Coffee anyone ?

[Bruce]

I can only GUESS that the no scrounging rules was made by lawyers. Someone will get hurt digging through the stuff then sue the pants off the city for having allowed unsafe activity. Such is our litigious society.

I had to do my own dumpster diving when half the house was rebuilt. The guys ripped everything out and kept throwing it in the dumpster. Broken up drywall OK but basically new 2x4's? OK, they weren't 8' any more (low ceilings here) but that doesn't make them unusable. I've made lots of stuff from the wood I pulled out of the dumpster.

 

[thistlebloom]

The back sliding window in my former chicken coop/current tack room was pulled out of a construction dumpster at a job dh was on.

A new house went in next door to one of my clients (14,000 sf !) and it was unbelievable what was in the dumpster. I trespassed and peeked, but wasn't bold enough to take. The people building the house, well the woman specifically, is pretty rabid, and I didn't want to get on her bad side since I have to work next door. No telling what kind of clout they have. They are some sort of personal friends to Bill gates I understand.
Yep, best to remain an anonymous nobody on their radar I think.

It's funny, the arborist company I use on that job also works for the neighbor and described them as "preservationists". Made me laugh as I wondered exactly what they were preserving with a house for 2 people that size. I won't even get started on the damage done to the 200 year old Ponderosa pines that are surrounding their ridiculous mansion.
Sorry,! Taking a deep breath now....

 

[Alaskan]

A new house went in next door to one of my clients (14,000 sf !)

Indoor pool? And indoor tennis?

Indoor BBQ????

Uh...uh.....

His and her house halves???? (Wait no... that means a 7k one person house..)

Oh!!! Wait!! Now I know!!! His and her house halves PLUS wood storage, indoor forge, wood working room, indoor riding arena, horse barn, pigeon loft, goat barn, chicken coop... all connected indoors!!

Ok,THAT adds up to 14k.. especially with the mom in law suit in the back... and the roof access greenhouse.

 

[thistlebloom]

Indoor pool? And indoor tennis?

Indoor BBQ????

Uh...uh.....

His and her house halves???? (Wait no... that means a 7k one person house..)

Oh!!! Wait!! Now I know!!! His and her house halves PLUS wood storage, indoor forge, wood working room, indoor riding arena, horse barn, pigeon loft, goat barn, chicken coop... all connected indoors!!

Ok,THAT adds up to 14k.. especially with the mom in law suit in the back... and the roof access greenhouse.

Wow, great guess @Alaskan !
But, noooo... people that build 14,000 sf homes, + big separate guest house + separate 1k sf party house down on the lake beach, +large 3 stall garage (and then had to add a separate golf cart garage because they couldn't possibly be expected to find room to park them in the regular garage) are like people from an entirely different planet. Not the type you'd borrow a cup of sugar from, unless you were on a first name basis with their housekeeper and could sneak over to the back door.

 

[farmerjan]

Just blows your mind....

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on.
Taking pup to get his vaccines. Speech and baking a cake. Dd1 birthday party is tomorrow. I get to make a "surprise bunny" cake.

 

[thistlebloom]

A surprise bunny cake is certainly worth a picture!

16 F this morning but it's going to be pure sunshine! Every time I woke up last night I saw stars through the trees. Yep, saw a lot of stars.

Rode yesterday, riding today, and God willing riding tomorrow.
Sunny sunny sunny!

 

[Alaskan]

Snow slid off the solar panels... they are all clear today..so nice!

Bank of clouds to the south....

 

[Baymule]

And you get excited at going riding at 16 degrees! A few years ago, we had snow and ice, it got down in the teens. Going riding was the last thing on my mind!

 

[promiseacres]

And you get excited at going riding at 16 degrees! A few years ago, we had snow and ice, it got down in the teens. Going riding was the last thing on my mind!

I agree not to mention the ground is 100 times harder than normal.