Favorite team:LSU 
Location:Baton Rouge
Biography:Tiger Fan, So.LA transplant from piney woods
Interests:Tiger sports, golf, my girls, the good life
Occupation:Environmental
Number of Posts:213
Registered on:6/27/2008
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"Lol, no". I guess the "idiots" in this thread were the all-knowing naysayers.
Well, maybe so, but in this case a product was sold and was not delivered. LSU should at least make a token gesture (partial refund, discount on something). With 90,000 buyers involved there are lawyers who might be interested.
My brother's cabin in the Ozarks just off the Buffalo National River. Awesome country.
JJ generally can't hit a moving receiver for s**t and often can't hit one who's standing still. Lee hits receivers often quite well but they're usually not wearing the same uniform. We've watched them suck for three years now. I'd just get Mett some practice and start him. Couldn't be much worse, the team has been mostly winning for at least three years without a real QB.

re: Worried about losing Shep

Posted by gingles on 7/26/11 at 1:41 pm to
33 receptions in in his softmore year--same as Reuben Randle. And that's with a QB who can't pass. Add on 45 runs for 6 yds/carry. Add on we need another receiver to complement Randle.

I think we might need him.

re: Haynesville Shale

Posted by gingles on 8/28/08 at 11:47 pm to
Disclaimer: not a political statement, don't care how you vote.

Obama specifically mentioned promoting natural gas production during the energy independence part of his speech. We can assume McCain would do the same. Good news for the HS.

re: Haynesville Shale

Posted by gingles on 8/26/08 at 1:51 pm to
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That one well is holding 4 or more sections by its production.


That may be legal, but it's silly.

Move Bush thread

Posted by gingles on 8/26/08 at 1:13 pm
Administrator, can you move my "Bush thread" to Politics (oops). Thanks.

re: Insurance in Baton Rouge

Posted by gingles on 8/26/08 at 10:54 am to
I just switched completely from State Farm (with them forever) to Shelter.

I had three cars on State Farm and my house on Shelter.

I put all three cars on Shelter with the house, raised my coverages to 100/300/100 and am saving $1000 annually.

Shelter apparently uses a formula that includes your credit rating and that was part of the reason my price drop was steep.

re: Question for pool owners....

Posted by gingles on 8/24/08 at 10:24 pm to
We've had a pool with this house for about 7 years. Best way to get one is to buy a house with one--you basically get it for free.

If you keep up with it, maintenance is not a problem--run your pump/filter 24/7 and you will save a lot of work.

If you go vinyl liner, plan on replacing it ($4 grand installed) every 3-8 years. Gunnite is more durable but will run you several grand more to install.
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ANN COULTER JUST WROTE A BIG COLLUMN ON THIS TOPIC, VERY INTERESTING, I AM SURE YOU CAN GOOGLE IT AND FIND IT. HONESTLY I DONT THINK ANYONE WILL BENEFIT FROM IT, STUDY JIMMY CARTER AND MAKE A GAME PLAN.


Ann Coulter is an idiot who can't pass a fart without lying. What would that make one who takes her advice. :lol:
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I didn't think the news articles could get any worse, but here we are. I guess everyone thinks people in the Southern US are inbred rednecks...


This site pretty much affirms it a couple hundred times a day.
PB, it's interesting that Desoto Parish got $27K and a 1/3 Royalty.

re: Haynesville Shale

Posted by gingles on 8/11/08 at 11:12 pm to
Well said.

re: Rules For The SEC Rant

Posted by gingles on 8/11/08 at 10:58 pm to
Love that tat'.

re: Haynesville Shale

Posted by gingles on 8/11/08 at 10:10 pm to
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Haynesville Shale
The fact that the well bore is directly embedded in the shale (source rock) and not a sandstone,limestone,"et al" trap makes it an unconventional play.Unconventional means can be used to induce production(stage fraccing,horizontal,etc). Tertiary recovery is unconventional production (co2 injection).I guess anything that you did'nt see in "There will be Blood" is unconventional.I see a lot of mincing going on.


Point taken, but this was not standard clause. It was added as part of the addendum by an O&G lawyer. Ostensibly clauses like this exclude hard mineral mining (and perhaps mined oil shale)and the first part of the sentence would have accomplished that. And a following sentence specifically excludes hard minerals. So what is the purpose of the second part of the sentence "and then only such hydrocarbons that may be produced through conventional oil and gas drilling and production methods"? Just overkill?

And then every single thing I read about shale drilling and production is called (by oil and gas people) "unconventional". I hear you about "There Will Be Blood" but effective horizontal drilling is an innovation of very recent development.

I probably should just ask the author.

re: Haynesville Shale

Posted by gingles on 8/10/08 at 12:04 pm to
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An exhibit to our lease which overrules conflicting language in the lease states, in part:

The term "oil, gas and minerals" as used herein shall refer to liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons only and then only such hydrocarbons that may be produced through conventional oil and gas drilling and production methods."

Is the drilling and production of shale formations (e.g., horizontal drilling and other techniques for drilling and producing from shale) considered conventional oil and gas drilling and production methods? Or would this provision exclude shale production?

I did find a definition from a USDOE site:

Conventional oil and natural gas production: Crude oil and natural gas that is produced by a well drilled into a geologic formation in which the reservoir and fluid characteristics permit the oil and natural gas to readily flow to the wellbore.


Hate to revisit this but the MyOilPro site says:

"Haynesville shale oil and gas production is "unconventional." Conventional production is that produced from sandstone, limestone or dolomite reservoir rock, typically from a vertical wellbore. Unconventional oil plays include oil shale, the Canadian tar sands and Venezuela's super-heavy oil. None of these are pumped to the surface; other techniques, such as mining and heating are required to extract the oil. With the Haynesville shale, getting the gas out in commercial quantities will require horizontal drilling, a very expensive process. Wells cost in excess of $8 million each!"

Every site on the 'net refers to gas shale as "unconventional gas".

So can shale gas production really be considred "conventional"? Really?

re: Where does your FICO start?

Posted by gingles on 7/31/08 at 12:24 pm to
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I don't know, but no credit is worse than bad credit.


No credit is great. Don't borrow money and you don't need a "monkey-lending/I'm in debt" FICO score. There are plenty of wealthy people who have no FICO because they don't want/don't need to borrow money. And if you do need a home mortgage, deal with someone who does manual underwriting.