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[Choop]

Yes, the temperfoam mattress was somehow invented by nasa and the patent awarded to sweden, or something. I've got a pillow, and it surpasses description. This is so many light years beyond eggshell pads it's not even funny.

As a man of gravity, I appreciate the temperfoam. Supposedly*, a cheap big-box retail mattress plus a think temperfoam pad is less affordable than an expensive big-box retail mattress, which ain't that bad for a mattress to begin with.

* As the kids say, "Ymmv." How's that pronounced?

[jough]

Apparently they're so expensive that you can't even just buy one straight out - you have to fill out a form to have info sent to you, and then contact a sales representative so they can check out your investment porfolio to see if they want to even bother trying to sell you a mattress.

On the plus side, free DVD!

http://tempur.imswebmktg.com/tempur/unique/82836.php?GTSE=GOOG&GTKW=mattress

[Choop]

or not.

the thickest temperfoam pad you can afford)

There's ways not to break the bank.

[pmcd9]

The guest bed in my folks house has an old ass mattress covered with a foam pad from some packing crate that my mother salvaged from a dumpster.  It's the most comfortable fuck*ng bed i've ever slept on.  By far.

~Paul

[linnea]

The guest bed in my folks house has an old ass mattress covered with a foam pad from some packing crate that my mother salvaged from a dumpster.  It's the most comfortable fuck*ng bed i've ever slept on.  By far.

~Paul

I am literally convulsing in horror at reading that, Paul.

One of my good friends lived in this gorgeous, historic building in Denver's Capitol Hill. She thought it was great, until she started coming up with weird rashes all over her arms. Then they got worse. After visiting like ten dermatologists, they finally figured out that it was BEDBUGS. Apparently, since DDT's been mostly banned they've come back with a vengeance, and they're hard as hell to kill. Good luck with that, dude. Seriously.

In my humble opinion, free stuff from the rubbish ain't worth the price of potential vermin. She and her boyfriend just dumped as much furniture as humanly possible, got their place fumigated, had their new apartment fumigated, washed all their clothes in hot water and ran them trhough the dryer twice, and then did it all again. Bedbugs are almost impossible to get rid of.

Sure, free shit from the dumpster might be infestation-free. But not everyone who dumps vermin-infested stuff is nice enough to mark said item as "BEDBUG/VERMIN INFESTED". On all these bedbug related sites they recommend ripping and clearly marking your vermin-infested furniture before you dispose of it so that you don't infect others, and also wrapping your infested mattress/furniture in several layers of plastic before you drag it out to the dumpster so that you don't scatter lice to the rest of the building.

Oh Christ, I'm having my entire dermis convulse in the heebie-jeebies now. Yuck. YUUUCK.

[pmcd9]

Linnea, ain't no vermin in my momma's house.  They have the power of the mega cross.

~Paul

[pmcd9]

Thanks.  I will still be in Philly for Halloween (and election day - I am looking forward to voting against Rick Santorum) but will be heading out there for reals in early November.

Jough, my friend Sarah is heading to Philly to volunteer for Bob Casey.  I'm glad that not ALL of the most hideous politicians are from Texas.

~Paul

[jough]

Casey Jr. is good people.  I don't know if he'll make a good Senator, but Santorum is one of the few who is actually dangerous so I will do what I can (which isn't much) to try to get him out of office.

This time around my plan for voting is: throw out all incumbents.

Now, one may wonder why I care so much since I'm moving out of state soon, but I want my friends and family to be happy and healthy while I'm gone, so I have to do my part to make sure that they have the best political climate that they can.

Plus, Senators affect the entire country (and world) and PA is one of the battleground states this election.  The GOP has a lot to lose here.  Like majority rule in all three branches of the government.

[slink]

Now, one may wonder why I care so much since I'm moving out of state soon...

Not when it's Santorum. Christ, I'd vote him out from here if I could. Hell, I'd stab him in the neck with a javelin if I could.
Seeing as I can't, I'll just continue to think of him as the slang version of his name. It's one of the nastiest things ever, but I am glad I know what Santorum is so that now, every time I think of the man, I think of Santorum. It feels like justice.

[Noah]

my dad is going to leave his job in philly soon and he just left a few hours ago for in interview with a company in columbia, missouri

so it's kind of weird that i just read this thread

[AlohaDawg]

Chicago is awesome based on my six years as a proud resident. If it's convenient and affordable, may I suggest living in Evanston?

Here are the pluses:

1) walkable town. You can shop, go to movies, restaurants, everything without using a car or bus.

2) the metra and the EL go there and it is a maximum of 7 stops to be in Chicago (for $1.50 each way on the EL when we left)

3) Great restaurant choices

4) Northwestern Coeds everywhere

5) It has a completely separate identify all it's own, its not a generic suburb and it's pretty vibrant and the people are just great.


Seriously check out Evanston. A similar choice would be Oak Park but it's more traffic congested (and fewer restaurants).

Inside the city limits Hyde Park is pretty cool too. Lincoln Park is great but pretty pricey. Go North rather than South in my opinion.

I'm jealous. One day I think we probably will move back there. Probably after we buy something here so that we can return.

[jough]

I'm in Chicago RIGHT NOW.

Yeah, I'm looking at places in Lincoln Park, River North, Streetersville, and up north in Lakeview and Wrigleyville.  Should be able to find something nice.  I'm looking forward to looking at places.  I really want to live in the city, at least at first.

Chicago is awesome.  This is the first night I've been here.  Am looking forward to kicking it at a jazz bar tomorrow night.

[Emmoh]

Born and raised.

I was born in Lincoln Park, but I would avoid living there now. It's a gorgeous neighborhood, but the people, well, after living my high school years on the North Shore, I have a distaste for the kind of people that inhabit Lincoln Park.

Evanston is everything that Dawg said it was. Wonderful community. Unfortunately, in the last five years or so, all places in the nice areas have either gone condo or been priced out reasonable range.

I live in Uptown, have for the last couple of years and like it alot, reasonably priced, neighborhood on the rise. I really wanted to live in Roscoe Village or North Center, but I wasn't able to find any places meeting my specifications, both really pretty neighborhoods, with lots of good food and drink.

Rogers Park, the part around Loyola, offers an experience similiar to Evanston, for a easier price of living.

I lived for Edgewater for three years, one of the more underrated spots in the city, but far away from everything.

For a first time renter in Chicago, I recommend looking the Apartment People, a free service that will help you the first time through (if you need to use them any time after that, though, something is seriously wrong.)

In any case, welcome to the greatest city in the world, I hope it treats you well, if you have any questions, feel free to hit me with a PM.

[jough]

The place I think is #1 on my list now is in the Gold Coast, which is near fancy shopping and close to work (I work in the Loop). 

I went around with someone from the Apartment People yesterday and everything she showed me was nice, as opposed to the Apartment Savvy guy who showed me six shitholes and one nice place (although it wasn't as nice as ANY of the places that the Apartment Person showed me.

Anyway, I'm starting to feel it.  I believe I will be starting the paperwork (via the mail) on Tuesday or Wednesday.

I'm out to see a few places today, but viewing places on Sundays is hard.

[Beatrice]

what's "reasonable" in these areas?  I would love to live in chicago at least a few years, maybe between now and grad school.  gina (i am wary to say her name, but ye must know) has always lived in th dorms but the last time i was there i was looking through the free weekly and found apartments that seemed pretty well priced (2 bdrm 5 - 6oo and up) but of course i don't know quality.