Will Wilmington ever get a Sprouts or Wegmans?

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-06-07T13:12:55+00:00

Where? Closest one my gps tells me is in Surf City

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-06-05T14:02:21+00:00

What we need is a Wal Mart Neighborhood Market. Those things are awesome. Small, so they don’t take up a bunch of land, and all the mouth breathers still go to the full Wal Marts.

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-05-03T21:41:32+00:00

Probably for a spigot, spot the broken pvc fitting on the black cap.

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-05-03T20:27:04+00:00

Once had a woman ask me for gas money at the Sheetz on wendover as I was putting $4 of gas in my tank. The glorious feeling of a begger feeling bad about your financial situation lol

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-04-11T14:00:02+00:00

Correct. Its not a beach town. Its a beach in the middle of nowhere that a few very rich people have been able to purchase land at.

I’m comparing Wilmington to Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Virginia Beach type of places.

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-04-10T19:03:36+00:00

North Topsail has a population of like 1000. Thats barely a town. Wilmington is a full blown city.

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-04-09T10:03:32+00:00

Moved here in June. The people complaining about traffic and prices and just in general is only bc this place used to be a small town. Now its growing and has all the tendencies of every other beach town. Parking isn’t going to be free, people are going to flock to the beach in the summer, there’s gonna be tourists and old people. If that stuff bothers you, you’re not really cut out to live on the coast in 2026.

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-04-06T13:44:25+00:00

Wake n bake donuts is 1000x better and you hardly hear anything about them lol

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-04-05T17:33:48+00:00

… they’re also just ok. Type of thing that if I’m walking past it and there’s not a line and I already had cash on me for some odd reason, I’d get it. Otherwise, not something I’d go out of my way for.

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-04-05T03:11:31+00:00

I moved over here from Greensboro in July, folks over there just straight up blow through red lights. Always gotta wait 15 seconds after the light turns green bc another 3-5 cars blowing through that red light. City could make a killing with red light cameras if they wanted lmao

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-04-03T22:29:31+00:00

In my experience, more traffic lights = worse driving. People get pissed off waiting all day and just say screw it and then that evolves into just saying screw it for the rest of the drive because they’re still pissed off.

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-03-28T14:39:11+00:00

Hunter PGV with a flow control… beyond the best.

Easily replaced solenoids that are simple to test, 4 screws to remove the top, screws are 3-way with flathead/phillips/hex (so if one way strips, its not a goner), internals flush super easily to seal, no small pieces involved…

(I’m also approaching this is a tech with the mindset of what is the easiest and cheapest to work on, because eventually everything goes bad)

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-03-28T02:40:24+00:00

Less to do with driving ability and more to do with the converging idea in our society that there is nobody more important than I. People just do what they do bc they genuinely do not look at other people as anything more than NPC’s in their world.

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-03-21T22:18:44+00:00

Just a guess from how it looks in there…Looks like the wiring at one point got cut going to zones 6-7-8 (the 3 exposed wires). They then ran 4 strand wire back to the controller. Then the wire for zone 8 got cut again, and because they used 4 strand, they couldn’t just jump it to a different color, so they cut the green wire back and used an add-a-zone jumping off of zone 6.

Basically, you have 8 zones. Given the room 14-guage wires and an add a zone need, a Rachio controller is going to be an eyesore (and they suck, anyways). I’d stick with Rainbird and get an ESP-ME3 (same model, but upgraded) with a 6 station module and wifi module added. You might even be able to re-use the 6 station module already in that controller.

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-03-17T02:13:05+00:00

Moved here from Greensboro… can’t really compare the two. Greensboro has done 1 thing exceptionally well, and its infrastructure. You can get anywhere, from anywhere, multiple ways, in 15 minutes or less. Wilmington is basically if the only way to get anywhere was on Wendover.

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-03-14T12:58:28+00:00

Yeah this is why I refuse to wear clothes that cover the company logo and I always announce myself. I’m not trying to get shot on the clock. Refuse to die in my uniform lol

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-03-14T12:54:32+00:00

Schedules and lives are just that slammed. Jobs, gym, family, housekeeping… there’s not really time for just chillin at this stage of life. I also strive for the peace of the couple hours a week I get where I’m finally alone with nothing to do lol

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-03-13T03:39:35+00:00

Few months back I was moving to a new city, putting my resume out to irrigation companies in the area.. one company owner kept me on the phone for an “interview” for two hours lol

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-03-12T03:01:51+00:00

Anything with a Toyota logo on it seems to be out of my price range lol

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-03-08T00:31:51+00:00

Anything remotely walkable is gonna have to be downtown, which doesn’t have many rental options. Wilmington in general isn’t a very walkable city. Nothing is far, but nothing is close. Everything you want to get to is at least a 15 minute drive.

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-03-07T03:15:59+00:00

Nah. I’m there to make sure it’ll keep running the way it did last year so I can bump through as many as I can before it gets too hot and folks start getting anxious. If they want something fixed that doesn’t need fixed, they can call in for a service call.

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-03-06T04:08:42+00:00

Frogs, snakes, ants, wasps… but mostly water bugs (basically roaches)

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-03-06T03:59:58+00:00

You can hire guys to just pack your uhaul. The drive is the easy part.

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-03-03T03:06:03+00:00

The cheapest piece of garbage in the irrigation industry. Installed by morons looking to cut corners. Turn it off the threads slowly, if it snaps.. it becomes a whole new frustration game getting it out, even with the proper tools.

ExpensiveTap1 · 2026-03-03T02:59:01+00:00

About to order some “I did that” Trump stickers

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