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@Mort.
Poor roommate! Heck I would probably get over my fish distaste and cook her a "fishy-meal" just to get her away from eating out a can. At the very least go out with her to help her find someplace to get her food that's considered halal...
Really if someone felt they were forced to eat stuff like canned food in their room due to dietary prohibitions, I might actually be so bold as to ask politely if there wasn't ways for them to skirt the prohibitions. I know it can come across as insulting (especially coming from a rather irreligious person as myself), but I try feel that the drop in life quality merits a examination of all possible ways to gain access to other foods.I do believe though that a lot of scholars of islamic law consider the requirement of being a sane muslim during the slaughtering process (the Dhabihah), has been expanded to include sane peoples of the book (the Ahl al-Kitāb*).
*Qurʼan, Surah 5, ayah 5
Back in my dorm-days, we had a young Cypriot-Turkish girl living with us. She had never touched a cookpot in her life so, me and a couple of others ended up teaching her all the cooking basics. Not a particularly devout muslim, so most of the dietary prohibitions didn't really come into play much (other then the no-unclean animals prohibitions). It was great fun, and she was such a sweet (and pretty) girl. I'll never quite forget the time, when her parents moved her into the dorm as we got a lot of worried looks from her parents. We must have looked quite like a bunch of hungry wolves, when they moved their little lamb in ^^'.
Couldn't do anything about it because all the accommodation and food was pre-planned before time. Think of it is as following a tour group except that you didn't have any say in the itinerary. Granted the canned tuna there is pretty decent. Otherwise it's sandwiches you try to get out of 7-eleven. Hotel room also had no cooking facilities.
Oh the last time my family decided to find Chinese food in Italy, I opted to stay in the hotel and eat canned tuna - in part because I was sick, and second reason was because I was like...Italian food is so good and you're trying to find Chinese food (which will probably s*ck in Italy)?! That's blasphemy and I'll have no part of it! The Chinese food tasted weird anyway, but they thought it was the greatest thing ever >.<
I feel that everyone has their rights to religious beliefs, so I am not going to ask them to go against their prohibitions.
Apparently talking about food gets you naked.
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95 degrees today, with soul melting humidity to boot.
The perfect day to go outside!
For very short intervals.
95 degrees today, with soul melting humidity to boot.
The perfect day to go outside!
For very short intervals.
Yeah, I have two graduation parties to go to today and one of them is in a public park. I may not make it out alive.
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The first person to drop a Mento into a Diet Coke was probably really surprised. And wet.Well,before the Mentos craze, I once tried to flavor a diet Pepsi by pouring two Pixie Stix into it.
It erupted all over my desk. It wasn't pretty.
why didn't you call me, I would have come over and recorded it?! We could be internet millionaires by now!
I'm sure if I went to facebook I'd find all sorts of stuff like that we're missing out on this weekend.
The benefits of being the only family member that doesn't communicate exclusively via facebook.
Math is like a game where many of the players don't know the rules and find it very frustrating.
and yet the game master insists on shouting their brief interpretation of the rules as if that explains everything....
Yeah, KotOR II got railroaded through development because of the timetable being advanced after the first one became 2003's GotY. As such, myriad and sundry bits of character development, game zones, and narrative components were glossed over (at best) or omitted outright (at worst). There's a wikia link out there somewhere that details a great deal of what got cut -- and even for a fan of the game like myself, it's a staggering list.
Off the top of my head:
1) the HK factory (playable zone)
2) better narrative closure for Atton and Visas
3) more complete justification for the Exile's final journey to Malachor V
4) scores of different conversational lines that would have filled in certain glaring holes in the dialogue with certain NPCsNevertheless -- I think The Sith Lords is, hands down, the best Star Wars story ever told. The fact that the mechanical aspects of the game are also especially engaging for me is just the icing on a terrific video-game cake.
I just wish I could play through the *entirety* of the envisioned game -- I doubt it would lose any impact, and likely gain MORE.
EDIT: Here's that link.
so much lost. So much lost. Damn.
@Mort.
Poor roommate! Heck I would probably get over my fish distaste and cook her a "fishy-meal" just to get her away from eating out a can. At the very least go out with her to help her find someplace to get her food that's considered halal...
Really if someone felt they were forced to eat stuff like canned food in their room due to dietary prohibitions, I might actually be so bold as to ask politely if there wasn't ways for them to skirt the prohibitions. I know it can come across as insulting (especially coming from a rather irreligious person as myself), but I try feel that the drop in life quality merits a examination of all possible ways to gain access to other foods.I do believe though that a lot of scholars of islamic law consider the requirement of being a sane muslim during the slaughtering process (the Dhabihah), has been expanded to include sane peoples of the book (the Ahl al-Kitāb*).
*Qurʼan, Surah 5, ayah 5
Back in my dorm-days, we had a young Cypriot-Turkish girl living with us. She had never touched a cookpot in her life so, me and a couple of others ended up teaching her all the cooking basics. Not a particularly devout muslim, so most of the dietary prohibitions didn't really come into play much (other then the no-unclean animals prohibitions). It was great fun, and she was such a sweet (and pretty) girl. I'll never quite forget the time, when her parents moved her into the dorm as we got a lot of worried looks from her parents. We must have looked quite like a bunch of hungry wolves, when they moved their little lamb in ^^'.
Couldn't do anything about it because all the accommodation and food was pre-planned before time. Think of it is as following a tour group except that you didn't have any say in the itinerary. Granted the canned tuna there is pretty decent. Otherwise it's sandwiches you try to get out of 7-eleven. Hotel room also had no cooking facilities.
Oh the last time my family decided to find...
care to dine, pretty kitty?
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Well, this should be "interesting"...
Almost exactly 25 years ago, NobodysWife and I ordered a custom sofa and chair (the "King God Chair") from Krauss' sofa factory for $2200. Considering that was close to 10% of our annual income at the time, it was a Big Deal.
We LOVED that furniture, and it lasted us for a dozen years, until there was one of those events that only parents understand that rendered the chair uninhabitable.
So we went to the La-Z-Boy showroom, and tested every single sofa in their entire showroom, finally came to a decision, and bought the most comfy sofa and love seat they had. Entertainingly enough, they were also the cheapest. Less entertainingly, they were made like crap. Within 3 years of buying them, the stitching was already coming out. These days, I'll admit that they've lasted 13 years (so even longer than the beloved Krauss stuff), but nowadays it's kind of a dare to make someone sit on them. They're still comfy, but eeeeew...
So we've been talking about replacing our sofas for about a year now, but our explorations have revealed that the current trend is an appalling "back to the 70s" approach: All of the solids are hideous pastels or bright oranges. Most of the sofas are plaids. I know I complained about it on FaWtL before. So NobodysWife searched far and wide for a custom sofa place, and we finally found one in San Rafael (about 20 miles north of us across a bridge) and went up there.
We managed to custom-order almost exactly the furniture we wanted (they didn't have claw feet), in the color, style, and everything. Absolutely beautiful stuff, and hopefully it'll last the rest of our lives.
Unfortunately:
(1) While custom furniture prices haven't gone up significantly in terms of "real value", inflation from 1993 is $1.74 ($1 in 1993 would be $1.74 today), so yeah, the furniture cost quite a bit more than we'd expected.
(2) We're going to have to instigate a new, "No food in the living room" policy once the furniture arrives. If you have kids, and you've ever tried to institute a new rule in the house, you know how hard this is. With teenagers, multiply that difficulty level by 10.
Anyway, I look forward to having it arrive and seeing whether it's as awesome as we think it will be...
Wow... I went to Amazon to order the manga for Mob Psycho 100 and I can get it in Spanish, German, or Brazilian Portuguese, but it won't be available in English until November.
Somehow that just seems like it HAS to be incorrect; how can both an anime AND a live action version be available, yet not the manga?
Sorrowspring, and undead water fey.
Uh, I missed the library return date by a week. Ah, well, the late penalty will be three or four zlotys...
@Mort
I understand Kitty. I guess its my chaotic side showing, as I just don't like "laws" limiting one's quality of life...
But yea you're right.
*Shakes fist, while grumbling*
Stupid Lawful Kitty, making me look bad! (:P)
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Wow.
I didn't think I could hold Microsoft in even greater disdain, but somehow they manage.
Impus Minor's gaming desktop is running Windows 7. Last night while we were gone, he saw a game he really wanted to play and bought it from the Microsoft Store.
Except... it's a Windows 10/Xbox exclusive...
Except... Microsoft has a "no refunds" policy for digital purchases.
So yep. Impus Minor paid $30 for a game he can't even download and Microsoft's initial attitude is, "Tough noogies."
The Phone Call will occur today, and we will see whether they decide to pursue this appallingly stupid course of action...
EDIT: Sometimes I love working with Indian call centers. They were open, I said all the right things, and in under 10 minutes managed to get Impus Minor a refund. I wish they'd get better soundproofing (sounded like she was talking to me from the floor of the NYSE), but otherwise an entirely pleasant experience... other than the stupidity of having to go through it in the first place.
Wow... I went to Amazon to order the manga for Mob Psycho 100 and I can get it in Spanish, German, or Brazilian Portuguese, but it won't be available in English until November.
Somehow that just seems like it HAS to be incorrect; how can both an anime AND a live action version be available, yet not the manga?
Every Portuguese person I've known (two) were hugely into manga.
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Every Portuguese person I've known (two) were hugely into manga.Wow... I went to Amazon to order the manga for Mob Psycho 100 and I can get it in Spanish, German, or Brazilian Portuguese, but it won't be available in English until November.
Somehow that just seems like it HAS to be incorrect; how can both an anime AND a live action version be available, yet not the manga?
I'd argue, but NobodysWife's best friend is Portuguese, and is co-owner of a comic book store with a HUGE manga section.
On a total side note, we couldn't afford a family trip this year because of:
(1) Sofas
(2) A new roof
(3) NobodysWife going to Portugal with her friend for the first time in her life
I'm just waiting for the number of people who ask NobodysWife, "Who's going to take care of your family while you're away?"
And the percentage of nasty glares vs. out-and-out punches...
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95 degrees today, with soul melting humidity to boot.
The perfect day to go outside!
For very short intervals.
Wait, why are you in Tennessee?
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Uh... Anyone is using M$ store?! When something directs me to M$ Store I take my toys and go play elsewhere.
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Wait, why are you in Tennessee?95 degrees today, with soul melting humidity to boot.
The perfect day to go outside!
For very short intervals.
Welcome to the fun of summer in Great Lakes states. We get horrifyingly cold in the winter and really sweltering humidity with temps in the 90's in the summer. The worst of both worlds.
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It's SO nice living in a place with good neighbors and a good police department.
It's Farmer's Market day, so some jerk in a BMW made an illegal U-turn on our street, hit the Celica, and drove off.
The officer said, "Oh, yeah. We've got jerks who do this all the time. I'd like to do a little bit of legwork on this if you don't mind."
So some hilarious pants-wetting by a BMW owner is apparently in store.
Of course, he's a BMW owner. He might not care. But it's nice that everybody else does.
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Welcome to the fun of summer in Great Lakes states. We get horrifyingly cold in the winter and really sweltering humidity with temps in the 90's in the summer. The worst of both worlds.Wait, why are you in Tennessee?95 degrees today, with soul melting humidity to boot.
The perfect day to go outside!
For very short intervals.
On the plus side, we have fresh cheese curds, copious amounts of cold beer, and cream puffs most people would sell their souls for, so you don't notice the heat so much.
Eliminate the ticks and mosquitoes and you get as close to heaven as you can get in 95 degree weather.
Sadly, I don't like cold beer, but I love the other things.
It's SO nice living in a place with good neighbors and a good police department.
It's Farmer's Market day, so some jerk in a BMW made an illegal U-turn on our street, hit the Celica, and drove off.
Our across-the-street neighbor heard the impact, came outside, took a photo of the car's license plate, and gave it to us, along with a good description of the car.
I called the police and told them that my car wasn't worth enough to go after the other guy's insurance, but it would be really nice for him to get a call from the police department about being a jerk. The officer really wanted to send some uniformed officers over to the guy's house to deliver a "personal" message, but it turns out he's from pretty far out of town, so a phone call may have to do. The officer said, "Oh, yeah. We've got jerks who do this all the time. I'd like to do a little bit of legwork on this if you don't mind."
So some hilarious pants-wetting by a BMW owner is apparently in store.
Of course, he's a BMW owner. He might not care. But it's nice that everybody else does.
waitaminute. You are relieved that the police are going to work someone over because they hit your car? That's nutty.
Welcome to the fun of summer in Great Lakes states. We get horrifyingly cold in the winter and really sweltering humidity with temps in the 90's in the summer. The worst of both worlds.Wait, why are you in Tennessee?95 degrees today, with soul melting humidity to boot.
The perfect day to go outside!
For very short intervals.
After 12 years in Ohio, I know all about stuff like that. I just found it humorous that we were getting the exact same weather.
Edit: to be fair, we are only getting 87 degrees, but our real feel temp is 97 and our humidity is 61.Re-edit: I will say though, I was more used to getting to these temps slowly, but here in Tennessee it was pretty much up to here as soon as winter was over.
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waitaminute. You are relieved that the police are going to work someone over because they hit your car? That's nutty.It's SO nice living in a place with good neighbors and a good police department.
It's Farmer's Market day, so some jerk in a BMW made an illegal U-turn on our street, hit the Celica, and drove off.
Our across-the-street neighbor heard the impact, came outside, took a photo of the car's license plate, and gave it to us, along with a good description of the car.
I called the police and told them that my car wasn't worth enough to go after the other guy's insurance, but it would be really nice for him to get a call from the police department about being a jerk. The officer really wanted to send some uniformed officers over to the guy's house to deliver a "personal" message, but it turns out he's from pretty far out of town, so a phone call may have to do. The officer said, "Oh, yeah. We've got jerks who do this all the time. I'd like to do a little bit of legwork on this if you don't mind."
So some hilarious pants-wetting by a BMW owner is apparently in store.
Of course, he's a BMW owner. He might not care. But it's nice that everybody else does.
I am relieved that police are going to call/visit him and say, "That is illegal, you a$$hat!"
I think "nutty" would be just letting people hit your car and drive off, and saying, "Meh. S*** happens."
We did that for years when we lived across the street from the park. Obliterated the value of the Celica and did nothing for our peace of mind.
Having the police just visit the guy and say, "This is what would happen to you if the guy decided to press charges," seems rather harmless.
Of course, as soon as it's no longer Albany or Berkeley police it escalates fast, but from my call it sounded like the officer was just going to settle for a phone call.
EDIT: I'll admit some strong personal bias. In the years we've lived here, we've seen half a dozen pet cats killed (only two ours), three cars and an RV seriously damaged, and a handicapped man's scooter destroyed, all by hit-and-run drivers who use our narrow street as a thoroughfare.
To say that I'm fed up with drivers treating our narrow residential street as their own personal demolition derby would be a gross understatement.
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I'm curious why "someone did something illegal so I told the police and they're going to do something about it and that makes me happy" would be considered nutty in any reality.
waitaminute. You are relieved that the police are going to work someone over because they hit your car? That's nutty.It's SO nice living in a place with good neighbors and a good police department.
It's Farmer's Market day, so some jerk in a BMW made an illegal U-turn on our street, hit the Celica, and drove off.
Our across-the-street neighbor heard the impact, came outside, took a photo of the car's license plate, and gave it to us, along with a good description of the car.
I called the police and told them that my car wasn't worth enough to go after the other guy's insurance, but it would be really nice for him to get a call from the police department about being a jerk. The officer really wanted to send some uniformed officers over to the guy's house to deliver a "personal" message, but it turns out he's from pretty far out of town, so a phone call may have to do. The officer said, "Oh, yeah. We've got jerks who do this all the time. I'd like to do a little bit of legwork on this if you don't mind."
So some hilarious pants-wetting by a BMW owner is apparently in store.
Of course, he's a BMW owner. He might not care. But it's nice that everybody else does.
I am relieved that police are going to call/visit him and say, "That is illegal, you a$$hat!"
I think "nutty" would be just letting people hit your car and drive off, and saying, "Meh. S*** happens."
We did that for years when we lived across the street from the park. Obliterated the value of the Celica and did nothing for our peace of mind.
Having the police just visit the guy and say, "This is what would happen to you if the guy decided to press charges," seems rather harmless.Of course, as soon as it's no longer Albany or Berkeley police it escalates fast, but from my call it sounded like the officer was just going to settle for a phone call.
EDIT: I'll admit some strong personal bias. In the years...
loss of pets to hit and run drivers is horrific. Those guys deserve to be worked over.
But the way it sounded above, it seemed like you had some bored cops ready to rough up some guy who hit your car. That isn't what we call the cops for around here, but I understand that we live in different places.
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...waitaminute. You are relieved that the police are going to work someone over because they hit your car? That's nutty.I am relieved that police are going to call/visit him and say, "That is illegal, you a$$hat!"
I think "nutty" would be just letting people hit your car and drive off, and saying, "Meh. S*** happens."
We did that for years when we lived across the street from the park. Obliterated the value of the Celica and did nothing for our peace of mind.
Having the police just visit the guy and say, "This is what would happen to you if the guy decided to press charges," seems rather harmless.Of course, as soon as it's no longer Albany or Berkeley police it escalates fast, but from my call it sounded like the officer was just going to settle for a phone call.
EDIT: I'll admit some strong
loss of pets to hit and run drivers is horrific. Those guys deserve to be worked over.
But the way it sounded above, it seemed like you had some bored cops ready to rough up some guy who hit your car. That isn't what we call the cops for around here, but I understand that we live in different places.
That was pretty much my point: I can have faith that I'll call the Albany police, and they'll have a polite word with the driver, and that's it.
Were it Oakland, Richmond, or San Francisco, I would never dare call the police for exactly the reasons you describe.
So I was trying to say, "It's nice to live in Albany because I can call the police, and they'll do what I ask, and nothing more."
Even when we had a towaway junker in front of our house, I called the police, and the officer said, "I can tow it right now for you," and I said, "No, can you please just leave a note and see whether the person takes their car?"
He left a note, and the owner came and retrieved their car without getting towed.
We have a remarkably reasonable police force.
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Welcome to the fun of summer in Great Lakes states. We get horrifyingly cold in the winter and really sweltering humidity with temps in the 90's in the summer. The worst of both worlds.Wait, why are you in Tennessee?95 degrees today, with soul melting humidity to boot.
The perfect day to go outside!
For very short intervals.
On the plus side, we have fresh cheese curds, copious amounts of cold beer, and cream puffs most people would sell their souls for, so you don't notice the heat so much.
Eliminate the ticks and mosquitoes and you get as close to heaven as you can get in 95 degree weather.
That is, nowhere near.
I'm curious why "someone did something illegal so I told the police and they're going to do something about it and that makes me happy" would be considered nutty in any reality.
I see you've never been to California.
a comic book store with a HUGE manga section.
On a total side note, we couldn't afford a family trip this year because of:
WTF?
In the past year, you've rented an RV to see the eclipse, spent a week in Hawaii at the Aulani, and gone to Disneyland for Bats in the Sun, and those are just the ones I know about.
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It's SO nice living in a place with good neighbors and a good police department.
It's Farmer's Market day, so some jerk in a BMW made an illegal U-turn on our street, hit the Celica, and drove off.
Isn't that a redundancy?
Local joke:
"How do you make a beetroot* salad? Throw a grande into a BMW!"
*beetroot (burak) is casually used to refer - among many other meanings - to someone very crude, jerk.
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It's SO nice living in a place with good neighbors and a good police department.
It's Farmer's Market day, so some jerk in a BMW made an illegal U-turn on our street, hit the Celica, and drove off.
Isn't that a redundancy?
Local joke:
"How do you make a beetroot* salad? Throw a grande into a BMW!"
*beetroot (burak) is casually used to refer - among many other meanings - to someone very crude, jerk.
That's pretty dark, you must be in the DC Universe.
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For Halloween I'm wearing my name tag (which says my name and "proud dad") and shirt from Toys R Us and going as a zombie with Tiny T-Rex also going as a zombie.
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Tiny T-Rex: Can we go to the cemetery this year while we're trick or treating?
Me: Sure, why?
Tiny T-Rex (matter of factly): Oh, I just wanted to raise the dead so I can trade candy with them.
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Tiny T-Rex: Can we go to the cemetery this year while we're trick or treating?
Me: Sure, why?
Tiny T-Rex (matter of factly): Oh, I just wanted to raise the dead so I can trade candy with them.
That's not how this works!
THAT'S NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS!!
I'll trade candy with him...
Mhahhaha.
a comic book store with a HUGE manga section.
On a total side note, we couldn't afford a family trip this year because of:
WTF?
In the past year, you've rented an RV to see the eclipse, spent a week in Hawaii at the Aulani, and gone to Disneyland for Bats in the Sun, and those are just the ones I know about.
In 2017 yes, we did Hawaii and the eclipse.
In 2018, we won't be going on any weeklong family vacations; in fact, the family isn't going to spend a week together doing anything (except perhaps entertaining Captain Yesterday's family).
Yeah, we went down to Bats in the Sun for a weekend, but we drove down Friday after school and the kids were back in school on Monday. I don't consider a trip where you don't take any time off to be a "vacation", though I don't have a better term for it. "PITA" comes to mind, but watching all the Goths wander Disneyland really is quite a treat. I know you guys do a lot of weekend outings; I doubt you'd call them "vacations".
I'm hoping to get in a 3-day backpacking trip in August, but considering NobodysWife won't come with us, I can't exactly call it a "family" vacation. Nor her trip to Portugal.
So perhaps it's in the semantics, but ever since Impus Major was 3 we've been doing a week somewhere every year. This'll be the first time in 14 years we haven't done anything of the sort.
We will ALL trade candy with him.
Somehow the zombie hamster swarm became even more sinister by being ninja'd...
I'm curious why "someone did something illegal so I told the police and they're going to do something about it and that makes me happy" would be considered nutty in any reality.I see you've never been to California.
I have not.
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If you like old-school Castlevania, check out Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon. It's everything I ever wanted of more retro CV (talking late-NES/early-SNES era).
So... politics...
I just spent an hour and a half of my Sunday afternoon going over candidate statements, arguments for and in favor of propositions, yadda yadda yadda, all for a frigging primary election (i.e., not even the real thing).
And while I knew California's election process was, er, shall we say, "Eccentric", the number of absolute lunatics running for office this year is rather staggering.
For example, we have twenty-seven candidates for governor this primary.
I think my favorite is the guy whose entire statement is, "Why not?"
(I'm perplexed because I thought you had to get 1% of the population to sign a petition to get on the ballot, which works out to over 300,000 people, but maybe they allow e-signatures or other lunacy. I just can't see going to all the effort to get 300,000 real signatures and then sign off with, "Why not?" Seems like a LOT of effort for a mildly smirksome joke.)
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@Mort
I understand Kitty. I guess its my chaotic side showing, as I just don't like "laws" limiting one's quality of life...
But yea you're right.*Shakes fist, while grumbling*
Stupid Lawful Kitty, making me look bad! (:P)
There's an escape clause, but I don't think that would be a situation to invoke it.
In cases of necessity, prohibited things may become permissible (halal) for the duration of the emergency or need, as Islam puts a priority on life over death. Refer to Qur’an at Chapter 2:173 (Al Baqarah).
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In your case under Singapore laws a police report would have to be made. Section 84 of Road Traffic Act 1961.
84.—(1) Where an accident occurs owing to the presence of a motor vehicle on a road and the accident results in damage or injury to any person, vehicle, structure or animal, the driver of the motor vehicle must stop the motor vehicle and the driver must do such of the following as may be applicable:
(a) the driver if requested to do so by any person at the scene of the accident having reasonable grounds for so requesting the driver’s particulars, provide the driver’s particulars to that person;
(b) if no person referred to in paragraph (a) is present at the scene of the accident, the driver must take reasonable steps to inform the owner (if any) of the damaged vehicle or structure, or injured animal, of the damage or injury caused to the vehicle, structure or animal (as the case may be), and provide that owner with the driver’s particulars.
(2) The driver of the motor vehicle referred to in subsection (1) must report the accident at a police station or to a police officer as soon as reasonably practicable within 24 hours after the accident unless either of the following has occurred:
(a) the driver has provided the driver’s particulars to a person referred to in subsection (1)(a);
(b) the owner referred to in subsection (1)(b) has contacted the driver.
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Tiny T-Rex: Can we go to the cemetery this year while we're trick or treating?
Me: Sure, why?
Tiny T-Rex (matter of factly): Oh, I just wanted to raise the dead so I can trade candy with them.
Aspiring necromancer. Blackwarm would approve.
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@Mort.
Poor roommate! Heck I would probably get over my fish distaste and cook her a "fishy-meal" just to get her away from eating out a can. At the very least go out with her to help her find someplace to get her food that's considered halal...
Really if someone felt they were forced to eat stuff like canned food in their room due to dietary prohibitions, I might actually be so bold as to ask politely if there wasn't ways for them to skirt the prohibitions. I know it can come across as insulting (especially coming from a rather irreligious person as myself), but I try feel that the drop in life quality merits a examination of all possible ways to gain access to other foods.I do believe though that a lot of scholars of islamic law consider the requirement of being a sane muslim during the slaughtering process (the Dhabihah), has been expanded to include sane peoples of the book (the Ahl al-Kitāb*).
*Qurʼan, Surah 5, ayah 5
Back in my dorm-days, we had a young Cypriot-Turkish girl living with us. She had never touched a cookpot in her life so, me and a couple of others ended up teaching her all the cooking basics. Not a particularly devout muslim, so most of the dietary prohibitions didn't really come into play much (other then the no-unclean animals prohibitions). It was great fun, and she was such a sweet (and pretty) girl. I'll never quite forget the time, when her parents moved her into the dorm as we got a lot of worried looks from her parents. We must have looked quite like a bunch of hungry wolves, when they moved their little lamb in ^^'.
I'm surprised that her parents moved her in considering she was the only girl in the dorm? I think my parents would not.
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...waitaminute. You are relieved that the police are going to work someone over because they hit your car? That's nutty.I am relieved that police are going to call/visit him and say, "That is illegal, you a$$hat!"
I think "nutty" would be just letting people hit your car and drive off, and saying, "Meh. S*** happens."
We did that for years when we lived across the street from the park. Obliterated the value of the Celica and did nothing for our peace of mind.
Having the police just visit the guy and say, "This is what would happen to you if the guy decided to press charges," seems rather harmless.Of course, as soon as it's no longer Albany or Berkeley police it escalates fast, but from my call it sounded like the officer was just going to settle for a phone call.
EDIT: I'll admit some strong
loss of pets to hit and run drivers is horrific. Those guys deserve to be worked over.
But the way it sounded above, it seemed like you had some bored cops ready to rough up some guy who hit your car. That isn't what we call the cops for around here, but I understand that we live in different places.
That was pretty much my point: I can have faith that I'll call the Albany police, and they'll have a polite word with the driver, and that's it.
Were it Oakland, Richmond, or San Francisco, I would never dare call the police for exactly the reasons you describe.
So I was trying to say, "It's nice to live in Albany because I can call the police, and they'll do what I ask, and nothing more."
Even when we had a towaway junker in front of our house, I called the police, and the officer said, "I can tow it right now for you," and I said, "No, can you please just leave a note and see whether the person takes their car?"
He left a note, and the owner came and retrieved their car without getting towed.
We have a remarkably reasonable...
I would have let the police tow away the car. It's my right under the law not to have any obstructions afterall.
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So... politics...
I just spent an hour and a half of my Sunday afternoon going over candidate statements, arguments for and in favor of propositions, yadda yadda yadda, all for a frigging primary election (i.e., not even the real thing).
And while I knew California's election process was, er, shall we say, "Eccentric", the number of absolute lunatics running for office this year is rather staggering.
For example, we have twenty-seven candidates for governor this primary.
I think my favorite is the guy whose entire statement is, "Why not?"
(I'm perplexed because I thought you had to get 1% of the population to sign a petition to get on the ballot, which works out to over 300,000 people, but maybe they allow e-signatures or other lunacy. I just can't see going to all the effort to get 300,000 real signatures and then sign off with, "Why not?" Seems like a LOT of effort for a mildly smirksome joke.)
I think it's fair to say that like European sports, California politics (or as it's commonly referred to in Europe as "Futball") are far enough removed from reality as to not count as politics.