“Dear PoPville,

I purchased a home a few years ago and I inherited a useless DIRECTV satellite on my roof and it’s accompanying dangling wires. In retrospect, I should have made it a condition for the prior owner to remove it, but it’s a case of “could’ve, would’ve, should’ve. After years of avoiding this task, I finally want this hideous thing off my roof. From a quick internet search, it seems like the onus is on me to deal with this rather than the satellite company. My question is does anyone have any experience in removing and disposing of a satellite dish (and connecting wires) in a safe and eco-friendly way?“



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“Dear PoPville,

With an extra day this holiday weekend, I took the time to sort through my family’s masks and I now have a large number of cloth masks ready to give away or repurpose. I offered them to my local Buy Nothing group, but no takers yet. All the ideas I found online involve sewing (coin purses, collars, gift card holders, patches, quilts), but my sewing skills are limited to attaching buttons. What are others doing with their extra cloth masks?”



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“Dear PoPville,

I was at the Safeway in Adams Morgan on Saturday morning (2/12) getting doughnuts for a party when a guy stopped by me and mentioned he didn’t realize Safeway made fresh bagels. We started talking about baked goods and joked about whether or not he should get one (he ended up grabbing a bagel and a doughnut) and we said bye to each other. (more…)


“Dear PoPville,

There is an abandoned car near in neighborhood (Friendship Heights) and it’s been there for at least 5 months. There is an ticket on it from the dc government but no follow up from them… Not sure what to do or whom to contact…. Any thoughts?“


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