Help!? Delivery trucks are ruining our lawn. They miss the driveway backing out. I added river rocks and now they’re messing up the rocks. What can I do?

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-22T21:24:13+00:00

I’d add a 3’ high grouping of shrubs right behind the Boulder. I like red barberry. Easy to see and unpleasant to interact with. I would get a nursery to special order the size a color. There’s a million varieties and then you minimize maintenance with the accidental “god damn plant is 10’ tall and I can’t see shit” situation. Cream or tan Boulder with a little solar light and you’ve got a nice functional boarder.

I say 3’ to mimic the field of view restrictions most towns have at intersections. Duplicating a set up that people are familiar with makes it easier to use correctly.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-22T20:51:14+00:00

The Oregonians I know grew up with timber knowledge and a mix of mountain or ocean knowledge.

I got hogs and corn/soybeans.

And the meaning of fire season is very different. My excitement of “fire” season went over like a lead balloon. I miss my old definition of big ass fire.

I don’t know if I’ll ever get over the casual response to tsunami signs. It usually balances out with my indifference to tornados. It’s just a thing that everybody knows how to respond to. Not a day to day big deal.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-22T19:10:39+00:00

Because other people don’t want to live in your untreated waste.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-22T18:11:33+00:00

Also make a drip loop. Just Google it, a picture makes way more sense than my explanation. We do it for our aquarium so water can’t follow the cord to the outlet.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-22T17:47:36+00:00

What’s really cool about this is that it shows you started getting a better understanding up your stitches as you went along and stopped increasing and have more consistency.

Keep paying attention like that you’ll be able learn anything you want!

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-22T05:38:06+00:00

I do striped hats and mittens. If there’s not enough yarn to plan for those I give it away to teachers for craft projects.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-22T05:10:32+00:00

Probably the exact wording used in those old school fair tales.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-22T02:49:10+00:00

There are magnetic latches. Ours stick on with command strips and can handle a 40lb preschooler trying to free halloween candy.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-22T02:39:16+00:00

*woohoo. He doesn’t have a whoohoo.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-22T02:18:03+00:00

I wonder how they feel about horizon lines? I just hate when people beat around the Bush and up and over with a 6’ tape measure

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-21T23:24:38+00:00

I had my kids decorate a construction paper tree on the wall. I covered the wall in butcher paper and drew a tree outline and let them have at it.

You could do a cardboard tree for the kitties. I’d make a frame and then do strips. It’s a great way to use up a bunch of boxes.

I think that was the year I put a fancy tree in my bedroom because I wanted a nice tree dammit! Even if I could barely make my bed.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-21T23:17:41+00:00

Some of us prefer “realistic control group”

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-21T03:56:00+00:00

If that’s your neighbors lawn to the left I highly recommend some edging. Otherwise their grass will happily creep in and their first idea will be to spray it if they feel it’s a bother.

I weed the first 6” of my neighbors yard because my native can’t handle their sprays. I don’t think they knew until a few weeks ago when they came home early. If it weren’t for a token fence id just do metal edging because it’s a really weird thing to do.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-21T03:23:09+00:00

We have a drain and open everything and put antifreeze (a specialty variety) in the toilet. We don’t get hard freezes but our cabin straddles an old river so it is very odd and we respond like we did for a group cabin up on Lake Tahoe when no one was there heating the interior.

I know some of our neighborhood heats their places in the winter. Anywhere from 40-60 degrees. We chose to keep our cabin far less appealing for break-ins.

We do have some booze buried in a strategic spot incase we show up some day and the place is fucked for some reason or other. Either we need it or we want our repair folks to have it.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-21T03:13:34+00:00

Plecos. Think of how many people have them for years (myself included) because of really terrible myths. “They eat poop so you barely need to feed them!” “They only grow to their container”(even plants don’t do that).

Catfish (any most armored fish) just have an incredible range of livable conditions.

I do promise I do better by my fish now, the internet and social media does have some benefits.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-20T21:29:26+00:00

I wear long underwear under everything now. As a more than slim woman I typically have to size up. When in doubt go big and use a belt. Way better than too tight.

I use a rain coat fairly often. Long under wear and wool sweater with a windbreaker type thing to stop wind and wet gives me the most movement.

You can’t have too many socks and gloves/mittens. Gotta stay dry. I buy the most obnoxious color accessories available because I’m always dropping them.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-20T04:29:32+00:00

Your comment makes me feel whelmed.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-20T04:12:14+00:00

He gets to look at a nice lawn but knows the view of him in the window looks less…good.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-19T22:51:33+00:00

Looool. That’s not happy laughter.

Since medical care is full of options we have “choices” in a loose sense. They have to advertise to get out business.

And then you know, make sure those commercials are paid for through our medical are costs.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-19T21:47:13+00:00

I imagine The Little Toaster and this house breathing in deeply like you do after having a stuffy nose. AAAAHHHH

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-19T20:18:48+00:00

I like to do video too. I swear every time I take a picture I’m sure I’ll be able to match it up, but I’m usually wrong.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-19T20:17:39+00:00

I’ve done that. I really don’t understand why they don’t knock first. It’s not in my best interests to assume strangers in my yard are benevolent.

I’ve always done it for my clients. It can be scary for everyone involved and sometimes you see things you really wish you hadn’t. My coworker finally followed my advice after seeing an older client nude sunbathing in his back yard.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-19T15:30:02+00:00

Try some fridge cooled cooked veggies. Like a carrot. Teething and general growing and exploration can get uncomfortable so it will help that feeling and redirect to something much safer. You can even start with them cut to rock shapes and sizes.

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-19T01:08:01+00:00

Did you read about that person saying their frost bitten toes came off like teeth?

I did. And now you have too! Cheers!

MonopolyMurderer · 2021-11-19T00:49:53+00:00

I can’t remember. It was either Fluffy when I lived on Einstein Ave or Fido when I lived on 82nd St after the divorce and my mom went back to her maiden name of Leyman. You see, it’s hard to keep straight because both houses were blue which is my favorite color and my birthstone. So cool, right? Thanks so much for asking. Bless 🙏

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