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re: Anyone here a member of Second Baptist in Houston?
Posted by tes fou on 3/24/26 at 10:17 pm to LSUFanHouston
Give us some context is this gemstone rockband church, snakes and sparklers, Jesus needs a jet or more traditional?
re: Popeye’s Franchisee files Chapter 11. $130M in debt
Posted by tes fou on 3/24/26 at 8:02 pm to BamaCoaster
Says they had 130+ stores, $1mil per store isn’t a bad debt load if they own a substantial amount of the property, I’m going to assume based on the filings saying they’re trying to get out of their leases they don’t.
re: Popeye’s Franchisee files Chapter 11. $130M in debt
Posted by tes fou on 3/24/26 at 7:54 pm to TigerMyth36
The ones up here in Tennessee suck arse in general, but sometimes I still suffer through the experience for the flavor.
The last time I went to the one in Houma they were ballin out, food was fire hot, they were filling drive thru orders lightning fast, didn’t make a single person pull up. It was shocking to see.
Just makes you think, If you had Popeyes food and chick fil an employees, holy shite you’d be rich.
The last time I went to the one in Houma they were ballin out, food was fire hot, they were filling drive thru orders lightning fast, didn’t make a single person pull up. It was shocking to see.
Just makes you think, If you had Popeyes food and chick fil an employees, holy shite you’d be rich.
re: How a small North Carolina college became a magnet for wealthy students
Posted by tes fou on 3/20/26 at 5:26 am to Street Hawk
Went to basketball camp there in 6th grade. Coulda been me…
Also, just looked it’s 70k per year to go there I guess that’s a bargain compared to 90k at wake or duke but Christ, when I was growing up there, high point was about as prestigious as the university of phoenix online.
Also, just looked it’s 70k per year to go there I guess that’s a bargain compared to 90k at wake or duke but Christ, when I was growing up there, high point was about as prestigious as the university of phoenix online.
re: Tipping requests are out of control
Posted by tes fou on 3/18/26 at 1:43 am to DonJuanDaMiles
I learned a great lesson from Reggie Fountain once, we pulled up to Joe's Stone Crab during the Miami boat show, there was a mob of people out front, hours long wait, they opened the car door, and as we hit the front door in stride they called out his name "Mr Fountain your table is ready". Every single employee greeted him as we walked through, I thought it was magic, then as we left that night he gave a $20 handshake to every single employee he passed on the way out. If you want to be a regular at the hotest spot in town, you just need to be a little bit generous.
Past few years my wife and I have to take my son to see a couple of doctors 3 hours away around 8-10 times per year, we stay in the same 5 star hotel every time and I throw a 20 at every employee I see, front desk, valet, bellman, everybody.
Every employee there knows my entire family, they treat my kids like royalty the entire stay, go out of their way to provide great service. My wife once asked the front desk about a type of cookie they removed from the room service menu, they confirmed they no longer offered them, 20 minutes later there was a fresh batch in my room at no charge.
To me its a small investment. It makes a trip thats not very pleasant for my family and especially my son less stressful and pleasant.
If you're staying at the Hampton Inn by the highway for 1 night, using a digital checkin, frick those lazy bastards I wouldn't tip them either, but if you're staying somewhere nice, and especially if you're gonna be coming back, be generous to the poor bastards who spend 80% of their time getting bitched at over trivial crap they don't control.
Past few years my wife and I have to take my son to see a couple of doctors 3 hours away around 8-10 times per year, we stay in the same 5 star hotel every time and I throw a 20 at every employee I see, front desk, valet, bellman, everybody.
Every employee there knows my entire family, they treat my kids like royalty the entire stay, go out of their way to provide great service. My wife once asked the front desk about a type of cookie they removed from the room service menu, they confirmed they no longer offered them, 20 minutes later there was a fresh batch in my room at no charge.
To me its a small investment. It makes a trip thats not very pleasant for my family and especially my son less stressful and pleasant.
If you're staying at the Hampton Inn by the highway for 1 night, using a digital checkin, frick those lazy bastards I wouldn't tip them either, but if you're staying somewhere nice, and especially if you're gonna be coming back, be generous to the poor bastards who spend 80% of their time getting bitched at over trivial crap they don't control.
re: How long were you in the hospital with your newborn?
Posted by tes fou on 3/18/26 at 12:25 am to AZTiger7072
Just over 24 hours on #3 a few weeks ago. Wife is former nicu nurse, knows what to say and do to get the hell out of there.
few pro tips:
baby doesn't need you, baby needs mom, mom needs you
-my kids were born very small, popped right out in a few minutes once the pushing started, the lead up to the pushing could be 10 minutes or 10 hours it will likely be in the hours, don't walk in the hospital starving, dying of thirst and empty handed, once you get there if shes getting anesthesia she won't be allowed to eat, plan accordingly/get a snack on the way if you have to
-couch is uncomfortable, bring a pillow and blanket from home
-the cafeteria food in general is not edible, plan ahead to get delivery or run out nearby and grab meals/coffee/snacks
-bring a small bag with toothbrush etc, shes going to bring a ton of shite most of it she won't need, but a fresh change of clothes and toothbrush will get you by
-I grabbed some snacks from whole foods and picked up dinner a few hours after last baby was born. Got one of those insulated cooler bags at whole foods and snuck a 6 pack in with dinner, made watching the game from the recliner in the room a little better.
few pro tips:
baby doesn't need you, baby needs mom, mom needs you
-my kids were born very small, popped right out in a few minutes once the pushing started, the lead up to the pushing could be 10 minutes or 10 hours it will likely be in the hours, don't walk in the hospital starving, dying of thirst and empty handed, once you get there if shes getting anesthesia she won't be allowed to eat, plan accordingly/get a snack on the way if you have to
-couch is uncomfortable, bring a pillow and blanket from home
-the cafeteria food in general is not edible, plan ahead to get delivery or run out nearby and grab meals/coffee/snacks
-bring a small bag with toothbrush etc, shes going to bring a ton of shite most of it she won't need, but a fresh change of clothes and toothbrush will get you by
-I grabbed some snacks from whole foods and picked up dinner a few hours after last baby was born. Got one of those insulated cooler bags at whole foods and snuck a 6 pack in with dinner, made watching the game from the recliner in the room a little better.
I got open claw going on a Mac mini last night in about 2 hours. Started it on some
Marketing related projects for one of our businesses. So far pretty easy to get rolling and preliminary outputs have been impressive.
Marketing related projects for one of our businesses. So far pretty easy to get rolling and preliminary outputs have been impressive.
I was invited to a private VIP event during the final four one year, mostly celebs and corporate execs, the on air talent from turner etc. Don Henley had the nerve to stop a tell everyone in the crowd put their phones away “because he doesn’t perform for free on youtube”.
My buddies and I look around the room filled with c suite folks from Turner, Coca Cola, ATT, Capital One, Shaq, Grant Hill, Barkley and all the other on air guys from turner and on and on and one of the guys finally says, who the frick does this a-hole think he is? I love their music, but I’d never pay a dime to see that tool in concert.
I saw a video the other day, some music guy on YouTube saying the eagles will be completely irrelevant to the next generation due to their refusal to allow their work on digital media platforms like YouTube. I immediately thought he right and good, cause f that piece of shite.
My buddies and I look around the room filled with c suite folks from Turner, Coca Cola, ATT, Capital One, Shaq, Grant Hill, Barkley and all the other on air guys from turner and on and on and one of the guys finally says, who the frick does this a-hole think he is? I love their music, but I’d never pay a dime to see that tool in concert.
I saw a video the other day, some music guy on YouTube saying the eagles will be completely irrelevant to the next generation due to their refusal to allow their work on digital media platforms like YouTube. I immediately thought he right and good, cause f that piece of shite.
re: Matt Bauer Chevy
Posted by tes fou on 2/28/26 at 1:06 pm to ConcreteBaw225
quote:
Matt Bauer Chevy
Bauer hockey skates are the tits.
re: Do they have any adult hockey leagues
Posted by tes fou on 2/22/26 at 12:00 pm to Jor Jor The Dinosaur
My kid wants to play hockey. Started skating lessons at 3, $180 for 8 week sessions. Public skate passes for extra practice $30 each time we go. Skates for me, $300(last time I got skates was in middle school), skates for him $80 first pair, $120 second pair, already outgrew the first pair, helmet $80, gloves $100, hockey shorts, $75.
Somewhere around $2,000 and 2 years in I have a 5 year old who is a proficient skater, working on his backward skating and ready to buy another couple hundred bucks worth of gear and put a stick in his hand.
He’s played multiple other sports etc and we went about 6 months without skating due to other commitments. He’d be fully proficient in skating if we hadn’t had that break but I’d have spent another $500+ as well.
Not an affordable sport. Our local rink (we live in TN) posts their power bill on the office window for everyone to see, it’s $15k in winter.
Somewhere around $2,000 and 2 years in I have a 5 year old who is a proficient skater, working on his backward skating and ready to buy another couple hundred bucks worth of gear and put a stick in his hand.
He’s played multiple other sports etc and we went about 6 months without skating due to other commitments. He’d be fully proficient in skating if we hadn’t had that break but I’d have spent another $500+ as well.
Not an affordable sport. Our local rink (we live in TN) posts their power bill on the office window for everyone to see, it’s $15k in winter.
re: Sea dek for bay boat
Posted by tes fou on 2/22/26 at 10:10 am to Ron Cheramie
Location? Southern cooler is top Sea Dek fabricator they’re located near Lafayette
re: Do they have any adult hockey leagues
Posted by tes fou on 2/22/26 at 10:06 am to nicholastiger
You mean Beer leagues.
re: AVID 20 Rogue Question
Posted by tes fou on 2/21/26 at 7:14 pm to armsdealer
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if you want to reverse in an Avid... they are just spinning tops.
Well known issue, these are basically glorified flat boats without any normal hull design features that give directional control at lower speeds and reverse , they will also beat you to death in choppy water compared to fiberglass boats.
re: Nissan Titan Opinions
Posted by tes fou on 2/10/26 at 1:43 pm to prestigeworldwide
Yes I have used EAA for Xplan for several years and once you join eligible once the waiting period passes, no catch simple to generate a pin.
Some dealers will negotiate better than xplan but it gives you flexibility and a guaranteed deal.
Some dealers will negotiate better than xplan but it gives you flexibility and a guaranteed deal.
re: Nissan Titan Opinions
Posted by tes fou on 2/6/26 at 4:19 pm to prestigeworldwide
Join EAA for xplan or shop around a bit should be able to get a 150 tremor under that. I had one was a great truck. I have had a bunch of Superdutys and a Raptor and wouldn’t discourage anyone from looking at a 150 Tremor.
Titan has had a lot of mixed reviews over the year but in general most Nissan products have been solid. Nissan though is on the verge of bankruptcy, their dealer network is losing a bunch of cash and their future product plans are all up in the air. Just not a situation that would make me feel good going in on a new truck.
Titan has had a lot of mixed reviews over the year but in general most Nissan products have been solid. Nissan though is on the verge of bankruptcy, their dealer network is losing a bunch of cash and their future product plans are all up in the air. Just not a situation that would make me feel good going in on a new truck.
re: Advice -Learn how to use MS Copilot Agents or become a dinosaur in shockingly little time
Posted by tes fou on 2/4/26 at 2:48 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
no idea need to login to my workspace admin and see may need to upgrade from whatever comes with workspace standard to something more advanced. I've used grok and chatgpt quite a bit for other things and they've been useful but really want to automate some data collection in email.
re: Advice -Learn how to use MS Copilot Agents or become a dinosaur in shockingly little time
Posted by tes fou on 2/4/26 at 2:24 pm to sidewalkside
I can't even get this pile of shite google gemini to simply extract data from my gmail box from a particular email source and organize it into a csv I can cross reference with sales data.
IE i get leads from an email leads@leads.com I want to export a lead list from email and then export my sold client list from our primary software suite to cross reference how many leads from that source actually bought this year. gemeni will create a table with limited data but when I try to get a full dataset it just reponds with a bunch of bullshite about what it can't do.
I guess I could connect the email address to outlook and give copilot a crack at it.
IE i get leads from an email leads@leads.com I want to export a lead list from email and then export my sold client list from our primary software suite to cross reference how many leads from that source actually bought this year. gemeni will create a table with limited data but when I try to get a full dataset it just reponds with a bunch of bullshite about what it can't do.
I guess I could connect the email address to outlook and give copilot a crack at it.
I have a Samsung from around 2014 it has been outside almost 7 years now on a covered porch. Has been covered with a garbage back when pressure washing etc but has gotten plenty of wind blown moisture etc. also located above wood burning fire place, hasn’t missed a beat. Was a nice 4k tv back when new, with the cost of new tvs I just throw another Samsung up there when it does die. No need to blow $3k on an outdoor model.
re: Would you personally be able to budget for individual health insurance earning 110k in WV?
Posted by tes fou on 1/28/26 at 8:50 am to Tiger Prawn
quote:
Sounds like his wife needs to go look for a real job that provides health insurance. Do the pottery stuff as a side job / weekend hobby.
Or just a bullshite job for local hospital or a health insurance company. My wife works 2 days a week as a nurse. Doesn’t make a ton of money part time but when you add the $30k value of her benefits it’s a big help. Best hack as a business owner to get your family good benefits until you can scale the business enough for the cost to make sense.
re: 1/25-1/26 2026 Major Deep South Winter Storm Thread
Posted by tes fou on 1/24/26 at 8:26 pm to Bestbank Tiger
quote:
I'm going to let you in on a secret. That was really only 6 inches
My wife opened Apple weather on her phone earlier and said yup it says we got 12” of snow already. I looked outside at the 4-6” of sleet on the ground and figured no use trying to explain this to a woman.
Good news so far no freezing rain and the fridge is full of beer/food.
You need 2 parts the tiller and the fitting kit. Retail is 800ish for new. The fitting kits tend to randomly go out of stock at times as well.
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