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Why is terrible food charming?
I have eaten the hell out of a Pancho's Buffet back in the day. And would still if they were around. But, if we're being honest, it was not exactly high-end Tex-Mex.

re: Bodywash sucks

Posted by FCP on 12/27/25 at 12:20 pm to
How do the liquid soap folks get the anti perspirant underarm deodorant off? I’ve started bringing my own bar of Dial yellow when traveling for that specific purpose.
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In no way am I kidding, I was thinking about and actually having a conversation about Roman roads this past week.
<--was actually walking through Pompei earlier this week. Toured it with a local archeologist. It was fascinating seeing it all through his eyes.

re: 2025-26 Bowl Game Schedule

Posted by FCP on 12/26/25 at 8:37 am to
Planning a quick run to the pharmacy and grocery this AM then back home to watch 2 straight days of college football starting at noon.
Don't know anything about Oscillococcinum, but I do know that oseltamivir phosphate (Tamiflu) gave me a textbook case of the "confusion, or abnormal behavior" they list as a side effect.

Ended up regaining consciousness about 36 hours after the first dose. Found myself barricaded in the corner of my bedroom, hiding because "they" were coming to get me. Threw away the remaining doses and recovered over the next couple of days using saltines, ginger ale, and, finally, some chicken noodle soup.

re: GMT

Posted by FCP on 12/24/25 at 4:13 am to
Morning Army and others.

Sitting in an airport outside Rome, waiting for a flight to Amsterdam, thence onward to ATL, and finally BTR by mid morning Christmas. Twelve hour layover in ATL b/c Delta cancelled its late night Xmas Eve flight to BTR.

All good though. Got a couple of rooms at a hotel near the airport and plan to get a few hours sleep. And a Dr. Pepper. Because Italy does not have that sweet nectar of the gods.

re: Been dipping tobacco for 30 years.

Posted by FCP on 12/20/25 at 1:12 am to
Same. Approximately 3 decades of dipping. Stopped slowly over a couple of weeks. Stopped for good when, after doing the Zyn swallow thing for a few weeks, I climbed up a pole with a dip in my lip. Instinctively swallowed a full mouth of tobacco juice. Turned green. Felt sick to my stomach. And haven’t had a dip in over a month.
Depends. Which one of them baws is willing to start a roux before grabbing ahold of a gator. That’s not exactly the kind of dude you want to mess with.

re: GMT

Posted by FCP on 12/19/25 at 4:24 am to
Morning Army, et al. Presently standing in line to climb the Leaning Tower of Pisa. And checking in here b/c I have no life.

re: GMT

Posted by FCP on 12/17/25 at 10:20 am to
Nothing to add here. Just checking into the GMT from chilly northern Italy. Riding on a train from Venice to Florence. Already past sunset here—not that it could really be seen due to rain/fog. It’s 5:15PM already, and I’m hungry.

This is OT field reporter FCP for YouTube Travels. :kige:
Known a couple of gay dudes who separately came to BR from Miami. Like lived there 20+ years and then moved here. Never figured out any “good” reason for them making that move.
Not a Christmas bonus per se, but basically a year end $200 plus a factor of how much the company stock price increases YOY. Total has been over $1K some years, and just a straight $200 in years that stock went down.

Spent a couple of years in management at the same company before going back to the technician side. They had a similar bonus structure, but it was 10x what the technicians get. Those were a couple of nice years, getting an extra 8 grand deposited in the bank.

re: Work ramp up in December is crazy

Posted by FCP on 12/3/25 at 5:06 pm to
Dunno. It’s usually slow this time of year for me, but Dec 2025 is mandatory 6 days, 54 hours all month long. Hell, they’ve even brought in technicians from out of state to help our workload. Doesn’t matter. They’ll get 8, maybe 9 more days out of me, then I’m off until 2026.

re: 6:30 Flight Out of MSY in the morning

Posted by FCP on 11/26/25 at 8:53 pm to
MIL insisted that it was 2 hours early for domestic, 4 for international. So, I spent the better part of Xmas Day 2005 sitting in MSY.

FTR, we could’ve arrived 15 minutes early and still made the flight. Apparently no one who is sane actually travels on Christmas Day. OTOH, the last time I flew into MSY on Thanksgiving, we had a packed flight from LAX, even on a flight that touched down after midnight.
Just another day at work over here. Fixing y’all’s internet so you can shitpost about the latest Coaching Changes news.

I’d say about a 4.5.

re: Most and least common birthdays

Posted by FCP on 11/25/25 at 7:50 pm to
Feb 29 makes sense since it’s only available once every 4 years. Although I know 2 folks with that date. Otherwise, it reads like a list of major holidays towards the end. Christmas, New Year’s, and 4th of July are the only major holidays with fixed dates. It’d be interesting to see if things like Labor Day and Thanksgiving have similar spikes.

Can’t imagine anyone post 2001 would voluntarily induce on 9/11, even though that’s apparently peak season.

re: Student section chanting…

Posted by FCP on 11/22/25 at 9:38 pm to
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would have loved the Hallman years.
Yeah. Or Mike Archer's tenure. Yeesh.

re: What's y'alls work schedule next week?

Posted by FCP on 11/22/25 at 10:22 am to
M-W, F. 8A-8P. Off Sun, Thur, Sat.

First time working at all during this holiday week in a long time. Ended up burning a bunch of vacation earlier in the year and have 2 weeks off at Xmas for travel. So, just another week in the field, minus Thursday.
Meh, I tried it at the original location back when I was in law school around the corner. Probably went there 5-6 times. Or 6-7 as the kids say. Anyway, it wasn’t memorable enough to register “first time.”

re: Best Baton Rouge Suburb

Posted by FCP on 11/15/25 at 3:26 pm to
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Denham Springs
Sorry. We full.