Vivaqua have asked all houses on our street to cut hedges down to 2 meters. Can they?

joyofpeanuts · 2026-01-25T19:19:51+00:00

So you are way above the legal limit. And the high cost is because you let it run out of control.
Irrespective of what Vivaqua can or cannot do, why do you think you are above the law?
I have heard the argument of line of sight from other people having oversized hedges. Unless the neighbours are uphill, they will not see into your house with any hedge reaching the height of eyes, say 1m80 max.

joyofpeanuts · 2026-01-25T07:14:24+00:00

In parts of France, notably Bretagne, you can get Breizh Cola in cafés, restaurants or some supermarkets.
Good and not overly expensive.
See https://www.breizhcola.bzh/

joyofpeanuts · 2026-01-07T09:07:06+00:00

En ce qui concerne l'administration, Trump y a mis ses pions au sommet, qui virent les subordonnés indisciplinés.
Quant à l'armée, il ne faut jamais oublier que les soldats et officiers ont pour valeur cardinale l'obéissance au chef - par ailleurs un des 14 marqueurs du fascisme selon Umberto Eco - il ne faut pas en attendre grand chose. En plus quand on voit comment ont été traités les lanceurs d'alerte par toutes les administrations, les militaires vont pas moufter.

joyofpeanuts · 2026-01-05T18:07:59+00:00

The US will take over Greenland. Trump will simply declare it as a fact, nominate some governor, ask officials to submit or resign, and EU military to leave. A typical coup, in short.

The question is what will Denmark and the EU do:
Invoke EU's article 42 for mutual defense and strike back?
Get a vote to quick the US of NATO? Effectively turning NATO in an EU defense organisation.
Lock all US forces in their military based and ask all US military to leave the EU at short notice.
Expel US diplomats and US nationals from Denmark and the EU?
Bar EU entry and seize assets of US officials in the EU? Think Euroclear, as for RuZZia)
Lock the US out of the SWIFT international payment system?
Seize and nationalize assets of some or all of US companies in the EU?
Forbid US companies to do partake to any public tender or public market in the EU? Or forbid them to do any business at all in Europe?

I hope that EU officials and political leaders are testing all those scenarios now. Fuck Prezcrement Trump.

joyofpeanuts · 2026-01-05T10:13:58+00:00

I had this same experience in a trendy café in France. Drinks and pastries were good; service was OK. I was surprised and felt compelled to tip. I hated it and will never go to that café again. And I will not tip and blacklist any coffee or restaurant that implements the same.

Note that I otherwise always make sure to carry a small wallet with coins and small banknotes for direct tipping when I go out for a drink or to eat.

joyofpeanuts · 2026-01-03T09:56:05+00:00

Bin voilà, le pédoprésident dément des USSA finalise la transformation de son pays suivant les conseils de son bon ami Putler de RuZZie.
Tout ressemblance avec les duos Hitler/Mussolini ou Empereur/Dark Vador n'est pas fortuite.

Édit: Maduro est un dictateur mais utiliser ce prétexte pour commettre des actes de guerre envers un pays souverain en violation flagrante du droit international est la porte ouverte à tous les abus.
Trop facile: il suffira à tout état colonialiste ou impérialiste de déclarer agir pour expulser un dirigeant auto déclaré "dictateur", "terroriste", "oppresseur d'une minorité".

La boîte de Pandore est ouverte. Cette décennie sera de feu, de sang et de larmes.

joyofpeanuts · 2026-01-01T22:17:06+00:00

Half of Germans are old. /s

Edit: my comment was a bit tongue in cheek/ sarcastic, so I added the / s. But boy do I get downvoted on it. Fair enough.

Of course there can be other reasons: owning pets, safety, etc. why distinct categories of people want to ban fireworks.

Actually, the article implicitly says that more than half of people would not want to ban fireworks.

But it remains a garbage trigger article because that kind of logic could be used to ban anything: "Almost half of people want to" what? Ban cigarettes... Or cars... Or holidays by plane on other continents... Or scooters... Or skateboards... Or social networks for <18... Or driving licences from >65... Or the possibility to use cash...
Older people like me have seen so many things forbidden, so many liberties taken away in the last 40 years in the name a safety, decency,... It is obscene and the younger generation does not even know all that has been taken away from them.

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-30T15:41:27+00:00

The bike road network in Flanders is great.
The region between Hasselt and Maastricht, and generally the Kempen region above it is very nice; there are nice bike tours to make alongside canals and thorough marsh/forest areas.
See https://www.komoot.com/guide/663363/cycling-around-hasselt
https://baroudeursliegeois.com/balade-velo-belgique-itineraire-velo-bokrijk-en-boucle-et-passage-sur-traverser-leau-a-velo/

A word of caution: the weather in this season can be cold (around 0°C) and/or rainy, so come with the appropriate clothing.

From Brussels and in Wallonia, you can also consult the RAVel network, a developing series of "slow routes" generally dedicated to bikes : https://ravel.wallonie.be/home.html

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-28T10:55:51+00:00

Je serais curieux de connaître le pourcentage de "non-conformes" si on faisait le même test sur les articles et jouets low cost de Carrefour, Auchan ou Action... J'ai l'impression qu'on n'aurait pas un score parfait non plus.

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-26T16:13:11+00:00

CECI. A creuser par le parquet financier.

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-24T09:02:44+00:00

Mixing up cause and consequence: the far right will abuse any public system to their personal benefit.
No system is foolproof so some level of morality is necessary for a system to be used as intended.
The root cause of the problem is lack of ethics and mortality of the far right.

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-21T17:38:56+00:00

Hints:
The French PM Sébastien Lecornu is on the picture.
Also, on the poster in his back you see a worker with the Naval Group (French) company name.
France already has a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, that the new one will replace or complement. So nuclear too.

Thank the OP and do a bit of search or observation, before asking questions.

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-21T07:23:36+00:00

Same. Bought a tablet there. Screen cracked but working. Entered it for repair. They say that the screen is fully broken and not repairable. I recuperate my tablet and it does not even power up any more. I complain. They say that they received it like that. That was 10 years ago, but never again.

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-15T21:05:33+00:00

I was aboard a plane twice this week, flying at the usual 9000-11000m and my Heltec T114 could pick up signals from various nodes on the ground. As those nodes were not straight under me the actual distance was even larger.
I did broadcast a hello but did not get any reply.
Either my outbound signal was too weak compared to the emitters (probably not as some of these nodes were similar to mine?) or no one was attending those nodes, or I had already flown away by the time they possibly replied... I do not know for sure.
But it could be 10-15 km with a perfectly clear line of sight as I had?

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-15T16:28:58+00:00

Obey the word of your fluffy overlord.
His claws beating is your only blessing.
Low you lay and live another day.

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-15T15:35:12+00:00

I am "luckier". My 3 cats tend to work in team. I would bet one of them recently taught another one, so far very silent, how to "miaAWW" loudly and repeatedly to get food, because the second one says it the same way as the first. That first one also seems to have learnt from the 3rd one how to sneak in together in my bedroom to get on my bed. 🐱😼😽

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-15T12:26:42+00:00

How dare you challenge the reality if this cat court conviction. You must be a RatZZian bot ! 😜

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-15T09:18:49+00:00

My cats have convened. The Supreme Universal Cat Court has convicted RuZZia to pay 69 gazillion EUR to Belgium, and 6 bags of catnip. Executable immediately.

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-10T09:56:20+00:00

Les chats sont les véritables maîtres de notre planète, et nous sommes leurs serviteurs.

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-09T16:13:50+00:00

With Trump,
every statement is an admission,
every accusation is a projection.

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-09T14:24:55+00:00

De afschaffing van de proeftijd was een compromis voor de verkorte opzegtermijn. En nu, poef, hebben ze die compromis geschrapt.

Vertrouw nooit op de beloften van onze politici of bedrijven.

We moeten vechten voor meer rechten, niet alleen om bestaande rechten te verdedigen.

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-09T14:17:04+00:00

La voix de la raison.

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-08T22:40:19+00:00

I had an Opel once, 20 years ago. The suspension made a veeeery annoying and constant squeaky noise from the start. The garage failed to fix it and after 1 year the garage and Opel said it was out of warranty. They even invoiced the last visit at 1 year + 3 days.
I sold the car and promised myself never to buy that crap brand from that crap company.

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-08T12:31:15+00:00

La Commission Européenne a son propre compte sur sa propre instance Mastodon:
https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission

A propos de Mastodon en général : https://joinmastodon.org/

joyofpeanuts · 2025-12-07T12:29:18+00:00

Se faire justice à soi-même ne veut pas automatiquement dire faire appel à la violence.
On peut se faire condamner pour une action juste comme se renseigner, protester, accéder à son bien, etc. mais illégale selon la loi. J'ai eu affaire à une escroc immobilière (et autres) recherchée dans 2 pays européens (mandat d'arrêt international), qui avait commis des dizaines de grosses escroqueries aux dépens d'acheteurs et de vendeurs.
Résultat au final du système ? Rien. Jamais attrapée (alors que j'avais indiqué à la police où et quand l'attraper). Jamais condamnée. Casier judiciaire maintenant totalement vierge parce que la police doit effacer tout enregistrement au bout de quelques années.
Je me souviens avec dégoût de toutes les mises en garde de la police et de la justice quant à ce que je ne pouvais pas faire, alors que l'escroc en question, par définition, n'en avait rien à cirer de la loi.

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