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Bought it...sounds perfect. I can spray around the house, around doors and windows and the whole attic and still have plenty left over. The ant problem started in the last few months...maybe a year, so I think they've found a way in and are setting up shop.

We're having a reoccurring issue with tiny ants in the kitchen. Each time, they are coming in from one of the ceiling lights. Clean surfaces, spray, it goes away for a while. The attic is an open, unfinished space with the HVAC ductwork and open insulation. Front and rear of the house has perforated soffit which works in conjunction with the ridge vent at the peak to allow heat escape/air circulation. Will a bug bomb/fogger work in a space like this? If not, what's the best way to apply pesticide to kill any ant nests in the attic I can't see? I'd want one that's pet safe so we don't have to clean stuff off after application so the dogs aren't affected. It would be nice to be able to use the same thing both in the attic and the house. I've been in touch with extermination companies, so I have an idea of what it would cost to hire a professional to do it versus DIY.

I would really scrutinize HOW the meat is made and WHAT it is made of. I know the synthetic meat Gates is working on is full of garbage (arguably worse for the climate impact-wise than real beef). Any meat product produced with medical intervention (gene splicing, drugs, etc.) I'd be concerned about what residuals are in the end product. It would be wonderful IF we could make synthetic meat that was real meat.

Depends on what you mean by “erratic.” Last time I had an issue, removing and cleaning the mounting screws holding the gauge to the cluster solved all issues. It is stored indoors (not shielded from outside temperature and humidity)? Maybe the gunk is coming back. I think we’d cancel each other out.

Yikes. Double yikes. Triple yikes. Quadruple yikes. Phil, I see a common potential issue…damaged wiring. I know working on my mom’s Highlander, the knuckle dropped off the jack supporting it and damaged the sensor wire. Looked okay, but I got a light. Replace the sensor (thankfully not hard wired to the harness) and all was well. Maybe the same happened to you when working in your wheels or suspension. You’d have to research how your TPMS system works, but some work by sensing the wheel rotation and calculate if there’s low PSI. Others use a sensor in the wheel itself…with a battery that eventually fails. With the latter, you either need replacement TPMS sensors or change the batteries (if they are designed with replaceable batteries). Your check engine light is your own doing. Replace the cat with an aftermarket one but NOT do the “fix” so it doesn’t flag an error in the system?

The introvert in me approves.

Well, I’d expect an RV rental place to be stocked with the standard models…not ones kitted for special needs which likely cost more to obtain.

Don’t go giving me any ideas. 😂

Yeah, but that means a 40+ minute drive to the nearest one available. Doable, but less desirable.

LOL 🤣 Out of curiosity, looked to see what Vrbo happens to have. There are two houses NOT EVEN 1/2 MILE DOWN THE ROAD from my house available for rent at quite reasonable rates.

Sorry for the long read…this is mostly for my own sanity. Mom’s got this idea in her head. For background, my sister decided to sell her home and move to Savanah. It’s moving forward. The issue is that if family comes to our house on holidays and need overnight accommodation, we can manage an extra man and woman in the two bedrooms we have. Anyone else has to sleep on the couch or futon mattress I brought back from Las Vegas. This has worked when my sister, niece and nephew (and their dogs) have visited for the holidays. Nephew is now engaged to a woman who already has a teenage son. Mom sees no way to accommodate them all under our roof with what we have. She’s wanting to finish what my dad conceived when building the house. The sewage plumbing for a third full bathroom was put in on the basement side when pouring the basement floor. We just never got around to finishing the basement with a guest bedroom/bath. We can’t add a room to the house for two main reasons…(1) Virginia assesses property tax chiefly by the square footage of the roof…we can add stuff under a roof without it necessarily raising taxes, and (2) it’s a brick outside wall with no place to add a room that wouldn’t intrude on an existing room or require relocation of power, phone and gas lines (never mind AC and backup generator)…we never planned on expanding the house above ground. To make a guest bedroom and bath in the basement (using about 1/3 of the existing square footage), we need to do the following: Have the cinder block walls treated and sealed so moisture/mold can never pose an issue trapped behind regular walls and drywall (at least on the basement side). Have new circuits laid out for a bedroom and bath. Dad put everything downstairs on one 15A circuit…which has worked so far, but the garage and basement should have been on separate circuits from day one…we also need extra power outlets. We do have 3 blank spots on our breaker box to add circuits. Have plumbing reworked. Dad used cutoff valves that are crap (early gen PVC needle valves that don’t really work when closed). I would want ALL cutoff valves (I think there are 6 total) replaced with new, better ones and all located in the same spot so if we close in the ceiling, they are all accessible at one point. Have the perimeter of at least the basement side insulated from floor joist to ground level and closed in to improve heating cooling…worth doing if we just install a drop ceiling. Have HVAC extend/rework the ONE AC/heat line on the basement side to provide vents to what would be the bedroom, bath, and remaining basement area. Then, we could have a contractor build a finished bedroom and bath. In a way, it would be easier to buy a prefab cottage and install it elsewhere on the property, it would possibly be cheaper…but we’d have to run power, water and septic to it. I debate renting an RV for the few times we’d need it, but…to be blunt…my niece, nephew, his fiancée and her son are all morbidly obese, and RVs don’t seem designed with the morbidly obese in mind. I’d certainly not expect it from a rental. And yes, it would probably be both cheaper and easier to fork out to rent a room in town…even on our dime…even at holiday rates…than to do all of this. For me, this is the most attractive option. I don’t think we will use a guest bedroom enough to ever justify the cost and work involved. Although I’m not opposed to finishing the basement as it should have been done 20-30 years ago, it’s not something that will happen overnight, and it will likely be best to do this in stages as we need proper professionals for each step. Simply put, if I’m not going to use it regularly, it seems a lot to do for the 2-3 times a year it might pose an issue. This brings up money. Mom is retired and too old to go back to work. Interest rates may not be favorable on a home improvement loan right now. Mom’s half of the cost will have to come from her retirement savings. I’m too young to take out my savings, so any cost has to be budgeted on my paycheck. Yeah, I might be able to borrow against my retirement savings, but at best I’d get a lower interest rate…I still have to budget repaying what’s borrowed. If anyone has had to juggle these options, what did you choose to do?

Didn't fit in your sex dungeon?

That should not be necessary as it's been replaced already. Just do a thorough inspection.

Full strength or dilution ratio?

I have spots of moss growing on black asphalt on the driveway. They are not accessible by a garden hose, so nothing that requires a spray application via garden hose will work. I don't mind multiple applications over time. Last time I dealt with a mold patch issue, I just sprinkled some chemical on it and let it do the job, but that was years ago. It needs to be pet safe because I'm not looking to poison local wildlife if it licks the spot after the product dries. This is the only product I've seen that meets these requirements. I'm open to home remedies as well. https://www.amazon.com/Safer-Brand-5325-6-SafeSafer-32Ounces/dp/B001ACTG48?keywords=Safer+Brand+5325-6&qid=1636919709&qsid=143-2228195-2271255&sr=8-1&sres=B001ACTG48%2CB007CRG4CW%2CB00HXQT2E4%2CB000BQL8UY%2CB01D60GAW2%2CB000OV8OTY%2CB00314DYNW%2CB07ZJRMTLX%2CB07M7DYYC7%2CB002ITKYRK%2CB000HJ7AIY%2CB084ZMMVQS%2CB07QTDCNNR%2CB01LYXXTZF%2CB07NLJNSPG%2CB001JP7G3Y%2CB07MJC6QQY%2CB0758PQX5K%2CB079MV11S3%2CB07XLL463B&linkCode=ll1&tag=besthomefixer-20&linkId=9fec6034ab1517f780c3aa6ac7c86100&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

Winter maintenance 2016…approximately 95,300 miles.

Thanks to my scanning receipts for future reference (suck it SwampNut), I located a parts list for when I replaced the thermostat and went to the waterless coolant. I don’t think any of these are hoses, and if in doubt, I would have replaced them at that time. I don’t see any reference to replacing the hoses ever, and the bike was always garage kept. You might want to Google the part numbers to be sure, though.

They introduced the feature so air bags wouldn’t deploy unless someone was in the seat due to the expense in repairing them. My ‘98 Mazda has an on/off switch for the passenger airbag. I suppose they went to a pressure switch so the driver didn’t have to remember to turn it back on.

Sorry. Should have included the so you’d know I was being sarcastic.

No problem. I doubt what’s in the Big Mac qualifies as “meat.”

The seat belt does over 90% of the work. Don’t sweat it.

Any reason you don’t use blue thread locker? Did the manual give a value for it?

Sounds like they failed because they were junk and the manufacturer couldn’t fix the issue, so they wouldn’t sell.

Almost got it all done. My bifocal tinted came back. It's dark enough to do the job. Brought in my motorcycle glasses and computer glasses to have the lenses replaced with the new Rx. They were ready today. They have to redo one of the lenses on the motorcycle glasses because it's slightly blurry. It turns out one of the lenses is 3/100 off alignment. Most people don't notice anything less than 5/100. I'll have to remember to bring my clear bifocals when they come back because it was only when comparing them in the office that I noticed the motorcycle lenses were off. At the store, I didn't notice the issue.

And yet, rather than give me your experience, you just dogpiled like everyone else.