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Roy Curado
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re: Advice on what to do with 500K Chase Sapphire Reserve points before annual renewal cancel
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/21/26 at 12:18 pm to kywildcatfanone
Hyatt just significantly devalued their points. Do not transfer to them. Are you any other loyalist? I would just pay attention to transfer bonuses until October and pull the trigger on one you think has the best value.
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re: Smart Thermostat for Home
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/21/26 at 7:52 am to MorbidTheClown
I have the Ecobee Smart Premium in my current residence. I had the premium Nest in my last house but switch to Ecobee after Nest announced they were discontinuing and stopping support for all models except their newest model.
I do miss the UI and better feel of the Nest. I think the Ecobee is a little difficult to drill down and get used to.
A "C wire" (or common wire) is a dedicated electrical wire used in HVAC systems to provide a continuous, low-voltage (24V) power supply to your thermostat
I do miss the UI and better feel of the Nest. I think the Ecobee is a little difficult to drill down and get used to.
A "C wire" (or common wire) is a dedicated electrical wire used in HVAC systems to provide a continuous, low-voltage (24V) power supply to your thermostat
re: Stolen Checks via USPS
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/21/26 at 7:47 am to Pelican13
Our company was experiencing this and investigated it with US Postal Inspectors.
Mail Carrier's sell their universal locks to gang bangers and people who steal checks for a set fee. They also just steal them from mailboxes and what not to wash them.
It is pretty common theft crime that nobody is doing anything about. The US Postal Inspectors said they would look at implementing fines to mail carriers who "lose" their keys more than once a year.
Mail Carrier's sell their universal locks to gang bangers and people who steal checks for a set fee. They also just steal them from mailboxes and what not to wash them.
It is pretty common theft crime that nobody is doing anything about. The US Postal Inspectors said they would look at implementing fines to mail carriers who "lose" their keys more than once a year.
re: Voters rejected a 1-cent sales tax in 2023 to give Livingston Parish teachers a raise
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/18/26 at 10:04 pm to rented mule
With respect, I do not think you truly understood the amendment.
LPPS receives around $800k from the trust funds that would have been dissolved. LPPS pays about $8 million towards the TRSL debt each year. They would have lost the $800k from the funds but freed up $8 million in the books at the same time. The $8 million must have been used for teacher pay raises. Members of LPPS also said they received written assurances that the legislature would have replaced that $800k in funding from another non-dedicated education fund.
This was a no-brainer, fiscally conservative yes for me. Any chance to pay off debt at high interest is a win.
LPPS receives around $800k from the trust funds that would have been dissolved. LPPS pays about $8 million towards the TRSL debt each year. They would have lost the $800k from the funds but freed up $8 million in the books at the same time. The $8 million must have been used for teacher pay raises. Members of LPPS also said they received written assurances that the legislature would have replaced that $800k in funding from another non-dedicated education fund.
This was a no-brainer, fiscally conservative yes for me. Any chance to pay off debt at high interest is a win.
re: Voters rejected a 1-cent sales tax in 2023 to give Livingston Parish teachers a raise
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/18/26 at 9:23 pm to rented mule
I agree.
I do have dissent towards the central office not prioritizing teachers pay. However, I do fault the general population because a tax was proposed and voted down and another way to fund teacher raises without raising taxes was voted down as well.
I do have dissent towards the central office not prioritizing teachers pay. However, I do fault the general population because a tax was proposed and voted down and another way to fund teacher raises without raising taxes was voted down as well.
re: Voters rejected a 1-cent sales tax in 2023 to give Livingston Parish teachers a raise
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/18/26 at 6:48 pm to rented mule
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Maybe not all of them, but the majority are, that is a factual.
Here is the most recent pay schedule that show what admins/principals at the school make. For some reason, they left their pay scale off the last few years... but it doesnt really matter because we know they have not increased this since then.
LINK
The first index that breaks $100k is the 1.61 and thats being a high school principal for 25+ years.
re: Voters rejected a 1-cent sales tax in 2023 to give Livingston Parish teachers a raise
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/18/26 at 3:47 pm to rented mule
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Maybe when looking at that W2, your wife should ask why Livingston parish has been able to allocate about 25million dollars to building new sports facilities in the last few years?
People in the City of Denham Springs passed a tax to fund this.
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Why every school has at least 4 assistant principals, all making 6 figures a year, while rank and file teachers are making half that?
Admins at schools are not making 6 figures. Check their pay schedule for confirmation if you don't believe me.
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Why the LPPS central office needs 200 employees with most of the higher ranks all related to the same 3 or 4 last names and all making over 6 figures?
They have over 2,000 teachers and support staff. I understand the central office needs people in their maintenance and IT program to ensure continuity of basic business services.
The Superintendent makes about $220,000, which I am okay with because that is a worthy salary for someone managing 2,000+ employees and entire school system.
re: Does the Movie Theater enhance your film experience?
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/18/26 at 3:27 pm to The Dunder Mifflin
It enhances my experience when there are other respectable people in the theater with me. My biggest pet peeve while at the theater is the people next to me talking...
re: Voters rejected a 1-cent sales tax in 2023 to give Livingston Parish teachers a raise
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/18/26 at 1:58 pm to toosleaux
My wife is a teacher in LP.
Her W-2 last year was $46,000 without the stipends.
Amendment 3 was a chance to permanently give them the stipends without raising taxes.
The people of Louisiana are just stupid. They vote against anything they don't understand (taxes, amendments, etc). Guess what happens when investors (tax payers) don't invest in companies (government)?
Her W-2 last year was $46,000 without the stipends.
Amendment 3 was a chance to permanently give them the stipends without raising taxes.
The people of Louisiana are just stupid. They vote against anything they don't understand (taxes, amendments, etc). Guess what happens when investors (tax payers) don't invest in companies (government)?
re: Voters rejected a 1-cent sales tax in 2023 to give Livingston Parish teachers a raise
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/18/26 at 1:54 pm to ChatGPT of LA
This wins for the most "boomer" comment of the day lol.
re: Learning AI-where to start
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/17/26 at 7:13 pm to hugo
IBM Technology on YouTube has been releasing some very nifty videos on AI that help you get started.
I wish you were my boss because he told me the other day to "just create an agent" to perform "x work by tomorrow" without even knowing the complexity surrounding "agents"
I wish you were my boss because he told me the other day to "just create an agent" to perform "x work by tomorrow" without even knowing the complexity surrounding "agents"
re: People who have joint Facebook accounts
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/15/26 at 10:58 am to cbree88
I think it is strange. I also think people underestimate some couples out their having the same of everything. 1 bank account, 1 social media, 1 amazon, 1 email, 1 literally everything.
Some of those are reasonable... 1 joint FB account is not.
Some of those are reasonable... 1 joint FB account is not.
re: can someone recommend a brand for wired headphones?
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/14/26 at 10:02 pm to selfgen
Just curious as to why wired headphones?
Like great quality over the head wired headphones or just to listen to music?
Like great quality over the head wired headphones or just to listen to music?
re: Archery Range in Baton Rouge?
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/14/26 at 4:01 pm to Motorboat
I know Bass Pro use to have one.
re: Weed ID
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/14/26 at 2:03 pm to LOL
Will Roundup without glysophate work?
re: Weed ID
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/14/26 at 10:00 am to NASA_ISS_Tiger
Any tips on getting MSMA?
re: Weed ID
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/14/26 at 9:16 am to TDsngumbo
Appreciate yalls response.
Like I said, I am very amateur lol.
Can you walk me through exactly what that process looks like? Do I just throw glyphosate down and then go buy some St. Aug sod?
Like I said, I am very amateur lol.
Can you walk me through exactly what that process looks like? Do I just throw glyphosate down and then go buy some St. Aug sod?
Weed ID
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/14/26 at 8:51 am
I am in my amateur phase of wanting my lawn to look nice.
I believe this is crabgrass but wanted to confirm with yall.
How can I prevent this? Best way to remove it now?
Located in BR area. I sprayed Weed B Gone at the end of March.
I believe this is crabgrass but wanted to confirm with yall.
How can I prevent this? Best way to remove it now?
Located in BR area. I sprayed Weed B Gone at the end of March.
re: Pensacola recommendations?
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/13/26 at 8:22 pm to GreenRockTiger
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McGuire’s
Specifically the potato skins and corned beef sandwich.
re: AI in the Workplace - Open Discussion
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/13/26 at 5:05 pm to Lazy But Talented
Individual contributor
Some automation in place
Coming directly from CEO. He even created a Chief AI officer. We have an entire org around AI adoption and enablement.
Pressure is on right now. They have aspirations to have 80% of all employees "consistently" utilizing AI. We have approximately 12k employees. They made managers rewrite our goals with CoPilot over the past 2 weeks.
Some automation in place
Coming directly from CEO. He even created a Chief AI officer. We have an entire org around AI adoption and enablement.
Pressure is on right now. They have aspirations to have 80% of all employees "consistently" utilizing AI. We have approximately 12k employees. They made managers rewrite our goals with CoPilot over the past 2 weeks.
re: Horrific video shows factory worker being pulled to his death into giant industrial shredd
Posted by Roy Curado on 5/11/26 at 5:04 pm to Jim Rockford
Full video here LINK
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