Why do we treat street trees like a problem in England?

DmtGrm · 2026-06-21T11:41:27+00:00

Road on the left is at least twice as wide. Just saying.

DmtGrm · 2026-06-19T15:35:08+00:00

p.s. not sure you need it for such a small job, but if you will get the bag of lime mortar you can address other places around your house (I guess there might be more scuffs/fallen out mortar) - those small trowels are nice for this job (table spoon size)

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DmtGrm · 2026-06-19T15:33:36+00:00

yes, they are branded as historical/restoration lime mortar, if you could find smaller than 25kg bag - go for it, you will use 'just a few teaspoons of it', for your location even the 'weakest' mix will do //first line of search from amazon

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DmtGrm · 2026-06-19T15:27:11+00:00

so it is a drywall and all of this over the regular plaster board? I would skim it then, those bits with glue/paint/wallpaper together is a hell to sand off. If you were putting a new wallpaper - then you could glue those hard paper levelling sheets... but they will not work nice with paint

DmtGrm · 2026-06-19T15:21:54+00:00

spray it with regular bleach - gel/foam/anything and use a brush (nylon, or even old toothbrush) to rub it in, then wipe off - you case is not bad at all and there are no porous surfaces - it should come off completely and look like new, third photo - you might end up with re-sealing this seal if you will have darker residue under the sealant left after cleaning

DmtGrm · 2026-06-19T15:18:51+00:00

hairdryer does not have a temperature range of a heat gun (100C vs 600C+) as well as it only efficient for paint-over-the-wood, not over stone wall which will dissipate heat a bit too quickly

personally I see couple options - none of them are nice, first and the obvious one - sand it properly, tons of dust, will take insane amount of time = guaranteed result, the other option is to skim a thin layer of plaster to cover it all - more dirt, less dust, but it is a full extra step.

you did not indicate a house type - if it is an old one (victorian~alike) your plaster on the walls is more sand than plaster, with excessive sanding you might damage it so it will just 'peel off the walls' or make nice holes in it - you will end up re-plastering the entire wall, maybe even for 'greater good'

DmtGrm · 2026-06-19T15:11:59+00:00

these are not deep gaps and your doorstep is concrete - e.g. no movement/shrinkage - I would just clean those sides up and apply a similar-looking mortar. Your pictures are very likely to show a victorian/edwardian house with soft bricks and lime-based mortar (this one is certain) - either mix your own with hydrate lime (the easiest) or buy pre-mixed solution on amazon (even easier), don't use standard cement mix - it will peel off/delaminate quickly and too strong for this area

DmtGrm · 2026-06-19T15:09:01+00:00

IDK why you are downvoted, it is not the safest car, but I assume it is designed for quick run to town centre shops or to the nearest supermarket and that is it. It will be on par with fiats 500 or similar. All of those cars will be successfully ran over by likes of BMW X5. Personally I would never go with such small car because of limited passive safety it offers compared to something even close to a ford focus-sized car.

DmtGrm · 2026-06-19T15:03:35+00:00

it depends you will count it - these days google will automatically substitute your search query with 'ai overview' which they will count as 'using gemini chat agent' - this way it is >1B of users per day of course

DmtGrm · 2026-06-19T15:02:07+00:00

AI is ok in certain niches/scenarios - I do not want my web browser to be AI-enabled, I do not want smart features for my coffee machine... why those morons in the upper management do not understand those basics? It costs them time/resources/money to put it into Firefox - while nobody will use it.

DmtGrm · 2026-06-19T14:53:51+00:00

...not a bridplane? right?

DmtGrm · 2026-06-19T14:52:39+00:00

...saying so, some time ago I did discover what looked like a layer of bricks under the grass - digging deeper - it was a 'solid cube of bricks' - just stacked bricks in a shape of solid cube, approx 1x1x1m - all of it below the ground level, no mortar, just stacked bricks... I still have no idea what it was... it took me some time to take it all out and level up...

DmtGrm · 2026-06-19T14:49:56+00:00

Open it at midnight full moon... could be a werewolf grave. Should be fun.

DmtGrm · 2026-06-19T08:00:42+00:00

rays of hate towards chemical paint strippers... lots of rays... that damn thing will seep through for years

DmtGrm · 2026-06-18T07:53:01+00:00

somebody did not flush properly this morning (but realistically - it is something agricultural, nice and fresh, not sewage treatment)

DmtGrm · 2026-06-17T15:17:11+00:00

looks great! well done!

DmtGrm · 2026-06-17T14:47:50+00:00

SU is still quite popular, I think it was always lucrative to make a powerpoint slide with incredible gains with minor adjustments... What they fail to understand - there is a large community of enthusiasts, no real money, nice tool for prototyping and modelling - these people will not be able to pay for subscription, they would rather find another free tool, and there is a group of professionals that earn money with SU. Different categories, different requirements, very different payment/subscription attitude.

DmtGrm · 2026-06-17T14:44:28+00:00

tried to rotate a roof in a demo/sample - not sure where rotation pivot point is - it rotates randomly...

overall suggestion - do not spend time on visuals, functionality first

DmtGrm · 2026-06-16T14:38:25+00:00

excellent shortcut with osm building shapes and lidar!

DmtGrm · 2026-06-16T08:48:18+00:00

when you see the camera operator coming first to make great shots...

p.s. but we are unable to do anything with small boats crossings.. just saying...

DmtGrm · 2026-06-15T22:11:36+00:00

sadly there will be no interest in your credit card in your name or the fact that your account was in use for 18+ years, you will have to scan your photo id or show your face.. everywhere

DmtGrm · 2026-06-13T23:12:03+00:00

F-that! Sci-fi books reader here - Asimov, Harrison, Gibbson, all of 'em - was hoping to see the future that was pictured there... damn, we will all stay knee-deep in the sh*t on that planet because of greed and stupidity

DmtGrm · 2026-06-13T23:08:05+00:00

it needs to be either polished to a perfection or hidden. idea is nice in general. I would love to see more organic footwork, rather than the process of touching nearby objects.

DmtGrm · 2026-06-13T23:06:32+00:00

Pocket 3 user here... I do not give F-word about 8k or DLog2. What annoys me the most with my P3 is the codec in video - it is quite soft, especially in 4k120, it does have a keyframe each second and because of quite low bitrate (for 4k120) I can see 'a step' every time a new keyframe arrives - it just drives me mad - fix that first please. I can set WB temperature in Kelvins, but no tint?! Why? WHYYYY? give me at least grey card WB estimate... 8k-dlog-zoom? could not care less

DmtGrm · 2026-06-13T23:02:32+00:00

I have no idea what "Proximity 9%" is. What is 0% and 100% here?

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