My neighbour keeps feeding the rats. Active infestation!

My neighbour keeps feeding the rats. Active infestation!

My partner and I are new homeowners and feel very helpless and lost in this situation.

We have an active rat infestation in our garage (luckily not in the house) and because our garage has a dirt floor, the rats can easily get in. We believe the rats' homebase is our neighbour's garage which shares a driveway with us (literally 3' away). And on the other side of the garage our neighbour will put out containers full of seed and water on the ground specifically for the rats. We will see 10+ rats all sitting around outside in the daylight eating his food. It's crazy!

We've knocked on his door and talked to him about feeding the rats, but he continues to do it. We've now resorted to calling animal control, which hasn't amounted to much.

I had someone from a pest control company come by and see if they had any suggestions. They said they could seal our house for $2100, to ensure the rats don't get in. But they will continue to live in our shed until our neighbour stops feeding the rats. Even if they use poison it's unlikely they will leave. He said in all of his years he's only seen that many rats out during the day 2 other times.

I asked if there was anything I could do myself to seal the house, and he said to put specialized caulking or spray foam into the bottoms of our siding corner trim, so they can't get up it. However, from what I've read, that is used for ventilation and drainage...so I don't know.

For those of you who have dealt with rats before, what has worked to keep them our of your house or car. And how would you navigate this whole situation?

u/FreudsParents — 10 days ago

Custom cursor zooming out of frame when I scroll up or down on my website

I made a custom cursor that follows my mouse movements perfectly until I scroll up or down. Once I scroll it's almost as if it thinks the viewport changes and the cursor will jump up or down, or no longer go up or down.

Things I've done/tried:

  • I have my primary cursor image within a div block directly under "body", and a cursor trail within a Div Block within a parent block
  • The interaction detects cursor movement within the viewport
  • All cursor div blocks are have no transformations and are set to 100% height and width
  • All cursor div blocks are in a fixed, centered position
  • I've tried deleting all other sections and interactions to see if they're affecting it

Check it out for yourself if it helps! https://bed-head-productions.webflow.io/

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u/FreudsParents — 2 months ago

I'm 30m and have no idea what I'm doing

So, for pretty much my entire life I've never washed my face besides in the shower. And when I do, it's with Dove Sensitive Skin bar soap. Honestly, this worked fine outside of some dry, flakey skin on my forehead from time to time. ​

Now, as I'm becoming an old feeble man, I've decided that I want to put actual effort into making my skin look nice and healthy.

So, right now my current routine is:

PM and AM

  1. Cerave Hydrating Cleanser
  2. Cetaphil Daily Hydrating Lotion
  3. Amish Honest beard oil

I've been using this combo for about a month now but have been having some issues.

  1. When I wake up the corners of my eyes feel irritated and have crusties on them
  2. I've developed this little bumps on my forehead that I believe are closed comedones
  3. I've started getting pimples here and there
  4. My eyes start to burn near the end of the day until I wash my face again

I thought this was purging, but it's been long enough that I think my skin is unhappy with the combo.

I'd love some suggestions on what to try or to change to help with these issues. When I was just using bar soap my face was pretty much pimple-less, just kind of dry. ​​So, I assumed I had normal to dry skin, but now I'm not so sure.

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u/FreudsParents — 2 months ago

How to create a custom cursor with a fading trail that follows it's movement?

Hi all, I'm very new to WebFlow and would love some help. I'm trying to create a custom cursor (in the shape of a star) that has a kind of sparkly trail behind it, like a shooting star. I was able to create the custom cursor by adding a .svg that has a "follow mouse" interaction, however I'm not sure how to add the little trail. And I haven't been able to find any resources online on how to do something like this.

Any help would be appreciated!

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u/FreudsParents — 2 months ago
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Recommendations for a general contractor or handyman

I'm replacing my shed roof and realized that the frames of the roof also need to be redone. Not comfortable doing this myself so I'm looking for someone or a company that could lend it's services.

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u/FreudsParents — 2 months ago

Please critique our demo reel before we go live with our production agency

My partner and I are in the midst of opening our own production agency. We've worked together on a lot of projects, her usually as producer/director/editor, and me as DP/editor/colorist. We're looking for feedback on the following elements:

  • Overall flow and pacing
  • Shot selection (do any of the shots suck?)
  • Impression (how do we come across?)

Starting out we're open to doing all kinds of work, but eventually would like to focus on functioning as a production house for the agencies in the area.

Cheers!

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u/FreudsParents — 2 months ago

Has anyone seen a tutorial or pattern for something like this?

I'm very very new to leathercrafting, but the whole reason I got into it was to try to make something similar to this for my tools.

u/FreudsParents — 2 months ago

Does working out cause anyone else to feel feint, out of breath, headrush?

Happens the same way everytime. I'll be working out and my stomach will start feeling a little gross. Some nausea, burning, my waistband will be uncomfortable, and burping will usually make it feel better.

As I continue to work out the burning and nausea will increase but I'll start to become very out of breath, shaky, feint. Eventually it will be so bad that standing up will give me headrush and at times I've had to sit back down so I don't pass out.

Once I get home I'll remain in this state for maybe half an hour and slowly get better until being basically back to normal (outside of the other gastritis issues).

I've often linked this stomach pain with breathlessness and fatigue but I don't really understand why it would cause it. Why would gastritis make my blood pressure tank? ​

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u/FreudsParents — 3 months ago

How to get rid of rats in garage with dirt floor?

I've got a ton of rats burrowing in my backyard and getting into my garage. There is no food in there, or really much of anything. I don't know why they're are so many.

I know that typically when you're cleaning a space that had rodents you would spray a 10% bleach solution and then wipe it up. How would I do this if the floor is just dirt? Should I shovel it all out?

And how do I keep them from getting in? Since they're just coming up through the floor?

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u/FreudsParents — 3 months ago

Shinobi 7" Random Rattling Sounds

Sometimes when moved or just randomly with no apparant reason this Shinobi 7" will make a rattling sound as if there's something caught in the fan. I took the back off and found no loose part, wire, fuzz, etc. When the back is off the monitor will not make the noise. However, there is also nothing on the back that could be hitting the fan.

I have tried to replicate the noise with the back off by applying pressure to different spots on the fan with no luck.

Genuinely have no idea what is causing it. ​

u/FreudsParents — 3 months ago
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Please help my choose a piano for my partner. Korg B2 vs Yamaha P45 vs Casio PX735

Hello everyone! I know very little about pianos but wanted to buy a half-decent electric piano for my partner for her birthday. She grew up playing on an acoustic piano and doesn't have any interest in midi capabilities or different voices. My impression is that she would just want a simple weighted 88-key piano with at least a sustain pedal.

Using the FAQ I was able to find 3 piano options on Facebook Marketplace that seem to be recommended: the Korg B2, Yamaha P45, and the Casio PX735. I plan on going to each and testing them thoroughly but wanted to ask this community if they have any recommendations on which of these three would best suit the bill. I know that the Yamaha has the lowest max polyphony (64), but maybe that isn't all that important.

For reference, here are the asking prices:

Korg B2 - $350 CAD

Korg B1 - $250 CAD

Yamaha P45 - $300 CAD

Casio PX735 - $350 CAD

Thank you very much for your help!

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u/FreudsParents — 4 months ago

What's your favourite non-dairy protein powder? (egg, beef, vegan)

At first I was just lactose intolerant and had whey isolate, but now I'm realizing that dairy just doesn't agree with me, regardless of lactose. And so, I'm on the hunt for non-dairy protein powder. Mostly looking for taste recommendations. I usually get chocolate and am not a big fan of the taste of sweeteners.

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u/FreudsParents — 4 months ago

Does anyone have a Zeiss Jena Flektagon 20mm f/2.8 (m42 mount) that they could take a look inside and tell me what this little peg is connected to?

I fully dissasembled the lens in order to clean the aperture blades and didn't take as many photos as I should have. The aperture itself is working fine but I can't figure out how this top ring is supposed to connect to the bottom ring in order to open the aperture.

The outer housing connects to the peg and when you rotate the outer aperture control ring it will rotate the peg side to side. So, it should connect to the aperture ring somehow in order to open/close it.

u/FreudsParents — 4 months ago

Could someone with a Zeiss Jena Flektagon 20mm f/f2.8 (m42 version) tell me what is attached here to move the aputure ring?

I gutted the lens to fix the aputure blades and although I took many photos I did not take one of how this mechanism attaches to the aputure ring. The little rod is controlled by the outside aputure ring, so when its moved side to side it should move the interior ring. ​There's a circular cutout that I imagine it should interact with but I can't figure out how.

u/FreudsParents — 4 months ago

Is this just a Zeiss Jena Tessar? Or was it not manufactured by Zeiss at all? Can't find the exact lens online.

u/FreudsParents — 5 months ago

Is it possible to re-shingle only one side of a shed? And why is the right side so fucked?

I've never re-shingled or shingled a roof before. Looking to do this one. The one side has completely collapsed so I need to put new wood down, shingles, etc.

Would it be very tricky to re-shingle just the one side since the shingles and roof felt overlap at the peak?

Also, why is the one side so much worse in the first place? My guess is lack of sun, but I'm an idiot.

u/FreudsParents — 5 months ago

I don't know much about flashlights so forgive me.

I work in film lighting and am often bouncing lights off of mirrors, CRLs, and magic bounce. It would be really useful to have a small pocketable flashlight that I could use to calculate the angle of insidence before setting up a big Arri 18k light.

Are there any flashlights that are bright and have a very narrow beam that I can use for this? Or would it make more sense to use a laser pointer (cautiously)?

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u/FreudsParents — 5 months ago

Link to full video

All footage was shot on an FX3, h.265, 4:2:2 10-bit.

First three frames are from the intro where I was going for a grittier low Sat look. Trying to replicate House MD or ER. The rest of the frames I was going for a clean commerical look.

u/FreudsParents — 5 months ago

The idea was to make the first sequence feel very different from the rest of the film, before you know it's an ad for simulation rooms at a college. I increased the amount of grain, amount of contrast, and decreased the saturation in order to add some grittiness and make it feel reminiscent to House or ER. The later scenes I was going for a more polished look with softer milkier shadows and more saturated colors.

u/FreudsParents — 6 months ago