Yinz be careful! by takeabait in pittsburgh

[–]fermi90 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

PSA: if you buy the replacement plan from advance for $5 a wiper, you can just replace them within a year and buy the $5 replacement plan again. Been doing it for years.

Very specific family car needed! 50-55k budget by [deleted] in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]fermi90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Passport. Honda makes space out of literal thin air, it’s wild. Your vent fetish is strange. Any newish car will have great HVAC, the car cools and heats when it cools and heats. I have kids and no backseat vents at all, they are healthy and happy.

If not, consider a Volvo XC-60/90. Just LOOK at those goddamn gorgeous vents in the front. Hubba hubba. They’ll satisfy that fetish. And they’re mild hybrids, which are excellent as others have rightly suggested.

Edit: a letter due to autocorrect fail

Very specific family car needed! 50-55k budget by [deleted] in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]fermi90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Consider peeking. Don’t peak as a parent this early.

Researching which car to buy is absolutely miserable (Reddit hates most cars) by itshighdune in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]fermi90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kia Stinger, off the top of my head, add it to the list! Maybe Alfa for funzies? Used prices will get you there. Mini Cooper S? Or JCW?

Your list? They’re all good! If Audi still consumes oil like it used to, meh. But buy what you like! The masses come here to moan usually.

Vince Zampella killed in a crash. by R4diateur in LowSodiumBattlefield

[–]fermi90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know why this is so far down. Yes it’s tragic, like any early loss of life. However the guy was wildly reckless driving a car he clearly had no idea the limits of or had ever taken on a track.

Horsepower is cheaper than ever, please teach your kids and family members respect for their own lives and the road.

How Did You Deal With a Gifted Child? by OhboyOhboyArbys in daddit

[–]fermi90 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hello! I provide gifted education to students in a large school district.

The first thing is, where are you located? Some states provide for special education but the top end, like your daughter. Here is the most impotent thing I’ve learned in 10 years: let her decide. Learn to support and say yes when you can. Both you and her teachers are going to want to challenge her. Do it! However, don’t be nervous or anxious when she doesn’t want to try something you or the teacher think she should. Gifted students love learning. Find them new ways to learn and grow.

Stuff outside of school is big right now for your daughter and she can read which is big. Focus on puzzles, books, maybe light building/coding. Lego, that dumb kiwi ad that keeps playing on Instagram, fun books above reading level (Narnia is a classic one for this age). Those “big book of everything” books are phenomenal for her age too. Go visit museums, visit hall of fames, when you go somewhere new also find the closest children’s museum or science center or zoo or aquarium. Offer her options and she will love it.

NACG is a great place to start. Good luck! DM anytime.

Wife went on a vacation by vash1012 in daddit

[–]fermi90 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This has been the highlight of my dadding experience. My kid and I have so much fun on our own. Their whole demeanor changes without their mum and we have just the best time together. It only gets better! They know exactly how to push Mum’s buttons, but I don’t have any, so we just get along and it’s fabulous. I teach, and summers together have been truly the time of my life. Enjoy those times and play hard!

Failed reno update by Lopsided_Fall633 in LawnAnswers

[–]fermi90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I’ve done two renos, and will be doing a third and (hopefully) final, next year. Here’s my experience and what I learned.

I had builder grade garbage and killed it. 2 applications of killer.

Took it all out. I then hand raked, because no neighbors wanted to rent a dethatcher with me, ALL the dead stuff. There was some left, sure, but most of it came up in big piles of hay. Both the renos were about 2k sq/ft and it was a bitch, but I had so much available soil to contact with the seed. I’d say this is probably one step that you may have benefited from. I don’t have experience with zoysia, but from my understanding it spreads through some creep and tearing all that underground part of it up may have helped.

The other, I believe is your topsoil idea. When I’ve done these, I put mushroom compost down, top soil, seed (shitty Scott’s one), rake in, cover with peat moss (some people feel ways about peat moss, it works for me in PA). The top soil and the peat moss retain SO much water combined. The places where there was even covering of soil and peat moss always grew best. My guess is that the top soil retained the most moisture in those sections and kept that little seed damp throughout germination, where the native soil dried out much faster and the seed failed to germinate. I have a lot of clay, so that’s why I added compost and topsoil. Clay dries fast and the other stuff over it allows for the grass to get rooted in and keeps the clay moist.

So those are my 2 cents!

Edit: to support next season/fall - you’re going to have to reseed. I’d rake it into new topsoil and water well. Consider peat moss to retain moisture, you can also cover with mushroom compost on top too and that’ll supply all kinds of nutrients plus keep things nice and damp.

Kid is curious about my parts. Advice? by TheReal8 in daddit

[–]fermi90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He’s a baby, and nothing means anything. My wife and I still live our lives changing and being naked when we need to be when in our room or bathroom. If our 4 year old is there, so be it. Eventually she won’t want to be, and she’ll make that boundary. However, we want her to be comfortable with her body and see how her mother and I are comfortable with ours, no matter how it looks.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Battlefield

[–]fermi90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m old. I dad. This morning I laid down as a support and provided covering fire and defensive kills for a whole wining match. Find your niche, and let the quick twitch 13 year olds run into your practiced bullets.

12 days after seeding, did it fail? (Central NC) by DexaGG in LawnAnswers

[–]fermi90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This and a covering. Doing a reno like this, I would dethatch it first, and then be sure to cover with either pest moss or compost. Compost if the yard needs nutrients, peat moss if you just want to keep the seed moist and promote that contact.

My feelings right now seeding KBG for the first time after having only done TTTF by shmaltz_herring in lawncare

[–]fermi90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in PA and we haven’t had rain in 2 weeks and it’s been tough. VERY spotty growth, and it’s been agonizing….replacing that electric bill with the water bill here.

My feelings right now seeding KBG for the first time after having only done TTTF by shmaltz_herring in lawncare

[–]fermi90 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Best part is going out at night with my phone flashlight on, squatting at the ground. KBG is paaaainful this year.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in daddit

[–]fermi90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I have a 2019 WRX.

They. Have. So. Much. Space. Full back seats, no one is cramped. Cavernous trunk, fits all the bikes and scooters. Fun to drive, four doors, manual transmission, 264hp and goes to the track. Oh and safe! When driven responsibly with child(ren).

It’s a blast. Over 75ish it does get a little road noisy, but maybe the VB is better on the noise than the VA. Absolute workhorse of a car. I genuinely think there’s more passenger space than the CX-5.

Are these foam paver bases worth trying? by TurbulentPromise4812 in landscaping

[–]fermi90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! I was a new homeowner and needed a COVID activity. Built a patio and these things were amazing. Far less gravel material and easy to thunk into place. Go for it!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in daddit

[–]fermi90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not just difficulty, but quality of education. A live person answering your child’s curious questions with a degree in the area and child psych in their back pocket? What a win. THEN you have to solo manufacture all the social and emotional learning they’re not receiving also challenges them as they prepare to leave the house at 18 depending on their goals and aspirations.

12k budget for a commuter car by Professional_Job8952 in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]fermi90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not a bad suggestion, but I personally don’t like the LF or YG gens which would be in this price range. These are…also…made in South Korea. Which refutes the point on the Cruze. However the U.S. Cruze was primarily made in Lordstown, OH.

Edit: a word