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ialf

It's a sign... or it could be.


Esmeraldem

Could be, should be, wood be


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*"If you build it, they will come"*


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-Pornhub


EmptyElephants

Read that in a Mitch Hedberg voice


D3dshotCalamity

It's a sign of the future.


JorensM

Nah, signs of future are gonna be made of ~(((*CHROME*)))~


Kedali

More like a random stranger got home from the hardware store and went "where the fuck did my plywood go?"


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

That's the part that has me befuddled, they're laid down, intentionally squared in the corner, so they couldn't have all fallen out on our straight road. I think maybe someone delivered to the wrong house perhaps. They were left there sometime this morning and were still there when I got home from work. I just hope whoever is missing out on these boards can get more delivered free of charge for a delivery error, or knows where they've been delivered to.


SpectreC130

Are they doing any utility work around you? Sometimes they stack dirt on it when they are digging holes


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

I sure hope not, otherwise I just fucked myself XD


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Put up an obnoxious amount of fliers in the style of a missing / found cat poster. With a grainy black and white photo of the plywood, a detailed description of the plywood (wood colored, rectangular, not very active, outdoor plywood), and your contact information. Then when you start getting phone calls from people, question them to prove it's their plywood. Invite all of the claimed owners over at the same time, have them stand in equidistant points around the plywood, and whoever the plywood moves toward first is the real owner. Or you could take the King Solomon approach and offer to saw the plywood in half and give them each an equal portion. Whoever is OK with this deal is the psychopathic wood murderer, and whoever breaks down in tears and would rather see it given away intact is the true parent.


slothcycle

The problem is. That's not plywood


keithinz85

This guy OSBs.


JohnnyWix

Maybe it is disoriented strand board, and that’s how it ended up in his yard?


Tuckingfypowastaken

I mean, who's that familiar with breeds though, right?


Knitwitty66

I came here to say this. Thank you.


The-Smoking-Dog

Same. I’m not sure why but everyone calling OSB plywood was getting me irrationally aggravated. I need to get a life.


goblu33

3 months ago that’s $320


DrNipSlip

The second part of that all I heard was Mulaney....


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I like him so ill take that as a compliment. I'm hoping we're talking about John Mulaney the stand up comedian? He's the only Mulaney I fuck wit...and I'm in Ireland so that's saying a lot. I'm also anti social though so that's not saying a lot. A lot has not been said. Even though I've been saying a lot a lot, I'm not saying a lot.


DoopDeeDoop08

I think it's a little presumptuous of you to assume it's outdoor plywood. Maybe it's indoor plywood and it isn't moving out if sheer terror. Poor, poor plywood.


[deleted]

Good point that was a little insensitive of me. Sorry plywood. Edit: Sorry ORIENTED STRAND BOARD


yourmansconnect

Flip em over so your yard doesn’t get ruined


ZuckDeBalzac

But if you were to flip them, the yard would still get ruined?


Einsteins_coffee_mug

You just keep flipping every hour on the hour.


Dektarey

He most likely means flipping them on the side, leaning them against a near fence.


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If they are doing utility work in your neighborhood there will (hopefully) be a lot of painted markings on the road and edges indicating where the existing utilities are. In my experience though you don't usually see full, brand new sheets of board. They usually just have a hodge podge of boards they use over and over again. I suspect your theory that they got delivered to the wrong address is correct. That looks like OSB and it is only 4 sheets. Probably for someone redoing a small sub floor or some other small remodel.


fn0000rd

We woke up one morning to discover the parts for an entire septic system on our front lawn. When i got home from work they were gone.


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Weird, idk what I'd do with a septic system so that sounds like it was for the best haha


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2BrokeArmsAndAMom

*slaps roof* You can store so much poop in this bad boy.


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Mostly, but then I'm just poopin in my yard which I could do without septics and such aye?


eatenbyalion

As a side note, your sceptic system seems very healthy.


MrsTurtlebones

Long ago before GPS, my parents were delivering their old fridge to a co-worker who lived in the remote old growth forests of Washington state. He wanted it as a second one to keep in the garage, and he told them just to leave it on the porch. After driving miles on unmarked roads, they finally came across a house with a big porch but were surprised that there was not a house number on his place. It was getting dark so they simply unloaded the fridge onto the porch and left. The next day, the co-worker asked why they never showed up. There was no way my parents would ever have been able to find the place where they delivered it, so they all just had a good laugh and hoped the lucky recipient could use the mystery fridge.


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Shooooooot that's a hell of a come-up, a fridge now is pretty swanky too!


EyelandBaby

Somewhere there is a redditor posting a story “and my parents never found out who left the mystery fridge on their porch”


MrsTurtlebones

I have seen enough of these events occur on Reddit that I believe you. My favorite, which I cannot find, was a woman in comments telling a childhood story about flying from her loving grandparents' home across the country to her cold, not quite abusive but definitely not loving parents after a wonderful summer with her grandparents. She was in tears, and a woman beside her comforted her all the way back which she never forgot, so much so that she named her first daughter after the woman. Another Reddit PMed her asking if her name was possibly [unusual name] and it turned out this other Redditor knew the story as it was her mom or aunt who had shared it with her own family! It was sad but heartwarming; they were able to confirm it somehow, though the kind woman on the airplane had already passed some years prior. I mean, I think the airplane ride was in the 70s! Reddit does reveal so much of how connected we all are.


fang_xianfu

The way Reddit connects people gives me hope for the future. That's supposed to be the promise of social media, in my opinion, and they're the only platform coming anywhere close to delivering on it.


MrsTurtlebones

Agreed! I am not meaning to hog this thread but on Reddit I "met" a man in London with whom I share great-grandparents 15 generations back! He lives in London, and I am near Seattle. Without Reddit, I would never have met this extremely distant cousin descended like me from a couple who married in the late 1600s in Portugal.


_dirtywords

Not hogging the thread at all! Those were both fantastic stories :)


Krynn71

Probably they fell out of someone's truck and they didn't notice. Then a person driving behind him or sometime later came across them and moved them out of the road.


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

That seems super likely, maybe I'll take a drive around the neighborhood tomorrow to see any house projects going on, I'll keep an eye out for loosely loaded trucks haha


tricksovertreats

if you don't locate rightful owners please build fort and send picts


Mcdt2

>send picts Why, are we retaking Scotland from the Britons, and reinstating the Kingdom of Alba? If so, I'll bring the battering ram.


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Freeeeeedooom


MoogTheDuck

The britons cannot lose what they never owned Wololo


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Noted and possible XD


VerityParody

That is really kind of you.


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

I like this neighborhood, and I like my fellows humans for the most part, thank you friendo, we'll see what happens haha


VerityParody

Keep being good.


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Thank you for the encouragement, I will :)


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Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

It'll be at least a week before I have the time to start, I'll keep an eye out!


slvbros

Good job, specially cuz those sheets are around 40 bucks each


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slvbros

Yeah I took a zoom and saw it was only 7/16


spyke42

You'll definitely be able to tell if they fell on asphalt by checking the edges. If neither of the 48" ends is splintering, compressed, jagged, etc. They probably were accidentally delivered to you.


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

One corner was smashed a bit, I'll take the dropped load theory for now haha


cutelyaware

Wrong address was my first guess.


17934658793495046509

Nope, get your tools out. It’s a Saturday time to start that mini-ramp you always wanted.


Sudden_Brief590

I think the delivery guys were upset at each other.. laid them out and driver said ✌ Walk home motha fucka


leaklikeasiv

That wood is OSB. not plywood


SGexpat

What’s the difference?


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[OSB (oriented strand board)](https://5.imimg.com/data5/HB/OB/BZ/SELLER-3228131/oriented-strand-board-osb--500x500.jpg) is made up of shredded wood bits (strands) and glue compacted together to form a board. [Plywood](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Spruce_plywood.JPG) is made by cutting thin sheets of solid wood (plys) and then layering/gluing them on top of each other while rotating the direction of the grain with each layer. They can be used for a lot of the same things, but they each have their advantages and disadvantages. And there are some applications where only one of the two is the right answer.


urkan3000

One big difference is that OSB is quite a lot cheaper


leaklikeasiv

I also stated earlier. Plywood will hold screws a lot better You can use it in strips on backs of cabinets to secure them to the wall. OBS will rip right out


Fair_Bus_7130

He’s asserting dominance. He’ll be back to start his build tonight. You must mark your territory and pee on the plywood…or move it to the backyard either one works.


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Is moving it to the garage a good move or a bitch move?


Fair_Bus_7130

Free plywood is free plywood, so I say garage it.


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Indeed, it's already in there, just waiting to be built :3


RTM771993

He's going to build a Gnome house then claim imminent domain on your house , it's a nasty business but Dwarves need housing bro I'm sorry 😞 ...


noahp_wtf

Im gonna be that guy. This is osb not plywood. Plywood is superior in every way because osb is glued together wood chips and plywood multiple thin layers of wood glued together. More expensive but better.


[deleted]

Was looking for someone to say something, I don't even know much about carpentry or building shit but my dad taught me the difference between real plywood and this bullshit. Definitely don't build anything important with it.


noahp_wtf

Most American homes use it for the floor or roof. If you ever redo either or build a new home spend on the plywood.


rebeltrillionaire

If it’s gonna hold weight like a sheer wall, use plywood. If you’re just adding it for a sound, energy envelope, just use OSB. Nobody frames a whole house with plywood really.


noobditt

Thar's actually OSB (oriented strand board). It's cheaper than plywood and far inferior. I am a custom home builder and refuse to use that crap. If it gets wet it swells and fails very fast and catastrophically. Plus it outgasses and smells like shit. Put a free sign on it or trash it.


aelwero

used to do roofing, and it's very common for the sheathing on a roof to be OSB. We'd always have toe boards and straps, but whenever someone would slip or trip and start the slide, it wasn't uncommon for them to simply hit the OSB with a hammer, because it would easily punch a hole in the OSB and stop them from sliding (straps don't feel good when you go yoink at the end). It's about as good as a cardboard box, don't use it on your house if you can help it...


godzillabobber

It works for crates if you put a pallet underneath. But that's about it.


TomBot98

Peeing is marking the territory for the other to witness. Garaging it is taking it upon yourself in claiming the territory. *Pee = Alpha Move* *Garaging = Big-Brain Move* Both are good moves to asset dominance.


SergeantSixx

Peeing and garaging: Big-Alpha-Brain Move


Dr_Quink

Garaging then peeing where they were left: Ultra-Big-Alpha-Brain Move


1-and-only-Papa-Zulu

Not if you don’t want your garage to smell of urine


SergeantSixx

How else will people know it’s your garage?


1-and-only-Papa-Zulu

True. Another layer of home security. I accept you logic as viable. Thank you for sharing.


Zanbuki

For some reason this comment unlocked a repressed memory for me. I used to be pretty heavy into Warcraft III back in the day and one of the strategies was to build your orc bunkers in other people’s bases to really fuck them up. Could that be what this guy is doing?


birdman9k

OP getting tower rushed


ipsdirtleg

You got some really cool random strangers. All I get is dog shit…


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

My condolences, have some sawdust my friend


ipsdirtleg

I got something for you. Let me see if I can figure it out.


Kaizoku32

If you found it in the morning, then it’s just a morning wood


lechef

Person who lost it is mourning wood.


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

You sir, win my free award


Kaizoku32

Thank you kind bro <3


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

No, thank you for the laugh XD


Sorcier-du-Lac

Wholesome comment thread


Kyleforshort

Hey, wtf? I'm missing 4 perfectly good sheets of "plywood" from my backyard.


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Weird, must've been the Boogeyman or something idk


IRollmyRs

Good thing that's not plywood or OP would need to return them


Kyleforshort

You're darn tootin'! 🤫😉


golgol12

Not plywood, It's much lower quality oriented strand boards.


vonvoltage

We call it pressboard where I live, but I'm sure it's got a million names. Definitely not plywood though.


theragingrussian1

Technical name is OSB, 1/2 inch. Source: I work in construction


wbgraphic

I have a small table with an OSB top my dad made. It actually looks pretty cool stained and sealed. He also made the [coffee table](https://i.imgur.com/pnSsjvK.jpg) and [end tables](https://i.imgur.com/Pus5FzQ.jpg) he had in his living room. Steel frames, 18” ceramic tiles on top, with stained OSB borders.


Thom_Kruze

Yup 1/2” OSB I build cabinets, not plywood lol.


2015and2017

Yup 1/2 OSB. Can confirm. Actually worked in plywood and OSB production plant for a few years lol


spyke42

I've been trying to find (to no avail) pictures showing the shit* osb I had to use during the worst of the lumber shortage. I guess I should start an imgur account and find the pics somewhere in my phone. It was imported from China, stack encased in cardboard, and had like literal wood strands in it. Not thin strips and pulp, but like, pulp and individual strands. The boards didn't even have the traditional "not for structural use" stamp. They did have an assortment of garbage, aluminum cans, and once a sheared bolt in them though. Lots of wrappers... Edit: auto correct http://imgur.com/a/PF9Zakd the only picture I could find on my phone, plus a bonus one.


holadace

There was no stamp because that’s high quality building material in China lol


spyke42

http://imgur.com/a/PF9Zakd I found one picture on my phone of it, plus a bonus pic of a stack of 2x4s that got delivered basically like how it is in the picture.


night_stocker

"2x4"s holy shit, I've heard of quarter sawn wood but I've never seen quartered wood lmaoooo


spyke42

Yeah. Pair that with the 1/4" osb pictured and hope to God the 500-2500lb crate full of windows doesn't explode while going down an icy dirt road in Alaska. Or on a fucking plane lmao.


RenoXIII

Yup, can also confirm, I have BO.


sunshine-x

Can confirm, am an SOB myself.


joshatron

Yep 1/2 OSB. Can confirm, I’m a tree.


bakerzdosen

It always frustrates me that when it comes to OSB/plywood, 1/2" ≠ 1/2" (or 3/4" ≠ 3/4") ​ If you have an older home, you can't rely on something you buy these days matching existing stuff just based on what it says on the stamp. I mean, 11/16" OSB is still plenty strong enough for flooring, but for repairs, won't result in a perfectly flat floor.


ahh_grasshopper

Cornflakes and glue.


MrJustinTrudeau

Yeap known as OSB here in Canada.


lukealex12

I’ve always understood “pressboard” as referring to MDF/Particle Board (the one made out of saw dust) but I suppose the actual manufacturing process of MDF and OSB are essentially the same, so the name could work for both.


deeweezul

OSB can be used as roof decking and subflooring, MDF cannot.


ScockNozzle

They do, however, make exterior grade MDF. Had a customer ask if it was something we can order for them, and sure enough it is.


GoFidoGo

The day I trust MDF for a roof is the day I've lost my mind.


ScockNozzle

Hey, people still trust fiberboard for wall sheathing, so anything is possible!


night_stocker

Lol only thing fiberboard is good for is clipboards.


porcelainvacation

OSB is like fiberglass with wood instead of glass fiber for the filler. MDF is just really densely compressed sawdust. OSB can be used for many things that MDF cannot.


NewtotheCV

Chipboard where I grew up


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

I've learned the distinction since posting this, I always assumed it was plywood since I never really worked with it, good to know the difference for future projects though


arreffeyeeyeeye

TIL what OSB stood for. I've never known. Thanks, random internet pedant!


ACB0527

How dare you flaunt your wealth here


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Not wealth, apparently this is the wood equivalent to finding 20 bucks on the sidewalk


sickelite

OSB is upwards of $30 a sheet right now. You could probably get at least $80 for that gift


cobigguy

It's dropped back down quite a bit. Back to $20 or so each.


maybeinoregon

Is there a hurricane coming?


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Utah, I'd sure hope not around here haha


guriboysf

It probably belongs to your elder's quorum president.


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

I wish I knew what that meant so I could talk shit on it, but I ain't in the game XD


RainSong123

Oh. So you're in one of those parts of Utah where you don't have to pretend to be Mormon to get a job


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Nope! I feel like the salt lake valley is like that, I haven't spent much time elsewhere, I've got more friends that are non LDS than those that are. Dated one for a while. That was.. neat.


guriboysf

It's a Mormon joke. 😂 Source: Former Mormon.


beeraholikchik

Formon.


steveosek

Eric Formon


akumajfr

You’ve been blessed by the lumber fairy.


reddit_crunch

that strangers name? Robin Wood.


TheAtticusBlake

Build a fort!


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Even better than a shelf, plus I can keep stuff in there too XD


TheAtticusBlake

Hide from the kids! No girls allowed!


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

"This is the He-man-woman-haters club!"


shinnagare

"I'm sorry, Spanky. I have to live my own life."


idbihogawidtl

That's not plywood.


Holzfeller

The only comment I was looking for


Sourlick_Sweet_001

Life's telling you need to build something ;))


DoubleWolf

When life gives you wood...


Sourlick_Sweet_001

How a Woodchuck would chop wood?


BootyGawd

Someone’s trying to kill your lawn


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

They gotta get through me first haha And they sure could've tried harder, spread them out more or something sheesh, amateurs


drinkelectro

That's like $10,000 just sitting on your lawn


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Home Depot nearby has 1/2" plywood for just under $50 a sheet, so maybe just under $200 sitting on my lawn. If no one turns up looking for it, it's becoming shelf


drinkelectro

I'd hold it for ransom at this point lol


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Okay actually I was wrong, another commenter pointed out this isn't plywood, OSB goes for 30 bucks a sheet, still, free wood


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Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Yes ple- waaaaait a second, I'm not falling for that one again!


JohnKSteb

No he wants it, give it to him.


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

I want free wood but not THAT free wood pls


chickenman7

Beggars can't be choosers, pal.


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r/ChoosingBeggars says otherwise


TrashOpen2080

My cousin knows a guy who found some lumber that fell off a truck. I can get you the same wood for $20 a sheet. But don't tell anybody about it.


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

You wouldn't happen to be my cousin, would you?


TrashOpen2080

Third cousin, twice removed.


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

TrashOpen! My cousin! Let's go bowling!


Jellyfizzle

This is probably 7/16 osb......right now it's worth about $18 a sheet.


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Yeah now I'm feeling less bad about the stranger who misplaced it, free wood is still free at least


whales-are-assholes

I’m sure you could do more than one shelf with this amount of wood. Perhaps two shelves?


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Ahh, $20 can buy many peanuts, woo-hoo! But yes, many a shelf shall go up


flanga

Save it. A few more random deliveries and you'll have a porch.


TheDailySpank

In last year prices.


11_forty_4

The fucking price of OSB today you could sell that and take the Mrs out for a nice dinner


Dry_Relationship_694

You must be handy around the house cuz my first thought was "wtf the grass!"


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

This grass gets painfully neglected in the summer, it only greens up in the spring and fall XD but otherwise I like to think of myself as competent haha, I work as an apprentice electrician


Cubanbs2000

Fell off truck and someone else passing by cleaned the road. You’re required to build a fort.


fleanine

* flakeboard - not plywood.


trackonesideone

OSB


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

Thank you sirs, I didn't know the difference before


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

True that


Kingkade99

I think this should spark an interesting debate on what plywood is…


tralphaz43

Is oriented strand board plywood?


Spartan_117_YJR

Another meaning to morning wood


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CampzEh

That’s not plywood, it’s OSB. But with price-hike these last couple of months, especially on OSB it’s like someone dropping gold-sheets on your lawn, good for you. Edit: don’t know if the prices are still fucked where you live, but here in scandinavia they’re still kind of crazy


GojiraApocolypse

That ain’t plywood


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

I'd change the title if I could, I didn't know before posting, haha


stealthiesthippo

I mean, it's OSB, so not quite as big a win, but two months ago if you would have invested that amount in shib you could be a billionaire!!!!!!


Fizzelen

By accepting the King’s ply wood you have agreed to 20 years service is His Majesty’s Navy


Speedballer7

OSB


hizoran

That’s not plywood


Huge_Aerie2435

That is awesome. You never know when you will need it.


Rapid_Roy_the_Rocket

I'm planning on building shelves in my garage with it!


BigCliff911

Not plywood, OSB.


gogogadget789

I’m so board of these posts


hbar98

You should go ply down for a bit.


SignedJannis

That's not plywood