Random Thoughts Sechs: Eeeeehhhh...

[aimeeandbeatles]

I read that if a tornado comes and you can't get into a basement that you should go into a ditch and lie down. I'm not sure if that's right though.

 

[Lexicus]

I read that if a tornado comes and you can't get into a basement that you should go into a ditch and lie down. I'm not sure if that's right though.

It is basically true. A hole in the ground is better than nothing. A highway overpass otoh is not a good place to be.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I don't know how people would think that's a good idea. Wouldn't it just create a wind tunnel for all the stuff to fly through?

 

[Lexicus]

I don't know how people would think that's a good idea. Wouldn't it just create a wind tunnel for all the stuff to fly through?

People often think that a tornado sucks stuff upward, so an overpass will stop them from being "sucked up" by the tornado. You are exactly right that an overpass will form a wind tunnel in tornado conditions. There is an occasional overpass designed in such a way as to allow safety from flying debris but the vast majority are going to be worse than just laying down in an open field.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I am getting tired of moving all the time, though. I have to just rent some place and be done with it - and certainly not in Athens.

I'm fed up with it too. It's made worse because I thought for once with this last move I'd be able to settle into a town for good after spending my entire life moving every 2-5 years.

 

[Arakhor]

At least you get to enjoy the city life, services and so on. I've lived within five miles of my family home for thirty years, so long in fact that said home isn't even owned by my family any more.

 

[Lexicus]

I'm fed up with it too. It's made worse because I thought for once with this last move I'd be able to settle into a town for good after spending my entire life moving every 2-5 years.

This resonates so hard with Polanyi's argument about how capitalism treats labor as a false commodity; having to move around the country every few years because of jobs is a consequence of disregarding the human context of labor in order to treat it as a commodity.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Ben Franklin said moving three times is as bad as a fire.

 

[rah]

I've lived in the same house for around 30 years. I dread thinking about moving.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

This resonates so hard with Polanyi's argument about how capitalism treats labor as a false commodity; having to move around the country every few years because of jobs is a consequence of disregarding the human context of labor in order to treat it as a commodity.

I was listening to a planet money podcast just now (like literally 30 minutes ago) and they were talking about a HUD program where they were paying poor people to move to nicer neighborhoods. This was part of an experiment to try and see if getting people out of ghettos would improve their lives and the thought of moving (even if it potentially meant better jobs, better education for their kids, less crime, etc) was so abhorrent that over 50% of people in the experiment gave up their vouchers altogether rather than move. It really got me thinking.

I grew up as an army brat and moving was just something I learned to endure but I've come to hate not being able to put down roots or get to know my neighbors and neighborhood. And it irks me to no end that the landlord has this power to evict someone over a policy change. Like holy ****ing **** no one should have that kind of power over someone else's life, much less if they've been a good tenant that takes care of the place, follows the rules and pays rent. It's absolute madness. And there's gentrification which is a whole other horror.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

And it irks me to know end that the landlord has this power to evict someone over a policy change.

Even better, landlords can evict you pretty much at any time to let family members move in. I wonder how many of these supposed family members don't even exist.

 

[Kyriakos]

At least you get to enjoy the city life, services and so on. I've lived within five miles of my family home for thirty years, so long in fact that said home isn't even owned by my family any more.

I suppose by "family home" you mean some imposing castle

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I suppose by "family home" you mean some imposing castle

With a moat! And dragons!

Coincidentally, the dragons are the reason why the family no longer owns the home.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Ben Franklin said moving three times is as bad as a fire.

I say this too, only I say "as good as a fire."

 

[Arakhor]

I suppose by "family home" you mean some imposing castle

Well, it was a tall and skinny detached property, but sadly not.

 

[Kyriakos]

I hope that this time it will be better for me in Athens. Although I don't doubt that I will be sickened by the city after a few days :/
At least I have some people to meet, friends and for business deals.

 

[Arakhor]

Well, you know what they say of the Acropolis where the Parthenon is...

 

[Kyriakos]

Well, you know what they say of the Acropolis where the Parthenon is...

I actually have seen that clip before, though I suppose it is some obscure british humour (making fun of saccharine/"jolly" phrasing or something?)

 

[Arakhor]

There's no hidden meaning: it's just the panel making fun of Stephen for constantly fluffing the line at the start of the clip.

 

[The_J]

At least you get to enjoy the city life, services and so on. I've lived within five miles of my family home for thirty years, so long in fact that said home isn't even owned by my family any more.

You picked this yourself, didn't you?

Ben Franklin said moving three times is as bad as a fire.

In my surrounding this is said with a semi-positive tone, because it also means that you get rid of lots of old crap .

That said: I'm looking for a job in another country at the moment, and I'm happy that I don't have lots of stuff.