Your post reminded me of something I’d forgotten.

Actually, this is not so true in NYC unless you count McDonalds. There’s definitely a pizza joint 100 feet away, and maybe a diner that serves burgers, but non-big chain burgers are a recent thing to NYC (as in the past 10-15 years). Within easy walking distance of my apartment there’s five pizzerias, three bagel…

But wings and fries are ON the menu at every chinese food restaurant in NYC outside of the actually “real” chinese food restaurants. I can understand if they didn’t sell these, but they actually do. Along with chicken nuggets and fried shrimp.

Excellent.

Yes. While taxiing (thank goodness). And it was definitely broken. They had a mechanic working on it for a solid hour or so before they gave up, disembarked everyone, flew down a different plane from a hub and reboarded. I’m sure it was repaired and back in service, but this wasn’t a minor mechanical issue (I’ve had…

Yep summers off. Her FB feed is KILLING me at the moment.

Mid-August to mid-may with one real break around Christmas and summer. Did he see Santa???? And yeah, visiting would be pricey but having family close would work, there’s usually a brief winterbreak in February so that would be the perfect jaunt to see the family.

I think you should try Megabus at least once. The buses are double deckers (enclosed) which kids get a kick out of. If you’re really brave you can even push for the first row on top. It’s a disconcerting experience. I prefer bolt bus because the seats are wider and they have more plugs, also if memory serves the…

Reposted cause I accidentally wrote it to meowskins:

I’m going to blame kinja. This was for grumpkins or whomeever not for you. Sorry!

Now I’m really going to dox myself. The villages can be as small as 300 people though I think 500 is closer to the norm. They frequently only have one store. You buy most of your dry goods in the lower 48 (think costco) and ship them to yourselves. You get more perishable stuff via Anchorage or Fairbanks depending on…

Megabus is fine. I take it from DC to NY a lot, though amtrak is preferable (but much pricier). I prefer bolt. The thing you have to understand is that the tolls alone from NYC to DC will set you back almost fifty bucks, factor in the price of gas and a bus is a much cheaper proposition for the solo traveler. If you…

Given how polarized we’ve become as nation, isn’t this a good thing? we should have to encounter the other in some context. Albeit it one where you’re sure s/he doesn’t have a gun.

I don’t know where you are in Philly, but you can take SEPTA-NJ Transit. It’s much cheaper than Amtrak, as about as expensive as a bus ticket (assuming you don’t get a dollar ticket). You take the SEPTA commuter rale to some place in Jersey and then hop the Jersey commuter rail into pen station. Yes you have to switch…

Sincere question why take the bus to NYC from Philly when SEPTA - NJ Transit is frequently faster and about as expensive?

I actually just realized that there’s no easy way to personal message. So here goes: This website has all of the details:

There are high school jobs too! The person I know who does this (I swear this is legal as sketchy as it sounds) teaches elementary which is why I know that route best.

I know where there are really well paying teaching jobs, but you’d have to be willing to completely relocate your life. I’m talking 70k a year, plus benefits for elementary school. I can’t really discuss w/o doxxing myself but PM me if you’re interested.

I’m in my early 30s and have spent the bulk of my career in office jobs. I’m going to grad school in the fall, specifically, with the goal of never having to work in an office again. It kills my soul, which is likely why the longest I’ve been able to hold onto a job is two years ( I serially quit to do things like run…

I worked a service job on the Upper East Side because I only graduate into economic collapses. It. was. awful. I also had someone warn their kid to get educated or they’d end up working retail. I have a degree from the kind of uni that they send their kids to exorbitant prep schools to get into. I wanted to point out…