I tend to think of myself as more of a dick head than an a-hole.

You can say dickhead separately, can you say it as one word?

edit: of course you can....but you still can't say french shower. Triste!

Slowly onto his own grassy property, not in a water course or storm drain, and certainly not onto someone else's property. Draining onto someone else's property could very well be a violation of local ordinance.

I had to mow for the first time Saturday. Only half of the yard really needed it, but I cut it all short-ish, dethatched it, then went over it again.

Have some winter kill along the road and driveway from salt that I’ll need to top dress and re-seed in the near future. It’s a never ending battle.

It's actually a violation of state law.

Most irritating thing is that he just decided to hop the fence and use my yard for his own purposes without so much as introducing himself and asking. That and the potential contamination of the ground/water and over-watering of my landscape plants. There's also the trespassing issue. Around here that's just not a very good idea considering how many people have weaponry laying around (including me).

I have a couple of places in my beds where quack grass is taking hold. The stuff is virtually kill proof, and will take over everything. Its rhizomes emit a toxin that weakens surrounding plants so it is more able to thrive. You can't dig it up because the rhizomes break and just spread. If you spray it with weed killer, it just starts a new plant. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about it considering its in an area that is adjacent to the pool deck and very much a focal point.

Another ebike race. Pfffft. :)

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How does it rspond to fire?

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Speaking of lawns.....

I heard a cycling podcast recently about racing on a grass track. Apparently it's a big thing in the UK but there is only one grass track/velodrome in the usa, in Kansas.

Fascinating.

The Brits also play tennis on grass. They must have a thing for it.

Good question. I do know that my heat gun with set my mulch on fire. :D

Fun fact: to "grass" on someone is UK slang to inform the authorities, i.e. to narc on them/rat them out.

They even write songs about grass

Yeah. Dumb all around. Any idea where he is from?

In PA, you can discharge on your own pervious ground so the soil can absorb, filter and aerate it before it reaches groundwater table. This is from a township site explaining state law:"Another summer has come and gone, and now it’s time to close the pool. Before you extend that hose, remember, the water in your pool is filled with chemicals! Not only is improper disposal harmful to the environment, it is a violation of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Clean Streams Law!

• It is illegal to drain pool (or spa) water or backwash into any water course or storm drain. Draining such water into these systems violates the Clean Streams Law because it may contain chlorine, copper and €lter backwash that can harm aquatic life in local creeks and rivers. Storm drain systems are not designed to remove these pollutants.

• Pool water should NOT be discharged into the street. Instead, you should discharge water into the grass where it will allow for absorption, filtration, and aeration of the water through the soil before it reaches the groundwater table. By draining the pool at a slow and steady rate, filtration will be optimized and erosion will be prevented. When draining pool water into the grass, be attentive so that the water does not drain onto a neighboring property, which is a violation of township ordinances.

• Pool water may be discharged into a sewer cleanout, laundry sink or other plumbing fixture so that the contaminated water enters the sanitary sewer system which is designed to remove many pollutants from water.

• If you utilize the services of a pool company for maintenance, please ensure that they comply with the regulations."

Will they be handing out primes?

Will definitely share

Suggest some alternative activities.

It's certainly an a-hole move.

No grass cutting yet. Perhaps on May Day.

Performing in, and listening to other performances in the Rossini Festival. Temperatures in the 60s/70s. #ProperWeekending

As in, May the Day never come?? :innocent:

My pool is plumbed to drain through a sewer cleanout, as are most built in the last 20 years. All the filter backwash and drainage goes straight to the pipe.

We don't drain our pools. I can only imagine that he is because it was filthy and not properly maintained, and needs some work. But, whoever he is hiring to do the work should handle the draining as they know what to do.

No idea where he is from, but I understand that he is an adjunct professor (PhD) in industrial engineering at a local college. He should know better.

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There’s different types of epic. Epic fail immediately comes to mind.

I’ll prolly do mine this week.