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Cake day: June 7th, 2023

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  • Historically, ‘garbage’ was specifically food waste, what we now would call ‘kitchen scraps’ or ‘compost’ if you live somewhere with a municipal composting program, or compost yourself. (Historically, ‘compost’ generally referred to the finished compost, rather than also the waste going in.) ‘Trash’ was other non-compostable refuse.

    TL;DR Trash goes to the dump, garbage goes to the pig pen or compost bin




  • I’ve found a couple plugs “upgraded” to 3-prong by jumping the load and ground together. That made for a fun firework show when my metal fan touched something metal. Even the landlord was impressed by that stupidity.

    Ah, the good old reverse polarity bootleg ground.

    Fun fact: RPBG is the one fault that those plug-in outlet testers can’t recognize

    Edit: Wait, no, that would be hot bootleg ground, they should catch that. RPBG has the hot and neutral switched, and also a bootleg ground to the neutral that’s actually hot






  • Then just don’t answer?

    With the people who tend to call out of the blue, not answering tends to result in repeated calls, and then when I finally have a chance to call back, usually it should have just been a text.

    If the conversation is best had via an actual call, text me and we’ll schedule a call. We’ll schedule it soon, like “call you in ten minutes” soon, but it’s just easier with a little heads up.

    If you are calling me without any kind of notice during working hours, somebody better be in the hospital or morgue; if you’re calling me without any notice outside of working hours, alcohol better be involved