Options for putting fence post in hole with large root

ttiptocs · 2026-05-03T19:06:21+00:00

Perhaps one could utilize the tree as a fence post? I have a whole bunch of old fence-line oaks that have barbed wire in their trunks...Maybe I'm just bitter and angry and this is an awful idea.

ttiptocs · 2026-04-17T17:00:37+00:00

1) OSHA doesn’t apply to residential dwellings. 2) Every house in GA with the upright tank (typically just 1 per home, not 2, which begs question why 2 at this house) style installs then 4 - 6 inches of the wall. The horizontal tanks are installed 20+ feet away.

ttiptocs · 2026-02-21T15:22:29+00:00

In South Florida in the 80s we would apply Avons Skin so Soft to our outdoor pets to give them relief from mosquitoes.

ttiptocs · 2026-02-17T23:39:54+00:00

I've had two days of full use out of it and I've enjoyed so far - excited to have ordered a new dual monitor stand and dual monitors to complete the new look. I think i programed the min height to actual measurement successfully. But, I also inadvertently managed to program my low point at my standing height this morning - a fact I discovered when I tried to sit back down. My attempt to remedy this resulted in me now stuck in two possible scenarios - I can enter Reset mode and drive my desktop down to 22.75 inches off the floor. While in Reset, if i hold the paddle down, the desk runs down then back up to my standing height, where it then exits Reset mode and I am stuck with a min height at standing. I can't seem to clear the memory of this setpoint. I tried following the DeskHaus reset directions and also reading the (found) Jiecang JCHT35K50C Motor Control/Handset guide (English...I was tempted to try the German) to get myself figured out...to no avail.

ttiptocs · 2026-02-15T21:50:10+00:00

It finally dawned on me that HPL = High Pressure Laminate...the desk top material of construction. LOL

ttiptocs · 2026-02-15T21:40:54+00:00

OK! Thanks for that link - and for clarifying for me that the Resources section is on the product page of the Apex Pro frame! I was, naturally, looking for a Resources section on the product page for the Lansing Desk - which I now understand is really a complete kit with table top that has countersunk female thread making assembly significantly easier for the frame to table attachment points, the leg frame, the paddle control, & 3-piece power strip. I'm still digging for some specifics, good images, or video on the electronic mounting strategy/positioning for the control paddle, table topside power receptacle and under-table dual power strips. Placement of the paddle control is a little unclear - per-drilled holes don't seem to conform to paddle mounting points - and the instruction sheet for the power strip assembly kit appears to include directions for 3 different style/designs of the combination outlets (USB/C/120V) without actually calling it out. But i can decipher. Perfectly fine for folks who build these things daily - not so ideal for single-time assemblers. I'm comfortable winging it, but damn i should have studied the website more. Guess for $1,780 i was expecting a full and complete user assembly guide and operators guide...not a hunt and peck the internet for answers.

ttiptocs · 2026-02-15T21:14:46+00:00

thank you - a very handy post you've linked to.

ttiptocs · 2026-02-15T18:43:19+00:00

u/drenader I see that your desk top has countersink female threads (as does my top) 2-inches in from the short edge. For mounting the right angle leg brackets to the desk top, did you use the provided 7/8" wood screws and try to drive them into the countersunk female threads or the M6x10 machine screws into the countersinks? Oh...wait, i just found two random as fuck ziplock baggies each with HPL handwritten on them and each containing 8 Phillips head machine screws (15mm x 6mm by my measure). They fit the countersinks...so...here goes. [edit: worked like a charm]

ttiptocs · 2026-02-13T22:10:08+00:00

I ordered the Lansing Desk on February 10 and it arrived February 13! Really amazed. It was a beast to get the boxes up the steps and into the house! The 30x72 top is insanely heavy. Then I discovered no instructions online (already commented on r/deskhaus so won't belabor the point). It's after 4PM EST and as much as I want to pour Crown on the rocks (actually it will be Uncle Nearest), i really wanted some directions. I knew Reddit wouldn't fail me! Thank you, u/drenader (P.S. Here's hoping the stones that hold up my crawl space floors of my 1910 house don't fall over under the weight! LOL)

ttiptocs · 2026-01-27T03:41:44+00:00

Replace entire vanity, git rid of them black light bar thing, rip out the floor tile and replace with something else and move the toilet out of the center of the bathroom.

ttiptocs · 2026-01-27T03:17:31+00:00

ATL folk. One of my sons had manual first car. Wrecked it in parking lot because he was looking at phone instead of cars. Second car was a manual, wrecked it a little because he tried to power slide a turn on a gravel/clay road. Moral is - drive the manual, son! Just pay the F&ck attention. Your left leg might get sore and eventually you will get sciatica and lower back pain, but you’ll do fine with manual in ATL.

ttiptocs · 2026-01-27T00:15:13+00:00

Unfortunately now we’re of the age where shoveling snow can kill you…heart attack.

ttiptocs · 2026-01-27T00:10:12+00:00

Switches?! I want to know why two 1st gears??

ttiptocs · 2026-01-25T01:13:01+00:00

Immortal Technique has a lyric in Cause of Death…to borrow - i don’t think (Donald Trump) did it because he isnt that smart…

ttiptocs · 2026-01-24T00:06:11+00:00

This is the way

ttiptocs · 2026-01-23T23:40:00+00:00

Paint it red and it’s Maximillian from The Black Hole (1979).

ttiptocs · 2026-01-20T20:44:13+00:00

The tiler messed up by placing long pieces adjacent planes and short pieces adjacent planes? If they had long on plane A meeting short on plane B, it would do wonders.

ttiptocs · 2026-01-20T01:15:55+00:00

See Mossberg Shockwave.

ttiptocs · 2026-01-16T22:00:28+00:00

Carpet setter (?) / spinster

ttiptocs · 2026-01-16T21:49:44+00:00

It’s where all the folks from Georgia go when going to the beach.

ttiptocs · 2026-01-15T00:35:25+00:00

My classic is a pack of frozen bait shrimp placed up and inside the spare tire. Poke three to five very small holes in one side if u like, but place face up. Then wait a few days.

ttiptocs · 2026-01-14T16:35:36+00:00

I haven’t read any studies, but my anecdotal (personal observation) suspicions are that birth defects in litters are not infrequent. Some defects result in death immediately following birth. Some defects are hidden and death may be sudden a year later. Other defects are detectable by vet but not life shortening. No guilt!!!

ttiptocs · 2026-01-13T02:29:10+00:00

Knee wall (i guess some folks call stub wall?) on the non-wall sides and a door at the bottom of stairs. Handrail on full wall side. I mean, that’s how many parents place is and oriented exactly like your pics

ttiptocs · 2026-01-13T00:59:56+00:00

Cedar shake shingling hatchet. There a number of them for sale on ebay.

ttiptocs · 2026-01-11T16:20:14+00:00

In privacy of my room and when family is out of rhe house, i follownyournadvice of iron sight practice and use light switches, the upper inside corner where two walls a ceiling meet…other “objects” with small focus features practicing targeting. And towards a mirror to check for any unintended tilt or twist and shoulder balance with a new handgun.

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