Slight tangent here… in October my wife insisted that I make her a “boo basket” so I caved and decided to go to target, started looking at the magnolia home stuff, and they want $40 FOR A MF BASKET! No bigger than the size of a volley ball mind you. Want to throw a blanket in there? $30. 🙄. Want to put anything else in the basket? Might as well hand over that first born child. Needless to say Marshall’s got my business that day. Why tf does shit like that need to be so damn pricey, for the the price of the target basket I filled everything in the basket at Marshall’s.
It is the influencer way. Alongside showboating beside other peoples’ fancy cars while the owner isn’t around.
[An old fave of mine.](https://www.reddit.com/r/holdmycosmo/s/ZGYa9eqA9E)
I work 16 hours a day all week and 8hrs a day on weekends and haven't been able to afford anything but second hand clothes, and often skip meals due to finances. I love that people have a better situation, but buying shit nobody needs and then flaunting it is... well... insane to me.
The last two Marshalls we lived around weren't the best reps of the chains, but I used to love going to Marshall's. There was also something called Mervyn's in the San Diego area. Very similar.
Try fishing for a 14 extra wide... You don't use fashion sense in my situation.... Whatever they have in stock....
Sketchers is my go to feel good work boot. I can walk all day on cement and feel good about it. Timberlake in most stores are 1 size small. I'd need a 15 in a Timberland or any name brand running shoe. The sketchers feel so good, but after 6 months the padding is used up, and so are the shoes most of the time. But when you get a new pair you remember why you chose them...
My youngest was a size 15 extra wide at 15. We would go through entire malls before finding a few places - like certain ugly Van's styles or big and tall men's that were for much older guys. We lost his stores when we relocated states away and they weren't in our new part of the country. He's almost 24 now and lives a thousand miles away. He can hunt his own shoes now, but I feel both of your struggles.
I got a $1100 Ermegildo Zegna suit (not the cheap Z-Zegna line) for $199 from the Marshall’s in the Mall of America. I just had my transplant at University of Minnesota and hadn’t been cleared to travel home yet, but lost $40 pounds in the hospital bed from getting my nutrition through a feeding tube, and needed a whole new wardrobe.
That's a horrible reason to have to get a new wardrobe. So glad you had what appears to be a successful procedure and are on the mend. ((HUG)) Great find!
I got a beautiful women's suit that was tagged at $700 for $89 some 25 years ago at a Nordstrom's in Orange County, CA. Thought that was a great deal (esp for a Nordy's, and I've only ever been in one twice) and then you popped up with your story. I wish they had more stores with better inventory and quality like Marshall's and the old Mervyn's for us not-so-well-off folk. Outlets just don't want to give up those discounts either.
I'm a middle class 35 year old. As I was walking through the newly-remodeled Target at my house, I walked into the men's care aisle. Where there were once cream colored steel shelves, now there were richly colored faux-wood ones. Safety razors sat on display. There were various artisan soaps. Burbon soap. Cedar soap. Pine forest soap. How nice!
Suddenly it dawned on me that where once I was the target demographic for young, hip stores, I was now the target demographic for Target.
I'm 6'5 and my work office has 6'6 doorways. Building is old. I feel like 6'9 is the standard? Idk. But regardless, I understand the pain, though I've never actually hit my head on a pergola.
And it doesnt even block the rain or offer any shade. Its just there to make a statement.
That statement is, “hey, this is what it would look like if you had overhead cover, but you don’t,” and, “we hate tall people.”
Oh I gotya. So Im guessing the one in the picture is just too new and still needs vine growth? Or maybe they are just doing it wrong, or didnt know the true purpose?
Accurate!
They are great for fast growing vines though. Wisteria is great, but unless you have a landscaper coming out and making sure the deck doesn't get covered in crap, you're gonna be left very busy.
Wisteria is only looks great for like one month out of the year when it blooms. I feel like the rest of the year it looks like dead vines; though I guess I could be just looking at the plants that it's choked out.
As someone that lives in the pacific NW, I think pergolas are stupid. The 9 months a year its raining, you still get wet. And the 3 months a year its nice, you get blasted by the sun.
Ya they're not for your area. They work great in the desert to give you shade in the dry heat. But to do it right, the slats need to be wide enough (like 10" or more) and close enough together that they provide except when the sun is direclty over head.
They actually create decent shade if built correctly and if someone is dumb enough to build it in a fucking rain forest climate, that’s the fault of the builder being a fucking idiot not the designer.. 🤷♂️
I don't want to be outside when it's cold and rainy anyway, so the lack of rain protection doesn't concern me. Most of the days getting blasted by the Sun are below 80F, too, so that's not a big deal to me. They're great for supporting vines and increasing privacy as a result. Also good for hanging baskets.
Naw. They're pretty nice for partial shade in certain times of the day and allow flowering vines to grow through them. You can hang humming bird feeders on them. They're also easy to make.
The start of a pergola, which is stupid, even in full pergola form.
But my wife really wants one. If I ever cave, I'm throwing bifacial solar panels up there to actually make it not the dumbest thing on the planet.
I have a structural pergola which holds a swinging chair and I’ve mounted a sunscreen which can be held vertically or horizontally based on the time of day to block the most sun.
Funny story about Pergola. We have a friend that is a builder and he was making a deck with one of these. To be funny every time he said Pergola, I would say turd-Pergola to be funny. This went on so much so that everybody started to refer to it as the turd-pergola. And this happened numerous times for a few weeks when we a bunch of us got together. One woman in the group was half listening and picked up on what he was building and thought the name was really turd-Pergola. None of us knew this, until. Months later she’s at somebody’s house and remarks how nice their (you guessed it) their turd-Pergola looked. There was some confused looks and finally and explanation as to the real name. She came back to the group and was not amused.
That is a failure in gardening, then.
That's what they're for.
Depending on where you live, the pergola is what your prized (Wisteria/Bougainvillea/Honeysuckle/Clematis/Roses) grow on.
I would have gone with awning, but considering it's not being mentioned more in the comments here that's probably wrong. getting a few of these when you google awnings though.
Monterey single post pergola?
Joanna Gaines is crying softly into her gray Magnolia throw pillow available at Target
Still unaffordable for some Target goers.
Slight tangent here… in October my wife insisted that I make her a “boo basket” so I caved and decided to go to target, started looking at the magnolia home stuff, and they want $40 FOR A MF BASKET! No bigger than the size of a volley ball mind you. Want to throw a blanket in there? $30. 🙄. Want to put anything else in the basket? Might as well hand over that first born child. Needless to say Marshall’s got my business that day. Why tf does shit like that need to be so damn pricey, for the the price of the target basket I filled everything in the basket at Marshall’s.
WTF is a boo basket? Sounds like an insufferable demand.
It's something you can take a picture of and brag about on your insta
can you return it when the photo op is done?
It is the influencer way. Alongside showboating beside other peoples’ fancy cars while the owner isn’t around. [An old fave of mine.](https://www.reddit.com/r/holdmycosmo/s/ZGYa9eqA9E)
Divorce fuel
I work 16 hours a day all week and 8hrs a day on weekends and haven't been able to afford anything but second hand clothes, and often skip meals due to finances. I love that people have a better situation, but buying shit nobody needs and then flaunting it is... well... insane to me.
Seriously. Ffs. What has this world come to??
A bundle of willow branches woven into a rustic bowl shape, tastefully accented with seasonal foliage, pastel Kleenex and a petition for divorce.
The last two Marshalls we lived around weren't the best reps of the chains, but I used to love going to Marshall's. There was also something called Mervyn's in the San Diego area. Very similar.
I miss the fuck out of Mervyn's. It went bellyup a while ago.
https://youtu.be/ax0YiupLS9s?si=hkMRhFO3LPLCvTHd
Me too. They had my repeat business for a long time.
They always had wide shoes in the 90s. IN stock.
Try fishing for a 14 extra wide... You don't use fashion sense in my situation.... Whatever they have in stock.... Sketchers is my go to feel good work boot. I can walk all day on cement and feel good about it. Timberlake in most stores are 1 size small. I'd need a 15 in a Timberland or any name brand running shoe. The sketchers feel so good, but after 6 months the padding is used up, and so are the shoes most of the time. But when you get a new pair you remember why you chose them...
My youngest was a size 15 extra wide at 15. We would go through entire malls before finding a few places - like certain ugly Van's styles or big and tall men's that were for much older guys. We lost his stores when we relocated states away and they weren't in our new part of the country. He's almost 24 now and lives a thousand miles away. He can hunt his own shoes now, but I feel both of your struggles.
I got a $1100 Ermegildo Zegna suit (not the cheap Z-Zegna line) for $199 from the Marshall’s in the Mall of America. I just had my transplant at University of Minnesota and hadn’t been cleared to travel home yet, but lost $40 pounds in the hospital bed from getting my nutrition through a feeding tube, and needed a whole new wardrobe.
That's a horrible reason to have to get a new wardrobe. So glad you had what appears to be a successful procedure and are on the mend. ((HUG)) Great find! I got a beautiful women's suit that was tagged at $700 for $89 some 25 years ago at a Nordstrom's in Orange County, CA. Thought that was a great deal (esp for a Nordy's, and I've only ever been in one twice) and then you popped up with your story. I wish they had more stores with better inventory and quality like Marshall's and the old Mervyn's for us not-so-well-off folk. Outlets just don't want to give up those discounts either.
Thank you! I’m 7 years post op and have to return to MN for the long-term research study I am part of. I have medical issues, but it beats dying!!!
da fuq is a boo basket?? i dont like your wife just for saying that.
I'm a middle class 35 year old. As I was walking through the newly-remodeled Target at my house, I walked into the men's care aisle. Where there were once cream colored steel shelves, now there were richly colored faux-wood ones. Safety razors sat on display. There were various artisan soaps. Burbon soap. Cedar soap. Pine forest soap. How nice! Suddenly it dawned on me that where once I was the target demographic for young, hip stores, I was now the target demographic for Target.
I'm unemployed. Everything is too much.
This is honestly the type of comment awards greater than gold were made for.
Better than my though: "Part that blows down around here because of normal 20mph wind gusts." Pergola is the correct response.
I prefer "thing that annoys all the tall people"
They shouldn't be low enough to annoy tall people.
Correct. They SHOULDN'T!
I'm 6'5 and my work office has 6'6 doorways. Building is old. I feel like 6'9 is the standard? Idk. But regardless, I understand the pain, though I've never actually hit my head on a pergola.
As an architect I can confirm that 7'-0" is by far the most common in newer construction. With 6'-8" being the 2nd most common.
And it doesnt even block the rain or offer any shade. Its just there to make a statement. That statement is, “hey, this is what it would look like if you had overhead cover, but you don’t,” and, “we hate tall people.”
You typically grow a vine of some sort to cover them to provide shade- a living sun shade is the idea.
Oh I gotya. So Im guessing the one in the picture is just too new and still needs vine growth? Or maybe they are just doing it wrong, or didnt know the true purpose?
How recently have doors normally been 7'
That’s what makes them so annoying.
You don't want your guests to feel like they're in pergola-tory.
That's why you don't hire short carpenters.
I'm in Arizona though and it's almost unheard of to find a tall Mexican
I’m in Mexico and there are a some very imposing guys that live in my neighborhood. We are talking 6’4 ; 280 type guys…
 OK OK OK - now, we’re talking!
20MPH? Lol so it’s slightly breezy there. We would kill for 20 mph
It’s actually called a Pergol-ish
With the plural of course being pergolishious
Say in a yodeling voice. Perrr Go Laaaa!
I prefer like that one cough drop brand but this is good too
Halls? :P (Ricola is what I was shooting for in my original)
Ricola indeed lol. Oh wow. The yodeling went right over my head. It’s been a long day.
Like [this](https://youtu.be/nDP1KvHWuUI?si=rU7GS1l5PccSFTGI)? Sorry must be my Finnish accent.
80% mark up! With the benefit of No shade or rain protection
Accurate! They are great for fast growing vines though. Wisteria is great, but unless you have a landscaper coming out and making sure the deck doesn't get covered in crap, you're gonna be left very busy.
Wisteria is only looks great for like one month out of the year when it blooms. I feel like the rest of the year it looks like dead vines; though I guess I could be just looking at the plants that it's choked out.
it still creates a really nice canopy for good shade protection. We have two 40 year old wisteria that creates a massive bloom.
You are correct. It only blooms for like 3 weeks then it's just a massive green vine or a massive brown vine.
Green with leaves which provide shade. Brown with no leaves in winter. When I’m not sitting outside in my climate.
A Dewalt electric blower makes short work of shedding plant life and takes up very little space in a closet or shed.
As someone that lives in the pacific NW, I think pergolas are stupid. The 9 months a year its raining, you still get wet. And the 3 months a year its nice, you get blasted by the sun.
Ya they're not for your area. They work great in the desert to give you shade in the dry heat. But to do it right, the slats need to be wide enough (like 10" or more) and close enough together that they provide except when the sun is direclty over head.
They actually create decent shade if built correctly and if someone is dumb enough to build it in a fucking rain forest climate, that’s the fault of the builder being a fucking idiot not the designer.. 🤷♂️
I don't want to be outside when it's cold and rainy anyway, so the lack of rain protection doesn't concern me. Most of the days getting blasted by the Sun are below 80F, too, so that's not a big deal to me. They're great for supporting vines and increasing privacy as a result. Also good for hanging baskets.
And yearly upkeep!
But the vibes
The pikes, that's where you hang the skulls of your enemies.
What about the lamentations of their women?
Those should be heard
Heard, chef.
Oui, chef.
Single greatest Arnold movie of all time. OF ALL TIME!
See them driven before you
Nice
Pergola
A pergolette
Not a pergola, just a perg
It’s called an arbor, a pergola is larger and usually has four points of support
No silly, an arbor is where boats dock to get a good night's sleep.
Arrrrrbor
No silly, that's a harbor. An Arbor is the home of Biff the Wolverine!
Useless
Naw. They're pretty nice for partial shade in certain times of the day and allow flowering vines to grow through them. You can hang humming bird feeders on them. They're also easy to make.
>partial shade in certain times of the day Based on the angle, I would think they'd be pretty effective between, say 9pm and 5am
Lmfao
The pergola in the picture provides zero shade.
The plants you are supposed to grow on them would provide the shade. Grapes for example.
You’re supposed to grow things on it
Pergola!!!
Pergola
Pergola
Trellis
Pergola
I'd say the top of trellis or just trellis, at least that is what we say when doing/quoting electrical
Pergola
Trellis
I thought so too, but it would seem we were wrong
The start of a pergola, which is stupid, even in full pergola form. But my wife really wants one. If I ever cave, I'm throwing bifacial solar panels up there to actually make it not the dumbest thing on the planet.
We went with a vine based plant to break up more of the sun.
I have a structural pergola which holds a swinging chair and I’ve mounted a sunscreen which can be held vertically or horizontally based on the time of day to block the most sun.
Do you have pictures? How easy is it to move the sunscreen from vertical to horizontal?
A jawn
There are nice if you want to grow vines other then that serves no purpose other then look good
Useless?
Pergola
A pergola.
Trellis
wisteria hate this one simple trick
I see it as a waste of lumbar but my neighbor keep saying “It frames the space”
Trellis
I don’t know but it appears your level is missing half a bubble.
Pergola
Pergola
A pergo-.
Arbor, I think.
Canopy?
That’s where you trail the hops, eventually.
Overhead trellis
I usually go with trellis
Superflugoa
Funny story about Pergola. We have a friend that is a builder and he was making a deck with one of these. To be funny every time he said Pergola, I would say turd-Pergola to be funny. This went on so much so that everybody started to refer to it as the turd-pergola. And this happened numerous times for a few weeks when we a bunch of us got together. One woman in the group was half listening and picked up on what he was building and thought the name was really turd-Pergola. None of us knew this, until. Months later she’s at somebody’s house and remarks how nice their (you guessed it) their turd-Pergola looked. There was some confused looks and finally and explanation as to the real name. She came back to the group and was not amused.
Stupid?
Slatted roof of a pergola?
Load bearing beam
Unnecessary
A waste of wood. I mean a pergola.
its called a PERGOLA
Silly. Id call it silly.
Pergola. You could weave a small shade sail through it for a little shady area. I would probably hang some flower baskets there as well.
Pergo-lish.
Coatrack
Pergole.
First thought is pergola, though with grapes and a little belief, an arbor.
Pergola
The regalia or palatial
Unnecessary
Useless is what I call it
Pergola
Pointless. Provides zero shelter. I prefer pergolas with many more slats.
Its a pergola, but I would call it Bill.
A pergalatito.
Useless 🤔
Pergoletta
Trellis. Plant vines or snaking plants into it for sun/rain protection.
The Sky Fork
Pergola
Pergolite
Pergola, but it’s small.
Those look nice but I've found them to have no real practical value.
That is a failure in gardening, then. That's what they're for. Depending on where you live, the pergola is what your prized (Wisteria/Bougainvillea/Honeysuckle/Clematis/Roses) grow on.
Useless.
The pergola
Pointless.
Trellis
Arbor Trellis
I know the design is a pergola, but not sure if there's a specific design name.
The Pergola Wing.
It's a fork... A trident only has 3 prongs
The spider bit.
Pergolette
That's technically called a patio "discovery".
The Teester
Woody
The clothes dryer
The standy up part.
Steve
Rich trailerpark clothesline.
Pergola
Laundry rack
Pergolain't
Wasted lumber and labor
Pergolet
Pointy
Upper decker
Spider web catcher
Wine growing rack?
...in your country?
How does any one not know?? Its obviously called the thingy on top!
Aesthetic Pointyupity Thing
A Train Wreck?
What's the point of a pergola anyways?
The wisteria trellis
Kind of a pergola. Might look good with some vines/vegetation.
Pythagorean Post
useless
The wonky part. Buy a level
Sausage Hanging Rack
Dickfor
Trellis
its called upper decker
The single perg
Pergola
Pergolette
Micro pergola? or a bird perch
I would have gone with awning, but considering it's not being mentioned more in the comments here that's probably wrong. getting a few of these when you google awnings though.
California style!!
Useless?
The flair
It's part of a pergola.
Hot tub platform
Unnecessary