No Garbage Disposals in France?
Aug 5th, 2008, 12:01 PM
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For crying out loud, people, get a sense of humour.
PalQ's a loon. And suffers from a dysfunctional relationship with Dulux Matchpots that's probably best kept quiet about.
But - apparently unlike some around here - he's got an approximate understanding of Anglo-Australian banter. If he calls Europe in general - and France in particular - "third world" that's partly because that's just what many of its toilets are, and partly because <b> he's taking the bleeding piss </b>.
The correct response to Michiganians piss-taking is to take it back. Not to get on your <i>haut cheval </i> about your slighted honour. Pretending you're being dissed is unEuropean: leave all that attitudinising claptrap to the poor impoverished Americans - who do "I'm a victim" far better than we'll ever, ever, manage.
PalQ's a loon. And suffers from a dysfunctional relationship with Dulux Matchpots that's probably best kept quiet about.
But - apparently unlike some around here - he's got an approximate understanding of Anglo-Australian banter. If he calls Europe in general - and France in particular - "third world" that's partly because that's just what many of its toilets are, and partly because <b> he's taking the bleeding piss </b>.
The correct response to Michiganians piss-taking is to take it back. Not to get on your <i>haut cheval </i> about your slighted honour. Pretending you're being dissed is unEuropean: leave all that attitudinising claptrap to the poor impoverished Americans - who do "I'm a victim" far better than we'll ever, ever, manage.
Aug 5th, 2008, 12:06 PM
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Toronto for years shipped its garbage a few hundred miles by convoy of garbage trucks down the 401 to suburban Detroit - not that that has anything to do with anything - i guess they don't have garbage disposals either
Aug 5th, 2008, 12:29 PM
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When my garbage disposal went bust, I became the very best composter in my neighborhood. Now I would not go back to using a disposal for anything.
Good compost - a sure sign of a most civilized society!
Good compost - a sure sign of a most civilized society!
Aug 5th, 2008, 12:32 PM
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<<< First of all, calling a country "third world" because they don't have a kitchen appliance you think is nessesary . is horrible and American centered. >>>
Don't blame PQ - he's going "cold turkey" from gloss paint
Don't blame PQ - he's going "cold turkey" from gloss paint
Aug 5th, 2008, 12:35 PM
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I'm planning on buying a worm box and some red 'gar-baj' worms to eat table scraps
you can put the box in your basement but be sure the top is secure or the vermin could worm their way out
worm castings of course are a fine fine soil additive for your garden or plants
I may have my corpse sent to the worm box too i'm thinking
you can put the box in your basement but be sure the top is secure or the vermin could worm their way out
worm castings of course are a fine fine soil additive for your garden or plants
I may have my corpse sent to the worm box too i'm thinking
Aug 5th, 2008, 01:09 PM
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"I was amused at the idea that living wihtout a garbage disposal was akin to living in a third world country".
In a way, it is true
Have you noticed how little garbage there is in very poor countries? Nothing is wasted, everything is put to some use.
In a way, it is true
Have you noticed how little garbage there is in very poor countries? Nothing is wasted, everything is put to some use.
Aug 5th, 2008, 07:09 PM
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"judging from the "House Hunters" series, garbage-disposals aren't common in Hawaii, either."
What?! I'm not sure what houses they showed(or which island), but here on Maui, we've had GD for decades. I would imagine some home built in the 50's might not have some, but they are not uncommon in the least.
What?! I'm not sure what houses they showed(or which island), but here on Maui, we've had GD for decades. I would imagine some home built in the 50's might not have some, but they are not uncommon in the least.
Aug 6th, 2008, 07:20 AM
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PalenQ wrote: "Padraig - Is Eire in the 'Anglo-Australian' banter thing?"
First, see Bunreacht na hÉireann, Airteagal 4: Éire is ainm don Stát nó, sa Sacs-Bhéarla, Ireland.
No, we Irish are not part of any Anglo-Australian banter thing; we have our own tradition, which we call "slagging". The word has a particular meaning in Ireland, which differs from American or English meanings. We are very fair-minded, in that we have a go at everybody, including ourselves.
First, see Bunreacht na hÉireann, Airteagal 4: Éire is ainm don Stát nó, sa Sacs-Bhéarla, Ireland.
No, we Irish are not part of any Anglo-Australian banter thing; we have our own tradition, which we call "slagging". The word has a particular meaning in Ireland, which differs from American or English meanings. We are very fair-minded, in that we have a go at everybody, including ourselves.
Aug 6th, 2008, 07:59 AM
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What to do with compost?
Mix it in with potting soil for house plants, spread it on any growing plants outside, around vegetables or flowers or shrubs, or put in a bucket with water and then pour over plants like soluble fertilizer.
Mix it in with potting soil for house plants, spread it on any growing plants outside, around vegetables or flowers or shrubs, or put in a bucket with water and then pour over plants like soluble fertilizer.
Aug 6th, 2008, 11:50 AM
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Re: the comment about no GDs in NYC suburbs, I grew up in Westchester COunty, in a house built in 1952, which had one.
When we bought our current house in a suburb of Milwaukee in 1983, code required a working GD. I don't know if that has changed. And, of course, just because you have one, doesn't mean you have to use it.
When we bought our current house in a suburb of Milwaukee in 1983, code required a working GD. I don't know if that has changed. And, of course, just because you have one, doesn't mean you have to use it.
