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re: ISO, Craftsman rubber water hose.
Posted by achenator on 5/4/24 at 7:52 am
Obsessed Garage Continental Rubber Hose
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re: Nola Four Seasons on the ropes
Posted by achenator on 4/18/24 at 5:37 pm
[quote]Who's gonna buy a luxury condo in N.O. ?[/quote] One River Place still does well. Lots of old $ in there. ...
re: People who went from nice older home to newer one
Posted by achenator on 4/17/24 at 3:56 pm
Seems like most of the newer custom homes I see have high ceilings and have 2x6 walls (including mine). The zip system also seems much better than the house wrap they were using 20 yrs ago.
One thing I do see problems with is with whatever they are using for "stucco" now. Like $800K + homes built...
re: Man meets two professional women at hotel in Canal Place & 30K in property disappears
Posted by achenator on 4/15/24 at 1:13 pm
sorry for partying...
re: The average American pays $524,625 in taxes in their lifetime
Posted by achenator on 4/14/24 at 7:46 am
[quote]Which is atrocious considering the quality of public education in most of Louisiana.[/quote]
Most of this is the parents and the kids. Even the absolute worst schools have some kids who do well. For some schools it's having to regress to get the kids who are lagging behind that holds back ...
re: The female happiness paradox
Posted by achenator on 4/11/24 at 11:20 am
[quote]She literally has no idea about their wills, how much one they have in savings, where they bank, 401(k) account details…. anything and everything related to finance she’s completely excluded from[/quote]
Sounds like my wife but her obstinence is a choice. Hasn’t seen a bill in 15 years. I’ve...
re: Bama offering full ride. . .vs paying more to go to a better school
Posted by achenator on 4/3/24 at 7:01 pm
[quote]What did he get on SAT. That is what GT wants more than ACT.[/quote]
Didn't take it but killed on the PSAT. Cutoff score for our state for merit finalist was 214 he got a 227....
re: Bama offering full ride. . .vs paying more to go to a better school
Posted by achenator on 4/3/24 at 5:06 pm
[quote] If not Harvard or MIT level take Georgia tech every time.
[/quote]Georgia Tech is hard enough to get in much less those other two. Especially if out of state. My son got a 35, National Merit Finalist. Denied at GT and UNC, waitlisted at Michigan. ...
re: Biden says that the Fed Gov't is going to fully fund the repair of the Scott Key Bridge
Posted by achenator on 3/31/24 at 7:18 pm
[quote]Reinsurance is $3B for Maersk.
There are other channels of insurance. And like BP after Deepwater Horizon and the Valdez spill, Maersk/Synergy Marine Group can both individually be responsible for overages.
[/quote]I would think that there are multiple shell companies in-between the owner...
re: Inspection stickers could soon be eliminated for Louisiana
Posted by achenator on 3/28/24 at 9:47 pm
There is a bill in to require front license plates. I'll keep the sticker don't make me get an ugly arse plate on the front of my vehicles....
re: It is worth paying 50 for a good haircut rather than a 15 dollar buzz job.
Posted by achenator on 3/28/24 at 1:33 pm
Depends on how good looking you are. If you’re Clooney or Brad Pitt get the cheap cut. Some of us need all the help we can get lol....
re: Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed - container ship wrecked into it
Posted by achenator on 3/27/24 at 10:34 pm
[quote]That ship likely had EMD's as main engines that are equal to locomotive engines.....think about that.[/quote]
Ship main engines are most likely made by Wartsila or MAN. They are not using a GM engine. These engines themselves are bigger than a locomotive and multiple stories tall. Pistons ar...
re: Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed - container ship wrecked into it
Posted by achenator on 3/27/24 at 10:26 pm
[quote]There maybe a better reason, but if the ship was veering starboard with forward thrust, why not reverse thrust immediately to pull it back to port? Im not suggesting the ship actually would reverse, I’m saying the screw reversing direction would generally steer the ship the other direction.[/...
re: Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed - container ship wrecked into it
Posted by achenator on 3/26/24 at 6:10 pm
[quote]You'd think after the 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse in Tampa, they'd have made the effort at other bridges.[/quote]
These new modern container ships are much bigger than what was around when they rebuilt the skyway. The hulls are severely contoured on the bow for speed. They have hu...
re: Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed - container ship wrecked into it
Posted by achenator on 3/26/24 at 2:19 pm
[quote]The pilot does not take the wheel. There’s a reason for that[/quote]
The pilot does not “take the wheel” because steering a ship in a channel is a singular task. Constant inputs must be given to keep the ship on course. The pilot can give the helmsman a course to steady up on and make traff...
re: Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed - container ship wrecked into it
Posted by achenator on 3/26/24 at 6:18 am
[quote]They should have been mandated after the Sunshine Skyway Collapse but we're not a society prone to doing anything that's smart. "Waste of time and money" I'm sure. They could have done that instead of spending billions of dollars and a decade on a replacement bridge[/quote] the bow area of th...
re: Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed - container ship wrecked into it
Posted by achenator on 3/26/24 at 5:43 am
[quote]Do you remember the train wreck in Alabama in Big Bayou Canot ? A tug and barge hit the rail span minutes before an Amtrak train went over.[/quote] yes. There were many changes to the USCG towboat license program after that. Also many changes to mariner medical programs after the bay bridge i...
re: Does LSU not give a crap about smart, in-state high school students?
Posted by achenator on 3/25/24 at 9:17 pm
[quote]Seems strange on the 36. Why would a kid with a 36 even go to LSU? Surely they could go to a good school (aka not another SEC school). Are you sure that was the score?[/quote] my son had a 35 and went to an SEC school. What did it for him was the full complete STEM ride WITH an MBA included. ...
re: I'm looking for some men's jeans
Posted by achenator on 3/21/24 at 7:55 pm
Banana Republic slim Travelers Jeans...
re: If you get in a fistfight with an employee of a business
Posted by achenator on 3/16/24 at 10:48 am
[quote]Just make sure you bring a friend with an iphone camera so he can upload the evidence onto youtube.[/quote]and for the love of all things Worldstar, please remember to turn your phone sideways....
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