dragginass

re: LA. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of St. George Incorporators

Posted by dragginass on 4/26/24 at 4:22 pm

[quote] We personally would never directly benefit from a new school system though. Our youngest kid is a JR.[/quote] Sure you would, property values. The values in central/Zachary exploded to the upside after the ISD's were formed....

re: LSP serve warrant to Archdiocese of New Orleans

Posted by dragginass on 4/25/24 at 8:46 pm

[quote]Yep, this is why I stopped going to church. My personal relationship with God is the only thing that matters. I won't support these horribly corrupt and evil institutions anymore.[/quote] I used to feel the same way, and I lived out those same thoughts. I was only fooling myself though. ...

re: LSP serve warrant to Archdiocese of New Orleans

Posted by dragginass on 4/25/24 at 6:20 pm

[quote]Orleansby TankBoys32 But why do Catholics continue to support and essentially fund an institution that allowed this to happen and worst of all covered it up!!![/quote] Why do you continue to support police when we know corruption exists. Teachers? Employers? The reality is we live in...

re: People that get a good night's sleep

Posted by dragginass on 4/22/24 at 8:34 am

Sleep is supposed to be a natural pattern. When we screw it up there's always a reason. Overweight, alcohol, stress, technology, lack of exercise, sugar etc. It's not hard to fix if you're willing to make lifestyle changes. You think farmers 100 years ago had problems sleeping at night?...

re: Any updates on Honda mowers?

Posted by dragginass on 4/21/24 at 5:20 pm

I[quote]Maybe this was your issue. LINK /[/quote] I replaced those as well the 2nd go around. Still hard to roll backwards. ...

re: Any updates on Honda mowers?

Posted by dragginass on 4/21/24 at 3:05 pm

I have a 5 year old HRR and I hate it. It was revered like always, but they SUCK IMO. After 2 years it stopped rolling backwards. Took everything in rear end apart, polished axle, assembly with new washers etc. It worked for a few months and then it was doing it again. Got aggravated the next ...

re: Gulf Coast Beach Condo rental rates

Posted by dragginass on 4/20/24 at 7:51 am

[quote]3 bedrooms for 3500 to 4000 per week including fees in Destin.[/quote] More like $6-8k for a beachfront 3BR in destin that isn't around the poors....

Travel Board

re: ‘24 Toyota Tundras

Posted by dragginass on 4/18/24 at 8:22 am

[quote]You’re going to be waiting decades.[/quote] Not with a turbo. ...

Outdoor Board

re: Options Trading Thread

Posted by dragginass on 4/16/24 at 9:04 pm

It's probably been mentioned, but the Option Alpha podcast with Kirk Duplessis is a great resource for new traders. Between that podcast and Tasty on YouTube, you should have plenty to learn for a year or so!...

Money Talk

re: Name that bug

Posted by dragginass on 4/11/24 at 8:31 pm

I should have used Google lens.....I had just never seen termites that dark, and without my reading glasses it looked like some kind of ant, lol. No mud tubes or anything around my house, this was just a new encounter for me. I've seen the typical Louisiana termite swarms at night in the flood l...

re: Name that bug

Posted by dragginass on 4/11/24 at 7:26 pm

Wife: 1 Me : 0 Well shite. I found it had lots of friends on the outside of my house by that window. Hopefully they are just swarming? I went ahead and re-sprayed that part of the house. ...

re: EARLY fungus in my St. Augustine

Posted by dragginass on 4/11/24 at 6:43 pm

The most common source I found for it was Scott's disease x granular....

Name that bug

Posted by dragginass on 4/11/24 at 6:36 pm

My wife swears this is a termite. It doesn't look like any drywood or Formosan termite I've ever seen. If this is a termite, I'll be sleeping on the sofa ( I swore to her I spray enough talstar to prevent termites....) [url=https://postimages.org/][img]https://i.postimg.cc/RFhtHYDX/20240411-182...

re: EARLY fungus in my St. Augustine

Posted by dragginass on 4/11/24 at 4:48 am

Not Ronk, but I rotate azoxystrobin because Ronk recommended it....

re: Somebody please explain Landry's "school choice" plan to me like I'm 5.

Posted by dragginass on 4/9/24 at 1:49 pm

[quote]Why are yall acting like LA is the first and only state to pass school choice. They would be the 13th with multiple more to come in the next year or two and this has been going on for 5 years[/quote] This. Let's not be the last to adopt something, for once....

re: Forbes leaks 4Runner debut 12 hours early

Posted by dragginass on 4/9/24 at 1:15 pm

[quote] I just have my doubts they’ll put out something that is anything other than reliable[/quote] It will be reliable, for a turbo 4. The issue is with the complexity/heat of turbo'd engines. The ceiling for reliability is lower, no matter the brand. ...

re: frick poison ivy

Posted by dragginass on 4/8/24 at 5:05 pm

[quote]Thanks all, but I am past prevention at this point.[/quote] Xanfel scrub is for active rash. It will hurt like hell scrubbing it, but will feel exponentially better afterwards. Tecnu is what I use before/after potential exposure....

EARLY fungus in my St. Augustine

Posted by dragginass on 4/8/24 at 4:57 pm

I'm beginning to side with ronk. It doesn't seem like these fungi were an issue 20-30 years ago though. I treated with propicanizole last week, and will follow up with azoxystrobin next week. [url=https://postimg.cc/MckPyyNP][img]https://i.postimg.cc/CK53p7Ng/20240408-162119.jpg[/img][/url] ...

re: frick poison ivy

Posted by dragginass on 4/7/24 at 10:13 pm

Xanfel scrub really helps. It's not cheap, but don't get the generic. Doesn't work nearly as well!...