> . Money really doesn’t matter in a world where we can print it

The massive money printing of the last two years and subsequent inflation shows the impact of printing trillions. We could cut funding in plenty of other areas, however.

These temperatures are frightening. I'll never forget hiking in Vermont at -17. I was dressed appropriately, but had to reload the film in my camera which required me to remove my gloves. In the 2 minutes that my hand was exposed, it went completely numb.

Even if that's true, they're only liable up to the cost of the inspection.

It's tax season and all revenue sources are supposed to deliver documentation of income to you by the end of January. If you received money form the State, this could be that documentation.

These would be most useful to see before people pay their fare... at street-level even.

We need a countdown clock for the countdown clocks.

It's unfair to blame the entire community and their "hillbilly" culture for these idiots any more than it would be fair for them to look at the nonsense kids in Philly do and have them mock their "civilization."

>You're speaking like every employer is Walmart.

The comparisons are mostly in IT since it's the field that I work in. I've worked as a contractor in State facilities and they do make a LOT less money ~15-20% less. Layoffs are a way of life in my industry. Survival instincts include seeing the signs of a layoff before they start and getting out. This is something that people who work in government jobs never seem to do and it's common to find people who worked there for decades. In IT, 7 years is a long-timer.

Private companies offer these benefits, but nowhere near the level of State jobs. The primary benefit the State offers over the private sector is job security. Permanent layoffs are common in private sector work, but almost unheard of in State jobs.

Retirement benefits are night and day. Private sector jobs have 401k's that are limited by the amount you saved and the wisdom of your investments. The State offers pensions: limited only by your pay rate + time served, and they pay until you die.

Health insurance benefits have substantially lower deductibles, co-pays, and employee contributions. A friend of mine works for the state and hates his job, but cannot afford to leave because his wife has chronic health issues that would cost him an extra $20K per year on typical health insurance. He'd be lucky to get that big of a raise in the private sector.

Vacation, sick, and holidays vary considerably.

Those will work. If you want to hide the screw ends, you can countersink the screw and insert a dowel over it. There are also lots of decorative caps available that could be nailed and/or glued on top. I'm going to use these for an upcoming project. You could also veneer the entire face.

It is nearly impossible to be fired for incompetence. People in a position to improve tools and processes can stonewall those improvements until they retire because they like what they know. A friend of mine works for the state and certain communications must be delivered by fax. Even basic services can be unavailable for months and no one will be replaced. One department had no network connection for 2 months which forced other departments to hand-deliver memos.

On the plus side, job security is almost guaranteed. On the down-side, this is true for every idiot you work with.

> noise from the backup beapers

It's amazing how often the backup warnings are louder than the construction work itself.

> violent crime is up considerably nationwide

Mainly in cities avoiding prosecutions. It's the same problem with similar causes. There's widespread incompetence. There's no reason Philly needs to participate.

I complete agree. Things can improve that will make it more appealing. If plans are in place for those improvements, I wish they would be shared because all we're seeing is capacity reductions. Cars can be charged off-peak, except when we need them to be charged on-peak. If the plan is to wait for 6 hours until you can charge your car, people are going to cling to ICE or hybrids.

It's not the current state that he's referring to, it's the push to electrify all vehicles as California has slated to complete by 2035 when they ban the sale of ICE vehicles.

This is generally okay, especially as I welcome electric cars, but we need the infrastructure to support it and what California, and now PA are experiencing are rolling blackouts.

For someone like myself who wants an electric car and would happily switch to a heat pump, these capacity issues are making it less appealing. It doesn't look feasible without a back up, especially as states reduce electric supply,

The UK is saying the same thing as they deal with unusually high cases of strep and scarlet fever. The chief medical advisor at UKHSA said,

>But on Monday, Dr Susan Hopkins, chief medical advisor at UKHSA, confirmed for the first time on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that lockdown did play a role.

>“We’re back to normal social mixing and the patterns of diseases that we’re seeing in the last number of months are out of sync with the normal seasons as people mix back to normal and move around and pass infections on,” she said.

Petty tyrants at any level shouldn't be running things. Putting it at a higher level puts planning in the hands of people who cannot know the needs of smaller communities and are no less likely to be petty.

Wait, I get to choose?!?! This changes everything.

Clearly the only way to deal with this is to kill your neighbor.

That will be more than strong enough. We're using these pine 1x4-based shelves from Ikea in our pantry. Five shelves per unit with many of them completely covered in canned goods. There has been so sag in 10 years.

The biggest problem is that there's nothing that can be done legally until they break the law in a way that clearly puts someone at risk. If the police come to the door and they don't answer, we don't want the police to kick the door down because the neighbor's heard shouting. The idea that the city could have people involuntarily committed for "acting like jerks" is terrifying, and sadly that is perhaps the only way to modify behavior: by providing an environment that encourages good behavior. That doesn't exist in their home, in an institution, and certainly not in prison.

We called the police on our neighbors who had been outside screaming at each other for nearly an hour, and nearly as soon as they went indoors, we heard a loud boom that sounded a lot like a gun shot. The police arrived, knocked on the door, and when they didn't answer just drove away. Nothing had happened, fortunately.

What did the GOP do to hamper unemployment?

From the people I know who rent them:

• Big holiday decorations. You know those people with massive lawn displays on Christmas, Halloween, etc.
• Organzations: re-enactors, boy scouts, rennaisance fairs, etc store their larger pieces of equipment and group-owned things.
• Sentimental items. Things they do not use, but can stand paying $80/mo to keep it and never see it, more easily than they can deal with the regret should they accidentally get rid of something important.

My parents and their siblings are boomers. Absolutely zero of them (in my family) went to college while nearly every one of their children did. For their generation, the only people that went to college were wealthy. Being able to send their children to college was the best gift they could offer them.

The best gift that the Boomer's had was the ability to start a family with only a high school diploma.

Compared to PA, NH's stores are so much better: big well-stocked and reasonably priced. Regardless of how well they run it, they shouldn't. It steals opportunity for others and eliminates an entire industry in the state. While they run it well, there are other stores that are better in other states (e.g. Total Wine) The state should be making opportunities for people, not removing them.