re: What are some fun facts about the business you’re in we might not know?

Church wine can only be bought by a designated representative from your church.

Fun fact: I’ve disliked what I do for a living for years, and this summer I get to stop working.

work in paving/commercial construction

Amazes me the number of moderately priced jobs go cheapest route on materials, labor, maintenance, etc…

People want the world given to them for a dollar and expect high quality, longevity. Delusion.

Pimping ain't really dead


Hoes still being misled

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Gas stations with a vapor recovery system will actually pump excess fuel back into the gas station's tank. So once you fill your tank, any excess that you try to "top off" your tank with, will actually be pumped back to the gas station.

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Wait, how does that work? Is there a second line near the pump handle? Is there a relief valve or something inside the pump itself? Sounds like some crazy stuff. Please explain bc I'll never do that again if it's the truth.

Insurance claimants without an attorney average 25% higher net recovery and 8 months faster than those who engage an attorney

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if you buy any technology whatsoever (unless you are the government or a fortune 50 company) has a middle man in between that gets anywhere from 10-30% markup as a reseller.

for the most part, you can't call cisco, dell, palo alto networks, crowdstrike, hp, etc. and say "i want to buy from you directly." you have to use a middle man.

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Not necessarily true. It depends on the contracts and products.

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Private school kids are not any smarter than public school kids, they just have more people that care about them and how they act.

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I don't know about that. If that were the case, wouldn't the admissions rates of graduates from public schools into top universities dwarf the percentage of private school graduates? Hasn't it been the exact opposite for generations?

Then, the other thing is that wealthier people tend to have higher IQs. IQ is largely genetic, so that gets passed on to their kids.

If the schooling itself didn't make a difference, then private schools would go out of business.

I'm not saying at all that public schools don't suffer immensely because of kids not being raise in a good and loving environment. Clearly that has a ton to do w/ it. All I'm saying is that it isn't the only variable that is the difference between public and private schools.

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Same thing with most LA state departments. DOTD used to buy new computers every year just to maintain their budget level.

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Speaking of DOTD waste. A bridge in Houma broke where they needed a manlift. At first it was a simple fix the bridge was going to be out a few weeks. Mind you this is a lift bridge that is stuck in the down position. So they closed it to marine and car traffic. Those lazy frickers refused to adjust the light cycles to account for the fact the bridge no longer needed a light cycles. So then upon further inspection, more work needs to be done, the cables and the motors need to be replaced, the cables should arrive first next month.

Once that is complete, they can fix the bridge so it can open for marine traffic. The motors that need replacing will not arrive until late this year. So the bridge will be out for traffic until then. Luckily, they did adjust the light cycles to help with traffic, but the new issue is with lane closures, they closed the Southbound left lane on the Twin Spans all the way on the over the bridge.

Here would have been my solution since the bridge will be out till the end of the year. Keep both lanes open and shift the lanes at the base of the bridge so those that are in the left lane continue straight on Main Street while the right lane is for only turns onto Grand Caillou. You can get the striping trucks to restripe the new lane configuration instead of the hundreds of cones and lane closed signs on the bridge.

Also, unless DOTD has its own manlift, they are certainly pissing a way money on rental costs, since I haven’t seen them use it since January. I know companies charge a delivery fee, but I doubt it costs more than leaving it on a job site not being used for months on end.

Then there is the Company Canal Bridge in Bourg that is supposed to be finished in mid April, a 4 year bridge replacement, nearly a full year behind schedule. I will be shocked when that one opens. If they decide to hold a ribbon cutting ceremony, I want it to be shortest ceremony in history or none at all, just remove the barricades and open it for traffic.

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