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I was buying something at Home Depot that didn’t have a code on it, so an employee had to look up the item. It came in two sizes - 10’ long and 4’ long. She had to ask me which it was.
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There’s a penis joke in there somewhere.
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I think the 4 foot penis is preferable. A 10 foot one would be a drag.
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That reminds me of my favorite limerick that always pops into my mind when using urinals that are mounted very low.
There once was a young man from Kent
Whose penis was long and quite bent
To save himself trouble
He stuck it in double
And instead of c*ming he went
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John Valby?
your line also has a penis joke in there somewhere
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i’ll give you a penis joke somewhere.
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Tonight, I made an easy meal for dinner… seasoned chicken, baby potatoes, and baby broccoli. Put them all in a pan and oven-roasted them for half an hour. The chicken and potatoes turned out okay, but unfortunately, I cremated the baby broccoli. DOH! Stupid!
Next time I’ll just stir fry or steam those babies.
Good thing I always have frozen vegetables, so I quickly nuked some broccoli florettes.
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I’m an idiot. yeah I know.
drove into town yesterday for four deck boards thought they were a bit expensive but didn’t really process the thought. get home, and they’re cedar instead of pressure treated.
headed back into town to see if they’ll take returns without a receipt.
I have the hiccups. End of message.
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We lost another tree in a storm overnight. The last one missed two cars very narrowly, this one hit two cars.One isn’t too bad, I’m a little nervous one may be totaled.
Speaking of trees, we had a giant Sycamore removed about 4-5 years ago. It was dying, and at risk of causing damage to our house or our neighbors. It had already caused damage about 5 years prior to that, before we moved in. Our backyard is tiny and enclosed, so it cost a good chunk to have it removed because it required a specialized crane. At the time, we opted not to grind the stump, since that would have also required specialized equipment to get a professional grader grinder in there.
Fast forward, my husband was doing yard work today and noticed a soft spot on the stump. It’s overwhelmed with termites. The stump is maybe 25’ from our house, and is right next door to our garage, but fortunately that’s cinderblock and no wood.
Google tells me that termites are totally natural and having that many in such close proximity to our house isn’t necessarily a problem, but it still makes me really uncomfortable. I’m debating having a service come treat the stump, then grinding it (I’m uncomfortable grinding things to death, but maybe that’s a less cruel death than poisoning them), and also getting preventive treatment of the house. Or maybe I’m just overreacting? It’s going to be costly…
I’d call an exterminator and at least let them look around and give an opinion. Termites and carpenter ants are nothing to screw around with.
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Are termite bonds not a thing where you live? You contract with a pest control company to treat for termites, monitor, and indemnify termite damage to your home?
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And to think it started on my wife’s birthday. :shake:
Tried to fly Phila - Denver (change plane there) - west coast city yesterday for an SOA exam committee meeting. Could conceivably have been done by zoom (Canadians were doing zoom rather than deal with US under Trump), but I decided to go in person, even though yesterday was my wife’s birthday. (She agreed that was ok).
Bad weather in Denver. Plane diverted to Scotts Bluff. With a scheduled layover of an hour and 40 minutes, I still had a chance. But no, didn’t clear up soon enough. Spokane flight left before we got to Denver (around 8 pm Denver time).
No later United flights that night. Conceivably, but not definitely, I could have switched to a different airline. But all things considered, including that my schedule had me returning on a connecting red-eye Sunday night, I checked possibilities and decided to take that same return (just the second leg of it) on Friday night. Yes, I was spending much of my wife’s birthday just flying Phila - Denver - Phila, not even getting a decent sleep.
Any way it could get worse? Yes. Even for such a short flight, and with only a carry-on size bag plus a backpack, I had checked the bag. I got a pacemaker in late June, and need to be very easy about lifting in the first month. With two textbooks in the carry-on, checking it was the way to go. I confirmed with United, before leaving Denver, that the checked bag would get onto the Phila flight with me.
Shouldn’t have been tough. Out of my possession since checked through, but this confirmation that it was to come on that Phila flight was more than an hour before the flight left. Plus the bag couldn’t go on the originally scheduled Spokane flight, which left before the bag got to Denver.
At baggage claim in Phila, about 5 AM, no bag. WTF??? I inquire. Bag is still in Denver. What now? They will return it to Phila and deliver it to my house sometime today. Not good, but best I can do. Unfortunately (my bad) my hearing aid chargers were in the bag, so I had to do today’s zoom without them. Not good.
At least it couldn’t get worse. HAH!!! Called about 1 PM to check on bag’s status. Maybe I would have it for at least part of today’s zoom call. No, bag was on the way to my original destination city, even though well before it got on that plane I had notified them of the lost bag and they said they would send it to Phila. Even had they not had the lost bag notice, they should have known I was no longer ticketed to the original destination city.
It’s supposed to be on its way back to Phila now. Due in Phila around midnight. A delivery service will pick it up at 9:30 AM to bring it to my house, but my house is not the only delivery and I may not get it until 6 PM.
But on the bright side: my daughter is lending me some headphone for tomorrow, so I should be able to hear the zoom fine. I tested them with Duolingo tonight, and the sound was fine.
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I was a licensed exterminator. Termites in a stump are subterranean. A nest can feed 25 feet away so they are a threat that will need to be monitored. Another issue with a large active nest so close is when the flights occur you have the potential for many new nests.
It is not difficult to check for termites if you are thorough. Subterranean termites need earth next to wood. So when there is wood but no earth like a garage with a cinderblock foundation they create mud tubes to access the wood. Check all around the foundation of the garage for mud tubes. Also using a flat head screwdriver tap the wood base plate and studs (any wood close to the cinderblock) every few feet for damage. Termites eat celulose within the wood leaving a shell.
A reputable company will do a thorough check of all the structures on your property and recommend a solution.
The company I worked for. Sentricon Termite Colony Elimination System
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