doublecutter

re: Anyone go to Grand Terre Isle & visit Ft Livingston or Forstall's Plantation site?

Posted by doublecutter on 7/24/24 at 10:00 pm

Guy I went to high school with (mid 70s) got a summer job working at the LWLF facility that used to be on the island. His family had some kind of connection with the powers that be at LWLF. He said it was pretty cool to spend the summer out there, but after dark, the mosquitoes were brutal....

re: Tell us something that happened to you that is next to impossible.

Posted by doublecutter on 7/24/24 at 9:49 pm

Ii was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. The treatment plan was for 30 days of chemo radiation, and surgery scheduled six weeks later. Surgery meant that I would nave to wear a bag, at least temporarily. A week and a half before the surgery date I went to the surgeon and he got me to do an MRI...

re: Kaiser Aluminum plant in Chalmette closure

Posted by doublecutter on 7/23/24 at 11:30 pm

[quote]wonder where they get their bauxite from[/quote] It's on the Ohio River so I guess they barge it in....

re: Kaiser Aluminum plant in Chalmette closure

Posted by doublecutter on 7/23/24 at 9:58 pm

[quote]last aluminum plant left in the US?[/quote] There is a big aluminum plant in Evansville Indiana. ...

re: I drive a semi truck. Ask me anything.

Posted by doublecutter on 7/23/24 at 8:24 am

[quote]it depends on what you want to do and how long you want to be out. Over the road is for some and dedicated is for others. I do dedicated which os a type of linehaul. I'm out and back. I don't continue on around the country. I'm regional and do the same routes. I also do back hauls.[/quote] ...

re: Where’s Biden? This might be your answer!

Posted by doublecutter on 7/22/24 at 12:16 pm

This would be good time for China to invade Taiwan and take advantage of the chaos going on in this country. ...

re: The CIA killed JFK

Posted by doublecutter on 7/22/24 at 12:11 pm

If cell phones existed back in 1963, a lot of questions could have been answered. There would have been a lot of pictures and videos....

re: Myers-Briggs Personality Test

Posted by doublecutter on 7/21/24 at 6:56 pm

INFJ-A...

re: Trump publicly asks why he was not warned about the shooter

Posted by doublecutter on 7/20/24 at 11:10 pm

It was either an intentional hit or Frank Drebin was in charge of the security. ...

re: Having to get up to pee in the middle of the night.

Posted by doublecutter on 7/18/24 at 8:45 pm

I get up most nights to pee. My dog sleeps on the floor in my bedroom and when I get up, he follows me to bathroom and sits in the door while I pee. When I'm finished he follows me back to the bedroom and when I get in bed, he lies back on the floor. It is a ritual almost every night....

re: Noticeable increase in menu prices — real examples?

Posted by doublecutter on 7/18/24 at 6:03 pm

Ben's Burgers. Stopped there Subday night- two #2s and two regular fries-- $19.87....

Food and Drink

re: Trump team to match Dem drop box tactics?

Posted by doublecutter on 7/13/24 at 11:04 am

In the swing states, the red counties have to hold reporting their vote tallies. The Republicans can use those counties to add the bogus votes they need to overcome the cheating in the big cities/ blue counties....

re: Louisiana Toll By Plate

Posted by doublecutter on 7/11/24 at 8:38 am

My credit card got charged for a toll on Illinois Tollways, claiming they detected my plate at 7:30 AM on June 27. There are a few questions about this as I haven't driven in Illinois since September of 2021 and at the time and date they cited I was at East Jeff Hospital getting surgery. I emailed ...

re: Civil war ancestors/family stories

Posted by doublecutter on 7/10/24 at 10:46 pm

My great great grandfather was in the 1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery at Vicksburg. After he was paroled he joined the 28th Louisiana Infantry. He made it back to St Martin Parish and died in 1929. I visit his grave occasionally. ...