dunkirkFitz t1_jbsya0i wrote on March 11, 2023 at 1:50 PM

Reply to comment by EricGuy412 in What are good self defense classes for moms- asking as a son in preparation for Mother’s Day. (No cop affiliated courses, please.) by gucci_gucci_gu

This is 100% the right answer.

Any self-defense situation requires instinct and reaction based on repetition after repetition after repetition which you get from months/years of training, not a one time course.

These courses are taught with 100% compliant attackers which isn't the case in reality.

dunkirkFitz t1_jad27sk wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:51 PM

Reply to Want to extend a deck. Any idea about cost if anyone has done it recently? by cjoshi112385

Honestly, an additional 18x15 foot deck PLUS stairs PLUS a landing, and if I'm reading your comment below correctly ~9-10 feet off the ground...$25k is downright reasonable. Sorry that it is outside your price range right now but the cost of materials and shortage of labor is the way the world turns today.

dunkirkFitz t1_j9ubr3h wrote on February 24, 2023 at 4:50 PM

Reply to comment by hypotenoos in The fall of Pittsburgh Bodegas by HarpPgh

This is very true....land price is key. Their smallest stores are the size of the Wexford Market District. Their AVERAGE store size is a little bigger than the Settler's Ridge Market District. Their biggest stores are 30% bigger than that. The cost per square foot between suburbs and city, not to mention parking and traffic flow, is very prohibitive.

dunkirkFitz t1_j9ty2ls wrote on February 24, 2023 at 3:21 PM

Reply to comment by HarpPgh in The fall of Pittsburgh Bodegas by HarpPgh

I don't know why the rumor keeps going around and around, but there is no deal, no contract, no handshake agreement, nothing that keeps Wegmans from coming into Pittsburgh (or for GE to expand elsewhere). There never has been one.

The reason Wegmans doesn't enter the Pittsburgh market is that they want their individual stores to be within 4 hours of their distribution centers OR clustered in a group of about 5 stores. Erie's two stores are a little more than 2 1/2 hours from Rochester's distribution center. North Carolina and Boston's stores are clustered. Yes, Virginia Beach is an outlier.

In order for it to make sense, Wegmans would need to open 3-5 stores in quick succession in this area to make the logistics work and be worthwhile. Wegmans only opens about 5 stores or less a year so Pittsburgh would be a full commitment. In the early 2010's Wegmans did scout out possible community locations that would make sense for their logistics (Cranberry/Robinson/Southpoint served from Rochester along I-79, or Monroeville/Hampton/Cranberry served from Pottsville along the Tpk).

Obviously, nothing came from that and I don't believe it will anytime soon. There's no indication they are expanding in this direction but the reasons for that aren't a handshake deal.