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It may be worse when you compare yourself to something recent that actors born the same year you were born did.
I'll bite (1964):
Russel Crowe:
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re: Pictures from days gone by....
Posted by BRich on 4/10/26 at 9:54 am to MorbidTheClown
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We just called the "stickers".
Sand burrs (as noted by 777Tiger in a previous post) is one term, but on the Mississippi Gulf Coast they are also known colloquially as rock-a-chaws (or rockachaws).
The nickname is so prevalent that it is the athletic team name for St. Stanislaus High School in Bay St. Louis:
re: Underrated movie quotes
Posted by BRich on 4/9/26 at 11:56 am to Obi-Wan Tiger
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“You can’t stop what’s comin. It ain’t all waitin on you. That’s vanity.”
No Country For Old Men. Great line, great movie.
re: Pictures from days gone by....
Posted by BRich on 4/8/26 at 1:24 pm to Shanegolang
LADOTD building in plain view-- back then, "Highway Department"
re: Weird dreams you've had
Posted by BRich on 4/7/26 at 1:56 pm to boxcarbarney
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I graduated 26 years ago, and I'll still occasionally have the dream where I didn't go to class all semester and now I have to take the final exam.
More than 20 years ago, was talking about that particular kind of dream with an older, semi-retired engineer in our office (he since has passed away; he was probably in his 70s back then). He said he STILL had those dreams occasionally, even at his age.
I have had a lot of weird dreams, but the most reality-based dream I remember happened about 3-4 years ago. In the dream I was in church, and the priest was doing the thing with walking down the aisle and sprinkling holy water on people in the pews with his aspergillum.
But when he got to me, he looked at me with an intent look and started sprinkling water just on me over and over. I was like, "Hey Father Tim, what the heck?" and I woke up. Before I opened my eyes I could feel water actually sprinkling on me for real. Opened my eyes and saw water was being sprinkled off the ceiling fan over our bed; it was dripping from the ceiling above the fan directly onto the blades.
I knew right away what had happened-- the drip tray under the AC handler in the attic (right above the master bedroom) was clogged and it was overflowing. Was able to get up there quickly and take care of it before any major damage occurred.
Actually glad I was sleeping under it when it occurred and it didn't happen a day or so later, as we were going out of town on vacation the next day.
How/why I wound up at LSU--
Neither of my parents went to college, so no connection there... Never went to any LSU sporting events other than a March Madness game in the Superdome in 1981; kinda liked the late 70s/early 80s Dale Brown b-ball teams... only went to LSU campus for academic rally competitions and then Boys State in summer 1981. As a HS senior, had no interest in going to LSU; I wanted to go far away (from my family, primarily my a-hole stepfather at the time) and saw LSU as "high school plus", where almost all of my classmates were going.
So I got a scholarship to Trinity University in San Antonio, and went there. Big mistake; rich kids' small school and I had to deliver pizzas at night to make pocket money... friends at LSU called me on Saturday nights drunk after games, and the Tigers were having a great year in football, so I decided I would transfer after one year out west.
Best decision I ever made.
Had a blast with friends from home who were at LSU; met lots of new friends (and girls), became a huge Tiger fan in all sports. Really enjoyed my 3 college years there; graduated on time (Spring '86) with a BA in Poli Sci, minor in English, accepted to all 4 law schools I applied to... I think that IF I would have gone to LSU for law school I would have liked it more and stuck with it.
Since then, became an even bigger tiger fan-- LSU football season tickets, tailgate for every game, went to Omaha and saw baseball team win world series, etc.
Wife is a LSU med school grad; both daughters are LSU grads as are my nephews.
Funny thing is the two friends who called me on those Saturday nights and were an impetus for me to transfer didn't last at LSU; they (like many others) later wound up going home and finishing at UNO.
Neither of my parents went to college, so no connection there... Never went to any LSU sporting events other than a March Madness game in the Superdome in 1981; kinda liked the late 70s/early 80s Dale Brown b-ball teams... only went to LSU campus for academic rally competitions and then Boys State in summer 1981. As a HS senior, had no interest in going to LSU; I wanted to go far away (from my family, primarily my a-hole stepfather at the time) and saw LSU as "high school plus", where almost all of my classmates were going.
So I got a scholarship to Trinity University in San Antonio, and went there. Big mistake; rich kids' small school and I had to deliver pizzas at night to make pocket money... friends at LSU called me on Saturday nights drunk after games, and the Tigers were having a great year in football, so I decided I would transfer after one year out west.
Best decision I ever made.
Had a blast with friends from home who were at LSU; met lots of new friends (and girls), became a huge Tiger fan in all sports. Really enjoyed my 3 college years there; graduated on time (Spring '86) with a BA in Poli Sci, minor in English, accepted to all 4 law schools I applied to... I think that IF I would have gone to LSU for law school I would have liked it more and stuck with it.
Since then, became an even bigger tiger fan-- LSU football season tickets, tailgate for every game, went to Omaha and saw baseball team win world series, etc.
Wife is a LSU med school grad; both daughters are LSU grads as are my nephews.
Funny thing is the two friends who called me on those Saturday nights and were an impetus for me to transfer didn't last at LSU; they (like many others) later wound up going home and finishing at UNO.
re: House design features that bother you
Posted by BRich on 4/6/26 at 4:59 pm to Onyx Aggie
Before she moved out, my twenty-something daughter and I used to take after-dinner walks in the neighborhood, and look at houses both under construction and existing (there are a lot of tear-downs and newer replacement houses in Old Metairie where I live)
We both abhor:
1. Garages in the front of the house, regardless of which direction they face. On many newer homes it makes it look like the garage is IN the front yard.
2. The overworked look of a white/off-white house exterior with black/dark brown trim. Everyone is doing this:
3. Huge full-story roofs in the front unbroken by dormers or anything. When you are looking straight-on at the front of a house, from rooftop to ground, and more than half of what you see is roof shingles, you are doing something wrong.
Two odd architectural details that REALLY bug the hell out of my daughter for some reason:
1. Extraneous keystones on flat windows and doorways:
2. Quoins (squares which stick out on exterior wall corners). Not so much on brick homes if they are the same brick, but especially on stucco homes and extra-especially when they are painted a different color than the main part of the house:
We both abhor:
1. Garages in the front of the house, regardless of which direction they face. On many newer homes it makes it look like the garage is IN the front yard.
2. The overworked look of a white/off-white house exterior with black/dark brown trim. Everyone is doing this:
3. Huge full-story roofs in the front unbroken by dormers or anything. When you are looking straight-on at the front of a house, from rooftop to ground, and more than half of what you see is roof shingles, you are doing something wrong.
Two odd architectural details that REALLY bug the hell out of my daughter for some reason:
1. Extraneous keystones on flat windows and doorways:
2. Quoins (squares which stick out on exterior wall corners). Not so much on brick homes if they are the same brick, but especially on stucco homes and extra-especially when they are painted a different color than the main part of the house:
re: Why can’t Louisiana have an MLB team? The Marlins are averaging 6k fans a game
Posted by BRich on 4/4/26 at 6:34 pm to ChestRockwell
quote:HAHAHAHAHA!
UNO basketball out draws the pels
You can't be serious.
UNO men's basketball average attendance this past season was 722.
Brute:
Brut:
Carry on....
Brut:
Carry on....
I had that Adam-12 lunchbox!
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Hard disagree with this. My wife excels at her career and still finds time to be very active in PTA, school activities, house stuff etc, and she isn't some feminazi shithead
They are rare but they do exist.
SAME.
Wife is a doctor and mother of two. Family is more important to her than work. Our two girls (now adults) turned out great; they had dad coaching them in sports and doing outdoor things with them; and then mom chaperoning at dance camp, shopping with them, and taking them to 'girly' movies and concerts.
I lucked out; we dated off and on for years, but got engaged when she was 23 (in med school) and I was 25 (had just got my master's). Got our jobs settled; bought a house. Then had our 1st child when she was 30 and our second when she was 33.
Like you said, rare-- but they do exist. :thup:
re: Atlanta Falcons release new uniforms
Posted by BRich on 4/2/26 at 10:07 am to red sox fan 13
That being said, this old school style (including silver) is how the Falcons should look:
re: "Babes from days gone by (NSFW)" thread as per request by Kafka..
Posted by BRich on 4/1/26 at 1:54 pm to Hangover Haven
New Orleans' own Dorothy Lamour:
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by Gordon Parks
And then after he took the picture, I bet he banged her like he did to Gloria Vanderbilt (for many years)...
Or Candace Bushnell, the woman who developed "Sex in the City". They were a couple when she was 18 and he was 58.
Gordon, you old dog...
That train was the inspiration for the name of the AAA baseball team in Denver that moved to New Orleans in 1993:
They were the Denver Bears up until 1984, when they changed their name to the Zephyrs.
Still one of the coolest caps ever, with the "Z". I still have mine...
They were the Denver Bears up until 1984, when they changed their name to the Zephyrs.
Still one of the coolest caps ever, with the "Z". I still have mine...
quote:Yep. In my case, a 59 yr. old woman (come this Saturday) :thup:
60 yr old women
Others:
-- Modern Jazz (Brubeck, Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, Vince Guaraldi, Horace Silver, etc.)
-- Steely Dan
-- Ancestry
-- Cigars
-- Old Fashioneds
-- Intense pride in (and love for) all things "Southern" including Pimento Cheese, Pecans, the Allman Brothers, and as someone above posted, greens.
-- Pub Trivia (that wasn't even a thing when I was younger, though)
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Landry-Walker Chargin' Bucs
Funny as hell logo for a merged team:
L.B. Landry Buccaneers (blue and athletic gold/yellow)
+
O. Perry Walker Chargers (blue and orange)
=
Landry-Walker Charging Buccaneers (blue, orange and atheltic gold/yellow) with a Buccaneer riding a charger.
Except in 2020, after only 7 years under a merged name, the late O. Perry Walker name got canceled because he was a segregationist, along with the merged team name and mascot. They are back to being the Buccaneers under the old Landry colors.
And that's not the West Bank's only merged team name. When girls Catholic schools Immaculata (the Pandas) merged with Archbishop Blenk (the Doves) the new merged school (Academy of Our Lady) decided to pick a new mascot. Adapting the black and white coloring of the Panda with the avian nature of the Dove, the new team name is the Penguins (which is ironically a somewhat derogatory nickname for nuns, and the school is run by the Salesian sisters):
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north Alabama
Fort Payne has Little River Canyon. It's very similar to the Smokies
THIS AREA IS THE ONE. Ft. Payne, Mentone, Little River Canyon. Cool stuff on the plateau extension of Lookout Mountain. Little River Canyon view:
DeSoto State Park has really nice cabins; some log, some woodframe, some chalet style:
We stayed in a chalet one time when we were up there for a wedding, just outside the cabin you could hike down to a nice creek that was great for swimming:
LOTS of cool things to see and do in that area-- waterfalls, hiking, etc.
Link to the state park website.
DeSoto State Park
Their are also a lot of private AirBNB/VRBO cabins for rent, too.
re: Mu Alpha Theta State Convention
Posted by BRich on 3/27/26 at 1:54 pm to Stadium Rat
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In the early to mid 70's, East Jefferson dominated MAO. After Bonnabel spun off to another school in 1975, EJ and Bonnabel together created a voting bloc that ruled MAO politics. Credit to Jacqueline Dilman, the EJ advisor for that.
Yep, I remember Mrs. Dillman, who I had for geometry in my only year at EJ (79-80). And MAO was a BIG deal at EJ during that time.
EJ also kicked butt at the Foreign Language Fest at USL in Lafayette at that time. They won overall in 1980 (I went for French) and in 1981 when I went representing Grace King.
I can still remember every line of those two French poems I had to recite... :lol:
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Then again, the Beatles stayed at a hotel/motel on Chef Highway when they played Tad Gormley.
The Congress Inn. Beatles management had them booked to stay way out in the sticks instead of a ritzy hotel downtown (like the Monteleone, Roosevelt, or the old St. Charles Hotel) because it might be easier to keep mobbing fans away. It didn't work.
re: WW Return to LSU receiving national negativity
Posted by BRich on 3/27/26 at 9:41 am to Fat Bastard
Need Kim Mulkey in there as well. The national hate/dislike for her is tangible.
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