ChewyDante

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Well WC is a redneck from west monroe, not a creole from new orleans.

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Do you think being "Creole" gives you more authenticity as being a local? The vast majority of south LA and New Orleans is not "Creole."

What’s the point of signing a contract if the player can renege and demand more with no consequences?

I just got quoted on a custom pergola build, attached to home, more or less like the below photo (minus the gutters). The pergola itself is nothing elaborate.

Patio would be going up over a 12' x 20' concrete slab, attached to the home using Skylift Roof Risers. The polycarbonate cover is pretty much the best quality I've seen from researching online (from coveryourpergola.com).

For pressure treated pine, including all labor and staining, I am being quoted just under $16k.

I have the polycarbonate roof materials ballparked between $4k-5K. I'm trying to determine if the rest of the quote is reasonable regarding materials and labor. It's more than I had anticipated, particularly for the pressure treated pine but I'm also totally ignorant of the going price of lumber and labor on a project like this.

Does the price sound within reason for this kind of patio cover build?


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The other 3 guys in the boat with him were also licensed captains. He was probably trying to impress them by attacking this kid. It was a bad call.

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I find it amazing that none of the other 3 adults in his boat stepped in to stop this guy. Pathetic group all around.

I laid some gravel around my ac unit to create some spacing between the grass and the unit to make cutting the yard easier and to keep grass clippings away from the unit. It's on the side of the house where no one goes, so I really didn't do it for aesthetics though I did brick outline it and it looked nice enough when I first completed it.

I thought the rocks and some weed spray would be enough to keep the weeds under control but they are still being problematic. First of all, I have torpedo grass and it is the spawn of Satan. I have come to terms with the fact that I will not be getting rid of it. I thought the rock garden would keep it down unlike my mulch garden in the front, but that has not been the case. It's not the biggest deal ever because, again, it's just an ac on the side of the house, but I'm still considering what my options are because I don't like weed eating right next to the ac unit or in the rock garden and pulling them is a bitch and generally just results in them breaking off at the rock line and coming right back.

What are my best options for making life easier on myself? I thought about pulling the rocks out and just laying plastic down underneath the rocks since I don't have any plants in this area at all but then I figured that might cause some drainage problems. I have heard landscape fabric is pretty much useless against torpedo grass but maybe it would be worth it to keep the other weeds down and make targeting the torpedo grass easier? Any other method that might help with this?

Every time these threads come up I try and point people in the direction of Hitler’s political last will and testament because apparently most don’t know of its contents. Hitler clearly lays out the course to his suicide and it is entirely consistent with the worldview he expressed every time he discussed such subjects and it was in tradition with how the Germans often dealt with defeat. There is no way Hitler would have fled and allowed his reputation and all his life’s example to be ruined by fleeing while Germany fell and commanding his officers and soldiers to hold out to the last.

People tend to believe what they want to believe with respect to historical narrative but there really is no compelling case for Hitler escaping Berlin. Josef Goebbels and his wife worshipped Hitler and they too both saw fit to kill themselves and all of their children to follow Hitler’s example. Goebbels too when he spoke to the defenders of Berlin highlighted that the German leadership was not asking them to sacrifice themselves so that they could flee, but said publicly that he and his family would remain in Berlin come what may. This was to establish solidarity and to encourage the people to fight knowing they would either succeed or all would perish together. The Nazi leadership were very keen on historical narrative and there is no way they would allow themselves to be dishonored by fleeing in the final battle.

Did you install or did a contractor? Wondering how easy it is to cut them to size.

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sleeze bag.....says what people wanna hear!

Just last month he was fighting for gender affirming care!!!!
What a slime ball!

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Exactly. He's reading the tea leaves of what positions are necessary to have a chance at winning. Obama did the same.

The problem for DeSantis, and I say this as a big supporter of his, is that JD is now stacking bona fides in a Republican Party that is still infested with undercover RINO's and weak spined charlatans who can be manipulated and influenced by deep state actors and globalists. This makes Vance a known commodity and one that also has the it factor to boot.

I think in a presidential race right now I'd have to go with Vance over DeSantis and that's not where I stood 6 months ago, even as someone who liked JD a lot in the Senate already.

He really thinks he can manipulate conservatives with that stupid bullshite. They know they can't stop what is happening so they want to manipulate conservatives to torpedo these reforms themselves. Desperation.