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Bayou Blancs in and around Avoyelles Parish

Particularly those around Old River, Spring Bayou and Brouillette. :lol:
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Chief, Ace, Slugger, skipper, tiger, big guy, etc.

Hang in there, champ.

re: Fake handicap parking tag

Posted by Graton on 11/5/25 at 3:14 pm to
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He legitimately had no idea the spot was for a cop to come pick up shoplifters

I realize that's probably what the law enforcement spot is for, but do you really think a cop is gonna casually park in the parking lot before going in to deal with a shoplifter? They're parking that cruiser right by the front door.
We were at a restaurant one night and I drank 3 beers before getting my food. Got my food and ate and didn't drink any more after that. On my way home I come across a huge DUI checkpoint. This was probably over an hour after drinking my last beer and having a meal. I roll up to the cop with the flashlight and he asked if I had been drinking so I tell him the truth thinking he might be able to still smell beer on my breath. They made me get out of the truck and one of the officers got in and drove it (with my wife still in the passenger seat) to an empty parking lot where they were running drug dogs and doing field sobriety tests. They make me take a field sobriety test, which I fully complied with because I wasn't the least bit impaired. As I'm performing their circus acts I noticed them pulling in a white F150 to the area where they had the drug dog. I watched that dog damn near scratch the paint off that truck when they finally decided they were wasting their time with me. They told me to go home and drive safe.
How did you get off the ambien and did you have any issues when you stopped taking it? Did you have to ween yourself off of it or did you just stop cold turkey? I was prescribed 12.5 mg nightly well over a year ago for my insomnia and admittedly I didn't know too much about the drug so I just figured "ok doc knows best so I'll give it a try". It helps me sleep MOST nights and I haven't had any problems on it although there have been a few nights where it feels like it did nothing for me. No sleepwalking episodes or anything crazy like that but I've heard the horror stories and they led me to do some more in depth research about the drug. I started getting scared that I may get in my truck and go for a drive and wind up getting in a crash and possibly killing someone. When I googled if I could stop taking it cold turkey I was directed to the National Suicide Hotline and that scared the shite out of me. I want to get off this shite and no longer be dependent on it for sleep but the couple times I've forgotten to take it, I got zero sleep and I was an a-hole to everyone around me.
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I hated those couches as a kid

80's kid here. We had a black vinyl couch when I was a kid. You would literally stick to it when trying to get up or move on it. My grandmother had the one that had wood arms and wooden frame but had 6 removable cushions with some type of orange floral print. Solid wood too, not this mdf particle board shite they use on modern furniture.
God played a cruel joke on us when he gave us arse cheeks. Things would be a lot easier and cleaner if we could just drop a deuce and walk off like dogs do.
Bit-o-honey would pull out teeth that weren't even loose yet.
Guess I could have just said fennel :lol:
root beer
dill pickles (I won't eat chick-fil-a because of this)
cantaloupe
anything watermelon or grape flavored
canned tuna
boiled eggs (they smell like farts)
licorice
Italian sausage (taste like licorice)
You had to put the mask in the candy bag after the 3rd house either because the rubber band came unstapled, the mask broke or you just flat out couldn't breathe anymore.

re: The Perfect neighbor- Netflix

Posted by Graton on 10/23/25 at 9:12 am to
You know what would be really interesting? A documentary that dives into the real reason those stand your ground statistics have increased the homicide rates.

re: The Perfect neighbor- Netflix

Posted by Graton on 10/23/25 at 7:22 am to
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or was it just a straight forward murder

It's kind of sad actually that we've gotten to a point where a black on white "straight forward murder" is so common that it just isn't worthy of a Netflix documentary.
Call me crazy but I even see a scenario where we beat A&M, roll into Tuscaloosa and somehow squeeze out a miraculous OT win against Bama, and then let Arkansas wipe the floor with us at home and BK beats up another table.

re: The Perfect neighbor- Netflix

Posted by Graton on 10/22/25 at 11:12 am to
Yeah, I think more black people should be shooting the white people breaking into their homes to even the numbers out. Netflix never misses an opportunity to race bait. :rolleyes:

re: The Perfect neighbor- Netflix

Posted by Graton on 10/22/25 at 10:58 am to
Ok, yeah I remember that scene now with her going back to get her property but she had to have a police escort. She didn't just leave the police station and go back home by herself to crash. She was crazy but she wasn't that crazy :lol: She seemed to be a territorial old hag. Prison should serve her well.

re: The Perfect neighbor- Netflix

Posted by Graton on 10/22/25 at 10:04 am to
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after she killed the lady, she was like "Ok yea I'll go home." If she was scared she would have been asking for a hotel room and telling them no way I'll go back there.

Did she go back home after the shooting? I thought the detectives told her not to go back there for her safety and she agreed and got a hotel. I'll have to rewatch this.

re: The Perfect neighbor- Netflix

Posted by Graton on 10/22/25 at 9:52 am to
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You believe that part?


No, I believe the mom was probably threatening to whip her arse.

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Would have been very easy to find if that existed. But they didn't so I highly doubt it was there.


I never said it existed. I said if it did exist, Susan beats the case and is protected by SYG.

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You really think she was scared?


She brought all of it on herself but I do believe she was scared enough to blindly shoot through the door. I'm not excusing what she did by any means. She was batshit crazy. She knew she would get that arse handed to her by everyone in the neighborhood.

I don't remember it being clear in the documentary, did she research the stand your ground laws before or after the shooting? If it was before then it was absolutely premeditated.
You can't live the glamorous "get rich quick" lifestyle portrayed in rap culture by joining the military, earning a degree or starting a legit business. How else you gonna get that fresh drip, Hellcat Charger, Iphone 17 and Hyabusa at 17 years old?

re: Words you struggle with

Posted by Graton on 10/20/25 at 1:19 pm to
I used to say "grine meat" when referring to ground meat because it's what my mom always called it. I actually argued with my wife early in our marriage about it because I thought I said it right. I still catch myself wanting to say it to this day and I'm 45.