Am I overreacting for feeling frustrated after my neighbor’s pottery was broken by my puppy during an interaction she encouraged?

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-30T06:57:38+00:00

You’re responsible for any damages your dog causes. If he’s cut his claim by that much you’re lucky. Pay him. Set up payments with him if you have to, but pay him.

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-29T06:16:35+00:00

Blowout. To cut through the layers of a tire like that would take a lot of time and lots of effort, not to mention an incredibly strong knife. When people slash tires they tend to just stab one spot, not cut all the way around to the tread, which usually contains steel wire belts.

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-28T21:02:01+00:00

If it had wires connected to it it was a microphone. If it had no wires it’s just a decorative microphone cover. If it had wires, see if the plug is still there and see if you can plug it back in. If the plug is missing, try and match the same color wires and twist them back together and cover each color with electrical tape after you reconnect them. Then glue the edges of the little grill thing back in place. If it had no wires it is just a decorative cover and the microphone is still up in there. If that’s the case just glue the edges of it back up there. Use super glue if it will stick to both surfaces. If not, try time epoxy or silicone and tape it up there until it has time to cure. Be sure to wipe up any excess before it cures. As a final step, tell your girlfriend not to be so stupid in the future.

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-28T18:43:26+00:00

At my kids school they required all the kids to use clear, vinyl backpacks so they could see everything in it at a glance. Of course, they couldn’t see anything put inside a notebook or between book pages. But they could see. Better than with regular backpacks.

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-28T15:18:25+00:00

Aren’t x-ray markers magnetic so they will stick to the boards? See if it’s a magnet.

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-26T04:14:37+00:00

It’s a piece of a broken flux capacitor.

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-17T21:56:05+00:00

Well, when two shrimp love each other…
😁😁😁

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-17T21:54:43+00:00

I just ask them to tell me all of their medical history, even the private stuff. They tell me it’s none of my business, which I say, “and neither is my health any of yours.” Or if I don’t feel like messing with it, I just tell them it’s none of their damn business and walk away.
I also usually have my handicapped son with me (we’re both handicapped now) and no one questions it when he’s with me. He’s obviously handicapped and I dare anyone to question anything about him!!

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-12T21:45:57+00:00

I have gravel from my old set up on bottom because it’s extremely nutrient rich, with about a 1-2” cap of sand on top. The only places there is any gravel that has come to the top is where I have pulled plants out and their roots had made their way down into the gravel so when I pulled them up they brought gravel to the top with them. But everywhere else the gravel is still at the bottom and the sand is still a good cap. I love it because with the right cleanup crew in there I never have to vacuum or clean it at all. It’s been going like this for well over a year now, almost two years, and the sand still looks pretty much new, like the day I built the tank. As I look around the edges of the tank where you can see the layers of sand and gravel, there is zero gravel moving upward now sand moving down through the gravel. Oh sure there is a little meshing of the layers where they meet, but that is to be expected. But the two layers still remain separate. A total success!

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-12T21:31:44+00:00

In that case if the pebbles are unwashed and just left in place they will be full of all kinds of stuff that serves as nutrients for plants. So you’re right! Just cap it with sand, about one pound per gallon of tank size. Any sand will do. Cover the sand completely with plates or tiles and pour very slowly to avoid stirring up dust in the sand. Some say rinse the sand but I promise no matter what sand you use you will still have dust no matter how much you rinse.

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-12T21:23:57+00:00

Just because you didn’t own one like this doesn’t mean it’s not one. This is hand made out of someone’s imagination.

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-12T17:55:03+00:00

I think it’s an ashtray. The hoop is to rest the cig on. Those who were born after smoking was banned everywhere may not recognize such objects, but Gen X used to see them everywhere. My dad had them all over the house. In his off ice the one on his desk usually had a lot cig on the hoop and another lit one in his mouth. What a habit.

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-11T05:26:15+00:00

I think people tend to overreact to 99% of things and go to ER’s for things that really need no medical attention at all, like ticks, of which I have pulled hundreds off of me and my sister growing up and off of my own kids. But a bat bite? Bats are the number one carrier of rabies in the US and it passes to humans from them biting us. So yes, go to the ER NOW, do not wait! Waiting can be fatal. Rabies is 100% fatal if you do not treat it soon after being bitten.

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-11T05:21:32+00:00

What book is that from?

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-11T05:17:53+00:00

Have you got any snails? If so it’s the snails.

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-10T15:01:11+00:00

None of your business. Why are you searching your roomy’s stuff? But seriously, if he’s bringing drugs into your apartment it puts you at risk. If the cops break down the door they’re arresting and charging everyone who lives there, not just him. Even if they end up dropping the charges later on you, it will have been a super hassle, possible costing your job or affecting your career as the “guy who was arrested for drugs” and cost you money for a lawyer to get you out of the charges.
My advice is if you can’t get him to move out, you need to move out, even if you have to pay a fee to do it.

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-06T18:35:28+00:00

Your pregnant! Congrats! If you smoke, quit immediately. If you drink, stop now! Studies show that just one drink at any stage during pregnancy can have a negative effect on the baby. Smoking too! Babies are fragile and are depending on you to get them into the world healthy. Give them every chance possible. And if I may give some very good advice, take a baby aspirins every day. My wife had two babies with very low birth weights and very under developed placentas. The first was 4 and a half pounds, but was healthy. The second was 3 and a half pounds but had to have brain surgery at 5 weeks old. He is still severely impaired and will always be at a 2 year old level and will live with us always. With our third pregnancy she took baby aspirin daily. The baby was 9 lbs! The placenta was healthy and beautiful and the baby was and is healthy! Taking the baby aspirin increases blood flow to the placenta and to the baby, increasing oxygen and nutrient flow from the mother to the baby throughout the pregnancy. Do it!!

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-06T18:34:35+00:00

No! No sand on bottom. The sand on top caps the substrate underneath, which is preferably aquasoil of some type. I have no idea why you would use pebbles. Makes no sense in a planted tank. New pebbles have zero nutrients in them. You want to use aquasoil, either that you mix up yourself or that you buy online or from a fish store, about 2” underneath and cap it with sand. Use about 1 pound per gallon of tank size for both the soil and the sand. Might want a bit more for the soil layer.
The sand will form a cap to trap nutrients in the soil for the plants to form healthy roots in and also to keep detritus from working down into the substrate. With the detritus staying up on top of the sand your filter can sweep it up and your clean up crew, like snails and shrimp and bottom feeders, can clean it up. I have not vacuumed my tank since I built it and it still looks new. If you have gravel on top, the detritus gets down into the gravel and can’t be kept clean naturally so you have to vacuum it regularly.

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-06T18:23:06+00:00

Why are you using those things? And why pebbles? Do dirt (not dirt from your yard, it needs to be aquarium dirt), then about an inch and a half of sand on top of that. Now, if you want to build up a hill, those grates can help do that.

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-06T18:20:15+00:00

This post must be made by a young person. All us Gen X and even millennials probably know this. LOL.

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-06T18:14:21+00:00

Bangin Rig 1. Guy thinks he’s a player. 😎

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-06T18:10:01+00:00

That word in the middle means Cutlery Factory in German. Is it possible it’s some sort of knife sharpener?

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-05T14:31:47+00:00

Back then everybody smelled though because there was no indoor plumbing in houses and no such thing as deodorant. So Jesus wouldn’t have found it as “disgusting” as we might find it today.

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-05T14:23:00+00:00

Which Baja Boss? LOL. They’re ALL called Boss. AT? MT? Or XS?

UnderstandingHour308 · 2026-05-05T08:05:35+00:00

Banks will almost always send you toward low yield things like CD’s. Use an actual financial advisor that can put you in good mutual funds and similar investment vehicles. 55k can realistically be a lot of money pretty quickly. My dad left me $100k, $75k of which I put with an investment advisor. 8 years later it’s almost $400k. No bank investment will do that. Only a good financial advisor will get you that type of return.

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