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degggendorf t1_iy62wmb wrote

Reply to comment by theanti_girl in Feeling Superior Because the Heat is Still Off? You Might be a New Englander by wsj

>So if the temp is low inside the house, the actual pipes can drop way below that temp (50 in this case) and get to freezing.

On top of that, the cabinets installed along those outside walls will further insulate the pipes from the warm inside air, allowing them to get cooler than you might think.

If you need/want to have your house get below 60ish, you might want to consider leaving cabinet doors open to help prevent freezing.

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degggendorf t1_iy5nl9r wrote

Reply to Opinion/Greenman: Stand with us so no one stands alone by Rogue-Island-Pirate

Can someone help me unravel this? It seems like there are multiple things intertwined here.

There is one group that seems to be local to my area that is pro-Jewish in name, but also anti-DEI, anti-CRT, anti-BLM, transphobic, homophobic, anti-muslim, alt-right, pro-police, book-banning, conspiracy theory peddlers. Specifically, this one: https://www.facebook.com/RI4Israel

That group seems to have many joint events with the Jewish Alliance RI, but I have no idea just how philosophically aligned they are as a whole. Is that alt-right pro-Israel group seem as extremist to the other Jewish groups in the state, or are they just the ones saying the quiet part the most out loud (or at least, closest to my ears)?

I saw the founder of that FB group stand up at a school committee meeting to declare that there is no racism or discrimination in our town so the DEI committee should be disbanded, while draped in an "end Jewish hate" flag. It was bafflingly incongruous.

To be clear, I roundly and unequivocally denounce any and all anti-semitism, but I am more hesitant to endorse Jewish-social-political groups that seem to have ulterior motives. But mostly, I could just use some help learning more about them.

edit: okay, whew. Scrolling through the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island's FB page it seems they are faaaar from aligned with the Coalition for Israel one. I see they have posted in support for Providence Pride and the LGBTQ+ community as a whole, hosted anti-disinformation workshops, hosted a nonpartisan panel discussion with the Prov mayor candidates ahead of the primaries, and bunch of all the other far-from-political community events you'd expect a "real" nonprofit to organize.

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degggendorf t1_iy3nqda wrote

Reply to Places to get paint correction done for a car? by [deleted]

If the dealer is paying, go to the best place possible. Some dealer-attached body shop that generally does insurance work will generally be the highest quality and highest cost option, compared to a smaller paint shop that focuses more on self-paid paint jobs where the pressure will be to lower costs.

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degggendorf t1_ix5m7qt wrote

Reply to comment by SweatyCockroach8212 in Lowest Number License Plate by SweatyCockroach8212

Design within the same class is independent from number. So your number would be 123•456 whether you have passenger wave, passenger lighthouse, etc.

I'm not sure if they would duplicate numbers across classes, like if there's a passenger 123•456 and also a commercial 123•456, but I wouldn't imagine so.

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degggendorf t1_iwy2fdp wrote

Reply to comment by therealDrA in Providence the giraffe arrives at Roger Williams Park Zoo by therealDrA

It's definitely nice as a human visitor. I'm far from an expert, but I think in the range of zoos, they're solidly on the "display animals for profit" side of the spectrum than the "doing actual conversation work" end.

In contrast, from what I understand the Mystic Aquarium's animals are rescues that cannot be rehabilitated to survive in the wild, and they're what end up on display. But for all those individuals you see at the zoo, there are dozens of others you don't see because they're rehabilitated and back in the ocean.

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