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I am wondering what is expected of someone who feels that a contributor has added an answer that is very similar to at least one other answer in the same post. (I may not be able to clearly summarize my thoughts here; if you feel you understand what I am trying to say then please edit my post in ...

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Q: Can we use tenses as we normally do to tell the listener the timings of the imaginary events?

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5:11 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in body (97): What is the meaning of the phrase "multi-faceted approach"? by a deleted user on ell.SE

AIQ

Hey @SmokeDetector how's it going?

Cardinal

5:36 AM

word of the 1:36 AM: sprawl

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8:01 AM

This is Iqaluit, the capital of the Nunavut territory in Canada.

It has almost no trees

This is their elementary school.

And this is the high school.

AIQ

8:17 AM

I wouldn't be able to live there - I need trees. But I sure want to go there just to see the place ... maybe even stay for a month ...

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CowperKettle

3:40 PM

How do you break a social media addiction? You get an app-endectomy.

@AIQ Nice!

@AIQ It's on the same latitude as Noyabrsk, my hometown

But in Noyabrsk we do have trees, although they are not very powerful

Ноябрьск с высоты лето 2015

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Noyabrsk in the summer of 2015

In 1992 and 1993 I used to go jogging to that lake and back

My home can almost be seen along the left border of the frame

Cardinal

4:33 PM

@CowperKettle I like the Russian architecture, I was to Armenia for couple of days in 2017 and the city's buildings and streets were pretty much similar to the Russian counterparts. I really enjoyed the time I spent there. I went there in July and the weather was just astonishingly nice. I didn't stay much there, so I can't judge the every-day life there, but it was great.

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@AIQ Have you been to Alaska, it seems to be a very interesting place to live with a lot of natural wonders!

CowperKettle

4:56 PM

@Cardinal Yes, the Soviet principles of city planning were very good.

Sadly, in the recent decades cash overrules them, and many buildings are built in place of parks.

Starting from 1960 all cities were built according to a general plan which was quite scientific, to avoid school overcrowding, to provide greenery and enough space for roads.

In the southern republics buldings were designed to withstand heat and provide more shade. I noticed that when I visited Uzbekistan as a child.

The people in Uzbekistan were extremely poor, but the city's layout was great.

Even those who are against the Soviet rule admit that city planning was a strong side of it.

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AIQ

5:37 PM

@CowperKettle Oh ... A Youtuber said that it was the latitude that was the reason for Nunavut not having trees ... but then I wonder what is the actual reason. Maybe permafrost ...

@Cardinal Not yet ... I have some places in mind I would like to go see in the US ... Alaska is one of them ...

CowperKettle

@AIQ YEs, I'm also curious.

Trees seems to be quite abundant in Noyabrs, although when I moved to Yekaterinburg, Noyabrsk remembered almost as tundra in comparison. In the Urals, there is much more greenery. All kinds of bushes and trees.

AIQ

the sewer lines are all above the ground

CowperKettle

There was perfmafrost in Noyabrsk too. All houses are built on numerous concrete piles.

All my childhood there was a constant noise of pile-driving machines.

Thumbing down on huge concrete piles to drive them deep into the ground.

AIQ

strange then ... I thought the low temp could be a contributing factor ... but then you have it too

CowperKettle

Maybe there is not much of a soil in Nunavut

AIQ

5:46 PM

In Nunavut, only a few houses have water supply through pipes

Most houses especially in small communities get water delivered everyday by water trucks

They all have a water treatment plant outside their house

CowperKettle

In Noyabrsk, water was supplied underground through huge pipes. I think it was not very energy efficient. Near our house there was a distribution bunker connecting several pipes, and it was constantly warm.

AIQ

to purify it for drinking

but did it not freeze?

CowperKettle

No, it did not freeze.

Even though the temperatures fall slightly below minus 40 C for a week in January.

A couple of times the central power station broke down, and we were alerted that the whole town might be urgently evacuated, because it was in the winter.

But somehow they managed to fix it

I remember we were heating food using spirit tablets in used tin cans.

And using candles for lighting.

AIQ

oh lord ... to have electricity the government ships diesel from I don't know where but from some other country ... and that supply lasts a year

I wonder how big those ships are that carry the fuel

@M.A.R.

haha just @ing ya

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