what did you do around the house today?

[sabad66]

Around $1000 including stump grinding, but leaving logs for me to deal with. I’m considering renting a log splitter and making firewood, but I might get lazy and just throw them up on kijiji for free or something.

I had other quotes for $2500.

[Kloubek]

It was a productive weekend.
1) Removed literally about 1000 dandelions from my lawns. 4 plastic shopping bags full. Does anyone else get weirded out by these when they start multiplying? The base is a mess of tentacles with multiple eyes (buds) staring at you.
2) Watched my wife pay almost 3g for some smoke and CO2 detectors after a MLM-style scammy presentation by a "friend" of hers. Seems like a good product - but overpriced by about 6-8X what it should be.
3) Went to lots of garage sales (This was the weekend Chestermere gets together for yard sales). My son is the one who gets excited. But my wife, I snagged a basic wood shelving unit for free. Stained it and fixed it up to become shelving for our master bedroom closet which she was asking for.
4) Repaired and re-installed one of my XFR's paddle shifters after I snapped it off by accident on Friday. oops. I didn't realize how much I use the paddles until one went missing.

[Brent.ff]

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Around $1000 including stump grinding, but leaving logs for me to deal with. I’m considering renting a log splitter and making firewood, but I might get lazy and just throw them up on kijiji for free or something.

I had other quotes for $2500.

Where you in town? If you're getting rid of them, im sure the beyond camping crew would snag most of em..

[ExtraSlow]

Top tip for log splitters. If you are dealing with a huge old densely branched city spruce tree, get a 9 ton or large log splitter or it'll struggle. Yes beyond camping crew will help dispose of firewood for sure.

[mo_money2supe]

I can always use a stock up on fire wood for my backyard firepit. Depending what part of town you're in @sabad66 , I'll pick up a few logs if you're offering. Doesn't even have to be split!

[vengie]

I also have a large spruce in front of my house that I hate... Problem is I also hate having to chop down a perfectly healthy tree.

[dirtsniffer]

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Took down the Xmas lights.
#feelsgoodman

ironically, yesterday was the day I decided they can stay until next year.

[Swank]

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ironically, yesterday was the day I decided they can stay until next year.

On June 26th you're officially ahead of the game. Hang in there.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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I also have a large spruce in front of my house that I hate... Problem is I also hate having to chop down a perfectly healthy tree.

My old neighbour had a living tree cut down at his place and bucked into firewood, so he invited us over for a fire that weekend.
He didn't understand why it wasn't burning and why he had to use so much newspaper to try and get it partially going.
PhD in Biology, though.

[vengie]

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My old neighbour had a living tree cut down at his place and bucked into firewood, so he invited us over for a fire that weekend.
He didn't understand why it wasn't burning and why he had to use so much newspaper to try and get it partially going.
PhD in Biology, though.

When in doubt tiger torch that bitch into submission.

#patchlyfe

[suntan]

#twoyearseasoning

[The_Penguin]

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It was a productive weekend.

2) Watched my wife pay almost 3g for some smoke and CO2 detectors after a MLM-style scammy presentation by a "friend" of hers.

3g? Wut?

[suntan]

She unvaxxed otherwise it would have been 5g.

[sabad66]

@Kloubek was that from a company called Premier Health Enterprises or similar? If so these guys have been hassling my elderly parents for a while over the phone for a couple of weeks until I finally called them and told them to fuck off. They wanted to start with a “free” info kit or some bullshit. I figured it was some sort of MLM…

[vengie]

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She unvaxxed otherwise it would have been 5g.

Underrated comment

[Kloubek]

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3g? Wut?

Yup. And that's for "partial" protection. Their "full" package for our house was literally just shy of 10g.

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@Kloubek was that from a company called Premier Health Enterprises or similar? If so these guys have been hassling my elderly parents for a while over the phone for a couple of weeks until I finally called them and told them to fuck off. They wanted to start with a “free” info kit or some bullshit. I figured it was some sort of MLM…

Not sure if that's the company or not, but the name of the company selling the product and the actual product (Omnishield) are different companies anyway. *I* could start up a company with a random name and peddle this shit. I'm sure it's the same product if nothing else, and they did indeed offer the emergency kit to entice her to agree to the presentation. The presentation read like a typical MLM with scare and emotional tactics; it was pretty sickening, really.

To be fair, it's a decent system. Few fire protection systems report to your phone when they go off, or have real-time battery and filter availability. They *claim* to have a 20 year battery in them, which is also rare. Most smoke alarms are of the ionization type, which don't respond well to smoldering or synthetic-fueled fires. She feels more comfortable having this system in place, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't too.

The closest thing available in retail stores is the Google Nest Protect, which sell for $150 a piece. Add in a couple heat sensors, water break and CO2 sensors, and a self-built system would have likely hit close to a grand anyway. At least they are giving us a fire ladder - which is something we really do need. Whatever. She decided to get this, and over a decade of marriage I have found trying to be the voice of logic and sanity only causes me to lose my own sanity, so I've learned not to bother. We have separate bank accounts, so this one is on her.

[ExtraSlow]

You can spend more money on worse value, and if this is really important to your wife that's all you need to know.

[suntan]

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To be fair, it's a decent system. Few fire protection systems report to your phone when they go off, or have real-time battery and filter availability. They *claim* to have a 20 year battery in them, which is also rare. Most smoke alarms are of the ionization type, which don't respond well to smoldering or synthetic-fueled fires. She feels more comfortable having this system in place, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't too.

https://www.homedepot.ca/product/kid...5560?rrec=true

[Kloubek]

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You can spend more money on worse value, and if this is really important to your wife that's all you need to know.

This is true.

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https://www.homedepot.ca/product/kid...5560?rrec=true

I am fully aware of what is available out there. (I did some research afterwards to see how horrible of a value she actually got). There are many differences between this product and what we received, and frankly, I feel better with what we got. Just not comfortable with the price, but it's done and I really don't want to think about it anymore...

[ExtraSlow]

Yeah, don't overthink things you aren't going to change. I'm cheap as hell, but you have to let go of some things for the sake of your sanity and marriage.