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Can someone explain the levels of “professional” soccer leagues out there? Where does Omaha’s team fall on that spectrum? I know there’s a “premier” league. I’m in the dark about the others. What kind of salaries do they make? Do these minor leagues act like farm teams for the top teams? Who owns Un...

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Yeah, I think it’s just a people thing. Some would rather have celebrities, politicians, clergy, etc. do their thinking for them. Life is much more comfortable when you don’t have to figure things out for yourself. For example, some would take the word of a celebrity for investment advice. I think m...

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In 1972, between Braniff and Frontier, there were 10x MCI-OMA. Times change. I forgot about that. I took a Braniff turbo-prop plane in the early 70’s between OMA and MCI. Thing was ancient (looked like something from WW2, and had a big hump in the aisle about where the wings were), the one flight a...

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I’m wondering if the main drivers of the work-from-home movement in large cities have more to do with commute times (and to a lesser extent work-life issues). I live in a metro area of over 6 million, and commuting for most is a major stressor/expense, not to mention the ridiculous amounts of $ you...

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I’m wondering if the main drivers of the work-from-home movement in large cities have more to do with commute times (and to a lesser extent work-life issues). I live in a metro area of over 6 million, and commuting for most is a major stressor/expense, not to mention the ridiculous amounts of $ youn...

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I like the design; simple, but at the same time classic.

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Now we just need Alex Payne to step up and make another film locally. Maybe start in about 18 months when it's partially constructed. We're way overdue for About Schmidt 2 . :) I just read somewhere recently that he plans to shoot a sequel to his movie “Election”, though I’m not sure if it’ll be se...

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He’s lucky he got off with just probation and a $25k fine, considering the seriousness of the crime. I guess contrition is a bridge too far.

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Shinedown announces April performance at Pinnacle Bank Arena The American rock band, Shinedown, will be coming to Lincoln’s Pinnacle Bank Arena in April. Shinedown announced their upcoming tour with Three Days Grace and From Ashes to New on Monday. The Revolutions Live Tour will start off in Michig...

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I had no idea this day-camp was still around. I attended this camp a couple years in a row back in the mid 60's. Most of the kids were from white working class families; a surprising number from South Omaha, but it was a very segregated world back then. I'm really surprised to hear that it's still p...

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North and South Omaha museums receiving ARPA funds 300 organizations applied for a share of more than $300 in Rescue Plan money The Great Plains History Museum opened in the historic Webster Telephone Exchange Building near 24th and Lake in 1976. The building fell into disrepair and closed in 2001....

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That once was a King's Food Host restaurant....part of a chain. My family used to eat there back in the early to mid 70s. There was another larger one in Benson near the southeast corner of 60th & Northwest Radial...among others around town. They had phones in each booth that you would call-in ...

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This pharmacy is so lame. The building used to have a cool restaurant and a comic book shop. Now it’s a freaking pharmacy. Leavenworth has a chance to get cool, and I can see the start of this area getting trendy. Why they needed to put that pharmacy there is just beyond me. This is a cool neighbor...

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You get what you pay for$$$$.

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Nando’s (new chain—same setup as Chipotle, but Portuguese colonial style food)—-fast-casual, I guess they call it. Focus is on the heat/spice.

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C'mon folks, we can't come up with even one or two development wishes that don't pertain to grease and fry oil? Don't we already have a fast food talk thread!? I appreciate that we have some shared pleasures(guilty or not) as it pertains to shoving food in our tubes but with all the exciting projec...

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SW had been one of my favorite domestic airlines since the days when they only flew the Texas Triangle in the 70’s. From what I’ve been reading about their antiquated IT systems, I might have to update my list.

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Mercury on 16th near the Orpheum has small plates until midnight. Good food.

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Great to hear this. Omaha has had a fairly large Czech community since the 1860’s. Sts. Wenceslaus in Little Bohemia and Assumption near Brown Park were Czech “National” parishes. Both neighborhoods had “Sokol” gymnastics organizations (I was a Sokol gymnast for 3 years). Does the organization still...

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There is a difference between making “conclusions” and “snap judgements” and asking questions. OK. Here we go. This is one of the most messed up moves I’ve ever heard of regarding evictions. You are stating your claim, thus you are making a conclusion. Really shameful. Definitely passing judgment. ...

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There is a difference between making “conclusions” and “snap judgements” and asking questions.

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This is one of the most messed up moves I’ve ever heard of regarding evictions. The tenants, through no fault of their own, are being forcibly removed from their homes with very little notice(and it’s cold AF), during the holidays, no less. Really shameful. Agree with SoPo. Imagine if there happene...

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This is one of the most messed up moves I’ve ever heard of regarding evictions. The tenants, through no fault of their own, are being forcibly removed from their homes with very little notice(and it’s cold AF), during the holidays, no less. Really shameful.

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I also remember when they were new. I knew someone who lived there in the mid 70’s. They were built as an ‘upscale’ apartment community, but at the time, this was considered ‘way out there’, and they had a hard time renting them out; too expensive and too far away. The developer’s response was to lo...

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We’ll, at least Van Morrison will have a place to hang out when he’s in town.

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iamjacobm wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 3:29 pm It's not quite the Bean in Chicago, but that will be Instagram bait for sure.

I’m going to guess this will be Omaha’s signature art installation. I like.

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Anyone else sad to see the turmoil with Twitter? I still think Twitter is 1 Billion times better than Facebook and Instagram combined. If I had to pick one of the 3 and dump the other two, I would pick twitter every day of the week. If you are in to Arts, Sports, Outdoors, and Weather twitter is am...

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Odd name for a restaurant. Is ‘goose’ a noun or a verb?

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nativeomahan wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 11:36 am Yes, but where will they find the people to work in these newly built projects? We have an extreme labor shortage now.

Twitter?

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I thought I heard Church's has been here before. Where were they? As to this location, as I said in the Fast Foot Talk thread, I went by there just to go to the Walmart last night, and I could barely get through all the muck. There were literally double lanes of traffic into the drive thru coming f...

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I’m conflicted on this whole issue. I feel for parents who have to foot the bill for their kids’ college education, but I think this points up the larger issue of the cost of higher education, especially regarding public institutions. In the 1970’s, the University of Texas system charged $4 per cred...

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Wasn't there a Church's Fried Chicken on 72nd back in the 70's or 80's?

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I didn’t realize that the hotel once had The Rolling Stones as guests. The hotel lasted all of 6 years. The Rolling Stones….going on 60! Yes. They played at Rosenblatt on their first US tour. The concert was a disaster because they mis-calculated their popularity early on; I think they only had one...

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Saw their production of 12th Night at Elmwood many years ago. Sad to see it fold. Do people still read Shakespeare in high school, or are we dumbing down English classes now?

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Received a b-day present of their candies a few years ago. Great stuff, but you’re going to drop some coin for it. Nice gift, though.

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Looking at the proposed layout, it doesn’t look like they’re adding many gates. You’d think they’d be looking toward the future and increases in traffic.

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Here's a neat development of affordable housing in a suburb of St. Louis. I think concepts in terms of design, size of units, shared amenities, could/should be applied in affordable housing developments here in Omaha. https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2022/10/24/how-create-real-housing-affordability...

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Um, back in the Jurassic era when I was in high school, it was 25 cents a game on the weekdays and 35 on the weekends.

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I’m just curious, does anyone here bowl, or belong to a league? I haven’t been since college, but I remember when it was a huge deal. My parents both belonged to a league. It’s interesting, but where I live now, the Asian immigrant community is keeping the sport alive, and the few allys left open, e...

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I’m glad we have investigative reporting from news outlets like this. Purely anecdotal, but I’ve had relatives in Sarpy County as far back as the 1980’s who would warn me not to drink the tap water while visiting because they suspected that the spike in childhood cancers locally had something to do ...

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