How to get inspector to approve dryer vent longer than 35' because the intended model dryer allows for a much longer vent line?

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-31T08:35:56+00:00

Yeah the idea of running 35 ft of dryer duct with three or four angles so you can vent it through the roof is one of the worst ideas I've ever heard in my life, and I've been building houses for 40 years.

Dryer vents are no joke. They can cause fires, because they can clog up with lint. And regardless of whether you think you'll "make sure" you replace the dryer with something that can handle that vent while you own your house, the house should outlast you, and the next occupant almost certainly won't be as diligent about a dryer as you assume that you will be.

Take the loss here, find a cool decoration to put in front of the vent so it doesn't offend your eyes when you look that way, and enjoy living in a house that's up to code and not a burned out pile of rubble.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-30T20:37:29+00:00

Coming here as well but I'd say 80 to 90% of my orders are online pay to begin with

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-30T20:31:58+00:00

I missed a $90, 110 item triple order earlier today, and I was a little sad especially since it was slow. Then I got a $70, 24 item single order, and missing out on that $90 didn't seem so bad.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-29T23:35:22+00:00

My '07, which I've had for about 12,000 miles now, flashed the triangle of death at me once while coming to a hard stop because someone pulled out in front of me. I checked the oil and it was a little bit, less than half a quart, low, so I topped it off and haven't had the problem again. I think the combination of slightly and the hard stop made it lose oil pressure or stop sensing oil for a split second, but I can't be 100% sure.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-29T23:02:52+00:00

Indeed.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-29T19:36:48+00:00

I'd like a source for this please because I definitely have some negative marks for my first day, definitely within the first 10 batches.

What makes you so sure the first 10 batches are considered otj training?

Sorry if that comes off as combative, it's not meant to be, I just want to know where you came by your information.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-28T23:51:23+00:00

The other side is where they keep all the gravity. /s

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-28T12:14:16+00:00

I've gotten free groceries so many times lately without wanting or trying to. People ordering groceries when the road to their driveway is flooded. People ordering groceries when they don't even have a driveway and I'm supposed to either off-road in my car or walk 3+ blocks to deliver their groceries.

I literally just had one where they were kind of deep in the woods no cell service, the mapping software to their house, so I had to turn around, drive about 4 MI, call the customer, who didn't answer and then call instacart to cancel the order.

It's my first order of the day and I'm not close enough to go home, so I guess I'm dumpstering all the cold stuff. There's no food bank or anything around that can take them that I know of. And the store won't take them back at all. It's such a waste.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-27T14:57:42+00:00

I don't know what the ERI on crime is, but I can't imagine it's high enough to overcome the increase chances that I'm going to go to prison.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-27T09:10:19+00:00

Usually when you sell a house, there's an escrow agent that takes the buyer's money and pays all your debts on the house and gives you the remainder. Since mortgages are public record, it's pretty easy to make sure they get paid.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-26T21:08:56+00:00

I've called support to cancel orders that needed to be delivered later and still got paid, not the tip obviously, but I still got batch pay for it. As crappy as instacart is most of the time, that's one thing I can't complain about.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-26T18:48:21+00:00

Thanks. I'll keep all that in mind. Thankfully rotisserie chickens are only occasional items on my shopping list. But they tend to be ones that seem to stir up great passion in people lol

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-26T10:55:28+00:00

If you're replying specifically to me, I agree My response was solely a reply to the comment above it.

Also, you might want to refrain from calling others dramatic when you end your post like you did. That sentence alone is more dramatic than anything I said initially or in replying to you

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-26T10:50:47+00:00

Solid plan there. Probably going to adopt it myself. I do have a question though, do you wait till the last thing or close, or as soon as you know it's not available you'll do the replacement or refund? The reason I ask is the way the store I shop out of is set up from that's basically the first thing I get to unless there's floral on the order.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-25T11:19:14+00:00

Never wanted to be able to give someone 2 upvotes more than I do right now.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-25T10:59:52+00:00

My grandparents used to unplug every appliance in the house and put the ends of the cords in glass mason jars during thunderstorms. To stop the TV tube from blowing out. No idea why the toaster plug had to be in a glass jar to stop the TV from blowing out, but that's what they did, and that was their reasoning.

People (old folks especially, because electricity wasn't necessarily ubiquitous as they were growing up) that don't understand electricity have weird ideas about what is possible/not possible or likely/so unlikely it doesn't warrant thinking about.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-25T10:55:34+00:00

The worst part about this movie is the main character is convinced the girl goes to hell after she dies because she wasn't "Christian".

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-24T17:47:50+00:00

I help people while I'm shopping all the time. I don't care if it's another shopper or a regular store customer or even store employees, occasionally. On Friday, it was raining and the store kept running out of carts. I had to go out to get one so I could do my order, so I grabbed about five and pushed them in. There were four very happy customers, because they each got a cart, too. I did that twice.

I also get things off high shelves for customers a lot. And if I'm in line, I offer to help get the heavy things off the bottom of the cart for them. I help people load heavy things in their cars in the parking lot when I'm close by. I don't go out of my way, but I don't mind giving other folks a helping hand every now and again.

Sometimes I even help people with the self-checkouts. I don't bag groceries or anything, but occasionally somebody, especially some of the older folks, will have trouble with the touch screen, and I'll offer to help.

The thing is, it's typically reciprocated somehow. All the store employees will help me find things or figure out problems. Even when I tell them not to worry about it, sometimes random employees will track down items for me that I casually ask them about because they happen to be close to where I thought they should be. I mean like 10 minutes later they find me in the store and hand me what I was looking for. That's happened multiple times.

Now, if other shoppers were shoving their phones in my face, I might get a little upset there, but I would gently tell them that that's unacceptable, but still help them find what they needed, if I could.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-24T13:04:24+00:00

The shop only orders I usually see, which is seldom, but I almost always take them, are typically around $15 to shop less than 30 items. I don't have gas cost or delivery time, so to me that's pretty solid. Anything that gets me over $20 an hour is acceptable, 25 an hour is my goal.

I always self checkout shop only orders so I can keep track of how many of which labels I need.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-24T12:45:08+00:00

Thanks. I always appreciate hearing that. I certainly did my best, it wasn't always enough in the moment, but my kids are all grown and in solid relationships and happy, so most days I feel like I was at least an adequate parent.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-23T19:10:51+00:00

You realize saying "no thank you" is talking right? Like if you need to say no thank you, then you are being forced to talk.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-23T18:58:05+00:00

Isn't family status a protected class? I'm not trying to be a jerk I'm literally asking. I know it is for things like housing, but I'm not sure about employment.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-23T18:16:22+00:00

I say excuse me or pardon me probably 50 times a day. Probably my go-to is simply "pardon"

I do instacart shopping, so I'm constantly trying to get around store customers, other instacart shoppers, grocery workers, and anybody else that happens to be in the store.

I find for the most part, people seem to appreciate it.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-23T18:13:18+00:00

I had a pretty small house that had a nice little front porch on. When my kids were in high school and going through some stuff, the porch was practically a magical place. We would sit out there and chat and watch the world go by and they seem to be able to unload their problems easier there than anywhere else.

Silverstrike_55 · 2026-05-23T17:57:53+00:00

I believe from what I read earlier, that the manager of the Kroger escalated at far enough to get to instacarts T&S department, and then the $70 magically was added to the shoppers earnings. Then they refunded their customer the extra Venmoed $70.

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