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re: Anyone know who Harry Mack is?

Posted by Crusty on 7/6/25 at 3:34 pm
Yep. Or more than three. And he’ll incorporate their clothes, shoes, hats, anything he can see.

re: Anyone know who Harry Mack is?

Posted by Crusty on 7/6/25 at 3:18 pm
He’s good. I’ve been watching his videos for years. I’m still amazed today.
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Thank you coach Schnall for watching!


Underrated comment. Well done, sir.

re: Rat snake

Posted by Crusty on 6/13/25 at 2:32 pm
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The copperhead I saw last night at 9:30pm in front of my neighbor’s house = good snake I’ll probably need to kill one day


Do what? How is a copperhead a good snake???

re: What's going on with my bermuda?

Posted by Crusty on 5/27/25 at 9:50 am
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While Helminthosporium might sound cool to lawn it won’t pick up chicks at a party.


Maybe it's your delivery? You should practice.

re: Metal landscape edging help

Posted by Crusty on 5/27/25 at 8:24 am
Hire day labor from your local HD? Hand them a shovel. Enjoy your AC.

re: Dishwasher not drying dishes

Posted by Crusty on 5/16/25 at 7:53 am
Disclaimer...I have no idea if this is an actual fact or just dumb luck, but I have found that the more plastic dishes and storage containers we have in the dishwasher, the worse the drying function works. If we have nothing but glass and metal in there, they seem to get dry. If we clean out the fridge and load the top rack with all of the empty storage containers, we have to bring a towel when that dishwashing cycle is over.

Again...this could all be in my head. It just seems this way to me.

re: I know crepe myrtles get a lot of hate

Posted by Crusty on 5/13/25 at 12:46 pm
Pool owners hate them because they drop flowers and leaves all summer long that clog up your pool filters. If you don't have a pool...they're great!

re: Sand in my Boots Music Festival

Posted by Crusty on 5/13/25 at 12:43 pm
Rent a party barge and float in with 10 of your closest friends. Just hope that that barge is still there when you're ready to leave.
I don't think you can avoid this. If you find a "good spot"...guarantee someone else has been tailgating there for years. Since this is their "first", then maybe the natives would be OK with a small 10' x 10' tailgate getting squeezed in for 1 game wherever they set up? It's a roll of the dice, but there is no chance you are going to discover a good spot that is not already claimed by another group.

I would advise that you check knuckles first when you are confronted.
The traditional evaporation ponds in South America are not environmentally friendly. However, the Smackover brine field in SW Arkansas and East Texas will be "mined" using DLE technology...which is MUCH MUCH more environmentally friendly as you are returning everything you pump out of the brine, back to the reservoir minus the lithium. The footprint is relatively small.

Rock mining (spodumene) is still nasty for the environment.

Moving and setting up a pool table?

Posted by Crusty on 4/9/25 at 6:37 pm
In the Baton Rouge area, who can move and set up pool tables? I reached out to a company that I’ve used multiple times and they doubled their price from 4 months ago. Suggestions in the BTR area?

re: Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity is BS

Posted by Crusty on 3/27/25 at 2:06 pm
Anyone here have Celiac which you found out about only after your child was diagnosed with Celiacs and you decided to get tested yourself?
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I get them almost daily and delete and report as junk


If you are receiving these messages daily...does reporting them as junk really do anything?

re: New House - What kind of sod?

Posted by Crusty on 2/24/25 at 9:35 am
Maybe I just got lucky with the right soil, sun, and water combination? I understand that Centipede is typically slow to recover from damage (learned that on this site), but even when I tore it up due to scalping (for the leveling) and the dethatching (which I learned AFTER the fact on this site you shouldn't dethatch Centipede), it bounced back rather quickly. Again, maybe mine was the exception to the rule, I don't know. I can only share my experience as I thought that yard was quite nice.

re: New House - What kind of sod?

Posted by Crusty on 2/24/25 at 9:17 am
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-said no one, ever


Wrong. I actually had a really nice Centipede lawn at my last house and received compliments from the neighbors regularly. I mixed some Black Cow manure with sand and leveled my yard with a leveling rake to where it was perfectly flat. I watered it only when it needed it and kept it cut (with sharp blades) and trimmed. it required very little in terms of maintenance and it remained full. Centipede catches a lot of shite on this site and I think most of it is unjustified.

Now, at my current house I have Bermuda. This will be my first growing season so I can't give an honest comparison yet.
They were on the corner of Bluebonnet and Perkins in Baton Rouge just a few days ago. They are making the circuit.

re: Kitchen/Master - Remodel

Posted by Crusty on 2/7/25 at 5:07 pm
Do you really need a formal living room and a family room? If not, absorb the dining room into your kitchen (it's a small dining room anyway) and then convert the Living Room into a formal dining room and the family can all hang out in your nice Family Room.
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I got a baby starting daycare


Congratulations. I think most of us who have been there understand completely. Wait until you have to pay for multiple kids in high school. Budget friendly preemergent is just the start.