Or that we use propane heaters on patios to heat the outdoors.
I get so cranky when I see those things. They are just... nonsensical. It's almost like there is something in the human psyche that is drawn to the abjectly useless, especially if it also happens to be wasteful beyond it's mere production and distribution.
Why not both? As a boomer myself (b. 1956), I'm confidently overconfident in saying that, at 91, she's actually too old to be a boomer. Less confidently, she missed being a boomer by about 10 years.
Thanks. When we saw this, my wife and I just guesstimated that it would have to be close to $30 based on our experiences in the mid-late 1970s compared to now.
I was earning about 1.5 times minimum wage and managed to keep a pretty nice 2-bedroom apartment and food on the table while she stayed home with our son. We didn't think we had a lavish lifestyle, but we still managed a decent used car, her motorcycle, weekly date nights, and fairly regular camping trips.
Sadly, that might actually qualify for a fairly lavish lifestyle today.
Does anyone have a good estimate for what minimum wage would be if this had been implemented in 1970?
Oh for heaven's sake. By now, building codes should prohibit new single-family and low-density (< 12 units) multi-family construction with gas hookups, without solar that matches expected electrical demand, and without 3 days of battery backup.
If that means a 900 square foot house instead of a 2500 square foot house and no more low-density multi-family construction so be it.
Likewise, the building codes should require some of that stuff during certain kinds of renovations and repairs. For example, replacing a gas furnace with another gas furnace should be prohibited.
If the grid and manufacturing capacity won't handle it today, then they better damn well get going, because that's what it's going to take.
I live in a farming community. For the most part, the retired farmers know that the expression "million dollar snow" refers to the benefits of a late March storm that dumps a foot of snow on the fields, not the cost of digging out.
The younger ones definitely don't understand that Saskatchewan crops are about snow pack, not rainfall. The right rain at the right time can do wonders, but nothing beats reliable snowpack and some combination of occasional rain and moderate temperatures.
I find it interesting that it's the retired farmers who are more aware of and more concerned about climate change than their kids and grandkids.
News casters keep saying, "look at all of this wonderful weather we're having," but this is not the winter I would've signed up for.
I finally spoke my mind the other day when someone commented on the "beautiful" weather. It did not go well.
That result came after the decision that led to the plebiscite so could not be factored into the decision. Unless you think they had a crystal ball telling them the outcome ahead of time.
A plebiscite is, by definition, the means by which a governing body lets the people decide. You can easily argue that an outcome should be valid only if there is, say, 2/3 majority, but that's not the system we have.
Also, I'm not a huge fan of being called a twat when I was being civil, respectful, and thoughtful. I'm too old to put up with much shit, so... blocked.
And if childcare isn't available in Ontario, then women can't work these jobs. Surprise, surprise, you get shortages.
Or a relationship between wages and childcare costs that justify the expense.
It occurs to me that inexpensive, widely available childcare could be seen as a way to keep wages low. That wouldn't be the end of the world if the funding for the program came only from taxes on employers.
This is what I was referring to. There are a number of variations on the theme.
If you are really in a pinch:
Feed a length of hose into the source until only a small amount is left clear of the liquid.
Put your thumb over the exposed end, or otherwise make the end as close to airtight as possible.
Rapidly pull the hose out of the liquid, moving the end down to the destination container. The end must be below the top surface of the source, the further the better.
Release your thumb/seal. If you've done it all correctly, the hose will be nearly filled with liquid and enough of it will be below the surface of the source to start the siphoning process.
If the source liquid is too far below the opening for this to work with the length of hose you have, you can manually pump it far enough to start a siphon, by rapidly submerging and lifting the hose while alternating the closing of the top. Open top while submerging, closed top while lifting. You have to push down faster than what gravity pulls the liquid back down. Ideally, you're lifting fast enough to get some help from the liquid's own inertia when you reverse course.
Morons is being too nice.
Our annual rebate for a rural household of 2 adults is about $1000. That doesn't sound like much, but that represents 4% of our total pre-tax income from all sources.
Edit: we're retired, BTW.