In one science fiction series, on the planet New Texas, shooting a lawyer or politician was automatically classed as self defence. (View Post)

Interestingly, a large pond can be used as the other end of a heat pump system. In addition, you can do some very low profile installations of AC these days. The days of a rattling roaring, dripping … (View Post)

A few years back I knew a group of lawyers who were pretty interested in the Human Rights line. Among other things, they saw their job as being to remove as many impediments to people coming to this … (View Post)

You just answered your own question. For extra fun, see the young men outside building sites, coughing their lungs up. After installing insulation. Fine fibres of any kind are not good for your lungs… (View Post)

In cultures that outspokenly value “elders”, the elders in question committing suicide would be seen as bringing shame on the family. Publicly. So I could easily imagine that the direction of pressur… (View Post)