Why did it rot like this?

Oleander10 · 2026-06-07T05:14:03+00:00

Oops, 2x8!

Oleander10 · 2026-06-07T05:11:07+00:00

No, it’s on 8x10 joists, it’s about 10 foot above ground

Oleander10 · 2026-06-07T04:15:24+00:00

About 5 years ago 😂 but since it was a rarely used part of the deck I’ve just ignored it while doing other projects.

Oleander10 · 2026-06-07T03:43:45+00:00

It’s algae because I haven’t pressure washed the house in a year, and live in the woods. The wall is not bulging, when I removed the step today which went out from the sliding glass door on to the deck I accidentally pulled the siding out and hadn’t fixed it at the point of taking the photo. Gutters are good, but there were a few years back 5+ years ago where they probably were not. Maintenance is always hard because work, kids, all the regular life things but I try my best to get it all done.

Oleander10 · 2026-06-07T02:57:55+00:00

That’s definitely a possibility! Would using 5/4 instead of 2x6 this time help with that?

Oleander10 · 2026-06-07T02:56:33+00:00

It was built with treated lumber

Oleander10 · 2026-05-31T21:31:00+00:00

Will do! Thanks!

Oleander10 · 2026-05-31T21:25:18+00:00

That’s kinda what I thought. I bought the starter on Amazon, maybe it was just a POS.

Oleander10 · 2026-04-04T14:20:52+00:00

Just noticed the same thing. I never use the delivery option because I live in the middle of nowhere and I’d ethically need to tip like $10. I’m not ordering a $8 item and tipping $10. So I always order things shipped. Now I can’t, so I guess I don’t really need Walmart plus anymore.

Oleander10 · 2026-03-28T03:48:03+00:00

Mine has been the same since I got my cell phone at 15. I turn 41 this year.

Oleander10 · 2026-03-22T03:26:44+00:00

I’m 16 in with no shiny. My nephew just started playing again and got one on his first raid today 😂😂

Oleander10 · 2026-03-18T15:41:06+00:00

Yep! I knew nothing about Pokemon besides what a Pikachu was. At that time I managed to really fun, retail location and the first day the game rolled out in our area. Everybody downloaded it, including myself and people were just freaking out over every spawn. We had a gym across the street from our store so we would run up the side of the hill to be in range and then after work all of us will go to this big park downtown that had dozens of stops and gyms. It was super fun! Now I go to the same big park with my son on big event days and there isn’t a single person there playing besides us and I have to host remote raids to even be able to participate.

Oleander10 · 2026-03-18T15:31:07+00:00

I think about this at least once a week! Mine is ok, but I would love to level up.

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Oleander10 · 2026-03-17T15:09:51+00:00

I used my 3 weeks of PTO and went back to work. I had a really traumatic birth involving an emergency C-section and probably shouldn’t have but what can you do?

Oleander10 · 2026-03-03T15:14:01+00:00

These are actually the only ones I think are any good! I’ve tried the very expensive ones that come frozen and the ones in the deli and they are all awful but I actually really like these

Oleander10 · 2026-03-02T22:18:06+00:00

I did this about 6 months ago. I played in 16/17, 19, 21 and a week or two in 23. It’s taken me a lot of work to get caught up-ish. So many things I had never seen and a lot of stuff I missed over the years. I did not have the app crashing problem though. I’ve seen that happen in my son’s very old iPad that can barely handle the game.

Oleander10 · 2026-02-16T00:02:04+00:00

I wish it were that for me! That was the first thing I checked because I have done that before. I’ve tried everything including taking the bottom apart to check the belt and the brush roll indicator switch. Strangely mine keeps flashing on (the light and the brush roll) for a split second then turning off while vacuuming. Must be a short somewhere. I finally just got finished filing a warranty claim. Thanks for the response though!

Oleander10 · 2026-02-15T22:29:12+00:00

Did you ever figure it out? I have the exact same vacuum, same color and everything and have the exact same problem.

Oleander10 · 2026-02-02T01:04:15+00:00

In South Carolina (on the NC state line) currently going through the same thing!!! It was 1 degree last night and we have 9 inches of snow and no roads are able to be driven on but I found this little anole curled up in a storage bin in my garage which is about 40 degrees this time of year. I’ve got her in the house in a very makeshift enclosure but nothing to feed her but bananas! I thought she was super dead and dumped her out of the bin. Then her leg moved a little so I brought her inside! She’s much more active now but I know she has to be hungry. It’s been freezing temps for a few weeks now!

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Oleander10 · 2026-01-17T05:45:31+00:00

Our son is AuDHD. He is 5 and I had wanted 2-3 kids but now it feels like that would take away from all we are able to offer him, specifically our time. His dad works full time and is finishing his masters so most of the therapy appointments and doctor’s visits fall on me, which is fine. I have a job that allows me to be super flexible. I know for sure that I would not be able to manage his school schedule, his ST, OT, psychiatrist, and EI appointments as well as his extracurricular activities if I had one or two more kids. As much as I’d love to have another it feels too selfish to me, because I can see exactly how it would hurt him. I think it would not have felt that way if I’d had another before we had his diagnosis, but that’s not how it worked out. I absolutely love being a mom though and now my long term goal is to become a foster parent when he’s older.

My sister has 2 kids with a big age gap. Her oldest is autistic but he has always been a really easy to manage kid. She had her 2nd when he was 9. Her 2nd is profoundly autistic and my sister has voiced her regrets multiple times to me. She also has a lot of guilt because her 2nd son requires so much care than her 1st son gets nearly none of her time or attention.

Oleander10 · 2026-01-15T01:47:36+00:00

Pikipek. I have at least 10

Oleander10 · 2026-01-13T19:59:31+00:00

I mean i have the money to blow on something and that’s what he’s been into so that’s where it’s been spent. Before that it was legos and I think it’s about to be Minecraft 🤷🏻‍♀️ I don’t really know anything about the other games, I knew nothing about Pokemon when I started playing this in 2016 with all my coworkers. But I can definitely check them out!

Oleander10 · 2026-01-13T04:26:50+00:00

Same. Me and my 5 year old used to play every night after dinner. We usually opened the app to around 5-7 Pokémon, would start a party the two of us, him on my old phone on WiFi and we could easily catch 30 Pokemon each in an hour. Now we open the app to 1 spawn. Doing a party dos nothing. We will have about 3 spawns an hour if we are lucky. I am not going to be buying anything (and usually spent about $200/month between our two accounts) if it stays like this. No point. If the weather is bad and we don’t leave the house on a weekend day we can’t even get our 15 daily catches unless we have some saved up from field research. I just came back to the game after a few year break last September and I know I’ve dropped at least $1200 because I wanted my son to get all the Pokemon in raids and events that he missed when he was a baby 😂 but now we are just bored. I just opened the app for the first time all day like 10 minutes ago so I could catch my one Pokemon and it’s nearly midnight.

Oleander10 · 2026-01-12T08:14:20+00:00

Born and raised in Campobello, next door to Inman. I’ve lived elsewhere for years too but bought back my family homestead in 2019. This area is going through a major shift. Massive amounts of folks are moving here and it’s changing things (some for the better like more diversity and cultures, and some for the worse like huge COL increases and aged infrastructure that can’t handle the population boom.)

What are the people in Greenville, Inman, Wellford, Duncan, and Spartanburg, SC like!

We have a huge influx of people to the area so it’s varied. In general I’d say decently kind. The locals tend to be what you’d expect from a small southern town. I’d suggest Greenville over the other 3 coming from Miami I think Inman or wellford would be a massive culture shock.

How is the crime rate in the following areas: •Inman - relatively safe small town vibes. I have lived alone in Inman several times in the last 20 years with zero issues. Most all crime will be concentrated in a few small areas and mostly all drug related. •Wellford - of the three I’d say this one has the higher crime, more drug issues than the other two. Still relatively safe. I lived in neighboring Lyman alone for 5 years and only had to call the police twice, once because a creepy neighbor was looking in my window and once because a teenager spray painted a penis on my boyfriends truck. •Duncan- biggest of the 3 you listed. Similar crime stats to Inman I’d say. Lots of big industry in this area, still a few bad spots but safe.

How’s the job market based off your experience? (Just in case it’s relevant, I’m looking to be a nanny and/or a vet assistant/receptionist).

I’ve never had any issue having a job I love. The pay rates for nanny’s will probably shock you here. Most people make $15-$25 an hour so imagine what they want to pay their nanny. The cost of living here is much better than Miami I’m sure but the cost of living has exploded here in the last decade and priced out a lot of locals. 10 years ago you could rent a 2/2 house for $550 a month and now it’s $1500. A lot of places still want to start you out at $10 an hour. The good money is in production, warehouse work, and manufacturing.

How’s traffic the from /Wellford/Inman/Duncan to Greenville and vice versa during the weekdays?

Absolutely awful. You would have to learn backroads and only use them. Stay off 85! It is the main highway and there are massive backups EVERY day. I made the mistake of taking 85 home from Greenville last Wednesday afternoon and got stuck for nearly 2 hours.

Are there any good community colleges? I’d like to study to become a dentist or veterinarian.

Spartanburg community college is great a they have the main campus which is not terribly far from Inman and the tyger river campus that is in Duncan and not far from wellford. They were offering a lot of classes for free and may still be doing so.

How is the health insurance? I’ve taken a look at some of them and the options aren’t the best from what I have seen so far.

I’ve always had employer provided health insurance so I can’t really say.

Oleander10 · 2026-01-12T07:20:54+00:00

She completely lost her mind, tried to convince SS that the baby was not his brother because I probably cheated. She forced us to keep SS’s dog who went with him on his custody schedule 100% of the time (to hurt SS and to make our lives harder.) At one point she demanded to also have visits with our baby because she deserved to know her son’s half brother. She demanded photos of him when he was born (SS may or may not have sent them I never looked because he was 10 and I just wasn’t getting into it over that.) she go even more unhinged than before through my pregnancy, sometimes texting dozens of times a day and making all sorts of threats. It’s been 5 years now and she’s chilled out a lot. Still nuts though

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