FieldEngineer

re: Reincarnation Hypothetical

Posted by FieldEngineer on 5/21/24 at 4:54 pm

[quote]You die and you are given a chance to live a life as any other animal other than a human for your next life. What animal are you choosing?[/quote] Tortoise. How fricking peaceful must that life be?...

re: Mustard Algae in Pool

Posted by FieldEngineer on 5/21/24 at 11:33 am

[quote]I'm in the middle of a "SLAM" with chlorine at 25 ppm.[/quote] What’s your CYA? The SLAM process will kill it. Just keep it up until you pass an overnight chlorine loss test....

re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by FieldEngineer on 5/20/24 at 7:53 am

Found my first hornworms on a tomato plant this weekend. Got them before they did too much damage....

re: Legislature unanimously approves state ban on nitrous oxide

Posted by FieldEngineer on 5/16/24 at 10:55 am

[quote]And now, you can buy these very large canisters with some kind of cute leading name on places on the Internet, including Amazon.”[/quote] Honestly surprised that someone would be able to order this stuff without some sort of license or business....

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re: What work from home has ruined?

Posted by FieldEngineer on 5/15/24 at 1:34 pm

I know you're getting downvoted to all hell, but there are some good points here. I love working from home (going on 10+ years now), but I met both my wife and my best friend when I worked in an office. It was also great grabbing a few drinks with coworkers after work....

re: New Water Line Installation Costs

Posted by FieldEngineer on 5/14/24 at 9:04 pm

[quote]Trenching isn't likely an option due to existing obstructions, trees, etc. Directional drilling may work depending on the cost.[/quote] Water line is pretty flexible. Just route through the obstructions. Boring would cost a fortune....

re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by FieldEngineer on 5/13/24 at 1:25 pm

Your cucumbers are doing way better than mine. They're not setting much fruit. Tons of flowers and they're taller than 6' though....

re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by FieldEngineer on 5/8/24 at 7:12 pm

[quote]i havne't seen a single bee this year.[/quote] I have one or two working my cucumber flowers everyday. I guess I’m lucky....

re: AI Smoke Drivers

Posted by FieldEngineer on 5/3/24 at 8:11 pm

[quote]Give that thing to a hack and watch him slice the shite out of it 100 yards[/quote] I’m a hack and I hit it straight and decently long, 250-305 total. Not sure about carry distance....

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re: AI Smoke Drivers

Posted by FieldEngineer on 5/2/24 at 4:16 pm

[quote]Super straight and very long.[/quote] Can confirm. I have the 10.5° adjusted to 9.5°. It’s terrific....

re: Webble Beach Love

Posted by FieldEngineer on 5/2/24 at 2:55 pm

I like it a lot. Nice distance between holes, nice scenery, good variety of hazards, big greens. It is just a 9 hole course, but the two flag system works fine. Edit: I’m pretty terrible, so take all that with a grain of salt....

re: Webble Beach Love

Posted by FieldEngineer on 5/2/24 at 2:22 pm

[quote]Should I try to go to Clark?[/quote] Clark is in amazing shape. I played there twice last week....

re: Do you sleep with the tv on?

Posted by FieldEngineer on 4/30/24 at 9:52 am

My bedroom is for sleeping and fricking. There’s no TV in there....

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re: Looks like our Louisiana girl’s dad was right all along

Posted by FieldEngineer on 4/29/24 at 1:20 pm

[quote]Who has two chef's knives that are the same size?[/quote] I do. They are decent Shun knives. I bought one, then received a set as a gift which had the same knife....

re: Despicable Arizona Gov Katie Hobbs vetoes bipartisan bill to combat squatting

Posted by FieldEngineer on 4/25/24 at 6:24 pm

[quote]Democratic[/quote] It’s Democrat. It’s easy to remember because it ends in ‘rat’....

Political Talk

re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by FieldEngineer on 4/25/24 at 4:15 pm

[quote]I prune suckers on cucumber vines to keep them under control.[/quote] Same. How are you guys pruning tomatoes? I have indeterminates. So far I have cleared any growth that’s near the ground, but these things are getting massive....

re: Anyone hit the Kai’li Red Shafts?

Posted by FieldEngineer on 4/23/24 at 2:06 pm

[quote]I'm not paying 500 for it[/quote] It’s $600, FYI. You may be able to find a used one soon though....

re: How much red tape you think one would have to go through to have a Floating Pyre funeral?

Posted by FieldEngineer on 4/19/24 at 7:51 am

[quote]Floating Pyre funeral[/quote] I’ve told my wife for years this is what I want. I’ll leave the details to her....

re: 290 rounds played at the Masters this year, only 1 scored above 82, yet they praise Tiger

Posted by FieldEngineer on 4/16/24 at 4:49 pm

[quote]And you're really speculating with the steroid use[/quote] He may be on legal TRT, but he’s definitely on something. Not that there’s anything wrong with that....