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Fenrir posted:PSA: Just mow your goddamn snow. When I was like 6 I came up with this "invention" that was a combination of snow blower and roto-tiller. I figured that it would be easy to "do something" to change it from one to the other since they both have big spinny things in the front right? My Dad thought the idea of a roto-tiller that flung the topsoil 20 feet away or a snowblower that just stirred the snow to be hilarious though.
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My Spirit Otter posted:i think it's more because we're mostly hairless, so it's easier to notice them and pull them off, we also have the ability to dress to avoid, so ticks, while problematic, aren't a priority? I have a friend that has Lyme disease and man she says it sucks every day, forever.
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# ? Nov 1, 2019 18:11 |
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Mozi posted:that's a thing we talk about up here a bunch. why the hell do we have this stuff for pets but nothing for people. i read somewhere it might cause cancer after a decade or something which is pretty irrelevant for pets but who knows. as ticks continue to spread i imagine somebody will have something eventually. for the time being, tick checks, tick checks
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# ? Nov 1, 2019 18:16 |
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Burt Sexual posted:I have a friend that has Lyme disease and man she says it sucks every day, forever. Same but in Australia our proud obsession with bio security means we don’t have Lyme disease carrying ticks here so it’s literally impossible to find a doctor that has a clue about it
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# ? Nov 1, 2019 18:18 |
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Burt Sexual posted:I have a friend that has Lyme disease and man she says it sucks every day, forever. I didn't say weren't a problem, I said weren't a priority. Although, I think I read that the percentage of ticks with lyme disease is on the rise, so not being a priority might soon change.
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# ? Nov 1, 2019 18:19 |
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ticks are vectors for all kinds of parasites and diseases that are going to become extra fun when they start hitting wider populations also the little fuckers make a beeline for the crotch every drat time
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# ? Nov 1, 2019 18:37 |
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there are extremely powerful insect repellants for humans and if you are hiking anywhere ticks might remotely be a concern without at least coating your pants, shoes, and hat with them you kind of deserve what you get because even with those you'll probably still end up with a nontrivial number of ticks on you for any kind of long hike. ALWAYS take a shower right after a hike and ALWAYS have a partner check you for ticks in addition to checking yourself. i do not loving care how shy you are about your body, skipping out on that is like not wearing a condom for a one night stand. you just don't do it.
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# ? Nov 1, 2019 18:58 |
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My Spirit Otter posted:I didn't say weren't a problem, I said weren't a priority. Although, I think I read that the percentage of ticks with lyme disease is on the rise, so not being a priority might soon change. Oh I understood what you were saying, just sharing a story.
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Coolguye posted:there are extremely powerful insect repellants for humans and if you are hiking anywhere ticks might remotely be a concern without at least coating your pants, shoes, and hat with them you kind of deserve what you get because even with those you'll probably still end up with a nontrivial number of ticks on you for any kind of long hike. When I am hiking somewhere where ticks or mosquitos are a concern I coat my clothes in Permethrin. It's a potent insect neurotoxin derived from the chrysanthemum flower, and mosquitos and ticks will die slowly when they contact it. Don't use it on all of your clothes though because it's very harmful to fish and if everyone used it on everything there would be no fish in any of the streams that receive wastewater runoff. I don't have a yard but my fiance does. It doesn't really get leaves in it because the area is entirely denuded of trees. I'm trying to convince her to plant a huge shade tree like a Banyan in the middle of it because if it gets big enough we can pitch tents and have parties underneath it. She's concerned about things like "sewer lines" and "water mains" which I don't understand. As an apartment dweller such petty concerns are beneath me.
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# ? Nov 1, 2019 19:29 |
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Mozi posted:that's a thing we talk about up here a bunch. why the hell do we have this stuff for pets but nothing for people. i read somewhere it might cause cancer after a decade or something which is pretty irrelevant for pets but who knows. as ticks continue to spread i imagine somebody will have something eventually. for the time being, tick checks, tick checks Topicals work for a month on pets because they don’t bathe every day like we do (presumably) so they don’t get washed off. Ingestible tick preventative still requires the tick to bite so there’s a small chance the tick will have time to pass on whatever nastiness it’s carrying.
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# ? Nov 1, 2019 20:00 |
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I've ranted against leaf blowers for years but now I have trees to clean up after and I found a thing that's like a reverse leaf blower that sucks the leaves up and mulches them in one go, but I feel like I'd be a hypocrite if I bought one. Lesson here is don't paint yourself into a corner by having strong opinions.
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# ? Nov 1, 2019 20:06 |
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Mozi posted:that's a thing we talk about up here a bunch. why the hell do we have this stuff for pets but nothing for people. i read somewhere it might cause cancer after a decade or something which is pretty irrelevant for pets but who knows. as ticks continue to spread i imagine somebody will have something eventually. for the time being, tick checks, tick checks Have you tried wearing a Seresto collar? I can tell you from personal experience that they do work. On my dog, I mean. I didn't wear one.
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DarkSoulsTantrum posted:Topicals work for a month on pets because they don’t bathe every day like we do (presumably) so they don’t get washed off. Ingestible tick preventative still requires the tick to bite so there’s a small chance the tick will have time to pass on whatever nastiness it’s carrying. Not showering, you say? We may be onto something here.
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# ? Nov 1, 2019 20:10 |
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I have one of those EGO battery operated leaf blowers from Home Depot that works just fine and is really quiet. Even at max blow I get at least a half hour of use and then just pop the second battery in while the first one recharges.
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# ? Nov 1, 2019 20:13 |
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I want to mow my goddamn leaves but they're all soggy from the snow we got
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# ? Nov 1, 2019 20:45 |
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Novo posted:Lesson here is don't paint yourself into a corner by having strong opinions. leaf centrist scum
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# ? Nov 1, 2019 20:48 |
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This was my back yard yesterday https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ReliableImmaculateDromedary-mobile.mp4
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# ? Nov 1, 2019 21:13 |
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Malcolm Turnbeug posted:If you want to poo poo on your lawn you should probably be vegetarian bc meat based parasites that travel through our digestive system unscathed tend to be bad news for plants. You can compost human poo poo but there’s very little you can do with it apart from just trench it in places you aren’t gonna grow food crops. Taking a dump straight on roses sounds good in theory but in reality it’s a bad time The Martian has taught me that using human poo poo as fertilizer is perfectly fine. Are you going to say Matt Damon was wrong OP?
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# ? Nov 1, 2019 21:15 |
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Mozi posted:fortunately no, not in my specific area, but ticks a real bear do you live out in the woods somewhere like that picture looks like? if you're actually out in the country, get some guinea birds. my uncle has a pack of them on his farm and they keep the ticks down real good. plus they pretty much take care of themselves, they're like barely domesticated and still know how to avoid a fox or whatever.
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 04:15 |
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Klyith posted:do you live out in the woods somewhere like that picture looks like? if you're actually out in the country, get some guinea birds. my uncle has a pack of them on his farm and they keep the ticks down real good. plus they pretty much take care of themselves, they're like barely domesticated and still know how to avoid a fox or whatever. Whoa
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 04:24 |
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regular chickens do the same thing, might fall prey to fox or coyotes, tho
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 04:34 |
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Klyith posted:do you live out in the woods somewhere like that picture looks like? if you're actually out in the country, get some guinea birds. my uncle has a pack of them on his farm and they keep the ticks down real good. plus they pretty much take care of themselves, they're like barely domesticated and still know how to avoid a fox or whatever.
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 04:44 |
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mow everything mow over god
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 06:29 |
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don't mow your chickens
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 10:55 |
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SCROTO TURBOSPERG posted:mow everything Mown god?
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 11:31 |
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Spazzle posted:Mown god?
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 12:44 |
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there’s no business like mow business
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 12:48 |
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mow money mow problems
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 14:35 |
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Mow down the sexy people
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 15:51 |
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Mow Mowlam
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 15:55 |
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Last of the Mowhicans
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 16:10 |
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KakerMix posted:About when you get excited for a new washing machine. whoa whoa whoa let's not lump these two boring things together I think my new washing machine is rad as gently caress, but I still don't give half a drat about leaves
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 16:32 |
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Well now, maybe you should uh... Sit out on the porch and think about that for a bit. Maybe while reading the owners manual of that slick new washer
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 16:39 |
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E: goddamn the site is hosed up today
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Big Beef City posted:Well now, maybe you should uh... Sit out on the porch and think about that for a bit. ok, but it didn't help besides, if I rake the backyard, it's just patchy bare ground. this washing machine, though
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 16:51 |
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Malcolm Turnbeug posted:Same but in Australia our proud obsession with bio security means we don’t have Lyme disease carrying ticks here so it’s literally impossible to find a doctor that has a clue about it They don't believe ticks have any diseases here yet I got lyme anyway along with bartonella and babesia and I was super loving sick for years and had to pay for private treatment because our doctors don't know poo poo.
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 17:01 |
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Empty Sandwich posted:ok, but it didn't help i bet you could clean the whole goddamn world with that warsher
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 17:59 |
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Now, Call me a traditionalist, I might suppose, but I ain't seen a washer that don't have a decent center spindle. Now. I'm sure that's a fine washer, and from the looks of it, it sure does look the part. But now I'm used to seeing a washer with a spindle. A VERTICAL washer. Not one of them sideways gigs where you stack em up like a goddamn European.
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# ? Nov 2, 2019 18:07 |
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Dolphin posted:i bet you could clean the whole goddamn world with that warsher it might even be able to wash piss out of leaves Big Beef City posted:A VERTICAL washer. Not one of them sideways gigs where you stack em up like a goddamn European. good news, fellow washer enthusiast
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wash your loving leaves!
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