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re: 2025 Taxes

Posted by FCP on 4/9/26 at 10:17 am to
I write a check every year. Usually a couple grand. This year was over $4K. Basically the same income as 2024. Only difference was about $3K in capital gains when I cashed in $6K of Tesla stock to buy my kid a used Toyota.

re: LUNCH THREAD Good Friday edition

Posted by FCP on 4/3/26 at 11:40 am to
Hi-Ho Beef and a Barqs. Not because it’s particularly good, but nostalgia is a helluva drug.
Probably a couple of Zyn 6mg while out there splicing fiber so you buncha miscreants can shitpost on TD. Oh, and piss in my gravel driveway.

re: What are you doing today?

Posted by FCP on 3/29/26 at 3:20 pm to
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Church and Walmart so far
Same except Dollar General. And a nap.

Woke up to an LSU baseball lead :geauxtigers:
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cannot find my wife’s purse to get her key
Hell, even when I find the purse, it’s 50/50 whether I’m gonna be able to fish that janitor-sized keychain out from all the other stuff in her purse. I’ve legit declared the keys lost, only to have Mrs. FCP deftly retrieve them from that miniature storage facility she carries on her shoulder.
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come out with 2 years world of diapers. Classic Costco strategy.
Well, we went in for IVF and came out with twins. Which sounds nice until they both reach 17. Seventeen year olds are some of the worst people in the world. Especially females. I tell folks that if they ever have a question they can’t answer to call me up. Because my daughter knows everything.


Don't know if it has been mentioned, but Wood Knot
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I'd book it if we could keep it at $5k
Just booked a trip to Universal Orlando for 4 days, 5 nights. Six people staying at one of their cheapest places. All in just over $5K, not including transportation.
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The junebug population in our neighborhood has been in decline
They must've all come to my house. Had to go in/out several times last night, and I ended up using a side door with no lights. There was a massive swarm around the lights by our main door. They were running full tilt into the siding--sounded like it was hailing outside.

re: LSU 2 @ ULL 7 Final

Posted by FCP on 3/4/26 at 6:05 pm to
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if some jerk did a clandestine stream on YouTube
Man, I was settling in to listen to the radio call tonight, but I tried ESPN just to verify that I didn't have their Plus deal. And, it started playing the game. Guess I'm paying for it--just didn't realize it. :banghead:
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I think UL has $5 beer and $5 dogs
I work concessions during our local high school's football season. As a band parent, it is expected. Anyway, we sell bottled soft drinks and water (~20oz) for $3.00--up from $2.50 a few years ago. We've had the visitor teams comment on how their schools are already well beyond that number.
Trawled for shrimp in Lake Ponchartrain for years. Even jumped over the side and dove under the skiff several times to untangle the trawl from the propeller. All those hours puttering across the lake, we never even thought about sharks—much less saw one.
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Does the woods count?
Old boy on our crew was working up north of Robert, LA. Driving from one site to another through the pine trees. Nature called, so he pulled over and headed into the forest with a box of paper towels. Said that while he was squatting, he thought he heard a clicking sound. On the way back to his truck, he discovered that he had been front and center in a deer camera’s field of view.
My company gives techs one free fishing day every year: Just notify management before the start of shift. And, you get another with 24hr notice. Both no questions asked. After that, there’s paperwork.

About half the crew has already burned through both days already this year.
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Can I rent a house in a desirable school district and use it to register my kids in the schools despite residing elsewhere?
Short answer: Yes.

At least you could 20 years ago in Livingston Parish. There was an older home down the road from us that was rented by folks out of BR so their kids could attend Live Oak. Seems like they had 3-4 kiddos, all around high school age. They would ghost the place most of the time, but occasionally the kids would have parties out there. If anyone would have done the most cursory examination, they'd have figured out the ruse. OTOH, I guess the property owner paid property taxes, so it wasn't technically illegal.
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auto renewal and for a 6 month term it went down $200.
I did the math on my recent renewal. Four vehicles, 2 only liability. Ages 1992, 2008, 2010, 2016. And, I’m paying $500/mo. Got a teenage driver on the policy, so that’s a lot of it, but $6K a year is frigging ridiculous.
Put up a few of those at our place. Didn’t realize they came with a free month of online backup. Finally went through and watched the motion-activated clips on there. Realized it was mostly just some SOB walking out the door of my house and taking a piss in the driveway. a-hole was wearing my hat.