It's My Party and I'll Complain If I Want To Complaint Thread
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I'm not too optimistic about how long "Dollar" stores can still be called "Dollar" stores. When I was a kid they used to be called "Dime" stores.
Some of you younger forumites might live long enough to get to know them as "Sawbuck" stores. (google it)
...years ago had a friend who was a landscape technician. Helped him with compiling, editing, and typing the documentation from his handwritten notes for his case against a company that makes glyphosate herbicides and organophosphate insecticides. It was concluded that both contributed to him becoming highly sensitised to toxins (and he wore the recommended protective clothing/masks as well as followed the proper handling procedures). He no longer can stay in a city for more than a day or two, or even small towns (particularly near rural areas where these and other chemicals are routinely used on fields). Granted he was exposed to them far more than the average home owner but over time they can present a hazard to one's health.
...yeah, I've been ghosting....
(back to the closet now)
no pineapple?
wuh ohs
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was it summer solstice yet?
Roundup is also one of the reasons we're losing our polinators, the bees. Without them we're all doomed.
Dana
...that as well. Bees and flutterbys are very susceptible to glyphosates as well as neonicotinoids the latter which are often genetically combined with seeds. We lose pollinators and say goodbye to most of our food supply.
Apologies but this hits a very sensitive nerve with me considering what my friend went through. His observations were well ahead of today's as he mentioned the same concerning pollinators.
...and this was thirty years ago.
OK back into the shadows again
4 year olds ask difficult questions:
why am I alive?
Because.
That works on so many levels but is still not completely satisfactory.
Perhaps if the word were slightly modified? "be-causing".
Have you ever noticed that the verb "to be" is irregular in all languages?
First of all, Gryphon needs to decide if the danger posed by the unkempt weeds (snakes, fire ants if they are near where he lives, rats, or other rodents/predators that might be nesting nearby) are worth making waves with his landlord.
I inferred that he doesn't want to be "that renter". His next step might be to call his county or code enforcement hotline to report the situation...but sometimes, government bureacracies won't do anything unless the complainant gives their name. See above about "making waves".
So the next question for him is whether or not this is a problem that can be self-solved, given ALL of the risks (exposure to a chemical, being discovered by the landlord, neighbors, etc.). I am firmly in the self-solving category. If I lived in his apartment complex, I'd probably just do it and then there's no more complaining. A treatment takes a week to kill the weeds, then it's probably good for another month. Personally, I would buy a gallon jug of Roundup and apply it right around the house or patio going out only as far as necessary to restore safety to the area. My impression is that he only has a few square yards to treat. The risk is vanishingly small, but the benefits are potentially huge. I'd do it early in the morning before anybody wakes up. The sprays will be dried by the time anybody comes out to walk their dog.
As to "dangers" of Glyphosate, I don't believe any of that. I've been using the stuff for 20 years. Just be careful with chemicals! Don't breathe it, don't eat or drink it, don't roll around in it while it's wet, wear your eye protection, keep your damned mouth shut when you're applying it, wash up with soap and water when you're done, and launder your clothing too. Most of those are the same precautions you'd use when putting gas in your car or truck.
Also, Roundup does NOT kill bees or any other insects. It can't. Roundup is an HERBICIDE, not a PESTICIDE. I do use some pesticides on occasion, because I live in the real world. The sod webworm can denude certain types of turfgrasses in just a month or two, the tomato cutworm and the corn catepillar can DEVASTATE garden crops in less than a month. The key to not killing bees is to apply pesticides BEFORE the plants go to seed, or wait until after the flowers have dropped.
But Roundup is an herbicide, so although it might remove a pollen source, it certainly won't kill the bee population. Bees are pretty smart. I've never ever seen a bee trying to get pollen from a dead plant or from an area where there are no blooms on the plants.
The upshot is, if you have tall weeds in your outdoor living space, you could cut them down with a machine, pull them by hand, kill them with a simple salt solution (that's what Glyphosate is), or get somebody else to use one of those methods. Gryphon has options. It just comes down to his personal calculations. Cost, risk, hassle; these must be balanced. He can decide.
Personally, I'd write to the landlord first, but if nothing is done, I'd take action myself. I once painted the bathroom and kitchen in an apartment that I lived in. Had to remove the ugly wallpaper first. But then I kept the place for a few years before I moved out, so it was worth it. The landlord never complained that I had left the place in better condition than I had gotten it.
Because it's much used. The theory is that all verbs were originally irregular, but the less-used ones gradually became regularised because without cosntant use there wasn't a constant reminder of how they should go - the common verbs, however, don't allow for such slippage
Reading a book of George Washington's letters. Not only was he quite learned and eloquent, but seeing them in the origional punctuation, capitalization and spelling is quite eye opening. I'm left thinking that American English ( at least ) is like a cat- it may look solid but it behaves like a liquid.
Have you ever noticed that in English, the final 's' flip-flops between the noun and verb as plurality changes? Examples: A dog runs. Two dogs run. A student crams for the exam. The students cram for the exam. A monster scares people. Monsters scare people. A bird flies south in winter. Birds fly south in the winter.
I've always written and talked this behavior properly my whole life but I never noticed it until just a few years ago.
Either that or I'm so senile now that I forgot that I used to know about it. 
Pineapples and pork.
I have no clue why i am alive?
Non-complaint: Finally we've got a decent rain. Big heavy rain storm. Heard my first thunder in a long time. Driveway ruts are two rivers of rushing water teasing out and tumbling the rocks to new positions.
'nother Non-complaint: Fruit stand watermelon is getting good. Sweet, juicy, crisp. The rind just pops when you stick a knife in it. Almost time for the local yellow flesh watermelon variety. Mmmm, so tasty.
this utoob says its 0 seconds but i been self medicating on it all afternoon
hate windows 10. tried using new netbook for a lil while today, ran screaming back to winxp.
The EU has just banned the neonicotinoids :
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/apr/29/bee-harming-pesticides-banned-europe
Don't worry, it will not last forever.
cake
candy
apocalypsesess war and famine and ebil, denied cake and candy
twix, butterfingers, toffeefay
vascular dr found a lump on my neck. all he said about it tho. guess primary dr has to be the 1 to figure it out
sigh. hot cuppa tea is good. some lorna doones would be nice. hash browns tasty snack too.
Vascular Dr said that cause it needs to be your family Dr to refer you to the appropriate Dr I believe.
[opens closet door]
...never mentioned that glyphosate is directly dangerous to pollinators, neonicotinoids, and other poisons often used alongside herbicides in gardening and agriculture on the other hand, are. However, extensive use of herbicides to control milkweeds in the Midwest has been devastating Monarch habitats. Similarly wild flowers which bees often gather pollen and nectar from, are often susceptible as well. Industrialised farming relies heavily on these compounds to control unwanted plants and insects and these chemicals don't suddenly stop at the field's edge, but are often carried off downwind of the treated area. There are towns which have higher rates of respiratory ailments in areas where the industrilaised agriculture is present.
Glyphosate has been linked to cases of non Hodgkins-lynphoma in people who have worked in the lawn care/gardening/landscaping industry. True, a one time use will not endanger you unless you neglect to take any precautions as mentioned above. My personal solution would be a weed whacker once a month or as needed.
Indeed always consult with the landlord/property owner first.
Spent several years proofing medical journal articles and along with the work I did for my friend, learned a few things that make me look for other solutions than using dangerous chemicals whenever possible.
made appt with him end of july.
the physical therapist saud i should see a nuerologist.
foot dr said i should be going to eye doctor twice a year
spine dr said i should see a gastro something specialist.
waiting on my rx insurance to approve or deny the victoza inj medicine
waiting on the county to approve or deny the paratransit bus pass
i somehow lost the script for the colon camera thing.
I was told that boiling water works pretty well.
I find it useful for things like pasta and eggs.
No for weeds but works well for a lot of those things as well.
.....a Gastroenterologist I believe.
Yeah diabetes attacks several systems, so not unusual to hear such a recommendation from the podiatrist.
Hoping you get that Paratransit pass approval. No more long walks to the bus stop and standing around in foul weather.
I just have a reduced fare card since I no longer commute on a daily basis, and it is so wonderful as I can travel around town all day for two bucks fifty. Our transit system is also instituting reduced fares for low income citizens this fall.
Because your mother is meaner than
the monster under your bed.
boiling water work well to kill weeds, but not a cheap remedy for area clearance as it takes about a kettle full to kill one persistant weed plant.