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ArkBengal
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Benton, AR |
| Biography: | From Louisiana and transferred to Arkansas (Indian country) |
| Interests: | Football, golf, reading |
| Occupation: | Consulting |
| Number of Posts: | 2159 |
| Registered on: | 8/11/2004 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: What’s the most pain you ever felt?
Posted by ArkBengal on 12/18/25 at 9:24 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Cluster headaches are debilitating. Had them for ten years off and on. Finally did find some meds to kill one but they took 15-30 minutes to work. Strangely, disappeared after I got a CPAP device except the second Covid vax made them reoccur for about a month
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The King of England is happy to be a constitutional monarch. He is a servant of the people of the UK and adheres to and is held to a much higher moral and ethical standard than elected head of states accross the world.
This is some fantasy bullshite, especially the “servant” part. Eerily similar to arguments that US politicians are “public servants “.
Could be wrong but I don’t think Blake Baker is a fan of portal guys returning. Not sure on Kiffin
re: Katrina
Posted by ArkBengal on 12/16/25 at 4:23 pm to Da #1 Stunna
Yeah, did show a political bias in last couple of segments for sure. And to OP, a shame they didn’t expand the story to the Gulf coast as well
re: Strabismus surgery as an adult
Posted by ArkBengal on 12/16/25 at 3:31 pm to Crescent Connection
A little off topic but anyone had eye surgery for glaucoma where they cut a drain channel in the eye ? Had this done back in July and eye has still not returned to 20/20 vision like it was before. Doc said it should recover normal vision but while it has improved since surgery still no back to before.
National Geographic running a 5 part series on Katrina now, repeats at 10:00 I believe. Unbelievable catastrophe for New Orleans and the Gulf coast
I see a lot of QB sacks on that list and not a great rushing record. Seems a little shaky
Parker is going to be a dude next year in Kiffin’s offense
Kiffin fatigue. Don’t care anymore
Ok by me. I would just as soon take a shot with an up and coming coach as to pay Kiffin and hope he works out. These scenarios with the “hot name” fail more than they are successful
re: Ole Miss bout to find out why USC left Kiffin on the tarmac
Posted by ArkBengal on 11/21/25 at 9:24 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Elko was born in 1959 so not 40’s. Mid 60’s now. Played at LSU in 1981-82
Edit: My bad looks like. I was thinking of Bill Elko. Is Mike related (son maybe) since he in late 40’s now ?
Edit: My bad looks like. I was thinking of Bill Elko. Is Mike related (son maybe) since he in late 40’s now ?
re: Privatize ATC (and most everything else)
Posted by ArkBengal on 11/11/25 at 7:46 pm to DyeHardDylan
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Makes no sense to have the country’s air traffic held hostage by lawmakers in Washington every few years.
This is why AI needs to be ramped up for ATC functions. With secondary systems and human oversight. Can’t be done overnight but this is a perfect application for AI
I think this stuff precedes his leaving - some dated back to 2016 sounds like
re: Would you break up a fight between 2 people?
Posted by ArkBengal on 10/31/25 at 3:29 pm to weagle1999
From experience don’t try this with two cats either. Did that once and ended up with four claws imbedded in each forearm.
Couple points on HSA accounts.
1. They do accumulate and roll over year to year so younger folks can amass quite a nice amount of money in them over the years if they don’t have high medical expenses
2. Most plans do have interest payments (albeit small) but also allow investments of funds over a prescribed minimum.
3. They are tax free on contributions and withdrawals already
I would like to see the max contribution increased, especially with the high deductibles and out of pocket costs in many of today’s insurance plans. Also, take a look at the “high deductible” limit to be eligible and whether that should be eliminated so anyone could have an HSA plan. And Medicare recipients are currently ineligible for these plans - maybe look at that also to help pay for Medicare supplement plans which are pretty necessary in most cases
These are a very good vehicle to save up money for later in life medical expenses and the only cost to the government is the loss of tax revenues on contributions and earnings
1. They do accumulate and roll over year to year so younger folks can amass quite a nice amount of money in them over the years if they don’t have high medical expenses
2. Most plans do have interest payments (albeit small) but also allow investments of funds over a prescribed minimum.
3. They are tax free on contributions and withdrawals already
I would like to see the max contribution increased, especially with the high deductibles and out of pocket costs in many of today’s insurance plans. Also, take a look at the “high deductible” limit to be eligible and whether that should be eliminated so anyone could have an HSA plan. And Medicare recipients are currently ineligible for these plans - maybe look at that also to help pay for Medicare supplement plans which are pretty necessary in most cases
These are a very good vehicle to save up money for later in life medical expenses and the only cost to the government is the loss of tax revenues on contributions and earnings
re: Open enrollment and increases
Posted by ArkBengal on 10/21/25 at 7:52 pm to CharlesLSU
BCBS Medigap plan going up almost 15%
re: Little Rock Champions tournament
Posted by ArkBengal on 10/19/25 at 5:55 pm to Mr. Blutarski
Really nice course. Played it a few times but I think they modified some of the holes for this event last year
re: Something that no one on here is talking about, next year is a complete rebuild
Posted by ArkBengal on 10/19/25 at 5:28 pm to John Casey
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both Andersons could theoretically be back
One of these is not like the other. I called my Oklahoma buddy this week to see if we could get refunds for both their transfers (Sharp,Anderson).
“All sales final” as he laughed and said I told you so
Little Rock Champions tournament
Posted by ArkBengal on 10/18/25 at 9:53 am
Anyone planning to attend the Champions tour playoff tournament in LR next week?
Think it’s the last qualifier before the final event and a lot of the big name older pros show up.
Got rave reviews from the players and PGA last year and have a five year deal.
Think it’s the last qualifier before the final event and a lot of the big name older pros show up.
Got rave reviews from the players and PGA last year and have a five year deal.
Yes but few if any of those are 200-400% more like health care premiums
Are you paying your own health care premiums ? Are they a multiple of what they were prior to Obamacare ?
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