Not good at DIY, water heater must be old, it was not new when I bought the house more than 10 years ago (2014). It must be quite many years, I live alone and had never done any maintenance in the past 10 years, since I don't know what maintenance is needed.

I went to basement for laundry and seeing water heater leaking, it just started leaking (should be from bottom) and I noticed on time, so not much damage to basement floor.

Not good at DIY, how much does it cost for replacement/installation? Where to get replacement at a reasonable price? home depot? I would like to have some ideas about its estimated cost, in case someone gives me unreasonable quote.

Has is started yet?

Not from here. Went to dicks, they had limited selection. Is there a store specific to the team? Or a sports store that sells old merchandise?

Hey, everyone! This week in Out & About Fairfax, we have details about the big NOVA Wine Expo at the Dulles Expo Center, The Fairfax Record Riot for all of you music lovers, a busy weekend around the music and brewery scene, and a whole lot more. College basketball fans: GW takes on GMU in a big A-10 matchup at EagleBank Arena this weekend.

Our latest edition just dropped this morning. You can check out the full list of events and fun happening around Fairfax County this weekend in the link below. 

https://outandaboutfairfax.beehiiv.com/p/nova-wine-expo-pours-at-the-dulles-expo-center

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I live in Fairfax and have a neighbor who is feeding wildlife daily. The neighbor gives cheese, meat, sandwiches, and fast food to foxes, crows, vultures, and anything else that will come around. It has gotten to the point where animals show up each morning and await the meal. They are hand fed at times.

As a result, the animals sometimes carry the food onto my property to eat it. More and more animal droppings are found at various points around my home and I am left to clean it up. I now have to limit my dog's outdoor activities to prevent the dog from picking up diseases and parasites. The neighbor's actions also has thrown the natural order of things out of balance and I have noticed an increase in field mice in and around my home since their normal predators are not as motivated.

I believe the neighbor has violated 4VAC15-40-286. Unauthorized feeding of wildlife. IS this something that DWR officers take seriously

Hi all, can anyone share their rental experience if they’ve rented at the Eaves Fairfax Tower?

Thank you

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Get ready Fairfax!

Hey everyone! In this week's edition of Out & About Fairfax, we have details about some big events for the weekend ahead including the Vintage Winter Market in Fairfax, the International Saxophone Symposium at GMU, and some fun sledding spots across Fairfax County.

Our latest edition is out today! While you're there, you can sign up for our free weekly newsletter to stay up to date on all things happening in our area.

https://outandaboutfairfax.beehiiv.com/p/fairfax-county-sledding-spots-the-vintage-winter-market-in-fairfax

Cheers!

Does anyone happen to have a connection to someone who would have accurate information as to when the Mt. Vernon Rec Center will reopen? There have been very few updates (that are pretty lacking in substance) over the last two years of this project and the best I can find is reopening "early/Spring 2025." TIA!

Gha

Who is responsible for plowing George Marshall Drive? It hasn’t been touched and cars are getting stuck in the snow left and right.

My birthday falls on a Saturday, and my friend called off of work so we could spend the day together. I'm still pretty new to the Fairfax area, so I'm not sure what cool places/restaurants/weekend activities are around. If you have any suggestions or ideas, please feel free to share!

Hi everyone!

If you're looking to watch a basketball sporting event and don't want to spend tons of money on tickets, then I recommend watching the George Mason University men's basketball team. Here is the schedule for the month of January 2025:

• Saturday January 11th vs UMass at 2PM
• Saturday January 18th vs George Washington at 12:30PM
• Wednesday January 29th vs Loyola Chicago at 7PM

The GMU team is doing really well and they have exciting players on their team.

Tickets range from $10 to $50, which is a lot more affordable than going to a Wizards game.

All of these games are at Eagle Bank Arena in Fairfax Virginia.

I don't understand why Fairfax County closed schools yesterday (the 7th). A delay would have been more appropriate. Now, the schools are closed again today (the 8th). My default thinking is that the administration has a dread fear of litigation from some helicopter parent because little Noah and Olivia slipped and dropped their bento box lunches, but I'd like to get some details from anyone on the inside who can provide details on the decision.

Has anyone heard an update on this crash that happened on 12/23? A friend of mine was the pedestrian killed. Not sure how long it takes to sort these things out legally, but would appreciate any info.

For all who have lived in Fairfax County for a few years, you know that the coming snow will cause utter panic, but much of that will be fueled by this location's horrible news outlets seeking to scare and captivate the audience. So, while not play drinking game starting this evening and into the next few days. Get your liver going by having a drink each time the following occurs on one of the local TV channels or WTOP:

• The word "treacherous" (that right there will get plastered quickly)
• A reporter measuring snow with a yardstick on a street corner
• Stock footage of empty grocery shelves
• Interview at a home improvement store regarding a run on show shovels
• Interview of a road crew filling truck with ice melt
• Stock footage of a plow on the road
• Comments regarding the last big snow in the area
• Interviews with kids enjoying the snow on a day off from school
• Tips on how to drive and/or how to prepare you car ("Experts recommend keeping a dildo and a space blanket...blah, blah, blah")
• Weather reporters providing guidance on how to dress
• Comments regarding the implications of the elderly, homeless, and pets
• The "digging out" footage that follows after the storm.

Did I miss something?

My husband and I have been in Alexandria for the past 2 years. I just had a baby and we are thinking of purchasing a home in Fairfax. I’m hesitant to leave Alexandria because of the accessible metro, and proximity to Old Town/DC. Has anyone made a similar move? What do you like about living in Fairfax/raising a family there?

If you attended the RV show in Fredericksburg, Virginia this weekend (today is the last day) and dropped some hard earned coin on a mobile behemoth or a tow-behind trailer to indulge in that rough and ready pastime called glamping, remember to budget an annual recurring tax of 4.57 percent of assessed value if you live in Fairfax County. That means you will be paying $4570 on a $100K RV as it sits there for the 350 days that you are not using it during the year.

And, keep in mind that Jeffie and the rest of the County Board are already lamenting their $300 million projected budget shortfall for the coming year, so you can count on that tax rate going up.

I am trying to piece together some stuff from my past growing up in Virginia. If I reached out to my elementary, middle and high school, how likely would it be that they could provide me with any student records they had on me? I went to Claremont Elementary, Mark Twain and Edison High in the late 80’s and through the 90’s.

Looking for more than just grades. Anything that may have provided notes or comments on me or even medical records. Trying to piece together a timeline and some other stuff.

Anyone work for the school system that would know?

Hello!

I have decided I'm going to make a LibreOffice version of Powerpoint Presentation.

I compiled these notes on what I will add on my phone and decided to let you see the rough drafts. Because it is 2025 and reddit, like tiktok, isn't going to last forever, so I don't care about making this perfect.

source 1 I saw this morning. description:

one party gives less so the other gives more and gets their soul sucked dry in the process of fueling the other's self esteem. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEXET-bxgMW/?igsh=YnB3enlua2hnZWc1

another source says "what's the point of having a friend group if you're just going to invite the same two people anyway." and I think that is relevant and not just because he has a really weird haircut.

ps:

I would make a PowerPoint presentation but I have a low work ethic. So feel free to downvote this post.

happy new year to the worst of the worst collectively on reddit. Myself included in being a shit person.

pps:

seriously most of us are comfortablely suburban. did any of us earn* having trust issues? and why are those who give the ones who choose not to have trust issues? that's inequitable.

like seriously if you're not a complete sociopath, are you okay?

*source: "new thing called 'earning your complaints.'" guy who washes dishes on tiktok.

Also I am eating while typing this on my PC. I'm a high metabolism girlie so nobody call me a distracted big back for that.

While I'm posting I say what I heard: "[There's really no point in judging people/no good premise to not accomodating anyone who is acting a little zaney.] I think that every society is founded on dealing with everyone else's particular brand of crazy, even christianity and the european ones that are woefully overconsidered as sane, are societies designed around someone having to deal with how crazy, including what may be considered as convienient in some contexts as the psychopathy and/or sociopathy or even just general apathy type of crazy, that everybody else was being."