Osbourne Landing has a few paved trails next to the river. Easy parking and a clean bathroom in the picnic pavilion.

The gravel path next to the train tracks in JRPS, accessed at Reedy Creek and other entrances, is pretty flat.

Related to her posts:

https://www.nbc12.com/2023/01/14/morrissey-calls-police-after-seeing-injuries-sons-body/

Damn, good to know. Thanks for the info.

>also, if you have PVC plumbing, never pour boiling water directly into the sink, and instead run cold water with it.

Why? Draining boiled veggies etc is pretty common.

Putting the poop in a bag, and then leaving it for someone else to pick up and throw away is so very low.

Dayum, that snark is thick!

If you had an ongoing water leak when you arrived home, it's definitely not a drain line.

The worst that could happen in a drain, is that the water in the traps could freeze. It would not result in ongoing water gushing.

Where would this sediment come from?

I've never had any issues doing it.

Very interesting read. Thank you for the clarification.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byrd_Road_Act

Amen. I just did this before I left town on Friday.

I actually installed a valve where the water comes into my house, with a hose attached, so I can drain my entire water pipe system in a few minutes.

A few years back, I didn't do this and came home after a 3 week trip in January, to the terrible sounds of water spewing.

It seems to depend on the road, and perhaps where it is within the county, vs town inside the county. Looking at their street projects, some are funded by VDOT, others by CVTA, some are grants from federal funding, and some is paid for by the county.

https://www.chesterfield.gov/579/Road-Projects

Interesting. Today I learned.

However VDOT also states that they don't maintain roads in cities and towns (town are inside counties, and most Virginia cities are independent, thus responsible for their own stuff (like the City of Richmond.)

>Note: VDOT does not maintain roads in cities, towns, or in Henrico and Arlington counties, except for interstates and major primary roads. VDOT does not maintain all sidewalks, or pedestrian or bike paths. Some may be maintained by localities. Please submit a separate report for each request.

>https://my.vdot.virginia.gov/#0

Again, whut? Am I missing some subtle English syntax here?

Counties and independent cities in Virginia maintain their own stuff, not VDOT.

Fairfax country maintains it's own roads. Rockbridge county maintains its own roads, etc, etc, as is done across the state.

>The only other county in the Commonwealth is Arlington,

Whut? This isn't accurate. There are 95 counties and 38 independent cities in Virginia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_and_counties_in_Virginia

Each one of those counties has its own county seat and county government. Independent cities are equivalent to counties and also have their own governments, budgets, courthouses and city managers/government. And they all maintain their own stuff.

VDOT maintains interstates and state routes. Most streets (and schools, government, infrastructure) inside a town or city are maintained by the county or city in which they exist.

Yes, but not from any State property, including all of VCUs and and state governments holdings.

But our city roads are bad because of years of neglect and mismanagement. Believe it or not, they're somewhat improved over what they used to be just a few years ago.

But the cemeteries are there, and are culturally and historically important. Either we dig everyone up and move them, which is not gonna happen, for lots of good reasons, so we need to take care of them, rather than let them fall into disrepair.

The Amityville Horror illustrates what happens when you build a subdivision over an inconvenient cemetery. 😋

He breaks down the unbelievable lack of city action regarding the Enrichmond stuff, really well here (and illustrates just how dysfunctional our city government is on this):

https://rva5x5.substack.com/p/rva-5x5-deep-dive-edition-101

I think I'm gonna start a Blues SoundCloud for this one. In fact, I'm just gonna quit my day job right now.

🎼🎶Ma chicken's on Dickens, now what shall I do...?

🎵🎶 I said ma frickin chicken's on Dickens! I hope she's still kicken!

🎵🎶I bet she's a-picken at sumthin finger-licken🎵🎶.

🎵🎶. That old gal keeps my old heart a-tickety-ticken.🎵🎶.

🎵🎶. Ooooooh, ma chicken, where are you nooooowwwww....?🎵🎶.

I'd never been inside that building, so that was a cool bonus.

Thanks for volunteering. That was a tightly run ship!

Just came from the voting station in South Side in Manchester. Very smooth and organized. Parking/traffic was a bit congested, but we parked a few blocks away and walked. In and out in less than 15 minutes, though the line was getting longer when we left at 1:15.

Go Vote.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gephyrophobia

Fear of going over bridges is a thing unto itself: Gephyrophobia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gephyrophobia

https://www.nbcnews.com/healthmain/gephyrophobics-fear-crossing-bridge-when-they-come-it-892759

Pics for reference:

Varina-Enon Bridge

https://maps.app.goo.gl/3MBkGMz18nKHu4Ch9