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re: Football Away Game Tix

Posted by LSU on 7/23/24 at 3:43 pm
[quote]i looked at payment schedules and it shows $262 due. i've paid for everything else, and besides the Vegas trip the A&M game is the only other game i put in for.....so is that saying i have that game as well?[/quote] A&M tickets are posted in my account order history now. They were $131 eac...

re: Must do stuff in Washington DC.

Posted by LSU on 7/22/24 at 3:37 pm
[quote]Well that won't work. I'm going the 1-5 of next month. So like 10 days.[/quote] Washington Monument does 24 hour advance tickets also, so you still have a shot at them. They sell out very quickly too though. [link=(https://www.recreation.gov/ticket/234635/ticket/193)]LINK[/link]...

re: Must do stuff in Washington DC.

Posted by LSU on 7/22/24 at 1:42 pm
[quote]Also the Washington monument was never open when I went so I'm going to try to get tickets to that too. [/quote] Great views up there! Be prepared ahead of time at your 30 day mark & logged into the recreation.gov site, as advanced tickets sell out within seconds. We also went to the ...

re: Must do stuff in Washington DC.

Posted by LSU on 7/22/24 at 9:21 am
Several good options in this thread. We were there in June for 5 days. One day we took the ferry cruise down to Mount Vernon, which was an enjoyable trip. Definitely take one of the night monument tours. We also thoroughly enjoyed the private guided tour of the Capitol arranged through o...

re: Must do stuff in Washington DC.

Posted by LSU on 7/22/24 at 7:31 am
[quote]Grab breakfast at Lincoln’s Waffle Shop (I kid you not) across the street before Ford’s. Fun and unique atmosphere.[/quote] I agree with this. We ate there in June before our Ford's Theater tour. Good food. ...

re: Do any of y'all still use Craigslist?

Posted by LSU on 7/22/24 at 7:00 am
[quote]Do any of y'all still use Craigslist?[/quote] Yes, I sell a few things on there each year. Online transactions with shipping only though. I haven't had to meet anyone in person. Also found a great admin assistant for one of our field offices through a job posting on Craigslist. ...

re: Football Away Game Tix

Posted by LSU on 7/17/24 at 2:12 pm
[quote]Has anyone received notice of away game tickets assigned other than Vegas game?[/quote] Haven't heard anything directly from LSU yet, but my online account recently updated to reflect the pending payment schedule for my other away game ticket requests. No specific seating info posted thoug...
One of my former employees works in finance in NYC now. He finished his MBA at TCU a couple years ago & took a job up there. He's actually one of the "finance guys" quoted in that recent WSJ article & absolutely loves it in NYC. ...
[quote]Has Keith Law always been this big of a crybaby?[/quote] He certainly was one back when he was at ESPN. Haven't followed him much since he departed there. He's a sharp guy, but very easily offended & whiny. ...

re: Beryl Thread - the clean up begins...

Posted by LSU on 7/14/24 at 3:49 pm
Our power finally came back about 5 PM Saturday. We received an e-mail from CenterPoint just 10 minutes earlier that said our estimated restoration date wasn't going to be until Wednesday. ...
I realize there may be some speculation here until Pirates make an official announcement, but FanGraphs projects Skenes next start to be Tuesday, July 23rd. [link=(https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/probables-grid)]LINK[/link] [img]https://i.ibb.co/0Cy08st/Skenes-Fangraphs.jpg[/img]...

re: AC/thermostat terminology

Posted by LSU on 6/24/24 at 1:36 pm
Up = higher or warmer Down = lower or cooler Why is this a debate?...
Total cost was $6,300 from 2019-2021 for my oldest child. Insurance only paid $1,500 of it, so I was still out $4,800. ...

re: Dylan Crews being moved up to AAA

Posted by LSU on 6/17/24 at 3:58 pm
[quote]Looking forward to the day he faces Skenes in the bigs[/quote] Could potentially happen in September if Crews is called up. ...
[quote]Greed has reached its highest point.[/quote] Still plenty more levels of greed to go. Figured they'd be smart enough at this point to remove numerical references from consideration in any conference renaming because the shuffling isn't likely over with yet. ...

re: Stock: ORACLE

Posted by LSU on 6/13/24 at 1:23 pm
[quote]And pitfalls / advice?[/quote] Don't hire Deloitte, or at least be sure they understand what all is really needed to complete the implementation so they can provide a realistic timeline. Much of their team is in India, so there's been a lot of time wasted because of the different working h...

re: Stock: ORACLE

Posted by LSU on 6/13/24 at 12:42 pm
[quote]What is the MB's take on Oracle?[/quote] What's your opinion of Oracle Fusion Cloud? We're in the process of upgrading our systems from Oracle EBS to it & it's been a disastrous project so far. Cost & timeline are both way over budget. We fired Deloitte last month & bringing in IBM & H...
[quote]Which is why some young people would opt to bring a familiar face into an unfamiliar setting. And in some cases, they’ll choose the only adults they interacted with in person while we were sheltered in place: their parents.[/quote] These can't be interviews for real professional jobs. ...

re: Perspective on Maineri hiring

Posted by LSU on 6/11/24 at 11:50 am
[quote]But what if a job is looking for you and offers you $1.5m a year for 3 years?[/quote] It would need to be much more than that. ...

re: Perspective on Maineri hiring

Posted by LSU on 6/11/24 at 9:04 am
Certainly hope I'm not looking for a job when I'm 67. ...