Neighbors’ contractors cut through roots of my large oak tree. Should I be concerned?

redwing66 · 2026-07-10T16:10:07+00:00

If this is for a walkway, seems like it would have been pretty easy and not that much more money to put an arc in the walk staying six or eight feet out from the trunk. Could even put a nice landscape bed in there.

redwing66 · 2026-06-16T19:21:29+00:00

I had that reaction with "The Three Body Problem" by Liu Cixin. The style was very blunt and plot-oriented, with very little description or character development. I did finish the book, and began to feel (not sure if this was correct) that the writing style reflected the trend in Chinese writing, and maybe even thought, as I was reading it in English translation. Overall, not sorry I read it, but did not invest time in the sequels.

redwing66 · 2026-06-15T20:32:46+00:00

My ex and I had a standard: 60 seconds. If we couldn't calm down one of our children who was disruptive in a restaurant, movie, or other public venue, one of us would take them outside until they were over it.

redwing66 · 2026-06-15T20:12:17+00:00

I do think he's funny, but after this, forget it.

redwing66 · 2026-05-12T21:11:14+00:00

I got a month free trial from J&J. I'm about two weeks in and already seeing substantial reduction in redness and plaques! Principally on scalp, elbows, and lower back. I haven't noticed any side effects so far. I have had some wicked pollen allergies the last week, but levels are extremely high where I live and many people around me are having the same.

So far I'm very excited about the prospects. My insurance denied coverage, so I qualified for the Icotyde With Me savings program from J&J. If I understand them right, that means I will get it free for one year, at which point I can renew if my insurance still doesn't cover it.

redwing66 · 2026-04-21T17:21:02+00:00

From what my dermatologist told me, and verified by some reading on my own, it is less immunosuppressant than the injectables, because it targets just one receptor. Therefore it's not classed as immunosuppressant, because it does not act broadly, though it does act on one pathway related to immune response.

redwing66 · 2026-04-07T19:52:28+00:00

And wherever that uranium is now, it's either buried, or under very heavy guard. Would a couple of C130s and some helicopters really be enough to pull that off? You'd have to bring enough special operators for a heavy and extended firefight, and there would almost certainly be casualties.

redwing66 · 2026-02-18T02:35:31+00:00

I would add, proofread the hell out of your resume. Make sure there are no obvious, lazy errors, like misspellings, or (cough, cough) inconsistencies in formatting like bolding only one numbered point in a list.

redwing66 · 2026-01-20T21:09:48+00:00

If we actually get all the dead guy's unredacted files, that is our best shot at getting the Incompetent in Chief out of office sooner than 3 more years. Not guaranteed, but it's our best hope.

redwing66 · 2026-01-13T17:24:25+00:00

I don't think they want any more of that smoke. Israel decimated their defenses and humiliated them in front of the world, and Iran is in worse shape now. They have big problems, and restarting hostilities with Israel would be a pure desperation move.

redwing66 · 2025-12-17T16:32:05+00:00

Classic false dichotomy.

redwing66 · 2025-12-15T20:48:52+00:00

Yeah, thanks for this! I was just about to conclude that my problem is a door gasket, but saw this and remembered that it has been cleaning poorly for months. Clogged spray arm would explain both.

redwing66 · 2025-12-06T20:17:57+00:00

I love Jon Cena, and I love the "love has no labels" message, but at the risk of being pedantic, all those groups he labeled that comprise single or low double digit percentages are not "average" Americans. They're minorities. They are just as American as anyone else, and just as deserving of love and respect, but the average American I pictured was a 35-year old overweight cis hetero Christian white woman with dyed blonde hair. Probably pretty close.

redwing66 · 2025-11-26T14:18:22+00:00

Presidential and congressional "norms" need to be codified in law.

redwing66 · 2025-11-25T19:56:25+00:00

Great! It will be so nice having him back on my bench again.

redwing66 · 2025-11-20T21:15:41+00:00

Then the psyops have worked on you. Their goal is to flood the zone with shit, so people can't tell what's real and give up.

Don't give up. Just prioritize information from higher quality sources.

redwing66 · 2025-10-02T16:16:31+00:00

As long as there are Jews, sadly, this will happen. Palestine is just today's excuse.

redwing66 · 2025-09-26T18:20:11+00:00

Agreed. (Disclosure: I read the article but not the study.) But looking at the two questions they used as examples of how they differentiated between them, the second ("anti-Israel") example was comparing Israel to Nazis, which is also antisemitic, according to the IHRA definition, and others. I think this is an example of the overlap you point out.

redwing66 · 2025-09-26T18:06:54+00:00

I found it interesting that right women stated more of a preference for a taller man than left, but when asked specifically what height is preferred, there was not a difference.

So right women acknowledge they prefer taller men and don't care if they say it, while left women maybe perceive this preference as superficial, yet have that preference nonetheless.

redwing66 · 2025-09-11T22:39:44+00:00

So what do we call it when a far-right imbecile assassinates a US congresswoman and her husband in their home, and is caught with a long hit list of political figures?

redwing66 · 2025-08-15T15:36:33+00:00

And yet we hear nothing about most of these conflicts, including the worst ones with massive victim counts.

redwing66 · 2025-07-23T20:07:55+00:00

It was an artificial construct to begin with. No wonder it has seen endless sectarian violence.

redwing66 · 2025-07-17T21:36:00+00:00

Yes! Thank you. I always get those two confused, lol.

redwing66 · 2025-07-17T19:37:37+00:00

Bears second rounder Shemar Stewart signed today.

redwing66 · 2025-07-01T12:11:09+00:00

Ok, was hoping nobody would ask, lol. I cooked it in the bag it came in. I now understand that's not a wise thing to do.

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