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Tennessee Trip

Posted by cassopher on 7/2/26 at 5:35 pm
We are going to Tennessee, we will be staying near Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge but we want to maybe spend a day in another city. We were thinking of either taking a drive over to Nashville to spend a day or maybe Chattanooga. We will have our 7 year old with us so I don't know if there is much to do in Nashville for a child that age. Any ideas?
We just landed from Europe. It was so nice having the week of from the tipping nonsense.
I was going to say The Montage but that last sentence ruined that idea. It’s at least double that nightly price.

Dana Point has The Waldorf Astoria and Ritz Carlton and it’s very close to Laguna, but they may be close to the same price range as the Montage. Check them out to be sure.

Laguna Cliffs Marriott is another great option in Dana Point and is probably spot on in your price range.

re: Tight connection at IAH

Posted by cassopher on 4/27/26 at 6:56 pm to
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If your flights are on the same airline, then it's fine.


Is that a fact?

re: Tight connection at IAH

Posted by cassopher on 4/26/26 at 4:29 pm to
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I loathe evening flights given what could happen throughout the day causing delays. Been burned too many times on late afternoon and evening flights getting impacted by earlier flight schedules. That being said, you “should” be fine. I would start monitoring the inbound flight status as well as that flights inbound plane in the morning.


United only offers afternoon flights from IAH on that route.

Tight connection at IAH

Posted by cassopher on 4/26/26 at 2:30 pm
Our incoming flight into IAH from LCH lands at 7:10 PM and we have an international flight taking off at 8:15. Is that too tight a window to make that work or should I look at other flight options?

re: London and Paris with Toddlers

Posted by cassopher on 3/28/26 at 12:54 pm to
My spouse and I are doing this same trip in mid June. I know your flight was expensive, because we booked a nonstop from Houston to London. Thankfully we had some airline miles to use. We are staying 3 nights in London, then taking the Eurostar and staying 3 nights in Paris. It will be our first time in Europe.
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I've been to Vegas dozens of times and have never stepped foot in a Vegas pool.


Stadium Swim would maybe make you change your mind.

re: Dow is roaring tonight.

Posted by cassopher on 2/9/26 at 2:46 am to
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I expected this to be a plant operator thread. I think it actually is, the replies notwithstanding.


I thought he was talking about Dow Chemical also, then everyone started commenting about stocks and the confusion set in.

re: Best One Season TV shows

Posted by cassopher on 1/19/26 at 6:46 am to
Awake was very good and had lots of potential. I was sad to see it not get renewed.
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What in the world was he talking about post victory regarding supply chain?


Maybe his degree program is logistics or supply chain management? Someone has to do it.
Lou Holtz used to tear his team down and tell everyone how terrible they were at each position. He would say “we can’t block, can’t tackle, can’t catch” and he did this to motivate his team.
60% Florida
30% Ole Miss
10% LSU

LSU once again gets the rug pulled out from under them just like with the last couple of coaching searches and several signing days.

Looking to purchase a new stove.

Posted by cassopher on 11/4/25 at 4:36 pm
I’m looking to purchase a new freestanding range and I’m looking at 2 different Frigidaire ranges. One has a cutout height of 30” and the other has a cutout height of 45”. Will either of those work with our standard 36” cabinets?

Flooring

Posted by cassopher on 11/2/25 at 11:25 am
What is the going price per square foot flooring contractors are charging? We are changing carpet in 3 bedrooms and putting laminate flooring in the living room.

re: Why not Elko

Posted by cassopher on 11/1/25 at 3:16 pm to
Why would he come here?
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Oh wow! He got a naming rights deal!! This is no different then when people wanted Billy Napier as LSU football coach. G5 and FCS personnel are simply not ready for the magnitude and responsibility that comes with a flagship university. The university deserves someone with better qualifications and experience. Going from Woodward to Scroyer would be such an unbelievable downgrade. I don’t think LSU would recover. We’re talking 90s level incompetence because we let a little ULL man in the governors office go on an ego trip. Apparently everyone’s okay with it because he likes Trump

I’m not arguing that he should be LSU’s AD, I agree it would certainly be a downgrade but I’m just saying the man has done an incredible job of raising money at a school that gets very little financial or community support. He is not a “budget slasher”.