NOLATiger163

[quote]I thought noranda/atalco in gramercy was the last aluminum plant left in the US? [/quote]For the edification of those who might be interested, there are two fundamentally-different types of plants we're talking about here. The ALCOA / Kaiser plant in Baton Rouge (by the old bridge), the Kaise...

The post is a case of a little, but only a little, knowledge leading to a likely-wrong conclusion. The camera used reportedly was a Sony A1 ([link=(https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sony-a1-review)]Digital Photograph Review's review[/link]), which is $6500 and arguably / in some ways the most adva...

You will get your answer right after Cleo Fields provides his promised honest, humorous even, explanation for the $20k in cash he got from Edwin Edwards. (Story from James Gill at [link=(https://www.nola.com/james-gill-cleo-fields-past-continues-to-haunt-him-as-he-tries-to-reclaim-old/article_3e98a7...

[quote][quote]Every now and then I want to go looking for one in .480 Ruger-[/quote] Yeah I get this feeling sometimes. I say “why don’t I try a 454 Casull?” Then I shoot my 44 mag and remember that it’s big (and expensive) enough.[/quote] The .480 Ruger would have made more sense when I used to r...

My gun cleaning stuff is a mess. I have an odd assortment of parts and partial kits going back several decades. Unintended mixing and matching makes it hard to use. I think it's time to toss it all out any get one good, complete kit (maybe a separate set of rods for shotguns). Good quality but not c...

Put that song on repeat and keep listening until it irritates the sh1t out of you. ...

[quote]Oberleutnant Armin Faber was a German Luftwaffe pilot in World War II who mistook the Bristol Channel for the English Channel and landed his Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (Fw 190) intact at RAF Pembrey in South Wales.[/quote] They actually named a college after him: [img]https://y.yarn.co/a2e4db71-5c...

Since Schumer took down his tweet, I'll start by helping y'all: [link=(https://nypost.com/2024/06/16/us-news/chuck-schumer-deletes-fathers-day-photo-tweet-in-front-of-grill-after-critics-slam-his-spatula-skills/)]New York Post[/link] The issue / man-card violation: [img]https://nypost.com/w...

[quote]Russia started a war. Russia has won the war they started.[/quote] Even if Ukraine somehow handed all of itself over to Russia today, Russia has lost. Russia's invasion caused previously-neutral Finland--which shares a long border with Russia--and Sweden, which has a surprisingly-capable mil...

[quote][quote]They're still going to be arraigned in NO courts, though, right?[/quote]Nope. It goes to the Louisiana AG office.[/quote] I hate to break it to you, but that just means that the LA AG's office, instead of the Orleans Parish DA's office, is doing the prosecution. You still have the sam...