CBDTiger

quote:

---

When do we invade?
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region...

---

That's a region I haven't heard of (or invaded) in a long time...

Panamera air filter change hits you back about $700 apparently.


TL;DW - start by removing the front wheels, headlights and bumper...

quote:

---

A reading from the letter from the Saint Pauli Girl to the Germans...

---

Fixed it for ya.

quote:

---

I wonder why they're starting with commercial policies instead of residential.

---

Litigation may have something to do with it. I asked AI whether residential insureds tend to sue at a higher rate than commercial insureds. Response:

quote:

---

Yes, residential homeowner policyholders tend to sue their insurance companies at a significantly higher rate than commercial property insureds.

While exact numbers fluctuate by state and year, historical litigation data—particularly in catastrophe-prone states like Florida and Louisiana—consistently shows that residential property insurance disputes lead to court far more frequently than commercial ones.

---

quote:

---

A friend who is my age had married a Navy guy. He was at our wedding in his dress blues a few years prior, and we soon found out he was among those killed at the Pentagon. Felt like a second gut punch after getting over the initial shock.

---

Update - My friend who lost her husband at the Pentagon reposted this today - from LSU's facebook page, a display at LSU's Brookshire Military Museum:

quote:

---

At just 7 years old, Michael “Scott” Lamana drew a picture of his family beneath an airplane marked with the number 77, a tribute to the famed Flying Tigers aircraft that had captured his imagination. Years later, that number would take on a heartbreaking meaning. On Sept. 11, 2001, the Baton Rouge native and U.S. Navy lieutenant was working inside the Pentagon when American Airlines Flight 77 struck the building. He was 31 years old. Twenty-five years later, a special exhibit at the LSU William A. Brookshire Military Museum honors Scott’s life, his service and the deeply personal story behind the number 77.

---

LSU facebook

Never ever forget.

Being newly back on campus I’ll cut them some slack and treat that one as a preseason banner. They’ve built up some goodwill over the years.

“Oh say can you see, Kaepernick sits when he pees.”



2019 Reveille article is a walk down memory lane.
Reveille

I forgot how heavy the funk was in this one.

quote:

---

Is "reconstructive breast surgery" the same as breast implants???

---

Some clinics specialize in taking tissue from one part of the body to rebuild breast tissue for mastectomy patients, rather than using implants. Health plans are required to cover breast reconstruction post-mastectomy, but are not required to cover any and all reconstruction techniques. Using fat from other parts of the body is much more expensive (multiple times the cost of implants). Add to that being out of network and asking for "rack rates" on surgeries, they've conjured up a $400M claim that apparently went over well with an Orleans Parish jury. Providers tend to sue the insurers (and employers with self-insured plans) to try to negotiate increased payments.

When a family friend had reconstructive surgery she went the natural tissue route and had fundraisers to "save the ta-ta's" and help cover the amount not covered by insurance.

Balloon sinuplasty centers are mostly out of network as well, and now ABA therapy providers for autism are shaking down insurers and employers for big $$, while not being in network. Not to mention ambulance providers.

quote:

---

Punjabi Sikh drivers from northern India make up a large share of that workforce. Roughly one-fifth of the U.S. Sikh population works in trucking

---

That explains the Punjabi truck stop on HWY 287 between Dallas and Wichita Falls I must have passed a dozen times in recent years. You can even sit criss-cross applesauce to eat.

quote:

---

I wouldnt trust myself with a 7 lane in London

---

How about the 7-circle roundabout in Swindon?

quote:

---

Six Flags in New Orleans East, Charity Hospital, Old Navy Facility in the Bywater. All these properties need to be demolished.

---

Charity redevelopment - $500M project
Fox8 story

Comprehensive plan to tie multiple buildings together in a downtown medical campus, biomed district and research hub. Tulane president says once complete they'll have more employees downtown than at the uptown main campus. Future plan is to demolish/redevelop the bulidings in grey diagonal shading, covering the area from Canal to Poydras with medical and research facilities, residential, and green space.



Bywater Navy base - $220M redevelopment project underway with Gibbs Construction. Vagrants have been cleared out and preliminary demo work commenced.
WDSU story



Six Flags redevelopment - I give this one the least chance of coming to fruition but I think demolition and site clearing is complete. Maybe one of our NOLA East posters can verify.

Six Flags redevelopment
Bayou Phoenix