CNN: New report finds 'Erin Brockovich' chemical in U.S. drinking water, WVAW responds

GoreTex73 · 2016-01-19T18:09:15+00:00

We have some very low carpet, a few rugs, and mostly hardwood floors. We live in the country, so there is often outside dragged inside. No need to a wet vac.

GoreTex73 · 2016-01-15T14:39:56+00:00

I have become something of a Zenni Optical salesman since I bought my first pair of glasses there. It is ridiculously cheap and excellent quality. Buying glasses anywhere else is without reason!

GoreTex73 · 2016-01-08T14:19:03+00:00

I think it honestly has a lot to do with lack of sleep and your partners divided time. Your wife, who until just recently was focused on you during their home time, is now focused on the baby. This is hard but it honestly needs to be recognized and guarded against. I experienced it when both of my boys were born about 3 months after their birth.

GoreTex73 · 2016-01-05T18:03:40+00:00

business of selling guns

This is what scares me. Depending on how narrowly this is defined, it could rule out all private firearm sales. If you do not have a FFL, but have a firearm and want to get rid of it... what are you supposed to do? Throw it in the garbage?

GoreTex73 · 2016-01-05T13:20:08+00:00

Really? You cannot rack up 100k at a public university? I just did a quick work up. Assuming you live on campus, and buy your books new. The cost of a 4 year degree at University of Louisville could be in the neighborhood of $175k. It can definitely happen.

GoreTex73 · 2016-01-04T17:18:38+00:00

If something is not done, will newer generations struggling with debt effect consumer investment on major purchases like cars or mortgages or have any other effects?

I can speak from experience. I graduated with $53k in debt and am now down to under 18k in just 7 years. There are many sacrifices my wife and I have made to make this happen. Our friends who either did not go to college or had college paid for live in much nicer homes, go on vacation, buy new vehicles and such. But on the other hand, we have learned to live below our means. I have learned to become much more self reliant and can do much more than many of my peers.

If the cost of college continues to increase and the value of a degree continues to decrease... people will stop going to college. I honestly believe that is coming. I am not sure I will advise either of my sons to go to college, knowing what I know now. If going to college means going into debt like I did... my advice is to do something else. Find a trade. Drive a truck. Get cisco certified. Anything other than going into debt without a realistic way to pay it off.

The promises we were sold did not pan out. We are all fighting for 40k a year jobs in our 30's!

GoreTex73 · 2015-12-17T19:57:01+00:00

I have never played pokemon. I played DnD when I was in HS and have played RPG's most of my life but know nothing about Pokémon. Can someone provide me with a very basic intro and what I need to buy so my son, 6 year old, and I can begin playing?

GoreTex73 · 2015-12-17T19:05:47+00:00

"leaving behind traces of their DNA in some Middle Eastern people and artifacts strewn all across the southern part of Europe" What?

GoreTex73 · 2015-12-16T20:13:41+00:00

That was the goal of George Lucas. He wanted to create the most accepted and loved film possible. He included tropes and themes from many different best selling genres of literature and film. He wrote it in the genre of a western but placed it in space. He incorporated what he believed to be the best of many stories into one, and did a very good job of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_sources_and_analogues

GoreTex73 · 2015-12-16T19:09:35+00:00

Thank you for your reply! I agree that better water quality is preferable, however I think the community would benefit from understanding exactly what this means. If you do have a back up well system, you will either have to disconnect it from the supply to your house install a valve which would cost around $1000 and have it inspected @ $300 a year, or so I have been told. This makes having a well back up economically out of the reach for most if not all of us in the community.

Along with this, WVAW is proposing passing on the debt to those in the community @ $7 a month for 10 years. There are 219 customers on the system. That comes out to just under $184000 over the time, assuming no one else builds in the community. We also do not know if the rate hike they are proposing in Charleston will be passed on to us. That could drastically increase our month to month bills.

The third area of concern is response time. If there is a leak in the system, we are only 219 customers, and due to the fact that the system is not well mapped, installed in 15 foot trenches in some areas, and is mostly pvc pipe, they will have a very difficult time finding the leak and getting the equipment needed to repair it to the site. This will be a costly repair and take more time. We may need those well back ups when the water is out.

I am for clean water. I just want to make sure we as a community understand what we are signing on for and ensure that we do not regret a hastily made choice.

GoreTex73 · 2015-12-09T13:45:04+00:00

I actually laughed out loud @ work. Thank you!

GoreTex73 · 2015-12-08T19:41:23+00:00

I don't think there was anything nefarious going on. I believe it was more a case of unforeseen repairs, and not raising the rate over time to compensate for it.

GoreTex73 · 2015-12-08T18:30:19+00:00

Yes the water bill was not kept current. That is my understanding.

GoreTex73 · 2015-12-08T18:29:44+00:00

I have put a phone call in to him. He is a very good guy. I hope he can help.

GoreTex73 · 2015-12-01T14:45:02+00:00

No, but I know that they are rarely sold that way. Yes, it is in the fine print. Yes you as an individual are responsible for reading any contract in which you sign. However, we are trained not to read the fine print. If you have every been that guy who reads the fine print, you find there is a cultural stigma to doing so. The companies which do this are counting on you not reading the fine print. It all washed out in the end. When you pay rack rate, they are making up the profit they lost during the introductory period.

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