I'm not gonna lie - maybe, but probably not? Definitely a few of the pieces would work for that, but I don't think there's enough out there to get them all together (and I know the pain of needing one or two things from Lowe's and having to make that separate run).

Just added pics of the wood! https://imgur.com/a/NAiz9II

Free:

Bricks - red bricks! They're free! There's a bunch of them (probably like 100 or so) in various states of repair/mortar/etc. I wouldn't use them for a new patio, but they'd definitely work for variety of other needs.

Pictures of the bricks: https://imgur.com/a/NAiz9II

The Bowleros around here are just rebranded whatevers - they might have one night a week that they do black lights, but 99% of the time they're just a regular boring old bowling alley. Just went the other night (Tuesday) and paid $3 a game and had the same regular bowling experience as back in the old days. Still have league nights where everyone shows up and drinks cheap beer and all the regular lights are on, etc.

Good nachos though.

> There are no working middle class-ish entertainment options because the working middle class has been steadily drying up in this country in a way that is unsustainable.

I generally do agree with this, but I also wonder if our definitions of middle class differ (I would say based on The Mill's menu that it is firmly a middle class establishment).

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I mean I'm not a loaded fries person, but $9.50 is about what I would expect to pay at literally any bar or diner in most of the country for loaded fries. Bowlero, a bowling alley, charges like $15 for the same thing.

It's not high end.

$9.50 is not “higher end” prices

I’ve seen bow ties at both Macys and Dillard’s out in Short Pump - they might not be amazing, but they’re a bow tie

which countries?

> The groups that would hire union groups vs non-union groups generally prefer non-union groups to have better performance.

• citation needed

damn I’ve never waited in line at… a store

Damn I wonder if people in America have to wait in line for necessities

https://www.nbc12.com/2022/11/04/food-pantries-brace-longer-lines-this-holiday-season-due-inflation/

I’m totally down with them having selected theaters or whatever that are “teens only” to give them a space to hang out and watch a movie

It’s a little harder to have empathy when 40 kids show up during a movie and proceed to yell across a theater to each other the whole time

The last movie we saw at Bowtie was 100% ruined by a group of 40 rowdy teens so

if you want to talk about crime, just use this subreddit like seemingly every post every day does, don’t need another platform for that

god I love their fried chicken

DC sure loves its right wing museums lol

What did the police do here to make us want to fund them?

They do not, but they also don't offer whatever random discount you get from ordering online - so in my experience, the ticket prices were about the same between the two. Might depend on show or whatever though.

Lucky AF has some pretty solid bento box options for like $12

Where?

Real not good, bland

They have a very “patriotic” online persona, including very strange 9/11 posts every year and lots (and lots and lots and lots) of flag pictures, which some people find endearing but others find offputting

yeah I'm not buying weird 9/11 coffee for clients