Fair enough, my Canadian bias snuck in there.

Seems strange to me, but you do you!

Wouldn’t you be common-law after 35 years?

Canadians have never voted a government in in my lifetime, we just vote the last government out.

On the upside, municipal politics is where you are likely to see the most impact to your daily life, and those guys aren’t in parties outside major cities, and even the major city parties don’t aligin with the normal 2.5 flavours of prov/fed politics.

Specific to the USA “70-78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck” source

Progress and Poverty.

All homes should be taxed based on land value rather than property value.

I love that Rip & Tear had no lyrics

On the flip side, my 8 month old uses Mick Gordan - Rip & Tear as a lullaby.

Choking hazard for kids under 3, but otherwise it’s fine

https://www.amazon.ca/Novelty-Place-Groan-Noise-Makers/dp/B09J228ZH7

If you want the whole house, you’ll need to crack the box to get at the phase split as it comes in.

If you want to track individual circuits, you should be able to do it outside the box. It will work with single phase at least,but not sure about dual-phase; but those are usually reserved for heavy appliances like stoves and dryers.

You can get meters that clamp over the wire, no electrician required.

https://www.smarthomeperfected.com/best-smart-home-energy-monitor/

A cheetah can run up to 95kph 120kph.

So the joke is the car is still in motion.

This is a fair part assesment, however you also have to consider how people take care of their tools. A 40 year old tool that looks as beat up as a 5 year old tool has been taken care of better by the owner/user.

That said, I feel like we all have that massive sacrificial flat head that’s no longer flat, super warped, got electrical bites, and still keeps chugging.

As a Quebecer, Life is Pain.

There is a small international conference for a new standardization treaty including America, the UK, France, Spain, and Germany.

This being mostly a working group, the decision was made to do everything as a web conference, but during set-up the American is have some difficulties getting thier webcamera to work. After a short IT visit the American asks “Howdy, can everyone see me?” To which the remainder reply “Yes”, “oui”, “si”, “ja”.

I crushed some lemonade from some 10 year olds yesterday.

Seems I can’t keep my 69 straight

I-464 is entirely in Virginia (I don’t know what the of shields mean to look them up.

Virginia brought in hands free 1 Jan 2021, so this photo could be 31 Dec 2020, but I don’t think Virginia is warm enough to dress like that in Jan.

Edit: there are a fucking lot of states without hands free laws - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_cell_phone_use_while_driving_in_the_United_States

What in the AI generated advertising is this?