Recent comments in /f/rva

bigdawgwhatup t1_iyf3e72 wrote

Honestly just find a quiet street anywhere in the city that doesn’t have any street cleaning or timed parking. I’ve seen cars parked on the side streets that have obviously been there for months or even years.

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Kamikazecactuscat t1_iyf1kyn wrote

You’re right, but typically the city only comes after parked cars if someone calls and complains. I walk to work and have definitely gone more than two weeks without touching my car, never had an issue. But yes you’re absolutely technically correct!

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JoeMorrisseysSperm t1_iyewock wrote

the dominion incentives are meh. The savings from quality installed insulation are fantastic. And you’re saving your hvac from an early death. ** just make sure you ask them to do as much air sealing as possible, especially tops of wall joists

I have a 1700 square-foot ranch. It had shitty old fiberglass insulation (and not enough of it) installed in the 80s. We paid $300 a month for heating or AC on peak months and we were constantly uncomfortable.

I paid Vance insulation $3k to remove old insulation, install cellulose with roof decking baffles and block off some gable vents. Now we pay $180-210 on peak months.

We have way fewer mice and insects, our hvac runs fewer hours, the temperate air is more evenly distributed across the house, and we’re saving energy. And we’re comfortable.

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kob59 t1_iyewi5j wrote

Intelligence is positively correlated with moral reasoning in adolescents. In the moment, blood pumping with adrenaline, they’re able to effectively problem solve — find temporary cover, and reduce the time needed to find a drivable car in a big parking deck by calling out or help. I would argue that they’re likely intelligent, capable of moral reasoning, and chose not to use it. My heart breaks for kids that do stuff like this, and the people they do it to.

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kilofoxtrotfour t1_iyeuqdh wrote

What is the point in ordering labwork if you don't have a doctor or physicians assistant help navigate the results? I've taken anatomy, work in healthcare & going to Paramedic school, and I'm not qualified to interpret lab results exchange for basic things like glucose, pH and a few other minor things. Don't go down the path of some of the Republican dummies and think you can self-diagnose & start an Ivermectin regiment. (ha...)

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momthom427 t1_iyeunbx wrote

I worked for ten years for another hospital system, and though we obviously had arguments in the ER, we had almost as many incidents on the Mother Baby/Delivery floor. Ridiculous stuff. Three times when I was on duty, we had a baby daddy with two different baby mamas in the hospital at the same time. And the baby mama families would fight each other over the piece of crap baby daddy. I never understood why the two families didn’t join the same team and fight the daddy instead. It’s a crazy world.

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GandhiOwnsYou t1_iyeu0rs wrote

I think the reason they're doing reasonably well is because they've struck a good balance on knowing who Mall-Generation people were, why they went, and how those tastes have changed. You can't run a mall off of Sears, S'Barros, Chick-Fil-A, Hot Topic and FYE. Middle and High Schoolers socialize digitally instead of needing a place to meetup and waste time, Gen X and Millenials always thought JC Pennies was lame, and Boomers are settled and not buying stuff by the truckload to fill a house and clothe the kids.

Gen X and elder-Millenial crowds that remember wandering malls still kind of want that type of space though. Shortpump gave them a more "adult" mall, where the stores are higher end lifestyle companies, the food options are a big step up from food courts, and the decor doesn't look like a saved by the bell episode. It managed to keep the core "come for X, wander for a couple hours" purpose of the old malls while providing the things that still interest the people who grew up haunting malls.

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