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No tolls, one month later
ByDerekAverage monthly tolls, January-October 2006: $16.53 November 2006: $5.54 (and that’ll probably be higher than my average) đŸ˜€ There are also no delays anymore at Black Rock in the evenings. Things sped right up after they stopped posting a cop to babysit the plaza. Glad they took my suggestion. đŸ˜‰
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Forget FEMA, rely on Wal-Mart & Home Depot in a disaster
ByDerekSteven Horwitz, a professor of economics at St. Lawrence University, published a study that shows why local businesses are more effective in assisting in an emergency than the federal government. The study says Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Lowe’s made use of their local knowledge about supply chains, infrastructure, decision makers and other resources to provide…
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Ding dong the tolls are dead!
ByDerekYes, it’s true! All the Buffalo-area news sources are reporting that the I-190 tolls are no longer – and for good! The booths themselves are supposed to come down next year. As someone who takes the 190 daily (although I only pay in one direction) this will personally save me quite a bit of money….
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BBBYond a stupid layout
ByDerekI haven’t blogged at all about Hamburg recently, so here’s one that’s been bugging me. What braniac came up with the layout of the new Bed Bath and Beyond at the McKinley mall? Pretty much every store in the mall has an entrance from the mall. That’s kind of the point. Some have exterior entrances…
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Fiber is good for you
ByDerekI’ve been patiently waiting to get FiOS, Verizon’s new fiber optic residential network, since February. It’s really bugging me because I know they ran fiber to a box on the corner of my lot last year, but they’re still not offering the service to me yet. Anyways… Verizon stockholders weren’t too pleased when Verizon disclosed…
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Anything’s Possible
ByAmandaMy luck won’t quit today. Ari wanted carrots for a ‘healthy’ snack, so I went into the fridge and saw that they were all rotting in the bag. So I took them out and decided to steam the good parts for Cambree’s first veggies, so they wouldn’t go to waste. Got them into the pan…
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