Re: [Chat] 2944`

2013-01-24 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
I actually know the folks on Abell who found the cat. I forwarded them the info, they'll go check it out. jf On Jan 24, 2013, at 2:06 PM, jdy jdy...@verizon.net wrote: yard clean for now. while walking Max I noticed a missing cat sign at 30Th and Guildford. at 31St and Abel noticed a

Re: [Chat] videos

2012-12-21 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
Here's more information about the game, which is not so much a game that anyone actually plays but something deliberately created to be a tasteless joke 10 years ago, after which it was promptly forgotten until brough up at the NRA's press conference.

Re: [Chat] trees

2012-09-27 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
Judy, this is part of the rebuilding of Charles Street that will be happening over the next two years. There was quite a bit of controversy over this aspect of the plan when it was rolled out. New (though obviously not mature) trees are being planted in the redesign. jf On Sep 27, 2012, at

Re: [Chat] health care

2012-09-27 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
Hi Judy- I'm not sure about the options right now. But once the health care reforms (aka Obamacare) kicks in in January 2014 (assuming he wisn re-election) there will be different options based on your income level. Anyone making up to 133% of the poverty level will qualify for Medicaid, and

[Chat] water troubles

2012-07-16 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
Has anyone else in CV seen had water coming out of their pipes a sort of rusty yellow? It's been happening on and off to us for more than week now. Posted an image here: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7aakaaDiz1qazp9mo1_1280.jpg Is there anything to do when this happens? Call 311? jf

Re: [Chat] schnapp

2012-06-23 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
It means that, if the Schnapp Shop didn't exist and a new store at that location tried to get a liquor license, it wouldn't be granted. But the existing store was grandfathered in because it acquired a liquor license before the current laws went into effect (in the '70s, I believe. The law

Re: [Chat] Brown water

2012-05-13 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
Our water on the 3100 block of Abell is OK, but around 4:30 or so the fire hydrants at Guilford and 31st and Abell and 31st were both open and both pouring out water that looked bright orange! jf On May 13, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Kerry Allen wrote: Who else has had brown water since about 1pm

Re: [Chat] Have you heard the news?

2012-04-09 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
More importantly, collectively, Charles Villagers have already sacrificed their safety in recent past with the permanent closures of Truck Co. 7 (formerly at 3123 Greenmount)... Didn't the firehouse at 3123 Greenmount reopen? jf ___ Chat

Re: [Chat] taxes

2012-02-02 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
Judy - You're not doing anything wrong. TurboTax is a paid service for all but the simplest tax scenarios. jf On Feb 2, 2012, at 4:29 PM, judy berlin wrote: I have been trying to do my taxes using turbo tax. At the end I'm being charged $80. for federal and state and a processing fee.

Re: [Chat] Md mortg interest write off to be dropped?

2012-01-26 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
I have no idea what the possibility of this being successfully passed through the legislature is (remember, the Governor can't do this unilaterally, it has to be passed as a revision to the tax code) but if you read the article, under this plan the deduction would not be done away with for

Re: [Chat] Ad that came in the mail from Value Appeal

2011-12-01 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
Judy, I believe that this has been discussed on the list at length previously, but the short answer is that without the homestead credit your taxes would have gone up much more than they did. jf On Dec 1, 2011, at 11:48 AM, judy berlin wrote: I had my taxes go up as a result of the homestead

Re: [Chat] Gun fire around 3 p.m.

2011-11-11 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
Baltimore Sun crime reporter Justin Fenton has a great Twitter that he updates with stuff like this: https://twitter.com/#!/justin_fenton And he just put up a link to the Sun story: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/blog/2011/11/afternoon_shooting_in_harwood.html jf On Nov 11, 2011,

[Chat] darker than blue moving out of waverly

2011-11-11 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
For the reasons you'd expect. Ugh. http://northbaltimore.patch.com/articles/waverly-merchants-association-disbands jf ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive:

Re: [Chat] Most beautiful neighborhood!

2011-10-12 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
I'm pretty sure the block in the pic is the east side of the 3100 block of Abell. jf On Oct 12, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Stephen J Gewirtz gewi...@bellatlantic.net wrote: Which is the block shown? http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-most-beautiful-neighborhoods/9 My block (3000

Re: [Chat] Fwd: [northerncommunitycouncil] Worth noting

2011-08-23 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
Where in the city is evacuated? Didn't most people just go outside, realize that nothing much was going on, then go back inside? Dirt bikers have been disrupting traffic in Baltimore for years, earthquake or no. jf On Aug 23, 2011, at 4:54 PM, gasp...@aol.com wrote: HI Steve: What bothers

Re: [Chat] prop tax

2011-07-09 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
Right, but because of the tax credit you were probably never paying the full tax on that 116k. That's the credit part. jf On Jul 9, 2011, at 1:31 PM, jberlin jdy...@verizon.net wrote: i appreciate everyone's response. However I still don't get it. It sounds as if I am still paying the tax

Re: [Chat] does anyone have an Ikea kitchen?

2011-07-06 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
We just redid our kitchen last fall and used Ikea for just about everything -- cabinets, countertops, sink some of the appliances. We had it done by contractors so I can't speak to how easy or difficult it was to install but close to a year later now we are still very pleased with how it looks

Re: [Chat] gettting from CV to National airport??

2011-06-30 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
There's a stop on Washington's MetroRail Yellow Line right at the National Airport terminal. Quite easy to get to. You could do the whole trip from Charles Village via public transit. Take MARC from Penn Station to DC's Union Station, take the Red Line two stops to Chinatown, switch to the

Re: [Chat] recycling

2011-03-03 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
I imagine that they have way too much ground to cover in the course of the day to put them back exactly where they found them. Obviously they shouldn't be hurled about for no good reason but I don't think it's reasonably to expect them to be delicately set back on the ground where they found

Re: [Chat] Mice

2011-02-19 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
I second the suggestion about pet food. I used to keep cat food just in bags on the back porch -- they didn't seem to eat through the bags much but we always had a few mice. I bought a big plastic bin for the bags at Target and haven't seen any mice since. (You'd think that just having a cat

Re: [Chat] [Discussion] sun plus

2011-01-08 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
We still get ours even though we cancelled our Sun subscription months ago. I think that the Sun makes money off of it by telling advertisers Sun Plus has X many subscribers so it's not exactly in their interest to cancel these deliveries. jf On Jan 8, 2011, at 1:22 PM, Jonathan Wetmiller

Re: [Chat] anyone want some storm window frames?

2010-11-14 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
. Thank you!! - Original Message From: Joshua Fruhlinger jf...@jfruh.com To: Members memb...@abellimprovement.org; The Charles Village Chat List chat@charlesvillage.info Sent: Sat, November 13, 2010 1:46:33 PM Subject: [Chat] anyone want some storm window frames? Hi all- We

[Chat] anyone want some storm window frames?

2010-11-13 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
Hi all- We just had a new window put in on the back of our house, and still have the old storm window frames left over. If anyone wants them -- they should be the standard size of the window frames for houses in this neck of the woods -- they are free to anyone who comes over to our house on

[Chat] looking for brief tax advice

2010-11-03 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
Hi everybody! Does anyone have a line a good and preferably local CPA or tax lawyer? I am pretty good with taxes and such but I have questions regarding capital gains from a land trust that are a bit beyond my knowledge/capabilities. I would love to be able to talk to someone (and pay them

Re: [Chat] news needed for my Village Chat column

2010-10-18 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
There was a big article about the Eye of the Tiger guy in the Sun: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-10-15/entertainment/bs-ae-marathon-tiger-20101015_1_tiger-guy-marathon-tiger-outfit jf On Oct 18, 2010, at 8:09 PM, Dawna Cobb wrote: Hey John, thanks for this. Also, are you responsible

Re: [Chat] [Discussion] the 33rd street Giant aka Store (0303)

2010-10-05 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
I am a big fan of the Safeway on 25th Street. Great, friendly staff. jf On Oct 5, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Schlegel, William B CW4 RES USAR USARC wrote: The Safeway on Harford road is nice, I have never had an issue there with the staff. Brad Schlegel - Original Message - From:

Re: [Chat] in search of some recommendations, please

2010-08-19 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
My wife and I are big fans of Dr. Patricia Disharoon as a GP. Her office is at 3414 St. Paul and she often can make time to see patients on short notice. Phone # is 410-889-3060. jf On Aug 19, 2010, at 12:28 PM, macn...@gmail.com wrote: My son and I are fairly new to the area (moved in last

Re: [Chat] CV Retail

2010-06-18 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
I am also a fan of Kelly at Moxie's. jf On Jun 18, 2010, at 1:13 PM, Mike Subelsky wrote: Who did you go to at Moxie? Kelly always cuts my hair and does a great job - she was formerly at Tenpachi. I would recommend Gertrude's on Sundays - open till 3. -Mike On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at

Re: [Chat] roof maintenance

2010-04-21 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
www.tourdemparks.org -Original Message- From: chat-boun...@charlesvillage.info [mailto:chat-boun...@charlesvillage.info] On Behalf Of Joshua Fruhlinger Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 4:42 PM To: The Charles Village Chat List Subject: [Chat] roof maintenance Hi Charles

Re: [Chat] Electrician

2009-11-29 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
We've used Charles Hughes for small jobs. He lives on Abell. (410) 366-1386 jf On Nov 29, 2009, at 4:50 PM, slg2...@cs.com wrote: Dear Neighbors: Can anyone refer me to a responsive, reliable, and reasonably priced electrician? Thank you. Sharon L. Guida

[Chat] funeral homes?

2009-09-08 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
Hello all- Carolyn Goodwin is our cleans our house for us and I know does other homes in CV. Her father passed away yesterday and she asked me if I knew of any reasonably priced Baltimore funeral homes. I don't, but I thought maybe someone on this list might. Anyone who does, please let

Re: [Chat] funeral homes?

2009-09-08 Thread Joshua Fruhlinger
Guilford Avenue Baltimore, MD 21218 410-243-3387 ugagra...@yahoo.com www.gregoryjalexander.com --- On Tue, 9/8/09, Joshua Fruhlinger jf...@jfruh.com wrote: From: Joshua Fruhlinger jf...@jfruh.com Subject: [Chat] funeral homes? To: The Charles Village Chat List chat@charlesvillage.info Date