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joe dirt

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  1. finally got my backyard respectable this year since we got a puppy. but now we’re in the process of getting a pool. i need recs for austin-area landscapers to reroute my irrigation, then resod after the pool build. et tu cactus?
  2. we’ve had an orbi rbk40 since 2017 and it has been pretty awesome until the last 6 mo or so. now if a power surge knocks it offline, when it comes back up, less than half my shit connects again. i’ll have to factory reset multiple times to get it all up and running again. we have around 50 connected things at all times, most of which are smart switches and power receptacles. it’s become really unreliable. in the last few months i’ve tried google wifi, google nest and now nighthawk wifi6 mesh. they all suck. i have at&t fiber gig (fight me)and each of these systems is averaging less than 100mbps where the orbi was anywhere from 300-350. i need something better. someone help.
  3. can’t think of any reason he’d steer me toward something that costs less if it didn’t make sense. at any rate, i‘m leaning toward variable anyway for the times we don’t run any of the water features. he mentioned that he still maintains a relationship with pentair so i could choose either one.
  4. we spoke with a builder at length today about the specs he provided which included a jandy 2hp stealth pump. i asked about switching to variable speed and he said that with a spa+spillover, the pump needs to run at the full 2hp to spill into the pool anyway so we’d never use less than the full speed of a variable speed. he’ll obviously put whatever i want so i just need to decide jandy or pentair, single speed or variable. each of the builders we’ve talked to have added the polaris 280. i need to read up on robotics more so i don’t end up paying for the dedicated suction line if i’m not gonna use it. anyone know anything about stamped koolcote? i’m not thrilled about the standard knockdown texture so i’m looking at alternatives that i can also use to cover the exiting patio concrete so it’ll look more cohesive.
  5. is there a consensus on which pool equipment i should lean toward? of the 4 builders we’ve met with, 2 are pushing jandy, and 1 each for pentair and hayward.
  6. bummmmp. +1 for @ROFL BOX he came way the hell out to derkaville for a measly 50yd run. put up great looking gutters, well as great as gutters can look anyhow.
  7. nope. backyard build area is basically a flat, 60’x50’ rectangle of nothing but grass. we had a quick chat and he did a redesign more inline with the design aspects we discussed and within our budget. still waiting on the other 3 companies before we decide which direction to go. i’m already hating this process and we haven’t really even begun.
  8. we had consultations with 4 companies last week to design a pool+spa combo in derkaville. maybe i need to reset my expectations, but jesus fucking christ the first quote came in at just over 6 figures, which is a good 20% over the budget we discussed. this is a 20x27.5’ pool with a 7.5x7.5’ spa with a spillover and not much else in the way of water features. decking is concrete too. is this the new average cost of pools in texas?! gonna wait to see the other 3 before i decide whether to even bother asking him to tweak anything. fml
  9. blames others for not wearing a mask. what a huge fucking choad.
  10. remdesivir is a strange way to spell hydroxychloroquine
  11. how many of these patients will claim hydroxychloroquine saved them? <\garyoldmaneveryonegif>
  12. If X is less than the cost of a recall ventilator, then we don't recall send any
  13. this video is fuckin weird but i love me some strokes. that’swhatshesaid hoping they come thru austin for this album.
  14. “it’s ok though because he donates his presidential salary so it all evens out” - every trumpkin ever
  15. we’re on week 5 with our mini goldendoodle, chancho. he’s been great so far but sometimes i feel like we should be a little further along in the training. correct. i think this is why chanchito seems to only listen to me. i couldn’t pay the kids to stop messing with him for even a minute bc they can’t help but pet him, pick him up or talk to him with baby talk.
  16. dj rectangle was the shit. i still rock ill rated and vinyl combat monthly.
  17. it’s been mild af this winter and neither my front or backyard has gone fully dormant. am i good to start the annual scalping? i’m in austin. also need to get control of clover. what can i use? i need names of shit i can get at home depot or lowe’s
  18. first kobe, now the republic. since deaths come in 3s, someone better be following rbg around 24fuckin7.
  19. i especially like the part where he says “many saying don’t do it, sir”, then immediately follows that up with the “...many more mistakes of judgement” projection. every time he injects the word “sir” into his stories...
  20. i keep tryna figure out why them dumb shits want him to testify here. i was gonna ask the surly collective, but, well, yeah.
  21. cafeteria food talk not going away
  22. pocahontus.
  23. we picked this little guy up a week ago. his name is chancho! anyway, i been feeding him blue buffalo wilderness puppy food the past week until my wife texted me this afternoon demanding we switch his food asap. apparently some facebook story floating around about someone’s dog dying after eating this brand. she seems pretty adamant about changing so i come to the surly collective for suggestions.
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