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Robert59 said:
Measuring my yard for a six foot high wood fence. Had a company come out last week and told me it would cost 5100 dollars for 150 foot long 6 foot high fence which I think way to much money.
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Yes! Back in the early 1990s, we had a company give us an estimate for building enclosed shelving, floor to ceiling, on the three walls of our dining room that we were converting to my wife's sewing room. They wanted between $11,000 and $14,000 to do it. I did it in a week of evenings (I was still working full time) and it only cost me about $600 for materials.

You can save a LOT of money doing these things yourself.

Tony
 
tbeltrans said:
We have a DQ two blocks away. I didn't know they were open for the season yet. Will have to check that out, so thanks for the heads up and nice that you and your husband are enjoying DQ together. It isn't just for kids! :) :)

Tony
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Oh. Our dairy queens are open all year around since they now serve chicken fingers, burgers and stuff but since it was a holiday I checked online to see if they were open first.
Just for the kids. But of course. 🥰
 

Robert59 said:
Measuring my yard for a six foot high wood fence. Had a company come out last week and told me it would cost 5100 dollars for 150 foot long 6 foot high fence which I think way to much money.
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Six foot privacy fences are very expensive. We had to put up a 300 foot one over twenty years ago and it was very expensive. Plus right now lumber is super expensive . One, because the lumber mills and associated businesses are working at half staff due to the pandemic. Two, a lot of people are taking advantage of the time they have at home to do renovations . With less production and more demand, it has raised the prices drastically.
Yadda yadda yadda 🙃
Note: perhaps I should add that it’s like that here where we live.
 
SetWave said:
My . . . TAXES ☹️
There was a group of volunteer accountants that helped us seniors and they have been great. But, because of the goddamned virus they can't do it face to face this year so i'm on my own. :oops:
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seriously? *looks at the date* i don't know how people can cut it so close. i'd be freaking out if mine weren't done right now.
 
We always have our taxes done and any money coming back or going out settled before the end of February. But, then, I have never been one to wait until the last minute for anything.

Tony
 
most of the places i've ever worked at got our w-2's to us by january and by the end of january it was all filed. this place i work at now it takes them longer. even with electronic w-2's it takes them longer. *shrugs*
 
Keesha said:
Six foot privacy fences are very expensive. We had to put up a 300 foot one over twenty years ago and it was very expensive. Plus right now lumber is super expensive . One, because the lumber mills and associated businesses are working at half staff due to the pandemic. Two, a lot of people are taking advantage of the time they have at home to do renovations . With less production and more demand, it has raised the prices drastically.
Yadda yadda yadda 🙃
Note: perhaps I should add that it’s like that here where we live.
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It's like that here too. My neighbor across the street is building a pergola in an area of his front yard. He told me he paid $200 for 2) 5 gallons of paint. And all this money, I want to say $2000 for the lumber. (i could be wrong on that).

But, i thought he was just kinda bragging about $$...but after reading, he was being truthful.

He's always telling me outrageous things, that's why I doubted him at first.
Sorry dude.
 
Robert59 said:
Measuring my yard for a six foot high wood fence. Had a company come out last week and told me it would cost 5100 dollars for 150 foot long 6 foot high fence which I think way to much money.
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We went to buy another dog run. It was over 500 dollars, last year it was 300. We asked why and, of course, covid is to blame. 🤦🏻‍♀️ So tired of the Covid excuse I could 🤮. Wood has more than tripled in price.

Since fencing is so expensive we use the dog run panels and attach them to the four foot fence to keep the neighbors vicious dogs in his yard. And we thread those privacy strips through the fence. Then, because he’s a hoarder and his yard is gross, we planted these large yellow bushes in front of the fence. Once they fill in it will look awesome.

Hope you can find a cheaper way to do your project.
 
Big day today!

I need to call the garage this morning to make an appointment to have the snow tires removed and the oil changed.

I drove less than 500 miles last winter. Next year I think I'll forget the snow tires and just venture out on sunny days.

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Aunt Bea said:
Big day today!

I need to call the garage this morning to make an appointment to have the snow tires removed and the oil changed.

I drove less than 500 miles last winter. Next year I think I'll forget the snow tires and just venture out on sunny days.

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Snow tyres are not a thing here.. we all drive in our normal tyres even in the thickest snow.. remember also most of us drive manual cars so we can control our cars a little better in the snow, but still...
 
hollydolly said:
Snow tyres are not a thing here.. we all drive in our normal tyres even in the thickest snow.. remember also most of us drive manual cars so we can control our cars a little better in the snow, but still...
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Where I live we are allowed to have studded snow tires approx. six months out of the year.

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I've continued to use them since I retired but I can just as easily do my errands on sunny days when the roads are clear.
 
Aunt Bea said:
Where I live we are allowed to have studded snow tires approx. six months out of the year.

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I've continued to use them since I retired but I can just as easily do my errands on sunny days when the roads are clear.
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We're allowed to use winter tyres from October 1st until April 15th but are required by law to use them from December 1st until March 31st, either studded or unstudded. Normal summer tyres aren't suitable for use in snowy and icy conditions as they become harder and lose elasticity which can lead to damage to the tyres. They also lose much of their grip and have a much longer braking distance than winter tyres. The opposite applies to winter tyres in summer.

Driving a manual or automatic car doesn't make much difference if your tyres are unsuited to the weather conditions.

A lot of people got caught out in today's snowfall after changing to summer tyres over the weekend.
 
Glowworm said:
We're allowed to use winter tyres from October 1st until April 15th but are required by law to use them from December 1st until March 31st, either studded or unstudded. Normal summer tyres aren't suitable for use in snowy and icy conditions as they become harder and lose elasticity which can lead to damage to the tyres. They also lose much of their grip and have a much longer braking distance than winter tyres. The opposite applies to winter tyres in summer.

Driving a manual or automatic car doesn't make much difference if your tyres are unsuited to the weather conditions.

A lot of people got caught out in today's snowfall after changing to summer tyres over the weekend.
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We use all weather tires
 
After the usual stuff, I am going to keep working on the back yard putting down some castle rock. Mr. I Want a Yard decided it was too hard for him to do, so his wife, the one with the torn rotator cuff and torn hip gets to do. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Just like last year. Apparently he meant to say, I want a yard for you to work in 😡.

Unfortunately I can’t even lift the larger castle rock that I wanted here so have to put the smaller ones in and I just took those out 🤬
 
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