re: Spent the weekend in Covington

Posted by lsusteve1

Member since Dec 2004

41931 posts

Posted on 1/22/24 at 3:19 pm to Dixie2023

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enjoy visiting Covington and my daughter lives there. It’s nice to go somewhere and not be overran with trash. Of course, I usually go on Sundays so don’t have to fight traffic nightmares as she does. She hates where she lives bc of traffic. Things are clean, too.

Like everything else that’s nice, it’s coming whether you like it or not.

Posted by GreatLakesTiger24

One State Solution

Member since May 2012

55664 posts

Posted on 1/22/24 at 3:22 pm to Fat Man

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. Cov PD did basic police work for past couple of years. Over 120 guns off the streets and the bad guys who had the guns.

what's crazy is how many of them played sports at SPS

eta: plus the rap sheets some of them have/had before getting locked up in that bust

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Posted by kengel2

Team Gun

Member since Mar 2004

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Posted on 1/22/24 at 3:29 pm to GreatLakesTiger24

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plus the rap sheets some of them have/had before getting locked up in that bust

What bust?

Posted by GreatLakesTiger24

One State Solution

Member since May 2012

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Posted on 1/22/24 at 3:32 pm to kengel2

LINK

I want to say there was another sting similar to this a few years prior as well. there is/was a gang LARPing as nba youngboy.

eta: here is some of the LARPing lol

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Posted by JTM72

BR, LA.

Member since Mar 2014

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Posted on 1/22/24 at 3:54 pm to tommy2tone1999

Weed ain't trashy anymore baw... you're showing your age, boomer

Posted by kengel2

Team Gun

Member since Mar 2004

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Posted on 1/22/24 at 4:01 pm to GreatLakesTiger24

I dont remember that big one, Im going to have to ask some people about that.

The larping video.

I wonder if that store at the beginning is the one that burned down? That was a great day for covington.

Posted by cgrand

HAMMOND

Member since Oct 2009

38820 posts

Posted on 1/22/24 at 4:11 pm to Chad504boy

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you stay at hotels 20-25 miles from your house?

i do
it ain’t a getaway if I have to go home

Posted by BobABooey

Parts Unknown

Member since Oct 2004

14287 posts

Posted on 1/22/24 at 4:16 pm to glassart

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Once upon a time when driving across the bridge to enter Covington you could glimpse the magnificent estate of Clem Kelly.

Was this the bridge coming from Claiborne Hill or Madisonville?

I remember heading in on Hwy 21 there was a billboard for Foxhole on the left and the CHS Football State champions sign and the population sign (7,153?) on that side too but woods on both sides of the waterway.

From Claiborne Hill, they had the two gas stations owned by the Holden brothers (Pete and ?) and then Riverside Hotel on the downtown side. There was a CHS sign on that side too and the overpass there had a spray painted “CHS ‘64” on it.

Posted by Doby

Lafayette

Member since Sep 2014

1721 posts

Posted on 1/22/24 at 4:33 pm to Patfic15

Real estate has taken an unbelievable jump over the last 5-10 years. Lots near city limits are around 200k mark. So a complete build you’re looking at 700k base. It’s unrealistic and unsustainable.

Lot prices for 4K-7k sq ft lots in the Madisonville and Mandeville are equally outrageous. Or you could buy a cookie cutter house in the 300k-500k range. It’s silly.

Posted by glassart

Member since Apr 2021

295 posts

Posted on 1/22/24 at 4:35 pm to Northshore Aggie

The mayor lived in a 800 square foot house on Tyler. Ernest Cooper was a good ol’ baw who had a velvet touch when it came to public service. Many a night we put him in a cab after he would leave the Green Onion bar and wander over to the old Spanish villa. The one with the mosaic tile swimming pool straight out of some Hollywood mansion from the 1930’s. It must have been something in its prime and held a ghost or two for Mayor Cooper.

Posted by glassart

Member since Apr 2021

295 posts

Posted on 1/22/24 at 4:37 pm to BobABooey

Coming from Madisonville. Where the road becomes Tyler. By the hospital.

Posted by lsufan9193969700

3 miles from B.R.

Member since Sep 2003

55122 posts

Posted on 1/22/24 at 4:45 pm to JTM72

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I didn't smell weed at every red light

What's wrong with this? I'd much rather smell this than cigarettes

What's wrong with it? Weed smokers smell like dog shite. That's what is wrong with it. Yeah, cigarettes stink too, but weed smell is one of the nastiest smells on earth.

Posted by Gee Grenouille

Bogalusa

Member since Jul 2018

4790 posts

Posted on 1/22/24 at 4:46 pm to GreatLakesTiger24

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what's crazy is how many of them played sports at SPS

Straw dogs

Posted by tommy2tone1999

St. George, LA

Member since Sep 2008

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Posted on 1/22/24 at 4:59 pm to JTM72

Gen X, and trashy is ALWAYS trashy

Posted by Havoc

Member since Nov 2015

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Posted on 1/22/24 at 5:02 pm to GreatLakesTiger24

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there is/was a gang LARPing as nba youngboy. eta: here is some of the LARPing lol

There are some children of various ages and genders at 1:30 doing a gesture that appears to be holding a foul smelling finger up to your nose and then thumbs down, as if the finger smells offensive for some reason.
Interesting culture.

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