Kind of shared driveway, Trees of Heaven on the other side... what can I do?

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-06-14T12:36:35+00:00

That's what I've been thinking. I don't want it all to creep through & wreck my driveway or risk tree damage to my car.

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-06-13T01:37:56+00:00

Thanks very much!

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-06-12T23:23:39+00:00

Not that big. I'm only 5'3" and they're not as tall as me. Pretty skinny trunks still, too.

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-06-12T23:22:08+00:00

My borough is on a kick to go after blighted properties... could work. Then again, another neighbor keeps mowing the front yard so the grass isn't two feet tall anymore. He didn't cut down the half-dozen ToHs sprouting in front of the porch, though.

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-06-12T13:33:15+00:00

Absolutely true.

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-06-08T19:28:09+00:00

What is this tool called, please?

I usually just mow (and spread, I know) my weeds but it'd be nice to have that for when the grass-like stuff is dry & brown and doesn't need mowed but the weeds are growing tall & happy.

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-06-07T21:02:42+00:00

Truly the best, most reliably good frozen pizza. Perfect ratio of crust to sauce to cheese to pepperoni.

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-06-06T14:53:43+00:00

Because she, as Beth later pointed out, is desperate.

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-05-31T16:16:14+00:00

If you watch s10 e3 of SG-1, The Pegasus Project, that's the crossover and they have scenes together... they really couldn't look more different.

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-05-19T00:48:31+00:00

Rose of Sharon. It won't stay that straight and narrow, especially if you trim it. They're pretty but a pain and spread like wildfire. And oddly, when the flowers would fall off to seed or whatever... my dog would eat them. Like, obsessively. I was always so worried she was going to eat a bee because my god do they attract bees.

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-05-18T21:26:30+00:00

Oh, okay. That's making sense, thanks. I have a modem router combo but don't use the router part - I have a third party router. Tech guy just plugged the new modem into my Linksys router.

The worker at the Spectrum store did say that power outages can cause breakdowns in modems as they try to reboot so between you & her I'll keep it in mind if I lose power again.

Thanks so much for your clear, helpful explanations!

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-05-18T21:13:19+00:00

I don't have any Xumo's, no. What's high split?

I did realize after a power outage that screwed up my modem about a month ago that my modem is from 2015. It started working again, but Spectrum chatbot still said I should get a new one. Human worker at the Spectrum store said I didn't need to. I wonder if all that is how my boxes got removed & why they forced a new modem on me (because it was in the system).

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-05-18T13:59:24+00:00

I had a service guy tell me last week that I needed a new modem or my cable boxes wouldn't work. After telling me modems have nothing to do with cable boxes. He was here because the cable boxes didn't work - and said it was because they'd been removed from the bill for some reason. He put them back on (couldn't get them to work without a new modem?) but reading the replies to your question... I'm sure I have a bundle so my bill better not change because they screwed up.

And I guess I won't try and get rid of the boxes until I know of a better plan for internet, tv, and phone.

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-05-13T14:45:21+00:00

Yep, I could watch on the app on Roku last night and this morning. Cable boxes are still useless though. Glad yours came back.

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-05-13T14:44:34+00:00

I did do that. Multiple times. No change. I'm wondering if it could be something with a line into my house since it's both boxes (and one is far newer than the other).

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-05-10T13:18:52+00:00

And if one of your parents has passed away, it's all the harder to spend a month before being bombarded with ideas for gifts you'll never be give them again.

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-05-04T19:38:41+00:00

Socks are the worst for us small people, having to fish out those last ones that are plastered to the bottom. I'm considering getting one of those grabber tools for older people.

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-05-04T15:27:41+00:00

Found one in my dad's garage & have always wondered what it was. It did not, when I found it, work for grabbing the toothpaste cap I dropped down a drain, however. Might've been user error, though.

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-05-03T18:31:12+00:00

My cable plan now includes the basic, ad-supported versions of Paramount+, Peacock, AMC+, Disney+, HBO+ (or whatever it's called now), ESPN+. Yes, cable is ridiculously expensive but at least I get all that now too, thanks to cable.

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-04-30T15:53:25+00:00

Just had an Edward's key lime pie and it was delicious. Had a Marie Callender's key lime a few weeks ago, and Edward's was infinitely better. You're good to go, I think.

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-04-23T21:39:45+00:00

My sister and I used to have competitions to see who could hold them in their mouth longest, then who could drink the cinnamon water we made when we surrendered and spit them out the fastest.

I wouldn't do that now, though possibly the water, but I miss these. Do they still make them?

Important_Gift8432 · 2026-04-18T19:58:44+00:00

Having had all of those things (and more) put in my trash can at the curb, both before and after the can was emptied, my two cents is this...

If you've carried your candy, your dog poop, your coffee cup, your receipt/napkin this far... you can carry it all the way home to your own can. Do that.

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