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So clover is taking over my yard. been fighting it for a couple of years. i'm losing the battle.
Only consolation is you dont mow clover as much as grass... it grows 'out' not 'up' and i guess is a lot better than weeds.. seems to be eating those in the process.
2024-07-29 08:54 from Nurb432
this is just personal use stuff, we don't sell it, so nothing
fancy like greenhouses.
We don't sell either, but we like fresh vegetables even in the wrong months of the year.
Grrrrr
"those special adapters, i need to be sure to put them in a safe place so I dont lose them"... "6 months later.....now. where the hell did i put those damned things"
Airfare for me and 20 mowers + a job recommendation letter and I will
mow your lawn forever.
I have 0.94 acres (40,000 sqft) in a county that requires a bit more land than that to accommodate 20 "mowers".
Why do they call it a "county" anyway? There is no Count.
That you know of *insert evil laugh here*
Tue Aug 06 2024 21:41:54 EDT from IGnatius T FoobarThere is no Count.
House across the street is a rental. People moved out about a month ago ( i think i complained about the trash out front, and the city blowing it off ) Seemed like ok people. Had been there 3 or 4 years. Ones before that owned the place, moved and sold. Rental people bought it ( common here.. they get to it before anyone else does. )
For the last 2 weeks there has been repair crews at the place nearly every day. I dont know if they trashed it on the way out or if they left due to it needing so much work and just gave up. ( some people a few blocks away just did that, the place needed work and the landlord was a jerk.. "we are done, bye everyone" )
Yay clothes washer died.
Figured "its just a belt, i can do that no big deal this weekend" no, now its got some sort of encapsulated transmission system. costs 2/3 of a new one.. Freaking planned obsolescence and destruction. Soooooo off to the hardware store tomorrow to shop for a new washer.
First 3 i saw online " comes with its own app" no. f-no.. i don't need or want an internet enabled washing machine. Set dial. Push button. Clean my clothes. That's it. So sick of computerizing what does not need to be.
No app, no cloud, no wifi. Unfortunately you can't buy a machine with a mechanical control anymore but at least the digital controls on mine are simple.
I bought a GE 4.2 cubic foot agitator top loader, model #GTW335ASNWW (currently $699 due to inflation, I got mine for $518 last year).
My dryer on the other hand, is 29 years old and going strong. I've repaired that a bunch of times.
Ordered an LG. Be here Monday. Was ~ 200 bucks off, and no internet, so it won.
GE is what just died. ( not blaming them specifically, i know its the industry that is corrupt )
I have 0.94 acres (40,000 sqft) in a county that requires a bit more
land than that to accommodate 20 "mowers".
That is a bit tight. It might be workable if the area gets a lot of rain so you can buy hay for cheap. Otherwise I calculate you need 3 times that to sustain 4 mowers.
7 years ago I would have taken a job at the US in the blink of an eye, but nowadays the whole thing looks so ugly from the outside that my odds look better staying in a country that is already a shithole. I am not saying I would not listen and consider a job offer, but the thrill is just no longer there. I no longer get the kick I used to get when dealing with Americans back in the day. "Oh yeah, it is awesome to do business with serious people who keep their word and care for a well done job."
You are gonna laugh about it, but the meteoric fall of the US as an industrial power is what in a game such as Trail of Cthulhu would be considered the shattering of one of the sanity supports of my character. It is like when you are a kid and think your father is great and can't do wrong, then you realize one day he is doing very bad stuff. Suddenly the things you believed made sense don't make much sense anymore and you need to reevaluate the way you perceive the world.
I am a quick learner and I can write horrible Perl glue to bind junk together XD.
Well, new washer is a LOT quieter than the old. I wonder if its had been having issues for a while, slowly built up so we never really noticed.
And the freaking thing DOES have Bluetooth it did not mention that when i bought it. It also locks the lid when washing. I wonder if at some point they will reach into it "Monthly subscription fee or we lock you out"
That is a bit tight. It might be workable if the area gets a lot of
rain so you can buy hay for cheap. Otherwise I calculate you need 3
times that to sustain 4 mowers.
There is a property just past my neighbors on on side, that is about four acres (160,000 sqft, 14,865 sq meters, it has frontage on two different streets) and they have a little barn and some riding area. I don't know how many horses they own but I've been told there are more of them somewhere else and they bring them home in a rotation.
7 years ago I would have taken a job at the US in the blink of an eye,
but nowadays the whole thing looks so ugly from the outside that my
odds look better staying in a country that is already a shithole.
Don't worry, we feel the same way here :)
There is a property just past my neighbors on on side, that is about
four acres (160,000 sqft, 14,865 sq meters, it has frontage on two
different streets) and they have a little barn and some riding area. I
don't know how many horses they own but I've been told there are more
of them somewhere else and they bring them home in a rotation.
That sounds more like it.
I think i should go back to bed.. been one of them days.
Decided to put a remote AC switch on one of the solar batteries. Stuck in one my X/10 appliance modules and walked away. Later. "Why is the device hooked to it not turning on".. Doh. idiot... I know better.
And moving the panels a bit a bit last few days, trying to find the best spot ( original plan, i don't think is a good spot overall.. ). Went out to check on power meter after one move. Zero. wtf.. started checking wires and stuff. Finally found one plug that was pulled out just slightly inside it. Not enough to stop my multi meter seeing voltage/closed circuits when testing so confusing the hell out of me, but enough to not connect to the other side of the plug. At least it wasn't on the roof. ( i suspect they will end up there before this is all over.. but i really don't want them there )
And still on the solar kick.
It seems vertical ground mounting is a thing. Facing E/W ( panels on each side ) not a ~30 degree facing south. I had actually thought about trying that, after watching the sun really closely for a few days now.
May take 2x the panels, but it doesn't take up hardly any ground space. While wont effect me, means you could still grow ground crops or animals.
It seems vertical ground mounting is a thing. Facing E/W (
panels on each side ) not a ~30 degree facing south. I had
actually thought about trying that, after watching the sun
really closely for a few days now.
That sounds very inefficient, and very prone to problems. Where I live, I would get a lot of shade from far obstacles on the terrain during very early or late hours when the sun is very low on the East or on the West.