Joke for the morning.
 

True North wrote:
Keyser Soze
- show quoted text -
"12 cubic yards? You are full of ****. A full sized pickup truck bed
might hold two cubic yards of mulch if you can tie a tarp over it. That
would be six full pickup loads. If you buy the mulch in the typical two
cubic foot bags Home Depot sells, 12 cubic yards would amount to about
165-170 bags. I buy the equivalent of 100 bags a year to recover our
planting beds. Unless you are covering your entire lot, leaving no room
for grass, you aren't spreading 12 cubic yards or anything close to it."




Is The John lying again?
Seems like he just can't help himself.


Big quantities, are bulk purchase, and a big dump truck delivers. If you
bought it in 2-3 cubic foot bags, you will be paying way too much.

Joke for the morning.
 

Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 9:05:13 AM UTC-5, Tom Nofinger wrote:
A Russian arrives in New York City as a new immigrant to the United
States.
He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says,
"Thank you Mr. American for letting me come into this country, giving
me housing, food stamps, free medical care, and a free education!"
The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican."
The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for
having such a beautiful country here in America."
The person says, "I not American, I Vietnamese."
The new arrival walks farther, and the next person he sees he
stops,shakes his hand, and says,"Thank you for wonderful America!
That person puts up his hand and says,
"I am from Middle East.I am not American."
He finally sees a nice lady and asks,"Are you an American?"
She says, "No, I am from Africa."
Puzzled, he asks her,"Where are all the Americans?"
The African lady checks her watch and says,*
"Probably at work."
The line should have read, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican on the way to my second job."

But, after all, it was a joke.

I had a Mexican over yesterday to do some yard work. His helper failed to show. So he and I spread about 12 cubic yards of mulch. He busted my ass, but gave me $100 for helping, which meant I owed him only $250. Did a great job. Will definitely have Carlos back again.

That is a ****load of mulch!

Joke for the morning.
 

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 2/3/17 8:45 PM, Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 18:33:18 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Deplorevole Wrote in message:
On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 9:05:13 AM UTC-5, Tom Nofinger wrote:
A Russian arrives in New York City as a new immigrant to the United
States.
He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says,
"Thank you Mr. American for letting me come into this country, giving
me housing, food stamps, free medical care, and a free education!"
The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican."
The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for
having such a beautiful country here in America."
The person says, "I not American, I Vietnamese."
The new arrival walks farther, and the next person he sees he
stops,shakes his hand, and says,"Thank you for wonderful America!
That person puts up his hand and says,
"I am from Middle East.I am not American."
He finally sees a nice lady and asks,"Are you an American?"
She says, "No, I am from Africa."
Puzzled, he asks her,"Where are all the Americans?"
The African lady checks her watch and says,*
"Probably at work."

The line should have read, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican on the
way to my second job."

But, after all, it was a joke.

I had a Mexican over yesterday to do some yard work. His helper
failed to show. So he and I spread about 12 cubic yards of mulch.
He busted my ass, but gave me $100 for helping, which meant I owed
him only $250. Did a great job. Will definitely have Carlos back
again.


Thats enough to do a bed 2 foot wide 3 inches deep and 648 feet
long. Wow

I'll have to take some pictures. We have a lot of area under mulch.


12 cubic yards? You are full of ****. A full sized pickup truck bed
might hold two cubic yards of mulch if you can tie a tarp over it.
That would be six full pickup loads. If you buy the mulch in the
typical two cubic foot bags Home Depot sells, 12 cubic yards would
amount to about 165-170 bags. I buy the equivalent of 100 bags a year
to recover our planting beds. Unless you are covering your entire lot,
leaving no room for grass, you aren't spreading 12 cubic yards or
anything close to it.

You aren't entitled to an answer.

Joke for the morning.
 

On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 12:56:17 -0800 (PST), Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 9:05:13 AM UTC-5, Tom Nofinger wrote:
A Russian arrives in New York City as a new immigrant to the United
States.
He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says,
"Thank you Mr. American for letting me come into this country, giving
me housing, food stamps, free medical care, and a free education!"
The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican."
The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for
having such a beautiful country here in America."
The person says, "I not American, I Vietnamese."
The new arrival walks farther, and the next person he sees he
stops,shakes his hand, and says,"Thank you for wonderful America!
That person puts up his hand and says,
"I am from Middle East.I am not American."
He finally sees a nice lady and asks,"Are you an American?"
She says, "No, I am from Africa."
Puzzled, he asks her,"Where are all the Americans?"
The African lady checks her watch and says,*
"Probably at work."

The line should have read, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican on the way to my second job."

But, after all, it was a joke.

I had a Mexican over yesterday to do some yard work. His helper failed to show. So he and I spread about 12 cubic yards of mulch. He busted my ass, but gave me $100 for helping, which meant I owed him only $250. Did a great job. Will definitely have Carlos back again.

I got the joke but alas the laziest people here are born in the USA
Americans and why not. You can make as much money on welfare as you
can make working unless you have a pretty good job and "pretty good
jobs" are going away.

Joke for the morning.
 

On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 23:13:10 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 18:57:14 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

Agree. 99% of the day labor you see at Home Depot, etc. is Latino.

The only Mexicans we see at home depot are there buying materials for
a job they are working on.


We see those also. But our city allows the day labor to congregate there.
And no riots have ensued.

It is just something we do not see here. I am not sure where people
get their day labor but it is not from people hanging out at the BORG.
We just know guys we can call but I think for most folks, they grab
the hefe from their landscape crew and he hooks them up. I know that
is how my neighbors do it.
Once you get a phone number or two and a good reputation with those
guys, if they can't help you, they have a cousin or neighbor who can.
That goes from simple grunt labor to masons, roofers and drywall guys.
The plasterer we got to stucco the inside walls of the new room made
it look like skim coated drywall.

Joke for the morning.
 

On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 21:12:26 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote:


12 cubic yards? You are full of ****. A full sized pickup truck bed
might hold two cubic yards of mulch if you can tie a tarp over it. That
would be six full pickup loads. If you buy the mulch in the typical two
cubic foot bags Home Depot sells, 12 cubic yards would amount to about
165-170 bags. I buy the equivalent of 100 bags a year to recover our
planting beds. Unless you are covering your entire lot, leaving no room
for grass, you aren't spreading 12 cubic yards or anything close to it.

When we did mulch in the (community assn) park we brought in an 18
wheeler with the "pooper" that just pushes the mulch out the back of a
40 foot trailer. It was around 100 yards. It disappeared faster than
you would think. We did 2 play areas and mulched around the trees.

Joke for the morning.
 

On Sat, 4 Feb 2017 03:12:15 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

True North wrote:
Keyser Soze
- show quoted text -
"12 cubic yards? You are full of ****. A full sized pickup truck bed
might hold two cubic yards of mulch if you can tie a tarp over it. That
would be six full pickup loads. If you buy the mulch in the typical two
cubic foot bags Home Depot sells, 12 cubic yards would amount to about
165-170 bags. I buy the equivalent of 100 bags a year to recover our
planting beds. Unless you are covering your entire lot, leaving no room
for grass, you aren't spreading 12 cubic yards or anything close to it."




Is The John lying again?
Seems like he just can't help himself.


Big quantities, are bulk purchase, and a big dump truck delivers. If you
bought it in 2-3 cubic foot bags, you will be paying way too much.

That is true. I got that 18 wheeler for less than the best deal we
could find on 2 pallets of bagged mulch. We had access to a machine so
bags would just slow us down.

Joke for the morning.
 

On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 21:12:26 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 2/3/17 8:45 PM, Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 18:33:18 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Deplorevole Wrote in message:
On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 9:05:13 AM UTC-5, Tom Nofinger wrote:
A Russian arrives in New York City as a new immigrant to the United
States.
He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says,
"Thank you Mr. American for letting me come into this country, giving
me housing, food stamps, free medical care, and a free education!"
The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican."
The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for
having such a beautiful country here in America."
The person says, "I not American, I Vietnamese."
The new arrival walks farther, and the next person he sees he
stops,shakes his hand, and says,"Thank you for wonderful America!
That person puts up his hand and says,
"I am from Middle East.I am not American."
He finally sees a nice lady and asks,"Are you an American?"
She says, "No, I am from Africa."
Puzzled, he asks her,"Where are all the Americans?"
The African lady checks her watch and says,*
"Probably at work."

The line should have read, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican on the way to my second job."

But, after all, it was a joke.

I had a Mexican over yesterday to do some yard work. His helper failed to show. So he and I spread about 12 cubic yards of mulch. He busted my ass, but gave me $100 for helping, which meant I owed him only $250. Did a great job. Will definitely have Carlos back again.


Thats enough to do a bed 2 foot wide 3 inches deep and 648 feet
long. Wow

I'll have to take some pictures. We have a lot of area under mulch.


12 cubic yards? You are full of ****. A full sized pickup truck bed
might hold two cubic yards of mulch if you can tie a tarp over it. That
would be six full pickup loads. If you buy the mulch in the typical two
cubic foot bags Home Depot sells, 12 cubic yards would amount to about
165-170 bags. I buy the equivalent of 100 bags a year to recover our
planting beds. Unless you are covering your entire lot, leaving no room
for grass, you aren't spreading 12 cubic yards or anything close to it.

Joke for the morning.
 

On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 21:12:26 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 2/3/17 8:45 PM, Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 18:33:18 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Poco Deplorevole Wrote in message:
On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 9:05:13 AM UTC-5, Tom Nofinger wrote:
A Russian arrives in New York City as a new immigrant to the United
States.
He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says,
"Thank you Mr. American for letting me come into this country, giving
me housing, food stamps, free medical care, and a free education!"
The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican."
The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for
having such a beautiful country here in America."
The person says, "I not American, I Vietnamese."
The new arrival walks farther, and the next person he sees he
stops,shakes his hand, and says,"Thank you for wonderful America!
That person puts up his hand and says,
"I am from Middle East.I am not American."
He finally sees a nice lady and asks,"Are you an American?"
She says, "No, I am from Africa."
Puzzled, he asks her,"Where are all the Americans?"
The African lady checks her watch and says,*
"Probably at work."

The line should have read, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican on the way to my second job."

But, after all, it was a joke.

I had a Mexican over yesterday to do some yard work. His helper failed to show. So he and I spread about 12 cubic yards of mulch. He busted my ass, but gave me $100 for helping, which meant I owed him only $250. Did a great job. Will definitely have Carlos back again.


Thats enough to do a bed 2 foot wide 3 inches deep and 648 feet
long. Wow

I'll have to take some pictures. We have a lot of area under mulch.


12 cubic yards? You are full of ****. A full sized pickup truck bed
might hold two cubic yards of mulch if you can tie a tarp over it. That
would be six full pickup loads. If you buy the mulch in the typical two
cubic foot bags Home Depot sells, 12 cubic yards would amount to about
165-170 bags. I buy the equivalent of 100 bags a year to recover our
planting beds. Unless you are covering your entire lot, leaving no room
for grass, you aren't spreading 12 cubic yards or anything close to it.

Well, let's see...45 bags at 3 cu ft/ bag is 135 cu ft divided by 27cu ft/cu yd is 5 cu yds. Add to
that 6 cu yds dumped by truck on the driveway is ... 11 cubic yards. You're right, I was way off.
Hell, you could even accuse me of lying! Go for it.

I don't buy mulch by the pickup load. I have it delivered by these guys:

http://mulchandstone.com/mulches/dou...ood-mulch.html

I use the pickup when Meadows Farms has their 5 bags for $15 sale. The pickup will hold 30 bags, if
I use the back seat.

You should buy your mulch in bulk. It's much cheaper!

Now, don't you feel like an ass?

Joke for the morning.
 

On Sat, 4 Feb 2017 03:12:15 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

True North wrote:
Keyser Soze
- show quoted text -
"12 cubic yards? You are full of ****. A full sized pickup truck bed
might hold two cubic yards of mulch if you can tie a tarp over it. That
would be six full pickup loads. If you buy the mulch in the typical two
cubic foot bags Home Depot sells, 12 cubic yards would amount to about
165-170 bags. I buy the equivalent of 100 bags a year to recover our
planting beds. Unless you are covering your entire lot, leaving no room
for grass, you aren't spreading 12 cubic yards or anything close to it."




Is The John lying again?
Seems like he just can't help himself.


Big quantities, are bulk purchase, and a big dump truck delivers. If you
bought it in 2-3 cubic foot bags, you will be paying way too much.

Very true. I thought buying the bags might save some work. I've always bought the bulk, usually 8
yards. This year we've got a bigger 'bed'.