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October 11, 2007
Wooden (perhaps a picket) Fence
I've checked the forum and there is very little concerning wooden fences for yards. We're in Victorian Flatbush. Any recommendations for a place to find reasonably priced fencing? Please, no Home Depot or Lowes recommendations.
Thanks.
September 26, 2007
Blowing In[sulation] the Wind
We just got a quote of approximately 13k to 15k for fully insulating our stand alone home in Victorian Flatbush (or approximately 5k for the attic crawl space, top floor and select areas on the second floor of our 3 story home. The insulation is green and will be blown in. Does the price seem reasonable (and please understand that the estimate is from a well regarded company in the business of insulating). Thanks.
Author's Comments
No wonder I didn't get a job. And I thought I might have a shot because I shared the religion of one of the developer's principals. Oh, and by the way, if there's anybody out there who wanted to work on the project, was qualified, but was turned down because he/she didn't share the characteristics of the construction overlords, let me know.
Posted by: PPSer at April 2, 2009 12:13 PM in response to Inside Third & Bond: Week 78
Just to ensure that the awful, rotten dairy smell gets its start on day 1. By the first warm weekend, the smell will be in its full glory.
Posted by: PPSer at March 26, 2009 4:49 PM in response to Closing Bell: Cyclone Roller Coaster Opening Day
What is that pressed meat stuff? Do they call that roast beef? What color is it? It's not reddish, it's not brown, it's sort of grey.
Posted by: PPSer at March 12, 2009 9:46 AM in response to Confirmed: Arby's Planning to Take Gage & Tollner Space
PPSer wrote a review about Anthony's on March 2, 2009 6:34 PM
We order take out several times a month, eat there as well. It's convenient to Prospect Park South. The food's good, the manicotti is the best I've had since eating at an old restaurant called the Terrace Club in Eastchester as a kid. We think this is good, old style Italian food. The staff is terrific.
PPSer wrote a review about Tacos Matamoros on February 24, 2009 12:09 PM
Terrific place, terrific food, byob or you can order a Mexican Coke (with real sugar).
How about banning U.S. products because the U.S. promoted torture during the Bush administration, at least until Obama indicates that he will prosecute Bush administration officials? I'd be in support of that. How about banning U.S., products because, unprovoked, the U.S. invaded Iraq?
Posted by: PPSer at February 20, 2009 10:00 AM in response to Proposed Ban Roiling Park Slope Co-op
PPSer wrote a review about Moim on February 18, 2009 2:19 PM
After the double-billing, I called him and he said he'd take care of it. Left him my phone number. He didn't. I called him back a week later. He said he'd take care of it. He didn't. My wife and I went into the restaurant, showed him the credit card statement, gave him all the information. He said he'd take care of it. We even had a meal there on that last occasion. Not comped because we'd caught him. He still didn't take care of it. We're going through the credit card company now to redress the situation. He still could call us, apologize, etc. Nothing.
BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT
Someday, this restaurant's gonna end.
PPSer wrote a review about Moim on February 18, 2009 1:52 PM
We've gone through this before. The food is good, the service is so-so, and the management is blatantly dishonest, double-billing us on our credit card, acknowledging that they double-billed us, and refusing to correct the situation. BOYCOTT THIS RESTAURANT! With new management, keep the chef, and we can all rave about the food. Finally, while I'm sure there will be some, "oh, that didn't happen to us and we love the service and management couldn't be nicer" comments, it only takes a few thefts on credit cards, and Moim "earns" a lot of extra revenue each month. For example, Moim cheats one out of each 100 patrons, they're adding a lot of income each month. DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN IN OUR BROOKLYN
And the threads back then were refreshingly relevant as compared to the mind-numbing drivel of today.
Posted by: PPSer at January 30, 2009 11:34 AM in response to Flashback: Three Years Ago on Brownstoner
"I saw a large grinder machine sitting on Remsen off of Court this am"
His hair was perfect
Posted by: PPSer at January 23, 2009 12:43 PM in response to Street Construction Gives New Meaning to "Uncoordinated"
Absolutely impossible to get through to Wamu to even inquire about refinancings.
Posted by: PPSer at January 16, 2009 11:44 AM in response to Jumbo Limits-Worth Refinancing?
11217: Just double check your credit card statements after you've gone to Moim. I certainly can't dispute your experiences. We once had good things to say about Moim as well.
Posted by: PPSer at January 14, 2009 12:53 PM in response to Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
At Moim, I even gave the place the benefit of the doubt (rather than simply registering a complaint with the credit card company), contacting Moim by phone and even dropping by for another meal during which they could correct their mistake. They brazenly refused to take any action to redress the double billing. Shameful. Their food doesn't taste very good anymore. I won't be back. Watch your pockets.
Posted by: PPSer at January 14, 2009 12:32 PM in response to Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
Watch out for Moim's recession special. If they do for you what they did for me, they'll charge your credit card twice for the same meal and then obstruct any correction to the account. A must to avoid!
Posted by: PPSer at January 14, 2009 12:21 PM in response to Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
This is one of the most regressive, for want of a better name, tax policies in any city in the country, and Bloomberg should be condemned for it, as should every city council member who voted to end term limits for incumbents.
Posted by: PPSer at December 3, 2008 10:48 AM in response to Parking Ticket Hot Spots
The police are out in force in Prospect Park when the Philharmonic or Metropolitan Opera performs during the summer, ticketing all the well-to-do cultural elite drinking their 2005 bordeaux during performances. Not. I like the analogy between stoop sales and unlicensed vendors. If a stoop is public property, then logically the sales are unlawful without a license. I think these issues raise a more important point about the Bloomberg administration, namely, that he oversees one of the most regressive tax policies in the U.S. With all the ridiculous ticketing, including for drinking on stoops and the draconian issuance of parking tickets, many of which are illegitimate (but who has the time to go through the hassle of challenging all of them), the penalties fall disproportionately on those New Yorkers less able to afford them, less able to afford parking in garages. In fact, the Mayor's cavalier attitude toward the property tax rebate is demonstrative of his utter ignorance that $400 actually means something to a lot of us (in contrast to the price of a lunch for His Honor).
Posted by: PPSer at November 21, 2008 10:37 AM in response to Stoop Drinking Still Illegal
Family Tree Service. They have wood at about a third of the price of Paul Bunyan and others only known for firewood. Family cuts and trims trees in the area.
Posted by: PPSer at October 22, 2008 3:54 PM in response to Firewood
PPSer wrote a review about Henry's End on October 2, 2008 4:31 PM
We had an awful meal. Everything but the meat tasted like it came out of a can. Although we didn't partake, there appears to be a fantastic wine list and terrific prices for some extraordinary wines (less than what you'd pay in a liquor store if you could even find the wines). We wanted to like it, but we'll never go back.
PPSer wrote a review about Pó on August 28, 2008 1:42 PM
Agree with greenwood, except my pasta with sausage was so salty it wasn't even barely edible. In addition, the noise level is unbearable. My wife and I had one of the worst meals we've ever had in Brooklyn. And it's not cheap. A must to avoid.
"This is the house that you can have been imaging yourself sipping iced tea on your enormous front porch waving 'hello' to your neighbors."
Gotta love Fillmore. Anybody want to take a stab at identifying the grammatical errors in that one sentence?
Posted by: PPSer at August 22, 2008 1:43 PM in response to Open House Picks
The kind of sentiment expressed (and disavowed) by daveinbedstuy is troubling. Don't sell to foreigners? And don't sell to jews, or blacks, or hispanics because property values could be affected?
Posted by: PPSer at April 4, 2008 11:01 AM in response to Foreigners Start to Fancy Brooklyn
I love Golden Farm on Church or, as we call it, RUPTIKO, for Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Turkish, Israeli, Kosher, Organic Gourmet food store. It's a magnificent example of the melting pot that exists in Kensington and in very few other places in the city.
Posted by: PPSer at March 7, 2008 10:06 AM in response to Co-op of the Day: 81 Ocean Parkway
The trees do help with the heating bills in winter by not having leaves: The sun is unimpeded and warms our house, particularly at this time of year as the days get longer, the sun is higher, but the trees remain leafless.
Posted by: PPSer at March 3, 2008 4:14 PM in response to Last Week's Biggest Sales
We had no idea Piramide was in its "soft opening" stage when we went a few weeks ago. It was just awful, immediately capturing a position on our worst ten restaurants we've ever been to list.
Posted by: PPSer at November 21, 2007 12:10 PM in response to Food & Drink Round-Up
I don't know, Brenda, I'm thinking more of a mixed breed, from an animal league or a shelter, smart and street saavy, that's my dog analogy to Red Hook. No pure breeds needed. They can stay in the Heights. I love it in Red Hook.
Posted by: PPSer at November 13, 2007 11:18 AM in response to ‘Dead’ Hook: When Gentrification Doesn’t Take
What if Dad doesn't have a subscription to a magazine he really wants? Does the analogy still work?
Posted by: PPSer at November 6, 2007 2:53 PM in response to Is 4th Avenue Losing Its Lustre?
Anthony's on 7th Avenue and 14th Street. Good pizza, good pasta, good salads, good environment.
Posted by: PPSer at November 2, 2007 3:38 PM in response to StreetLevel: Slope Getting a Piece of the Bay Ridge Pie
New York Law: A trapped squirrel cannot be released on private property. A trapped squirrel cannot be released on public property. Which leaves us with . . . (let your imagination run wild, or not so wild).
Posted by: PPSer at November 2, 2007 2:06 PM in response to Dead (Murdered?) Squirrel Raises Questions
Yeah, that makes sense. Even if you otherwise could be interested in the house, you won't be because the current owner's couch is wrapped in saran wrap. I'm not sure, but rumor has it that the current owner is insisting that any purchaser not only keep the couch on the parlor floor, but keep it wrapped in saran wrap. It's a condition of the sale. Not.
Posted by: PPSer at October 31, 2007 1:47 PM in response to House of the Day: 72 Rutland Road
What are you thinking, 1:58 p.m., that the dog in Kensington is hocking and spitting on the walls? Oh, no Adolph, not another luggee (sp?) on the wall! Is the house overpriced a bit because it's going to cost approximately $39,000 to clean the dripping spit from the walls? Will the spit still be warm on closing day?
Posted by: PPSer at October 26, 2007 2:10 PM in response to Open House Picks: Houses
howrealnyc: Given how well real estate brokers have done over the past ten years, perhaps it's appropriate to decline a listing where the seller insists on an unreasonably high price. Perhaps such a declination actually helps credibility. I have no doubt that you believe MKG is a class act, and that she tried very hard to sell the house at $1.9 million, but there is a rule of reason here and (it probably is naive of me) it would be nice to think that brokers have ethical standards in connection with listings and prices.
Posted by: PPSer at October 25, 2007 6:30 PM in response to House of the Day: 1216 Albemarle Road (Revisited)
The article on Syrian Jews is fascinating. It demonstrates just how insular the rest of us are as well.
Posted by: PPSer at October 15, 2007 11:11 AM in response to Monday Links
The thread here is getting perilously close to racist in tone, rather than reflecting socio-economic differences. Shame on you!
Posted by: PPSer at October 5, 2007 1:25 PM in response to Wondering About the Loew’s Wonder Theater
In response to 12:48 p.m., the payback in reduced heating costs will take several years. Presumably, good insulation will be a selling point if we decide to move (along with reduced heating bills). Most important is the comfort level in the house during the winter months.
Posted by: PPSer at September 26, 2007 1:07 PM in response to Blowing In[sulation] the Wind
I know I'm going to get a licking for this, but what's the Donut Plant? And where is it?
Posted by: PPSer at September 11, 2007 7:56 PM in response to House of the Day: 1306 Albemarle Road
Almost a third of an acre a few blocks from the park. Even with potential pitfalls, the price sounds reasonable. The property lost a lot of trees with the tornado last month and now will stay warmer with more direct sun!
Posted by: PPSer at September 11, 2007 3:54 PM in response to House of the Day: 1306 Albemarle Road
PPSer wrote a review about Panino'teca 275 on April 16, 2009 5:51 PM
Gosh, the place has a nice atmosphere but the food just sucks. It's disconcerting that anyone could think differently.