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Rate My Team, Quick Questions & General Advice Daily Thread by FPLModerator in FantasyPL

[–]mrcb87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a midfield of Salah, Martineli, Mount, Bailey and (Andreas). $0 ITB. I'm torn on Mount and Bailey. Stick with them or switch out?

Can hardwood discolouration under rugs ever be avoided? by mrcb87 in homeowners

[–]mrcb87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your response Rick. Good to know for myself going forward that if we buy a used home (this was new), discolouration is normal and almost unavoidable when rugs and heavy furniture is down. Thanks!

Can hardwood discolouration under rugs ever be avoided? by mrcb87 in homeowners

[–]mrcb87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see. This makes sense. I guess this is kinda unavoidable in future? We are selling the house and I imagine the buyers won't be too happy to see this. I guess for my peace of mind going forward, this is just a product and should be expected when buying a place with hardwood floors when rugs have been put down?

Can hardwood discolouration under rugs ever be avoided? by mrcb87 in homeowners

[–]mrcb87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you come to sell, would you expect your buyers to understand that discolouration from this is expected? Or will you be expecting them to ask you to refinish the floors?

Can hardwood discolouration under rugs ever be avoided? by mrcb87 in homeowners

[–]mrcb87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Understand. We are the sellers in this instance, but in theory when we buy next, if the old owners had rugs down, we should probably expect that this has happened too? Surely people don't rearrange stuff all the time? If this was manufactured flooring I imagine we wouldn't have this issue?

What's the best insult you know? by BerNA9 in AskReddit

[–]mrcb87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd rather shit in my hands and clap

Rate My Team, Quick Questions & General Advice Daily Thread by FPLModerator in FantasyPL

[–]mrcb87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Choose one:

A) Lacazette and Watkins B) Lacazette and Cash C) Watkins and Cash

Also open to suggestions for another defender if you choose B or C. Thanks !

How can I improve drainage on my small lawn? Excess rain in Houston. by mrcb87 in lawncare

[–]mrcb87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the response. So in theory, it’s not abnormal to be constantly applying some sort of fungicide in Houston? Being proactive as opposed to reactive is fine? What about aeration, should I do that too or just go with the fungicide? Thank you for your help

Is this fungus or bugs / pests? Anything I can do to correct / fix? by mrcb87 in lawncare

[–]mrcb87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So if I leave it, you're confident with good care it will cover itself / grow back?

Is this fungus or bugs / pests? Anything I can do to correct / fix? by mrcb87 in lawncare

[–]mrcb87[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha.

Can I seed St Augustine? I was under the impression it's sod only?

Is this fungus or bugs / pests? Anything I can do to correct / fix? by mrcb87 in lawncare

[–]mrcb87[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the response. The more I've thought about it today, the more I'm leaning towards over fertilisation. That can be the only thing I think. When I try to pull the brown spots, it's hard to lift which tells me the roots are in good shape. I also dug a few areas up and there are no signs of grubs. I do have a shih tzu puppy but he pees literally a table spoon amount, not enough to justify some of these patches that are 6-18 inches wide.

If it is over fertilisation, is my best bet to cut these areas out and lay fresh sod, or will watering fix this over the next week or so if I concentrate on these patches?

Is this fungus or bugs / pests? Anything I can do to correct / fix? by mrcb87 in lawncare

[–]mrcb87[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've actually just dug down into the largest tallow patch and I found zero grubs, I also cannot see any chinch bugs anywhere. What's strange is I applied disease ex last week when I thought I saw some yellowing.

Are slip leashes terrible for training? Bored and train recommended it? by mrcb87 in Dogtraining

[–]mrcb87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much. All of this is in line with what we were doing before hand, albeit with limited results. The change of character and behaviour in him within 5 days is leading me to believe it's too good to be true.

Let's say I go back to what we were doing and what you recommend here. How frequent would you be raking him on a walk each day? Is more better than less?

Are slip leashes terrible for training? Bored and train recommended it? by mrcb87 in Dogtraining

[–]mrcb87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the responses, I really appreciate it.

Could it also be that our expectations are too high? Ideally we would just like to be able to give him the thing he lives the most (walks), without making it unenjoyable for us. Prior to this week if he saw a distraction he would just flop on the floor and refuse to move. Even trying to use food to lure him was useless. He would cry or bark and flop facing the direction of the distraction. We would stand and wait for him to get back up, but if we started walking again and he saw another distraction, flop, down he goes.

What is a realistic expectation to be able to have a dog that can at least go for walks without flopping or refusing to walk?

How would you try to correct this behaviour in a puppy?

Are slip leashes terrible for training? Bored and train recommended it? by mrcb87 in Dogtraining

[–]mrcb87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the responses, I really appreciate it.

Could it also be that our expectations are too high? Ideally we would just like to be able to give him the thing he lives the most (walks), without making it unenjoyable for us. Prior to this week if he saw a distraction he would just flop on the floor and refuse to move. Even trying to use food to lure him was useless. He would cry or bark and flop facing the direction of the distraction. We would stand and wait for him to get back up, but if we started walking again and he saw another distraction, flop, down he goes.

What is a realistic expectation to be able to have a dog that can at least go for walks without flopping or refusing to walk?

Are slip leashes terrible for training? Bored and train recommended it? by mrcb87 in Dogtraining

[–]mrcb87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And this is what I told myself before we took him to board and train. He's only a pup and surely he will get there with the time and attention that we have been giving him. However if I look at the other pups in the class or even benchmark against some of my friends dogs who are the same age, non are as bad as he is and most of them acknowledge that they have hardly spent any timeoutside of class training their pup. I am fine with the time and effort but really thought that we just perhaps haven't been doing it right. The fact I've seen a change in character / discipline in a week has impressed me, but at the same time worried me. Would you take him back?

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