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GCrites

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  1. GCrites replied to a post in a topic in City Photos - Ohio
    ^Everybody having to leave at the same time since there weren't parking garages.
  2. That sets a horrible precedent. Turns the industry into a crappy used car lot on the edge of town.
  3. You have to get through the 3-8 story phase in order to push land prices up enough that taller buildings are necessary to make the project profitable. If they can make enough profit at 3 stories then land is too cheap.
  4. GCrites replied to Columbo's post in a topic in Ohio Politics
    ^"Just stick the kids with the turncoat Seniors who put Biden in office. Serves them right for kicking Trump out."
  5. Boomer and Silent Gen proclivities -- put everything in the suburbs. Also, Downtown was considered "expensive" and Polaris "cheaper" but I don't know if that's still true.
  6. We really don't have much like that motel in Columbus that is savable. Yeah some of the "crack motels" on Main and Broad Streets are a little similar but poorly maintained, on high-speed roads and just don't have as interesting of architecture. A cocktail lounge on that 2nd floor over the entrance would be fantastic.
  7. GCrites replied to a post in a topic in Roads & Biking
    Maybe some switchbacks?
  8. That's it.
  9. GCrites replied to seicer's post in a topic in General Transportation
    Then the questions become: Why were they charged that much at the stations that they used? Where were the stations that charged that much? When was it? Is Tesla aware of the charges? Are they behind it? Have they adopted "surge pricing" for Supercharger stations? What do they plan on doing about it?
  10. GCrites replied to seicer's post in a topic in General Transportation
    No the long term test update just came out in print a few days ago. It has nothing to do with your home rate -- only at the Supercharger stations they used. Next time you're at the supermarket look through the magazine. It's in with the long-term Telluride test.
  11. Wave remedies? I'd hate to pay for a furnace right now.
  12. GCrites replied to seicer's post in a topic in General Transportation
    No the magazine just came yesterday.
  13. State and U.S. routes get moved around on city streets all the time.
  14. GCrites replied to seicer's post in a topic in General Transportation
    This month's Car and Driver magazine is reporting in their long range test of the Tesla Model 3 that now that Supercharging is no longer free that they pay the equivalent of $9 a gallon for charging at a Supercharger station. Charging at home hasn't changed outside of normal electric rate changes. So just like that teaser rate that those people who incessantly call you house and business phone claiming to "save you money" on your electric bill then jack it to the stratosphere when the teaser rate is over and you don't expect it.
  15. That didn't keep the 3-member Ohio Transportation Board or whatever it's called under influence from Kasich from c---blocking the 3C line.
  16. GCrites replied to musky's post in a topic in Sports Talk
    I didn't know there is going to be 50,000 people there!
  17. If they do it will be bad tippers
  18. If he wants Lebron to just shut up and play basketball, he should shut up and pour drinks for people who want to watch Lebron play basketball while not using his position as a business owner to further an agenda.
  19. Oh you're right! Zero's not at the beginning; it's at the end. So the Ohio rankings don't change but the single-code states get drastically worse compared to multi-code states. WV: 17 pulls NC: 21 pulls AL: 17 pulls MS: 17 pulls DC: 14 pulls That makes more sense. But it doesn't change the single-code states in relation to each other. Poor Hawaii at 28 pulls.
  20. https://99percentinvisible.org/article/dialing-around-how-rotary-phones-shaped-the-distribution-of-us-area-codes/ "Technical ease informed the distribution of area codes: the lowest numbers were the most desirable to dial on rotary phones, requiring less rotation for each digit. Prominent and highly populated cities like Los Angeles (213), Chicago (312) and Detroit (313) were favored. Populous California got other area codes, too, but the higher-number ones were handed out to cities deemed less important. Note, too, that with the 0 being at the far end of the dial (next to 9), 1 was preferable for the second number in each sequence." So the more pulls, the less important the area was at the time. Now there is one variable in there and that's the middle number. If it is 0 the state had only one area code. If the state had multiple area codes then it was a 1 which results in one more pull. Original Ohio area codes: 419: 14 pulls 216: 9 pulls 513: 10 pulls 614: 11 pulls NE Ohio wins. West Virginia area code: 304: 7 pulls. West Virginia was more important than any individual Ohio area code even when handicapping it with an additional pull for being a one code state. North Carolina: 704: 11 pulls. NC was far less important then than it is today. Alabama: 205: 7 pulls. Huh, I guess there was a time when Alabama was actually important wasn't there? Mississippi: 601: 7 pulls DC: 202: 4 pulls NYC: 212: 5 pulls LA: 213: 6 pulls Now wasn't that fun, guys?
  21. I wouldn't build or even rehab anything right now. Materials prices are just too insane. People think it's only lumber; hell no. Electrical is up 2.5X even. And electrical doesn't give a crap if it's a rehab or new -- you're still going to use basically the same amount. Same with plumbing.
  22. GCrites replied to musky's post in a topic in Sports Talk
    Excellent!
  23. GCrites replied to musky's post in a topic in Sports Talk
    A buddy of mine had been in the convention and trade show industry for 22 years. He tried holding out for things to "start up again" but just couldn't make it. People who understand that industry deeply are usually in high demand since it's so specific. I don't know if his company would have been involved with the draft this time otherwise but it's hard to tell if the local electricians were even involved or if it's all TV people. Maybe the lighting rig.
  24. What's the vibe in Frankfort regarding this?
  25. That's a pretty interesting "pattern" on the grass. I suppose it will go away once the sod takes hold and starts growing.