morrissey's office said the state Senator was at the jail attending to Senate business..."
I wonder if this is the same "Senate business" that he conducted when he tried to hit on my friend when she was an intern at the Capital and he was on work release. That was a resounding "No" on her behalf...
lame_gaming t1_j6pcmtz wrote
Reply to comment by atctia in VCU student death highlights worsening pedestrian fatalities trend in Richmond. How can the city fix it? by CrassostreaVirginica
vcu is one of the most high pedestrian areas in the whole region, we should design streets to accommodate that
mindblowing, right?
100835 t1_j6pcjgu wrote
Reply to Thoughts on moving to North Chesterfield? by turnipmomma
We've been in N Chesterfield for 15 years and love it. Near Bon Air/Huguenot/Robious. Good schools, great proximity to stuff and a short commute. We're in an older neighborhood with enough space from our neighbors, no HOA.
lame_gaming t1_j6pcf1t wrote
Reply to VCU student death highlights worsening pedestrian fatalities trend in Richmond. How can the city fix it? by CrassostreaVirginica
oh i dont fucking know, maybe try to make main st less of a death trap? maybe actually give a shit about pedestrians? maybe stop designing every single piece of asphalt in the country for the sole purpose of moving cars as fast as possible? oh but boo hoo the suburbanites would be mildly inconvenienced, so lets make main st 4 lanes wide and have the sidewalks floating above, then drivers won't have to interact with those p*destrians
damm_n OP t1_j6pc83o wrote
Reply to comment by Fatty_McBiggn in good motorcycle shop recommendations by damm_n
I bought a used bike and I'm not really sure how this thing was maintained in the past. Surely i can do a regular maintenance, that's not an issue. Actually when i was doing it for the first time.on the bike i noticed few things which I'm not sure of. For instance: almost missing coolant:-). There are others but would like someone with good eyes and ears to tell me what piece of crap i paid money for ;-).
RVAarV OP t1_j6pc5ss wrote
Reply to Drivers are not stopping on Broad St. when the lights are flashing red. *The light was green in this instance* by RVAarV
Drivers are not stopping when the lights are flashing red. This crosswalk down Broad St. was recently added, and it has been such a great addition. I feel somewhat safer walking in the evenings, because I don’t like walking under the bridge(near the slave burial ground), since it’s getting darker earlier. I’m so grateful this crosswalk was added—but at the same time, I’m always fearful to cross, because drivers are disregarding the flashing red lights when the pedestrians have the right of way. I wish they would add cameras to discourage folks from speeding through the lights, and potentially injuring someone.
Story_Mountain t1_j6pbisx wrote
Reply to comment by RefrigeratorRater in Thoughts on moving to North Chesterfield? by turnipmomma
What’s the average cost of a home in Short Pump? Gotta be half a mil
Murky_Pack9675 OP t1_j6pbb0g wrote
Reply to comment by LikeAThermometer in Stolen Moped by Murky_Pack9675
Don’t know why someone would downvote this.
greedy_new_truth t1_j6pb89u wrote
Reply to comment by xtremetuffguy in RVA Cocktail Bar Reco? by pocketdare
Atmosphere actually facilitates conversation at the Verdant Lady, whereas the Jasper in the evening needs a volume adjustment. Owner of the Verdant Lady is mad cool too.
Virago has some great cocktails, as does Little Nickel. Nick @ McCormack's on Robinson is a consummate professional behind the bar. Cocktails at Sabai aren't bad at all.
For the true RVA feel you should probably stumble from Bamboo to 3 Monkeys before crawling to Strawberry Street Market and buying whatever you can reach before someone drags your corpse to Scuffletown to round off the night.
a_real_tomato OP t1_j6pb4s1 wrote
Reply to comment by ImplementEven1196 in ISO a small-ish gym, close to the Fan, open to members without requiring personal training. Does this exist?! Open to any price point. by a_real_tomato
I reached out to them at the beginning of my search. They only do personal training. Even with personal training, you can’t use the space outside of the PT hour. That seems to be most PT gyms’ policy.
NotLurking t1_j6pak7l wrote
Reply to comment by The_Cawing_Chemist in Real Estate 101 - How to Tell a Bad Flip From a Good One by Kindly_Boysenberry_7
My current home is new construction from a decent builder. The realtor helping me sell my old house offered to represent me in the purchase of my new place. I thought he was just trying to make the fee, but he definitely earned it. He found items the builder and I both missed at every walk through. He made sure every option and upgrade I picked were actually installed in the house. I could have done all of this myself, but he saved me quite a bit of time and the builder seemed just a bit more responsive when my realtor was involved.
Cerebral-Knievel-1 t1_j6pajmq wrote
Reply to King Cakes around RVA by nelsonma5
I just confirmed with the owner of up all night bakery that they're doing king cakes
ImplementEven1196 t1_j6pagss wrote
Reply to ISO a small-ish gym, close to the Fan, open to members without requiring personal training. Does this exist?! Open to any price point. by a_real_tomato
What about that place behind Kreggers? I think it’s called tequila and deadlifts.
WontArnett t1_j6pa0m7 wrote
Reply to comment by man_swine666 in PSA: Indecent exposure at Byrd Park by Lavenderlaurel
He was a co-worker
lame_gaming t1_j6pfmwu wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in VCU student death highlights worsening pedestrian fatalities trend in Richmond. How can the city fix it? by CrassostreaVirginica
they have to climb 2 flights of stairs and walk across a piss filled bridge to go over two fucking lanes of traffic. two fucking lanes. and fuck disabled people amirite? they can be killed by cars. and the people with baby strollers, fuck children! and fuck peoples safety at night right? its their fault they got stabbed!
what if we, i don't know, made drivers go slower? oh but that would slightly inconvenience people in cars so that cant happen right? the mere thought of a pedestrian overpass as a solution is ridiculous and im willing to guess you've never actually been on one