Okay. Then let’s just continue to do nothing and hope the problem goes away all on its own. Right? Hell, why have any laws in the first place? If folks are gonna break the laws anyway, what’s the point?

Let’s talk instead about it being a mental health issue as opposed to a gun issue, yet let’s take zero steps in increasing access to mental health professionals. In fact, let’s vote AGAINST increased funding for mental health facilities and access. Let’s vote AGAINST allowing the poorest and most mentally fragile from receiving health care of any kind in any type of reliable or non-bankrupting way.

How dare I, or anyone else, mention any type of sensible restrictions/regulations. What gall it takes to think that people should be able to go to school or the movies the gym or a dance club or play softball or walk down the street or go grocery shopping or literally simply exist in a public space without the fear of being shot.

I must be out of my mind to think we can do better.

How is that?

No one’s constitutional rights are being infringed upon. Anyone can still own any weapon they choose.

Folks aren’t allowed to tell “Fire!” in a crowded theater or spread libel or falsehoods about others with impunity. These are sensible steps that don’t impinge anyone’s freedom of speech. Nothing I mentioned takes away anyone’s freedom to bear arms.

And in order to legally own and operate one of those machines, licensing is required, along with registration and insurance. If one would like to operate a higher caliber machine, such as a school bus or tractor trailer, a different, more stringent, license is needed.

So yes, I love that comparison. Let’s register weapons, make safety training and ownership licensing mandatory, require insurance to legally operate a typical handgun/hunting rifle, and if a higher power/caliber weapon is wanted, a license verifying that extra training has been taken must be obtained. And since all cars need pink slips/titles for ownership to be legal, make sure the same is necessary for all weapons so no one can circumvent waiting lists by using private sales on the internet or at gun shows.

Great idea! Even those who own and operate all of their weapons legally should get behind this, because that would make it more difficult for those who wish to own/operate weapons illegally to actually do it. Responsible gun owners should be flocking for this type of legislation since they have nothing to worry about because their weapons are owned and operated legally.

The last two times I was there, it was a comedy of errors. Wrong orders from both the kitchen and the bar, out of certain ingredients, disinterested staff.

Ya reap what ya sow

You realize that “getting away” isn’t a crime that’s punishable by death, don’t you?

There are 2 houses on my street in Castle Shannon that are up for sale. One is a foreclosure at $160K and the other is newly updated and is $219K.

I’ve never had their BBQ, but Oya Sushi in Castle Shannon has always been delicious. We eat the sushi, and their BBQ tables have never been empty when we’ve been there.

How dare you have facts and not just wild accusations and assumptions!

A “string of shootings”, but he only mentions two. One this month, and one in May.

Fuck all the way off with this fear mongering malarkey. What a chode.

Yes. Cheer for anyone. Cheer for the Bengals if you want. We aren’t playing anymore, so who cares anymore?

Psst

It has nothing to do with the race of the cops. For once, these cops were fired and awaiting punishment, as opposed to the dozens of cops who murder unarmed civilians and barely get a slap on the wrist.

That’s the difference.

The part that confuses me the most - they don’t accept the help. They have excuses for why they can’t do what is suggested. So it’s not like they’re scamming folks out of money or anything. They’re just pretending to be in a bad spot for… internet sympathy? It’s not karma farming, that’s obvious enough. It’s just weird.

I’d be empathetic if this was a real person. It’s not. They have been posting the same thing for months. They’ve had the flu since September? They don’t accept any help that is offered? Their posts all get taken down?

Clear pattern of fakeness

Cough BS Cough

This is almost exactly how I do it. The only change I would make is the “adjust based on service”. It’s a standard 20% minimum. It can go up if service is great or we’re friendly with the staff, but I don’t decrease it. If something is wrong enough with the food or service that I’m upset about, I’m gonna talk to the manager. I’m really laid back, so something would have to be frighteningly wrong for me to do that tho.

I was purposely skipping Jacks and similar ones. I was thinking of DeCarlos in Bridgeville or Kimmies in Castle Shannon or something else like that. The dingy neighborhood places

They are the true Yinzers. Forget about Steeler fans or whatever. Show me the guys who are at the bar at 10:30am on Christmas Day. They’re the real deal, no posturing or fakeness there.

Thanks for clearing that up…

The folks you’re looking for don’t go to “cool bars”. They go to the corner bar that opens at 10am and still allows smoking.

So close. That’s from a deer. That pile is probably half the size of a typical suburban rabbit.

I can’t speak in generalities, but specifically in my case, my ex wife was a UPMC nurse. My operating engineer union healthcare is better than her healthcare, and I have UPMC healthcare.

I’m glad I have good healthcare, but the fact that it’s better than what their actual nurses receive is fucking lunacy.

They have the pepperiest pecorino Romano I’ve ever had. So sharp, so nutty, so delicious.

Grew up in Castle Shannon. Lived there for 20 years. Moved to Dormont to get married, raise kids, get divorced. Lived there for 20 years. Five years ago, I bought my childhood home in Castle Shannon and moved back.

I don’t hang out with many high school friends, but I’m friends on FB with many of them, and I’d let them buy me a beer if I ran into them at a bar. Most of my close friends came from a summer camp job I had for 10 years that I started when I was 15.

But yeah… didn’t move very far at all haha

I HEARD A NOISE WHAT WAS IT?