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U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry
U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry - Yahoo! News
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11-19-09, 07:36 AM | #2 |
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I'd have to file this one under the 'ol ridiculous file, haha.
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11-19-09, 07:20 PM | #3 |
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I'm fairly certain I'd get physical with anyone who tried to fine me for hanging laundry, or any neighbor who "wrote a letter asking that I not hang my 'unmentionables'". I don't hang my laundry, because I don't really like it, but that's beside the point. I hold a very staunch view in life that if you don't like what I'm doing in my yard, keep your friggin nose out of it, else I'll start coming to your yard and pointing out all your dog sh!t and the like. That stuff stinks, ya know!?
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11-20-09, 08:16 AM | #4 |
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"Excuse me, ma'am, if you don't like to look at my clean underwear flapping in the wind, maybe I should hang the dirties?"
"If I can't hang my clean clothes, then maybe I shouldn't clean them?" Boy oh boy, are people STUPID! Living in a clean, plastic, sterile environment has sterilized their brains. |
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Apparently, the occurrence of autoimmune diseases is higher in "developed" countries, while mostly non-existent in "developing" or "third world" countries. So far, this is just what I heard the last time I was at a conference, but as I get more information on it, I'll see if I can dig up a chart, if it's even been published in a journal yet. |
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I've heard similar things Christ. Asthma is a much bigger problem in the LA area than elsewhere due to smog.
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"the housing associations such as condominiums and townhouse communities that are home to an estimated 60 million Americans, or about 20 percent of the population."
Wow, that's a lot of people! One of the complaints I've heard from those people (who were also Hams), is the No Antenna rules. Ham radio folks had to learn how to make stealth antennas. But people who wanted to get Satellite TV were mostly out of luck. If you had a small dish on the ground, there was a fiberglass 'Rock' you could buy to cover the dish.. Now that we have HDTV over the air and not much money to waste on cable TV, I'll bet more Americans are going back up on their roofs with TV antennas. And, there's going to be more fights with those enforcing restrictions.. Dang! I can see Canada from up here! Or is that Russia? |
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I think there are national laws (at least in America) that more or less override local and state laws about TV antennas, essentially guaranteeing everyone to have the right to set up TV antennas.
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I suggest everyone to never live in an incorporated. It's amazing people think they're getting a better life. What really sums it up is:
You get to pay more taxes to pay pencil pushers to come tell you what to do. I could go on a long rant about all the trouble I've had from city officials here, but I'll just leave it at I'm never living in an incorporated again. |
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