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Call them…they have always been very responsive when I have needed help.
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is spray foam that powerful or would you have to manually raise driveway first?


Yes, it will easily lift a driveway or a sidewalk. My area has clay soil and that results in home foundation issues. There are companies that level up whole houses using expanding foam. You don’t have to lift the driveway…or the house.
I had a couple of Fox pups my grandfather caught when I was a kid. Those things never did get remotely tame. We ended up giving them to the zoo.

re: Holy Moly College is expensive

Posted by Spankum on 5/16/25 at 9:39 am
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A quick update. He got awarded the Stamps scholarship which pays full tuition and expenses at LSU. But then Brown matched the scholarship offer, so he is going to Brown. So proud of the dude!!



Congrats to both of you! If the student truly deserves to be there, and keeps trying to find a way, it typically always seems to work out!

re: AC drip pan help

Posted by Spankum on 5/15/25 at 11:29 pm
On the systems I have had in order for the drip paan to be full, you have to have two drain lines clogged. One drains the air handler and one drains the overflow pan.

I think it will fill up again tonight. However, it is already 11;30 pm and it is not going to get that hot tonight (at least in my area). I’ll bet the unit wouldn’t run all that much anyway from this point on.

re: Persimmon dropping fruit

Posted by Spankum on 5/15/25 at 11:03 pm
Double post - delete

re: Persimmon dropping fruit

Posted by Spankum on 5/15/25 at 11:01 pm
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Anyone else’s persimmon dropped more fruit that usual this year



Do you have a native persimmon or an oriental variety?
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Why does the smoke alarm battery chirp always occur at 3am?



I have always thought this a very well conceived ploy to increase sales. If it starts chirping at 3 AM, I am very to take a broom handle and knock that bitch off the wall. :lol: :lol:

re: Adding spigot to yard

Posted by Spankum on 5/15/25 at 9:45 pm
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Funny you have this thread because just today I had to install one down in grand lake for a business. It was female threads at the bottom so I screwed in a brass pro press male adapter and pressed in some black PE pipe with a stiffener to complete the job



Interesting…so there is more than one way to do it. :lol:

re: Adding spigot to yard

Posted by Spankum on 5/15/25 at 6:36 pm
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By PVC to steel, you mean galvanized pipe? If so, Teflon the male threads on the bottom of that hose spigot and spin and attach a galvanized 90. Don’t forget to use Megalok sealant. Out of the 90 use a PVC threaded male adapter. Use primer and glue on the male and galvanized 90 and tighten up with channel locks.


Thanks! That gives me a starting point.

re: Johnson grass in a pasture of Bahia

Posted by Spankum on 5/15/25 at 6:29 pm
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They still sell wick bars I looked this morning.


I remember the first generation of that. We mounted 1” X 4” lumber on the hi-boy. We tacked a bunch of kitchen sponges to it and soaked the sponges with a garden sprayer filled with roundup on the turnrows! Eventually, roundup came up with the pipe wick kit.

And as said, I agree that the hi-boy is the most uncomfortable (and dangerous) piece of equipment ever invented.

That’s a walk down memory lane!
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eta i still had that thing until very recently. it finally disappeared in one of our moves along with that damn calculus tome i carried around with me for 40 years after college



I actually did the same thing. I had a HP48 that I carried back and forth to work for the last 35 years since I was in college. Found recently that I left some batteries in it for too long and they corroded. I still haven’t thrown it away!

re: I suck at spraying herbicide

Posted by Spankum on 5/15/25 at 11:12 am
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Brother, if you are complaining about your yard, I envy your life. Because that thing is a beaut and you must have no other problems to be mad at that….


Exactly what I was thinking!

re: Johnson grass in a pasture of Bahia

Posted by Spankum on 5/15/25 at 11:06 am
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I would try roundup or other herbicide of your choice in a wick bar. Its what we used to do before roundup ready soybeans


Man, you must be as old as me! Haven’t thought about one of those rigs in years!
I would prolly call someone that does spray foam insulation to see if they can spray some foam underneath and raise the driveway back up to where it should be. Shouldn’t be expensive.

re: Dishwasher not drying dishes

Posted by Spankum on 5/15/25 at 10:57 am
There is typically a vent on the front that lets air circulate through during the dry cycle…be sure that is not blocked. Also, one time mine was not dumping all of the water out on the last cycle…I didn’t notice, because the water was perfectly clear in the bottom of the unit.
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Would make for some awesome condos with residents only accessing the interior areas.


That is actually a damn good idea! :bow:

re: How long is LSU's grad ceremony?

Posted by Spankum on 5/15/25 at 10:23 am
My graduation seemed to go on forever. However, you are not going to realistically get done with the HS graduation for at least a couple of hours. I would not plan to go to the actual LSU graduation ceremony.

However, there is always a lot of hanging around outside of the facility after the LSU graduation (which is actually the first time you see your graduate anyway). You may be able to make the loitering session and go to eat with everyone or something.
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Tried it and it didn’t do a damn thing for me


This….

re: Johnson grass in a pasture of Bahia

Posted by Spankum on 5/14/25 at 6:03 pm
I have major problems with Johnson grass in my area and have never had a problem with it in the actual pasture. I guess I just keep it mowed frequently enough to prevent it.