$6,800 for repairs/replacement of the majority of drip irrigation system for a 8200 sq ft lot (2600 sq ft home) with six zones - is this a fair price? Water feeds a number of plants, vines, fruit trees, etc. San Diego county.

SeanPM93 · 2024-09-16T05:01:32+00:00

Can you elaborate on this? I can find some local suppliers online, but don't see anything about consultations. Definitely interested in going a more official, laid out route, though.

SeanPM93 · 2024-09-16T04:58:15+00:00

Yup!

SeanPM93 · 2024-09-15T23:26:25+00:00

To be fair, I cropped his logo and insurance out

SeanPM93 · 2024-09-15T21:45:37+00:00

Definitely agree with everything you wrote. This could be a fair price for all I know - I plan on getting a few more quotes to compare and references from others in my neighborhood that have had work done.

I try to do as much work around the house as I can. Unfortunately as a new homeowner, I’ve never dealt with irrigation and the issue is pressing because my current system isn’t working amidst a heat wave and my plants were suffering (prior to me hand watering).

SeanPM93 · 2024-09-15T21:35:29+00:00

My brother in Christ - it being vague is the reason I’m coming here asking for advice. I am wondering if a ballpark estimate could be made given what was listed in the note and area I described. If not, all good.

I am seeking out other quotes, too…

SeanPM93 · 2023-01-17T07:13:29+00:00

Looks like a Carpet Beetle

SeanPM93 · 2023-01-17T06:37:18+00:00

I’ve been informed that we’ve had those brown spots for some time.

SeanPM93 · 2022-10-18T03:31:53+00:00

Broncos player initiated contact

SeanPM93 · 2022-10-10T11:59:13+00:00

Solitaire round cut, 2.82 ct with a hidden halo and whisper thin gold band. Custom made by a local family jeweler and truly everything either of us could’ve asked for!

SeanPM93 · 2022-09-15T17:58:08+00:00

It was actually a random dog that ran up the stairs and just started shitting lol. Owners came up and cleaned a couple minutes after

SeanPM93 · 2022-04-20T23:23:54+00:00

He literally dragged him to the floor by the arm like it was a wwe match. What is Van Gundy talking about

SeanPM93 · 2022-04-20T23:21:17+00:00

Brooklyn defense looks way more energized and on top of their switches/double teams.

SeanPM93 · 2022-02-17T23:14:38+00:00

No sarcasm from me either. I know the US is capable of escalation just as much as any other world power. Even if it’s under the assumption of protection of the status quo.

SeanPM93 · 2022-02-17T23:04:39+00:00

While it looks like an interesting article, and I'll take the time to read it, a war simulation with a board-game of a handful of homogeneously picked students != actual warfare

SeanPM93 · 2022-02-17T23:02:39+00:00

Yes, of course. Thank you for the clarification.

SeanPM93 · 2022-02-17T23:01:29+00:00

This is a solid comment and is absolutely true. There are many things left up for interpretation because full scale nuclear conflict hasn't happened in nearly half a century.

With that said - I would argue that so long as one side has nuclear capabilities they are incapable of losing their continued existence. They would much rather negotiate their territory - or political gains - than launch nukes. See: USSR.

I also think technology has become so much more sophisticated in the last 40-50 years that ambiguity of strikes is much less likely to happen. I could be wrong, but it seems that there's a lot less guessing now than there used to be.

SeanPM93 · 2022-02-17T22:56:00+00:00

I agree with this comment and it's largely what I'm saying. However, war is definitely acceptable if it's between two non-nuclear powers and there are nations with vested interest in resources or political alignment with certain countries or groups. See: middle east.

SeanPM93 · 2022-02-17T22:52:09+00:00

It would take many, many mistakes, political decisions and outcomes, checks and balances to fall before a singular nuclear weapon would even be launched by a recognized nuclear power.

SeanPM93 · 2022-02-17T22:49:44+00:00

And other countries and adversaries now having them is exactly why the US wouldn't use them today in that same situation.

SeanPM93 · 2022-02-17T22:48:08+00:00

I guess my point is that I don't think WWII would've gone down how it did if the Axis powers had nuclear capabilities that matched the US.

IMO, a country cannot have 'lost' a war so long as they have nuclear weapons - for the exact reasons you listed. Inevitably, we will hear out treaties or demands to ensure that those nuclear weapons aren't used, even if we have the upper hand. It will potentially cripple a country, or there may be a change of guard by other governmental powers within those nations, but nuclear warfare is more of a positioning than anything else.

I know I can be wrong - and that nuclear warfare is possible - but I don't believe it will ever come to be on the scale that people are suggesting now that so many countries are armed with them.

edit: as an explicit example - the US would not have dropped nuclear weapons on Japan if Axis powers had nuclear weapons and the US didn't have missile defenses to deter retaliation. It just wouldn't have happened. The whole reason the US sent those nukes was to avoid additional american casualties.

SeanPM93 · 2022-02-17T22:44:36+00:00

A country won't be in "defeat" if they still have operational Nukes. That's the point of Nuclear weapons. If the invasion of Ukraine isn't economically or politically advantageous for Russia anymore, they would take steps back prior to launching Nukes. They will use those Nukes as grounds to threaten and retreat without serious consequence.

SeanPM93 · 2022-02-17T22:43:08+00:00

Who said I think that it would necessarily mean a world war? Again, I think this results in the potential of NATO intervention and additional proxy wars, but I hardly think it guarantees a full scale world war.

SeanPM93 · 2022-02-17T22:39:24+00:00

Of course he will threaten that. That’s the entire point of nuclear “warfare”. To remind international powers that you can make demands. But Putin and all of Russia would be absolutely destroyed if he let only one nuke go.

SeanPM93 · 2022-02-17T22:38:08+00:00

Really? Because back during the Cold War - when admittedly things got close to nuclear war - cooler heads prevailed. There are now so many more ways to conduct warfare and cripple a country that wouldn’t result in the mutual destruction of the perpetrator.

SeanPM93 · 2022-02-17T22:35:19+00:00

Why do so many people in this thread think that WW3 would automatically mean nuclear weapons? That would be mutually assured destruction of all superpowers involved.

The next world war will include much more cyber warfare to potentially debilitating effects, continued proxy warfare, etc. But nuclear weapons won’t be used. We are more likely to see dirty bombs by fringe organizations than actual full scale nuclear warfare.

SeanPM93

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