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Can a Federal Plan Fix Dismal [New York] Penn Station? There’s Hope. Everyone agrees that Penn Station is a disaster, but not on how to fix it. Now a Trump-backed, multibillion-dollar plan to rebuild it offers a promising step forward.

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u/karenmcgrane — 18 days ago

Watch battery replacement or watch repair shop in Center City

Can anyone recommend a good place to get a watch battery replaced? When I look online it seems like a lot of places listed as watch repair are actually watch stores, which isn't what I want. There's got to be a shop in Rittenhouse or anywhere in Center City, really.

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u/karenmcgrane — 24 days ago

Celebrity Assistants Exist to Indulge Their Bosses, but When Does Duty Cross a Line?: Matthew Perry’s assistant injected the ketamine that killed his employer. His sentencing has some in the demanding profession considering the power dynamics involved.

> To better understand the work, and work environments, of personal assistants, The New York Times reviewed hundreds of pages of court documents concerning several cases between assistants and their employers, and spoke with more than a dozen people who work or have worked as assistants, in Hollywood and beyond, or who have been their bosses or their headhunters. Several of those assistants were granted anonymity to speak candidly about their experiences because they had signed strict nondisclosure agreements as a condition of their employment.

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u/karenmcgrane — 1 month ago
▲ 112 r/Amtrak

A Sixers fan is taking extreme measures to keep Knicks fans from Philly — by trying to mess with Amtrak’s pricing model

> What if fans bought flex tickets on Amtrak — fully refundable if canceled before departure — to increase the dynamic pricing for Knicks fans? So the “price-conscious Knicks fans,” as he called them, would be priced out? > > When he got home, Matt logged onto Reddit and posted his idea on r/Sixers. It immediately resonated. > > “Just pick a time you’d think you’d pick if you were a Knicks fan looking to make the 3:30 start time and get back home after,” he wrote, under the username ‘InHinkieITrust.’ “Click that ‘Flex’ option. Book the tickets. Hit that cancel button an hour or so before departure (set multiple alarms for this). Can’t hurt if we all do this.”

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u/karenmcgrane — 2 months ago