ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) / Redsky

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Countries on Visa waiver (Europe, Japan, Canada etc) presumably exempt?

18/7/2025, 9:35:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

I like the BANANAs acronym- build absolutely nothing anywhere near anyone. They think their neighborhood should freeze the second they buy their house.

1/6/2025, 4:08:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Seems like a lot of the foothills counties extending into the Sierras are drawn the same way.

24/5/2025, 1:57:14 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

I don't think small SFH starter houses are financially viable in most urban areas. Stacked flats, duplexes, townhouses etc. maybe.

10/5/2025, 8:02:19 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Not when you can’t buy your first house before you’re 40.

10/5/2025, 2:35:49 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Lived in a 1000 sq ft 3/1 until my kids were middle school aged. (This is the recent past, not the 70s). It was the average size house when it was built in 1949.

10/5/2025, 2:35:15 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

They tried to make it a senior housing complex a few years (the house that just sold next door was part of the package). Didn’t know how far they got but i don’t think it got much traction with the county.

9/5/2025, 4:51:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Moraga NIMBYs are wailing about a 66 unit proposed apartment building.

6/5/2025, 2:43:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Obvs the old man can't hear.

1/5/2025, 1:28:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

I've been busy arguing with grandmas on Nextdoor about the same thing. They all believe the altered image.

30/4/2025, 3:25:28 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Correct: www.pge.com/en/account/b... I think maybe it's been wordsmithed since it first came out.

*Note: Bill payment transaction fees are changing. You can avoid fees by signing up for recurring payments or by logging into your PG&E account to use the One-Time payment option with your checking/savings account. If you pay by phone or use the One-Time payment option without logging into your account, the revised transaction fees below will apply. Effective May 19, 2025, the transaction fees will be: For residential customers using a consumer/personal credit card or debit card: $1.50. For business customers using a consumer/personal credit card or debit card: $6.95. For payments made with a commercial credit card, the surcharge will be 1.95% of the payment amount. Why do I have to pay a transaction fee? PG&E has partnered with an independent payment provider so you can pay with a credit or debit card on a one-time or recurring basis. The fees for these payments are set by credit card networks, payment processors, and banks, not by PG&E. California Assembly Bill 746 (AB746, enacted in 2005) restricts energy companies, including PG&E, from passing these costs to all customers. Instead, only those using this service are charged these fees. The last fee change occurred in 2017.

20/4/2025, 8:13:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

No, it's only a charge if you do a one-time payment on PG&E's website. If you used Bill Pay through your bank (a 'push' not a 'pull' payment) there's no charge. You either set up autopay on PG&E's website or you pay through your bank's bill pay for free.

20/4/2025, 7:05:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

The reason is in the article. No need for speculation.

20/4/2025, 6:58:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

They asked to be sent to Japan instead of back to NZ because it was a shorter trip. Said so right in the article.

20/4/2025, 6:57:33 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Boo! I’m on my 2nd Outback and have it specifically because it’s not a boxy SUV type.

16/4/2025, 4:48:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

The U.S. cannot onshore cocoa production, diamonds, or many of the other resources and commodities these nations export to us.

3/4/2025, 6:50:32 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

“Combined with the ‘self-certification’ contract that exists between US auto regulators and manufacturers, it is effectively left up to Tesla to design their door actuation systems and any emergency-access systems related to that,” Cook said. " (from the Oaklandside article)

20/3/2025, 2:46:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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philkoopman.substack.com/p/people-are... 1/2

20/3/2025, 2:45:44 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

I know what the elderly Nimbys of Lamorinda would say.

20/3/2025, 1:28:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

So, feudalism?

16/3/2025, 11:11:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Watched The Odd Couple movie and there was a scene filmed outside and the air looked terrible, like L.A. in the 70s terrible. In NYC!

13/3/2025, 4:38:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Another long list. There’s already 80-something there (Samoa).

3/3/2025, 5:45:21 AM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

I bought two of the last iPods and stashed them. Current one is failing and I’ll be so sad when the last one goes. So much better than dragging my bulky phone around.

25/2/2025, 2:07:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Kanazawa is a nice alternative to Kyoto that wasn’t choked with foreign tourists when I was there. No, it’s not on the level of Kyoto but it has lots of charms (and a fab Samurai home to tour).

25/2/2025, 5:26:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

ironic that I was just reading this article about a 57 year old teacher who died of flu complications: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

16/2/2025, 9:12:06 PM | 15 3 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Soul crushing.

16/2/2025, 8:15:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

I have that feeling when the local uni's cross country team blast past me on the trail at twice my speed all while chatting casually.

16/2/2025, 5:59:10 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

No doubt his wife has helped out on this.

15/2/2025, 5:22:57 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Heheh may be stupid. Vance is evil.

15/2/2025, 5:44:54 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Eh, they're Mennonites. They're OG antivaxers.

14/2/2025, 10:48:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

It's happening in a Mennonite community who were antivaxers to begin with, but of course it could easily break out of there into the wider population.

14/2/2025, 10:34:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Voters care about the issues but don't like the solutions. They just want to wish them all away into the cornfield.

14/2/2025, 7:26:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Came across one of those while cycling in Puglia and thought it was genius. Just on the side of the trail with a few picnic tables around it.

14/2/2025, 4:53:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

We suck.

12/2/2025, 5:37:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

We were all latchkey kids too - couldn't have helped either.

12/2/2025, 5:35:12 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

We suck. Sorry guys.

12/2/2025, 5:30:58 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

He thinks it will just flow down because south is down and north is up

1/2/2025, 6:44:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m unclear if it ended up in the sink that is the ghost of Tulare Lake or made its way via the rivers to the Pacific Ocean, but either way it was of no fucking use to any humans. Total waste.

1/2/2025, 6:36:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Not to mention the fires were out days ago and there was no water scarcity after the first 36 hours or so.

1/2/2025, 6:31:08 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Kinda validates my theory that most of these guys are shitty people in general.

28/1/2025, 3:16:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

There’s an ice cream shop in my town whose owner drives a Cybertruck wrapped in advertising for the shop. Guarantees that I will never set foot in there.

26/1/2025, 2:56:01 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

The cheers from boomers on Nextdoor are audible from here.

21/1/2025, 8:22:18 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Very possible. There are all sorts of variables that can mess up a crop year. I just know our Satsuma always had that pattern - a good year then a lean year.

20/1/2025, 2:29:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Totally normal. If you want more consistency across years you could thin the fruit in the bumper crop years.

20/1/2025, 2:26:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

The sales tax was because the city has a structural budget deficit. Antis seized on “unfunded state mandates such as the housing element “ as a reason.

16/11/2024, 6:52:53 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

The and HR Pufnstuf are why Gen X are the way we are. And all the creatives on these shows must have bene on acid and shrooms all day long.

27/11/2023, 12:34:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

ecreek.bsky.social (@ecreek.bsky.social) reply parent

Absolutely! Everything gets more spicy over time.

22/11/2023, 10:54:00 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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