Topic: Little Things That Irritate Me

[KD]

IQ says "our fence blew down".  WTF?  So I go outback and sure enough, 3 sections of my fence are down.  I examine the 4x4s...and they are rotten through.  Curiously, these are the only 4x4s that are rotted.  Why?  Because neighbour built a raised flower bed in that area.

Sigh....

Pressure treated or regular lumber?

Pressure treated.

It's the only 3 posts in the raised flower bed.  No coincidence I'm sure...

Interesting...Higher moisture content from watering maybe?

It has mulch in it and on top.  So it never seems to dry out IMO.

Some people get a little too liberal with the mulch as well. Every year I hear of house fires started from mulch spontaneously combusting because it was put on too thick around the foundation.  Even worse for black mulch. 

The garden centres usually recommend at least 4 inches, but the fire dept says no more than an inch, or two at most. 

[Solstice2006]

IQ says "our fence blew down".  WTF?  So I go outback and sure enough, 3 sections of my fence are down.  I examine the 4x4s...and they are rotten through.  Curiously, these are the only 4x4s that are rotted.  Why?  Because neighbour built a raised flower bed in that area.

Sigh....

Pressure treated or regular lumber?

Pressure treated.

It's the only 3 posts in the raised flower bed.  No coincidence I'm sure...

Interesting...Higher moisture content from watering maybe?

It has mulch in it and on top.  So it never seems to dry out IMO.

Some people get a little too liberal with the mulch as well. Every year I hear of house fires started from mulch spontaneously combusting because it was put on too thick around the foundation.  Even worse for black mulch. 

The garden centres usually recommend at least 4 inches, but the fire dept says no more than an inch, or two at most.

If you put an inch down, a couple of weeks later you get bare spots.  I often put 2-3 inches at the beginning of the season, and add about an inch halfway through the summer, like July. 

[rrocket]

IQ says "our fence blew down".  WTF?  So I go outback and sure enough, 3 sections of my fence are down.  I examine the 4x4s...and they are rotten through.  Curiously, these are the only 4x4s that are rotted.  Why?  Because neighbour built a raised flower bed in that area.

Sigh....

Pressure treated or regular lumber?

Pressure treated.

It's the only 3 posts in the raised flower bed.  No coincidence I'm sure...

Interesting...Higher moisture content from watering maybe?

It has mulch in it and on top.  So it never seems to dry out IMO.

Some people get a little too liberal with the mulch as well. Every year I hear of house fires started from mulch spontaneously combusting because it was put on too thick around the foundation.  Even worse for black mulch. 

The garden centres usually recommend at least 4 inches, but the fire dept says no more than an inch, or two at most.

Happened to me last year.  And I only had an inch or so.

[mmret]

IQ says "our fence blew down".  WTF?  So I go outback and sure enough, 3 sections of my fence are down.  I examine the 4x4s...and they are rotten through.  Curiously, these are the only 4x4s that are rotted.  Why?  Because neighbour built a raised flower bed in that area.

Sigh....

Pressure treated or regular lumber?

Pressure treated.

It's the only 3 posts in the raised flower bed.  No coincidence I'm sure...

Interesting...Higher moisture content from watering maybe?

It has mulch in it and on top.  So it never seems to dry out IMO.

Some people get a little too liberal with the mulch as well. Every year I hear of house fires started from mulch spontaneously combusting because it was put on too thick around the foundation.  Even worse for black mulch. 

The garden centres usually recommend at least 4 inches, but the fire dept says no more than an inch, or two at most.

Happened to me last year.  And I only had an inch or so.

Is that a garden of weeds?

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[rrocket]

^^Variety of hot peppers.

[Solstice2006]

That's weird.  I guess sun is a factor.  Where I put a lot, it's only in the sun after 12. 

[tenpenny]

Shopping at the Super Store today. I ask the guy stocking one of the meat coolers if I can get a couple of strip steaks cut about 1.5" thick (there were none in the display case). His answer was a. he didn't know if they had any and b.if they did it would be at least half an hour as the meat cutter was on lunch.

If your store is open for business then staff it FFS!

Surprised that they would even have someone who would cut the meat there

They definitely have a meat cutter there, but I never use them for custom cuts.

Uptown, the city market, only place for that.

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[rrocket]

^^It's classified as a Skilled Trade BTW...

[johngenx]

So the kid tells me today that one of her teachers is really pi$$ing her off.

She's an exceptional student, with a GPA of over 90% and near perfect marks in Math and Science classes.  Her weakest class is Social Studies, but she still does very well in it.  Her Social Studies teacher has become very interested in her life, and I totally get that - I did my students as well.  Given her grades, he's assumed she's off to university - logical.

So she tells him about her aspirations to become a mountain guide.  He's done nothing since but disparage this path.  Every chance he gets he runs it down.  WTF?  She's tried to explain that it's a lengthy and difficult program that involves years and years of hard work, knowledge of many topics, and is successfully completed by few - especially few women.  He still thinks she's wasting time and effort even thinking about - she should be doing something in the math or science fields (99% in those subjects...) and is quite ignorant about it.

I suspected she's overstating things, but a reliable classmate of hers that I know would rat her out on this says that indeed the teacher runs her down pretty hard when the topic of their futures comes up.

That irritates me.

[EV-Light]

So the kid tells me today that one of her teachers is really pi$$ing her off.

She's an exceptional student, with a GPA of over 90% and near perfect marks in Math and Science classes.  Her weakest class is Social Studies, but she still does very well in it.  Her Social Studies teacher has become very interested in her life, and I totally get that - I did my students as well.  Given her grades, he's assumed she's off to university - logical.

So she tells him about her aspirations to become a mountain guide.  He's done nothing since but disparage this path.  Every chance he gets he runs it down.  WTF?  She's tried to explain that it's a lengthy and difficult program that involves years and years of hard work, knowledge of many topics, and is successfully completed by few - especially few women.  He still thinks she's wasting time and effort even thinking about - she should be doing something in the math or science fields (99% in those subjects...) and is quite ignorant about it.

I suspected she's overstating things, but a reliable classmate of hers that I know would rat her out on this says that indeed the teacher runs her down pretty hard when the topic of their futures comes up.

That irritates me.

he is right!

[rrocket]

That irritates me.

You'll get over it.

[johngenx]

^^^ Which why it's an irritation, not in the "angry, unhappy, etc" thread.

[tpl]

A lot to be said for a STEM qualification, if only a humble Bsc in Comp Sci just in case the guide thing fails...ill health or injury perhaps.

[sailor723]

The market used to be the place until Perry's closed

Shopping at the Super Store today. I ask the guy stocking one of the meat coolers if I can get a couple of strip steaks cut about 1.5" thick (there were none in the display case). His answer was a. he didn't know if they had any and b.if they did it would be at least half an hour as the meat cutter was on lunch.

If your store is open for business then staff it FFS!

Surprised that they would even have someone who would cut the meat there

They definitely have a meat cutter there, but I never use them for custom cuts.

Uptown, the city market, only place for that.

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[mmret]

So the kid tells me today that one of her teachers is really pi$$ing her off.

She's an exceptional student, with a GPA of over 90% and near perfect marks in Math and Science classes.  Her weakest class is Social Studies, but she still does very well in it.  Her Social Studies teacher has become very interested in her life, and I totally get that - I did my students as well.  Given her grades, he's assumed she's off to university - logical.

So she tells him about her aspirations to become a mountain guide.  He's done nothing since but disparage this path.  Every chance he gets he runs it down.  WTF?  She's tried to explain that it's a lengthy and difficult program that involves years and years of hard work, knowledge of many topics, and is successfully completed by few - especially few women.  He still thinks she's wasting time and effort even thinking about - she should be doing something in the math or science fields (99% in those subjects...) and is quite ignorant about it.

I suspected she's overstating things, but a reliable classmate of hers that I know would rat her out on this says that indeed the teacher runs her down pretty hard when the topic of their futures comes up.

That irritates me.

I can't really say I blame him. Looking at things objectively some kind of STEM thing is almost certainly the more logical choice.

If she wants to do something else, something much more risky, well ultimately its a free country. But lots of people do things when they're young that they ultimately regret. Maybe not her. But on average, yes. Who can say?

I find it strange you bring her marks up in this. Not sure the relevance other than strengthening the argument of the teacher.

As for whether he is "nothing but disparaging" - who knows? You weren't there. Telephones get broken easily.

[johngenx]

Teachers tend to categorize kids by grades.  Were her grades 60's, he'd probably be far less interested in her future.  Many see academically achieving kids that don't take a route into university as wasting their potential.  I'm guilty of this myself - I had so few students that could gain entrance to university I was shocked when one could - and admit I'd be a little disappointed did they not take advantage of it.  But, I'd be gentle in my discussion and certainly not persistent if they had some sort of other plan.  As I said, I find it a minor irritant - actually, I think I should clarify.  In retrospect, the irritant is actually listening to my daughter go on about it...   

[rrocket]

So the kid tells me today that one of her teachers is really pi$$ing her off.

She's an exceptional student, with a GPA of over 90% and near perfect marks in Math and Science classes.  Her weakest class is Social Studies, but she still does very well in it.  Her Social Studies teacher has become very interested in her life, and I totally get that - I did my students as well.  Given her grades, he's assumed she's off to university - logical.

So she tells him about her aspirations to become a mountain guide.  He's done nothing since but disparage this path.  Every chance he gets he runs it down.  WTF?  She's tried to explain that it's a lengthy and difficult program that involves years and years of hard work, knowledge of many topics, and is successfully completed by few - especially few women.  He still thinks she's wasting time and effort even thinking about - she should be doing something in the math or science fields (99% in those subjects...) and is quite ignorant about it.

I suspected she's overstating things, but a reliable classmate of hers that I know would rat her out on this says that indeed the teacher runs her down pretty hard when the topic of their futures comes up.

That irritates me.

I can't really say I blame him. Looking at things objectively some kind of STEM thing is almost certainly the more logical choice.

If she wants to do something else, something much more risky, well ultimately its a free country. But lots of people do things when they're young that they ultimately regret. Maybe not her. But on average, yes. Who can say?

I find it strange you bring her marks up in this. Not sure the relevance other than strengthening the argument of the teacher.

As for whether he is "nothing but disparaging" - who knows? You weren't there. Telephones get broken easily.

I agree.  From the teacher's viewpoint, the world certainly needs more women engineers, doctors, etc.  And certainly he'd want that from any of his students.  Whereas, in his eyes, she appears to want to become a ski bum.

He's trying to guide here...but maybe his tact could be better.

[johngenx]

she appears to want to become a ski bum.

LIKE HER DAD

[mmret]

Teachers tend to categorize kids by grades.  Were her grades 60's, he'd probably be far less interested in her future.  Many see academically achieving kids that don't take a route into university as wasting their potential.  I'm guilty of this myself - I had so few students that could gain entrance to university I was shocked when one could - and admit I'd be a little disappointed did they not take advantage of it.  But, I'd be gentle in my discussion and certainly not persistent if they had some sort of other plan.  As I said, I find it a minor irritant - actually, I think I should clarify.  In retrospect, the irritant is actually listening to my daughter go on about it...   

So your beef is with his attitude and delivery. But how do you know what his attitude and delivery was? You're basing it on hearsay as far as I can see.

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[mmret]

she appears to want to become a ski bum.

LIKE HER DAD

No. Her dad became a ski bum after being a business / corporate guy of some kind when the going was good and made a bucket load of money and bought real estate when was cheap.

Then dad retired.

The order matters as does "the times".

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