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Otis in the Suburbs (1 Viewer)
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shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
2005
Otis
Footballguy
There's a replacement guarantee.
And I bet the plants are cheaper than at my local nurseries here. And I don't have to lug them home...
Otis
Footballguy
KGB
Footballguy
Top of the FG post
squidrope
Footballguy
luck
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Well played.Top of the FG post
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
A what?
Britney Spears
guest speaker
Mitre saw = Canadian for miter saw, or am I ignorant?
Britney Spears
guest speaker
Otis, you're rich, and haven't purchased a miter saw already. Don't make the same mistake I made.
Get a 12" compound miter saw, not a 10" stationary one.
Every time I'm cutting something bigger than a 2x6, I regret my decision to go with the 10".
Get a 12" compound miter saw, not a 10" stationary one.
Every time I'm cutting something bigger than a 2x6, I regret my decision to go with the 10".
mr. furley
Footballguy
got a japanese flowering cherry tree as a gift last spring. came in a box, about 1 foot tall.. a branch with roots and a few buds. as of today it's about 7' tall at its highest point online tree ordering worked just fine for usThere's a replacement guarantee.
Rohn Jambo
Footballguy
"Bats are important indicators of a healthy environment. Because they are sensitive to high pollution and pesticide levels, they are useful as a warning sign to potential environmental problems. Also, bats can be important weapons in combating insects that are actually dangerous to humans. A small bat can capture more than 1,200 mosquitoes in a single hour! Also, bats cannot contract the West Nile Virus by eating infected mosquitoes. Besides mosquitoes, bats can help control the populations of beetles, moths, and leafhoppers. Many insects can hear bats up to 100 feet away and will avoid those areas occupied by bats. The effectiveness of bats in some areas diminishes the need for pesticides that can harm both the pests and their natural predators."WOW! How do you get them to live in the bat house?
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BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Oh Yes!
Footballguy
squidrope
Footballguy
Me too.
Otis
Footballguy
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YSR
Footballguy
Maybe you don't need a super fancy one, but I will echo Brit's advice to go with the 12". We have a 10" here and we had a heck of a time with the baseboards we put in about 3 months ago. My husband's parents came to town for our wedding in May and brought us their 12". Made life a whole lot easier.
glock
"Don't grumble, give a whistle!"
First came the battle with the oppressive heat of summer...
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Why do you need to cover it?
corpcow
Footballguy
Yes. You don't "need" to cover it, but why would you ask why one would cover it?Looks nicer.Kids don't touch hot metal.'shuke said:
Extra shelf space to put a lamp, pictures, etc.
corpcow
Footballguy
I installed the first of the 5 outdoor lights today, super easy (even the caulking which I did for the first time). One weird thing is that they have this sort of "case" around the outlet box that I couldn't figure out how to remove, and the new fixture doesn't quite fit with it, but... hey.
So far, nothing has caught fire with all my electrical work so that's a big win. I'm growing a beard, thinking maybe it makes me better equipped to do this sort of work. We'll see.
Oh yeah, and the dimmers seriously make a big difference. For a few extra dollars, the digital ones are nice with the subtle fade and all. Highly, highly recommend for a relatively cheap but major upgrade.
So far, nothing has caught fire with all my electrical work so that's a big win. I'm growing a beard, thinking maybe it makes me better equipped to do this sort of work. We'll see.
Oh yeah, and the dimmers seriously make a big difference. For a few extra dollars, the digital ones are nice with the subtle fade and all. Highly, highly recommend for a relatively cheap but major upgrade.
Britney Spears
guest speaker
This is the most important power saw for a homeowner. Don't mess this up. Why don't you trust me?I used my miter saw today and had to flip the fn board over and line up to complete the cut. Very annoying. Check Craigslist for a used 12".
Britney Spears
guest speaker
Great work. That doesn't look like the toolbox of a novice.
Reepicheep
Footballguy
@shuke if you're still looking for trees, +1 for Tulip Poplars, plant a few of those and you will have legit trees and shade in no time.
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BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
You want bats living in your attic?, get a bat house....which will then cause the bats to move on to more insect infested turf, no?
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Otis
Footballguy
Ok, ok -- I'll roll with 12". Brit for the win.
belljr
Footballguy
Well if it's a toolbox he really ####ed up
Otis
Footballguy
I think he means the thing next to the workbench. That looks like something in a NASCAR pit.
belljr
Footballguy
YSR
Footballguy
Exactly. Try doing this with 45 degree angle cuts for baseboards. Terrible.
Oh Yes!
Footballguy
Red Forman
Footballguy
Any word on that turtle?
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
flapgreen
Footballguy
Hell yes. I planted one of these two years ago and it's kickass. Big, beautiful leaves that turn bright yellow in the fall. Grows fast too. They get big but grow upward more than outward.
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Otis
Footballguy
Well I ended up splurging for $500 worth of shrubs and trees from that website last night. Delivery is supposedly ~10 days. I'll let you folks know how my experience goes.
The one thing I'm real curious about is the specialty azaleas they sell -- which supposedly bloom for like 7 months out of the year, as opposed to the 2 weeks most (and our other ones) do. My landscaper called BS on them, but we'll see...
The one thing I'm real curious about is the specialty azaleas they sell -- which supposedly bloom for like 7 months out of the year, as opposed to the 2 weeks most (and our other ones) do. My landscaper called BS on them, but we'll see...
Otis
Footballguy
Speaking of trees, the 7 leylands that our landscaper planted in the yard were confirmed dead. He blamed me and said we overwatered. I told him I'm from Brooklyn, have no idea how much a freshly planted leyland cypress should get, and that he never told me. I also told him the reason I started overwatering them is they didn't look like they were doing well to begin with. He also then claimed he was taking a bath on it, but that he was going to replace them all -- but just once, and that we are on our own after that. He gave me a guilt trip and said he was going to take a loss on this -- I called BS, told him these trees go for $100 a pop at a nursery (so $700 total for ours) and that he charged us around 2 grand for the job. He'll do just fine. In any event, it was a lesson for me, and we'll have to be a lot more careful with the next batch (turns out we discovered part of the issue may be that our neighbors up the hill have a sprinkler system -- and because they are uphill, that water is probably seeping down to the trees, so they were getting double-watered right out of the gate).
Landscaper and I also walked the property for a bit and chatted. He is a certified arborist, and said he could easily put in reports to the town recommending that a few of the bigger trees in our front yard should go for various reasons. May look into doing that, next season more likely, along with having the guys who come in to take out the trees also trim back a lot of the very tall trees on our property. particularly the ones out back, that nearly cover up the top of the house and really prevent the yard from getting much of any sun at all. Would be nice to open that up, get more sun in the yard, and be able to plant a little grass back there. He estimated that job at "a few thousand" because the third party tree people we bring in would have to climb the trees in the yard to do the pruning (no way to get a truck and bucket up into our yard). I'm sure it's a dangerous/timing consuming job, so that seems reasonable to me.
Landscaper and I also walked the property for a bit and chatted. He is a certified arborist, and said he could easily put in reports to the town recommending that a few of the bigger trees in our front yard should go for various reasons. May look into doing that, next season more likely, along with having the guys who come in to take out the trees also trim back a lot of the very tall trees on our property. particularly the ones out back, that nearly cover up the top of the house and really prevent the yard from getting much of any sun at all. Would be nice to open that up, get more sun in the yard, and be able to plant a little grass back there. He estimated that job at "a few thousand" because the third party tree people we bring in would have to climb the trees in the yard to do the pruning (no way to get a truck and bucket up into our yard). I'm sure it's a dangerous/timing consuming job, so that seems reasonable to me.
ShaqAttaq
Morally Ambiguous
rookie mistake correctly predicted.
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Otis
Footballguy
Yeah, great prediction, Nostradamus -- weeks after I tell you the trees are dead, and when your prediction includes every possible way a tree could die.
The Commish
Footballguy
From what I remember, they were planted too deep also. Anytime I plant a tree, I water it every day the first month then let it go. Do they come in buckets from the guy or are the balled up in burlap?
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