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Stoneman89
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Bryanbryoil
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Sorry for not replying sooner, somehow I missed this post. Sorry to hear of all of your troubles. Were you given the legal length of notice to move? $75/day is quite steep IMO. Given your health issues, etc. it sure is shitty that the landlord of the place that you're leaving can't be a bit more understanding.
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Arrest made in death of former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Adam Johnson | TSN
A man has been arrested on charges of manslaughter related to the death of Adam Johnson, South Yorkshire Police confirmed on Tuesday.
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Ah shit, here we go again.
Holy cow! I thought this was just on on-ice accident. Are they saying then someone purposely did this?Arrest made in death of former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Adam Johnson | TSN
A man has been arrested on charges of manslaughter related to the death of Adam Johnson, South Yorkshire Police confirmed on Tuesday.
So that's not what manslaughter means. Manslaughter (at least involuntary, which I suspect is the charge) means to kill someone accidentally via negligence. It sounds like they're thinking he was reckless with his skates?
To be honest this sets a really dangerous precedent in my opinion. In sports you do a lot of things that wouldn't be allowed in normal society. I mean hockey literally allows fighting. So now in a sport where your shoes have razor blades attached to them you have to worry about being found criminally liable if there's an accident?
Guaranteed there's gonna be a mass exodus of talent from EIHL if this guy is convicted.
Is that why NHL players are fleeing Canada? Considering both McSorley and Bertuzzi were criminally charged and convicted(plea deals, parole sentences) for things that happened on NHL ice in Canada, and I'm sure there are others. There are some things you can do in hockey that you can't elsewhere, but there is always a line, and when people start dying, the authorities kind of have to get involved.
Somehow managing to drop kick someone in the throat when you have skates on while going for a big open ice hit is about reckless as it gets anyways, and more than deserves an investigation rather than a quick sweep under the rug as just an accident.
bellagiobob
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Stoneman89
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Interesting. Like the part at the end. You just never know where names come from.
"STDs such as gonorrhea and syphilis also infected hundreds of thousands of soldiers when Union General Joseph Hooker allowed sex workers into his encampment to improve morale. In doing so, his name became forever associated with what is often touted as the world's oldest profession."
Here's another.
Origin of the word "crap"
It has often been claimed in popular culture that the profane slang term for human bodily waste, crap, originated with Thomas Crapper because of his association with lavatories. A common version of this story is that American servicemen stationed in England during World War I saw his name on cisterns and used it as Army slang, i.e., "I'm going to the crapper"The word crap is actually of Middle English origin and predates its application to bodily waste. Its most likely etymological origin is a combination of two older words: the Dutch krappen (to pluck off, cut off, or separate) and the Old French crappe (siftings, waste or rejected matter, from the medieval Latin crappa).[13] In English, it was used to refer to chaff and also to weeds or other rubbish. Its first recorded application to bodily waste, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, appeared in 1846, 10 years after Crapper was born, under a reference to a crapping ken, or a privy, where ken means a house
I was given 3 months but it was on a letter slipped under the door that I missed. Someone on the phone said $75 but I never confirmed it.
bellagiobob
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Bryanbryoil
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See that's BS. It should've been sent through the postal service and have signature confirmation. I'm not a lawyer and don't know the laws there but that is weak sauce on their part.
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bellagiobob
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brentashton
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Hey 72. Apologies for not seeing this thread earlier. I hope you are well and have landed at your new home. Sorry to hear about your troubles and lack of an understanding landlord. Positive thoughts and good karma go out to you.
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I’ve never had poutine so I have no idea, but I’m actually having a bowl of my wife’s dill pickle soup as I type this. (It’s her first time making this and we agree it’s not very good. It’s too thick so I cut it with V8 juice.)
brentashton
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Dill pickle soup - Yummy. Give it a chance
Poutine- A heavy, no thank you
V-8 juice, occasionally, especially on ice
bellagiobob
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My wife makes great dill pickle soup, as good as any we’ve had in any fancy restaurant.
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MoneyGuy
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I’ve had good dill-pickle soup but this is not it. Far too thick, with which she agrees.
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Never tried it and have no interest
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