RIP dryer balls 2020 - 2026
15My very first irk, I got a set of dryer balls that I was still using until today. When a very ambitious cat decided to help herself to them while i was changing over the laundry.
Rest in peace dryer balls, you were very well worth the $5 irk.
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@ironcheftoni they look like they are still in good enough shape to do their job, just remember to keep them in the dryer, with the door closed
@mycya4me i managed to salvage one. The other was shredded beyond recognition
@ironcheftoni I see a brick from Atlanta, just south of Queen City.
@werehatrack my hometown.
Not many are aware of it unless you’re from there or driven through. There were three generations of bricklayers in my family; dad, grandfather and great great uncle. My dad’s old equipment barn has a ton of them. The brick factory was running from around 1919 and closed in the 30s.
@ironcheftoni @werehatrack That’s really cool. Old bricks are kind of treasured nowadays because the ones currently being made are much less durable, which you probably know.
Say there Pard’ner, that’s a big chunk of wood you got there…
Oak?
@bee1doll it’s probably Bradford pear. It ended up being too big for the fireplace when I brought it in so ended up being used as a scratching log for the cats. I’ve had to rotate it occasionally. One side, the bark is nearly gone.
@bee1doll @ironcheftoni I love the way a log looks when it’s been scratched multiple times. I could never get Toby into scratching them, though. He preferred his well-worn traditional post covered in carpet.
@bee1doll @Kyeh it was well loved by Missy. She especially loved it when I had a fire in the fireplace so she could scratch and get warm at the same time.
@bee1doll @ironcheftoni Oh, I bet!
@ironcheftoni your cats would probably love the flat cardboard scratchers. You can buy them or just tie together strips of cardboard boxes cut to the same size edge side up. My cat makes confetti at an alarming rate.
/showme a cat scratching up a ton of confetti
@DLPanther Here’s the image you requested for “a cat scratching up a ton of confetti”
@DLPanther Ladybird makes plenty of confetti with any shipping box that arrives.
Snickers and CC love love love the dryer balls. So far I’m just missing one, I have no idea where or what happened to it.
/showme a cat with dragon wings
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My dog, Loki, would steal mine any chance he got.
They have broken multiple fake logs. But they destroy things in general
@unksol Have you given them a real log?
@Kyeh @unksol
@Kyeh @unksol @werehatrack how many do have? I don’t have to go to the store to get as many as my cat wants, when you live on the edge of the Woods.
@Kyeh @unksol @werehatrack My daughter (4 or 5 at the time, now 40
) watched that video with me. When it was over, she turned to me and said “Daddy, can I get a log?”.
Much laughter ensued.
@Kyeh they don’t really scratch at the real logs that are part of the stair case. They do scratch the top of the half wall which is just a 2x4.
The fake logs are some sort of fiber ceramic thing in the gas fireplace.
Id love to replace it with a wood burner someday
@Kyeh @mycya4me @werehatrack there’s lots of available log. Lightening or wind broke a tree over my driveway but it got hung up in the vines. Plus overgrown.
Some creative pole sawing and yanking dealt with that. I may have gone down hard in the gravel yanking on a vine
There are a few trees down but I touched dirt and fucked up my chainsaw chain. Need to sharpen it but it’s like 8F so meh
@unksol @werehatrack @macromeh–so did you give her one?
@mycya4me @werehatrack @unksol–Geez, be careful!
@Kyeh @mycya4me @werehatrack lol there’s lots of idiots/fails on YouTube regarding chainsaws and dropping trees the wrong way.
I did not expect that vine to snap/that was an unexpected fall. But I’m not an idiot/was wearing a hard hat for multiple reasons
@mycya4me @unksol @werehatrack I’m glad to hear it.
@Kyeh @mycya4me @unksol
There are also quite a few showing how to do it properly, and indirectly showing why someone might really be better off having it done by a pro.
In watching one of those about a decade back, I was unsurprised to discover that I’d used the correct technique several days earlier, when I dropped a 50’ oak in my front yard and laid it exactly where I wanted it with no collateral damage. An hour later, the cut-up pieces were at the curb waiting for the bulk trash pickup.
@Kyeh @mycya4me @werehatrack yes. I will admit to both using YouTube for tutorials. There are a ton of talented people that I can do. And observing things over my skill level.
There are a couple trees too close to the house that I would like to go away. But I want someone insured to drop cause my home insurance probably isn’t going to be happy if I fuck up
@unksol Knowing when to say “no, I shouldn’t” is an important thing.
@unksol @werehatrack
Yikes… Cutting up 50’ of oak tree and getting it to the curb in 60 minutes puts you in the category of Paul Bunyon in my book!
@Kyeh @unksol @werehatrack Yep some things are beyond My skill, It proves that are smart enough to realized that is beyond your skill & seek help. It is NOT a bad reflection on you to do so!