#Chronicle #10 (22.08.2026) 15603 pts
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Cities and towns even the smallest ones, now charging a euphemistically named "drainage tax." In the name of helping the environment, they now tax you X dollars per square foot of "non-permeable surfaces" you have on your property. (Concrete or paved driveways, parking lots.) Allegedly this is due to all the extra expense and water waste involved in processing all of this runoff water whereas they say they would rather see it filter back into the soil eventually working its way down to our aquifer, replenishing it. Sounds darn well noble. BUT...
While at the same time, forbidding you via the building codes, to use TRULY environmentally friendly materials that ARE permeable, AND recyclable, such as crushed concrete or crushed granite! ANNNND requiring X amount of square foot of paving as a ratio to the square foot of your building! So obviously it's about finding another source of revenue - literally taxing the rain! - Than about anything at all noble.
Another one - they want you to "go green" and use alternative power sources for electricity. Hey, that's cool. I'm one of the greenest fellas around. BUT....
Again via the building codes, you are not allowed to use any form of wind turbine in the city limits! Not even the ones designed for home use that don't involve towers of any kind! And a solar panel on your roof? Nah. Code requirements make it economically useless. How about one of those really sweet solar roofs? Not so fast, bucko. To get a permit for that is a LONG process and they look at your square footage of roof, pitch, design, THEN decide if you can have one maybe.
None of this affects me personally, since I do not live in a town or a city. But it really grinds my gears for my city dweller friends to have to live with such nonsensical crap.
Not very many of those, maybe a dozen, and most of those were at school.
A terrible loss taken far too young, she had so many more great roles to play :(
Awful seeing the Queen there all alone today. She looked so frail bless her, she's such a strong lady mind - I truly hope she's got a good few years left in her.
Apparently Pfizer's CEO has said that a booster is all but a certainty, if only to deal with variants.
That’s impressive.
Ancient Egyptian’s were a very resourceful and skilled civilisation, I’ve been to the Valley of the Kings, it’s an incredible feat of engineering. As are so many of their temples. One place we went to they had this well type structure that they used to measure the height of the nearby Nile and know when it was going to flood. And there were medical tools some of which you’d recognise today.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56686448
I've not read all of her journey but that's a good read. My sister-in-law kept a diary/blog when she went through breast cancer treatment and the support she received even virtual strangers really helped her immensely.
You'll know yourself the emotional rollercoaster for the person in treatment and their loved ones. The journey, especially at the start can be daunting, chemotherapy or radiotherapy can break eve the strongest person but it is not always all doom and gloom.
I have a two year old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel called Annie.
Love her to bits, even though she's chewed up half my flat including 3 bank cards.
It's my daughter's birthday on Easter Sunday this year, so we'll definitely try and make a day of it.. :)
Funhouse was definitely one that I'd always wanted to have a go on.. I've also been a long-term fan of Crystal Maze from a young age, and still fancy doing that to this day - which you now can, although I seem to recall it's pretty expensive to do so..
I've had interviews for both Deal or No Deal and Pointless, but sadly neither came to fruition. I'd quite like a go at Tipping Point, but I haven't looked into applying for that show yet.. I quite fancy doing The Circle too, although I haven't watched any of the current series yet.
Depends on the product. Everyday stuff like food, toiletries, etc. not really. Might do research on nutrition of particular produce or food products at times, but not routinely.
For "big ticket" purchases, though, like electronics or cars, sure. Especially computer stuff since I work in IT and have lots of research and review sources to draw on (plus my own experience, of course).
Ayrton Senna
Diego Maradona
Muhammad Ali
Three of my sporting heroes.
Not in our solar system, but in an infinite universe I believe there is definitely life elsewhere, maybe even more advanced than ours
I ended up going to physiotherapy and ended up having about 8 sessions of traction and getting an exercise programme which takes the edge off most of the time. Sometimes I need painkillers too but a tablet can only give temporary relief. You need to see a physical specialist to get to the root of the problem.
My sleep has been off again lately, generally only getting about 4 hours a night no matter how active I've been during the day.
Yeah, no qualifications and was a bit of a wrong 'un. His life changed when he wangled what was little more than an errand boy job at The Times. His career developed from there. He was writing books about Bin Laden before his TV career took off.
10K posts in a fairly short time. Well done. I am enjoying this site even if my visits tend to be sporadic (which is probably a sign that I am on too many forum sites ? ).
I avoid Bell Canada like the plague anymore. They are hard to avoid in Canada since they had a telecommunications monopoly up until early in the 1990s. Regulatory changes and the advent of Internet telephony broke the monopoly, but their infrastructure is still the most widespread so some parts of the country still don't really have an alternative for wired telephone and Internet service other than maybe going entirely wireless (though Bell is one of the biggest, most widespread mobility providers, too). Fortunately, I am in an urban area with plenty of options.
And, to be honest, the biggest alternative is Rogers, formerly a cable TV company but now a full-service telco offering TV, voice, Internet, and mobility. They were also a monopoly for a while in the cable market.
The problem with both is that while their monopolies have been broken, they still have the monopoly attitude, treating customers like shit as if they had no other place to go.
If there's anyone you shouldn't make unsubstantiated, libellous comments online about, it's a law firm
Taking info in when it's described to me. It's much easier for me to take it in when I read it.
'King of the Hill' was miles better than 'The Simpsons'.
Achieved so much in a year that most of us will not achieve in a lifetime. What a life to have lived.
Better late than never
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