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NOLATiger163
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re: What do yall do for your wedding anniversaries?
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 6/27/26 at 2:38 pm to GRTiger
It really depends, mostly on what anniversary and what else is going on around then (kids, work, etc.). It's been anything from lunch at an unpretentious but 'I want to try' restaurant, to a trip.
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re: Ukrainian drone strikes Moscow Oil Depot, lid goes flying during massive explosion
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 6/18/26 at 11:29 pm to SuperSaint
quote:We've been hearing that for four years. It seems less and less plausible and more and more copium-esque every year. So
Pootin will eventually pull the kids gloves off and frick them up
re: Who didn't see this coming - New Orleans Six Flags redevelopment in jeopardy
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 6/11/26 at 10:43 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
quote:
New Orleans business owner Troy Henry
I don't know the dude, but my distinct impression gleaned from some awareness of local news over multiple decades is that in New Orleans, he's the absolute top and most regular / frequent person involved in ... well I'll be nice and call them "questionable" business deals involving government entities and quasi-public projects. And he's often whining about something and/or trying to elbow his way into projects and contracts where he neither has real expertise nor is fronting a substantial fraction of the money.
re: When you own family deceives you.
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 6/7/26 at 5:23 pm to lepdagod
quote:quote:
Land your dad inherited from your grandfather would have been your dad's separate property. If he died without a will, then it would go to you and any other children of your dad, not his wife
You probably know better than me… but I don’t think this how it works… I’ve seen this exact same situation in Louisiana before work the exact opposite of what you stated… could have been different specific details … but the overarching points of died without a will, property was an inheritance, and second wife got everything
I'm Louisiana lawyer. No, I don't practice this type of law. But I'm 98% confident that in the circumstances you're describing, it was something like (1) the decedent did not have any legal (natural or adopted) children, or (2) it did not in fact happen that way, or (3) there was outright fraud.
Yes, occasionally there is fraud. Suppose the decedent wasn't close with his kids, and they didn't know he died. The second wife could go in and execute a fraudulent affidavit that said they were married and he didn't have any kids. Or some permutation of that. The second wife might fraudulently obtain a judgment that everything was hers. The decedent's kids find out later. They can attack the fraudulently-obtained judgment and probably get their inheritances.
Unless there's fraud, no wife--first, second, or seventh--gets everything unless it was already hers. Did the decedent give or sell it to the second wife during his life? Or maybe the decedent had little left after the first divorce, mortgaged the inherited property, couldn't pay the mortgage, and so the second wife took both ownership and mortgage responsibility. Or something along those lines.
re: When you own family deceives you.
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 6/7/26 at 5:09 pm to Yammie250F
quote:
When my dad died my brother and I had to sign over our share of the property during the succession to my mom. My mom got half and my brother and I got half. We signed our share over to her then later she made a will with my brother and I where we split everything 50/50 when she passes. We could have been asses (which the attorney said happens all the time) and made our mom pay us something for our share.
In Louisiana, if your dad dies without a will, that's not how it works. You don't have to, and shouldn't, sign over anything to your mom. She will have a usufruct until she dies or remarries, so your "naked owner" share of the property she still gets to use / benefit from, regardless of whether that's the family home or an apartment building rented out (she gets the rent). But all that happens by operation of law. Having it work that way is not in any way being an arse toward your mom.
re: When you own family deceives you.
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 6/7/26 at 3:51 pm to TideSaint
quote:quote:
It was my Great Grandfthers
Who gave it to my Grandfather.
Who gave it to my dad. (Who is passed in 2014)
Now in the ownership of stepmother, who now has put it in her will it goes to her daughters.
So it's your father's fault. Why didn't he have a will granting ownership to you upon his death?
If this is in Louisiana--and this is one area where Louisiana is better than most states--then either it is your land or else your dad did you dirty. Land your dad inherited from your grandfather would have been your dad's separate property. If he died without a will, then it would go to you and any other children of your dad, not his wife or stepchildren. If he died with a will, the only way it could go to his wife / your stepmother is if your dad willed it to her. Maybe you should talk to a lawyer who specializes in wills and estates.
Which of you is writing as "Krista Torres"?
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 6/2/26 at 5:56 pm
I like a good satire as much as almost anyone. It can be a lot of fun, and occasionally even make an important point. But good satire has to start relatively subtle and work its way up. It can't be over-the-top until almost the end.
Alas, whichever one of you is writing totally over-the-top satire under the nom de plume Krista Torres is doing it wrong. "Krista" is putting out stuff so ridiculous that it flops. You want to get a chuckle about some of the crowd that's really at home in Seattle or Bywater in NOLA? The Dandy Warhols' "Bohemian Like You" does it nicely:
But then "Krista" tried too hard, and it's just ridiculous. No dude (well, almost no dude) is actually like this. But over at Buzzfeed, Krista gave us "Women Are Praising This Group Of Men For Sharing The Things They Regularly Do That Are Stereotypically 'Unmanly' ". Okay, okay, this has some humorous potential. And yeah, I realize it's Buzzfeed. But these are too over-the-top for anyone to even ask, 'Is this real?'
and
are just too much, even for Seattle and Bywater. So "Krista", next time you want to be funny or satirize, dial it back to a bit more subtle, and it should be funnier.
Because we all know that no woman (well, almost no woman) actually praises dudes like this.
Alas, whichever one of you is writing totally over-the-top satire under the nom de plume Krista Torres is doing it wrong. "Krista" is putting out stuff so ridiculous that it flops. You want to get a chuckle about some of the crowd that's really at home in Seattle or Bywater in NOLA? The Dandy Warhols' "Bohemian Like You" does it nicely:
But then "Krista" tried too hard, and it's just ridiculous. No dude (well, almost no dude) is actually like this. But over at Buzzfeed, Krista gave us "Women Are Praising This Group Of Men For Sharing The Things They Regularly Do That Are Stereotypically 'Unmanly' ". Okay, okay, this has some humorous potential. And yeah, I realize it's Buzzfeed. But these are too over-the-top for anyone to even ask, 'Is this real?'
and
are just too much, even for Seattle and Bywater. So "Krista", next time you want to be funny or satirize, dial it back to a bit more subtle, and it should be funnier.
Because we all know that no woman (well, almost no woman) actually praises dudes like this.
re: How many of your problems go away if you got divorced and started working at a gas station
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 5/30/26 at 10:25 pm to OysterPoBoy
A variation of this was suggested by Joe Rogan:
Except he had some VP named named Lola, IIRC.
Except he had some VP named named Lola, IIRC.
re: Oh deer, bicyclists in a hit & run
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 5/30/26 at 10:12 pm to hawgfaninc
Finally somebody is enforcing Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:197:
Source: La. Legislature
(To be clear, bicyclists are not allowed to ride side by side. Yes there are exceptions that don't appear to apply here.)
quote:
Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable ....
Source: La. Legislature
(To be clear, bicyclists are not allowed to ride side by side. Yes there are exceptions that don't appear to apply here.)
re: If your kid is giving a valedictorian speech… tell them to not be poitical
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 5/14/26 at 8:22 am to LSUFanHouston
quote:
She said get patents were immigrants.
Did you yell out, quoting Jules, "English m_____f_____, do you speak it?!"
Demonstrating low IQ at the ATM
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 5/2/26 at 4:43 pm
I realize this is a minor annoyance / first-world problem, but the low IQ have a(nother) way to show themselves to be just that at the bank. There's an outdoor ATM that you can park next to and walk up to, and there's a drive-through ATM where you can just lower your window but remain seated in your vehicle. And then there are the folks who drive up to the drive through ATM, stop the car, and get out to use the ATM. And of course invariably they get just close enough to make getting out of and back into the vehicle extra awkward, so that takes even more time--in addition to the extra-long time it takes them to use the ATM.
So I'm kinda torn between :violin: for me and :spank: for them.
To be clear: yes, once in a long time you might drop your ATM card or receipt or whatever, and have to get out to get it. I'm not talking about that.
So I'm kinda torn between :violin: for me and :spank: for them.
To be clear: yes, once in a long time you might drop your ATM card or receipt or whatever, and have to get out to get it. I'm not talking about that.
re: Don't smoke and drive, kids.
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 4/17/26 at 2:03 pm to madmaxvol
quote:
The odor threshold for Ethyl Mercaptan is around 0.00035 ppm. The LEL of propane is 21,000 to 22,000 ppm. When monitoring for it, you typically set your detection limits to 10% of the LEL (around 2,100 ppm). You should smell it long before you reach the LEL.
That's what I think too. But the details may be a bit trickier than that. What percent of what's in a regular "propane" tank is the mercaptan? IOW, what's the ratio of airborne mercaptan to airborne propane? Also, odor thresholds can vary widely among even 'normal' people. And then there's 'I smell something,' versus 'I smell mercaptan.'
re: Don't smoke and drive, kids.
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 4/17/26 at 9:12 am to Shexter
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How did she not smell the propane?
Good question. I smell propane pretty often in normal use of a gas grill. I've got to think that the lower explosive limit* of propane is far higher than the odor threshold. Speculation: maybe her smoking really diminished her sense of smell? Or maybe she was smoking something other than cigarettes, that interfered with her clear thinking and/or sensory perception?
*For those who don't MSDS and such, basically, the lowest airborne concentration where there's enough to explode.
re: How's TSA been at MSY?
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 4/17/26 at 8:43 am to GREENHEAD22
Recent flights out and back. Overall surprisingly quick and easy. Of course, YMMV.
Don't smoke and drive, kids.
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 4/17/26 at 8:40 am
SIAP, but:
Source: Jalopnik
quote:
A woman was injured last week when authorities believe she attempted to light a cigarette while driving a Chrysler Pacifica that was hauling a propane cylinder that, unbeknownst to her, was leaking, causing a massive explosion. The force of the blast was so significant that it literally blew the metal roof clean off of the Pacifica, as well as all the windows and doors, launching some components more than 100 feet away from the van, into the yards of nearby homes. Miraculously, the driver was okay.
Source: Jalopnik
re: Rant about weighted GPAs.
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 4/7/26 at 2:53 pm to GeauxTigers123
It's not that complicated.
(1) The A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1 system gets supplemented where there are plus and minus grades, most commonly A+ = 4.33, A = 4, A- = 3.67, B+ = 3.33, B = 3, B- = 2.67, etc.
(2) Any given grade (A, B, whatever) at least in theory should mean a higher level of subject mastery in an AP or honors class than in a regular class. For example, arguably a B in AP English is equivalent to an A in regular English. So at many schools, honors and AP classes get one extra point, A = 5, B = 4, etc.
The real problems, IMO, have more to do with first, some schools are far more academically-demanding than other schools are, in terms of what an A or B or whatever really means about how much the student has to know; and second, grade inflation and passing students along without making them really prove they've learned enough of the material.
(1) The A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1 system gets supplemented where there are plus and minus grades, most commonly A+ = 4.33, A = 4, A- = 3.67, B+ = 3.33, B = 3, B- = 2.67, etc.
(2) Any given grade (A, B, whatever) at least in theory should mean a higher level of subject mastery in an AP or honors class than in a regular class. For example, arguably a B in AP English is equivalent to an A in regular English. So at many schools, honors and AP classes get one extra point, A = 5, B = 4, etc.
The real problems, IMO, have more to do with first, some schools are far more academically-demanding than other schools are, in terms of what an A or B or whatever really means about how much the student has to know; and second, grade inflation and passing students along without making them really prove they've learned enough of the material.
re: The first steam locomotive
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 4/7/26 at 8:20 am to Obtuse1
quote:
I am partial to the Southern Ps-4 (streamlined or not)
I usually prefer my machines to look like what they are. Here's the last remaining Southern Railway Ps-4, in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
Source: Wikipedia
quote:
[T]he C&O H8 Allegheny the only locomotive that could drag a UP Big Boy around like a chihuahua on a leash.
In this context "drag" very clearly means starting tractive effort--how hard it can pull from a stop, tug-o-war-style--and here's a ranking for that:
Virginian AE class - 176,600 lbs (none remain)
Norfolk & Western Y6 class - 170,000 lbs (one remains, No. 2156, not operational)
Union Pacific Big Boy, second series - 138,240 lbs (some remain, none operational)
Union Pacific Big Boy, first series - 135,375 lbs (Union Pacific 4014 operational)
Norfolk & Western A class - 114,000 lbs (one remains, No. 1218, last operational ca. 1989)
Chesapeake & Ohio H8 class - 110,200 lbs
How if you mean by power, i.e. speed times hard-pulling, then yes, the H8 may be king.
re: The first steam locomotive
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 4/6/26 at 9:55 pm to ljhog
quote:
That thing is amazing considering when it was made. Held up well, too.
This is all quite interesting, but to be clear, that's a reproduction. The ca. 1803-04 original does not exist. IIRC the oldest verifiable, substantially-original steam locomotive is Puffing Billy (Wikipedia) from 1813-14, and it is not operational. Still, can you imagine steam locomotives from before the Battle of New Orleans?!
re: Guys. Your wife would really like you to take pictures of her
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 3/31/26 at 9:40 pm to BottomlandBrew
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I do hobby photography. My wife only likes it when I take her picture on 35mm film because I take a lot more care to set up the shot. shite's expensive to process, so you gotta make every shot count ....
Then get a Mamiya RB67 and really make her happy. I'd say a 4x5 but I bet she doesn't have the patience.
re: Fun Fact: Danny Devito was the founder of Trans Day of Visibility
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 3/31/26 at 9:32 pm to Roaad
re: Motta/Giles Trial
Posted by NOLATiger163 on 3/20/26 at 9:06 pm to biglego
quote:She has two kids ( IMDB). But there is a view that she got pregnant with the second one because she know the feds were getting ready to pounce, and she thought it would make her more sympathetic, and/or that the second baby daddy (Alfortish) would have an incentive to protect her instead of potentially roll over on her. If you start rewarding that despicable kind of behavior, then you'll get more of it.
I hope she is acquitted. Too nice of a body to be in jail and she has a kid.
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