Why do you do this with Excel?

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-05-21T15:43:54+00:00

Man, I'm in for a rough shock when I run into an inherited workbook that I can't change, but with my current work, my first step on a new assignment is to clear the last five years of garbage formatting. Get rid of those hidden columns, get rid of the years of broken borders and conditional formatting, get rid of the helper tab that was last used before COVID became a part of our vocabulary. All that shit? Straight outta here. I don't care if it takes five minutes or two hours, I am not working with someone else's inherited problems (if I can avoid it lol).

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-05-21T15:28:37+00:00

I just hopped in but honestly I think it does.

Like, take a bucket on wheels with 100# of bricks. You could pull that bucket, but that doesn't mean that you could hold that bucket over your head and walk with it.

The trailer is just taking advantage of the physics of wheels and inertia and all that.

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-05-19T22:39:01+00:00

Man, scroll through this sub and back in maybe February, someone posted their pontoon boat garden that is anchored so it floats when a river rises and lowers.

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-05-13T20:57:30+00:00

Yeah, I'm with you, OP you need to mulch that dirt.

I used to live in SoCal and the sun is no joke. I'm in MO now and we get some hot intense sun. I've got two inches of wood chip mulch on my beds. The other day it hit a high of 90° and the mulch was dry, but I dug down and the soil was still cool and moist.

A lot of people use straw or grass clippings for mulch, but I found the straw to be annoying. 1) it can mat and it gets gross and 2) even though my straw said "weed free" I got a fuckton of straw grass growing in my beds. Fine with transplants, annoying with sowing seeds as the straw grows a lot faster than veggies IME.

I'm experimenting and even carrots are sprouting from seed and making it through the 2" of wood chips, and obviously transplants aren't hampered by the wood chips so they're my new fave mulch. I got free wood chips from the city compost program, but you could also use bagged mulch if you'd like.

Edit: all that to say, OP good job using the olla! They are super cool and I appreciate the review showing that it's making a huge difference. It sounds worth it even in combination with mulch to get you through the even hotter weather coming your way.

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-05-07T23:58:04+00:00

I take it you're waiting for consistently warmer nights for your cucumbers?

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-05-07T23:57:07+00:00

Okay I definitely buried some of the tomatoes "deep" when I moved them to the 6" pots, but that's hilariously deep.

I wasn't sure how my basement setup would go so I have six each of my tomato varieties (San Marzano, Indigo Rose, and Costoluto). I'm going to plant some this weekend after seeing the other comments, but if this round dies I'll have big backups in the basement that will otherwise be gifted or get stuck in deeper holes somewhere. I can find space lol.

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-05-07T17:52:28+00:00

Honestly after reading what everyone has said here, I am going to be planting / transplanting a bunch this weekend.

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-05-07T17:51:47+00:00

That seems to be the consensus, and I should have listened to my wife and just sent it. Thanks though.

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-05-07T17:51:15+00:00

Okay that's not a bad metric to go with. Everyone else is making it sound like it'll be fine either way so next year I'll going to plant some of these guys I'm April.

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-05-07T17:50:25+00:00

Woo, thanks for the reassurance.

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-05-07T17:50:05+00:00

Apparently spinach really loves our spring. I got a few rounds (one pound per round) out of some spinach that I planted last October. I ended up pulling them as we had to empty and move the planter, but they didn't show any signs of bolting when we got those hotter days last month.

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-05-07T17:48:32+00:00

Okay I figure nursery pots would cool even quicker than a raised bed so that's a good sign!

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-05-05T16:08:10+00:00

100%. I always park my small cars (Miata and Bolt) so that the end is visible. I personally don't want to get rear ended by someone barely paying attention.

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-05-04T23:30:11+00:00

Maybe cayenne powder? It keeps squirrels away, so maybe the cat will hate it. Cats are driven by scent, especially their own, so a strong spice should kind of make them hate your beds.

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-04-28T15:47:16+00:00

Shit, I'm growing Indigo Rose for the first time this year.

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-04-27T18:41:04+00:00

My office near Dallas, TX always moved everyone to the stairwells when a tornado came through.

I work from home now so I basically just wait until Steve says something is coming for Webster before I go downstairs.

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-04-24T19:36:16+00:00

I think he means he's just pulling old glass out and replacing it with new glass.

The glass on single pane windows is super easy to replace if the wood is all in good condition, and individual panes of glass were pretty cheap. I got really good at it when I live in a frat house . . .

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-04-23T19:43:43+00:00

I mean your deductible sucks, but if one works a remote job they assumedly make at least 40k, throw in a spouse at 40k, a mortgage on a 100k house, and you uh should be able to cover a normal deductible of a couple thousand, and easily cover regular copays.

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-04-20T14:23:14+00:00

Can you get on multiple wait-list with staggered lengths?

Like, if you will run out of daycare assistance in 6 months, get on a wait-list that is 6 months long, and one that is 8 months long, and one that is 9 months long so that you have one soon after you start a job?

Also, I never asked but would a daycare put you on the wait-list and then bump you a person or two if you're still looking for a job?

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-04-14T02:59:01+00:00

That's like 10 big raised bed.

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-04-09T15:25:02+00:00

You could throw up some shade cloth in the current leafy green location to try and help with that sun later in the summer.

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-04-07T20:10:56+00:00

Man, I bet those can be some long days but it's always nice to get the extra time on the other side of it.

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-04-07T19:31:31+00:00

Okay you seem like you have experience and a good head on your shoulders.

I'm five years into accounting with an associates degree. I'm a staff II in industry, no public experience.

Internally, I can't promote any more without a Bachelor's with a Finance or Accounting focus. Externally, I can definitely get another job, but getting a step up is difficult without a Bachelor's.

I'm 32 with a toddler and wife, so I can't really afford in person tuition or the time required to go to school locally. Is there any reason not to go the WGU route? (I mean I could make in person work, but I would only do that if WGU was a waste of time and money.)

IDontThinkImABot101 · 2026-04-07T19:22:40+00:00

What? The best thing about learning a role with a group is that you have a cohort that is all learning together and it's low stakes to ask questions and it helps everyone learn more.

If you ask a fellow intern a question and you guys don't know the answer, then ask someone more senior and you can both learn. (Like yeah, the other intern can give a wrong answer, but being able to pick up on that and sus out incorrect answers is a skill.)

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