where do you live, and is your contractor hiring, this is the kind of person i *want* to work for. (seeing as we're talking my industry here, construction)
don't think i've not considered it. I'm still working out the math to see how deep you could bury a quanset hut before the weight began to threaten its structural integrity. I figure the easiest way is to bury a quonset, (a BIG one) and then install living inside one end, and complete the illusion with an astroturf lawn in the other half. double pane reflected angle argon filled skylight tubes to the surface (we want light, not heat). Sure, its like, a 2 million dollar project, but hey, *i can dream*.
totally, i cant stand the municipal water, the taste is vile, 1 pass through my brita (who's filters last far longer than the little timer indicates) and it tastes better than most bottled.
actually, with well designed argon filled double pane windows, your windows will transmit less heat *than the surrounding walls* white roofs make a huge difference (just ask anyone who has to run ethernet cable through attics in the summer in the southwest, dark roof = miserable, light roof = not so bad). insulation is not as cheep as you think.
I poked around a bit more, and found out that the 300$ fee is for a 'lifetime' business license, that would not require annual renewal. The city says that anyone not interested in the lifetime license can pay 50$ a year for an annual license. apparently, there is a bill going up in Philly to make it so that freelancers (like bloggers) won't have to pay taxes on the first 100k$, but will still need the license.
a quick perusal of the googles leads me to this interesting point. Philly's business licenses cost 3x what business licenses seem to cost in general across the country. I've not found out if its a recurring annual fee, or if annual renewal is less, or its a one time fee yet, but it still is ridiculous.
so what we need is the blanket granting of business license to all tax paying citizens, with the license fee ameterized over the duration of the taxpayers lifetime, thus allowing a small tax increase, and granting all citizens the right to HAVE A GORAM INCOME.
you know, 2 people who work together are bound to see this, and take it as a challenge, and start swapping lunches and bartering with each-other incessantly, and keeping detailed records, just so they get the opportunity to aggravate the hell out of the IRS.
"Besides Wi-Fi signals, could there possibly be any other logical explanation for kids having more symptoms of illness on school days than at home on weekends or in the summer?"
caffeine can cause most of the symptoms described, as can any number of other over the counter substances. I'd look at pharmacological causes before i started blaming wireless internet.
well, I'm no linguist, but it just seems like a strange contortion to jump so directly from one vowel sound to the other in Ohioan (Oh hi Oh An?) and wiomingite always seems stretched, to many syllables. I dunno, it just that some of the 'resident of a state' terms seem overly cumbersome to speak.
or do what i did, buy a heat lamp shade from the hardware store (polished metal cone with a light socket in it) put a 100 watt bulb in it and hook it to a cheep wall wart timer synced with my alarm clock, and aimed the whole apparatus at my bed.. it clicks on just before my alarm clock and is about like suddenly being flung out of a cave into noonday sunlight, but it does the trick.
don't you just *LOVE* that feeling? you find yourself standing by your bed, hackles raised, heart pounding, adrenaline rushing, and the intelligent part of your brain finally wakes up and asks 'wait, what the hell are we doing?'
anecdotal evidence here:
I use a piece of cardboard taped to my evaporative cooler's grille to duct the air toward my bed at night. (just using the cooler as an expensive box fan in the window at the moment) Anyways, a few nights ago, the tape came loose and the cardboard came attacking down on top of me in the night. startled the bejebus out of me. however, coming out of deep REM being molested by some mystery object, it took me a mere fraction of a second to realize what it was.
My point here is, that the brain seems to be able to assess threats when coming out of sleep very well, which IMOH is why alarm clocks don't work well for a lot of people, and so many people sleep like logs. Its because there environment precludes a need to NOT sleep that way.
I'm a lot like you. I'll be up at all hours just looking for something to keep me occupied until i can sleep, but since my job is not flexible like yours, I end up groggily getting up at 6am. And i can sleep anywhere. I fell asleep in a lawn chair in front of a speaker at a rock concert in 110F heat once. (i didn't like the band that was playing that set, and there was no one to talk to) Wish i had a flexible job like yours!
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where do you live, and is your contractor hiring, this is the kind of person i *want* to work for. (seeing as we're talking my industry here, construction)
don't think i've not considered it. I'm still working out the math to see how deep you could bury a quanset hut before the weight began to threaten its structural integrity. I figure the easiest way is to bury a quonset, (a BIG one) and then install living inside one end, and complete the illusion with an astroturf lawn in the other half. double pane reflected angle argon filled skylight tubes to the surface (we want light, not heat). Sure, its like, a 2 million dollar project, but hey, *i can dream*.
totally, i cant stand the municipal water, the taste is vile, 1 pass through my brita (who's filters last far longer than the little timer indicates) and it tastes better than most bottled.
actually, with well designed argon filled double pane windows, your windows will transmit less heat *than the surrounding walls* white roofs make a huge difference (just ask anyone who has to run ethernet cable through attics in the summer in the southwest, dark roof = miserable, light roof = not so bad). insulation is not as cheep as you think.
I may be the king of idiots, buy my kingdom is vast, and my subjects are everywhere.
its important to note that the 300$ fee is a 'lifetime' business license. an annual license costs 50$.
probably.
I poked around a bit more, and found out that the 300$ fee is for a 'lifetime' business license, that would not require annual renewal. The city says that anyone not interested in the lifetime license can pay 50$ a year for an annual license. apparently, there is a bill going up in Philly to make it so that freelancers (like bloggers) won't have to pay taxes on the first 100k$, but will still need the license.
a quick perusal of the googles leads me to this interesting point. Philly's business licenses cost 3x what business licenses seem to cost in general across the country. I've not found out if its a recurring annual fee, or if annual renewal is less, or its a one time fee yet, but it still is ridiculous.
so what we need is the blanket granting of business license to all tax paying citizens, with the license fee ameterized over the duration of the taxpayers lifetime, thus allowing a small tax increase, and granting all citizens the right to HAVE A GORAM INCOME.
you know, 2 people who work together are bound to see this, and take it as a challenge, and start swapping lunches and bartering with each-other incessantly, and keeping detailed records, just so they get the opportunity to aggravate the hell out of the IRS.
its second life, do you really expect anything positive from it? its the mos eisley spaceport of gaming.
Obligatory furry bashing.
I agree with you on your points on schizophrenia and manic depression, but ADD / ADHD are entirely different beasts.
"Besides Wi-Fi signals, could there possibly be any other logical explanation for kids having more symptoms of illness on school days than at home on weekends or in the summer?"
caffeine can cause most of the symptoms described, as can any number of other over the counter substances. I'd look at pharmacological causes before i started blaming wireless internet.
i think that your disney analogy is about the most accurate one so far for this particular discussion.
well, I'm no linguist, but it just seems like a strange contortion to jump so directly from one vowel sound to the other in Ohioan (Oh hi Oh An?) and wiomingite always seems stretched, to many syllables. I dunno, it just that some of the 'resident of a state' terms seem overly cumbersome to speak.
that sounds like a good plan, until you get to Ohio and Wyoming. Then it just sounds awkward.
Its covered in fat people wearing weights? I knew i left my lead balloon around here somewhere.
this seems like the most likely case. Occams razor and all that.
Wow. thats all i can say.
or do what i did, buy a heat lamp shade from the hardware store (polished metal cone with a light socket in it) put a 100 watt bulb in it and hook it to a cheep wall wart timer synced with my alarm clock, and aimed the whole apparatus at my bed.. it clicks on just before my alarm clock and is about like suddenly being flung out of a cave into noonday sunlight, but it does the trick.
don't you just *LOVE* that feeling? you find yourself standing by your bed, hackles raised, heart pounding, adrenaline rushing, and the intelligent part of your brain finally wakes up and asks 'wait, what the hell are we doing?'
anecdotal evidence here:
I use a piece of cardboard taped to my evaporative cooler's grille to duct the air toward my bed at night. (just using the cooler as an expensive box fan in the window at the moment) Anyways, a few nights ago, the tape came loose and the cardboard came attacking down on top of me in the night. startled the bejebus out of me. however, coming out of deep REM being molested by some mystery object, it took me a mere fraction of a second to realize what it was.
My point here is, that the brain seems to be able to assess threats when coming out of sleep very well, which IMOH is why alarm clocks don't work well for a lot of people, and so many people sleep like logs. Its because there environment precludes a need to NOT sleep that way.
I'm a lot like you. I'll be up at all hours just looking for something to keep me occupied until i can sleep, but since my job is not flexible like yours, I end up groggily getting up at 6am. And i can sleep anywhere. I fell asleep in a lawn chair in front of a speaker at a rock concert in 110F heat once. (i didn't like the band that was playing that set, and there was no one to talk to) Wish i had a flexible job like yours!