The police here in Ottawa, Canada have tried a number of different tactics to watch for drivers texting. One tactic involved officers dressed up as "can I wash your windshield?" bums. It's an instinct to avoid eye contact with such. They can get right up to cars stopped at a red light without alerting drivers. (note that it's illegal here for a driver to text while at a stop sign/light).
No way is that poppy quarter! As everyone knows (and my pocket change can attest) every single poppy quarter has had the red colouring rubbed off.
(The inner part still has a different colour than the rest of the coin so the effect isn't totally wasted)
Quite frankly, I had no troubles handling the blackout despite getting back from vacation with my family a half-hour after it started. In fact, I'm glad the power went out because a water line of my water softener had burst a week before and had sprayed water all over my basement (and electrical junction box) for a week. Good thing I have sump pumps. (Yes, I should have turned the water off. My bad)
Besides, after surviving the great Ice Storm in 1998 (with a 6-week old baby) I was much better prepared.
This sort of thing can happen by accident as well. I went skiing several years ago with some friends. We decided to lock all our keys in the van (including the van keys) to guard against losing keys on the ski hill in a fall. The van was equipped with a keyless entry system. Unfortunately, my friend left the lights on and drained the battery. It was a *COLD* wait for the CAA truck to come and break into the van!
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The police here in Ottawa, Canada have tried a number of different tactics to watch for drivers texting. One tactic involved officers dressed up as "can I wash your windshield?" bums. It's an instinct to avoid eye contact with such. They can get right up to cars stopped at a red light without alerting drivers. (note that it's illegal here for a driver to text while at a stop sign/light).
FTFA:
Conventional filters can cut out bacteria measuring more than 200 nanometres but not viruses, which typically are 25 nanometres long.And yet I use a Katadyne when I go canoe-camping (50,000L through a 200 nm filter). I simply don't need anything better.
No way is that poppy quarter! As everyone knows (and my pocket change can attest) every single poppy quarter has had the red colouring rubbed off. (The inner part still has a different colour than the rest of the coin so the effect isn't totally wasted)
I get the same thing. It's really odd, though. Consider the scene: two people sitting on a couch. The TV is on.
scenario 1: I watch TV. Everything's fine. There's no conversation or anything but "we're together."
scenario 2: I'm working on my laptop sitting next to my wife who's watching TV. Result? We're NOT being together!
Go figure!
"Very large" geographically, not in population (the "city" is 90% rural)
Quite frankly, I had no troubles handling the blackout despite getting back from vacation with my family a half-hour after it started. In fact, I'm glad the power went out because a water line of my water softener had burst a week before and had sprayed water all over my basement (and electrical junction box) for a week. Good thing I have sump pumps. (Yes, I should have turned the water off. My bad)
Besides, after surviving the great Ice Storm in 1998 (with a 6-week old baby) I was much better prepared.
This sort of thing can happen by accident as well. I went skiing several years ago with some friends. We decided to lock all our keys in the van (including the van keys) to guard against losing keys on the ski hill in a fall. The van was equipped with a keyless entry system. Unfortunately, my friend left the lights on and drained the battery. It was a *COLD* wait for the CAA truck to come and break into the van!