Peter's Place

Rant: Bad Service at Canastota Diner

pnaw10 — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:16:29 +0000

I just posted the following review on Google Maps, regarding my experience today with Dick & Bert’s Hometown Diner on Main Street in Canastota, NY: The hours on the door state they are open Sundays until 2pm. I arrived today (a Sunday) just before 1:30pm. Two big “closed” signs in the window. Thought maybe it was a [...]

Rant: No Outdoor Syracuse Crunch Game

pnaw10 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:39:02 +0000

The Onondaga County Legislature is a bunch of morons (most of them, not all of them) for killing the idea of an outdoor AHL game at Syracuse’s Alliance Bank Stadium. There are so many reasons why these people were just plain stupid in their actions, I don’t even know where to begin. If you’re not familiar [...]

Still Standing, 35 Years Out of Service

pnaw10 — Sat, 09 May 2009 03:11:45 +0000

Tonight I was checking a detail about the Poughkeepsie Bridge on Wikipedia while writing a post on a railroad message board I check on a semi-regular basis. And I found, according to Wikipedia, today is the 35th anniversary of the big fire that took the bridge out of service for good… for trains, anyway. Growing up [...]

Rant: Razor Blade Prices

pnaw10 — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:15:00 +0000

What the hell is the deal with razor blade “cartridges” costing so much money? Seriously! The Gillette Fusion Power Cartridges pictured at left, a box of eight, retail for $23.99 at Walgreens (apparently the only retailer brave enough to post its prices online). What justifies that outrageous cost?? It’s five tiny pieces of metal, a [...]

Rave: Good Customer Service

pnaw10 — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:56:25 +0000

This is the last posting to do with the Montréal trip, I promise! Anyone who’s actually read my posts knows that I’ve often used this website as a place to vent when I had something to complain about. But this post, which I knew I’d be writing when I took the accompanying picture, is praise [...]

Montréal in a Weekend

pnaw10 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:17:40 +0000

This past weekend, Kelly and I visited the Canadian city of Montréal for my birthday. At first, we thought maybe we’d go to Boston or Washington, but we’ve been to both of those places fairly recently. Actually, there’s plenty to see in Washington we didn’t get to last time, but we didn’t feel [...]

NY Lottery Ads Featuring… a Dead Man!

pnaw10 — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:32:08 +0000

If you live in New York State, chances are good you’ve seen this ad — it’s been airing since 2007. Lately, the ad has been surfacing again… but did you notice the same weird thing about it that I did? Well, did you? Read on… You got it… that guy on the right side of [...]

FU, SU… Who Do You Think You Are?

pnaw10 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:41:33 +0000

I’ve been to the Carrier Dome a few times, but never for an SU football or basketball game. I always thought it’d be nice to go sometime — and now that I work normal hours, I can. But after a very poor move Syracuse University just took against some of its most loyal fans… I [...]

Thruway Failing on 2005 Promise

pnaw10 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:53:49 +0000

Hey, anyone remember back in 2005 when the New York State Thruway said it was going to start removing some of the greasy fast food joints from its service areas to make way for healthier and/or more upscale eateries? About three and a half years later, I’m still waiting to see the changes. In the [...]

On the Twitter Bandwagon

pnaw10 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:29:42 +0000

Just joined Twitter – you can follow me at http://twitter.com/pnaw10 if you wish. But don’t expect much immediately… I’m trying to decide exactly how I want to use it. Seems like it’s just redundant to posting status updates on Facebook. I may not do too much “tweeting” until I can see how Twitter is different. (I’m also [...]