Just don't get in an accident
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Just don't get in an accident
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State Farm also got busted for donating a bunch of trans/gay brainwashing books to Florida elementary schools. Once it went public, the backlash made them drop the donations and STFU. I switched shortly after.... I was going to anyway since their rates kept going up
When I was 18 riding my bike an old woman in a car hit me and I was in the ER with head wounds and broken bones and the State Farm agent got in tried to get me to sign something to say I was at fault lol.
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Damn I can't catch a break. On the plus side, Removal of old and a new, expanded area of privacy fence came in at 10k. Lower than expected.
Bad news is, as I was walking around with the guy, I got a look of a tree right at the edge of my property that's less than 10 feet from 39th....It's dead. Dead, dead, hollow, pieces falling off and the storm we had 2 days ago left a limb hanging on the power line. GRU is going to come out and look at it, but the reality is it's an FDOT road and an FDOT power line, so it's very possible GRU won't touch it. I don't need another damn expense, but I'd have it taken down myself (as is my responsibility), but the condition of the tree doesn't jive with how long it would take to get a tree crew out here. At this point I'm making these calls just as a CYA for liability reasons.....Just in case it falls across 39th before I can get it taken down.
Bad news is, as I was walking around with the guy, I got a look of a tree right at the edge of my property that's less than 10 feet from 39th....It's dead. Dead, dead, hollow, pieces falling off and the storm we had 2 days ago left a limb hanging on the power line. GRU is going to come out and look at it, but the reality is it's an FDOT road and an FDOT power line, so it's very possible GRU won't touch it. I don't need another damn expense, but I'd have it taken down myself (as is my responsibility), but the condition of the tree doesn't jive with how long it would take to get a tree crew out here. At this point I'm making these calls just as a CYA for liability reasons.....Just in case it falls across 39th before I can get it taken down.
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Naw, it's on my property. And just barely. The fence was clearly put up when the tree was younger, but now it's a good 20" oak and the side of the tree is a finger width from touching the fence. That's how damn close it is....but even if it's by a foot, it's mine.
GRU and Public Works were out within 30 minutes of posting that. Both said the same thing. They had the hanging limb on the power line gone in an hour, but the tree was a tough shit. Of course I told both the guys, I expected to have to take care of it and I already made calls to tree crews. I just know if I don't report it or show action that I tried to do something about it and the tree does go down before I can have it removed....and it did happen to hit traffic or hurt someone, insurance wouldn't touch it.
Funny side note - when the tree guy from public works was out here, he said "At least the tree is just under the need for a permit and replacement law". Inside I'm dying....who the fuck actually gets permits for tree work or goes out and buys a 6' high oak to replace the one they took down? I've never met one person. Not to mention, the law doesn't apply to completely dead trees that are a hazard. The old man would probably get pissy if I told him while the tree crew is out here, I might have them take down the live oak that's 20 feet down from the dead one that's also against the fence. The city is extremely strict on live oaks. But it's a shit live oak...scraggly. Limbs never grew towards the house because of no sun and tree competition. The other side gets pruned by GRU because of the power line and 39th....It's a live oak that identifies as a scrub oak
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I’ve got two cypress trees I want gone so bad, I think I could probably get one down because it sounds like it has hollowed a little, the others healthy as shit. Hate those fucking trees
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Hah.
God damn lucky. I was going to have to get a 20 yard dumpster for $650 to get rid of all my demo shit. Also cleaned out the garage and other crap I didn’t want. Found a guy on Craigslist with a 10 yard trailer and will get rid of all of it for $350 and he’s taking the first load today. Maybe he can do one load if he stacks it carefully and doesn’t throw in wood like he’s playing pickup sticks. Hell of a deal, especially since that material is blocking the gate to my backyard the tree guys will need
God damn lucky. I was going to have to get a 20 yard dumpster for $650 to get rid of all my demo shit. Also cleaned out the garage and other crap I didn’t want. Found a guy on Craigslist with a 10 yard trailer and will get rid of all of it for $350 and he’s taking the first load today. Maybe he can do one load if he stacks it carefully and doesn’t throw in wood like he’s playing pickup sticks. Hell of a deal, especially since that material is blocking the gate to my backyard the tree guys will need
Hopefully he doesn’t murder you and grind you into meat
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Nope, all went uneventful. He came out yesterday afternoon. I expected a roughneck country type, a little white trash, 35-50 is usually the type for this kind of thing. I was surprised when a normal, non-country looking kid in his mid, maybe late 20s got out. He definitely operated on speed and not being more careful on loading the trailer. Especially on the 2nd trip when he came back with his wife, who just throw shit in. Saw a piece of plywood sitting at an angle....like damn girl, lay that shit flat, you just wasted an entire corner.
I added some more stuff after I sent him pics, don't think he'd have noticed, but gave him an extra $50 for it. 2 full 10 yard trailers later, had it all gone in 3 hours. Good to see some younger folk busting it with some hard work.
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First day back at work in just over 2 weeks.
I can't remember anything I was working on and I have zero motivation to do a damn thing.
I can't remember anything I was working on and I have zero motivation to do a damn thing.
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3 bids.....
Tomorrow, 6k to have the dead 40' tree beside 39th, a large (30" or so) dying laurel oak, a shit ton of vines and briars that grew up 2 trees into the power wire and obstructing the new fence location, and tearing up about 1,500 SF of ground cover and oak saplings.
That same amount of work would have been 4k at the beginning of the year.
Tomorrow, 6k to have the dead 40' tree beside 39th, a large (30" or so) dying laurel oak, a shit ton of vines and briars that grew up 2 trees into the power wire and obstructing the new fence location, and tearing up about 1,500 SF of ground cover and oak saplings.
That same amount of work would have been 4k at the beginning of the year.
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Tell one you had a quote for $5k see if they bite, was 15 years ago, but I cut a quote in half and they jumped at it
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If I had more time I would. A big factor is getting them out here ASAP. My fence is falling down, gaps....damn chickens keep getting out and I sure as shit don't like my back yard exposed giving my location on 39th. The tree stuff will hold up the fence scheduling and I'm out of town for several days this month. At this point (and for liability reasons with the tree that dropped another piece tonight....not big, but still), first come first serve will get it. The guy starting tomorrow over 2 weeks from now wins. The options started to thin anyway since some of the work requires a crane, some of this can't be climbed.
Thinking back on it, I'm wrong on what the price would have been earlier this year. I did have a couple quotes on the big oak and it was 3k in February by itself unless I got it done with the other work, then $2,500. Same situation here, I save $500 by lumping it in with other work, but that oak is big.
I think this potentially solves your chicken problem
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Dude.....I shot one in the neck with a .177 pellet rifle from 10 feet away and it didn't kill it....just shocked it and it eventually bled a little. 5 minutes later it was back to scratching like normal. I've killed a chicken with a stick before (on accident, kinda).....Baffling.
Now I have no choice but to go out at night and break their necks while sleeping. Except these are absurdly skittish, so it'll have to be night after night
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The neighbor with the loud stereo/bass whose wife always breaks my balls over stupid shit and narks on all the neighbors to the city.....
Apparently has some tree work to be done. I look outside and the neighbor, did they wait until a good time or someone to come out front? Nope, they walked right into my back yard on the west side over to the east side of the property right into the work. WTF....I don't care why, you don't walk into someone else's back fucking yard without permission.
Apparently has some tree work to be done. I look outside and the neighbor, did they wait until a good time or someone to come out front? Nope, they walked right into my back yard on the west side over to the east side of the property right into the work. WTF....I don't care why, you don't walk into someone else's back fucking yard without permission.
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Did you engage him?
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Naw, I was in here talking to my dad and I happen to know he was on his way to a funeral
I haven’t complained about my neighbors in a while. They’re moronic
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So what's the complaint?
I should have worn gloves this weekend. Since I'm expanding my privacy fence, I have to clear a path of growing oaks and magnolias. Fuck, even a 6' magnolia's root is big and goes straight down, fucking deep. Oaks of course spread and are tough as shit even with they're only 2' tall. And I have a fuck ton of them to remove. Shove, axe, pull, more axe.....Like 5 hours of that this weekend and my hands are raw, back a little sore, a little over half way done, but I have a couple pretty large ones in my way. 3 weeks left to get it all done, 5 days of which I'll be out of town.
I should have had the forethought to pay the tree guys while the excavator was here to just drag it across and tear up that area real quick.
I should have worn gloves this weekend. Since I'm expanding my privacy fence, I have to clear a path of growing oaks and magnolias. Fuck, even a 6' magnolia's root is big and goes straight down, fucking deep. Oaks of course spread and are tough as shit even with they're only 2' tall. And I have a fuck ton of them to remove. Shove, axe, pull, more axe.....Like 5 hours of that this weekend and my hands are raw, back a little sore, a little over half way done, but I have a couple pretty large ones in my way. 3 weeks left to get it all done, 5 days of which I'll be out of town.
I should have had the forethought to pay the tree guys while the excavator was here to just drag it across and tear up that area real quick.
Just that at most stuff is closed a day or two there is zero need to panic.
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Basically everyone but rednecks panic because they're basically adult babies.
its out of all proportion with these coddled douches here
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Speaking of douches, I douchebagged it up on the prepper channel. The city liberal who pretends to be neutral as he mentioned the 2 terrorist attacks. He loved to blame Trump, Russia, etc....I wonder why he didn't mention muslim or democrats with these 2 attacks?
That's not me being a douche....Mr. Douche came down on an old lady. She was talking about all her preps and how he gives her the confidence to survive a SHTF situation. She has a tent, a sleeping bag, and bra and panties in a bugout bag. She has extra food and water in her apartment.
I had to inform her that she's wasted her money and she will die very quickly anyway. City folks/apartment dwellers will absolutely die in SHTF, but that's not what I laid out the reasons she'll die to her. The reason? What I left out from her post: She's 67, had 2 major surgeries, doesn't get around well, has major arthritis, and doesn't own a car.
How the fuck does an old woman who can't move with no vehicle "bugout" or survive SHTF? I had to politely tell them that their prepping is nothing but a way to make them feel better while watching the world descend into collapse. They'd be better off going to church and spending that money on something they enjoy before they die.