Relative over Christmas told an anecdote about an ex-nurse friend of theirs: intensive care nurse, burnt out during the pandemic, quit and is now a nail technician -- and is making more money than sh… (View Post)

It's also the case that it's more expensive to separate out recycling than to keep it separate in the first place, and that the quality of the material you get out is worse (i.e. sells for … (View Post)

Happens a lot during conference season. (View Post)

Why is it the state imposing its will on individuals in an authoritarian way when it agrees to permit building a block of flats on the land next to somebody's house which they don't own, bu… (View Post)

But what good does it do anybody to have a planning system that allows local people to force extra expense and delay (which we all end up paying for via taxes) before it comes to the same decision an… (View Post)