Xerxes writes:
"A Florida woman who has been living off the grid has had her home declared 'Unsanitary' and has until March to connect her off-the-grid home to the city water system, or face eviction."
[ED Note: Ordinances such as this are not uncommon. My own father once had a property condemned on this basis while he was in the midst of a billing dispute with a utility.]
(Score: 2) by frojack on Thursday February 27 2014, @01:36AM
Ah, well in many places, including where I live, your sewer bill is tied to your water bill, the rationale being that most of the water you use ends up going down the drain.
So that leaves me wondering where her sewage is going now.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Angry Jesus on Thursday February 27 2014, @01:52AM
In fact, from the link it says, Speronis replied that she will "dispose of waste as dog owners dispose of their pet's waste."
So, not looking too good there.
(Score: 5, Funny) by snick on Thursday February 27 2014, @01:59AM
Ah ... rugged individualists!
Nothing says self sufficiency like throwing your shit in the neighbor's trash can.
(Score: 1) by cwix on Thursday February 27 2014, @03:04AM
Awesome, that made me chuckle, and after a shitty day (pun intended) I needed it. Now off to find my neighbors trash can.
(Score: 3, Funny) by davester666 on Thursday February 27 2014, @03:44AM
That's what trebuchets are for!
Just getting it into the neighbors yard isn't good enough, because, hey, your next door with a dog, but 10 houses down the street...
(Score: 2) by JeanCroix on Thursday February 27 2014, @03:53PM
(Score: 2, Funny) by EvilJim on Thursday February 27 2014, @03:06AM
how is that? by leaving it on someone else's front lawn?