Dad~ma, Sue
Yikes, Jess!
Your 7am meetings are always amazing, Dana.
I'll be in my bunk.
Jayne ,'War Stories'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Aug 14, 2018 4:13:07 am PDT #28339 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Dana - Aug 14, 2018 4:40:19 am PDT #28340 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
A company-wide webinar on machine learning is now ten minutes late, and the organizers had to send out a new link. I feel like there's a metaphor for something here.
-t - Aug 14, 2018 4:47:23 am PDT #28341 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Evocative.
Okay, sinuses, you win. I surrender. Back to bed.
Gudanov - Aug 14, 2018 5:53:19 am PDT #28342 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
Hivemind question. If one were to fly into Philly, is there effective enough public transit to get by without renting a car?
Laura - Aug 14, 2018 6:03:58 am PDT #28343 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
It has been awhile, but when I lived in Philly in the early 70s I didn't even bother to get a driver's license. Could get everywhere I needed. Amy would know better for current life.
Theodosia - Aug 14, 2018 6:14:05 am PDT #28344 of 30002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I know a Philadelphian without a car, FWIW.
amych - Aug 14, 2018 6:29:07 am PDT #28345 of 30002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I've been to Philly many many times and never rented a car -- but note that that's mostly staying in/around center city, which is very compact and walkable (and has plenty of transit options if you choose not to). Further-out places in the city are often more residential, and won't have quite as frequent transit. But overall, I wouldn't bother renting unless I knew I was going to have to be traveling around the region/outside the city altogether.
Jesse - Aug 14, 2018 6:36:33 am PDT #28346 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I didn't have a car in Philly, and like amych says, you won't need one in Center City for sure. Transit to/from the actual airport is quite good.
In other news, I just bought chia pudding, and it is as disgusting as I assumed! I mean, the flavor is delicious, but the texture is wigging me right out. I will continue to eat it, because they are giving me lunch in a meeting at 1 and I'm hungry now, but there's an experiment I never have to re-try.
Fred Pete - Aug 14, 2018 6:46:00 am PDT #28347 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I spent some time in the university district some years ago, and I was fine without a car. Decent public transportation will get you to most places where visitors like to go within the city.
Jesse - Aug 14, 2018 7:29:56 am PDT #28348 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In other news, I just called my financial guy to ask where I should put the money I got from my grandmother, and I'm going to put some in my retirement account and hold on to some, and just as I was trying not say I was going to spend it on hookers and blow, he told me to spend it on hookers and blow! This is why he's my financial guy.