UPGDude

re: My company will no longer allow personal emails

Posted by UPGDude on 9/16/24 at 6:35 pm

Yes our company has been doing that for 4 years or so

re: Things you ate all the time as a kid you haven't had in decades

Posted by UPGDude on 9/16/24 at 9:57 am

Patio Mexican TV Dinners

re: Going rate for fencing?

Posted by UPGDude on 9/14/24 at 11:53 pm

Installed my fence with Cedar planks years ago and I had the same experience as you did. After 4-5 years it looks the same as pine. Now, I never sealed it so that would probably help.

re: Louisiana Laignappe

Posted by UPGDude on 9/14/24 at 8:39 pm

Fresh fish in papillote (sp?).

re: Whole home generator brands

Posted by UPGDude on 9/13/24 at 5:06 pm

Kohler water cooled.

re: Most beautiful female country singer? (in their primes)

Posted by UPGDude on 9/13/24 at 4:46 pm

Twain no doubt

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re: Rig crew stuck offshore

Posted by UPGDude on 9/12/24 at 3:17 am

Better than being stuck in low earth orbit with no easy path back

re: Chris's Specialty Meats on Highland

Posted by UPGDude on 9/11/24 at 10:12 pm

And they only sell it maybe twice a month on Fridays only. Their meat counters and frozen products are very high. It's right by my office, so in a pinch I'll grab a chicken salad sandwich which is good.. There fried fish poboy has a bad taste so won't get that again. I like Tramonte much better for their meats. I had high hopes for this place but their deli counter is not good and the prices they charge is more than I would pay.

re: Do you ever regret your career choice?

Posted by UPGDude on 9/10/24 at 9:05 am

Definitely happy and like the organization I work for (36 yrs).

re: Where to eat - walking distance of Minute Maid Park?

Posted by UPGDude on 9/9/24 at 10:25 pm

Is that new? I’ve gone to the one on S Heights and planning on going out to Brenham.

re: Best Auto Battery?

Posted by UPGDude on 9/9/24 at 6:05 pm

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Last I checked Johnson Controls makes a majority of them.

No, the company I work for (JCI) sold them to a company called Clarios in 2019. We had two manufacturing sites, one in Holland Mi, the other in Monterrey Mexico So I guess it's a North America battery. Headquarters is still in Milwaukee but manufactured in Mx. They manufacture all the Duralast AGM batteries and Optima (Advance Auto) there as well as a lot of OEM products.

East Penn is another manufacturer in the US that sells to OEMs and distributors in the US.

re: Best Auto Battery?

Posted by UPGDude on 9/8/24 at 6:54 am

I always had good luck with Optima (sold through Advanced Auto) but haven’t bought one in a few years since we sold them to Clarios. The last one I got was an Interstate and it was great. Like the Optima, it was an AGM battery. So it was more expensive.

re: Best plate lunch spot in Louisiana?

Posted by UPGDude on 9/7/24 at 8:29 pm

I hope not. We had breakfast there three weeks ago.

re: Would You Rather Live Near The Beach or The Mountains?

Posted by UPGDude on 9/6/24 at 1:22 am

Mountains

re: Which trend is more stupid looking for women? The long fake nails or the butterfly lashes?

Posted by UPGDude on 9/4/24 at 10:20 pm

Both

re: How to disable the annoying beep when locking/unlocking a lexus Gx470?

Posted by UPGDude on 9/1/24 at 12:53 pm

Lexus was always helpful when I had mine. I’d go by the dealer and get one of the salespeople to try to help. It may cost you nothing.

re: Window replacement recommendations

Posted by UPGDude on 8/26/24 at 7:23 pm

I have not replaced my windows, but several of my friends used Relief Windows and they were all very happy. Come October we are starting the same process with Relief, Win World, and Pella with my default set for Relief.

re: Worthless at the office already

Posted by UPGDude on 8/26/24 at 6:37 pm

Yep, leaving Tuesday for Vegas. Spending a few days at the Grand Canyon and then back to Vegas and it's all LSU.

Tiger Rant

re: Anybody ever do a Shelby Cobra kit?

Posted by UPGDude on 8/26/24 at 6:33 pm

My neighbor built a Factory Five kit car. It's basically an "adult model kit" for someone with strong mechanics skills. You can get it as a complete kit with parts that are 'brand new" or buy a wrecked mustang to salvage most components and reuse them. Or you can pay someone to assemble it for you. He chose the completely unassembled kit and provided new components in his build like engine/transmission/rear end. I helped him with all the electrical and it was a lot of fun. But if you have a job it takes a while to get it all assembled so it took him, for example, a year and a half. Once he had the body work done (the body needs a lot of TLC to get it primered and painted) it was a blast to drive.