Favorite team:Valparaiso 
Location:Zachary/Valpo
Biography:
Interests:what else is there
Occupation:
Number of Posts:795
Registered on:1/3/2009
Online Status:
 Online

Recent Posts

Message
They have any idea of origination point?
Where is this one in geographic relation to Hormuz?

re: LA Tech 5 @ LSU 15 Final

Posted by ValZacs on 3/24/26 at 5:56 pm to
That’s my first cousin’s grandson at 2B for LaTech. Proud of that young man.
$4.09-$4.29 NWI. Just accross the border into IL @ $4.39, climbing the closer you get to Chicago.
This particular solar farm is about 10 miles south of me, south of the Kankakee River. The tornado also took some outbuildings on my SIL property as well.

Farmers were leasing out these fields left and right to solar companies, easy money they say. The last 3 or so years the communities have started fighting these things hard. Besides the physical environmental issues they can cause is the noise they generate. You can hear them buzzing from miles away and it is 24/7.

WIndmill farms are a bit further south and west.
Dang that’s a pretty strong profit for a base line revenue increase
That’s revenue, not profit, and is well below % ticket price increases over that time span.
Think i know the company. My navy nuke background got me into the pump industry too. Thomas comes to mind. We helped them on some ITT-AC parts probably 10-15 years ago.
That’s quite a lot more than what they offered us in the early 80’s.
When I did it, it didn’t work that way. You went from boot camp to a-school to nuke school to prototype. The path is clear-cut, or was. I did get a break between nuke and prototype for a month, got to work at the recruiter office in Bon Marche while waiting on class in ID to start.
quote:

He got a 99 overall on his ASVAB


Then he is well on his way, just keep the hs gpa up, too. All that said, don’t discount the common sense as well. You have classroom first, where some don’t make it. But then you have the prototype phase, and this requires the ability to actually use the a-school(elect/mech) and nuke school training in a hnds-on application.

I am 67 now so I know things have changed, but I give 100% credit to my time in as to who I am today. The training alone opens up so many possibilities.
I did it. Was an MM2/SS nuke billet, ‘77-‘83.
Someone posted earlier, as was at the time I was in, you could go the machinists, electrician or control tech route. Nuke school was in Orlando at the time, either 6 or nine months think 6. In that timeframe you pretty much get 4 years of core college degree education. After classroom, did my prototype phase in wonderful Idaho Falls, ID. Rhen onto SS new construction. After getting out I worked nuc generating stations around the country for years and made excellent money. The education is top notch, the food is fantastic.

High asvab scores and college prep hs courses - calc, physics, chemistry- are very beneficial to getting accepted.

Edit: spelling
Which one is better? Are rhey sequential? Haven’t seen either yet.

re: More BS from Tucker

Posted by ValZacs on 2/21/26 at 8:29 am to
quote:

No expert, but does it seem like he's had a switch flipped on him ?


Something for sure has happened.
Given their recent history I kinda understand it, but in this interview he seemed on the verge of launching into orbit and Huckabee was very uncomfortable.

That said, feels like the River Tucker is changing course.

One of the most bizarre interviews involving tucker and huckabee i’ve seen. I have no opinion , just bizarre.

re: Chicago Bears moving to IN.

Posted by ValZacs on 2/20/26 at 6:18 pm to
quote:

That said, our wonderful governor is pushing Hammond hard.


IN house passed s bill today.$2B involved

re: Chicago Bears moving to IN.

Posted by ValZacs on 2/19/26 at 12:45 pm to
Portage, IN has come on strong in the last 2-3 weeks as well. Their proposal is including building a new and/or expanding harbor access, donating hundreds of acres of land as well as expanding surface access in the area. That said, our wonderful governor is pushing Hammond hard.

I personally prefer Portage, but any of the 3 are ok. Hammond is in Lake County, the overall tax rate there is higher and the population density is also higher than Portage, which is in Porter County. Gary obviously has issues but it is amazing the improvements that have been made in the last 24 or so months.


re: Chicago Bears moving to IN.

Posted by ValZacs on 2/19/26 at 11:33 am to
He’s already looking to expand his buttered sausage franchise on the lake