Recent comments in /f/philadelphia

sandwichpepe t1_jdylsor wrote

Reply to comment by sandwichpepe in Mad about book bans in school libraries? Philadelphia has a solution - no libraries at all! Only 7/217 schools have libraries for their kids. by youngbuck215

like deadass there’s a regular that comes in to my work and he often brings in magazines - he comes over to me and points to a part on the page and goes, “what does this say?” or “can you tell me who this guy is?” (i read the article for him to find out). he even asked me to help him fill out the application for his REAL ID, he had no clue what was on the paper. i thought it was odd and was trying to figure out why he needed me to do this for him, and then i realized - this guy can’t read! he can read very little, like he understood the “no bathroom” sign on the door but even struggles to do that. this guy is 54 years old. fifty fucking four. he was homeless and begging for a long time but now he finally has a job!!!!!

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Stopthemegaphone t1_jdygg09 wrote

Reply to comment by phillybilly in Brick Pointing / Window Frame work by CommunicationTime265

be careful of this place if they suggest they do your job on the side. a guy there and his son did a job for us and never followed up and came back to fix what they did incorrectly. they cancelled multiple appointments or were sick. probably our fault for not going with the actual company itself but man it’s a pain when people don’t follow up and instead keep your money for a bad job that is falling apart. the “real” company has lots of good work under their belt. again just don’t use their guys on the side.

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John_EightThirtyTwo t1_jdyfww6 wrote

Reply to 22nd and Arch (1970) by mikeyv683

They got the idea to open the Electric Factory when they saw how well The Trauma did at 2121 Arch, half a block away. The Trauma was open from early 1967 to early 1968, and hosted acts that included the Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Todd Rundgren, the Small Faces, and Lothar and the Hand People. In the 1980s it became Memphis, and more recently it has been the Greene Towne Montessori School.

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DaVinciYRGB t1_jdyffzm wrote

Reply to comment by JBizznass in Hobby Shops by GumshoeAndy

Nicolas Smith Trains is great. I’ve used them to get some G Gauge trains repaired before with great results.

There’s also Steve’s Train Repair in Cherry Hill.

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whatisevenleft t1_jdyd20o wrote

Reply to Is Richmond Street the next hipster strip? by thecw

The hipsters are already gone from Fishtown. They can’t afford it anymore. Now it is people who have always been here and just held onto their property, wealthy retirees from the suburbs, high income young couples who leave when their kids reach school age and people whose parents pay their rent. Hipsters are living in neighborhoods you haven’t heard of yet.

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