Open letter to Netflix about how to improve it

I have not been part of this but I have seen several people's reactions to commercials during their Netflix routine. I understand what you are trying to do and agree with the idea of it but your execution is flawed.

There are two main modes of thought people go through then starting up Netflix;
1) Lets watch that movie that I picked out a while ago (and hope it is actually on Netflix)
2) I am not sure what I want but I feel like a *insert movie genre here* right now

Sounds like you are trying to appease group 2 but are pissing off group 1.

My suggestion? Here are a couple of random ideas to throw your way.

- you need a "not interested" section. Not a thumbs down, but specifically not interested. Thumbs down is saying, I saw at least part of it and I did not like it. Not interested is saying, I never saw it but judging by the cover, I would not probably like it.

- bring by the star rating system (not really related to this but I just really miss it.)

- have a icon, either at the top or along the side where someone can click to ask to look at random stuff. Either totally random, or specific to a genre they feel like watching.

- if you wanted to get crazy, you can find a way to check two different "watch later" lists for any common elements and point those out. When I go over to my friend's and after we have dinner we either chose board games or Netflix (or both) but when we try to find a movie we all would want to watch, we mostly end up with a list of movies they have not seen but ones we have.

We are fast growing into a new machine learning age, and we as your consumers are begging to give you more data so you can help us with what to watch but instead of embracing that, you are reducing it in favor or "figuring out" what we might actually want. You need to do both, not ignore and guess.

Let us all chill together. 

Graveyard Keeper Random Details

So far I am loving this odd game. It has the feel of Stardew Valley but has a very dark sense of humor around it. If it sounds interesting, take a look at several reviews popping up,

This is more of a random fact list of things that took me a while to learn that I sort of wish I learned earlier.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/599140/Graveyard_Keeper/

Build That Bridge
There is a bridge to the West of the graveyard. It will lead to a more open area with a swamp and a witch and more iron. A specific white small plant you might be looking for is there as well. Also, while there, there is another bridge in the swamp that you might want to build to make a shortcut. It costs 6 planks, 3 boards and 10 nails so bring those with you if you can.

Teleport anyone? 
A little bit in the game, the bartender will offer a teleport stone for 2 silver, get it. You can use it as many times as you want (it will need to recharge after each use) and you can have it send you to your house or to the pub.

Blue Experience?
That is the hardest to come by. It is not important for the first part of the game so don't worry about it until after you open the church. After that, get some cake, some faith and some science and learn about all the body parts you have been collecting and each will give you a one time huge amount of blue.

Science!
To get some science, after opening the church, you need to "decompose" books. Buy a good 15 science one from the astronomer for 2 silver to get you started.

Open That Church
Speaking of the church, to open it up, you need +5 prettiness from the graveyard. One essential unexplained part is each corpse has red and white skulls associated with it. You need to get rid of the red skulls to make any good difference. If there are more than one red skull after you autopsy it, then just throw it in the river (or cremate it later on with 8 circle wood just south of the graveyard). To get rid of 2 red no matter what (with the exception of making a "mistake") is to remove the blood and fat. The rest seems to be rather random but there is supposedly a pattern to them.

Moths
You need the skill to find them, then just pick flowers after dark

Improve That Chruch
You want to get at least 10 faith inside and outside the church. Easiest way inside it to make some benches.

Church Interior Improvement Cost
Candlelabra = 6 simple metal
Wall Candlelabra  = 6 simple metal
Church Bench = 8 board, 8 nails

Bees Among Us
There is a place to grow your own bees but it is a little out of the way north of the graveyard. You also need 4 boards, 4 simple metal, and 2 paper to get it working order. After that you still need the tech to actually make the beehives so don't bother until you have learned it. Beehives are 4 planks, 6 nails and 20 bees each.

Some Random Costs
Swamp
Swamp Bridge = 6 plank, 3 boards, 10 nails
Swamp North Blockage = 10 knobs, 2 boards, 4 simple metal

Under Church (study)
Study Blockage = 10 knobs, 1 block, 4 simple metal
Study Desk = 8 planks, 8 nails
Study Scrollshelf = 8 planks, 4 simple metal, 12 nails
Study Bookshelf = 8 planks, 4 simple metal, 12 nails
Study Alchemy Rack = 12 planks, 10 nails, 4 blocks
Study Desk II = 6 boards, 12 nails, 1 lens

Under Home (basement)
Trunk = 4 planks, 4 nails, 3 simple metal
Fermentation barrel = 8 planks, 4 simple metal
Brewing Stand = 24 stone, 4 simple metal

Joys of Fencing with Neighbours

During the early part of 2018 we had two very large windy storms. The first knocked down some rotten posts and fences between us and neighbour1. We left it until the ground thawed but fixed up the roof tiles that blew away because the tilers did not take the little plastic off the back of the tiles so they never adhered to the adjoining tiles. Then we had the second storm which knocked down a chunk of neighbour2's fence and posts. The long fence between us and neighbour3 was ok but one of the posts did break but the fence was pretty much ok. I decided that we should just scrap the 20+ year old fences and get some good new ones all around. Something that would last at least 20+ years.

The year before, neighbour1 had his other side fence replaced rather cheap, though every time we asked, the exact number seemed to change. He suggested we do the fence between us as well. We were low on cash so I said we could wait a few more years. I was wrong.

Back to 2018. I got the business card of the guys who installed neighbour1's other fence. Called and texted 7 times and they kept making a meeting and never showing up and then they just stopped responding to my text all together. I got my wife to call and they actually showed up for her and quoted around $2700. But when it came time to call back to confirm things, again, they never responded.

In the meantime. We got quotes from everyone we could. Home Depot ($6700), people on Homestars ($8700), all of them were either very high, wanted a pre-deposit, or never responded. Going for a walk with my daughter around the neighbourhood, we say one of the neighbours getting their fence done and it looked pretty good. We chatted it up a bit, he was very friendly and gave me the details of the guy doing the fence. I chatted with him a few times, brought him over, he said around $2700-$3000 and could start as soon as he was done with this house.

I told neighbour2 right away and they were fine with it. Wife spoke to neighbour1 and he kept saying he wanted cheaper and we kept saying, this included the gate and it would be more cement above the ground so the posts would not rot again. He was ok.

Wife and I tried several times to talk to neighbour3, whom is behind us, on a different street. Several times during our walks, we would stop buy and knock and no one would answer. So I decided to write a letter. It had my intensions as well as 3 different ways to contact me. I actually talked with the wife and elder son and they took the letter and said the husband makes these decisions so would give it to him when he got home as he was away. This was around the time we just got the quote from the $2700 guys and before they disappeared.

Soon after, I got an email from neighbour3 husband saying;
"Sorry, I was away and could not respond to your letter on time. Yes, I am willing to join the group in replacing the fence. Please let me know my portion to when its all done.

Thank you,"

Then those builders disappeared so I gave an update saying it was taking time to get this organized. He responded, "Thank you for the information."

When we finally got the contractor on board my wife went over their with our daughter and tried to contact them in person but no one answered. As she was walking away, an unmarked car rolled up, someone got out with a submarine sandwich sized package and knocked on neighbour3's door and someone took the package and the person drove away. My wife saw this, went back to the door and again, no one answered. This all happened around 9pm (dusk) on Friday.

Because of no response, I emailed (the only way we had access to them) saying;
"Just a quick update, we have a contractor coming in and should be starting work within a few days on the fence. He should have estimates for everyone available. 
They had a very good price compared to everyone else and the neighbour down the street just finished with them."

Sunday rolls by, the contractor say he spoke to all the neighbours and gave them estimates so he started tearing down the fences. We were out at a farm for the kids and on the way back we got a call from the non-english speaking in-laws whom were living with us. They said to my wife that the neighbour3 wife was freaking out yelling at the contractor for tearing down their fence. We rushed home and I went to their house.

She started relatively calm but quickly escalated with anger as I kept pointed out that the husband agreed to this via email which is sounds like she was not informed of. I pointed out we tried to contact them several times but it was very difficult and she just blasted saying they are very busy. Then the husband drove up and I started speaking to him while she stormed off saying they were not going to pay for a darn thing. (City by-law says otherwise).

Finally got to meet neighbour3 in person. He was fine, mostly but later said, in the email, he meant to let them know of the quote before starting. The email (above) did not sound at all like that intention to me. I empathized saying that I would be annoyed if someone started tearing down my fence without consent but he agreed there was a miscommunication and seemed ok with things. Sounds like he wanted to do the minimum amount as he showed the other fence he has with another neighbour and all they did was replace some of the posts. He seemed ok but wanted a offical quote from the contractor so I created an email between the contractor's wife and him to iron things out.

A few days later the posts are up and it sounds like neighbour1 has been badgering the contractor for over 4 hours while he was putting up the posts. I took a look when the fences were installed and noticed there was a lot of wiggle on the fences. The father-in-law said the neighbour not only talked the contractor out of raised cement (which would prevent rot on the posts) but also told him to put one less post and spread the posts out more. Thus the large wiggle. I had no idea this happened until the fence for that side was up. It wiggles a lot and to top it off, the largest area is exactly where the fence fell down in the first place. This quickly went from a 20+ year fence to a maybe 5 year fence. I fear someone just has to lean on it and it will break.

I'll update this as more happens (which I am sure it will). I spoke with my coworkers and the one that did their fence a few years back said he just paid for the whole thing himself. I am beginning to see why.

Peel Region Consiracy?

Questions to answer (or at least ask in more detail). If anyone knows, please post here.

- Why do no new houses have fireplaces?
- Why is there a natural gas monopoly?
- Why a gas prices impossible to understand
- Why does everyone have to pay $50 per month to rent a water heater that costs less than $800?
- Why can't we just pay for the gas we use at a standard rate?
- How can we get out of renting the hot water heater and buy our own?
- Was there some sort of agreement or kickback when the house were made to not have fireplaces and force the rental of the hot water units?
- Why do real estate agents force home buyers with the rental agreement? How is that legal?