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[Northern_Brewer]

https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/17/neil...orpse-of-amy-winehouse-meat-platter-16656393/

 

[Northern_Brewer]

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/bench-plaque-dedicated-man-who-23997470

 

[Dland]

I guess the lawn care company lives up to its name, Cut & Kill. Being in the trade myself, albeit in a totally different sort of market, I find this amusing.

Kind of feel sorry for them too, though we only use organic amendments, so likely not something that would happen to my company.

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0g...catchall/RK=2/RS=9KrnMuZO811ug3DUNurmbpZt_4c-

 

[Homebrew Harry]

I guess the lawn care company lives up to its name, Cut & Kill. Being in the trade myself, albeit in a totally different sort of market, I find this amusing.

Kind of feel sorry for them too, though we only use organic amendments, so likely not something that would happen to my company.

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0g...catchall/RK=2/RS=9KrnMuZO811ug3DUNurmbpZt_4c-

I wouldn't be surprised if they changed their name to "Cut and Run"

 

[day_trippr]

"Names are hard" - but that one is exceptionally poorly crafted, considering...

 

[MaxStout]

You had one job. ONE JOB!

 

[Pkrd]

You had one job. ONE JOB!

To be fair they usually do weed control as well as mowing, and the weeds have certainly been controlled.

 

[MaxStout]

To be fair they usually do weed control as well as mowing, and the weeds have certainly been controlled.

I meant them checking the chemicals they planned to go around spraying, before rolling out the tanker for the day. But yeah, those places tend to do multiple services.

Using those chemicals requires licensing, and the owner is probably the licensee, and responsible for the actions of the workers. Owner will probably be in bankruptcy court just as fast as he can run to the courthouse.

 

[grampamark]

Farmers and commercial applicators who use pesticides in mass quantities commonly purchase these products in containers known as “shuttles”. A shuttle is a plastic tank, in the shape of a cube, measuring approx. 4’x4’x4’, enclosed in a steel cage. These containers hold, typically, 265 gallons of a product. They’re called shuttles because they can be reused, “shuttling” back and forth between the dealer/distributor and the end users. The containers can be returned when empty, washed out, and refilled. If they’re refilled with a different product the labels are changed to reflect the chemical which is contained in the shuttle. Sometimes, the labels don’t get changed. And, sometimes, an unscrupulous customer will buy several shuttles and then return one with the explanation that they mistakenly ordered too much product. What they really did was to use the product and then refill one of the shuttles with a much cheaper product which has the same appearance as the labeled product. That way they get a refund for the price of the labeled product and are only out the cost of the unlabeled, much cheaper, product. Since some pesticides can be very expensive and some, which look identical, are much cheaper, this can be quite advantageous to those unscrupulous enough to engage in the practice. I’m aware of one case which happened in our county where the substitution resulted in the loss of several thousand acres of wheat on several farms which were sprayed by the same aerial applicator who received one of the mislabeled shuttles from the chemical dealer. The lawyering contest continues…

Judging from the photos in the linked article I would guess that the brown lawns were sprayed with glyphosate. There aren’t too many herbicides which would kill every blade of grass in a healthy lawn besides glyphosate.

 

[Dland]

You had one job. ONE JOB!

"To be fair", the dude that did this probably could not read, english or mexican, or maybe even understand the instructions he was given.. but yeah, he probably nodded and indicated that he knew what he was doing.

Fake it 'till you make it may not always work. Of course the boss is always ultimately responsible for what there crew does.

 

[MaxStout]

"To be fair", the dude that did this probably could not read, english or mexican, or maybe even understand the instructions he was given.. but yeah, he probably nodded and indicated that he knew what he was doing.

Fake it 'till you make it may not always work. Of course the boss is always ultimately responsible for what there crew does.

Most likely scenario.

And probably poorly-trained on top of all that. "Just pour the bags of green pellets into the big hopper, and the blue pellets into the smaller one. Got it? Now get to work."

 

[Dland]

Judging from the photos in the linked article I would guess that the brown lawns were sprayed with glyphosate. There aren’t too many herbicides which would kill every blade of grass in a healthy lawn besides glyphosate.

There are other lawn chemicals that could do this in overdose, but yeah glyphosate would do it.

As to availability of that stuff, I can buy 5 gallon jugs of 40% from nursery supplier without giving certification. One of those jugs last me a few years, mainly only use on poison ivy these days.

 

[MaxStout]

CSB time:

Several years ago I was working in my front yard. It was late spring. A Trugreen-Chemlawn truck pulled up in front of the neighbor's home across the street. The guy reeled the sprayer hose out of the truck and began spraying this bright yellow liquid all over the lawn. The winds were very gusty that day and probably half of the chemical was blowing away in the wind. Luckily for me it didn't blow in my direction. After spraying most of the front lawn the guy seemed to get frustrated and gave up and left, without finishing the rest of the yard. The neighbor was not home at the time and I was hoping for his sake that crap was fertilizer and not herbicide.

It was herbicide.

A few days later both of the neighbor's front yard trees were dead. Not big trees--they were young 3" caliper trees. Still, a loss of a few grand. I mentioned the incident to the neighbor, who called the lawn service. A few weeks later, two new trees were delivered and planted.

/CSB

 

[day_trippr]

If only...

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/bor...artin-shkreli-three-hundred-times-normal-rate

 

[Northern_Brewer]

I know it's the Onion and it doesn't count, and also it's old, but this is just perfect :
https://www.theonion.com/jurisprudence-fetishist-gets-off-on-technicality-1819586446

 

[balrog]

I still say "Kill Them With Fire"

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...ian-sumner-loves-wasps-and-advocates-for-them

 

[Northern_Brewer]

https://www.france24.com/en/culture...throws-cake-at-glass-protecting-the-mona-lisa

 

[Homebrew Harry]

https://www.france24.com/en/culture...throws-cake-at-glass-protecting-the-mona-lisa

She has been attacked sooo many times. Sad

 

[balrog]

Florida man is back, well, I guess not.

https://www.insider.com/florida-man-dies-searching-for-frisbees-in-gator-infested-lake-2022-6

 

[Kent88]

Bees are ‘fish’ under Calif. Endangered Species Act – state court

 

[balrog]

Bees are ‘fish’ under Calif. Endangered Species Act – state court

I was gonna try to make a worst drought in 1200 yrs joke but don't have the heart.

 

[ehall]

https://nypost.com/2022/06/03/oral-...w&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter

 

[Homebrew Harry]

https://nypost.com/2022/06/03/oral-...w&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter

That bites

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Never mind Depp-Heard, this is the court case you should be watching :
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/bride-to-be-23-stabbed-repeatedly-hen-do-inflatable-penis-costume/

 

[Northern_Brewer]

https://nypost.com/2022/06/03/oral-...w&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter

That's a scene in The World According to Garp, it's always put me off the idea.

 

[Homebrew Harry]

That's a scene in The World According to Garp, it's always put me off the idea.

It'll make you think, but somehow I always got past it

 

[Pkrd]

https://nypost.com/2022/06/03/oral-...w&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter

One of the victims can be seen lying on the ground with their pants around their ankles as officers tend to them.
Victim???

 

[balrog]

https://nypost.com/2022/06/03/oral-...w&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter

Just, no. When will idjits realize that when you operate a two ton steel and glass vehicle, you should JUST FARGING DRIVE???!!! Not read. Not put on makeup. Not futz with texting blueberry muffin recipes to your mom.

JUST

DRIVE!

Never mind Depp-Heard, this is the court case you should be watching :
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/bride-to-be-23-stabbed-repeatedly-hen-do-inflatable-penis-costume/

What synapses must fire in the brain, no matter how addled with alcohol, to make it suddenly the choice of the moment to assault an inflatable penis?

 

[ehall]

Penis envy?!

 

[doug293cz]

That's a scene in The World According to Garp, it's always put me off the idea.

Yep, Garp immediately came to mind when I saw this headline.

Brew on