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Post by pondgardener on Jan 3, 2022 21:22:04 GMT -5
ahntjudy,especially when road conditions are poor and they are going too fast and following too close... pileup on I-70
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Post by binnylou on Jan 3, 2022 21:51:55 GMT -5
Had this situation happen years ago. I was driving the Jeep Cherokee, roads were thick with frozen slush…couldn’t see where the edge of the road was…coming out of a curve. I had a guy following me entirely too closely. My right hand tires dropped off the edge of the road, but I recovered. When I checked my rear view mirror, the fellow behind me was in the midst of doing a donut and headed back to where he came from.
He probably needed to go home and change his underwear. He had it coming. I hope he learned something that morning.
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Post by emmsmommy on Jan 4, 2022 20:26:04 GMT -5
binnylou, I had a similar incident several years ago going down a very icy and curvy hill in an AWD Subaru on my way to work. The woman behind me was following too close and when I began to slide she slammed on the brakes and slid down the hill backwards passing me before slamming into the guardrails. I remember it being so slick that when I got to work it was nearly impossible to stand up in the parking lot because of the ice.
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Post by claude on Jan 10, 2022 13:14:54 GMT -5
My first negative experience on black ice was when my 3 girls and I were coming home from a Girl Scout after school meeting. The car in front of me lost control and did 2 360s down the hill that had a blind bend on it..I white knocked it past her and down the hill in second gear low...in my rear view mirror another station wagon was doing 360s behind me down the hill..got home and it was a while until my heart calmed down.
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Post by emmsmommy on Feb 11, 2022 14:24:57 GMT -5
When you enter into a contract with a roofer and provide the initial 50% down with the rest due at completion. Then every day they work, the boss comes and asks if you can spare $100. Uhm... is the job finished?
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Post by Mumsey on Feb 12, 2022 6:15:14 GMT -5
emmsmommy, Maybe they need beer money after working so hard all day......
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Post by emmsmommy on Feb 12, 2022 11:22:00 GMT -5
emmsmommy, Maybe they need beer money after working so hard all day...... Well they're averaging a four-hour workday. I totally understand not wanting to handle large sheets of metal roofing in the winds we get on this hill but they could have been doing the repairs on the overhang. Hubby had to call them back last evening as we were hearing a loud bang with each gust of wind. Seems they left one end of the ridge cap unfastened and luckily it wasn't damaged. I can't say they're not likeable but when it comes time to roof the garage, we'll look for someone else.
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Post by binnylou on Feb 16, 2022 12:02:26 GMT -5
Seed packets that don’t reseal. Some companies do great providing an envelope that reseals multiple times. Others are so poor, I might as well cut open the envelope and get out the roll of tape.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Feb 16, 2022 12:21:44 GMT -5
binnylou I know what you mean with the tape - I'm sure everyone does! Something I discovered long ago to seal the envelopes with (I know I've posted about it before) is the blue painter's tape, which peels off and reseals countless times. And those ones that are sealed so tightly that it destroys the top of the envelope, if you try to unseal it, I simply slice it open at the top - like a regular envelope - then fold a piece of that blue tape in half over the top. Again, it unseals and reseals countless times.
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Post by gardendmpls on Feb 16, 2022 19:38:58 GMT -5
those ones that are sealed so tightly that it destroys the top of the envelope, if you try to unseal it Got tired of messing with tape, so now I fold the top down twice and staple.
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Post by breezygardener on Feb 16, 2022 23:23:41 GMT -5
I use Scotch "Magic" tape. I find it easy to remove without damaging the seed packet.
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Post by desertwoman on Feb 16, 2022 23:28:27 GMT -5
I just fold the top over two or three times, like gardendmpls, but don't staple. Instead, I use a clothes pin to clip together several packs of a similar nature (flowers, herbs, greens, etc)
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Post by datgirl on Feb 17, 2022 8:24:39 GMT -5
desertwoman,That's exactly what I do. The seeds that I collect, I usually put in those orange pill bottles.
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Post by desertwoman on Feb 17, 2022 10:02:52 GMT -5
datgirl, I just make my own packet for seeds I collect. I especially like the inserts that come in magazines, as they are a little heavier, but I also have a stack of one side printed paper that I have cut up and use for scratch paper. I find that simply folding paper is enough to hold seeds in.. But, then, I'm not tossing these packets around. They sit, clipped together in one spot and rarely get moved during the year.
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Post by reuben on Feb 17, 2022 11:47:33 GMT -5
You know you're a gardener when... you compare how you close and store seed packets.
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