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Doing the usual veg- tomatoes, peppers, cukes, broccoli rabe for spring harvest, and a bunch of greens. Trying out tomatillos and purslane this year. And some new spring bulbs to get in!

That Kaufman's was a magically "fancy" place for a girl from 84 - until I worked there during the Christmas season in college. Then it filled me with a burning hate. Still miss the Xmas display windows though.

Do NOT go to Compact Cars on Route 51. I lost $3000 on a rolling piece of garbage I bought there

Blown transformers usually show up on PulsePoint and no one reported loss of electricity.

Some people were saying it was kids setting off M80's. One person said that they were told they were being thrown from a vehicle in Mt. Lebanon and Dormont but I am not sure how true that is. Others said they were being set off in a park.

Great dane

Can vouch for them as well...bought 2 cars. No idea on prices because I am now leasing but they were good to deal with.

We are fiercely loyal here. I was talking last night about how Kennywood switched ketchup suppliers to Hunts and I think that lasted less than 2 weeks.

I do too, but mostly just The Stadium. Everyone knows what that means.

I chose to live here because at the time I was 27, I wanted to live IN the city, and I found a nice apartment that checked all the boxes here.

I also grew up in urban areas, and I used to skateboard all over the city as a teen in the early 00’s. Suffice it to say, normal city issues don’t really bother me that much at all, and are worth the conveniences of living in a dense urban area.

I can’t stress enough how much value walkability adds to my life. I fucking hate driving, and avoid it as much as possible. I love being able to walk basically everywhere I need to go for life’s necessities in 10 mins or less.

I like the parks, I like the river trails, I like living in a central location, I like being close to friends, I like having the city at my fingertips.

I just don’t like the odd chance that a bullet might hit me or one of my neighbors, and for that reason I’m leaving. I understand why people like the burbs, but that’s just not me. When I leave the city in a year or so, it’ll be to my farm in the middle of nowhere.

Yeah but my point is it's extra stupid right now. I've always been a "buy a 5 year old model" but the used market is insane. My 2010 got totaled and insurance paid out $1k less than I paid for it 7 years ago.

Im still gonna call the stadium 3 rivers.

Spooky fish bitches.

It’s every brand, but Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Subaru have always commanded a higher price.

Definitely loud enough to cover long distances. The fact that it was multiple noises lessens the likelihood it's a transformer, since multiple don't usually blow at once. So I don't know.

I'm going to double down on transformers and assume it was just Autobots landing and planning their attack on earth.

I just bought a car last week, the market is stupid right now. 2-3 year old models going for the same price as new (this may be specific to Toyota). I bought new for the first time in my life because of it.

Thanks so much for all the information! Really appreciate it! Have a good week!

Aralia spinosa

>Aralia spinosa, commonly known as devil's walking stick, is a woody species of plant in the genus Aralia, family Araliaceae, native to eastern North America. The various names refer to the viciously sharp, spiny stems, petioles, and even leaf midribs. It has also been known as Angelica-tree. This species is sometimes called Hercules' club, prickly ash, or prickly elder, common names it shares with the unrelated Zanthoxylum clava-herculis.

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Probably prickly ash - I guess it might be around here also?

I wish you well on your journey.

Hopefully thai peppers, zucchini, maybe habanero peppers. It all depends on when i build the raised planting bed I plan to do. It looks like my biggest hurdle will be getting the topsoil without blowing my budget.

That article include both the profit from financing and warranty sales and was written during the peak summer months last year as Used car prices were going up. The video I watched was from last month and they talked about how the profits went down, so probably a more recent thing.

This article suggests Carvana’s margins are much higher:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremyalicandri/2022/08/25/does-carvana-sell-for-lower-prices/?sh=364944c98f75

What I miss about Kaufmann’s is the bakery on their balcony. Mmm..the custard pies, the multitude of Christmas cookies, Italian and French breads. I also miss their fabrics in their sewing department, some beautiful stuff I could never afford at the time.

I will always carry my fear of elevators because of Kaufmann’s… Was on a packed one when it stopped at a floor, doors didn’t quite open but the car proceeded to drop 6-8”. It caught and went back up, but when the doors opened I never saw so many people empty an elevator that fast.

Hey, this is a great resource. Thank you.