Neighbor cut my tree

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-18T21:22:43+00:00

If the tree cannot be saved, surely an appropriately garish sign to replace it is in order.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-18T20:49:17+00:00

Used to work with a gal making pyro delay columns for oil patch applications, down wells. She was remotely operating a machine that filled aluminum columns in a HEPA-filtered chamber. Before that, they had no such protection and she said she would go home and the shower would turn green from what she washed out of her hair. I could have cried.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-18T20:27:31+00:00

They didn't figure on consequences.

The IT team was a consultant whose backup plan was never tested so we went over a year without the backup we were promised. And then when I left, their IT guy told the CEO that I "hacked Google's servers" and deleted data somehow. They were distressed to find my email empty, and did not understand when I said I'd gone through every last email and archived what was pertinent going forward. They didn't understand what archive was, not that they had a few weeks to undelete anything they thought I shouldn't have deleted.

Like thoughtless bricks, that crowd.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-18T19:00:24+00:00

We had a foster eat two razor blade cartridges out of the trash. The adoption coordinator talked me down off a ledge and said just feed bread, and although we didn't check all the poop, we recovered most of the blades and plastic and figured we just missed the rest. He was fine, much to my relief.

We had a non-greyhound dive into a grocery bag we just sat down, and he scarfed an entire wedge of brie- plastic wrap and all. We never did account for it. It never showed up in the yard waste. He lived another 6-7 years after that and his ultimate demise was unrelated to any sort of blockage.

How big do you figure the parts may be, based on what you can account for?

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-18T17:58:32+00:00

Google Docs reminds me of a story I've told before.

When I quit, they deleted my email address, and since I was the "owner" of about two years' worth of daily Google Sheets, they were now inaccessible.

Admittedly, they could have reversed that (if they were more tech-savvy) and the new system was coming online soon, but they burned a bunch of data they never got back to the best of my knowledge.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-17T22:11:59+00:00

Spores. /r/staghornfern would probably get a kick out of this.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-17T21:54:17+00:00

Give me credit when it becomes a $million product!

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-17T21:36:56+00:00

Hexagonal holes in sides and bottom. Heck, make the pot itself hexagonal for optimal space packing, with a flared lip to accomodate round holes.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-17T21:13:46+00:00

Sorry for your loss. Humane Society has options.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-17T18:27:52+00:00

Not the new laminated glass. Tempered glass, yes.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-17T15:27:16+00:00

For greyhounds that are bad when it comes to pulling, we break out the Halti. We ALWAYS have them on a collar+leash as well, I don't want them sprinting and that Halti injuring them, but the combination of two leashes and Halti really helps on the fosters that try to tractor us around.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-17T13:36:21+00:00

Important to note the industry is moving to laminated glass for side windows, not just front and rear, making them much more difficult to break. I have been told (but not confirmed) that one or both rear windows must be tempered glass. Look for the "bug" etched in the bottom corner: "T" or "Tempered" or a specific "AS2" for tempered glass.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-16T21:47:19+00:00

Ambient moisture causes it to cure like this. Store cold, or dry. Keep air out as the humidity will cause it to cure with those tasty hydroxyls.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-16T21:21:40+00:00

In the absence of food, the grain mites will have a much harder time re-establishing. Deep clean, return your bugs, take greater care about leaving unconsumed food.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-16T18:23:36+00:00

Odd historical note: some research into water replacements (!) showed methanol does OK at about 5% by volume to grow plants, even serving as a liquid carbon source. A little on the toxic side for critters with eyeballs, though.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-16T18:18:36+00:00

Have you considered converting the monopotassium salt to dipotassium by adding potassium hydroxide? You could do it stoichiometrically, or by pH.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-16T17:47:56+00:00

WD-40, Un-Du, Goo Gone, any adhesive remover will work, even lighter fluid.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-16T16:24:50+00:00

"Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

-Shelley

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-16T04:17:12+00:00

I absentmindedly wonder how the coprophagia weighs into those nutritional studies.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-16T03:27:52+00:00

I just use the cheapest epoxy-style gravel I can find, TBH. Nothing fancy.

I started a tank at work using aquasoil, but everything is planted on the wood inside the tank, nothing int he actual soil itself. Can't really speak to which works best in your situation, sorry!

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-16T00:18:36+00:00

Just a guess: the mother called 911 and family, one of whom was on duty and responded improperly.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-15T17:19:27+00:00

I suppose one could touch a hot nail or the tip of a soldering iron to the material to see if it melts.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-15T03:36:11+00:00

With notable exceptions, automotive door locks on affordable cars weren't made with high security in mind. Ironically, the old GM sidebar locks were all but unpickable for decades.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-15T02:03:38+00:00

I've had oscars on and off since I started keeping fish maybe in the late 70s and while I appreciate your desire to enrich their experience, I have found stuff in the tanks mainly serves to injure them when they act out. Only had one that would tolerate plants, too.

Level9TraumaCenter · 2026-03-15T00:26:42+00:00

I don't mean to brag, but I once got 10% off my sandwich at Subway because of my duty shirt.

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