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by Original
Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Electrical and Building code - online?
Replies: 1
Views: 599

Re: Electrical and Building code - online?

Hey, that was my post! Here is the page you want from the city for all of it on the electrical side, permits, etc - https://permits.cityofomaha.org/53-uncategorised/58-electrical-information and from there you should be able to find the rest. From my understanding and recollection from a few years a...
by Original
Wed Nov 11, 2020 4:56 pm
Forum: Council Bluffs Development
Topic: Excavaction Near MidAmerica south of CB
Replies: 7
Views: 2963

Re: Excavaction Near MidAmerica south of CB

Near the ethanol plant? (I can see that maybe I wasn't clear enough in saying the ethanol plant, just east of Lake Manawa) I'm surprised.
by Original
Mon Nov 09, 2020 9:58 am
Forum: Council Bluffs Development
Topic: Excavaction Near MidAmerica south of CB
Replies: 7
Views: 2963

Excavaction Near MidAmerica south of CB

Anyone know what the massive amount of excavation that is happening basically between MidAmerica Energy and I-29 just south of CB is for? I assume either flood mitigation or something related to MidAmerica, but I could not find anything. I drove south on I-29 over the weekend for the first time in m...
by Original
Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:06 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: 156th between Dodge and Maple
Replies: 31
Views: 5861

Re: 156th between Dodge and Maple

Sometime in the last week or so, 156th has mostly reopened for traffic flow. Not all 4 lanes, but the 156th and Blondo intersection is open all directions. I assume the permanent stoplight installation will close it again temporarily sometime in the near future.
by Original
Mon Aug 31, 2020 1:47 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: 156th between Dodge and Maple
Replies: 31
Views: 5861

Re: 156th between Dodge and Maple

Well, this area around Blondo from 132nd West has had a lot done to it over the past 10ish years - 132nd and 144th getting widened, Blondo getting widened, 168th getting widened, now 156th. We moved here in 2017 just after the Blondo 144th-153rd widening, but then the 168th widening was summer 2018,...
by Original
Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:24 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: 156th between Dodge and Maple
Replies: 31
Views: 5861

Re: 156th between Dodge and Maple

I live in this area, and wanted to note that while the pandemic seems to have thrown them behind schedule, last week they got the road bed on the east side of Blondo poured, and I think we are just a month or two from that being opened , which I personally will be very glad of, because living on the...
by Original
Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:10 pm
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Vote by Mail / Absentee Voting
Replies: 113
Views: 3009

Re: Vote by Mail / Absentee Voting

I have a feeling there is no way to really bring this thread back, but I'd like to try. NUub, what kind of evidence would you accept that would demonstrate that President Trump is guilty of, I'm going to try to narrow this to develop suitable criteria, the accusations set forth in the impeachment pr...
by Original
Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:07 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Vote by Mail / Absentee Voting
Replies: 113
Views: 3009

Re: Vote by Mail / Absentee Voting

Like that your comic mentioned blockchain. It would be a great solution, publicly available for review, auditable, unable to double-vote- of course we are talking government here. A private outfit could have this up and running in a couple months with open-source code and means to obfuscate identit...
by Original
Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:03 am
Forum: Urban Omaha Development
Topic: Vote by Mail / Absentee Voting
Replies: 113
Views: 3009

Re: Vote by Mail / Absentee Voting

Astounds me, in some countries people have been shot right on the street for trying to vote. In America we are afraid of getting sick for trying to vote. Astounds me why we can't just log onto the internet with our computer or phones and vote. That is the real travesty of this all. As a software en...
by Original
Sat Jul 11, 2020 10:42 pm
Forum: Rumors
Topic: Scoular moving & Streetcar discussion-
Replies: 24
Views: 3114

Re: Scoular - moving to west Omaha

How are the huge grain elevator companies expected to function in the future? Will storage become a sub-business ... kind of like oil and gas industries? Is farming credentials important? Well, the ABCD (ADM, Bunge, Cargill, Dreyfus) level of companies are diversified entities that are their own ca...
by Original
Wed Jul 08, 2020 12:03 pm
Forum: Rumors
Topic: Scoular moving & Streetcar discussion-
Replies: 24
Views: 3114

Re: Scoular - moving to west Omaha

They also no longer have any grain operations in the immediate Omaha metro - I think Fremont and Hastings are their closest? So no reason to be downtown near an elevator or river terminal any more. If the location to a working terminal was important for the headquarters they would be moving to West...
by Original
Tue Jul 07, 2020 10:17 pm
Forum: Rumors
Topic: Scoular moving & Streetcar discussion-
Replies: 24
Views: 3114

Re: Scoular - moving to west Omaha

They also no longer have any grain operations in the immediate Omaha metro - I think Fremont and Hastings are their closest? So no reason to be downtown near an elevator or river terminal any more.
by Original
Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:03 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: Mount Rushmore of Nebraska Sports Figures
Replies: 10
Views: 595

Re: Mount Rushmore of Nebraska Sports Figures

Definitely state of Nebraska. It's just that UNL is really the only team that has a fanbase statewide. And it casts a very long shadow. I debated Boozer as well. Greg I typed up all the names on my list and went back and forth the most on Tommie Frazier versus Gibson. Not a Nebraska native, but ori...
by Original
Thu Jun 25, 2020 9:19 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: Mount Rushmore of Nebraska Sports Figures
Replies: 10
Views: 595

Re: Mount Rushmore of Nebraska Sports Figures

Unclear whether the question was state of Nebraska or UNL - assuming state of Nebraska

Johnny Rodgers
Bob Boozer
Tommie Frazier
Marlin Briscoe




Lower Tier
Tom Osborne
Scott Frost
Frank Solich
Doug McDermott
Alex Gordon
Bob Gibson
by Original
Thu May 28, 2020 10:55 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: Nebraska Football 2020
Replies: 821
Views: 30773

Re: Nebraska Football 2020

Maybe this curtailing of revenue wouldn't be the worst thing in the world for college athletics? Maybe the Power 5 only retaining the old high level sports and everyone else in D1 dropping to D2 or or just investing in intramural programs be a net overall win for student bodies and universities eve...
by Original
Wed May 27, 2020 3:01 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Nebraska Football 2020
Replies: 821
Views: 30773

Re: Nebraska Football 2020

Maybe this curtailing of revenue wouldn't be the worst thing in the world for college athletics? Maybe the Power 5 only retaining the old high level sports and everyone else in D1 dropping to D2 or or just investing in intramural programs be a net overall win for student bodies and universities ever...
by Original
Wed May 13, 2020 9:23 am
Forum: News and Events
Topic: WOWT "Pros"
Replies: 82
Views: 15884

Re: WOWT "Pros"

I feel sorry for the 42 local reporters in that they don't really have a chance to practice at anchoring or doing in-studio work, since they don't have a studio anymore. We used to have 42 on in the background while doing other stuff in the kitchen at night. (Hey, we don't have cable and it was bett...
by Original
Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dense living
Replies: 88
Views: 4440

Re: Dense living

That was less than 9 minutes of google (I had finished a task, needed a break, and had 10 minutes before a meeting). I think it agrees with bigredmed that the crime data is not straightforward to find, but also underscores that measurements don't immediately show a rise in crime in suburban Omaha
by Original
Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dense living
Replies: 88
Views: 4440

Re: Dense living

No dog in the fight, but I like to Google things. I especially find the "I remember this happening" evidence to be thin, as I remember things being a confirmed macro-trend that were not actually true (like satanic child abuse hysteria). I expected this information to not be immediately ava...
by Original
Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's Everyone's Work Status?
Replies: 32
Views: 3484

Re: What's Everyone's Work Status?

Been WFH since March 6th by choice, directive went out the 20th or so for all employees who could to do so (team I am on was already WFH-capable and some employees WFH on a weekly basis already). Been told that business is still good and order volume is not down, we are B2B manufacturing to some ind...
by Original
Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:14 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: Creighton Basketball 2019-2020
Replies: 394
Views: 16087

Re: Creighton Basketball 2019-2020

ESPN's just posted 2020-2021 Power Rankings has the Jays at #2!
by Original
Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:12 am
Forum: Rumors
Topic: FNBO in talks with Chase?
Replies: 15
Views: 3927

Re: FNBO in talks with Chase?

When I grew up, my dad was the head of accounting + M&A for a bank similarly composed to FBNO (private family ownership of holding company), and I had a lot of exposure to bank acquisitions. So not a practioner of this stuff by any means, but had a lot of exposure to the theory behind it. The La...
by Original
Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Consumption Tax Proposal
Replies: 44
Views: 3864

Re: Consumption Tax Proposal

I believe I absolutely do understand what you are saying about programs that could generate their own revenue (although it is unclear to me from the outside how a newborn health screen generates that revenue?) could be separated from a general fund. That was what I was trying to underscore in my com...
by Original
Fri Feb 21, 2020 9:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Consumption Tax Proposal
Replies: 44
Views: 3864

Re: Consumption Tax Proposal

The point of this is that remote classes work for nursing, Physician Assistant, and other allied health programs. I simply reject the notion that our engineering and IT programs are such technological luddites that they can’t keep up with our nursing program or our PA program. There is some differe...
by Original
Fri Feb 21, 2020 8:05 am
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Umami (South Galvin Rd)
Replies: 5
Views: 856

Re: Umami (South Galvin Rd)

Have done so a couple times, thought it was fantastic. I do not have deep experience in consuming quality sushi, however, so your mileage may vary.
by Original
Thu Feb 20, 2020 1:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Consumption Tax Proposal
Replies: 44
Views: 3864

Re: Consumption Tax Proposal

If the consumption tax truly extinguished the need for property taxes, that would really only affect the cost of administration of existing mortgages, for the better. Property taxes are usually paid out of escrow and does not affect the mortgage principal or balance. I don't know how much it costs ...
by Original
Wed Feb 19, 2020 11:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Consumption Tax Proposal
Replies: 44
Views: 3864

Re: Consumption Tax Proposal

Ok, I just did the numbers - obviously these are very rough, For easy number's lets say 0$ down. So it's either a loan for 257k or 200k. Let's say my lender pre-approves me for 200k. I can no longer buy the same house under the new system. There would be a run of house buying before it takes effect...
by Original
Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Consumption Tax Proposal
Replies: 44
Views: 3864

Re: Consumption Tax Proposal

It will increase the cost of a new home sales by well over 30% your formulate will essentially put it int he 30% bracket for the entire purchase and the tax increase for the builder will add another serious % to the cost to build, thus sell the house. Not many of the component purchases will be int...
by Original
Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Consumption Tax Proposal
Replies: 44
Views: 3864

Re: Consumption Tax Proposal

Would it? I mean that seriously, almost no one is buying new houses cash. I would guess for most people it doesn't change that much if they are mortgaging, as my understanding is that most mortgages have the bank paying the property tax yearly, so if you were to calculate out the cost of the tax ver...
by Original
Mon Feb 17, 2020 1:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Consumption Tax Proposal
Replies: 44
Views: 3864

Re: Consumption Tax Proposal

I had an additional thought that I would want to apply here, a proposal that would make this get my support a lot more easily - I would support a bracketed consumption tax proposal, something like (numbers rounded to make it easier) $0.01-$500 at 10% $500-$2500 at 15% $2500-$10k at 20% $10k-50k at 2...
by Original
Mon Feb 17, 2020 9:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Consumption Tax Proposal
Replies: 44
Views: 3864

Re: Consumption Tax Proposal

This jumped out at me from the OWH article- Used cars and homes that have been previously lived in would not be taxed. A decent way to mitigate the effect on lower income households. Overall, I think I don't like this because I think the tax rate is too low, it seems like it will disproportionately ...
by Original
Fri Feb 14, 2020 3:06 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Omaha transportation's $7.4B future
Replies: 127
Views: 18501

Re: Omaha transportation's $7.4B future

From the report(Page 18) SB I-680 Split Directional Ramps: This option would keep the existing SB I-680 ramp alignment, but would limit traffic on that ramp to only access the WB West Dodge Road Expressway. An additional ramp would be braided underneath the NB I-680 to WB West Dodge Road directional...
by Original
Tue Feb 11, 2020 12:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Another BS Omaha video on YouTube (or ketchup on steak topic)
Replies: 28
Views: 1715

Re: Another BS Omaha video on YouTube (or ketchup on steak topic)

if I take a lunch to work, it is almost certainly going to be a sandwich with lunch meat and hummus spread on the bread. Rice and hummus and leftover meat is a great easy meal. Mix the rice and leftover meat in a bowl, microwave it, then add hummus and stir. Also easy to eat with chopsticks. I put k...
by Original
Mon Feb 10, 2020 10:45 am
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: West Dodge Pointe - Baxter (NW 168th & Dodge)
Replies: 159
Views: 30363

Re: West Dodge Pointe - Baxter (NW 168th & Dodge)

But I agree that it's pretty bad that the driving test can't be taken east of 144th. Isn't it something you only have to do like once in your life? I could see the frustration if it was a yearly ordeal, but having to go across town once in 80 years for an exam doesn't seem too burdensome. Yes - exc...
by Original
Mon Feb 10, 2020 8:22 am
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: West Dodge Pointe - Baxter (NW 168th & Dodge)
Replies: 159
Views: 30363

Re: West Dodge Pointe - Baxter (NW 168th & Dodge)

But I agree that it's pretty bad that the driving test can't be taken east of 144th. Isn't it something you only have to do like once in your life? I could see the frustration if it was a yearly ordeal, but having to go across town once in 80 years for an exam doesn't seem too burdensome. Yes - exc...
by Original
Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:06 am
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: West Dodge Pointe - Baxter (NW 168th & Dodge)
Replies: 159
Views: 30363

Re: Official: Village Pointe

I think I remember reading somewhere (felt like on this forum but I can't find it now) that something like 30% of all car sales in Omaha will be within 4 miles of 180th and Dodge when all of the dealerships on this strip are completed, plus the ones in West Farm Heartwood Preserve. So it makes sens...
by Original
Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:22 am
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: West Dodge Pointe - Baxter (NW 168th & Dodge)
Replies: 159
Views: 30363

Re: Official: Village Pointe

I think I remember reading somewhere (felt like on this forum but I can't find it now) that something like 30% of all car sales in Omaha will be within 4 miles of 180th and Dodge when all of the dealerships on this strip are completed, plus the ones in West Farm Heartwood Preserve. So it makes sense...
by Original
Wed Feb 05, 2020 8:12 am
Forum: Elsewhere
Topic: Places that you thought were over the top/too perfect
Replies: 4
Views: 613

Re: Places that you thought were over the top/too perfect

Anywhere new in Dubai. Crazy places. Mall of the Emirates, for one.
by Original
Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:19 am
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Pan Asian Terrace 157th and Pacific...
Replies: 4
Views: 513

Re: Pan Asian Terrace 157th and Pacific...

Live nearby here, and never had a bad experience. The owner/manager is always extremely friendly, and when my wife, who has to be gluten free, eats here, he is always extra helpful in making sure she gets safe food. Almost any time she is are sick, we get their chicken pho.
by Original
Tue Jan 28, 2020 8:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wildlife in the City
Replies: 121
Views: 17404

Re: Wildlife in the City

I saw deer near my old house around 81st and Blondo a few years ago. Later at night, wife and I out for a walk, deer in the middle of the street.

Now live near 156th and Blondo, and there is a fox running around our neighborhood, plus a family of large racoons that marauds around on trash day.