you could also add a pull string to the light

https://www.walmart.com/c/kp/pull-chain-light-switches

second vote for "better bench"

who would a flat tax be good for? certainly not an economy that is 70% consumption

you clowns are so naive it is fucking scary

because an "expense" that isn't directly business related shouldn't be deductible

you could argue that your home heating bill is "business related" in that you couldn't do business the next day with the zero sleep you would get without heat but the tax code has to collect something to pay for govt services.

Alternatively we could simply tax revenue and the tax code wouldn't favor any type of "expense" but our system is based on "profit"

that is exactly what they are saying. Tax policy is written to incentivize/disincentivize spending.

A perfect analogy is the 2017 tax act that changed the deductibility of private aviation. Previously the maximum deduction for a plane was the equivalent of a 1st class ticket for each trip taken. Now folks can deduct the full cost of owning/operating private. The folks selling planes are ecstatic because taxpayers are now subsidizing some portion of the costs of owning private planes

we took a 75 day trip with a camp trailer and followed the Columbia River from the Gorge to it's headwaters in BC. The night we spent at Dry Falls was a highlight that we hit by accident

It happened to be a new/late rising moon and half the campground was folks with huge telescopes who let us look at what they were focussing on. Very cool

if you go that way you will be within an hour of Dry Falls State Park which is worth an overnight, especially if it is around the new moon/dark skies

The campground is in a box canyon that obscures light pollution and makes it like stargazing from the bottom of a well. The stars are visible clear to the horizon

upvote for "tongue and groove pliers" which is a perfect ,if unconventional description

FFR the rubber "jar opener" disc will help protect from damage

You could skim coat it with modified thinset

You don't really care how well it adheres as it is just a shim

cold soaked stone/tile will create condensation when the air becomes warm/wet with a weather change. There is no "fix" other than wiping /mopping the excess

3rd time in 3 years?

This is an unpopular idea but the reason the caulk between a tile wall and the tub gets moldy/fails prematurely is because the tile grout is porous and the water travels down [osmosis] until it is trapped by caulk at the tub. The constant wet spot allows mold to colonize.

It has become "common sense" to caulk that interface but if you were to remove the caulk the mold would not form.

OTOH to use nothing there requires careful waterproofing at the level behind the tile. A properly constructed shower should be functional/waterproof before any tile is installed

one caveat

The pull down faucet's hose can be interfered with by the junction box

another reason we need more beavers. The landscape and groundwater , especially in the arid west US would benefit greatly from getting close to historical beaver populations

Great book called "Eager" about the issue/history

definitely my experience

Gain 10 lbs every winter and lose 9 lbs every summer. Works fine until 40 years go by...

exactly, the common "billing consultant" advises doctors/hospitals how to maximize their revenue through manipulating codes for payment

OptumRX has good pricing for my meds. Worth a look

the money is on the other side ie teaching hospitals/doctors how to maximize their revenue through coding manipulation