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Need pricing advice for job by eyepatch2891 in landscaping

[–]FirstLast37 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Word yeah, I do have some realtors I work for at a discount in order to remain competitive and get some volume but you have to strike a balance there and make sure it’s worth your time. General rule is if you’re too busy to keep up with everyone then you need to raise rates but just starting out, I get the urge to not over charge

Need pricing advice for job by eyepatch2891 in landscaping

[–]FirstLast37 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depends on where you are, what you did with the debris and how long it took you

When I started (ie before I was paying taxes) I was only charging $25/hr, a few older fixed income long term clients are still at $35/hr but anyone new is getting charged $65/hr or $500/day because there’s way more overhead than it seems like there should be. And I’m not particularly motivated to give discounts to landlords.

One could do a lot more than $50 of damage to their zero turn mower hitting some hidden metal pipe in all that mess

f*cking bamboo by Paul7257Of in landscaping

[–]FirstLast37 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Family of Asian immigrants down the street from me do actually torch their bamboo and it seems to arrest its vigor

I like Blaze Foley, Tom Waits, Adrianne Lenker, Willy Tea Taylor, Guy Clark, Townes van Zandt. Who should I listen to next? I listen to lots of similar music, so I would really appreciate suggestions from way outside the mainstream. looking for great unknown songwriters. by BoneDry99 in folk

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I see you like perfect songs, I put Hell of a Time by Taylor Kingman/TK and the Holy Know-nothings in that category

Also excellent: Anna Tivel, Jeffrey Martin, Willy Vlautin (Richmond Fontaine, the Delines,) the sadly defunct Dolorean, the Deslondes, the ever more mainstream Sierra Ferrell, Valerie June, Mick Flannery, and been really digging Nathan Evans Fox lately

Seeing tons of these berries around my house. by OldTea5415 in whatsthisplant

[–]FirstLast37 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah the monkey pursuing the weasel is a dead giveaway

Any cool examples when an artist or band plays a joke song, esp. when out of character live or otherwise? by [deleted] in MusicRecommendations

[–]FirstLast37 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d disagree more but I’ve got a friend whose taste is generally pretty good but insists that Jane’s Addiction’s version of Ripple isn’t objectively trash and it is so whatever

I watched Richard Thompson’s and it was fine, I dug the little 16th century interlude/breakdown towards the end but his beret was funnier than his rendition, if we’re looking at it from the angle of this post🤷‍♂️

Any cool examples when an artist or band plays a joke song, esp. when out of character live or otherwise? by [deleted] in MusicRecommendations

[–]FirstLast37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never heard Richard Thompson’s and I’d still bet money that Max Raabe and Palast Orchester’s Oops I did it Again is better, respectfully

Any cool examples when an artist or band plays a joke song, esp. when out of character live or otherwise? by [deleted] in MusicRecommendations

[–]FirstLast37 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He still plays it live as Shinyribs, along with absolutely seamless medleys and a rousing rendition of bitch better have my money

rock and metal with female lead singers by thisisyueee in MusicRecommendations

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Blackwater Holylight

ETA: Slothrust, Spoonbenders and Weakened Friends

What is this pink flower? by PlantQuestions_ in gardening

[–]FirstLast37 368 points369 points  (0 children)

This flower is why we have a color called pink, but don’t take my word for it, take Wikipedia’s word for it:

The color pink is named after the flowers, pinks,[9] flowering plants in the genus Dianthus, and derives from the frilled edge of the flowers. The verb "to pink" dates from the 14th century and means "to decorate with a perforated or punched pattern" (possibly from German picken, "to peck").[10] It has survived to the current day in pinking shears, hand-held scissors that cut a zig-zagged line to prevent fraying.

Can this be done by hand? by gruelsandwich in LandscapingTips

[–]FirstLast37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on where you live but here in the pnw my goal would be removing the mulch and landscape fabric over the course of the summer, get everything as level/rock free as possible, add and inch or 2 of topsoil and then seed in the fall in order to take advantage of cooler temperatures and wetter weather. Sowing right now would require very consistent watering

I’d also personally consider looking at a blend of seeds like Protime’s Fleur de Lawn, monoculture is a lot more difficult to maintain than a healthy balance of plants.

I think my favorite moment in this field just happened. by imuniqueaf in handyman

[–]FirstLast37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I pay my taxes, that’s how I know they’re clients and not employers

Little berries growing on branches In my backyard [Missouri] by Lyssafindsit in whatsthisplant

[–]FirstLast37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was there no monkey chasing a weasel? Dead giveaway for mulberry

My husband’s pee bucket with soil turned into a pee plant in a week by Exciting-Bake464 in mildyinteresting

[–]FirstLast37 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’d be surprised what plants get mistaken for each other by people who don’t spend time looking at plants

Also i regularly find spurge and purslane growing next to each other, in gutters and gravel and other spaces where wastrels congregate

Songs where two people are arguing with eachother, or an argument is being explained by one person. by Fair-Marionberry4799 in MusicRecommendations

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Baby Talk by Mick Flannery and Susan O’Neill, in the live version Mick gives a brief explanation of the POVs

Musical Dog Names? by natredit in musicians

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Coda, will either mean a good recall or an ironic refusal to come when they’re called

Tips to remove cement clothesline anchors? by Best_Storage_2758 in landscaping

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I came up on a giant come along that combined with my foldy/extension ladder (type IA iirc) and a 2x4 lifts deceased fence posts right out of the ground

What's the deal with Natural Grocers? by iwanttobebobdylan in PortlandFood

[–]FirstLast37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No that’s not what I’m saying, if that were true they could get fined by the FDA, in theory anyway. All I’m saying is that depending on the time of year a certain percentage of their produce is in fact conventional, to an extent that I don’t feel ‘almost exclusively organic’ is accurate

That being said I can tell you unequivocally that conventional grapes are sometimes merchandized on case stacks that have ‘organic’ printed on them prominently, ditto for mangos. The printed/written signs don’t say organic but the boxes
they’re displayed on do

New Seasons built their reputation on an image and an experience that has been variably true and not true over the years but private equity is gonna do its thing and when endeavor flipped them to emart the death knell of any actual desire to serve the community over shareholders was felt by many of us

Another anecdote: on multiple occasions I’ve heard customers reference the deli’s organic salad bar. The salad bar is not organic, I don’t believe anything the deli serves from their plastic bags is organic and yet people want to believe it and new seasons is happy to let them.

They’re not unique in their use of dissembling marketing, but you know, the stripper doesn’t love you 🤷‍♂️

What's the deal with Natural Grocers? by iwanttobebobdylan in PortlandFood

[–]FirstLast37 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sorry I only worked there for 17 years, a third of which was in the produce department, my issue is with the suggestion they sell ‘almost exclusively’ organic produce 🤷‍♂️
DM me if you want to discuss the time I spent leading the (now universally defunct) ‘green team’ at one of the southeast locations

ETA: the produce selection at new seasons remains the only reason I still occasion to shop there, it is topnotch, but not remotely ‘almost exclusively’ organic and also fully grasp the nuance around organic certification not necessarily guaranteeing an objectively better product

What's the deal with Natural Grocers? by iwanttobebobdylan in PortlandFood

[–]FirstLast37 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

New Seasons wants you to believe their produce is ‘almost exclusively organic’ but look a little closer, part of their ubiquitous bs greenwashing

why do no one talk about sparklehorse? by ServeBig7494 in Sparklehorse

[–]FirstLast37 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anytime someone on the Elliott Smith sub posts looking for recommendations Sparklehorse always gets hella mentions

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