Pickles by Brian Crane for March 06, 2022

I have heard that area rugs are tripping hazards.

Earl was being tacky.

I’ve an idea to fix that corner: scissors. If that doesn’t work by making the rug look asymmetrical, then take the scissors to the other three corners thereof.

We have a foot rug that is on a persian style carpet. It walks toward the WNW no matter what we do. I tried tucking it under one leg of my chair. It walked right out. I used Gorilla Tape® to fasten some twine to the bottom of the foot rug, and tied that to the chair leg. It pulled the tape off! I’m morally certain that, if I had nailed it (and Spouse totally agrees with Opal, so no chance), it would have pulled the nail out.

Women, eh? Never willing to accept the correct answer.

Move it so a chair leg is on it.

A nail gun would’ve helped.

She’s never happy with anything

I don’t see a problem with Earl’s solution. The area rug that’s causing the problem is over wall-to-wall carpeting. Nailing the rug down seems like the answer. I’ve been thinking about doing that in my den. There’s a 6’ x 6’ round area rug over the carpet, and a coffee table on the round rug. No matter how many times I pull the rug out flat, it scrunches back up against the base of the coffee table.

I have an area rug that would not stay. Even nails didn’t help because they got pulled out enough to stick up & present their own hazard. Finally, I screwed it to the floor in several places, and it’s held well for over a year now. Here’s hoping for more.

I would put the chair on the rug. Move the rug or the chair or move both. Don’t put just one chair leg on the rug, but put the entire chair on the corner of the rug. Or, they could just get rid of the rug.

Turn it over….

Wash the rug and hang on line to dry. If that does not work donate rug to a good cause ;-)

I tried everything and then found Alien Tape. The stuff works!!!

So they have carpet over wood floors and a rug on top of the carpet? Not much furniture.

I guess the belly-rubbing on the Dog is done. Honeymoon never lasts long.

Earl, Earl, …. think “Duck tape, Duck tape”.

Area rugs… just another thing to clean under… or another thing for the cat to aim hairballs at. No thanks! Plus those things are pricey!

I’ve got a rug that does that…I’ve often considered nailing it down….

What should probably disturb me is this makes sense to me. Then again, I’m the guy who super glued his hand to the outside of the driver’s door on my car many years ago, then had to drive home leaning out the window like a dog. But at least my tongue didn’t flap in the breeze.

use an iron

No nails…carpet tacks.

Lots of other possibilities. Earl is just being a tad over practical

Does Opal not know why they those little nails “carpet tacks”? We had them in all our rugs when I was a kid.

Put that corner of the rug in the corner of the room. Now Opal can either put a heavy book shelf on it to flatten it or put a couch on top of it where it can stay curled up and it won’t be in her way anymore.

Three or four tubes of JB Weld ought to do it but have a fifth handy if it doesn’t. Then burn the rug and have about three fingers worth of the fifth.

Wonderful news from Gretchen’s mom….“Just thought you’d want to know: Battersea’s website says that Luke has officially been rehomed! So glad to know that he’s finally out of their shelter after spending over 200 days there and now has a loving new fur-ever home and family to spend the rest of his life with! ♥”

https://www.battersea.org.uk/dogs/luke

https://sea.mashable.com/life/19329/shelter-throws-an-adoption-party-for-shy-dog-but-nobody-shows-up

A wise handyman friend of mine used to say, “Never force anything. Get a bigger hammer.”

Don’t forget to enjoy Roscoe’s expressions. Priceless!

So she doesn’t really WANT a solution??

I saw several posts say to put something weighty on it, but they did not say what I do, fold the corner, then put something weighty on it. After a few hours that way, it’s fine (at least for a few months)…

Roscoe has a front row seat!

I admit it, I’ve done it.

I wish SHE would get hammered..!!!!

Ahh poor Roscoe. Caught in the crossfire.

Roscoe’s ear perked up!

Easy. Turn the rug over. Then explain that it is “up-side-down-backward” day/week/month/year. Btw, yesterday’s “Ain’t gettin’ any older” comment comes from my wife, daughters, granddaughters and, now that they are beginning to talk, great granddaughters—“When’re you going to grow up?”

Try a lead weight for about five years.

Or make Earl stand on it!

Try Velcro and if that’s not flat enough, resort to your hot glue gun. You know the EMTs will charge you at least $500 to pick up Opal again.

Darn, that was my solution too.

Can’t nail it down. That’s the corner to lift for sweeping dirt under the rug.

masking tape ?? DUCT TAPE! The handy mans friend….

Why put an area rug over carpeting? The area rug will damage the carpeting.

Oh Earl you are so bad.

Well, you said you wanted it to stay down. He was just trying to help.

She is meaner to him than to the dog. Falls can lead to many problems.

Put one of your chair legs on it or a sofa