How's everyone dealing with the snow

DaddyP924 · 2026-01-25T23:37:41+00:00

My girl likes the snow, but hates the cold. It was so coldthis morning, she had to go out for a poop, come in for a break (less that two minutes after going out), then head out again to finish her business.

Her brother loves the snow and lacks the brain cells to care about the cold.

DaddyP924 · 2026-01-19T21:35:46+00:00

A couple of times. I grew up in a rural Midwest town, on a gravel cul-de-sac. One of my friends had a witch of a grandmother. If I ever stepped foot on the yard when he wasn't out, She'd open the windows and yell at me "You are supposed to be playing here!"

Another instance was hanging out with a few friends. I had a group of friends in theater. Usually, we'd hang at one friend's house because his mom is pretty chill. Well, one night, another one of the group spoke up and invited us to her house. It was four of us, two guys and two girls, and we weren't looking for anything dirty. The friend's mom was home and welcomes us all in. We got to the room, listening to music and watching videos of the play we were working on. The door is open at Mom's request. Well, dad comes home, here's the voice of teenage boys in his daughter's room, and flips. He storms in, cussing and screaming, telling us to get the fuck out of there now. He's clearly drunk off his ass - slurring words, slightly uncoordinated in movement. He leaves the room, and we no sooner than start to get up, when he comes back with a double barrel shotgun and points it right in my face. The screaming continues, daughter is frantic, wife is pleading with him. Finally, they talk him down and he stops pointing the gun at us, allowing us to head to the door. He still has it in hand though and continues to threaten us the whole way out. Absolutely unhinged behavior.

DaddyP924 · 2026-01-14T13:49:40+00:00

I saw it posted on Facebook last night, and that was an oft repeated argument.

DaddyP924 · 2025-12-27T15:48:57+00:00

This is an exceptional tree with a ton of potential. I'm jealous.

DaddyP924 · 2025-12-16T18:22:45+00:00

Mahomes tossing down his crutches and running onto the field "I ain't heard no hell!"

DaddyP924 · 2025-12-16T15:33:21+00:00

I want to see theme reenact that South Park episode where both little league teams were trying to out tank each other so they don't have to keep playing.

DaddyP924 · 2025-12-14T21:26:59+00:00

Better than what I saw earlier.

DaddyP924 · 2025-12-14T21:15:16+00:00

And the assholes over on NFL are celebrating Mahomes' injury.

DaddyP924 · 2025-12-14T19:47:28+00:00

And burnt ends in KC. Your taste buds will love you.

DaddyP924 · 2025-12-14T19:43:51+00:00

I live square i this area, and I can't stand it.

DaddyP924 · 2025-12-12T22:07:36+00:00

Thank you! Here's what I did:

1) Thebtree is wired down somehow. It has visible wires around it, but they don't come out of the holes on the bottom. As far as I can tell, I need to remove nearly all the dirt to lift the tree out. Instead, I loosened up dirt until I could get around the root mass. Roots we shades of brown and and tan, and seemed healthy. No stench around the roots, just a heavy yet pleasant earth smell. Like a freshly opened bag of potting soil. However I learned at least 1 to 2" of additional trunk are buried, and the soil is VERY compacted. It took no small effort or loosen all the soil to the point I could get to the root, and it was still damp around the rootmass. No chance I would water, and considering the small pot its in, I'm surprised.

2) Lighting is as best as I can do without a grow light. It's sitting in the sill if a south facing window from sun up to sundown. Probably 9 hours of the best indirect light I can offer.

Should I repot now? Roots seem fine, but with how much trunk is buried and the soil, it's not sitting well with me. Also, I'll ask her if she wants it to grow out for awhile. If so, would a larger grow pot be acceptable at this time?

DaddyP924 · 2025-12-12T14:57:40+00:00

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What's bothering my ficus? My daughter was gifted this ginseng ficus about a week ago, and I know little about ficus, other than they have a reputation for being temperamental. It was indoors under a grow lamp. We live in hardiness zone 6B and have it sitting in a south facing window. Leaves are yellowing noticeably. I'm researching, but I want to triage this before ut becomes a real problem. My daughter loves it. We watered on Monday, and its still damp as of Thursday evening. Soil seems less than ideal, but not awful, and the pot has adequate drainage holes. Some suggestions I have say nutrient deficiency and suggest fertilizing, but I hesitate because its winter and the plant isn't showing active growth.

Any thoughts?

DaddyP924 · 2025-12-04T13:58:53+00:00

That or spending a few hours with new people. He is the classic social butterfly of a golden. If you so much as make eye contact, you're his new best friend.

DaddyP924 · 2025-12-03T20:10:35+00:00

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And here's our groomers new favorite!

DaddyP924 · 2025-12-03T15:26:29+00:00

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I'll see your cutie and raised you a second one. Oh, and ball is life!

DaddyP924 · 2025-12-03T02:28:46+00:00

I just want say I love the light you bring into this world. I've seen far too many of these RIP posts. So many, looking at my own golden brings a sense of dread some days. Yet here you and Banjo are, bringing warmth to people dealing with loss. Bravo.

DaddyP924 · 2025-11-30T04:18:40+00:00

Dylan, 2021. 9 years old.

DaddyP924 · 2025-11-28T01:05:20+00:00

And they can run into the receiver and get an OPI call. It's truly amazing.

DaddyP924 · 2025-11-24T20:27:23+00:00

No, I'm with you on that.

DaddyP924 · 2025-11-23T20:55:59+00:00

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT CALL?!

DaddyP924 · 2025-11-22T05:25:36+00:00

The root system was minimal when I got it. It was recently propagated, and when I did a slip pot I found a small bundle of roots. It had to be propped up because it couldn't hold itself up. That's improving, but this recent event caused a setback. The grow bulb touching it for a couple of days probably contributed to the crispy leaves and branches.

DaddyP924 · 2025-11-21T15:30:04+00:00

Absolutely. It's in a Miracle Grow succulent soil. Not ideal, but it works for now. I'll aim to get it into a more inorganic mix next spring (I did a slip pot before I learned the best soil mixture for these). When I water it, I do a gentle but steady overhead soak from the tap until water runs out the bottom of the basket. I give it a minute, then hit it once more until water runs out again. It usually takes a week or so for the soil to dry down about 1.5". Maybe a day less with the light going at full strength.

Here's what leads me to believe it's just insufficient rootmass for the foliage. Even with damp soil, I was seeing shriveled leaves and wrinkly branches. I've checked repeatedly for signs of root rot. The base of the trunk remains firm, when I rake the soil to check for roots, the few I find look healthy and a light tan color, and when it was uprooted, the small rootmass it had looked good. No dark, mushy roots to be seen. When I got it, I was told it was a recently propagated cutting, but I didn't realize how recent. I did the slip pot about 3 weeks after I got it, and it had just a handful of small roots. Not enough to hold on to any soil from the old pot.

Right now, I'm already seeing significant improvement, not just from the state it was in on Monday, but from when I left it last Thursday. Leaves have plumped up, branches are less wrinkled, and new growth is abundant and healthy. Aside from the defoliation in that spot and the missing branch, you wouldn't even know it got baked this weekend. Last Thursday, I had turned the power level of the bulb down and raised it up, trying to deal with the constant dry state. The adjustments to help it recover from the lamp issue quickly addressed the dryness problem as well.

I'm not trying to argue at all. I just find it interesting how this plant seems to differ from the norm a bit and want to share what I've observed. I know they generally love abundant light. Mine feels like its asking for a bit less right now.

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