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Speaking of lawnmowers, I ordered a new blade for my Ego. Like $25 on amazon (I bought the mower second hand, and even with an AGGRESSIVE sharpening and grinding the blade was still a rock-chipped, gnarly mess), and it made a HUGE difference.
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
i learned today that they make lawn mower batteries in exactly identical shape, size, and terminal position.... BUT... the terminals can be opposite of one another
so i put my new battery in backwards and somehow that didn't permanently destroy anything, so neat
WHY would there not be a standard for terminal orientation... i am pretty sure there is for cars
There isn't for cars either as I discovered recently when I tried to jump a Chrysler with a Chevy!
"Simple, real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." -Mustrum Ridcully in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather p. 142 (HarperPrism 1996)
This thread inspired me to replace my mower blades after like a decade of maltreatment. Much improved and I feel like an idiot as it took maybe 5 minutes
More good news - apparently the cast iron toilet connections are still all in great shape, so the plumber said he's going to leave those intact and reduce the price of the job accordingly.
My friends have an overgrown backyard which until last year was accessible through a green corridor in the hills and it has spent basically the last decade acting as a fawn nursery. The does leave their babies there, they learn to walk and jump there, sometimes the big bucks come around just to check in.
It's the cutest thing ever, but they've had to put up a fence because it pretty much rendered the back yard unusable unless you wanted to either accidentally fuck with the natural rearing process, or (in the case of the bucks) get fucked by nature.
More good news - apparently the cast iron toilet connections are still all in great shape, so the plumber said he's going to leave those intact and reduce the price of the job accordingly.
You gotta make sure they're seasoned right though. Otherwise you might get rust.
I have just now realized that the header image for my monthly utility bill email is the fucking marina at Lake Hefner.
This is a row of several of the fanciest restaurants in Oklahoma City. Last time I went there for my birthday I literally bumped into a former governor. This really drives home that I pretty much paid for that withered old fuck's dinner one way or another.
Hunger games ass city, I swear.
man this is a cursed parking lot. once saw a kid throw a frog 50 ft in the air and go splat on that very pavement.
Yo! The mom deer came and picked up the baby and we saw the whole thing and that was magical as hell.
The baby deer returned this morning around 0900 and is again just sleeping in our yard so apparently we are running a deer daycare service
Deer know where hunters cannot operate openly and act accordingly. Back when we were dating, I was returning Mrs. Hedgie home and there were four bucks lounging in the yard. My response?
Saw that are the garden center and thought it was really great. My partner asked if I wanted to buy it and it had no price tag "only if its less than $30, that's the most I'm willing to spend on something silly" and hey, $25.
Sigh ... Just got my escrow report. It's going up 12% because both my taxes and insurance went up 12% last year. But as I'm frequently reminded in the d&d economics thread, inflation actually wasn't that bad last year so clearly this is all just my imagination.
"Simple, real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." -Mustrum Ridcully in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather p. 142 (HarperPrism 1996)
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There isn't for cars either as I discovered recently when I tried to jump a Chrysler with a Chevy!
MF's always trying to mow uphill.
Any chance my copy of House of Leaves was in there?
It's all alone which is making me very sad
Fawns often "hide" sometimes in plain sight to a human, while their mothers go eat or drink somewhere else.
Has the fawn been there very long?
Got here maybe an hour ago, they are just sleeping next to one of our trees. Gonna let him chill
https://www.wideopenspaces.com/what-to-do-if-you-find-a-fawn-in-your-yard/
It's the cutest thing ever, but they've had to put up a fence because it pretty much rendered the back yard unusable unless you wanted to either accidentally fuck with the natural rearing process, or (in the case of the bucks) get fucked by nature.
You gotta make sure they're seasoned right though. Otherwise you might get rust.
The baby deer returned this morning around 0900 and is again just sleeping in our yard so apparently we are running a deer daycare service
So a plumbing job came in on time, under budget, and over spec? Do we still have a cryptid thread?
man this is a cursed parking lot. once saw a kid throw a frog 50 ft in the air and go splat on that very pavement.
Deer know where hunters cannot operate openly and act accordingly. Back when we were dating, I was returning Mrs. Hedgie home and there were four bucks lounging in the yard. My response?
"Oh. Deer."
this is somehow tempting. i could sell my home and buy this school. what a studio that gym would make
Is this the one the Giant Bomb crew has been talking to?
Wonder if that gym wood floor is worth anything.
So instead we did a little yard work to make the rental not seem abandoned
Here's the before
https://i.imgur.com/PcBomsR.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/7r0XkXX.jpeg
It's not great or anything but it at least isn't a barren field of dirt
Men only want one thing and its a small apartment attached to an airplane hanger.
It's tempting because it's 60k!
I wish I could buy it and convert it into low rent housing. Though I suppose the taxes alone would make it impossible.
On my sleeve, let the runway start
Also, according to the Find a Grave record for the Burbank cemetery, the dead residents outnumber the living by almost exactly a 2:1 margin!
Oh. Nevermind then. It's too big to live in, IMO, unless you want to move your entire family tribe in.
Although maybe it would make a good place for a cat rescue?
On my sleeve, let the runway start
Behold, CORN!
YES HELLO WHAT
oh no, I remember what happened last time
Imagine all the chairs, curtains and dangerous objects moved out of that auditorium and replaced with wall-to-wall cat furniture, shelves and tunnels!
On my sleeve, let the runway start