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25th Anniversary Of Three Mile Island
fbform writes "March 28, 2004 is the 25th anniversary of the Loss Of Coolant Accident (LOCA) at the nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania. It's a good time to reflect on the impact it has had on our nuclear safety policy and interface design in general."
And yesterday was the one year anniversary of the introduction of Viagra.
So where are the anniversary parties???
Since you have a low UUID, I bow before you.
The reason for the "voluntary" homeowners associations is basically because you go i debt for your house.
So the only way to be safe with you $500,000 house is to make sure it doesn't go down in value, because then if you had to sell you'd lose money. Couple that with the fact that the average American moves every 7 years or so, and you see what the issue is. Fear. Fear of someone moving next door and using a clothesline, which drops your property value $50,000.
This is actually ridiculous, because the HOA will actually cost $100 a month or so, for "improvements" to the neighborhood.
I've avoided that; I'll never buy a house with a "covenant" as they're called, because they are insane. You can google for "racial covenants," which were declared illegal, which basically said you couldn't let the "evil black people" into the neighborhood.
If a HOA gets too uppity, however, the state usually forces them to become a town, which reduces the number of things they can make you do.
Some examples of covenant required things:
1. No colors of flowers different from neighbors.
2. No painting your house a different color.
3. No vehicles older than 10 years or non running anywhere on the property.
4. No parties involving more than 15 people.
Etc, etc. Who needs slavery in the USA when most people will give up their freedoms for "security"?
Fellowship 9/11