Do you have any previous blacksmithing or blade smithing skills? Wanting to make a sword without having any previous experience is equivalent to registering for a marathon without having run 1 mile previously. There are a lot of foundational skills to learn before starting a big project like making a blade.

The Steel Yard has a number of classes that could help familiarize you with those skills, but they do have a pretty no weapons’ policy, and when they do offer a knife making class it is an intermediate level class. My suggestion is to take some beginner, skills classes, and then go to a more specialized facility like the New England school of blacksmithing. Good luck, and have fun!

3rd world states.

That's freedom in America. Note my sarcasm.

I hate the south

God that is atrocious. I hope she has family that can sue that hospital and police department. What an awful way to fucking go.

Of course, they want to avoid lawsuits, but Emtala is a very costly one. The issue for the cops or social worker is the hospital just medically cleared her and said they wouldn't take her back. I don't know if there was another hospital in the city but that leaves very few options for the social worker or cops!

Thanks for posting this, I didn't know about this bill and now I've emailed my state rep and senator to let them know I support it!

Yeah, when people tell me they’re leaving New England for cheap living down south I’m always just like “good luck pal”.

Shithole country

I’m in the same boat with the shower plumbing. And I have been, for years (the issue gets resolved but not fully, the drain has never been 100% and gets mostly fixed and then worse over time).

Anyways, I don’t have any recs because I’m so nervous getting on my landlord’s bad side that I don’t bring in outside forces to deal with their incompetence. They’re kind of an asshole. But I’ll be keeping my eyes on this thread and reading the handbook. And I totally feel your pain, maybe we’ll find a solution lol. So…solidarity!

…and the pigs get a paid vacation! Lucky it wasn’t my mom! My life goals would change very quickly!

They literally just have to thread the pipes and put a cap on them, not complicated at all

RI tenant landlord handbook is your friend

My bill was $66 for the gas and $121 for the service. PPL sucks.

Yes I imagine a social worker would likely advocate for the patient’s care in this case, and yes I believe that would have made a difference. Hospitals want to avoid lawsuits, and it is easier to say “no” to a lone vulnerable individual than it is to say “no” to a trained professional who knows the details of the relevant regulations.

Edit: In addition social workers are skilled at assessing individual’s needs, and in this case may have gotten a more clear picture of what was going on with the woman - such as by offering to call a family member who could have provided additional health information.

Welp here it is. My new quest to complete. I now want to hand make a sword.

the maine center for metal arts has bladesmithing courses too if you're willing to take the trip.

https://www.thesteelyard.org/

gotta keep those corporate prisons full! Inventory is money!

RIGL 23-27.3 & RIGL 45-24.3 are what you're looking for for building code and occupancy code respectively.

>It is also the landlord's responsibility to make sure all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, and other facilities (and appliances provided as part of the rental agreement) are kept in operable condition and meet housing code standards.

and

>He or she is also obligated to provide hot and cold running water at all times and must provide heat (68 degrees minimum but it may be higher under some local ordinances) between October 1st and May 1st, except when heat or hot water are generated by an installation controlled solely by the tenant and supplied directly by a public utility connection.

RI Landlord-Tenant Handbook(PDF) is your friend, and should be your LL's too. Seems like they're one of the ones that give the rest of us a bad name.

Thanks! Appreciate you.

$0.07 savings is still so great. Unreal that it’ll be .30 sooner than later, though.

This is also why we need to get rid of qualified immunity. The police officer should be subject to civil penalties for his participation.

The officer should be relieved of duty for scoffing.

Yo, I'm a plumber in Pawtucket, can I dm you?

We are paying .29

17c supply And 10 delivery plus other fees. The delivery stays the same but the supply went down to 10.67 instead of 17.78