Weekend Warrior79

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Bring a birth certificate just in case, but they did not ask for anything when traveling with our 3 under 8. They just playfully did a roll call, then asked them to tell their ages.

Bring plenty of suckers for takeoff and landing. Have some favorite snacks packed in your under seat bag for her to quickly munch on

Download favorite shows on a tablet, and put it in airplane mode and verify it works before leaving the house...stupid Disney app :banghead: Get her used to wearing headphones in case you're around people that bitch about faintly hearing a kid watching their tablets. Also, plan for a 3 hour flight, 2 hours waiting, 1 hour taxiing, so at least 10 hours of downloads :lol:

Don't just sit in the terminal to wait for the plane to arrive. Have one of you roam around the airport and let her take it all in and wear her out mentally and physically. Switch off as needed.

Get her new toys/coloring books that she can play with in her seat and entertain herself if she needs a break from the screen.

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- dad and son chain sawed even more trees down from the ice storm
- illegally burned a massive pile of same

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What is this shite? I thought you lived in America

I am sure Downs is high on their board, but I doubt they are specifically not signing a player to fit that role because they are targeting him at 8.

Alontae was a 2nd round pick that was drafted to play outside. He then had to fill the void after trading CJGJ (who was a 4th rounder) the year prior and they were juggling bodies in that position.

Maybe he's finding out his market value is not what he was expecting, and his compensation last year may be more in line with his actual value?

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Doomis went all in on trying to win with Winston and Dennis Allen. He still kept buying win now free agents and kicking the can down the road.

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Only a player away in 2022. Only a QB away in 2023. Just need to add some veteran guys in 2024. frick, we may need to reset this roster (after FA, draft, and Carr retires).

By the way, who was/were the big signings in 2022. I am drawing a mental block about what they did before Carr, but I recall the uproar.

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The grades came from 88 customer complaints to Buc-ee’s that were not addressed

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The F ratings for multiple locations are based on a sample size equivalent to 2 or 3 minutes worth of customer interactions at a single store?

Couldn't find all of the articles referenced, but did find these (only 1 support Gcaro76 citations)
Fansided

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Jones might be the king of baffling moves, but Saints general manager Mickey Loomis comes away as the winner of the worst GM title because of the way the Saints have stagnated under him.
Loomis took over the Saints in 2002 and had some early success, but it's become increasingly clear over the past four seasons that Drew Brees and Sean Payton were propping Loomis up.
Brees retired after the 2020 season. Now, heading into the fifth year of the post-Brees era, the Saints just named Spencer Rattler as the starting quarterback over Tyler Shough.
Five years to find a viable successor to Brees, and that's what the Saints have come up with? Loomis just feels too committed to being a team that comes close to a meaningless playoff spot at the expense of the team's future. And maybe that would make sense if the Saints were sneaking into the playoffs and had a chance at some upset wins there, but they've missed the playoffs in all four post-Brees seasons! 9-8 hasn't cut it, and now the team is left in a terrible situation.

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Searching for the athletic article, brought me to Saintswire, but doesn't provide the actual ranking. Snip of what they had to say:

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“It is easy to say from afar, but of all the teams, New Orleans, you can go get Arch Manning!” one team executive told Sando. “Tear the thing down! You are not really competitive, you have no answer at QB, you are bloated, you have cap issues and in a year, the prodigal son could return home. What am I missing?”

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NBC Sports

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21. Mickey Loomis, Saints
Mickey Loomis is headed into season four without Sean Payton. We are still waiting on his first post-Payton innovation. Everyone knows Loomis’ one weird trick. Pretend the salary cap doesn’t exist and renegotiate every contract like you are trying to create the next “Bobby Bonilla Day.” That’s how you get a $35.6 million cap surcharge for the second year of Derek Carr’s “retirement” in 2026. It’s also how you remain stuck in the 7-9 win shadow zone. Until you don’t. Loomis’ crew collapsed to five victories last season, the franchise’s fewest since 2005, the year before Payton arrived. Loomis finally moved outside the Payton coaching tree when he replaced a fossilized Dennis Allen with Kellen Moore, but then he placed a franchise quarterback bet on a second-rounder who is about to turn 26 and moves like … a dinosaur. Loomis has an unwavering belief he can always remain one step ahead of the law, or aging curve. In an era where teams all across the big four sports cynically resort to tanking as a roster-building shortcut, Loomis never stops trying to win. It’s admirable until you suffer through 3-4 Saints games in a row. Then, the conclusion becomes crystal clear: “You know what, Sam Hinkie probably had a point.” Maybe the Moore/Shough plan somehow pays off. More than likely, it will only further delay the most overdue rebuild in the history of sports.

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Nothing going to change by being a bitch and not agreeing with the moves the front office make.

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And your thought process was to come in here and bitch and moan about people bitching and moaning, thinking that things will change by being a bitch and not agreeing with the discussions the posters on the board make?

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Don’t take my word for it, take all the GM’s that have voted Loomis 2nd worst in the league because of “kick the can” strategy as unsustainable!

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Have a link for these polls?