OT - What are you doing right now?

northGAcock

Botch said:

When your calves' in the sea,
And an Eel bites your knee...

....That's a Moray!  

@Botch you are on fiya tonight!

DoubleEgger

Legume said:

Stock tip:  Pinkberry upgraded to strong buy

Blue Horseshoe loves Anacott Steel 

JohnInCarolina

saluki2007 said:

KD is just nasty. 

I concur.

Focker

saluki2007 said:

KD is just nasty. 

The 3 just now.  Lights out.

SciAggie

Had dear friends over tonight. We had a variety of appetizers and a couple of pizzas. Not one picture was taken. Do you ever do that? I miss posting here but at the same time I don’t regret focusing on those close to me. Cheers to all.

HeavyG

SciAggie said:

Had dear friends over tonight. We had a variety of appetizers and a couple of pizzas. Not one picture was taken. Do you ever do that?...

Always.

nolaegghead

Finally got an SD card for my drone camera.  Took these after work today.

nolaegghead

That black car at the top of the lot is mine....and me.

nolaegghead

This is a bit boring, but some video footage from the drone.

https://youtu.be/bRim_H8PnPU

nolaegghead

https://youtu.be/qrB7Oxb1Y6U

nolaegghead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlBrFVBeOtA

thetrim

Had to drive back and forth across the peninsula tonight.  Eight hours driving in ten hours.  Ouch.   Only pulled over once.   No ticket!

YukonRon

Diana Krall at the Palace last night (after making a pasta and brisket dish. Has to be the best meal I have ever cooked).The show was one of the best I have seen at the palace.
Her band was incredible, and if they roll through your area, it will be worth the price of a ticket to go see. Her brand of Jazz, with a virtuoso playing each instrument, was over the top. The addition of a violin/fiddle to her ensemble was pure genius. Catch it if you can.

Jeremiah

YukonRon said:

Diana Krall at the Palace last night (after making a pasta and brisket dish. Has to be the best meal I have ever cooked).The show was one of the best I have seen at the palace.
Her band was incredible, and if they roll through your area, it will be worth the price of a ticket to go see. Her brand of Jazz, with a virtuoso playing each instrument, was over the top. The addition of a violin/fiddle to her ensemble was pure genius. Catch it if you can.

Agreed. She’s incredible. 

SonVolt

saluki2007 said:

Perfect height for sitting on my utility seat. Most of the tomatoes came from seed so i can thin them out as they grow if they all make it. I dont mulch, more likely to introduce mold or insects. 

That fungus under the mulch is a good thing! Seriously. It speeds up decomposition of the mulch itself which improves the soil quality over time. Mulch also prevents soil from splashing up onto the plants when it rains which helps prevent soil-borne diseases.  I've got a Ph.D. in Genomics & Horticultural Science from the University of Auburn. 

SonVolt

I just made that last part up. Everything else I said is true though. 

YukonRon

We use 100% cypress mulch. It stays in place, adds nutrients, is a natural weed, insect and reptile repellant. It weathers nicely, does not enhance growth of mold and is chemically neutral.
The down side of cypress mulch is by cutting these trees down, it is a major threat to the ecosystem, as is all species directed harvesting, of any tree.
But, if you are eco friendly in your yard, cypress offers the best performance for your mulching/gardening dollar.
Be sure, should you choose to use cypress, to get 100% cypress, and not cypress blends. Big difference. You may as well get the dyed mulch of the same color. You lose all the advantages cypress mulch brings.
Rockwood cypress mulch is the best (that is a joke ).

SonVolt

I use plane ol' pine bark mulch. My tomatoes are rockin' this year. 

thetrim

HOA mandates we use Pine Bark Mulch in the front beds.  

SonVolt

HOA are terrorist organizations. 

YukonRon

thetrim said:

HOA mandates we use Pine Bark Mulch in the front beds.  

What a shame. Pine bark is being harvested off pine trees, that has succumbed to the pine bark beetle, that is spreading to virtually all pine trees across the nation.

Be careful make sure there is no larva in the mulch you spread, chances are relatively slim that any should remain, but there have been complaints across the country of accelerated destruction, and a few of the instances were traced back to a pine bark mulch spreading origin. Pine also will effect the ph levels of your soil making it more acidic over time.

The other big problem when selecting a mulch to use, is specifically, with hardwood mulch; termites. Watch out if you lay that stuff out.

I would ask the HOA if they will cover the cost of soil nuetralization as well as covering the cost for removal of dead pine trees and the replacement thereof. Also, with pine mulch, it does not stay in place very long and is easily washed away in heavy rains.

It does look good and has a curbside appeal though.

YukonRon

SonVolt said:

I use plane ol' pine bark mulch. My tomatoes are rockin' this year. 

If you really want your maters to rock, lay down sheets of red perforated poly under your plants. The reflected light adds to the growth of the fruit. I did that when I planted them a few years back. That, water and 10-10-10, sparingly every 2-3 weeks makes a bumper crop off of just a couple of plants.

Raising some purples and some big boys this year.

milesvdustin

I am neck deep in engineering schematics for a hotel working on a mechanical bid. Fun times 

theyolksonyou

I pondering the question, isn’t one supposed to prevent the other?

SSQUAL612

nolaegghead said:

That black car at the top of the lot is mine....and me.

Is that an Audi?

YukonRon

Just got my unsolicited Social Security retirement notification in the mail, to prepare me for retirement, the day after my last visit to the doctor for some evaluations and tests.

Wonder if they are trying to tell me not to buy any green bananas in the future?

Who knows?

northGAcock

YukonRon said:

Just got my unsolicited Social Security retirement notification in the mail, to prepare me for retirement, the day after my last visit to the doctor for some evaluations and tests.

Wonder if they are trying to tell me not to buy any green bananas in the future?

Who knows?

Just letting you know that you will have plenty of money to install that outdoor urinal just off the kitchen and aesthetically appeasing in Suzy's landscaping.

YukonRon

northGAcock said:

YukonRon said:

Just got my unsolicited Social Security retirement notification in the mail, to prepare me for retirement, the day after my last visit to the doctor for some evaluations and tests.

Wonder if they are trying to tell me not to buy any green bananas in the future?

Who knows?

Just letting you know that you will have plenty of money to install that outdoor urinal just off the kitchen and aesthetically appeasing in Suzy's landscaping.

That will be a total lifetime limiting event. I would never survive the wrath of My Beautiful Wife. My chance to retire would not be met.

thetrim

northGAcock said:

YukonRon said:

Just got my unsolicited Social Security retirement notification in the mail, to prepare me for retirement, the day after my last visit to the doctor for some evaluations and tests.

Wonder if they are trying to tell me not to buy any green bananas in the future?

Who knows?

Just letting you know that you will have plenty of money to install that outdoor urinal just off the kitchen and aesthetically appeasing in Suzy's landscaping.

I have a urinal that meets that location description. I call it my side yard.  

SonVolt

I don't even make it to the yard, I just pee onto the front porch.