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OT: The OT Thread: False spring is the worst season of all (Warning in post 368)

Had a 45 min zoom interview yesterday that went well. And my friend's wife is a manager in the building. Doing an in-person on Tuesday, scheduled for 2.5 hours. Maybe, just maybe, the exit ramp has finally appeared.

Still haven't received my business cards. Hopefully this weekend. Insurance kicks in on Monday. Have a few legal things I need to do still, but the heavy lifting in that area is done. Almost at the "spread the word" step.
 
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TheMistyStranger said:
Had a 45 min zoom interview yesterday that went well. And my friend's wife is a manager in the building. Doing an in-person on Tuesday, scheduled for 2.5 hours. Maybe, just maybe, the exit ramp has finally appeared.

Still haven't received my business cards. Hopefully this weekend. Insurance kicks in on Monday. Have a few legal things I need to do still, but the heavy lifting in that area is done. Almost at the "spread the word" step.
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Good luck!
 
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Bundt cake cabbage rolls makes me irrationally angry. Even though it’s filled with the best part of a cabbage roll.
 
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Bundt cake cabbage rolls makes me irrationally angry. Even though it’s filled with the best part of a cabbage roll.
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I dunno, there was a Ukrainian restaurant in my old neighborhood that dished it out in a similar, loaf-y manner (you'd sometimes wait 50-60 mins for it depending how many orders there were, but they had Slivovitz to salve the wait). It was f***in' top notch; perfectly spiced beef mixture that made up 85% of the serving and a thick, crunchy cabbage casing. Helped change my mind on cabbage, only because I'd ever had my mom's terrible prep (sorry ma).
 
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I dunno, there was a Ukrainian restaurant in my old neighborhood that dished it out in a similar, loaf-y manner (you'd sometimes wait 50-60 mins for it depending how many orders there were, but they had Slivovitz to salve the wait). It was f***in' top notch; perfectly spiced beef mixture that made up 85% of the serving and a thick, crunchy cabbage casing. Helped change my mind on cabbage, only because I'd ever had my mom's terrible prep (sorry ma).
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See but cabbage rolls are great. They’re like pizza. Even a bad one is still really good. Just in a bundt cake form, that’s all sorts of wrong. Because a cabbage roll should never be in basically a loaf form
 
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brian_griffin said:
St Augustine > Centipede >> Bermuda
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What about human centipede, though?
Ehran said:
Mine usually stops growing from June to August... when its 100 degrees with no rain for 3 months. Not sure its worth the tradeoff.
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I don't even have that "luck", no matter how hot it gets, we have stupid water under the stupid ground that keeps it stupid green and stupid growing while our neighbours lawn looks like a f***ing desert.
 
Chainshot said:
Lawn? A topic I dislike more than Sabres roster questions. Bleh. Rip it out and replace with local understory species instead.
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A mate of mine was on the hunt for a house to buy. The real estate agents kept telling him how great the yards were. He eventually had to tell them "don't try and sell me on a lawn. If I buy the house I'll just concrete it all".
 
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Personally, living in Florida - a lawn is nice to mow as it is the equivalent of a 60 minute hard workout with how much you sweat due to the heat.

I dont have to step foot in a gym, I just mow my lawn once a week and walk to get the mail everyday. The heat takes care of the rest!
 
KiwiGriff said:
A mate of mine was on the hunt for a house to buy. The real estate agents kept telling him how great the yards were. He eventually had to tell them "don't try and sell me on a lawn. If I buy the house I'll just concrete it all".
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My father liked to talk about how his neighborhood in Southern California when he lived there was gravel that somebody had spray painted green.
 
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Personally, living in Florida - a lawn is nice to mow as it is the equivalent of a 60 minute hard workout with how much you sweat due to the heat.

I dont have to step foot in a gym, I just mow my lawn once a week and walk to get the mail everyday. The heat takes care of the rest!
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One of the only things I miss about Florida is the abundance of lawn care options. With 12 month of the year mowing (though, the dry season slows it down a bit), A LOT of competition in that space. I could get my 3/4 acre lot mowed for $200 a month with them trimming the bushes and everything. I have an acre of mowable grass here and its almost triple that (though, I don't pay for mowing between October and April typically, so that offsets it a bit).

Every spring I look at mowers and realize that with our schedule (I work during the week and watch the kids on the weekends while the wife mows) that I would be paying for childcare to watch the kids while I mowed. Might as well just pay people to mow the lawn instead and not pay for a mower.
 
TehDoak said:
One of the only things I miss about Florida is the abundance of lawn care options. With 12 month of the year mowing (though, the dry season slows it down a bit), A LOT of competition in that space. I could get my 3/4 acre lot mowed for $200 a month with them trimming the bushes and everything. I have an acre of mowable grass here and its almost triple that (though, I don't pay for mowing between October and April typically, so that offsets it a bit).

Every spring I look at mowers and realize that with our schedule (I work during the week and watch the kids on the weekends while the wife mows) that I would be paying for childcare to watch the kids while I mowed. Might as well just pay people to mow the lawn instead and not pay for a mower.
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My HOA does cover my lawn services, but I drive down to do my parents every weekend (or every two weeks during the winter). Competition is tight here, but for me that's for pool services. I can find great pool care for $100 a month that will make sure the pool is clear and usable all year round.
 
We've been on water restriction here for the last three years; no watering the grass, trees only on the day assigned to your residential number. Interestingly enough the AFB eleven miles away has no restrictions and neither does the larger city tied to it. Apparently the Ogallala plays favorites.
 
The weather is wonderful today.

It will be snowing for Nate's game on Wednesday that doesn't start until 6pm...

And in other news, Nate came home over the weekend to help his mom. And he got a flat tire 20 minutes from campus on his way back this morning for his trouble.

He did sign the lease for his apartment for his senior year at school, though.
 




For the 3rd time in 4 home games this season, they lost in OT.

Their other home game was a 10-8 loss.

They are 1-8 and 0-4 at home and a handful of plays away from being 5-4 and 4-0 at home.

On top of the team challenges this year, Nate has had the worst luck this spring. He sprained his ankle before halftime of the opener and missed 2 1/2 games. Now he's been really sick the last couple of weeks. And he went back to see the school doctor on Tuesday and he's not sure they know what's wrong. It's an upper respiratory thing with a bad cough, fever, and lack of energy that has lingered.

It's just one of those times as a dad that just sucks and makes you feel helpless.

And the topper is that one of the guys that warms up the goalies shoots the ball really hard and has blown out the mesh on 2 of Nate's 3 sticks.
 
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