city workers....grumble...rant
16 years ago
General
there are city workers digging a BIG ASS HOLE in my yard :( Apparently the "ditch witch " had issues because we have drainage pipes rather than ditch...not my problem..but also, the city officially owns like the first 10 road-front feet of my yard...oh well...apparently replacing gas lines...so it's also smelly outside :( ...at least it's not as bad as when they used diesel fuel as a herbicide....WTF?!?!?! illegal...lemma call up the EPA...see if they ever pull that shit again...I like the bamboo between my and my neighbors yard...it gives me privacy...they stuff crawls in my yard...but all you have to do is break the new stems and no prob:3 ..blah blah..complainy mode..sorry...at least we got the roof fixed!!!! that only too one day..amazing how something so apparently simple was so pricey :(
Padunk
~padunk
Omg, crazyily understandable. City construction just sometimes comes out of no where. But, man those guys have a tough job.
mudpaw
~mudpaw
OP
yep...i had a hard heavy labor job for a while....I never wish that on anyone...
LoboSabio
~lobosabio
Diesel? Are you sure it was diesel?
mudpaw
~mudpaw
OP
yes...I've worked in the landscape industry for a while now, I've seen one too many penny pinching contractors will use diesel rather than a more expensive heavy duty herbicide (granted, diesel will kill most plants-and poison the water table in the area at the same time. Now, some older herbicides did call for mixing with diesel or kerosene and then sprayed, but the effects of doing that are now known to be unsafe-obviously ). They are attempting to kill the bamboo since digging it's root system up and cutting it back yearly for almost a decade hasn't worked (it's in the right of way beneath the power lines). All they do is make it more aggressive every time.
Fur_Elyse
~furelyse
I live on campus. They are not allowed to do any yard work around the student apartments if it's not either at 8 AM or once at 11 PM
mudpaw
~mudpaw
OP
lucky!
Fur_Elyse
~furelyse
I try to sleep in because I'm in college
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