Trying to get rid of dirt

Aug 03, 2010 49 Replies

Miller posts some worthwhile stuff. And at this point in the discussion, we've established that the OP isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, so thrashing him/her/it seems appropriate.

JoeSpareBedroom wrote the following:

Does that give him the right to dictate how others should respond? Did you have trouble figuring out to whom I was responding?

Since I agree with him, the answer would be yes.

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JoeSpareBedroom wrote the following:

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That we can adjust the rules of writing any way we want, even to the point where they're annoying to everyone except a few cranks?

Most flowers like top soil. You oughta left it right there. That said, sprinkle it on the lawn, and it will blend in.

You need to improve your descriptions. This is sod. You pile it up and compost it.

What do you expect from a guy who's sig brags about using a DELL computer????

Hey, at least his computer has a name. This cobbled pile of dumpster-dove parts I am posting this on doesn't even know where it was born. Parts is parts. Plug 'em together and see if they light up. It works, that is all I care about.

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and Vista, which is (at least as far as the UI is concerned) the worst version of Windows ever.

It may not take it all at one time, but a shovel-full of dirt, in a box or bag each week, will probably not even be noticed or provoke any problem.

I had a neighbor once who had a big stack of old brick segments and broken concrete blocks - not suitable for reuse - and he threw 6 in his trash can each week. It took over a year for the pile to disappear, and the size went down so slowly that no one else caught on to what he was doing. (It took him longer than he expected, because I had some scrap bricks of my own which disposed of by throwing a couple on his pile each evening.)

I know what top is, but where is the post? Is it a Post Office or a Fence Post? How come they never have fence posts at the post office anyhow?

By the way, what is dirt?

Better yet, put a sign on it "$20". Someone will steal it.

That's what I have, a pile of mostly free parts. Upgrade when newer free parts are available, not much ever breaks.

It may not take it all at one time, but a shovel-full of dirt, in a box or bag each week, will probably not even be noticed or provoke any problem.

I had a neighbor once who had a big stack of old brick segments and broken concrete blocks - not suitable for reuse - and he threw 6 in his trash can each week. It took over a year for the pile to disappear, and the size went down so slowly that no one else caught on to what he was doing. (It took him longer than he expected, because I had some scrap bricks of my own which I disposed of by throwing a couple on his pile each evening.)

Wow! How small is your trash can? I can fit at least a cubic yard of dirt into my trash can.

And, more to the point, why on earth would you ever want to get rid of dirt? Do you have a postage stamp sized yard? Do you never do any gardening, raised beds, landscaping? Amazing. I have just over an acre and I need to BUY dirt several times a year. Like a truckload, not just some bags.

I could put a lot more in the can, but the weight might draw attention to what was being done, and the whole purpose of doing it a little at a time was to stay under the radar.

Note that I'm not the OP.

Your trash cans get weighed when dumped? And you don't mean a large, commercial, industrial, special order dumpster? Again, weird.Out here in the boonies the trucks drive up, pick up the can, dump it into the truck, drop it, and drive away. Really, can you say the trash people do anything different where you are? No on is going to "weigh" the trash from a regular trash can. There is only one person doing the pickup, and he/she never gets out of the truck! Just dump and drive. "If it fits, it ships", to plagiarize from the USPS.

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