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…capitalism’s dirty little secret: excessive lending was the only way to maintain the living standards of the vast bulk of the population at a time when wealth was being concentrated in the hands of an elite.
…the Walton family, of Wal-Mart fame, is wealthier than the bottom third of the US population put together – about 100m people.
A woman is pulled from near the Center Street dam by construction worker Jason Oglesbee on Tuesday. A man who was with the unidentified woman died in the Des Moines River. A rescue team from the Des Moines Fire Department tried several times to rescue the woman but could not get close enough to her. (via Andrea Melendez/The Register)
Oglesbee was reluctant to give his name or be interviewed when first approached by members of the media. He later allowed a couple of questions before returning to work.
“They just harnessed me up and dipped me down in the water and I grabbed her and the crane drug her to the boat and that’s it,” Oglesbee said. “What are you going to do if she’s like that? It’s no big deal. The whole crew did it.”
For those that don’t know, the flush valve chain lives in the tank of your toilet and connects the lift rod to the flush valve. You see, when you push down on the handle of your toilet, you’re raising the lift rod, which in turn lifts the flush valve at the bottom, which allows the tank’s water to flood the bowl. (What you do is still disgusting).
- 2 rubberbands
- half of a plastic spoon
- a torn portion of a t-shirt
- 4 inches of what looks like used to be the handle of a backback
Most flush valve chains are made of metal, like everything else that has chain in its title. Mine’s not. One of the best parts of subletting is that you get to fix things yourself, and stick your hands into the less filthy half a toilet once a week and reconnect the t-shirt to the plastic spoon, moments after what is then considered the 2nd most shameful thing you’ve done all day.
Aaahaha - thanks for the laugh. (I would do this exactly once then spend a buck on a few inches of chain at the hardware store.)
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Lost + Full House
Ha, this is great.
I love this kind of stuff and this is an especially good one.