I assume the bat person likes being crushed into small spaces. That or they are just a normal Audi driver. (View Post)

Yaktrax or Microspikes will keep you out of A&E. In 2010 I had to go to A&E to visit an ice victim and was reduced to walking the streets with full crampons. It might have looked like overkil… (View Post)

Yes, that's true re: earthquake codes. Wooden framed buildings fare much better than brick in an earthquake, so building them isn't totally insane. Given the windspeed, I wonder what width you'd need… (View Post)

As I expected, given the amount of building going on, Flatland Council is above target. [Edit: Target 1,198 - last year 1,388] (View Post)

Yes, pretty much identical situation here although no DB. I'm 99.9% sure it will be fine, but it is nonetheless quite a big step. (View Post)