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by zippy
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:24 am
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Rockbrook Village (108th and Center)
Replies: 32
Views: 7478

Re: Rockbrook Village (108th and Center)

Casanova's social media accounts and website appear to have vanished today. It looks like a new facebook page was setup and active yesterday. Not sure if they got hacked or what.. Yeah I plan on trying to get down there again soon, but even if "hacked" it is odd that you'd loose your soci...
by zippy
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:38 am
Forum: News and Events
Topic: Grow Omaha Show discussion
Replies: 922
Views: 183767

Re: Grow Omaha Show discussion

Garrett wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:48 pm
zippy wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:34 am Did the audio version for 3/16 get published? It's not appearing in my downloads!?!?
Never showed up for me in my podcast app, I just watched the uncut version on YouTube
I know that's an option, but I like to have an episode handy for road trips!
by zippy
Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:34 am
Forum: News and Events
Topic: Grow Omaha Show discussion
Replies: 922
Views: 183767

Re: Grow Omaha Show discussion

Did the audio version for 3/16 get published? It's not appearing in my downloads!?!?
by zippy
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:43 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: Creighton Basketball 2023-2024
Replies: 845
Views: 166927

Re: Creighton Basketball 2023-2024

skinzfan23 wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:03 am Jays play at 8:40 CST on Saturday.
I hope that you mean CDT or just CT... if you're still on CST, then all of your clocks are wrong! :D
by zippy
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Holland Performing Arts Center - Construction & Development
Replies: 172
Views: 27105

Re: Holland Performing Arts Center - Construction & Development

The extraneous aside of "... which is in the state of Nebraska ..." just feels so... AI-written
by zippy
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:24 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Trev Alberts leaving NU
Replies: 111
Views: 4473

Re: Trev Alberts leaving NU

I get upset off when I see that Jack Stark is a regent. About 40 years ago I saw him at his private practice a couple of times. One day I came home to overhear my roommate talking on the phone with someone, talking about me. After the call ended, I picked up the phone and hit redial... Bingo! Good o...
by zippy
Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:17 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Shadow Lake Towne Center (72nd and 370)
Replies: 483
Views: 119153

Re: Shadow Lake Towne Center (72nd and 370)

It's not a secret anymore. They officially announced it as a Barnes & Noble Wonder if the location by Oakview closes? If the Oakview B&N closes, the city needs to rework the intersections on either side of that lot, where the Kohl's road dead ends into the "thru" road that can tak...
by zippy
Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Shadow Lake Towne Center (72nd and 370)
Replies: 483
Views: 119153

Re: Shadow Lake Towne Center (72nd and 370)

It's not a secret anymore. They officially announced it as a Barnes & Noble Wonder if the location by Oakview closes? If the Oakview B&N closes, the city needs to rework the intersections on either side of that lot, where the Kohl's road dead ends into the "thru" road that can tak...
by zippy
Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Daylight saving time
Replies: 73
Views: 6855

Re: Daylight savings time

nebugeater wrote: Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:49 am I could not care less about which clock setting they used. Just choose one and leave it.
Thank you for the "not"... "I could care less" is a pet peeve of mine.
by zippy
Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:52 am
Forum: eOmahaForums Bar and Grill
Topic: NHL-USAVB-NEX Banter
Replies: 27
Views: 966

Re: NHL-USAVB-NEX Banter

Brad wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:30 am
thenewguy wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:45 am 'Omaha' in Ponca means "to go against the current"
Are you sure about that? I always thought it was something to do with Upstream?
Aren't those about the same thing? I recall it meaning "above all others on a river".
by zippy
Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:03 am
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Hawaiian Bros. Island Grill
Replies: 49
Views: 6173

Re: Hawaiian Bros. Island Grill

I ate at a Hawaiian Bros. in Fort Worth on my way to Galveston for a wedding last September. It was good, and I would go again. I wish that the location we went to had Spam on the menu.
by zippy
Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:30 am
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Sand Point (655 N. 114 St)
Replies: 24
Views: 2894

Re: Sand Point (655 N. 114 St)

No idea. Did anyone on the forum ever eat at the Julio’s that was there for a hot minute? Only the west one when it was open for a few hot minutes... and I was at the one out West twice. Not sure why I went back the second time either. I went to the Julio's on 114th once with friends. Wasn't impres...
by zippy
Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:38 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Jim's Rib Haven (38th & Ames)
Replies: 17
Views: 1775

Re: Jim's Rib Haven (38th & Ames)

Coyote wrote: Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:29 pm
Jim's Rib Haven in northwest Omaha
This line caught my attention when it was said on TV.
by zippy
Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wildlife in the City
Replies: 121
Views: 17409

Re: Wildlife in the City

Just south of Applied Underwriters, I saw a coyote in Harvey Oaks last Tuesday at 5am, trotting north along 147th street.
by zippy
Tue Jan 23, 2024 10:31 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha Eppley Airfield
Replies: 3512
Views: 1556529

Re: Omaha Eppley Airfield

This time period precedes me, but here's a short video of Eppley Airfield in 1986. This video shows how excited people were of the newly renovated Eppley Airfield in 1986. The second terminal (South?) opened up in early February 1986 with a concert by the Omaha Symphony. I remember because my paren...
by zippy
Mon Jan 22, 2024 8:26 am
Forum: Rumors
Topic: IKEA in Omaha???
Replies: 116
Views: 33719

Re: IKEA in Omaha???

Omaha (with Lincoln) is not nearly big enough to draw an Ikea retail store. Best we would see is a planning studio/order point like similarly sized Albuquerque and larger Nashville has. Consider neither OKC/Tulsa have an Ikea either.. and a massive metro like Phoenix has only a single store. The DC...
by zippy
Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:52 am
Forum: Lincoln Development
Topic: Canopy Street (The Yard Lincoln)
Replies: 141
Views: 34548

Re: Canopy Street (The Yard Lincoln)

Shouldn't most of this recent chat go in the Capitol District?
by zippy
Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:46 am
Forum: News and Events
Topic: Omaha Local News Channels
Replies: 1844
Views: 534100

Re: Omaha Local News Channels

I noticed that the Guide for my Cox Contour box had a channel 7 for a few days that was labeled as NBC. Most of the time it said something like "end of day" or "no service", but for some shows it had the same info that was listed for channel 8 (Cox's label for WOWT 6). Channel 7 ...
by zippy
Thu Dec 28, 2023 1:37 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Sinful Burgers (14612 W Center Rd)
Replies: 50
Views: 7755

Re: Sinful Burgers (14612 W Center Rd)

The one time I went there, the fries were good when we got them but declined fairly quickly as they cooled.
by zippy
Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:41 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Capitol District (NWC 10th & Capitol)
Replies: 3037
Views: 486725

Re: Capitol District (NWC 10th & Capitol)

Beware of the bogey-man!
by zippy
Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:17 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Doug McDermott in the NBA
Replies: 283
Views: 78636

Re: Doug McDermott in the NBA

Spurs' Greg McDermott on Creighton jersey retirement https://youtu.be/0i4o372FE5g?si=5vXu1DI9xod2o9gA Former Creighton men's basketball and current NBA player Greg McDermott speaks to members of the media on the retirement of his Creighton jersey, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2023. Video courtesy of the San An...
by zippy
Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:15 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Burger Detour (3 Omaha Metro Locations)
Replies: 36
Views: 8546

Re: Burger Detour (3 Omaha Metro Locations)

I noticed driving to work this morning the sign is up at 120th & L St finally for this - I still can't believe they tore down the Famous Dave's building that couldn't have been that old to redevelop this plot. IIRC, that Famous Dave's at 120th & L used to be an Austin's. I'm not sure if it ...
by zippy
Tue Dec 05, 2023 12:41 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Burger Detour (3 Omaha Metro Locations)
Replies: 36
Views: 8546

Re: Burger Detour (3 Omaha Metro Locations)

I noticed driving to work this morning the sign is up at 120th & L St finally for this - I still can't believe they tore down the Famous Dave's building that couldn't have been that old to redevelop this plot. IIRC, that Famous Dave's at 120th & L used to be an Austin's. I'm not sure if it ...
by zippy
Fri Sep 29, 2023 2:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: XKCD Urban Planning
Replies: 5
Views: 1083

XKCD Urban Planning

I wasn't sure whether to put this in Transportation, General Discussion, or somewhere else... https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/urban_planning_opinion_progression.png (sorry for the huge size!) The comic was followed by a spirited discussion at ExplainXKCD: https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2832:_Ur...
by zippy
Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:12 pm
Forum: eOmahaForums Bar and Grill
Topic: Fast Food Talk Thread
Replies: 959
Views: 522381

Re: Fast Food Talk Thread

Five remaining LJS locations in the Omaha metro area.... North 30th St in Florence Saddle Creek Rd at Dodge St 84th & Giles in La Vista Galvin Rd in Bellevue Manawa in Council Bluffs They're definitely dwindling. They're putting my Chicken Planks at risk! Don't forget 108th St between L and Q!
by zippy
Sun Aug 13, 2023 12:06 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor (airplane) in Omaha this weekend
Replies: 6
Views: 623

Re: Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor (airplane) in Omaha this weekend

I was waiting at the light by Stony Brook Hy-Vee when I saw it heading to land at Millard. It seemed so slow compared to the usual air traffic.
by zippy
Tue Aug 01, 2023 9:26 am
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Heartwood Preserve (144th Dodge/Pacific)
Replies: 884
Views: 312347

Re: Heartwood Preserve (144th Dodge/Pacific)

Nah I’m talking about an even older plan from the early 2000s that envisioned a sort of river walk area for downtown Millard, I think. It was only ever a proposal and never had legs. Edit: From what I can find it was going to be called “Millard Town Center” but I’m having trouble finding any good i...
by zippy
Sat Jul 29, 2023 8:39 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: Big 10 Conference
Replies: 170
Views: 34248

Re: Big 10 Conference

14. NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS 13. INDIANA HOOSIERS 12. RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS 11. PURDUE BOILERMAKERS 10. NEBRASKA HUSKERS 9. MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS 8. MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS 7. ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI 6. MARYLAND TERRAPINS 5. IOWA HAWKEYES 4. WISCONSIN BADGERS 3. PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS 2. OHIO ...
by zippy
Thu Jul 06, 2023 7:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Book donation
Replies: 5
Views: 3142

Re: Book donation

Thanks for the suggestions! I found this place over the weekend that essentially rehomes books. https://www.omahabookrecovery.com/ I've seen this site mentioned online. I wonder how many they sell instead of donating. I've got several hundred Sci Fi and Fantasy books, plus all of the children's boo...
by zippy
Fri May 26, 2023 8:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's Everyone's Work Status?
Replies: 32
Views: 3484

Re: What's Everyone's Work Status?

CSG has announced that their West Dodge office will be closed in November. They'll retrofit a few desks into their print facility at 144th and Chandler for those who require a physical space.
by zippy
Thu May 11, 2023 12:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Walkable Superblocks
Replies: 54
Views: 4759

Re: Walkable Superblocks

Separate idea, but I'd love to see experiments with turning Farnam between 36th and 40th into a transitway. Allow only busses and the streetcar to run on it, otherwise expand the sidewalks and keep it pedestrian focused. Imagine what all of the businesses could do along that corridor with an abilit...
by zippy
Sun May 07, 2023 10:01 pm
Forum: eOmahaForums Bar and Grill
Topic: Fast Food Talk Thread
Replies: 959
Views: 522381

Re: Fast Food Talk Thread

I'm a little surprised that Burger King didn't have some kind of promotion about the coronation this weekend, since "King" is right there in their name.
by zippy
Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:38 am
Forum: Rumors
Topic: Birthdays
Replies: 314
Views: 144491

Re: Birthdays

Coyote wrote: Fri Apr 28, 2023 7:39 am Happy Birthday zippy! :bday:
Thanks!
by zippy
Wed Mar 29, 2023 2:10 pm
Forum: Elsewhere
Topic: I-70 through Missouri
Replies: 7
Views: 1936

I-70 through Missouri

I just drove to STL last Friday, and was surprised to see that I-70 from KC to STL is still just 2 lanes each way. Are there any reasons why this stretch is being ignored?
by zippy
Thu Mar 16, 2023 2:10 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)
Replies: 2475
Views: 5454817

Re: Mutual of Omaha Tower (14th & Farnam)

Longlurker wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2023 3:43 pm MOO Employee tells me they have a model in the board room on the 12th floor.
I thought that the board room was on the 14th floor, in the Tower part of the building. IIRC, only the farthest NW elevator in Building 3 went above the 12th floor. Note: it's been over 30 years since I worked there.
by zippy
Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:52 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: The Kingsley Apartments (Harvey Oaks/144th and W Center)
Replies: 7
Views: 1559

The Kingsley Apartments (Harvey Oaks/144th and W Center)

This is on the agenda for the March meeting of the Planning board: The Kingsley This calls for 200 apartments with "structured parking and numerous amenities". ASLAN and Burlington Capital are involved. This appears to be a tear-down of the existing office buildings, as opposed to the effo...
by zippy
Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:45 am
Forum: Omaha Metro Area Government
Topic: Omaha City Council
Replies: 54
Views: 8778

Re: Omaha City Council

I'm not familiar with the details of Omaha's "home rule charter", but this seems to fly in the face of "home rule".
by zippy
Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:51 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Best Philly Steak Sandwich
Replies: 7
Views: 763

Re: Omaha's Best Philly Steak Sandwich

It's been a long time, but Lansky's was our go to for work lunches. It was good enough to justify driving from 108th and John Galt to 50th and L.
by zippy
Tue Dec 20, 2022 12:41 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Sarpy County Sanitary Sewer Lines
Replies: 5
Views: 1095

Re: Sarpy County Sanitary Sewer Lines

Brad wrote: Mon Dec 19, 2022 11:04 pm Where is all the previous threads on this subject? Its been discussed for years.
Scattered among the Beltway and Springfield threads?
by zippy
Fri Dec 09, 2022 9:36 am
Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
Topic: 2022 Weather Thread
Replies: 1238
Views: 49774

Re: 2022 Weather Thread

I had my driveway replaced back in September. We still haven't had a heavy enough rain to wash away the grit and sand that remains at the end of the driveway and further down the street.