ChickenLadyLovesLife

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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 55 minutes ago* (last edited 54 minutes ago)

I did the dumbest thing I've ever done last fall, on a house I own but don't occupy yet. It didn't really turn cold enough for the furnace until November, when I went over the get the 40-year-old thing running again so my pipes didn't freeze. The heating system uses hot water and radiators and periodically needs to have the water flushed out to work properly. I opened the stopcocks but nothing came out right away, so I closed and re-opened them a few times and then forgot which positions were open or closed. I then went home and it turns out I had left the cocks open.

Came back the next morning to ten inches of water in the basement. I have a sump pump but I had forgotten to plug it in. Had to walk barefoot through freezing cold water to plug it back in and at least it emptied out the basement in about 45 minutes. My front yard was hilariously soaked.

Funny how the Supreme Court used precedents from other countries, some from before the US even existed, to overturn Roe v. Wade.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My brother spent eight fucking weeks with a constant migraine unable to walk or even stand up without falling over, before his insurance finally approved the MRI that discovered the golf-ball-sized tumor in his brain. Muigi Langione is all I can say.

There is precedent for paying for healthcare with chickens.

it might be nice to get out of this entire industry, if only I could afford to

I got pushed out of the industry right before COVID hit, so I haven't ever dealt with AI. I'm a school bus driver now, which is infinitely more satisfying than programming since I get to drive a big Tonka truck around and gaslight children all day. The only downside is making 1/6 of what I used to make so this is not really a viable alternative for most people. At least I get subsidized health insurance.

Long con setting up the Star Wars sequels.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Also, the superiority of Pabst Blue Ribbon when compared to Heineken.

Eraserhead was certainly my most spiritual film -- no other movie has ever made me pray for death.

Homebuilding in the US did make some serious efficiency improvements, just many decades ago rather than a couple. Sheetrock is massively more efficient than lath-and-plaster, trusses are more efficient than onsite rafter roofs, and prebuilt windows and doors are more efficient than the older casement windows and hand-hung wooden doors. Never mind that these more efficient alternatives are much shittier in so many ways than what they replaced.

More recent efficiency improvements have been confined to massively underpaying construction workers and bribing inspectors to cover up the incredibly shitty quality work this inevitably produces.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

His actual, stated defense was that sexual deviancy is directed at only one sex, and since he is attracted to women (while the victim was a boy) he can't possibly be a sexual abuser. We've actually finally hit something that is so illogical even Republicans can't support it.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My sister-in-laws parents were washing their ground beef. Not like, in the plastic wrapping or anything semi-sane like that. They were taking the ground beef out of its package and washing it with soap and water.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

your vexillologous ditty is dubious

It only applies to Germany.

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