#ferensai

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Replies about fireworks, bikes

winged

so THAT'S what i'm hearing

Possibly, although I posted well after the show was done -- at 9:30 on Wednesday nights and 10:15 on Saturday nights in the summer, Navy Pier does a fireworks show. You may have been hearing people setting off their own fireworks after the show, I did see some of that. 

shy-vi0l3tt3

Your playlist is quite different from mine! Hopefully you don't mind if I check them out-- I'm always on the lookout for songs with high BPM for exercising... 😁

I don’t mind at all! A lot of those aren’t actually high BPM though, fair warning -- they’re meant to match my running pace, which is rather slow, and some are meant to be timed walk intervals. Also there’s a couple on there that are bootlegged off podcasts so if you can’t find them, that’s probably why. 

tzikeh

I ride on the lakefront and people call "on your right/left" all the time. Maybe it's just the folks in the city streets proper?

That’s wholly possible. My range is basically from LaSalle to the lake and from Archer to Ohio, generally (occasionally I get out into west loop) and while there’s a ton of bike traffic, a) it’s still deeply urban and b) it tends to be people who are riding for purpose rather than for leisure/workouts. 

ferensai

Pretty sure Chicago is just rude

treesah

As a Pittsburgh cyclist who started cycling in Chicago and then stopped to increase my chances of continuing to live, I concur that Chicago is just rude. And it’s not like Pittsburgh has a reputation for being polite or anything, people just know how to act on a bike or around them

Oh my god I’m having the worst existential “Are we the baddies?” moment. Chicagoans are normally so friendly! But also most Chicagoans I think don’t do much bike riding, so the ones who do are....are maybe....

Maybe we’re assholes.

[blackkatmagic]

I reread 'for gold and rust' every few weeks just for how fluffy and wholesome it is. So good. So happy. Look at Kiba, being a great role model. I wonder how long that'll last ^-^

xD This is going to be a fairly low-drama fic, so it might last a while. 

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Hi Sam, so I just heard the news about Instacart firing employees for wanting to unionize, and I do NOT want to support them anymore. IIRC, you use a grocery delivery service too, right? Who do you use? Also, do you have any advice on how best to inform Instacart of exactly why they're not getting my money anymore? Thanks!

Unfortunately, the service I used stopped running right before the pandemic hit. I’ve been mostly just getting what I need from the bodega near me, with occasional trips out to Target with my backpack for larger/heavier stuff. I’ve been sourcing what I can (such as cat litter) by mail order. 

The service I used was PeaPod, and they do still serve some areas particularly in the northeast, but not so much in the midwest. 

I don’t know what the best way to let them know would be because the inner workings of Instacart are a bit of a mystery to me, but they do have a “general feedback” option on their webpage, you could probably do it there: https://www.instacart.com/help/contact

Good luck! Finding an alternative during the pandemic has been rough. Some grocery stores do offer delivery now, but it’s usually through a third party like doordash without telling you that, which combines what I’ve found to be the generally crap service of gig delivery with the inability to communicate clearly when something is wrong (also you can’t give them a rating). It’s very frustrating.

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ihopeyoucontinue4ever

What about curbside directly from the store? Vons/Safeway and Sprouts have been offering it here in CA.

Curbside is great if you have access to a car, or the ability to leave your home -- my parents do curbside all the time and love it. But some places won’t do it for you if you show up on foot, and if you’re trying to transport anything heavier than 2-3 bags (delivery for me regularly included a 15 pack of TP and a 20lb box of litter) for any distance, it poses some issues even if you’re on a bus route (which....buses during the pandemic are not a great way to go). 

It’s a good alternative for some! Just, for most people who formerly got delivery, curbside wasn’t an option to begin with for other reasons. 

selkieinthesea

Our Kroger has really nice delivery! You can even text with the shoppers & let them know details (bananas not too green) and what to do if they’re out of what you ordered.

There you go @ferensai -- if you’ve got Kroger in your area check them out!

I had high hopes for Jewel-Osco’s delivery service but it was just a proxy website for DoorDash :/