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tiredsleepyexhausted t1_je99ak4 wrote

Suddenly leaving a lawn that you've been napping or chomping grass in is one thing.

Suddenly leaving your home where you've dug your burrow and made your nest and had all of your babies isn't as quick or easy to do. They also likely expect their dens to keep them safe even when things go over them, but then once it gets over them the sound is so jarring...they try to escape at the last, most unfortunate moment 😞

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tiredsleepyexhausted t1_je98u1u wrote

Fucking people and their plots of mutilated nature. Don't know how anyone enjoys having a lawn. I fucking hate it. I hate it when my boyfriend mows, I hate having a mowed lawn, I hate having short, ugly, mostly dead grass simply because of where we fucking live

I would agree with you 100% but this person is likely just following the law in their area and might not be able to afford to move anywhere else, like us.

Don't blame one individual for following the rules that a fucked up society has put in place. They aren't necessarily choosing to do anything.

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Mammoth-Mud-9609 t1_je98nvc wrote

The NHS directly funds the day to day operations, but the hospital also carries out a lot of research in the Biomedical Research Centre some of this is funded by the National Institute for Health Research and some via donations.

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kathryn13 t1_je9818x wrote

Fun fact: the same mill complex where she became an inventor at age 12, now houses the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) organization. FIRST runs FIRST LEGO League and Robotics competitions, run by prolific inventor Dean Kamen, to encourage kids to build robots, become inventors and try to solve the world's problems. It's a cool program.

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