As far as I'm concerned, this is one of the few legitimate grounds for road rage. But, like (for legal purposes), don't assault anyone, just make a Seinfeld episode out of it

Fuck off with this bullshit.

Though I will say that the way they handled it is normal for an emergency. I work in the municipal world, and not doing a competitive bid process is normal for emergency work, in case anyone is wondering. However, it should go without saying, emergency work in and of itself is not normal.

Oh, you can cure bigotry 😏

If the funding is there. This was emergency funding and they paid to make this bridge priority, which includes priority materials from the companies we source that stuff from.

Eh, yes and no. This was built in an emergency because it's a critical link and was entirely unusable. Infrastructure is basically a "pick two" of fast/quality/cost. This bridge was way more expensive than it would've been if it was planned for.

Where at? Coworker told me there was a water main break up by Cumberland road early yesterday morning.

Absolutely get the ACHD on it immediately. What's the temp in the apartment? If it's below 60F it's considered uninhabitable.

Wind chill won't affect him indoors, but it absolutely will lead to the apartment temperature being harder to maintain/dropping down to ambient faster, particularly if it's drafty. And as far as reimbursement goes, I've looked into the PA landlord/tenant act before and I don't think there's a provision for that. Unsure if there's anything stricter for Allegheny county.

You and me both. The ice cream selection at Giant Eagle is just staple flavors, and the tea when you can find it is also just like normal and diet. I can't get orange tea unless I visit family back in york or make a trip to altoona. There's a Martin's right off of 22 where you can get turkey hill and martin's potato chips.

Rutter's has really stepped their game up over the past 6 years while sheetz has been kinda slipping.

Also I could be biased because when I lived in York county, I'd go to Rutters a lot because we didn't have a nearby Sheetz, and longed for a closer one. Now I'm in western PA and all sheetzed out, and long for Rutters. Try the corn fritters, they're pretty good. Also, Rutters breakfast burritos are way better than sheetz. Honestly, most things at rutters are better than sheetz.

He's a more detailed topo map using 5' intervals. The northern approach is at 950', and the old ravine floor where saline street used to be is approximately 830'. So the 120' height above ground holds, but not sure how much that changed when the parkway was build. Probably not more than a couple feet, which is within the margin of error anyhow due to 5' intervals. Doubt penndot did much more than grading.

topo map https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A054e1935/viewer

That's just how my normal ballot is in my district. You fill in the bubble with pen and run it into the machine.

Yeah, I was gonna say I've seen worse. Boston was bad. Parts of northern virginia were also pretty ridiculous.

It's not legal, but as long as you don't damage anything I doubt anything will happen to you. Obviously, you could become a target of a citation and it's up to you if you want to deal with this. They may just give you a warning the first time, who can say? You do open yourself up to risk, and it's gonna take you a long fucking time to move the snow with a snow blower.

Also gotta add, as someone who plows a little bit at work but not city streets, depending on the weather conditions, you want to wait to plow or add a ton of salt right after clearing the street the best you can. Snow sucks to drive in, but you get better traction on snow than you do on ice. IDK if you're clearing the snow if you become liable for the ice and any crashes that follow. And it takes a lot of salt to salt a street. I go through about 12 bags to salt 1/4 mile and a parking lot.

absolutely correct.

Your point is shit.

I don't "vote for bigger government." However, I'm not a simpleton and I realize that my political ideology isn't going to be seen any time soon, so I vote for one of the 2 major parties that both stand for big government, and I pick the one that is actually going to do something. Could be better, yes, but let's not get too long winded here. Republican's are also for big government, despite their protests. They just want big government in a different place. They want less social welfare and more military and justice stuff.

It's both, and government and businesses are often colluding. More specifically, certain people in power within the government. And a business taking advantage of some dumb loop hole or throwing at the wall and seeing if courts agree with them is absolutely screwing the workers, like come on, are you fucking stupid?

Gig workers are getting fucked because they're being classified as independent contractors when they are very much not independent contractors. They don't meet the requirements and there are curt battles going on over this. Agriculture workers are some of the lowest paid workers in the nation and they also have no rights under the NLRA. So they especially get taken advantage of. A lot of them are migrant laborers so they also have to put up with extra shit because they might get deported and lose their job otherwise. You don't have a fucking clue what you're talking about.

Only baked macaroni a cheese, but I'm assuming that's what you meant because if anyone came to Thanksgiving with Kraft mac and cheese they're being shown the door.

Pretty much all of them to some degree, but especially retail and service, gig jobs, and agriculture.

When entire industries are built on the idea of trying to screw the workers as much as possible, it's inescapable. Going to find another job just means leaving one exploitative employer for another. The only answer to avoid it, other than unionizing, is to just stop working altogether or be self employed. But self-employment for every single individual isn't a reasonable solution. And anyhow, it would just circle back around to the exact same thing but now every single employee is an "independent contractor" kinda how uber is, but they're functionally right back where we started.

While I'm definitely on your side of the argument, it isn't really the employers choice whether they have unionized employees or not. That's the workers' choice.

At least since I graduated high school. I used to work at the summer camp and we went to Baker's a bunch of times. So it's been 17 years.