Island Of Misfits

[kevinn]

Pute
I think your lawn could go a day or 2 without being cut. I know you have a image to live up to but it will still be there tomorrow.

 

[pute]

Pute
I think your lawn could go a day or 2 without being cut. I know you have a image to live up to but it will still be there tomorrow.

I'm good, just taking it slow. Thinking I am beginning to sound like a hypochondriac.

 

[Unca Walt]

Fitteen years ago, I did a formal cost-analysis, with real numbers, yada.

Turns out that if you are gonna mow about an acre, with a swale and lotsa trees... A push-mower of any description is out. Consumer Union had a complete (and eye-opening) review of a bunch of kinds of riders.

One thing stood out like a bull's wank was reliability. If you bust anything, most folks never have had to think about how would they get a replacement drive shaft-cum-whatever if the unit was shipped whole from around the world.

Of course, there were manufacturers that had spares readily available. But if your longmoter has been broke down for parts for two wet weeks... you could be in a heapa trubble when you get it fixed.

Next was expected wear. And your own sweat-value. And the wear on you. The Cub Cadet 150 goes for about $3K IIRC.

Bottom Line From The Accountant: If you intend to live for ten years or more, it is cheaper to have a lawn service in perpetuity. If you intend to die in less than ten years, you will lose money by hiring a lawn service.

From an Engineer's viewpoint, it seemed to me the right thing to do was to keep on living. It is cheaper (from a lawn maintenance POV, anyway.)

 

[Tattered Old Graywolf]

67F @ 78% RH, clear, and predicted to reach 83F with good air quality.

Two teens shot in exchange of gunfire.

Portland delayed the vote to sanction Texas to study it's impact on Portland. We can't operate Portland sanely, we are out of control, acting as the embarrassing bad example for the nation, yet feel experts on how Texas should handle their affairs.

Portland Mayor admits it was a mistake to have the police just stand aside and let opposing protest groups duke it out, so some lessons ostensibly being learned that some of us considered blatantly obvious.

Birthday dinner out at Red Lobster, Grayfox's treat. I had one of their seafood feasts, with lobster, shrimp, and crab, which was delicious.

Ford all electric in for its 50K mile checkup. So far I've rotated the tires once and replaced them. cCheap to maintain so far, with the batteries still taking full charge.....

 

[WeedHopper]

Texas doesn't need those fkers telling us shit. There is a reason ppl are leaving Cali, Portland, and New York and moving to Texas.

 

[user 60570]

good morning

going to the county fair today

where is the coffee?

 

[Weirdscenes]

good morning

going to the county fair today

where is the coffee?


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You sure do find some nice pics.
It's noon here and I've just got up (but I only went to bed at 04:00 —but I live alone so there's nobody else to keep happy.
It took me a long while to finally realise that if you're retired there's no good reason (mostly) to keep regular hours.
So.... I'm just enjoying my first cup-of-tea of the day (what else? - I'm a Yorkshireman) aaaannndd your nice pix.

 

[Weirdscenes]

I always blamed my lack of knowing better on Public Education.

Be careful,
In England a Public school is a private school (crazy eh?) popular opinion in Yorkshire (where I grew up) is that that where all the shirt-lifters originate.

 

[user 60570]

All clear around here after about 20 cops rolled into town...I have not gotten the details yet but maybe I’ll see my neighbor and have a chat today

otherwise it’s coffee time

 

[Tattered Old Graywolf]

Texas doesn't need those fkers telling us shit. There is a reason ppl are leaving Cali, Portland, and New York and moving to Texas.

Yeah, we've lost long term neighbors who left saying that Portland has broken their hearts.

61F @ 85% RH, cloudy, and predicted to reach 69F.

A car shot up with about 10 rounds and two more folks to the hospital.

Got a text from my friend sharing that his prostate surgery went OK.

Took the Ford electric in for the 50,000 mile checkup and same as the 30,000 checkup, everything was good so they rotated the tires and charged me $18. Maintenance on this car for the first $50K miles has been a set of tires and rotations, plus two flats.

I took it to a new dealership for the service, because when I took it in for the 30K checkup, the dealership tried to charge me for an oil change. I made an appointment at the new dealership for a 50K mile checkup, but when I arrived it was listed as in for an oil change and a 50K checkup.

When I told the service clerk about the error, and told her that I switched dealerships over the last one, she asked me if that meant I no longer wanted the oil change. When I told her that electric cars don't have engine oil changes, she stammered and apologized, saying she was new. Except for that, they did a fine job and couldn't have been more courteous and helpful.

 

[Hippie420]

I'm anxious to see the crap they pull when the batteries are no longer viable. The replacements will be half the value of the car, and I'll bet they charge a hazmat fee for disposing of the old ones.

 

[Tattered Old Graywolf]

I'm anxious to see the crap they pull when the batteries are no longer viable. The replacements will be half the value of the car, and I'll bet they charge a hazmat fee for disposing of the old ones.

It will be interesting. In my case I paid the $12K value of the batteries at the time, for the whole car from a corporate lease return.

I do know that whole batteries don't fail, just cells and of one organization that was buying up old batteries and building home backup batteries from the cells.

 

[pute]

Been a full morning. Just finished relamping both flower and veg rooms. $300 later! I relamp every Sept. Now I have to replace the r/o filters and get a new carbon filter.....3 years old. Growing indoors is expensive.

 

[Bubba]

How much are filters? I bought the one you suggested. Another member also commented (Bigsur?) And suggested what looked like a nicer model (3 filter cannisters) for about 150.

When my filters need Replaced I think I will just buy a new one?

Bubba

 

[pute]

How much are filters? I bought the one you suggested. Another member also commented (Bigsur?) And suggested what looked like a nicer model (3 filter cannisters) for about 150.

When my filters need Replaced I think I will just buy a new one?

Bubba

Depends on the size. Currently using a Can Lite 6 x 24 inch 550 cfm. If i remember around $100. Might have been a bit less.

 

[Weirdscenes]

All clear around here after about 20 cops rolled into town...I have not gotten the details yet but maybe I’ll see my neighbor and have a chat today

otherwise it’s coffee time


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Beautiful - where do you find these beauties ?
Thanks for sharing

 

[pute]

Beautiful - where do you find these beauties ?
Thanks for sharing

He cruises Colfax in Denver. Then kidnaps them and brings them home to be his sex slave.

 

[Weirdscenes]

I'm good, just taking it slow. Thinking I am beginning to sound like a hypochondriac.

Don't think you sound like a hydraulic at all. You'll be OK

 

[Weirdscenes]

patwi i haven't heard that in years, never knew who it was. a buddy would listen to a lot of different music like i do so we were always into something different. you ever listen to any enigma?

Enigma good - might have said that before trying to think what enigma morphed in - but brain is malfunctioning just now.
Hope I'm not turning into a hydraulic.
(it's 11:20 here in Spain) the time difference has allowed me to get a few words in while you lot are sleeping.
Interested to see what the results might be in a few hours.

 

[Weirdscenes]

All clear around here after about 20 cops rolled into town...I have not gotten the details yet but maybe I’ll see my neighbor and have a chat today

otherwise it’s coffee time


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Are they your wives?
You're a lucky man