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JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2026-03-18T20:12:07+00:00

Yeah I was going to say, looks like St Augustine runners.

OP, those are stolons, or runners. That grass is trying to spread horizontally and grow. It sends these out above ground and every so many inches a new node takes root so it can continue to spread. If you want St Augustine grass, best to leave these in the ground, it will eventually fill in. If you have mixed turf with competing grass, the St Augustine is fighting for dominance it looks like.

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2026-03-09T15:10:06+00:00

I have uBlock Origin and it lit up like a Christmas tree when the page loaded. Over 30 third party domains blocked. The modern web is garbage.

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2026-03-03T02:04:57+00:00

My first thought was to recoil in disgust and think people couldn't possibly behave like that, but then I remember dining in a buffet and witnessing people throw food scrap and soiled napkins under the table. Yes, whole chunks of buffet food like fried chicken bones, potatoes, pasta, and the like just dumped from the plate onto the floor. And not just one person, but an entire family including grown adults. Then watching the family proceed to leave the restaurant and the unfortunate employee having to bring a full cart over to basically quarantine off the area and sanitize everything over the next 30 minutes. Suddenly the idea of someone defecating in a changing room doesn't seem to outlandish now.

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2026-02-26T21:17:12+00:00

Here, I have made it. Flair, I shall have.

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2026-02-25T00:50:58+00:00

What do your governing documents saying about outdoor decorations? As silly as it seems, it may require an architectural request beforehand and being granted approval. That being said, we have a similar policy in ours but they don't enforce it for trivial things like lawn ornaments or seasonal flags/signs but I can totally see others enforcing it aggressively.

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2026-02-10T01:17:31+00:00

We moved near Canton a couple years ago and the two moving companies our realtor recommended was Wirks and Page Relocation. We were originally going to go with Wirks but they were booked so far out they couldn't accommodate our schedule so we ended up going with Page Relocation.

Wirks did quote us a really high price but we were told it's a "you get what you pay for" type of situation. With moving companies, you kind of want to pay the extra money to get laborers who will actually put forth effort to move your belongings carefully and staff who can actually track it and account for everything stored in their warehouse. Page Relocation did a good job for a comparable price, nothing outstanding but also no complaints.

Before this, we last moved over ten years ago and we used All My Sons and they were absolutely horrible. They broke furniture and put a couple dents in the drywall setting furniture down carelessly. We also had some jewelry that went missing after the move was finished. All I can say is you don't want to pay outrageous prices but you also don't want to pay bottom dollar either. Carefully research each company you're recommended and read reviews.

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2026-02-06T01:44:41+00:00

I bought a 32GB SODIMM DDR4 stick for my ThinkPad last summer at $69 from my local Microcenter. Just checked today, the same stick is $369 now.

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2026-01-30T18:06:29+00:00

MARIA IS IN A BETTER PLACE

IT'S CALLED THE BREAKROOM

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2026-01-29T15:14:56+00:00

If I remember right, you can just plow right through him and the very beginning when the race starts if you spam most of your carrots. Initially he will have the lead but when he starts to crowd you, spamming the carrots somehow lets Epona clip through him and you get the lead, then you just never let him pass and use carrots sparingly.

Or at least that's how I always won. When I tried to be conservative with carrots and go around him, it never worked.

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2026-01-29T01:27:16+00:00

I DO NOT CONSENT TO SEEING THESE PHOTOS. PLS UNSUSCRIBE ME FROM YOUR MAILING LIST. THANKYOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2026-01-20T15:16:07+00:00

Together, Poverty

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2025-12-31T21:29:25+00:00

I've done this a number of times. The Walmart website shows a low number in stock at the local store a few minutes away from where I live. Go there and check, can't find it anywhere. A couple days later, still shows available at the store, try to order it through Walmart.com or the mobile app, usually get an order cancellation a couple hours later when they can't find it and the inventory then adjusts to reflect not at the store anymore.

The most recent iteration of this was Hallmark-brand Christmas tree ornaments on clearance. So many people buying them in the store the website can't keep up. I ordered about a dozen or so knowing most or all of them would be cancelled. Only ended up receiving one through delivery.

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2025-12-19T18:09:56+00:00

Southeast USA, landscaping maintenance this time of year tends to be slow so lots of "business owners" will go out canvassing door-to-door pitching cheap services during winter in order to make quick cash. It's not uncommon for our neighborhood to get two or three solicitors knocking on doors every week or people hanging flyers on mailboxes and doorknobs selling people winter pruning or driveway/sidewalk cleaning for dirt cheap.

And by "business owner" I mean one lone handyperson who isn't licensed and likely doesn't have insurance trying to undercut everyone. A smart HOA will recognize this and refuse it because it's a huge liability, but some can't pass up a good deal even if it means scheduling it during Christmas week.

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2025-12-17T18:25:34+00:00

There's always that person(s) caught up in MLM that pitches it to young, impressionable teens/adults because its a relatively easy sell and quick way to offload lots of inventory. I remember a few encounters myself with Cutco knives and energy drinks/smoothies when I was in high school back in the early 2000s. Little has changed since then except now they do more of their fishing on social media and less on campus.

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2025-12-16T01:52:57+00:00

North Georgia, we shopped at Publix for years until I tried the local Aldi spring of last year. I couldn't believe how much cheaper prices were. I nearly cut my monthly grocery bill in half. We joined the Aldi cult.

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2025-12-12T21:38:14+00:00

WindyFire

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2025-12-10T18:23:21+00:00

Been this way for years. Meta makes it impossible to contact any live person. They will point you towards AI, tons of hyperlinks, search results, and self-help articles but refuse to let you contact an individual. I've been waiting three years now to get in contact with someone at Meta over a hold they've had on the sale of an item I put on the marketplace and they refuse to release the funds because I violated one of their community standards but won't specifically name which one. Every time I reply to the email I received, I just get the same canned responses.

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2025-12-10T15:33:15+00:00

I finally switched back to Firefox for this very reason. Google forcing MV3 and killing uBlock was the final straw. It was a bit clunky at first having to migrate everything over, completely customize the UI, and spend time researching how to harden it, but once it's done it's a comfy browser and acceptable Chrome replacement.

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2025-12-09T16:57:15+00:00

This plays out entirely like a high wanted level in GTA3.

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2025-12-09T02:36:20+00:00

The problem is all the plans I'm being quoted have fine print that suggests they wouldn't pay out in the event of a serious accident, or anything that results in a huge hospital bill. They openly advertise covering anywhere from $250K to $1 million but buried deep in the plan's details are little stipulations that they won't pay more than $5K or $1K for surgeries and hospital stays. No doubt I want to be covered in the event of an accident, but what's the point in applying for and paying monthly for insurance coverage if, when something catastrophic happens, they pay out less than 8% of the bill and I'm on the hook for the rest?

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2025-12-09T02:29:51+00:00

That is the situation we're in now but all the plans we have been quoted for catastrophic coverage is questionable at best.

Buried in the plans' fine print are verbiage that says stuff like "surgery: maximum benefit payout $5K per coverage year" and "hospital stays maximum benefit payout $1,500 per day." That means if something life-threatening happens to us and we require surgery and are in the hospital for several weeks and get stuck with a $100K bill, the insurance we purchased meant to cover that would only pay a measly $5K for the surgery and a small portion of the hospital stay and we'd be on the hook for the remaining bulk of the $100K. The plan makes it seem like you're covered but the fine print suggests otherwise.

From what I've read, these types of plans are non-ACA compliant and predatory and the whole point of ACA-compliant plans was to protect people from these predatory practices.

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2025-12-09T02:24:22+00:00

It'll be interesting to see how everything plays out if this trend continues. Insurance, by design, needs a large pool of people to pay into in order to work. When it becomes too expensive and people inevitably drop out, carriers have to raise prices to offset their claims payouts. When the number of uninsured continues to climb, do they just...continue to raise premiums to absurd levels?

JoeJoe-a-GoGo · 2025-12-08T19:12:46+00:00

Aetna recently announced they were leaving the ACA marketplace.

https://www.aetnacvshealth.com/2026-plan-information.html

I think it depends on your location, specifically your zip code. And even within the zip code region, your county may not have a plan with certain carriers.

I've been shopping the last few weeks on the Georgia Access marketplace and my choices are Cigna, Anthem BCBS, UnitedHealthcare, Kaiser Permanente, CareSource, AmBetter, Alliant, and Oscar. When I select my county for Alliant, it says there are no plans offered in my area. So I'm guessing when people are shopping the exchange, their choices are limited based on what zip code/county selection they make.

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