So, I did forget a bill - my water bill is due bimonthly so it's easy to forget. Actually looked at the bill to confirm the due date and noticed that my water usage for April-June was 0, which somehow makes my bill $150. Ain't that a thing?
Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?
Dawn ,'Sleeper'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Aug 16, 2020 10:25:19 am PDT #24916 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jesse - Aug 16, 2020 10:41:59 am PDT #24917 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
None of that sounds right!
-t - Aug 16, 2020 10:56:19 am PDT #24918 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It could be that they aren't reading meters and that's just some standardized charge. Looked weird, though.
meara - Aug 16, 2020 11:03:30 am PDT #24919 of 30019
Juliana I would do that if I were you!! Sadly I have no Canadian connection.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 16, 2020 11:33:09 am PDT #24920 of 30019
What is even happening?
My mother's parents are from Canada, and her second oldest brother was born there. When I looked into it for her, it did not seem my mother could claim her citizenship.
My cousin's father (the 2nd oldest brother mentioned above) was born in Canada, but eventually became a US citizen, along with our grandmother.
That cousin said she's looked into it, can claim her citizenship, and says my mother can, too. I don't think she's correct in what she's told my mother, but I can't be arsed to argue or look into it further.
Zenkitty - Aug 16, 2020 11:50:36 am PDT #24921 of 30019
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Granted I looked into it three years ago and things may have changed, but my understanding was that grandparents - but not parents - being born in Canada did not get you Canadian citizenship. I'd love to be wrong; if I could get Canadian citizenship I'd hunt down my grandfather's immigration papers with a quickness.
aurelia - Aug 16, 2020 12:34:26 pm PDT #24922 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I think I'm going to do in-person early voting. I'm also considering being an election judge. I don't want to expose myself to all that, but if this is the way we have to fight I might. And it's not like my job will conflict.
My best chance with Canada is to survive long enough for Canada to annex the Great Lakes states.
Laura - Aug 16, 2020 1:19:15 pm PDT #24923 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
DH's father was Canadian. I don't think he ever became a US citizen despite being in the Air Force 20 years. I don't think his grandparents ever did either although they lived in Florida for years.
Still, I refuse to let my mind consider having to leave, but I would.
Actually got my butt out and hiked a couple miles in the woods on a trial that goes to a pretty dam and back. I am soooo out of shape.
lisah - Aug 16, 2020 1:46:47 pm PDT #24924 of 30019
Punishingly Intricate
Bob was able to get a Canadian citizenship because his mother's Canadian. But there was a window he had to do that in. And his mother had to be born during a certain time period (& it had to be his mother, not his father).
I can't imagine leaving if I can't bring my folks with me.
Amy - Aug 16, 2020 1:48:40 pm PDT #24925 of 30019
Because books.
It's sobering to think about how many millions of people don't have the means to leave, even if they wanted to.
I'm so heartbroken at what this country has become.