Shorts Guy

One of the most boring of all time, but you know some people will hail it as the greatest of all time.

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Houston folks, tell me where I should stay

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Another vote for Dallas

At a previous employer, we were encouraged to take at least one two week stretch of PTO per year (we had 25 PTO days). Always thought that was a nice way to do it.

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Any of the downtown hotels have to be ok. Don't go looking for trouble at 2am, but you shouldn't even see any trouble you aren't seeking.

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This.

Downtown has great hotels. And despite what the scaredy cats believe, actual data shows that not much happens down there crime-wise. Right off the bridge coming in from LC and right up Nicholson from campus. No brainer.

The worst was probably Atlanta waiting on a flight to BR that nearly didn’t leave. But 10 hours later we were in the air, well after midnight. Ever since then, if we get to be around 9-10 pm and still no signs of departing after several hours delay, I’ll try to get on a morning flight. Suck it up and get a room and maybe a good night’s sleep and try again tomorrow.

Not a delay, but I happened to be in the air, London to Baltimore, when WOW Airlines abruptly folded. None of the crew had a job anymore when we landed. Anybody who had a flight booked was SOL with WOW.

Very sad. Looking back at photos from the last year or two she definitely aged a lot and lost a good bit of weight. In hindsight, something was obviously going on. 71 is not old these days.

wtf is this list? Half those places don’t exist.

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It’s not even freezing in New Orleans.

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Weather channel says it’ll get down to 28. Takes one patch of black ice skidded on by the wrong person for it to become a game of “why didn’t they call school off.” The times we live in.

Long gone and forgotten. Was on the curb Jan 2.

Let’s hope he’s just dramatic. We were still living in the Memphis area for the early 2022 ice storm. I think we only got maybe an inch if memory serves. Not everyone lost power, but it was widespread outages and trees blocking most every road. No power for 6 days. I’ve never been so cold in my life.

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Hot take: NOLA's isn't bad.

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It’s pretty impressive for a relatively small city. Comparable to Denver’s, minus the mountain backdrop. It gets some hate in the niche interest “skyline” forums for being kind of dated and boxy. It’s true that there hasn’t been much meaningful change since the 80’s, but the dome and the bridges keep it interesting. I think the new Omni hotel that’ll be connected to the convention center was approved. That should top out around 350’ (roughly same height as the Hyatt) so while it won’t be super tall, it’ll be in a very visible location and add something new to look at.

ETA my favorite is probably LA. It’s interesting how tightly packed it is given how spread out the city is. Really nice to view or photograph from a distance on a clear day when you can get the mountains in the background.

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You havent really perused some of these forums have you…

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I have and am happy to say it doesn’t hold a candle to what you see in basically any Facebook or Instagram comment section. It wasn’t until social media that I realized how dumb “average” is.

Don’t get me wrong, OT folks definitely have their moments.

I can believe that the average poster here is maybe slightly above average IQ. Seeking out and actively participating in an online forum is certifiable nerd behavior, regardless of the topic. Just my take.

Probably not an avg of 130 though.

Because Mobile is so close and at least historically had more going on and was the main center of gravity for the region. I feel like it’s similar to how Baton Rouge can never seem to get out of New Orleans’ shadow because of how close it is.

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When you have to look up to Mississippi, it's pretty hard to be optimistic.

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They don’t whine like LA people, that’s for sure.

Houston is a dump. Nothing surprising here.