▲ 223 ▼ You're given $20,000 USD (or the equivalent in your local currency) to spend, but anything still left by the end of the day you lose for good. What are you spending it on? (piefed.world) submitted 9 months ago by toomanypancakes@piefed.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 300 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 9 months ago* (1 child) Yep it's all lath. Can be a bitch but it literally took a 12ga buckshot blast with no damage to anything on the other side. Thick solid wood siding too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago* That is SO glorious. I've been in the trades since 1980, and I won't have a house built after the mid-80's. That's when the last of the mature timber lumber supply ran out. Now homes are built with selectively bred loblolly pine that gets 30 years worth of growth in 20 and it's light like balsa. It's garbage and part of why so many developments and new homes put up since the mid-90's are now falling apart. I see SO much sheetrock slips, cracks, nail pops and settling it's scary. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago* That is SO glorious. I've been in the trades since 1980, and I won't have a house built after the mid-80's. That's when the last of the mature timber lumber supply ran out. Now homes are built with selectively bred loblolly pine that gets 30 years worth of growth in 20 and it's light like balsa. It's garbage and part of why so many developments and new homes put up since the mid-90's are now falling apart. I see SO much sheetrock slips, cracks, nail pops and settling it's scary. permalink fedilink source parent