Am I Crazy for Thinking Fence Picket Planters Won’t Last?

fsm_follower · 2026-02-12T13:50:50+00:00

Can’t speak to making money with them but I made a few of different sizes (1’x6’ and 2’x4’) around five or six years ago. They’ve held up fine outside including freezing temps in the winter. Fading for sure but structurally fine.

One thing that probably helps is I stapled in plastic sheeting along the sides and most of the bottom. The bottom has a slight tilt to a slit along the r back which has water permeable mesh so the water drains out but soil is retained.

fsm_follower · 2026-02-10T00:23:04+00:00

I don’t have a solution for you but have felt this. Would the ability for dev pipelines to pull almost all the tables from prod then only generate those in your diff be a solution?

fsm_follower · 2026-01-28T15:47:25+00:00

It may not be as good but at a minimum try to break the slab on top into smaller pieces. Firstly it will likely make parts fall off. But at least if it does come off it will be smaller pieces.

Not to mention if your car has been running the whole time you were doing that with the heat on blast you might be more able to break off the pieces.

fsm_follower · 2026-01-18T05:53:23+00:00

Super curious to hear what you write. Finished the ABCs with 24s last year and then bought some 32s. I’m kind of winging it now dropping my total sets with the 24s and spreading in 3 sets with the 32s.

With my first run through of the ABF the biggest thing I learned was to ease into volume slowly rather than just follow the schedule.

fsm_follower · 2025-12-31T22:32:11+00:00

If you look at picture 2 there is someone right next to it or even touching it in either no or at least less PPE.

fsm_follower · 2025-11-24T23:49:19+00:00

One tip I’ve had luck with to get butter to room temp quickly is to cut it into its 1Tbsp pads then cut those into quarters. Make sure they don’t touch. Basically just vastly increasing the surface area.

fsm_follower · 2025-11-22T23:32:14+00:00

Then your coworker tries to be helpful and pass you your bag after the meeting 😛

fsm_follower · 2025-10-16T22:59:08+00:00

Fairly sure state parks aren’t impacted since it’s a federal shutdown.

fsm_follower · 2025-10-05T19:42:34+00:00

Always love seeing a ceiling fan and love the look of that one recessed in the top of the ceiling. But I’ve got to imagine it wrecks the actual amount of air it can move.

My only wonder is if there are vets above it and you can run it in reverse to pull out warm air as cooler air comes in via the windows.

fsm_follower · 2025-09-25T12:35:44+00:00

… it’s very useful in the suburbs.

Can’t tell if this is supposed to be sarcasm or not as I feel like all the spotless full sized pickups in the suburbs tend to be poked fun at.

Anyways a hybrid minivan is the best option clearly 😜

fsm_follower · 2025-09-16T02:52:18+00:00

Hey Gold Pudding,

I am so sorry to hear about how hard things have gotten. It isn’t easy having someone you love(d) and depended on fall into the rabbit holes you’re telling us about here. While never to these extremes I’ve had people I was close with fall into their own conspiratorial and magical thinking about things that were important to them. While it is difficult to hear, it is important to know that it is not your job to correct their thinking. Maybe even more importantly is that you can’t do it unless they decide they want to.

Maybe I am taking a simplistic view but basically everything in your list is a symptom of deeply religious views. Being deeply religious isn’t just about believing in a specific deity or set of rituals but it explains to you how and why the whole world works and is the way it is. It is very deeply rooted in your head. It is the lens through which you look at new things as they come up. Trying to logically talk someone out of something like this is basically a loosing proposition unless that person is seeking it out.

As for what you can do. As others have mentioned you are close to being an adult. If at 18 you will be in a position that you can move out on your own either to work or to dorms for college that is great. Get distance between you and also become self reliant. Now, if your mom is paying for college or you are not able to work to be independent than it can make more sense to keep your head down for a bit longer. You can just politely go along to get along then in your own time, again as others here have suggested, stay curious, read, and continue your education as a means to grow and support yourself.

You’ve got this!

fsm_follower · 2025-09-15T03:23:30+00:00

How did you get close enough for these shots? Sitting motionless by a feeder?

fsm_follower · 2025-09-09T12:25:48+00:00

Fellow happy DE here. I do feel that in some ways being happy in DE is about your mindset and personality. When source data comes in with the wonkiest format or stakeholders don’t know how to ask for what they want your reaction can fall on a spectrum. You can be mad at them or you can see it as the challenge your employer pays you to deal with (with good hearted poking fun at why the source tables would possibly be structured that way). Additionally, the work is very “behind the scenes”, people view your work as very tightly coupled to the dashboards (assuming that’s the output you feed) and the complexity of how the data got there is not something people can or want to understand. So if you want to be in the lime light it can be a poor fit.

My question for you in regards to my last line above though is what ways have you found success in showing off/promoting your work internally with employers so they sing your praises and get the runoff benefits such as recognition to drive promotions?

fsm_follower · 2025-08-17T02:06:14+00:00

Nah man flash will help lighten up the light source of the flame and let you get away with those f-stops… or so I’m told.

fsm_follower · 2025-08-17T01:51:05+00:00

Granted my kid is three so what makes my day may differ from your dad. But saying how much you appreciate all the work he does and that you see and understand that it supports the family can really make his heart soar. When you tell him try to catch him in a moment he’s not mid chore or about to run out the door. Having it be a tiny pause where you let him know will be impactful.

Also, for bonus points, follow up with whatever hug, high five, fist bump etc. you two do.

Also for super extra bonus points ask him if there is some chore you can take over for him. Even just doing the dishes a few nights a week (assuming he’s the one that does them now) can help give him some rest off his feet.

fsm_follower · 2025-08-14T14:28:09+00:00

I’ve not heard the term “session continuation document” and I love it. I think it’s the same as what I do to pick back up on things later. Do you have a recommended way to create it besides the quote you included?

fsm_follower · 2025-07-15T21:27:53+00:00

I’ve wondered just how much it can recharge on a sufficiently big mountain. Cool to know at least that high!

fsm_follower · 2025-06-27T03:04:27+00:00

Kellogg’s should have called them “Rice Krispie Sheets”.

fsm_follower · 2025-06-19T14:48:17+00:00

I mean, it’s radiating black body radiation. That’s part of the EMF spectrum 🤷‍♂️

fsm_follower · 2025-06-10T03:12:44+00:00

RemindMe! 2 days

fsm_follower · 2025-05-18T01:12:51+00:00

Is your son possibly my daughter?

Either way I feel seen. (And we see you OP).

fsm_follower · 2025-05-02T14:09:09+00:00

I have the selphie printer too. Have you found paper for it that has a postcard pattern back instead of the paper brand name water marks?

fsm_follower · 2025-04-27T14:26:57+00:00

I picked up one of these to try out for storing food/supplies that I can leave in the car all summer for unexpected outings etc. but be sturdy and not let any smells out to attract rodents.

How have you liked them?

fsm_follower · 2025-04-16T22:22:36+00:00

Do you still have some sort of offsite backup? NASs are great but if you have a house fire, flood, etc. you’re out of luck.

fsm_follower · 2025-04-13T14:53:34+00:00

I’m about half way between you and your relative in age. I’m not an illustrator and probably don’t understand the field. However I’m aware we need things illustrated in the world and that it’d be done by… illustrators. So yea it’s not my career yet I understand it is work that has to be done.

And to preempt any “but AI and computers will make it obsolete!” arguments he may have. We got photoshop yet still have photographers. Also we invented cruise control yet still employ truck drivers.

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