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re: Is anyone else not pushing their kids to attend college?
Posted by NyCaLa on 5/8/24 at 7:06 am
I have a customer worth a reported 7 B. His son wasn't interested in college. Dad was happy to let him go to trade school for HVAC....
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re: Ever resign from a job with nothing lined up?
Posted by NyCaLa on 5/6/24 at 7:49 pm
Sure did.
Couldn't find another job to save my life. Started a business to get through for a while. 36 years later still have my business. Worked out better than I could have dreamed....
re: What's the closest you or a family member has been to a part of history?
Posted by NyCaLa on 5/4/24 at 12:22 pm
Speaking of revolutionary war era, my 5x greatgfather was a Colonel in the war. I was all proud until I learned he was a royalist fighting for King George. There's a minor North Carolina battle named for him. He's a footnote in American history. But the British blame him for losing the war. He becam...
re: Bidet recommendations
Posted by NyCaLa on 4/20/24 at 5:33 am
I'll second the Brondell recommendation. We've had ours for 3 years or so without a hiccup....
re: Cocaine Commercial From the Early Seventies
Posted by NyCaLa on 4/17/24 at 8:12 am
Saw Humble Pie back in the day. The sound system went dark during that song...I think it was staged... Marriott filled the arena with that voice. Great concert....
re: Bern Switzerland
Posted by NyCaLa on 4/13/24 at 5:08 am
Mainly walk around and shop. Look at the cool tower clocks and monuments. Look at the bears. Play chess on the giant board by the river....
re: Can 3-D viewers be used to look at the eclipse?
Posted by NyCaLa on 4/8/24 at 8:01 am
Nah, cuz they'll be blind....
re: Found out that weekend that my great uncle >>> than your great uncle
Posted by NyCaLa on 4/2/24 at 12:13 pm
Not an uncle but my grandpa flew a biplane in WW1 in France. Reconnaissance mostly but he had mortars in his lap that he dropped over the side as occasion arose....
re: New film finally releases in Japan, 8 month after debut. Critics hopeful it doesnt bomb.
Posted by NyCaLa on 3/29/24 at 3:44 pm
After my aunt passed away, my uncle moved cross country to move in with his girlfriend, the widow of his best buddy. Turns out she was step sister to Col. Tibbets. He named the bomber he commanded after his mom, Enola Gay.
Some years after he died they had to dig him up and move him to unmarked g...
re: Share your experience of traveling to Dubai
Posted by NyCaLa on 3/29/24 at 4:31 am
Big shiny buildings, fancy cars. That's about all. Wish we would've hit the souk.
The food is good but that's about it....
re: Working at Disney Parks. Anyone ever worked at one?
Posted by NyCaLa on 3/27/24 at 1:51 pm
A friend's daughter worked Disneyland as Snow White. Good pay and benefits, but she quickly got fed up with the creepers creeping on her. She quit....
re: Fail Gifs. Let's post them.
Posted by NyCaLa on 3/27/24 at 6:20 am
Japan tsunami.
So much incredible footage out there....
re: Italian Immigration to Louisiana
Posted by NyCaLa on 3/17/24 at 4:52 pm
[quote]This is interesting. The Mississippi Delta also had an influx of Italians.[/quote]
Not sure what part of Italy that influx is from. Read the great book Rising Tide. It covers the 1927 flood and many related things, among them the actions of a prominent politician in the Delta who struggled...
re: Italian Immigration to Louisiana
Posted by NyCaLa on 3/17/24 at 2:44 pm
[quote]my maternal great grandparents emigrated from Sicily at the turn of the century. They came in at Ellis Island and settled in and around White Castle and Baton Rouge.
their parents were from martirano in Calabria. Upon entering the United States they anglicized their surname to “martrain”. ...
re: Inside Cajun Country - First Impressions - Pete Santenello
Posted by NyCaLa on 3/16/24 at 7:12 pm
We're trying to figure out where in SW Louisiana Gerald is. Obviously in rice country, and not too far from Oakdale.
Anybody know?...
re: Simpson pressure washer? Good buy or too good to be true?
Posted by NyCaLa on 3/16/24 at 5:44 am
Get a long shot mixing tip. It will shoot chemical 35-40'.
Something like this:
[link=(https://www.amazon.com/Ladder-Saver-Range-Chemical-Nozzle/dp/B01N9VMCIO/ref=asc_df_B01N9VMCIO/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198123788296&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14759268688552960417&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt...
re: Hate to say it but English language operas aren’t as good as itilian, German etc
Posted by NyCaLa on 3/10/24 at 8:18 pm
My dad took years of German from our next door neighbor who was from the area of Bayreuth (same dialect as Wagner) just so he could enjoy Wagnerian opera without a libretto.
Yeah, he was a fan......
re: Bumper & winch for '15 Ram
Posted by NyCaLa on 3/10/24 at 5:55 am
Thanks y'all. I'll report back.
[quote]Get something strong enough to pull itself onto a trailer.[/quote]
Typical pimply-faced infantile response....
Bumper & winch for '15 Ram
Posted by NyCaLa on 3/8/24 at 4:30 am
Looking for seller/installer in BR area.
Work truck, not looking for fancy....
re: International Guitar Night
Posted by NyCaLa on 3/4/24 at 5:16 am
Entertaining, to boot.
I've played a few of Pereira's compositions in the past, the first one being "Marta". Nice stuff. So at intermission I asked him who she might be. Sheepishly he said "my ex-wife". :lol:...
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