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  1. Jalynfane

    Home Improvement

    The landscape stuff they sell at HD and Lowes only lasts so long, go to a farm or garden specialty store and look for industrial strength farm fabric. You can get stuff that is good for the job, lasts 5 years or so, and is "safe" to biodegrade into the earth. By the time it rots away, you...
  2. Jalynfane

    portland oregon

    Will wait and see, but now we are supposed to get 1-2" of ice on top of everything. My teenager has not been out of the house since the Christmas break for school. Kill me now.
  3. Jalynfane

    How much income is enough?

    First off, we don't take any subsidies or hand outs. It is not impossible to live without them as some claim. 2 kids is not "pumping out kids", ffs one graduates before too long. We do all the home repair we can. We buy real food, not boxed meals. We save about 6-10% each pay period. $39k...
  4. Jalynfane

    How much income is enough?

    We are a family of four on $39k. This is the happiest we have been in our lives. Property taxes keep getting worse and worse, so that sucks, but we bought right after the crash, doing well for a home price. $139k then and now is $325k. Can't sell though since we would have to move to a very...
  5. Jalynfane

    Home Improvement

    You caught me.
  6. Jalynfane

    Home Improvement

    Going to be a great jack shack mang, nice.
  7. Jalynfane

    Home Improvement

    Window frame nailed to framing studs? I am not a pro, but shouldn't you use some weather barrier layered to keep rain out? Not sure the weather there. Also no exterior sheathing threw me off, but your climate might be warm/dray only.
  8. Jalynfane

    portland oregon

    SW ish here too, about 9-10" at 5pm when I got up, then a bit more till 1 pm. They used salt I guess this time on the roads, everyone is freaking but I don't know why. I wonder which is better, the chemical death they were using or salt.
  9. Jalynfane

    portland oregon

    Should be a good test this morning. We got 8-12 inches of snow overnight. Downtown got 6? Tyen eye in the sky might have a measurement.
  10. Jalynfane

    Parent Thread

    Same thing here with another daughter. Wife and I have repeatedly thought about getting her: The coveted Shithead of the Year trophy. Know that every parent with a child the same age is going through the same thing. They are wired to leave the home and start/join a tribe at this age...
  11. Jalynfane

    Parent Thread

    Same thing just happened two weeks ago here. 2.5 year old got bad congestion and cough for one day, next evening it's completely gone. She gave it to me, I am still hacking. My wife gets colds rarely and only for a day or two max, so I hope the health part got transferred to daughter.
  12. Jalynfane

    Assassin's Creed (2016)

    lol wtf, "Standing Ovation" Did they throw roses at the screen too?
  13. Jalynfane

    Parent Thread

    Don't tell anyone till after the birth. Everyone feels like they get to have input on it.
  14. Jalynfane

    portland oregon

    Yeah a "weather event" here today. I just stayed home and watched the cars bounce around. Reminds me of that one video from years ago of all the Portland drivers smashing around.
  15. Jalynfane

    Home Improvement

    Nice, waste is something I have not mastered yet. Should throw some chicken coop pics up.
  16. Jalynfane

    Red pilling your children.

    Titan, PPS district? North Clackamas is pretty decent, still some feels but more rural. Oregon City students just got nailed for : So they are not handing out BLM shirts...
  17. Jalynfane

    MTG thread

    Good thing they did not start playing with the Magic cards.
  18. Jalynfane

    Parent Thread

    Is there something wrong with letting her sleep in your bed with you two? The USA seems to be the only country that is anti co-sleeping, most of the world embraces it.
  19. Jalynfane

    Parent Thread

    Be ready for a ton of "OMG how cute, are they identical?"
  20. Jalynfane

    War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

    I wonder how this one ends
  21. Jalynfane

    Home Improvement

    We pulled up some "vinyl" tile once. Ended up being asbestos.
  22. Jalynfane

    Tom Clancy's The Division

    Is there a secret to getting credits to buy gear at level? I have been looting everything and vendoring it, but it seems like that special vendor gear is always just out of reach.
  23. Jalynfane

    Tom Clancy's The Division

    What is the fastest way to level? Doing solo play right now, not able to poopsock this game so wondering how to maximize playtime.
  24. Jalynfane

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    I really liked Grimrock 2 as well. Casting felt easier and more intuitive, but you still have to memorize the glyphs to cast, no way to hotkey that I found.
  25. Jalynfane

    Home Improvement

    I like how the hardwood brad is "Shaw". Made me think of the Rickshaw
  26. Jalynfane

    Man dissolves in acidic water at Yellowstone

    Lengthy as in overnight it appears. At least he and his sister did not suffer from a caustic relationship. (groaner I know)
  27. Jalynfane

    portland oregon

    Measure 97 was the minimum taxes for corporations making over X amounts, like $100M a year.
  28. Jalynfane

    Car Buying Help

    Did you have UMPD (Uninsured Motorist Property Damage)? Not sure what it is called in whatever state you are in, but pays out for Hit and Run or Uninsured issues, like this. If you just have liability, well.... start figuring how much it is worth to you to fight this in court, on your time and...
  29. Jalynfane

    Sort of my whine-blog..

    Sounds like poison. If you love your GF, ditch the chatroom buddy asap, she's just subconsciously testing you. No girlfriend is ok if you cuddle with an ex-gf/friend.
  30. Jalynfane

    portland oregon

    Just had Lardo's for the first time yesterday, great stuff.
  31. Jalynfane

    The D&D thread

    I might post my current 5e toon and get feedback. Feat coming up at 8 and not sold on what to get yet. Been playing an Elf wizard and doing mainly crowd control and diplomacy/city building. Very low magic world, the number of arcane users in the world ad likely under 10. Also, the guy who...
  32. Jalynfane

    The D&D thread

    Update: I spoke to the DM and brought my concerns to him and the players. We decided to press on with our original schedule and if #5 is not there, his loss. DM has decided to build games for 3-4 people and not rely on the #5's character for challenge rating and whatnot. Ended up going well...
  33. Jalynfane

    The D&D thread

    We added a 5th player, whom we all (our group) know, to our every other Sunday game. I let the DM know my concerns when he told us about adding the 5th. Because of his work schedule, the 5th player only gets 2 Sundays a month off. It has been a few months with #5 now and the issues are...
  34. Jalynfane

    Ark: Survival Evolved

    Just what I was thinking. Especially since they have a sale now that nets you all ARK titles for $17.99 going on Steam, yet if I already own it, I have to spend $19.99 for just the new expansion. Dick move indeed.
  35. Jalynfane

    Home Improvement

    Maybe he is a roof installer?
  36. Jalynfane

    Parent Thread

    Our list was decent for the newborn, but we ended up not using most of the stuff on the list. Things we really needed: Glass bottles for me to feed the baby with after 2 months when mom when back to work. Breast Pump for her to use Cloth Diapers Moby Wrap I am struggling to remember...
  37. Jalynfane

    Health Problems

    Fatty Liver is becoming more and more of an issue, we are essentially voluntarily turning ourselves into human Foie Gras because of the average industrial diet.
  38. Jalynfane

    Home Improvement

    Re: Dishwashers I spent a day reading horror stories about Warranties/Home Depot/Lowe's service programs and appliance repair. I was truly scared making the call to get our LG dishwasher repaired. There was certainly a bunhch of information online that suggested I was going to be in for a...
  39. Jalynfane

    Autonomous Systems

    I was thinking about some jobs/trades today that will take forever to become done by robots, maybe never. Plumber Electrician HVAC
  40. Jalynfane

    Health Problems

    Sugar/Carb intake?