hungarian is the ultimate grad studenty café, the service is fine, how can it be bad they just bring you some pastry
― iatee, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 15:21 (ten years ago) link
I did not add that accent aigu for the record my computer did that
― iatee, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 15:22 (ten years ago) link
On more than one occasion I've sat down an hour before closing time, paid for my drink and a snack and opened up a book to nestle in for a while, and then had staff come around to tell me they're closing in fifteen minutes. Well, if I'd known that I would have stayed home instead of going for a change of scenery to freshen up my reading!
I also think certain things are wayyyy overpriced. Don't get me wrong, place is fine and I love me some pastry but I can't wholeheartedly recommend it.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 15:24 (ten years ago) link
anyplace w/ unlimited coffee refills is automatically A+
the no wifi thing sux but is really the only reason there are every any seats ever
― iatee, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 15:28 (ten years ago) link
Oh, no, I totally understand the no-wi-fi thing, just think it's something someone should know before heading over there! They might as well just put up a NO ILX banner.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 16:18 (ten years ago) link
does anyone have a GP on the UWS (or anywhere in manhattan for that matter) they recommend?
― caek, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
http://www.yafferuden.com/
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 18:15 (ten years ago) link
if you like americas wireless networks youll LOVE americas health care system
― max, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 18:24 (ten years ago) link
i am stoked!
― caek, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 18:30 (ten years ago) link
oh wait, you mean like a walk in? you're probably gonna have to do a clinic or something unless you have american health insurance of some sort and even then I dunno how you would just walk up to a doctor's office.we are insane btw
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 18:34 (ten years ago) link
i mean i have what seem like some reasonable options for the insurance via columbia. and i figure if i'm getting the more expensive ones then i may as well get lots of fun tests done, since i haven't been to the doctor much ever in my life. but it seems like different plans give me access to different lists of gps, so choosing the plan involves choosing the gp too.
dr casino, which plan did you pick? i can't find anyone round here who didn't pick one of the two 100% options. the $11/month high deductible option is not available to me because of my visa : (
― caek, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 18:34 (ten years ago) link
i am not ill now (although a (large, possibly bed?) bug flew into my EAR on amsterdam ave. on monday night and i had to go home and get in the shower and pull it out with tweezers and it really hurt!)
― caek, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link
okay fuck that is horrifying
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 18:52 (ten years ago) link
Uuuuugh re: bug story. We get the comprehensive plan as part of our program deal, I've just gone to Columbia health on campus for checkup type stuff. The way US insurance works is you have to go to an in-network doctor, and if you need to see a specialist, you have to get a referral to them from the in-network primary care provider. So that can be annoying but it's good insurance IMO - I had hernia surgery earlier this year and I think it ended up costing me... $32? I might be forgetting some other related bill in the $40 range or something but it's pretty good. Wish it had more in the way of vision/dental though.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 23:35 (ten years ago) link
"the" comprehensive plan? im being offered aetna, cigna and united, each in 80%, 90 and 100? did you get united 100?
― caek, Thursday, 4 July 2013 04:04 (ten years ago) link
That bug story makes my spine creep up into my brainstem and hide there.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 4 July 2013 04:13 (ten years ago) link
Hmmm - maybe as a postdoc you have different options on the table? Normally for students there's the "Basic" and the "Comprehensive" plan choices, both Aetna AFAIK. http://health.columbia.edu/insurance/enroll-upgrade-waive
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 4 July 2013 06:18 (ten years ago) link
ah ok, i thought you were faculty!
laurel if it's any consolation the insect didn't seem to enjoy it much either.
― caek, Thursday, 4 July 2013 15:21 (ten years ago) link
I go to New York on Friday - anything fun happening next weekend?
― the mod urn dance (seandalai), Sunday, 7 July 2013 15:15 (ten years ago) link
Probably not, we're pretty boring.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Sunday, 7 July 2013 15:17 (ten years ago) link
JK um well the block I live on is having their annual biggest-event-of-the-year block party on Saturday, so I'll be at that.
http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/calendar/war-dj-set-by-dj-afro/
― how bad could it be to be stuck to the couch, forever... (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 7 July 2013 15:26 (ten years ago) link
Coincidentally by being in NY I'm going to miss my own local block party, or "summer fete" in Britisher parlance. No bingo extravaganza for me this year :(
Also thinking about going to see Fanfare Ciocarlia in Central Park on Sunday.
― the mod urn dance (seandalai), Sunday, 7 July 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
going to see Dr Zhivago on Sat nite
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 July 2013 16:49 (ten years ago) link
flea market at oldschool noize dude bar 'daddy's' in brooklyn; i will be selling records. some other folks are selling tie dye shirts, tchotchkes, granola... that is daytime
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Sunday, 7 July 2013 19:37 (ten years ago) link
am I going to melt y/n
― wakaflockinihilipilification (seandalai), Thursday, 11 July 2013 18:29 (ten years ago) link
nah it's cooled off some. it's 85 here, last week it was 95 and extra humid-y.
― dmr, Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:34 (ten years ago) link
some other folks are selling tie dye shirts, tchotchkes, granola
disgusting hippies
― dmr, Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:39 (ten years ago) link
i woke up last night because i was too cold. it was awesome.
― caek, Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:40 (ten years ago) link
Yay! Forecast for next week is 33-37 though :(
― wakaflockinihilipilification (seandalai), Thursday, 11 July 2013 21:18 (ten years ago) link
I wouldn't mind melting if it wasn't for those daily forecast thunderstorms THAT NEVER HAPPEN!
If it's too cloudy to see Manhattan Stonehenge tomw, Cheap Trick is playing free in Coney.
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 11 July 2013 21:26 (ten years ago) link
Isn't a certain Finnish fellow supposed to be here around now?
― Orpheus in Hull (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 12 July 2013 00:28 (ten years ago) link
has been incommunicado on the board
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 13 July 2013 13:03 (ten years ago) link
atypically reserved
― Orpheus in Hull (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 13 July 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link
Theory: he realized late in the game that there wasn't gonna be time to fap w/us, and feels bad abt it?
― Thelema & Louise (Jon Lewis), Saturday, 13 July 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
i love his last post:
"Ah, okay. I read Amanda Palmer's Wikipedia page, and it seems she's some sort of an attention-seeker?"
― caek, Saturday, 13 July 2013 18:54 (ten years ago) link
his work here is done
― wakaflockinihilipilification (seandalai), Saturday, 13 July 2013 19:03 (ten years ago) link
wait, no it's not, he has to run the disco poll
― wakaflockinihilipilification (seandalai), Saturday, 13 July 2013 19:04 (ten years ago) link
We could go for a drink and put a picture of Tuomas on the table and say his name three times. Maybe he'd turn up then.
― wakaflockinihilipilification (seandalai), Saturday, 13 July 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
Jon Lewis theory otm.
― Orpheus in Hull (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 13 July 2013 21:01 (ten years ago) link
Maybe he has been burning the candle at both ends, as the poor thing is wont to do.
is the candle a penis
― auscozeichnet (cozen), Saturday, 13 July 2013 21:11 (ten years ago) link
slightly less awful today. woke up last night because i was too cold. splitting headache today. may have put my a/c on a bit too much.
how terrible an idea is it to buy furniture on craigslist? will i get bed bugs? is it something people do?
― caek, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 18:32 (ten years ago) link
have bought on cl: tables, chairs, bookcases etc would buy on cl: sofa in decent shapewould not buy on cl: mattress
― iatee, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
I wouldn't do it. Not worth it if you draw the short straw.
― Thelema & Louise (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 18:44 (ten years ago) link
ive bought most of my furniture on craigslist, but wouldnt buy a mattress
― max, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 18:48 (ten years ago) link
may have put my a/c on a bit too much.
inconceivable
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 18:49 (ten years ago) link
I have pretty much lost my voice after four days in NYC. Probably a combination of pollution and a/c?
― wakaflockinihilipilification (seandalai), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 18:56 (ten years ago) link
A/C will do that.
― chinavision!, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 19:01 (ten years ago) link
i was in new york this past weekend, super fun. you guys ever eat those fried octopus balls? in that small place with like, maximum capacity 3 customers? so good
― flopson, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 19:06 (ten years ago) link