Allemaengel

Allemaengel t1_jef6mey wrote

Reply to The Sonic in Manchester is going downhill fast by TEKC0R

So they tore down a Weight Watchers in my old hometown to build a Sonic (irony). My town was know for endless fastfood choices and their fries were crap and so their business dwindled. (Fries make or break you there, lol.)

Then the franchisee violated their franchise agreement buying food and supplies outside the franchiser and the franchiser shut them down.

In the end a couple years later the closed Sonic was torn down and a Panera Bread was built, lol. No loss, Sonics are terrible.

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Allemaengel t1_je1yd77 wrote

Reply to comment by rdepp in The 3 Mile Island nuclear power station near Harrisburg, PA, suffers a partial meltdown in 1979, due to coolant leakage. Though there were no casualties, the accident gave way to more stringent safety standards, and also a slowdown in construction of reactors. by LoneWolfInCyberia

I'm not a fan of those either and don't drive anything with one. My co-workers are firefighters and they've told me what fighting a fire with entrapment on involving that kind of battery is like. No thanks.

Reality is we gotta do the heavy lift of figuring out how to manage the nuclear waste once and for all.

I"m fine with nuclear power but we've kicked the can down the road too long on HOW to dispose of the waste it generates.

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Allemaengel t1_jdze4z3 wrote

Reply to comment by rdepp in The 3 Mile Island nuclear power station near Harrisburg, PA, suffers a partial meltdown in 1979, due to coolant leakage. Though there were no casualties, the accident gave way to more stringent safety standards, and also a slowdown in construction of reactors. by LoneWolfInCyberia

Very true but we gotta figure out the permanent waste storage or reprocessing strategy once and for all. Too much piling up in less-than-ideal on-site temporary storage around the country.

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Allemaengel t1_jdzdxr3 wrote

Reply to comment by WhereDaHinkieFlair in The 3 Mile Island nuclear power station near Harrisburg, PA, suffers a partial meltdown in 1979, due to coolant leakage. Though there were no casualties, the accident gave way to more stringent safety standards, and also a slowdown in construction of reactors. by LoneWolfInCyberia

I entirely agree but we've got to resolve the permanent waste storage or reprocessing strategy once and for all and that first. We keep fucking around on that for political NIMBY reasons.

Far too much waste piling up in temporary storage at the plants that already exist around the country and that's far from ideal.

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Allemaengel t1_jdvzmzt wrote

Reply to comment by ChrisTheHurricane in Are there towns in Philadelphia that are easily accessible from Manhattan or North Jersey? by lovesocialmedia

I grew up there too, from the early 1970s through the early 2000s north of Fogelsville and I agree with you. Fascinating area with a lot of great industrial history.

However, I'd urge OP to go see the region before developers finish covering it all over with warehousing with the full approval of economic development guys and naive township supervisors who can't figure out when enough is enough.

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Allemaengel t1_jdvc754 wrote

Reply to comment by Phillycheese4evr in Is Richmond Street the next hipster strip? by thecw

TIL.

Feeling dumb for not knowing that. Thought Fishtown has always been distinct.

Edit: JFC, people. I don't know that neighborhood well but like to learn. So it has developed separately under its own name. That's cool.

So spare me the downvotes and just correct the record, will ya?

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Allemaengel t1_jdoaccs wrote

Reply to comment by Decent_Nectarine_758 in Did you know that Pennsylvania is one of the 19 states that doesn't have an official language? by so-unobvious

Yes. Typically most people within about a 60-mile radius of Center City Philly do. I'm about 80 miles out and people here more likely call them subs though I grew up closer to the city and call them goagies. I saw a map once showing where in the U.S. they were called subs vs. grinders vs. hoagies and most of PA and most of the country call them subs apparently.

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