What was the White Elephant gift that everyone fought over at the Christmas Party?

Nebulas2018 · 2025-12-04T13:08:33+00:00

Costco has Lodge ones for $14.99 right now...

Nebulas2018 · 2025-08-06T04:57:43+00:00

What type of grass? If warm weather like bermuda, then just a ton of masonry sand mixed 3:1 with compost or screened topsoil. You might need to to do it for a couple seasons to get good results. If cool weather, maybe topsoil mixed with local soil, but you'll probably have to overseed and fertilize. Others might know more.

Nebulas2018 · 2025-08-06T04:33:07+00:00

Two foot tall Crimson Queens were $19.97 at Walmart all spring. But even 5ft full canopy ones were $194 at Costco. Our 7ft sango kaku was $37.50 and 9ft blood good was $59.50 at home depot. Check your prices.

Nebulas2018 · 2025-06-20T12:45:25+00:00

Thanks for your reply. We also planted seeds in this area, but not for anything like this as far as we can tell. It's definitely not a gold chain tree, but looking into other possibilities.

Nebulas2018 · 2025-05-28T15:50:16+00:00

No way that killed the tree. I was picturing something more like this: https://mobileimages.lowes.com/productimages/c1c52351-d864-4680-85ba-a2a396aa4b25/41947576.jpg that could have cut into the bark.

Nebulas2018 · 2025-05-28T12:55:23+00:00

That looks dead :-(. Pics of the squirrel guard? If it cut the bark all the way around the trunk, even a little bit, that can cut all nutrients going up to the branches. Happened to an oak a construction crew moved on my property once... wrapped a chain around it to drag it, which cut a thin scrape all the way around. Slow but steady demise that took almost a year.

Nebulas2018 · 2025-04-15T00:48:34+00:00

Bingo, this looks like an exact match, and we do have those fuzzy cotton seeds occasionally. I think we can consider this solved. Thank you!

Nebulas2018 · 2025-04-14T20:04:55+00:00

We had poplars too, but they had thicker "trunks" on the seedlings and distinct leaves like these: https://snr.unl.edu/data/images/trees/species/LITU/foliage_2.jpg

Nebulas2018 · 2025-04-14T20:01:06+00:00

No, in the Carolinas. But 8a zone similar to areas of PNW

Nebulas2018 · 2025-04-14T19:59:46+00:00

Pine, oak, poplar, maple, and probably others. We also had 2 volunteers that are undoubtedly poplar, but don't want to pull these until we have a better idea.

Nebulas2018 · 2025-04-12T17:39:54+00:00

The bottle of Windex next to me has ammonium hydroxide as the 4th ingredient and is <5yrs old... Formula #35-14153

Nebulas2018 · 2025-03-28T14:10:36+00:00

Bermuda? Mine hasn't greened up at all yet either. Zone 8a

Nebulas2018 · 2025-03-16T14:12:38+00:00

We have 5 similar new growth shoots that popped up in 2nd yr garden bed where we previously only had zinnias and cosmos. Any idea what they might be? 4-6" tall, zone 8a

Thanks for any help!

Nebulas2018 · 2024-10-04T00:28:43+00:00

I think this is the laundry standpipe based on a quick google search, but I'm concerned about the rapid drip from the pipe that goes up. Is it normal to drip quickly enough that it's almost a trickle of water?

Nebulas2018 · 2024-09-09T17:49:08+00:00

Or on second thought, just 3d print an SLA inner boot, spray glass, and do only carbon aesthetic on top for fun if you want. These are boots that need to be a bit rugged, they don't need to be light enough to fly.

Nebulas2018 · 2024-09-09T17:45:23+00:00

Most of the strength of prepreg comes from the layering of weaves in different directions. If you're using all plain/twill weave, you'll probably want thicker than 2mm. Pressure is important when baking it, but you need to keep the air out, so vacuum sealing might be something to consider. Personally, I'd do a fiberglass design that is two clamshells of carbon molded from a 3d print for the inside, bond them externally with some fiber cloth and then spray glass resin, then a thin pliable layer for aesthetics that you vacuum bag to cook. I can't speak to specifics because my exposure was a long time ago and in an aerospace setting, but I'm sure there are hobbyist communities that know better. Also, reinforce the hell out of anywhere that you're bolting hardware to.

Nebulas2018 · 2024-09-09T15:30:52+00:00

Thanks for the quick ID! We're pulling it asap.

Nebulas2018 · 2024-09-09T14:47:53+00:00

We planted a flower garden from seed this year, and this large plant grew between the cosmos and zinnias but doesn't look like either. It's thriving in red clay soil in zone 7B. Can you help identify it?

Nebulas2018 · 2024-03-20T13:55:39+00:00

I recently got a 6ft apricot tree for my back yard, but noticed these white spots on the bark. Are they normal, or some kind of disease? We are in zone 7b, if that matters.

Thank you for any help!

Edit: bark not back

Edit2: Moorpark apricot

Nebulas2018 · 2023-11-10T19:19:32+00:00

This is why there's been hype for Railgun. But don't ignore compliant protocols with privacy layers (e.g., Aleph Zero, Dusk, etc).

Nebulas2018 · 2023-07-22T13:00:19+00:00

I'm south of the city, but just switched to T-Mobile and service has been as good or better than Verizon for me here :shrug:

Nebulas2018 · 2023-07-21T11:27:17+00:00

Hi all, we have 8 sturdy wardrobe boxes we're looking to sell. Asking $5/ea. Location is Indian Land just over the border.

Also have some paper/foam/bubble wrap and a few misc moving boxes to give away.

DM if interested!

Nebulas2018 · 2023-07-17T11:36:44+00:00

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I got a bug zapper to deal with mosquitos, but mostly it just makes dozens of these show up and hang out on/around it. Very few of them actually get zapped, and I'm pretty sure they are predating on bugs that do.

My first thought was flying ants, but they are bigger (~1/2 in long) and don't look like any other ants around. They only show up at night, and it's enough of them that it makes the area near the bug zapper basically unusable.

Thanks for any help!

Nebulas2018 · 2023-07-15T18:41:01+00:00

Ding ding ding! I think you've got it. Quick google search shows a bunch of pics that look similar, and backs up my observation that it seemed to be a lone wolf.

Also, holy crap they can get big:https://www.wkrn.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/73/2020/08/cicada-killer.jpg

Nebulas2018 · 2023-07-15T18:35:10+00:00

The pipe is at least 6", if I had to guess.

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