[UC] Plumbing stolen

2007-05-14 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
This has not been a fun morning... Woke up, and my toilet wouldn't flush. No water in the bathroom. Went down to the basement to check for a leak. Water all over the basement floor. Not coming from a pipe... Coming in through the wall at ground level (not a break in my line to the water main,

[UC] FYI: Pay to Play Legislation in Trouble

2005-03-15 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
Folks, I heard that Blackwell is *not* supporting this legislation. Please take whatever action seems appropriate. --- Chip - Forwarded message from Ed Goppelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:17:43 -0500 From: Ed Goppelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Ed Goppelt

Re: [UC] Parking Rage: Bloody Hell!!!

2005-02-05 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Wilma de Soto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 21:35:58 -0500 Well, guess what? I do not own the city streets, but the City of Philadelphia does; and they have laws and ordinances that apply to the blocking of any public or private driveway, and I would have been

Re: [UC] Re: Parking rage (and non-walk shoveling slackers)

2005-02-04 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Elizabeth F. Campion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 13:30:24 -0500 Parking permits do NOT buy you a spot in front of your house. I checked on the Phila.gov web site, and there are two kinds of parking permits. Residential Parking Permits: Residents in eligible areas

Re: [UC] Re: Parking rage (and non-walk shoveling slackers)

2005-02-04 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Julia Crane [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:03:41 -0500 I'm sure on street parking has been a problem ever since cars. It's a city and suburban issue (in towns like Upper Darby and Lansdowne). People seem to be very willing to jump into an available spot,

Re: [UC] Snow and parking, what am I missing?

2005-02-04 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: KAREN ALLEN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:21:42 -0500 Once it snows, that shoveled snow has to go somewhere, and where it goes takes up valuable space and prevents another car from parking there. [...] OK, so when it snows there are fewer parking spaces, and

[UC] Snow shoes free to a good home

2005-01-26 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
I have a pair of inexpensive plastic snow shoes which don't fit me. I imagine that they would work fairly well for someone with smaller feet and fewer pounds, say a small to medium size adult male or equivalent. Let me know if you want them, --- Chip You are receiving this because you are

Re: [UC] Question for other dog companion-people

2005-01-25 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:51:42 EST Any suggestions? Does anyone know if any of these snow melting products actually more or less problematic than others? And, if so, would some kind of awareness campaign help? Some of the salt products are advertised as

[UC] 90#

2005-01-24 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
Snopes says that this only applies to some organizations whose PBX (internal phane system) supports this feature. Dialing 90# will not have any effect on standard residential phones or cell phones. Please check http://www.snopes.com before passing along these sorts of reports. --- Chip

Re: [UC] Mid-Atlantic AAA- Why Do They Suck So Badly?????

2005-01-24 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:19:07 EST First they sent someone to give me a jump start, even though on the phone we decided that wouldn't do it I called AAA and said, My car won't start. It cranks fine, so it's not the battery. Every time that they

Re: [UC] Re: UCD crime increase

2005-01-18 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Andrew Diller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:33:29 -0500 Damaging to whom? In case that question isn't just rhetorical, Creating a sense that crime is worse than it really is hurts people who are selling houses (owners and real estate agents) and people who are

Re: [UC] Anyone record the Eagles Vikings game?

2005-01-18 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: William H. Magill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:13:36 -0500 While it could be argued that simply recording the game for time-shifting purposes might be fair use (a position which the NFL and the rest of Hollywood disagree with) passing along a copy of it

Re: [UC] crime warning

2005-01-05 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Jonathan Cass [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:27:24 -0500 [...] Diller and Nicholary have, for 2005, raised the price of their neighborhood armed escort service. Speaking of which, has anyone ever used the UCD escort service?

Re: [UC] Re: Scammer or Casing Alert

2005-01-02 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Mayer, Ann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 22:58:07 -0500 These guys sound smarter than the guy who stopped me one morning Telling me a story about how he had just lost a $25 bill and Desperately needed a loan to get a taxi to take him to the Airport.

Re: [UC] Historical venues

2005-01-02 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Wilma de Soto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 12:24:51 -0500 Still, isn't there something to be said about saving these places where so many greats played? Also, I feel the Philadelphia Inferiority Syndrome has contributed to the de-valuing and lack of marketing

Re: [UC] Civic Center demolition

2005-01-01 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: William H. Magill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:07:45 -0500 the facility was simply too small AND nobody could get to it without day long traffic jams And note that, not to put too fine a point on it, traffic jams around the HUP and CHOP ERs can endanger

Re: [UC] Reminder: Recycling Jan 8th and 22nd

2004-12-29 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Dan Widyono [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:50:01 -0500 I'll second the large rectangular bin option. Never yet had a problem. Amusingly, the recycling website, http://www.phila.gov/streets/recycling.html, says that mixed paper should be put in a grocert bag or tied

Re: [UC] RE: experts in repairing Victorian era staircases?

2004-12-15 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Mayer, Ann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:02:31 -0500 Has anyone had any good or bad experiences with problems of this kind so That they could tell me someone they would recommend/not recommend to handle repairs on a Victorian era staircse? I haven't had

Re: [UC] Waits and Measures - was cakes, loaves, et al.

2004-12-11 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Joe Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:28:48 -0500 I wanted to let you know that I contributed over 10 years ago to the Tom Waits' dictionary which is on the web. It is mostly American slang. Cool! I'm pretty familiar with American slang from several eras,

Re: [UC] local history (was another idea from California)

2004-12-09 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: =?windows-1252?Q?L_a_s_e_r_B_e_a_m_=AE?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 16:43:06 -0500 it is unlikely that the radiology equipment could possibly be larger than equipment that has been in the building before, I don't know what sort of radiology equipment

Re: [UC] cakes, loaves, dozens, inches, ounces, cattle, Norsemen

2004-12-09 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?L_a_s_e_r_B_e_a_m_=AE?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 16:37:19 -0500 The Norsemen contributed their word for cattle, fe, from which fee is an easy step. Did you know that skipper and equipment come from the same Norse root? The skipper of a

[UC] cakes, loaves, dozens, inches, ounces (was: striking at strikes)

2004-12-08 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?L_a_s_e_r_B_e_a_m_=AE?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 10:49:52 -0500 this got me wondering about the phrase baker's dozen, Which reminded me of a story I heard about inches and ounces. According to this article, they both come from the same latin

Re: [UC] striking at strikes ....

2004-12-07 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 18:57:43 EST This is a serious social problem. It can't be answered by someone who made the sacrifices to get an education or acquire skills and a work ethic saying that anybody can do it. For some, it's too late. I believe we have

Re: [UC] Re: [nolphiladelphia] Council bill to bring peace and quiet to your block at night

2004-12-02 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Marianne Das [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 08:24:20 -0500 Thanks for pointing this out, Hillary. I've been a Jane Jacobs fan for = most of those 40 years=20 As an shining example of the mixed-use zoning she advocates, the tavern = down the street and the

Re: [UC] Re: [nolphiladelphia] Council bill to bring peace and quiet to your ...

2004-12-02 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 09:35:53 EST well, I'll stop here before I get somebody hot and bothered about parking and trash problems they shouldn't be surprised they encounter either. Hey, I was surprised by the trash problems when I moved to 45th and

Re: [UC] re: drop a double wide and go Section 8

2004-12-01 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Kyle Cassidy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 10:13:21 -0500 In something of a non sequitor, I heard on NPR yesterday morning that Muslems in America make on average $11,000 more than their Christian counterparts. They make $11,000/yr more than Americans in

Re: [UC] Computer to Donate

2004-11-29 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:45:26 EST A computer like this is fine for someone who wants to go on the Internet principally to have email capability. And a place like the Second Mile Center sells machines of this vintage and capacity in the $25 to $50

Re: [UC] Computer to Donate

2004-11-29 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Jonathan Cass [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:44:35 -0500 I would assume that the person who would be purchasing this computer would be using a dial-up, as opposed to a broadband connection. Does this change the security issue analysis at all? Not really.

Re: [UC] Computer to Donate

2004-11-29 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:05:47 EST Oh, come on! I was talking about a low-cost entry into email for people who can't afford anything other than extremely bare-bones, who probably won't do any web access -- let alone buy anything online. Phishing

Re: [UC] List Question

2004-11-23 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Ben Rhoades [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:09:04 -0500 Further, getting two copies of many responses such as this one is a little annoying. You'll notice i took the extra second to remove your e-mail so you wouldn't get two copies. I've configured my

Re: [UC] Hold up Sense

2004-11-22 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Joe Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:02:52 -0500 I know this sounds dramatic, but I do the walking in the street anytime I feel someone is behind me, it's dark and I'm not certain of the person's intentions. Hey, life in the big city *is* dramatic!

Re: [UC] Police Response Time--Infuriating!!!

2004-11-20 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Heather and Chris Gasda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:42:47 -0800 (PST) We set it off accidentally a few times before (yeah, we're dumb that way) [...] I do resent paying the city $35 a year for the privilege of having an alarm system when apparently

Re: [UC] dead wood

2004-11-16 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Dan Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:22:12 -0500 I recently had my invasive Norway Maple cut down from my back yard. I plan to replace it with a less foliaged, less seedy, less shedding tree in the spring (maybe a pear?). Now, I have plenty of wood on the

Re: [UC] Spyware warning

2004-11-16 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Stephen Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:45:27 -0500 the problem is that other websites can also read the mapquest cookies or any other cookies. Only if your browser is mis-configured (the way Internet Explorer is when you install it - gotta love

Re: [UC] Oil vs. Gas Heat

2004-11-12 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Clinton, J. Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:07:16 -0500 One amusing fact is that methane is the same gas that comes out of our backsides after certain meals. One could solve the worlds energy needs if they could develop a way of harvesting this

Re: [UC] East of West Town Watch

2004-11-08 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 16:52:44 -0500 Did anyone go to the East of West Town Watch meeting on 11/3? I got there a little late, and there were no signs or anything to tell me where in the building it was. I didn't want to interrupt classes to ask, Is this the

Re: [UC] The Triumph of Moral Values -- A Few Questions...

2004-11-05 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Stephen Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 07:56:02 -0500 It was a real eye-opener that people feel so strongly about abortion and gay rights that they are willing to overlook everything else -- EVEN a war they didn't necessarily believe in or a President

Re: [UC] The Triumph of Moral Values?

2004-11-05 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Dubin, Elisabeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 11:09:57 -0500 I think what Chip wrote here is pretty interesting. My problem this election was not the holding back from calling people Neanderthals part, but rather not having enough opponents to talk rationally to

Re: [UC] The Triumph of Moral Values?

2004-11-05 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?L_a_s_e_r_B_e_a_m_=AE?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:19:38 -0500 Charles H. Buchholtz wrote: What the Democrats need to do is to get this message into the heartland. It might be a good idea to start a left-wing religious values

Re: [UC] The Triumph of Moral Values?

2004-11-05 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Dubin, Elisabeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 15:55:30 -0500 This is all predicated on the idea that there's one real truth, and that if we all talk about it rationally with each other, we all might arrive at it. Sort of center in on it, like triangulate all the

Re: [UC] Re: Firewood

2004-11-04 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:47:33 -0500 1) What is the difference between seasoned logs and the others? What happens if you wind up with unseasoned logs? Do they burn? How do you season them? Seasoned just means dried. Unseasoned wood is harder to burn,

[UC] Re: Firewood

2004-11-03 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Vincent/Roger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 14:33:13 -0500 We have lost our long time firewood supplier that we had for our house and at the Palladium. So I wanted to know if anyone knew of resonably priced firewood supplier. This would be both for our house and

Re: [UC] Clothes make the Man

2004-10-25 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Dubin, Elisabeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:15:42 -0400 If the hate and animosity are coming from Blue America, consider that people unhappy with the status-quo are often passionate and emotional, whereas I have lately found the Bush supporters around me

Re: [UC] Faith, The Election, President Carter and Fresh Air

2004-10-23 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Wilma de Soto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:35:47 -0400 Afghanistan, albeit has had a recent election, but all signs indicate that it is still is not really Democratic. As for Iraq...Well I was listening in the car, so I didn't hear the whole thing,

Re: [UC] Saad's

2004-10-12 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Karen Heenan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:06:09 -0400 Just a small public service announcement for the neighborhood - Saad's at 45th Walnut Sts. will be closing for Ramadan on Thursday, October 14. He estimates that he'll be away for 5 weeks, so we may be

Re: [UC] Philadelphia police assign burglary investigations to patrol officers [article]

2004-10-12 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: John Ellingsworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:50:07 -0400 (EDT) PHILADELPHIA From now on, patrol officers -- not detectives -- will be the first to investigate residential burglaries in Philadelphia involving 25-thousand dollars or less. [...] The new

Re: [UC] vinyl record cleaning?

2004-09-21 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:23:14 -0400 Question to any recordphiles out there: Having become frustrated with the hundred plus unplayable records we owned, we spent $100.00 and now have a great little RCA turntable from Radio Shack. But how do we do

Re: [UC] Re: [phillyneighborhoods] Sign Up for Get on the Bus Tours Voter Registration

2004-09-14 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
Bill, In all the registration drives that I've seen (including one yesterday on Penn Campus), they asked, Are you registered to vote? and if you said no, said, Would you like to register? It only takes a minute. Then, I was given a form to fill out on my own. I suppose that they would answer

Re: [UC] RE: [uc] rethinking outdoor security lighting people

2004-09-10 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Clinton, J. Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:28:11 -0400 'back in the day' when I lived at 46th near Spruce, I would often get off the El at 46th at night. Since we're telling, Walking home from the El stories... In '78 I had my first real job working

[UC] Re: cleaning person

2004-09-08 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Stephen Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 11:43:39 -0400 Also, Chip who did you end up going with? I haven't chosen a cleaning person/service yet. My renovations are going more slowly than expected. --- Chip You are receiving this because you are

Re: [UC] Fw: Re: [phillyblocks] $10 Million to make Philly Wireless... No Money in budget for Firefighters

2004-09-04 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Richard Moreau [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 18:46:47 -0400 I've never understood this; it seems to be an arbitrary distinction. If one budget is short, why can't funds from one be shifted to the other? It seems like spiting the right hand to benefit the left,

Re: [UC] Contrary to Historic Preservation

2004-09-02 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Brian Siano [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 09:22:16 -0400 is this item regarding architectural eyesores, and the proposal to designate them X-- as in, we wanna tear this fugly pile'o'stucco down. Perhaps not as contrary as it seems. All of his examples of

Re: [UC] Contrary to Historic Preservation

2004-09-02 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Dubin, Elisabeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 12:06:25 -0400 I wonder how Ferguson proposes to seize private property-- a kind of Eminent Domain for the Eradication of Ugly? The government would provide a grant to developers to help defray the cost of

[UC] Pole Lamp for sale cheap

2004-08-22 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
I recently got a UC-Brite pole lamp for the front of my house. The fixture that I got was too bright for my setting, and as near as I can tell, it is designed to only take that specific bulb. So, I replaced the fixture with one that takes a regular screw-in bulb, so that I can select the wattage

Re: [UC] concrete work

2004-08-12 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Pete Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 07:26:06 -0400 (EDT) I have a small concrete section of my walk that I need ripped up, and replaced. I searched the archives, but only found stone mason discussions. I'd guess that any general contractor or handyman

[UC] Mill Creek (was Re: church )

2004-08-05 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?L_a_s_e_r_B_e_a_m_=AE?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 21:23:11 -0400 I've been wondering: Mill Creek? anybody? A co-worker of mine lives out there. His 3 month old SUV was totalled by the flood. The water was up to the tops of the windows on

Re: [UC] Doesn't it make you feel proud?

2004-07-08 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: S. Sharrieff Ali [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 16:14:42 -0400 So...Did you hear the new tagline to match the logo...it is Left of Center. That's easy. Look at a map of Philadelphia, with north at the top. What's directly to the left of Center City? We're Left

Re: [UC] UCD: What Results?

2004-06-24 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Jim Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:17:17 -0400 this post brings up a number of interesting questions: Do you want UCD to act like cops? Why could not Man or you (for instance) communicate this safety information? I agree, the reasonable thing would be

[UC] Re: Help--tree hanging

2004-06-16 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:06:56 EDT Does anyone know a professional tree person who might come in the next couple of days and lower it to the ground? We can deal with disposing of it later, we just need it to be safe to go in the back yard. I see the

Re: [UC] Neighborhood Conservation District Bill passes City Council

2004-06-04 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 08:30:50 EDT Under the legislation, a neighborhood conservation district can be sought in two ways: through a community group application, Is there any definition of a community group. It seems that I could get together with my next

Re: [UC] Tavis Smiley interviews Bill Cosby

2004-05-28 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
Anyone know where I can find a transcript or recording of Cosby's speech? --- Chip From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 10:22:03 -0400 You can hear it: http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200405/20040526.html# You can also hear Michael Eric Dyson

Re: [UC] AN OLD BUG IN THE MICROSOFT SCHOOL DEAL [article]

2004-05-27 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: William Zardus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 19:31:08 + Why do they always have to use park land ? Why can't they just tear down some of the decrepit houses and rebuild them as a school ? Maybe cause the Gov't already owns the park land, and tearing down

Re: [UC] Cicada's

2004-05-25 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Andrew Diller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 09:01:56 -0400 Maybe they aren't coming to Philly, which is a shame, It's probably the bad press about the convention center. Maybe Philly should run more ads about the new stadium, etc. --- Chip You are receiving

Re: [UC] absurd rents - # of people in a house

2004-05-03 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Richard Hotchkiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 20:12:56 -0400 None of the posters so far on this subject seem to have actual experience being a young person living in a 6 bedroom house with 13 unrelated people. Looking back, I think the best living arrangement I

Re: [UC] Update on Sansom Street Gentrification, er, Development

2004-04-28 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: William H. Magill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 16:57:32 -0400 The good news is that virtually ALL of the empty properties in the 4400 blocks of Sansom and Chestnut are being done in the same time frame. Does this include the vacant properties on the north side

[UC] Re: barking dogs and trash

2004-04-19 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:05:42 EDT I think trash on the streets is a bigger problem than noise ... I agree, but it's awful close. But the dogs in my neighborhood don't bother me. The noise problem that I want to fix are the motorcycles that go roaring

Re: [UC] HD nastiness is a result of exaggeration opinion presented as fact

2004-04-05 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:58:17 EDT In a message dated 4/5/04 12:08:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... I'm still trying to find time to write back to Al Krigman, who mentioned to me that since I was asking about house painters, aren't I glad we

Re: [UC] Property Theft

2004-03-26 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Jonathan Cass [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 08:54:56 -0500 It is that time of year again -- a concrete planter was stolen from in front of our house (4600 block of Larchwood) last night. Even without dirt (which was dumped) it is pretty heavy so I am somewhat

Re: [UC] Trash on the Streets

2004-03-26 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Miller) Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 14:55:34 -0500 (EST) And one more thing, where do all the chicken bones on our streets come from? KFC? Just a guess. --- Chip You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To

Re: [UC] Creative solutions to parking problems

2004-03-10 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Jonathan Cass [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 09:18:55 -0500 Why would the car owner's insurer not pay to repair the car? Stupidity is not grounds for a denial of a property damage claim. For example, if you are driving too fast for the conditions, lost control of

Re: [UC] Creative class? What's so hip about Philly?

2004-03-02 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Mario Giorno [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 11:18:00 -0500 6. The ENIAC display (and sometimes a tour) at the UPenn School of Engineering. Sorry, I walked down the hall and asked the Curator of the ENIAC Museum, and he said that there are no tours. Providing tours

Re: [UC] I Boycott Walmart/health care blues

2004-02-19 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Brian Siano [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 23:53:46 -0500 First of all, he really can't be blamed for the loss of the 2000 election. That vote was too close for any _one_ factor to be blamed. And if you blame Nader, then you're presuming that the vote

Re: [UC] South Street Bridge

2004-02-05 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Dubin, Elisabeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 09:56:25 -0500 What are the chances that when they eventually rebuild the bridge, that the onramps to the expressway would be reconfigured? I have only been in Philadelphia for about four years, but one of the

Re: [UC] Electrician

2004-01-26 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 20:30:48 EST I need an electrician pronto. The one I usually use, Lee Garner, is away till next week. Suggestions? Larry Arrigale: 610-446-8866 Office, 610-220-2952 Cell --- Chip You are receiving this because you

Re: [UC] Maybe the problem is thinking that it's a problem

2004-01-24 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
. Instead of From: L a s e r B e a m [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 12:50:33 -0500 Charles H. Buchholtz wrote: I don't know how to care for a lawn. In both cases, it doesn't mean that the location is bad, it just means that it involves defining the problems

Re: [UC] Maybe the problem is thinking that it's a problem

2004-01-23 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:52:29 EST Maybe the problem Penn faces as a result of its urban setting is thinking that its urban setting is a problem. Many of us think that the urban area in which Penn is a net asset and not a net liability. My impression

Re: [UC] shoe repair suggestions ??

2004-01-16 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Joe Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 20:28:45 -0500 I haven't tried them myself but since they are becoming so rare every one is worth noting - there is a shoe repair on 40th below Chestnut. I used them a bit. They did a good job, and seemed like a good old

[UC] Shopping for refinance

2004-01-04 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
I'd like to refinance my home mortgage to lower the interest rate and get some cash back for renovations. I've never shopped for a mortgage before. I'd like to avoid mortgage companies that have problems with billing errors, lost or misapplied payments, etc, even if that means a slightly higher

[UC] Cafe Clave now advertises cafe Cubano

2003-11-17 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
A while back I asked the guy working at Cafe Clave whether they had cafe cubano. The other day I was walking past and on their whiteboard they had cafe Cubano in big letters. Maybe someone can report back on whether they got it right or not. --- Chip You are receiving this because you are

Re: [UC] New Coffeehouse

2003-11-14 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: O Donnell Real Estate, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 17:52:01 -0500 (EST) I'm Pretty sure that CLAVE also means nail or pin and that when you visit a money access machine in a spanish speaking country they ask you to enter your Clave. Clave literally

[UC] Cafe Clave (was: New Coffeehouse)

2003-11-05 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Wilma de Soto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 18:43:24 -0500 Am I to understand that one can actually get real Latin coffee or Cafe Cubano there? I asked, and the guy I talked to had never heard of Cafe Cubano. He seemed excited by the idea, and said that he

Re: [UC] What kind of construction person do I need?

2003-11-04 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
I'd recommend Lloyd Sterret, 215-727-3182. He rebuilt my porch, doing the brickwork and pouring the concrete footing as well as all the carpentry. --- Chip From: Cappy Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 13:13:29 -0800 (PST) Hi all, A decorative column whose

Re: [UC] Re: New restaurants - Kabob Palace Review

2003-10-20 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Gina Renzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:44:11 GMT Still, with all of the plastic-people trendy spots opening, I revel in eating at a restaurant owned and run by people whose backgrounds come from the same place that the cooking comes. It's a little

Re: [UC] Fw: [nolphiladelphia] Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News Stories on Tax Commission Recommendations

2003-10-17 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Brian Siano [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:44:37 -0400 (In other words, if you're going to charge the same tax for the land on which Liberty Place sits as you would for a block of row homes, then the row homes are going to cost more in taxes.) I haven't

Re: [UC] [ADMIN] decorum (and more noise)

2003-10-01 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Brian Siano [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [UC] [ADMIN] decorum (and more noise) I'm against it. I'd prefer to know which people are assholes and which aren't, and telling them to keep it under wraps makes it more difficult. I agree - I don't have a problem with the noise

[UC] Re: Hack related concerns

2003-09-05 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: Mayer, Ann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Hack related concerns But I am worried: what if we have another unannounced Hack attack blocking off access to my house (the workmen need to be able to park in front) on the days when I have scheduled this long-delayed project?

Re: [UC] Hack filming in our neighborhood

2003-08-29 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
A while back I met a woman who worked as an on location accountant for a movie production company. As she put it, movies shot on location hemorrhage money. Everyone who claims to be inconvenienced by the shoot gets paid off. Homeless people who say, hey, that's my usual spot! get paid off.

[UC] (URL) Bicycles safer on streets than sidewalks!?!

2003-06-12 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
Everyone seems to agree that it is safer to ride a bike on the sidewalk than on the street - it certainly *seems* safer. But I haven't seen any statistics to back that up, and I have seen studies that show that bicycles are safer on streets. That's not a typo. The main point seems to be that

Re: [UC] Contractor

2003-06-07 Thread Charles H. Buchholtz
From: yi zuo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [UC] Contractor I recently purchased a home at University City. I need a contractor to remodeling my kitchen and bathroom. Could you recommend a reputable contractor that you satisfied with the work? I'm looking for one also, so please