Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I have a friend who died as well from lung cancer who never smoked. It's speculation but he lived in a crappy basement apartment for many years, I honestly believe the cause was radon.
The street that she lived on used to be a 'garbage dump' for the town. In the last 25 years there have been 2 women, both of whom I went to school with, who died from stomach cancer. My brother's girlfriend just beat stomach cancer and she lives on that street. My brother's girlfriends brother was just diagnosed with mouth cancer. And the man who used to operate the little diner on the main road died from some sort of cancer. Makes you wonder.
radon and mold, basements need to be monitored for mold, even with my woodstove down there, the walls near the concrete floor, the sheetrock can start to turn