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Does anyone know where John Maynard Keynes first laid out his "Paradox of Thrift" theory? I'm embarrassed for all the authors and grad students who have posted essays online about it but either didn't do a proper works cited page or didn't bother to go to the original source material.

Is it quieter earlier? Last time I was there I couldn't hear anyone because of the loud music. The big allure there is their incredibly tasty fries, which are 1000x tastier when intoxicated.

I see people giving up their internet connection well before they give up cable TV...at least in terms of "mass population". I don't have either anymore, though I occasionally leach off someone for internet use at home. Not often, though.

Allow me to be a whore: http://snipurl.com/9p8mq

I just decided to pick someplace large and somewhat quiet, hence LPP. They have 25-cent wings on Thursdays, too. Let's get some more people from the board on board! I can't argue with 25 cent wings...

Lincoln Park Pub? If you're going to do Tremont, I say we pick a more imaginative place. Hotz's...The Rowley Inn...Tremont Tap House...The Clark Bar... But I will go with the majority. And I'll be there, ready to jitterbug.

saving $15 million is "insulting"? speaking as a fellow taxpayer, I do not think that word means what you think it means... No, implying that the only way to make a shelter that actually gives shelter from the cold would cost an additional $15 million is insulting. Sure, you may have had a choice with this design to close up the gaps, and, sure, that may have been quoted as $15 million higher. But to say creating a shelter that functioned in the winter would have cost an additional $15 million than the price you paid cannot be true. And in a city where the lows are more dramatic than the highs, does it really make sense to cater to the high temperature days? And why should we have to choose? Is there no city that already has a shelter model that doesn't fry riders in the summer and do nothing to protect from the cold in the winter? Strangely enough, the sparse bus shelters closed on each end in Mobile, Alabama didn't create an oven, but also protected from the regular sideways-blowing rain storms that come off the Gulf mid-afternoon most days. As a fellow taxpayer, I assume you would want your taxes spent on something that worked rather than something that doesn't. That's the ultimate waste in taxes.

That's insulting. $15 million. Give me a break.

I think the official definition is: A recession occurs when the rest of the country has two consecutive quarters of an economy resembling that of Northeast Ohio.

Did everyone see Nobel prize of economics winner Krugman's latest on the recession? It ran in the print edition of the PD yesterday. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/opinion/05krugman.html?ref=opinion

They are totally buses. I knew they wouldn't be as close to a Rapid as they were making them out to be, but after a few months of use, they are functioning much like a bus. I don't feel much difference between the 81 and the BRT. And neither do the other riders I've chitchatted with about it. The time schedule is nice. The next bus arriving signs is nice when they work (although they're hung backward the way you'd be looking for that bus). But few of the problems of bus versus rail seem to be solved. The buses ROUTINELY bunch. (The other day coming out of work I saw SIX buses come within four minutes. SIX. Not an exaggeration but an actual count.) I had to wait 15 minutes for my bus. I was going to walk, but I wanted to see how long it would actually take. I do like the list of stops in a rail-esque sign. I do like the dinging they do, which gives them more of a rail feel. I do like how the bus drivers seem more rushed and not waiting for people, especially when buses are scheduled every five minutes. But it fails in comparison to rail.

Lübeck, Germany?

Not similar to the other places we've gone, but definitely my style: Chuck's next to Jerman's Cafe on St. Clair. Here's the Cleveland Magazine write up on it when it was named one of Cleveland's best beer joints last month. Chuck’s Place We never noticed Chuck’s, next door to Mitzi Jerman’s Tavern. Now, Jerman’s is quieter with Mitzi gone, and Chuck’s renovated storefront invites us in. Mitzi’s niece runs the bar, calls you honey and says you can call her Mom. The bar is Art Deco-sleek, the ceiling is tin, and the vintage mini-bowling game lets two players bowl if you press the button right. Order: Stroh’s. 3830 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, (216) 361-9031

Do you remember when these shelters went through design review? I need to go pull some meeting minutes so I know who to appropriately hate.

WTF? Personally, I think she was one more drink away from where I needed her.

Just in case anyone needs a ride, the 26 runs 24 hours and right near the Parkview. It is a short (3 block) and safe walk. (I've done it a few times, as I tend to over imbibe at the Parkview more than other establishments -- that place just makes you want to have another!)

Yay deflation...gas prices could dip under a $1 in 2009. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,462284,00.html

Posted by theo669 on 12/05/08 at 6:12AM trains are gay

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And less costly.

As Jerry is off on vacation this week, I believe I can lend some insight into the points raised. First, I think your second sentence would be better-phrased if it were ended with the words "for me". I have had occasion to take the newly-routed #81 out of downtown on a couple of occasions, and have found it to be a better, quicker ride into Steelyard (my intended destination) than the two-seat ride offered by the #20, 22, or 25 connecting to the #807. While we'd like our system to be all things to all people, as has been stated many times, both on this forum and elsewhere, the present economic condition simply makes that an impossibility. <snip> Just an FYI: It has made my commute to work a real PITA, too. It means leaving for work 20 minutes earlier to get there on time. I've heard a lot of the same grumbling from morning riders. The bus now arrives at Public Square at 8:01, 8:31 and 9:01. So, if you work at the Terminal Tower, you're a minute late if the bus is on time. (And in practice the bus that is supposed to arrive at 8:01 usually arrives downtown between 8:10 and 8:15.) If you work elsewhere, the time is pushed back further. It still beats driving (for me). I just read my paper on the bus instead of with my coffee. But ksonic99 isn't the only one who doesn't like the new timetable.

There are six buslines blessed with 24 hour coverage, and the 81 is one of them. Tremont is a fine place to be Car-Free.

You don't have to go into Lakewood. Just get out of downtown and into a residential neighborhood. A one-bedroom on my street in Tremont is going for $600 right now. Here's a good looking place in Old Brooklyn: http://cleveland.craigslist.org/apa/927644962.html (hardwood floors, washer/dryer in unit, two bedrooms, $550 a month -- heck, I like this place). Here's something in Ohio City: http://cleveland.craigslist.org/apa/927375283.html Here's something in Shaker Square, with free utilities and at $450 a month: http://cleveland.craigslist.org/apa/924025192.html I moved back to Cleveland from Alabama. Which, while not formally abroad, is basically another country. I would suggest taking your buddy up on crashing at his place for a week or two, show up with a list of apartments you're interested in hand, and find it that week. It took me a week to find my apartment while I stayed with my parents, and I was being extremely picky. (Also wanted to be in the city of Cleveland specifically in Tremont, Ohio City, Collinwood or Shaker Square, wanted a place that was pet-friendly, near public transit and no more than $500 including utilities.)

The 15th is best for me, but the 11th could work as well. Dec. 4 is bad for me.

Is there demand for that? On a personal note: I wouldn't want to live downtown if it wasn't in an interesting place like a Huntington building. I thought the downtown renting options available when I was last looking for a place were pretty affordable. I just liked the close neighborhood options I looked at (Tremont/Ohio City/Shaker Square) better. In fact, I'm only paying $50 less per month where I am now than my top downtown choice. There were openings in every downtown apartment building I considered.