My understanding is it was just a pilot project and test for the area.

Now that you mention it, I haven’t seen the pile blocking the trail around Wilde lake and crosswalk across LPP the past few weeks.

But it is an outparcel. Columbia zip code, but not Columbia association.

This homeowner is in an out parcel, with a non-CA HOA.

Not quite yet! But, closer to 50 than 40.

Looks like someone photoshopped it on. It being a duck that I’m too old to ID.

Feb is typically the worst snow month, something about President’s Day snowstorms seems common. January and Feb are when it will be coldest. It’s not unusual to have the first snow the second week of December. I’m actually kind of surprised we haven’t had a dusting yet.

http://www.pastababyfoodtruck.net/ The main pages lists a bunch of events.

There is one Dec 14m hickory ridge, 4:30-7:30pm. I saw something that Pasta Baby Food Truck would be there, but I can’t get their calendar to load (apparently I don’t know traffic lights and fire hydrants 🙄).

There are no natural lakes in Maryland. Anything lake looking is dammed.

WSSC just finished a project on Brighton Dam. And they are anticipating starting a sediment removal project this spring. I don’t think they have specially said so, but they may be lowering water levels in the reservoir to facilitate that.

https://www.wsscwater.com/watershed talks about the sediment.

Some names that may help you research more: Tridelphia Reservoir, Brighton Dam, and they are managed by WSSC (Washington suburban sanitation commission, or close to that)

Edit - oh, Brighton is the other one. The water levels under 29 are T. Howard Duckett Dam and T. Howard Duckett Reservoir. But, it still would not be unheard of that a project in one reservoir is affecting the downstream one.

I moved to Columbia (from Pasadena) because it was a more bikeable community. But also, maybe people who love here will be encouraged to bike on close errands. I’m only one anecdote, but living in Wilde lake, I only bike to CVS and Whole Food. I’m heading to whatever you call the area by busboys and poets in a few minutes, and I want to bike, but rain.

If you build it, they will come.

That’s the cliché was to say that what you are saying is how it is now. But the point it to encourage change. Maybe more will bike if there are bike lanes?

It’s easy to sit in a safe, warm spot and find all the faults someone else made, to make yourself feel like it could never happen to you. Guarantee the person driving the van with the child didn’t think their child would die last night. Plus, the unrestrained part is second hand info at this point.

When I heard it, I had the same reaction. I’m pretty sure it was during some adult leadership class on paradigm shifts LOL. But, it has truly change my blood pressure when commuting. Well, and Covid took away my commute.

Years ago, someone once said to me “I’d rather be in traffic than the cause of it.” And that’s my commuting mantra now. There is a parent out there that would choose a puking kid over what they are going through.

This may not be true anymore. Roughly 3-5 years ago, someone hit one of the cluster boxes in our neighborhood. The post office told us they don’t maintain the boxes anymore, and the HOA had to pay to replace it. Meanwhile, for 4 months, we had to drive to the post office to get our mail.

Do you have an HOA outside of rather CA? I think most townhome communities do. That’s the people to start with for community stuff.

When I was in a townhome community (not Columbia, but in MD), parking lot lines and open space in the community was the HOA. Even the mailbox, we (HOA) had to to buy a new cluster box when a car hit one.

For houses in the 60s & 70s, you’d mostly see it in 9x9 vinyl tile and the mastic (look for black) underneath it. The good news is as long as the tile and mastics are breaking up, turning into dust (“friable” is the term) then you can just encapsulated it (put something else on top).

You probably aren’t going to see asbestos insulation on pipes in this era home. You might see asbestos in siding, I don’t know if it’s common in Columbia, but we had it on a house in Havre de Grace. Again, as long as it’s not crumbling, encapsulating it with vinyl is generally considered ok.

Sometimes it can be found in popcorn ceiling. I haven’t heard of it locally, but it can be a problem.

But, you home inspector will point out anything questionable. You can have it tested if you are worried.

There is a lot of Columbia developed in the late 60s and 70s.

We used Beth at Unleashed Joy for our reactive dog. It was a good course. Is our dog cured? No. Is it the owners slacking in consistency? Yes.

She did use a parking lot on Twin Knolls, so super convenient. I understand she is with a trading facility now, so it’s not in Columbia anymore. https://www.unleashedjoy.com/reactive-dog-class

Feld, I think you are on mute.

Can you unmute.

I see you talking but… wait… there you are!

I never imagined I could cut my Fios TV cord, but we did a year ago and don’t regret it. If you are not in an apartment, get a roof antenna, and you can get all the networks from Baltimore and DC. There was a website I used to pick the direction.

We do the Hulu Black Friday deal every year, changing the email addresses between me and my H every year. Been doing this for 4 years now. The Black Friday deal is 1 or 2 per month, but it does have commercials. After years on DVR (since TiVo) it’s annoying. But tolerable. Hulu has most shows a day later.

We also have Amazon prime, Netflix and HBOMax, the later on a free deal. We had a year of discovery+ from Fios internet.

Moving away is reacting. Trying to get the dog out if the situation. Common technique they teach you in reactive dog classes.

Thank you. I have one of these. We walk at midnight for evening, but it the morning, everyone wakes up at the same time and needs to pee. We do our best to avoid the trails with people and dogs.

75-90 minutes is almost always doable, albeit can be rushed, at BWI. I always sob when I’m coming home at airports where 2-3 hours can feel like it’s no enough (glares at DEN and SEA)