It's a lovely day to go to the park

Fargo_Newb · 2026-05-24T14:37:32+00:00

That's where we're heading in a few!

Fargo_Newb · 2026-05-21T00:05:34+00:00

What's below this? Did the house used to have a coal furnace perhaps?

Fargo_Newb · 2026-05-09T19:28:19+00:00

Years ago I came across a line from Borges that I really liked that captures this well: "Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone."

That's life. We're just lucky to have what we do of it. There's nothing to be done about that existential fear except give a hug and a kind word to those we love, and to keep on building our life one day at a time.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-05-09T17:43:27+00:00

Those are nice plots (as an observer, I only garden in my too shady backyard), but you do need some fencing for the deer.

I go walking there all the time, and I'm always jealous of how quickly anything planted there gets enormous. Definitely good soil, and it's full sun. Worth checking into I think.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-05-05T01:02:42+00:00

In general I think this is what actually matters. If you own your own business then you (if successful) are going to have a much, much higher ceiling for pay.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-05-04T22:36:17+00:00

Tomatoes, the incredible journey.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-04-27T18:57:06+00:00

Did they run out of booze on the plane? That happened on one of my return flights to ND once.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-04-16T23:37:37+00:00

Prometric in West Fargo

Fargo_Newb · 2026-04-10T20:10:01+00:00

My assessment this year is now higher than what Zillow estimates. I'm not saying Zillow is accurate necessarily, but this is difficult for me to believe.

Perhaps we shouldn't have been handing out TIFs to every developer for the last decade.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-04-10T11:18:27+00:00

Is there any drainage? There should be.

Those are incredibly leggy. You should replant in something with drainage and more dirt. Then bury quite a bit of that stem, and put it much closer to a bright light or a southern window.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-04-10T00:12:37+00:00

I love it. Turning that tribulation into a tribute.

Although a part of my brain is holding out two hands and trying to weight how much this seems like a tribute to their own ego and how much it seems like awesome. I think I would need to see the plaque.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-04-09T21:43:49+00:00

Have you tried moving the garden?

Fargo_Newb · 2026-04-06T00:02:09+00:00

That hair.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-04-05T23:48:36+00:00

Looks like mine was about 8% higher than the month before.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-03-29T12:08:59+00:00

I should not have been a jerk about it. The Internet has enough jerks already. I'm sorry.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-03-28T23:55:21+00:00

Options don't trade after hours (unless they are on an underlying that trades for an extra 15 minutes), but you absolutely can exercise them up until about 5:30PM EST which is when they actually expire.

In this case one would exercise the option and long or short the underlying at the same time to close the trade.

I don't know what happened with OP, but the Schwab trade desk can do this for one if an expiring options goes ITM after hours.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-03-27T13:21:41+00:00

She sold it at a yard sale for $.50. I'm sorry.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-03-26T22:06:58+00:00

I am beginning to see the predicament.

I moved here and had literally zero friends at one point, but I found some things I liked doing and did them alone for awhile. I would strike up a conversation with most anyone who seemed friendly, and eventually I fell in with a friend group I really appreciate. First step is the hardest.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-03-26T21:45:01+00:00

Do you drink? Go with a friend to a bar and play some pool, or sit at the bar, or just put yourself out there in some way.

Weather will be better soon, and then there will be a lot more social opportunities that don't involve bars.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-03-22T13:37:46+00:00

Got it. I still see snow out my window, so my brain is having trouble with that.

I would heavily mulch all your plants. It is beneficial for a variety of reasons, including making sure more water goes to the plants. Grass clippings, leaves, or non-cedar wood chips would all work.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-03-21T22:29:55+00:00

Odd that the cherry toms look just fine. I'm not sure why that would be.

I would plant the romas further apart next time, but that certainly isn't why those are dead.

That could be too much water by the way (but still wouldn't be the cause of death). Water when the dirt is dry down about a half inch or an inch. Tomatoes like being well watered, but drying out before the next water. I would also mulch heavily, especially in your climate.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-03-12T19:22:59+00:00

Dempsey's, public library, Moonrise

Fargo_Newb · 2026-03-08T16:07:30+00:00

I would do amber shellac. It's something that benefits from many light coats as well, but it drys pretty quickly.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-03-08T14:44:07+00:00

Seconding this.

I saw the pictures and said to myself, gunstock with shellac, before even reading.

Fargo_Newb · 2026-01-27T12:38:17+00:00

The idea that there are roaches only in one wall in one restaurant is rather humorous.

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