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With a whole lot of stabs in reaching 79 years, I'm reasonably sure there had to have been improvements in the sharpness of the needles. For my 1st 30 yesrs (late 1940's to 1970's) years of blood draws 90 % or greater hurt lke hell and left large black and blue marks every time. The ratio of minimum pain and bruising vs. bad painful sticks has gradually improved in my middle age years. In my Senior years I've experienced more of a 80% good sticks / 20 % bad sticks. I haven't experienced seeing the same phebotomiist or nurse for draws since I was a child.

Considering the frequency of turn over of phebotomiists with less total experience in recent times, I feel that without a technical improvement in the sharpness of needles used today I would be experiencing 100% Total Butchering of my arms!!!!!

I've had Directv satellite TV service since 2008. Other than frequent price increases the service has been great. To my surprise, AT&T ran fiber optic cable in front of my rural home in mid-Nov. It took 9 weeks since the FO cable was buried before home installation was made available. I have had the FO service for a week now. It is super fast and cheaper than my old copper wired Uverse service.

I am waiting a while on deciding to switch my tv service to steaming Direct TV service or a competitor streaming TV service. I want to make sure of the FO service reliability mainly. I have also heard reports that DirectTV no longer sells service via satellite dishes. If you live where internet streaming services are already available, regardless of internet provider company, they won't sell you service via a satellite dish. You can only subscribe to DirectTV Streaming.

I would hate to switch to a streaming TV service, find that I'm not satisfied with it, and then have DirectTV refuse to reconnect me via my old satellite dish. My current DirectTV service automatically switches to streaming when occasional weather issues affect the dish reception.

Though some heavy users may find that cannabis use increases the likelihood of contributing to E D, others have found it's use can actually increase blood flow as well as reducing anxiety.

It provided a pleasant surprise for this 79 yr. old guy. YMMV!

Old fashioned jaw breakers.

Many businesses, not just petro/chemical ones, time layoffs at the end of the year to financially handle the impact in it's budget/accounting year. They get to start the new year without the continued labor expenses for the layed off employees against the new years budget.

Thanks for the feedback. I was hoping to treat my disabled friend to a fun humous type day, but the conditions apparently will not be suitable. I'm thinking of taking him to the WW2 museum next weekend. It won't be a humorous type event, but should be interesting, and we can spend the day together without disability movement impediments.

Thanks for helping me put the event in a time period perspective. Unfortunately I have no horses or wagon.

Do you know if there is any handicapped parking available near the entrsnce?

I've tried calling the phone number listed on La. Renaissance Fest website. It never gets answered.

Does anyone know if there is handicapped parking available near the entrance?

Are there any mobility scooters or golf carts available to rent there?

If scooters or golf cart rentals are not available for rent at the festival grounds, then would such conveyances be allowed if you would bring your own?

Are the crowds so thick that it would make it difficult to use such mobility vehicles?

Thanks for all the recommendations. Will probably get to try several of them in time. Went to St. John's Restuarant in St. Martinvile this Thurs. It was really good. Had the best crab cakes I've ever had in "Louisiana" as a 78 yr. old native. Only crab cakes I've had that were better than St. John's Restaurant were Maryland crab cakes in the better restuarants of the Baltimore and Chesapeake Bay area. St. John's dinner rolls with "Stein cane syrup infused butter" are fantastic. I could have eaten a half dozen of those. I will go back again!

Which are the better restuarants in or near Breaux Bridge? I did a search under this forum and nothing comes up.

I acquired some typical souvenirs from many places that are no where to be found anymore in my home. However, 3 things from long ago have stayed with me through many decades regardless of where I have lived.: A beautiful mountain stream weathered, somewhat large, rock picked up from a stream while descending Mt. Le Conte in the Smokies Mountains. An ivy plant cutting from Esrnest Hemingway's courtyard in Key West that I have kept alive as a normal house plant for 35 years now. And to my delight, a twisted Hickory walking stick that I used countless times hiking in the Appalachian, Smokies, Rockies, Tetons, Yellowstone, Yosemite, and British Columbia in my younger days. This Moses type staff has now become my preferred walking aid that I use whenever I need to walk some distance on uneven terrain even in So. La. due to some balance issues that now affect me in Senior life! Even with it's weathered look from some of the scratches acquired mountain hiking over the years, I still get folks wanting to see it up close and complementing me about it when I use in public. These are among the types of souvenirs that can become treasures.