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re: London - any recs?

Posted by BobABooey on 6/1/26 at 8:27 pm to
Sign up for the Ceremony Of The Keys at the Tower of London as early as possible.
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Tell that to the family of the 77 year old LSU professor killed on his bike at the LSU lakes last year.

Certainly a sad situation but that happened 5 years ago, not last year. The driver of the vehicle that hit the professor was not arrested.
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St Slammany has had their run of poor sheriff choices and leadership From the Strains to this clown

Don’t blame me; I voted for Pete Holden.
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Are you participating in the pineapple Koolaid trend?

My taxes are paying for it, so yeah, I’m participating, I guess.
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What could possibly go wrong?

This plan reminds me of the Cold War Civil Defense bunker that is in the neutral ground by West End. State of the art when built, flooded and abandoned now.
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the Jungfrau region

How many days did you spend there and did you move accommodations or use one spot as a base camp?

I’m watching videos of the place and it looks incredible.

re: Sergeant Major Plumley

Posted by BobABooey on 5/24/26 at 5:42 pm to
I’ll take Eugene Fluckey over Plumley.

Short YT video

re: Survivor 50 - Premiere 2/25/26

Posted by BobABooey on 5/22/26 at 2:21 pm to
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but the one thing they couldn't have happen was Aubry winning at 4 (or Tiff if they had switched it)

Imagine if Aubry lost the challenge and went on to beat one of the guys at fire making. Her underdog story would have been off the charts.

Aubrey’s made it far in several seasons because she’s a below the radar non-threat. It’s not like she has a great skill that puts here there.

I think Steph’s comment about Jonathan being the total package was based on Ponderosa conversations. She probably knew where the vote was going and was frustrated that no one respected his performance in all aspects.
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I fell asleep before I could ask what it was.

I think it was Propofol, Michael Jackson’s sleep medication.

No one has mentioned that they shave you.
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Having a bidet was very usefu

Wipes at a minimum. Definitely not paper.

I bought some clear Gatorade to help with the prep and it ended up being close to the sickly sweet cherry flavor of the prep.

The procedure was no big deal. I remember drifting into a level of consciousness where I heard the doc talking to a nurse about a restaurant they wanted to try.
Cellos as an investment? Certainly not an instrument I’ve considered although those are beautiful. I might invest in a violin if Hillary Hahn is part of the deal.

I’m open to bonds or whatever investment gives a guaranteed rate of return. Another poster said to get a CD with 4% interest. That’s not bad considering the best rate I’ve seen from the institutions I bank with is closer to 3%.

I thought the board might know a couple of places where the rates for CDs, money markets, etc are above market or have other options.
I’m looking for a place to put $20-$30k for anytime up to 2 years. Some sort of deposit account; no stocks or similar. CD rates I’ve seen are low and I’d like to do better, if possible. What other instruments are out there?
I worked with a guy from Jordan who was a Muslim. Work involved a lot of travel and you often ate at least 2 meals a day with teammates. The Jordanian loved ribs. He said at first he thought ribs were from cattle and he ate them several times before someone told him they were pork ribs. He couldn’t stop though because he thought they were so good.
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Stalked and attempted murder by roommate

I still remember the scene where the psycho stalker tried to make herself look like Kelly and stood in front of the bathroom mirror saying “I’m Kelly Taylor.”

The series followed a formula pretty consistently; a character started showing signs of some problem as a minor storyline in one episode, the problem became the focus of the next episode, and was resolved in the episode after that.

I always felt sorry for the actor who was David’s best friend in the first few episodes. I guess they decided to cut him in real life so his character went to spend the summer with family in OK. He came back a few episodes later a total gun nut and (I think) ended up shooting himself.

re: Survivor 50 - Premiere 2/25/26

Posted by BobABooey on 5/8/26 at 8:28 pm to
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I do remember one guy voting alphabetically all season. Very little strategy going on except for Richard.

Ironically, the player who voted alphabetically was a literal brain surgeon from Manhattan whose name escapes me.

I remember reading a very short story about Survivor before it aired and I told my ex I would recruit a group of people and vote out everyone. The story emphasized the survival aspect of the game.
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if you use self-checkout, you're often truly on your own

Walmart self-checkouts have facial recognition to identify suspected (and known) shoplifters. You’re never really alone.

re: Survivor 50 - Premiere 2/25/26

Posted by BobABooey on 5/7/26 at 12:43 pm to
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cirie can't even stand on the challenges for 1 second.

I kinda wish Cirie won the challenge last night just to watch her refuse to get out of her hammock and walk to the other camp.

re: When the aliens come ...

Posted by BobABooey on 5/7/26 at 12:21 pm to
I’m going to demand reparations if we’ve been subjected to one big experiment.
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BUT THESE PLAYERS NEED TO SHUT THE frick U

That goes for Jeff at TC last night too. He asked Ozzy too many questions about trusting his gut, getting burned in the past, etc. Even though Jeff doesn’t know how the votes will go down, he could influence people to rethink their plans and convince a player like Ozzy to play his idol.