Preach!

That's good, considering how often our waste water overflows into the bay.

The only responsible answer is no. Anytime you compromise a truss you need an engineer to sign off on it.

Is there a coffee roaster nearby? Zeke's in Lauraville smells kinda like burnt popcorn and sometimes you can smell it for a mile.

You should know, the court won't evict you from a property that is not inspected. You should look into putting your rent in escrow until he makes repairs.

Check here to see if the property is registered and inspected

https://cels.baltimorehousing.org/reg/Reg_MFD_Search.aspx

If not report it and tell the inspector about the heat during the inspection process.

Frozen pipes seem likely after last night's single digit temps. If you have access to the service in the basement, there may be a hose bib where it comes into the house. Open that gently and see if there's water coming into the house. If not, the problem is outside. No water is worthy of an emergency plumber call, don't let the landlords tell you otherwise.

Sorry if this came across as too personal. I just think far too many people think recycling is all they have to do to offset their impact. I'm far from perfect, just trying to spread useful information.

Sure, I put plastic in the recycling bin too. But the plastic industry has promoted recycling to make people feel ok about buying one use crap because it can theoretically be recycled. In reality only clean #1 and #2 plastic actually has any chance of really being recycled. Far too many people throw any kind of plastic, clean or dirty into the bins. It's called wishcyling. The manufacturers need to be held accountable for the waste, and stop pushing the cost onto consumers and the government. Single stream recycling is a feel good scam that results in less material actually being recycled.

Almost no plastic actually gets recycled. Plastic recycling has always been green washing.

Emma's Tea Spot on Harford road in Hamilton. Serves high tea as well as carrying some British treats.

Habitat for Humanity Restore. Depending on what it is, they might even pick it up.

Skater Chick.

For larger houses with yards, but still walkable and neighborhood-y, chack out Hamilton/Lauraville/Waltherson. Been here eight years now and love it.

I just set up a recurring payment with the bill pay system of my bank. You just need the billing address and account number from your bill.

I have a recurring payment set up through my bank for my average bill amount. Sometimes it's a little over, sometimes a little under, but it works well enough.