sockar101

sockar101 t1_j96z4zk wrote

Reply to comment by snipsnaps1_9 in indoor soccer? by snipsnaps1_9

PISA in Cheswick absolutely has/had all age levels on the men’s side, as well as coed and pickup. I used to ref/work there, although that was a while ago.

Edit to reflect your edit: the Oval at Schenley Park is pretty much the gold standard for adult pickup games.

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sockar101 t1_j96yyhh wrote

Reply to comment by kistner in indoor soccer? by snipsnaps1_9

The Neighborhood Academy is a small 6-12 prep school. I don’t know if the field house on campus is open to the public/hosts public programs at all, but there 100% are soccer activities there. I have coached Arsenal teams there and my kids have participated in programs there, also run thru arsenal.

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sockar101 t1_j96w4ip wrote

Reply to comment by kistner in indoor soccer? by snipsnaps1_9

The only other places that I’m aware of that you haven’t listed (that have indoor soccer) are The Bubble on Neville Island, Greentree Sportsplex in Greentree, or The Neighborhood Academy in Stanton Heights.

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sockar101 t1_j6yswh9 wrote

As others have said, it was an error between the billing department and the call center. Likely a (few) phone calls were due to go out, and it accidentally called everyone 🤦🏻‍♂️. If your account is in arrears you will get a “posting” which is a letter taped to your front door stating that your bill is past due. If you fail to pay your bill after a posting, you will then get a shutoff notice. After that is when you actually get your service cut off.

Source: me, I work there

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sockar101 t1_j3i31hl wrote

Herr’s Cemetery is a civil war-era cemetery with some really old gravestones. Nothing “unique” about the stones, just that they are exceptionally old. It’s in Hampton at the Hampton/McCandless border.

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sockar101 t1_iteztv8 wrote

Not doubting you, like I said I’m not served by PWSA, but I think we both may be right 😂. Ill try to break the PWSA bill down based on how our billing works:

It looks like for a 5/8” meter the minimum usage is 1,000 gallons (that’s the $27 line item). Scrolling a little lower the rates over the minimum is $13.10 per 1,000 and they used 3,000 at that rate (the $39.30 line item).

Water conveyance appears to be sewer minimum rates and that’s the $8.09 line item, then the 3,000 @6.99 is the usage above the minimum (that’s the $20.69 line item).

Storm water rates are determined by the class and square footage of the building (in this case Tier 2 residential between. 1015 and 2710 square feet) and that’s the $5.96 line item.

The last line item is basically a service fee for capital improvements and I have no clue how they calculate that.

TL:DR… they used 4,000 gallons last month, the minimum 1,000 and then 3,000 more. I didn’t consider minimum charges when I made my original comment about their usage, so while they aren’t exactly using double what I use, they’re close!

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sockar101 t1_itaaw89 wrote

Not a PWSA customer but I work for another local water utility. No one can really answer this without knowing more about your usage habits. Do you take long showers? Do you do dishes by hand or use a dishwasher? Do you have a high-efficiency washer? Same for your toilets? The tiniest leak definitely adds up, but most of the time people are just oblivious to how much water they actually use.

For reference, we bill bi-monthly and my usage is normally 5 or 6 thousand over two months (two adults and two small children). So you are using 2x the water I am. The other thing to consider is sanitary rates. Alcosan is constantly raising their rates for infrastructure upgrades, so that is a large portion of your bill as well, almost a third of it in your case.

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sockar101 t1_isd2hae wrote

Reply to Half a cow by wyluda

We did a 1/4 cow from Wrights Meat Market. We definitely ended up paying a little more than what you’d pay at the grocery store (on a per-pound basis), but the meat had much better taste, much lower fat content, and we received cuts of meat that we would not typically have bought otherwise. That allowed us to experiment with different cooking techniques/recipes. I would definitely do it again.

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