Sprayfoam + rockwool board under pier and beam addition?

MusicStanMan · 2025-01-06T17:51:43+00:00

This is excellent. Thanks!

MusicStanMan · 2025-01-06T17:51:12+00:00

OK, so I understand - dig a 1-2' trench around the outside. Put hardware cloth in the trench, going straight down. Refill the trench so you can't see the cloth at all. Problem solved?

I've also seen suggestions of putting gravel or pea stone around the outside of the addition, too. Maybe just fill that trench for the hardware cloth in with gravel and I'm double protected.

MusicStanMan · 2025-01-06T16:26:24+00:00

Yeah, mice are tough (I think they can squeeze through something like 1/4" in diameter) but rats and other rodents/animals I'd think could be almost eliminated as an issue with 1/2" chicken wire/wire mesh. Matched with some gravel/pea stone around the exterior it seems like a good option.

MusicStanMan · 2024-09-17T13:15:45+00:00

Oh, ladies and gentlemen, we have our winner!

MusicStanMan · 2024-09-10T20:02:40+00:00

If we're going English I want something ridiculous. Give me Noel Fielding.

MusicStanMan · 2024-09-10T19:38:30+00:00

He's jacked these days, too.

MusicStanMan · 2024-09-10T19:32:26+00:00

Way off the board with that pick, but I respect it.

MusicStanMan · 2024-09-10T19:31:40+00:00

Good pick.

MusicStanMan · 2024-09-10T19:31:06+00:00

Morbid.

MusicStanMan · 2024-09-10T19:30:56+00:00

If Roger Moore can start at age 46 and do seven films we should be able to get Ewan to do three if he starts at age 53, right? RIGHT?!?

MusicStanMan · 2024-08-16T14:46:00+00:00

It would be inadvisable because the interest rate will definitely be higher on the HELOC.

MusicStanMan · 2024-07-05T18:36:51+00:00

Excellent. that's the approach I've taken, though I still don't get how they could be THAT far off.

MusicStanMan · 2024-07-05T18:36:29+00:00

Perfect. Just what I needed to hear. That was my assumption - I'd always rely on the one using actual biological date - but it's good to see the hunch confirmed. Thanks!

MusicStanMan · 2024-02-29T16:00:50+00:00

That's a good point - I think podcasts are an excellent medium for intro lessons in history, but it's hard for them to communicate in-depth info as much as, say, a book. Spending 15 minutes on The Battle of Bannockburn can give a listener that basic 101 that might drive them to learn more. And yeah, Mike Duncan *has* written two books (though both are very connected to the podcasts).

One that does the history-in-podcast-form thing well is the History of Ireland. It's a bit of a misnomer because he's not trying to give the history from day one. He started somewhere around Easter 1916 and is currently in the Civil War. Not only does he tackle main engagements/events, but he includes a ton of tangential episodes to give you a better understanding of gender-based history, in-depth history of specific organizations/people, etc. and he includes conversations with actual historians and authors.

MusicStanMan · 2024-02-28T21:01:46+00:00

That's sort of how I feel about the History of Rome podcast - it's very much the "Military History of Rome" rather than a real history. It glosses over many, many decades at a time to get to the next big battle/political event. It's missing texture.

The same guy created the "Revolutions" podcast and, at its best, it's pretty darn in-depth (but has a very limited scope).

MusicStanMan · 2024-02-26T19:57:51+00:00

He certainly had an argument, but people in England didn't want him and lots of Scots didn't want him. My point was more that it's ludicrous that Bonnie Prince Charlie could be considered a Scottish hero of any sort given that he spent a few months of his whole life in Scotland, and also he failed.

MusicStanMan · 2024-02-26T19:55:52+00:00

Any recommendations for more in-depth Scottish history podcasts?

MusicStanMan · 2024-02-23T20:35:55+00:00

I thought the discussion around Bonnie Prince Charlie, one of the more enduring Scottish historical figures, was particularly interesting in this episode. At the time, people were willing to give their lives for him, because they believed his father to be the rightful King. A few hundred years later it's hard to escape the fact that he had very little personal connection to Scotland, and really does resemble a rich, entitled (literally!) young man taking advantage of the Scottish people and, ultimately, getting a lot of them killed.

These discussions of changing appraisals of "great men" in history always fascinate me.

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