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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.
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50" plasma around same timeframe... It was heavy AF


I remember paying $3500 for a 42" plasma. You're right, it was heavy AF...but it had a great picture.

Then again, maybe I just thought that based upon what I had before this TV?
Oooph. I was afraid of that as my yard is too big for a push reel mower (at least one I can afford). I am hoping someone can offer some insight on a decent ZTR suitable for cutting Bermuda.
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looks like a golf course


How low do you cut it and how often?
So this is the big issue with Centipede? I have been wondering for years why Centipede is looked down upon so much as it's easy to grow, it's slow growing so you don't have to cut it every 3 days, requires very little maintenance/chemicals, and if you have a level yard and water it regularly...it can look really good. I just bought a house that backs up to a golf course so this will be my first run with Bermuda. Given the snow, maybe I got lucky this time? To be determined.
I did a test run yesterday and as soon as I shut off the main, the water inside the house stopped immediately, they didn’t continue to flush out.

So the consensus would be to leave the water on and just drip for three days?
I just bought a house in BTR and haven't moved in yet. Given the ARTIC BLAST that we are about to experience, I am trying to decide whether or not to drip water in a few faucets all night (and during the day while it's below freezing)....OR....should I just shut off the main water to the house and not turn it back on until we are above freezing? Is there any potential for issues if I simply shut the water off at the main?

re: Avocado trees in south Louisiana

Posted by Crusty on 1/17/25 at 8:48 am
Honestly, not sure yet. I bought this house earlier this week...just in time to deal with this artic blast! I'm not at that house right now, but from what I remember, it looks like some sort of date palm? It has the long fronds, not the ones shaped like fans (mexican palms, palmetto, etc.).

re: Avocado trees in south Louisiana

Posted by Crusty on 1/17/25 at 8:40 am
What if your palms are large...like 30' tall? Would wrapping the bottom help at all or is that just a waste of time?

re: Cold Weather Herbicide

Posted by Crusty on 1/14/25 at 10:51 am
Following as I just bought a house in BTR and the backyard is not in good shape. Not only do I have drainage issues (thanks primarily to the fact the golf course drains into my yard), but there are tons of various weeds mixed in with the bermuda (assuming Tif 419 as that is what's on the course). Can we do anything now? Or do we have to wait and treat everything with post emergent after it warms up?
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I make this almost exactly, but no dumplings and serve over ric


So basically chicken gumbo?
Don't get me wrong, I like Iron Ore too. In fact, my front door was painted Iron Ore for years....which ultimately lead me to switching it out to an iron door instead!

I'm just questioning the use of iron ore EVERYWHERE in your living room. I have no idea how that would look or even if I understand correctly what he is describing?
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We have full dipped our bedroom and a couple of bathrooms and living room


Hang on...you painted your entire living room (walls, ceiling, trim, doors, cabinets, etc.) all Iron Ore color but with different finishes? Unless you have a ton of windows and high ceilngs, that has to be one dark room, no?