Abt switch
The Abt switch is a kind of railway switch used on funiculars (inclined cable railways) that doesn't have any moving parts. It allows two cars to pass each other going uphill/downhill while sharing the same tracks. While most train switches rely on physically moving a section of track so the train goes one way or the other, the abt switch doesn't move at all. Instead each carriage has a grooved wheel which makes it turn left or right at a junction by sticking to the track on one side.
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Um... I've been living with my gf and her room mate for the past month or so and we didn't tell the landlord because they didn't want an extra person living here. We were looking at other places to move to (the lease here ends this month with the possibility of extending it by a month if needed) but we kept being barred because of income requirements (finding a job has been absurd. I finally found one so we can actually start applying now but...). Our angry racist downstairs neighbor told on us and now I apparently have 11 days to leave or everyone here is getting evicted.So yeah basically I'll be homeless in 11 days and have no clue what I'm supposed to do.
I'm only in this position in the first place because a lack of income meant I wasn't able to keep paying my last landleech.
I'm so fucking done with this. I feel like I've been doing nothing but pushing back my eventual breaking under the overwhelming weight of capitalism ever since my family stopped supporting me because I'm a girl. I just want a fucking break god fucking damnit.
My new job is fully remote too so somehow I need a place I can tutor over zoom for several hours a day so I can get the income that could actually fix this bullshit situation.