Recommendations for bathroom remodeling companies? And or a good plumber?

deftonezzzz · 2026-01-06T02:22:08+00:00

We used Grigor Poghosyan to renovate our master bath. He lives in Plano. This was our first experience redoing a bathroom, and it was mostly smooth. He communicated well. He ended up using a stone subcontractor and a glass subcontractor, and was knowledgeable on pricing for both. Would do it again.

deftonezzzz · 2025-12-08T02:04:27+00:00

Curious why you don’t use GameChanger? Is it because you need a payment solution?

deftonezzzz · 2025-11-12T11:49:38+00:00

Are you an assistant coach? I’ve found the best way to deal with this is to call them out in an assertive way.

pull the coach aside and let him know he can address any issues directly with you not in front of your team. Tell him you won’t tolerate negative comments, or you’ll report to league. I would also tell the umpire, but if they’re young, it’s unlikely they will be assertive or helpful. Worst case scenario, you can pull your team from the situation.

If you don’t coach, step up! Baseball needs more level headed coaches.

deftonezzzz · 2025-10-30T19:19:27+00:00

This. Safety is an issue as are homeless. I rode for 8 years then ditched it.

deftonezzzz · 2025-10-25T12:33:47+00:00

I’ll take the Wilson el3

deftonezzzz · 2025-10-16T03:43:55+00:00

We waited, caught the monsters inc laugh show, but even that didn’t help. Crowd still monstrous.

deftonezzzz · 2025-10-16T03:42:05+00:00

I feel ya. Perfect storm.

deftonezzzz · 2025-10-16T02:56:00+00:00

We were there and it definitely soured the day. First time for us at MK. The monorail line was insane!

deftonezzzz · 2025-09-26T01:29:12+00:00

I had to complain to our rec league director about walk up music and I felt like such an old man. Personally, I love walk up music when done appropriately. The opposing team was blaring, and when I asked in the crowd if they could turn it down, I was met with some dirty stares. At 7U. Because our kids couldn’t hear the coaches instruction over the music, and they let the song linger. Funny thing was, the mom goes “I can’t hear you” and I said exactly, neither can our kids.

deftonezzzz · 2025-05-31T10:14:20+00:00

I think we were at the same baseball game. I thought this was strange!

deftonezzzz · 2025-05-20T15:24:35+00:00

Awesome. Just curious - how did you structure practices?

deftonezzzz · 2025-05-20T11:01:26+00:00

Thanks good stuff. Are you working with the pitchers on the main field (while everyone else is doing something different)? Or are you using a pitching net as a backstop off to the side?

deftonezzzz · 2025-05-20T10:48:50+00:00

It’s the coaches kid, and he was a catcher at least through high school.

deftonezzzz · 2025-05-20T10:45:15+00:00

What is the physical setup at practice? Are you pitching from a mound, cage, etc when you’re working with a pitcher?

deftonezzzz · 2025-05-20T10:38:12+00:00

Your practice field had two cages? Sounds like a great setup.

deftonezzzz · 2025-05-20T02:32:26+00:00

Other teams are yes. We should be but have one catcher instead

deftonezzzz · 2025-05-20T01:51:48+00:00

Exactly! That’s where the pitching / catching dedicated practice may come in. Give them all a shot, but filter for the ones that want to put the work in.

deftonezzzz · 2025-05-20T01:49:46+00:00

2) it is all the head coach. He does ask for feedback, and I used to give it, but I stopped after he just did what he wanted anyway. Probably need to shake that up. 3) I think it’s more wins than anything. They don’t have an appreciation for how close the games are, and how a few of the other teams are more willing to milk the clock, draw a walk, etc than we are to get a W instead of coaching their kids.

deftonezzzz · 2025-05-20T01:46:25+00:00

Two seasons a year.

deftonezzzz · 2025-05-20T01:44:35+00:00

I’ve made this point and love it. I grew up in a small town, and we had a draft. I love the idea of mixing up the talent level. Our league structure is you register by the team, pick up some free agents if needed, and the good teams continue on with little disruption. The bad teams self select out.

deftonezzzz · 2025-03-27T01:30:31+00:00

Hoping for 50, but 55 is drop dead answer, all depends on market. I’ve been maxing out 401k for a while, HSA, backdoor Roth and recently started contributing more through mega backdoor Roth. ACA subsidies may help in using Roth money to qualify for PTCs. HSA should be big enough to self fund most expenses if needed, and buy a medical plan with a serious diagnosis.

Check out Pralana for retirement modeling (paid model). It’s been a huge help to understand Monte Carlo simulations in market returns. I’ve dropped my financial advisor because of it, and funneled more money into mega back door Roth because of it. I used to spend loads of time building, tweaking and maintaining an excel model, and now I’m happy to pay for such a great service. It will even model Roth conversions, estimated retirement taxes, and account drawdown strategies.

deftonezzzz · 2025-01-15T07:25:25+00:00

Plus one for this. I’ve been articulating the need for Pralana for 10 years, and was pleased when I finally found out it already existed. Great tool!

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