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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • Nice. I’m a bit jealous.

    I finally saved up a bit to install solar (without a loan, PPA, or lease), but my older house has too much shade and companies were too scammy.

    • all the quotes would only install enough to cover half my usage and most never replied when I tried asking questions
    • I swear solar salesmen are the new used car salesmen, I just felt so dirty and used every time I had to deal with them. I never did find an installation company that I thought was being honest
    • then I just ran out of patience and eventually the incentives expired


  • I let my Costco membership lapse for a bit so now have

    • a small container of dishwasher detergent that was the same price at the grocery as costcos much larger
    • tiny rolls of paper towels that are in a similar sized case and similar price as costcos much larger
    • I had to get “family” sized cereal box instead of “mega” and it’s just not enough for me as a single person
    • 2 out of 3 grocery runs so far this year, there have not been “jumbo” eggs at any proce


  • AA5B@lemmy.worldtohmmm@lemmy.worldhmmm
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    Now I’m picturing that in poor repair where the weight of your foot is sufficient. It starts slowly at first so you don’t even notice. By the time you realize it’s collapsing you’re already leaning too far to recover. You’re fully aware as you slow motion nose down into the abyss



  • AA5B@lemmy.worldtohmmm@lemmy.worldhmmm
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    OOh I can answer that one since it’s a conversation floating around Lemmy ……

    There are different standards for apartment buildings, where US building code requires two means of egress and it can’t be a window if over a certain height (3 floors?). American apartment buildings will have two staircases (and the argument is you could have fit another apartment in there) whereas some other places might require only one (where the argument is modern technology like smoke alarms make the second exit less necessary)