Favorite team:LSU 
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re: Saints currently have the 7th pick

Posted by Sho Nuff on 12/14/25 at 8:02 pm to
I don't think Mendoza is going outside top 5. A QB needy team is going to get him. Let's say Titans pick #1 and Raiders #2. Titans stick it out with Ward? Raiders definitely need a QB. Giants #3 no QB needed. Browns and Jets next. Cards after them. 2-3 QBs drafted in the top 5 and Mendoza will be one of them.

While I know winning is good for the team building, it hurts watching our pick keep moving backwards. At least the Saints don't need to draft a QB, so we can now get BPA.
Yeah, we flew HA BC from HNL to AKL. I think it was only 50k miles ea. Couldn't find any BC on the way back for miles.

re: Tell me about going to New Zealand

Posted by Sho Nuff on 12/14/25 at 5:17 pm to
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One tip - look into Skycouch on Air New Zealand. You can get an entire row of 3 seats that will fold down into a flat "couch" with special bedding. It is a lay flat seat that is larger than business or first class but cheaper. It was pretty awesome when I did it.

Meh. For one person I can see it being ok, but then its not cheap (you pay for 3 seats) and its definitely not BC service. Last year on the way back from AKL my wife and I tried the couch and it was miserable for 2 adults :lol:

re: NFL Various Games - Week 15

Posted by Sho Nuff on 12/14/25 at 2:47 pm to
Just saw the replay and now I see the helmet the helmet. Although I really don't see that as being worth ejection. The WR went low so its easy to look worse.

re: NFL Various Games - Week 15

Posted by Sho Nuff on 12/14/25 at 2:44 pm to
Am I just not seeing anything but it didn't seem like helmet to helmet
Was just there last Nov and loved it. We liked south better, but likely due to loving Queenstown and Te Anau/Milford Sound. Lake Wanaka was cool too. If you're only going 7-10 days you should pick one island. We did 2 weeks and packed a ton of shite in with both islands. We want to go back and spend a month in each.

North was cool too though. Hobbiton was awesome. Book early and do the late dinner. So worth it. Stay in a B&B nearby. We're not huge wine drinkers but you should have no issues finding good places/wines on either isalnd. Hikes are great everywhere. Gloworm caves are cool. We didn't love Wellington as we stayed in town but the Weta Cave was very cool and goes well with Hobbiton.

The people of NZ are so damn nice you're waiting for the sales pitch that never comes.
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My concern was the T-Mobile coverage, but my buddy Tommy says they don't suck anymore.

Switched to TMO 12+ years ago and the coverage has gotten better and better. It's really not an issue anymore and they'reat the top in coverage in many cases. What is an issue is the new CEO. They're no longer the customer centric company and instead going for the jugular. I have a grandfathered plan for 4 lines unlimited for $150 plus they gave me a free line so essentially I have 5 lines for $150. I don't know what their prices are these days but they did have good price/plans before.

The main draw for me, and it's served me well, is the free data/texting to 180+ countries. I use it all the time. Also, the WiFi calling works great and for free from anywhere. I called my dad when I was in the Falklands a few weeks ago! Even if you had to pay for a call to the US, they only charge .20/min from those 180 countries. If I didn't need international though, I think I might look at a discount carrier. TMO is not that anymore.
We did not. The weather was pretty rough a couple days causing us to miss a couple landings. At one point we went through 170km winds and the boat was really rocking. We went to Brown Bluff for the land on the peninsula. We're in Bariloche now and finally headed back to HI after 5 weeks on this trip!
Just there in mid Nov. We did an 18 day Antarctica Cruise. S. Georgia had way more wildlife but both places were unreal.
I'm stoked this thread still has legs. My first crush. I was born in '75 so I was very young but my parents said I was enamored with her even as a toddler. I do remember her as I got older and still thinking she was smoking.

My next crush:
It's also pretty funny hearing Bama fans whining about a team staying home and having an advantage over them having to play the SECCG. I'm remembering a certain team who got beat at their house and then got to sit on their couches eating bon bons while the best team had to play an additional game. That losing team not only didn't win the SEC, but they didn't even win their division. Hmmm.

ETA: frick Bama forever. I hope they get stomped today and get left out.

re: Oh yeah we play the Nets

Posted by Sho Nuff on 12/6/25 at 5:12 pm to
The fricking moron just needed a top 4 protection. ATL still would've made the trade. Maybe he would've needed to "negotiate" to a top 3 protected.
I get the reference and just in time for Christmas!
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I wonder how hard citizenship is to acquire

Not easy. You need to live there 5 years and speak the language.

My Latvian wife (no pics) knows the blonde in the OP. Funny enough, years ago there used to be a Blonde Parade. Look it up on YT.

re: Golesh - six years, $7.4 million per

Posted by Sho Nuff on 11/30/25 at 10:25 am to
I hope in a couple years LSU doesn't regret this. I liked a couple names out there that wouldn't break the bank and Golesh was one of them. I like the Kiffin hire, but will wonder how Golesh could've done.
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$3195 x 2 = monthly take home $6390.00

- $2,400.00 Mortgage - Escrow with Taxes/Insurance
- $1,000.00 car loans/maintenance
- $550.00 Car Insurance
- $300.00 Electric
- $250.00 TV< INTERNET, Subscriptions etc
- $600.00 kids (daycare, school )
- $450.00 random debt

Leaves $840.00 "a month" for food and entertainment, ain't nobody getting rich on that

Using your numbers:
Mortgage/rent - fine.
Car loans - living above means.
Car insurance- WTF? Is it that much in LA per month now? I pay $750 every 6 months for 2 cars/2 drivers full coverage in HI.
Electric - sounds high for an average in LA. Yet people shook their head at getting solar. I know that doesn't work for renters though.
Internet/TV - spending more than they should.
Kids - can't speak on that, will take your word.
Random debt - ? Like what?

I can see someone with 2+ kids making $100k having a rougher time than people would think. I also think people can do better on their decisions. One person making $100k then the wife can stay home and no need the child care. If both parents are out working to make that $100k and they live in a place where all their soft costs eat up everything, maybe they need to consider someone getting a different career going. Of course I would have told them not to have two kids if they can't afford it, but I digress..
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and the idiots pulling their cranks out and grabbing women were the old white guys from Europe and North America. Freagin disgusting lot.

You're lying prog filth, but what else is new. I lived in Thailand and saw nothing like this.
frick you, fig. We didn't get Mahomes because of SP's big mouth. The reason he doesn't have 2 more rings, and I agree WE should have, falls a great deal on his shoulders. He's the HBC so having a D that shitty is also on him. The 2018 team got fricked by the "No Call" for sure, but one play doesn't make a game. Not being ready for the fake punt completely changed the game. Embarrassing for him considering "Ambush". And other play calls he made. He had the keys here and you're acting like he was a victim. Many of his personnel and draft picks are parts of the reason the Saints are where they are today.

ETA: I will always appreciate him for the one win though.