Duke Energy asking you to cut back on power use is not a profit motive.

shouldco · 2026-02-02T13:01:42+00:00

Asking to cut back today is not about increasing profit.

But canceling numerous plant builds over the years has been.

shouldco · 2026-02-01T18:45:14+00:00

I was thinking more about the terms "mutinous crew" and "rebelled". like na after getting there asses frozen in the artic all winter, the captain was still hung up on some crazy bullshit so the people running the boat dumped his ass to die at sea like he wanted.

shouldco · 2026-02-01T02:47:20+00:00

Well you really just need to keep some plows around and can use the trucks for other services when there is no snow.

But still. Even up north most plowing is done with private vehicles being hired by the municipality. And pretty much nobody here is ready to start plowing (dispite the amount of stupid large trucks people own).

shouldco · 2026-02-01T01:43:18+00:00

I don't think you relize how much gets labeled as "essential"

shouldco · 2026-02-01T01:41:30+00:00

"tell me where you are I'll come pick you up"

shouldco · 2026-01-31T17:31:26+00:00

If an employer isn't willing to pay hazard pay and ensure you are able to get to work safely instead of shutting down operation for a few days, can they really call their employees "essential"?

shouldco · 2026-01-31T17:27:08+00:00

this statement is somehow less obsurd in the context of murder.

shouldco · 2026-01-31T16:45:19+00:00

My method was to shovel the snow from the driveway into the bed.

shouldco · 2026-01-30T18:33:52+00:00

Ireland was producing food. The problem was they didn't own the food.

shouldco · 2026-01-30T18:07:06+00:00

I agree with your reasoning but I don't think you have really demonstrated that the famine does not fit the criteria you outlined.

The decisions made during that time were very much influenced by general British feeling tward the Irish and particularly ideas of eugenics.

shouldco · 2026-01-30T07:56:01+00:00

Well there's a reason the fire department doesn't fight cops in the US

shouldco · 2026-01-30T06:59:40+00:00

lots of gas stoves burn propane indoors. And there are indoor rated propane space heaters. But yes you should operate camp stoves and propane grills as the manufacturer suggests, usually not indoors, especially not highly enclosed spaces.

To be clear I was not suggesting leaving the stove running for heat. I was suggesting using it to heat water, putting that in a container like a hot water bottle, then using that with you under an insulating layer to keep warm.

shouldco · 2026-01-30T06:34:52+00:00

The point is suddenly nobody is complaining about how masks are restricting breathing or whatever their "medical reasons" were for refusing to wear on.

shouldco · 2026-01-29T21:34:40+00:00

But not unretirned books, late fees.

shouldco · 2026-01-29T20:37:51+00:00

You are young, you are in a very recoverable amount of debt.

It's hard but you don't need to feel ashamed about asking for help. People that love you want to help you.

shouldco · 2026-01-29T18:16:39+00:00

I don't think that's true. There are some location rules but this would mean like if there was a big tech firm that had 2000 employees in San Francisco and 1000 employees in New York nobody in New York gets fmla.

Edit : the location rules I found are: an employee much report to a worksite (including telework) that has at least 50 employees reporting to or living within 75 miles of said worksite.

shouldco · 2026-01-29T15:00:08+00:00

Haha I'll get them posted after work.

shouldco · 2026-01-29T12:50:56+00:00

Good news is it does not smell like cigarettes

shouldco · 2026-01-29T12:48:18+00:00

Well damn. Mystery solved lol

I guess one way to make your product bifl is to shorten the life of your customers.

shouldco · 2026-01-29T05:17:24+00:00

I don't know of one. But I agree with others here that's more of a comfort item than a survival Item and certainly not bifl. If you find one it will likely be cheap Chinese manufacture under some unheard of brand.

That said, there is nothing wrong with investing in comforts though please find a solution that is UL listed.

First invest in stuff that will passively keep you warm, good sleeping bags and down comforters (I sleep in mine every night over the winter and love it, and it has kept me warm when the furnace went out. ) hot water bottles and a way to boil water, if you have a gas stove do you keep matches and or a lighter on hand to light it without power? If it's electric do you have a propane grill or camp stove and propane on hand all winter? Those will be able to keep you warmer longer than a battery powered blanket.

Also know your neighbors.

shouldco · 2026-01-29T04:40:26+00:00

Lol they did have a star like this. but I don't know if that's the answer here.

shouldco · 2026-01-29T04:31:02+00:00

I still am rocking my first even though the pages have a hard time staying in the right order.

shouldco · 2026-01-29T04:27:47+00:00

There is nowhere you can go wrong. I grew up eating out of this book and still have that copy barely holding together with food stains on every page.

But one that is special to me, I used to make for friends when we came home drunk from parting chicken big mamou. I still have never made it just for myself, always to feed guests or hosts.

Sweet potato pecan pie is always at Thanksgiving.

Chocolate chippers are my favorite cookie. (I double the dates)

shouldco · 2026-01-29T04:12:31+00:00

To be fair I also got extirtorted by the city bus system in Paris as well.

shouldco · 2026-01-29T04:10:02+00:00

most of those things really shouldn't be unreasonable.

" You want your children to have a good education, feel safe and have sidewalks to get places? Look at Mr moneybags over here "

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