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Smoke Ring
| Favorite team: | Lamar  |
| Location: | Scenic Highway Crackhouse |
| Biography: | |
| Interests: | John Chavis' LBs |
| Occupation: | Gluten-free Gynecologist |
| Number of Posts: | 4336 |
| Registered on: | 12/6/2010 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: 12 Cheapest States to Live in for 2025
Posted by Smoke Ring on 3/6/25 at 12:55 pm
Except during tornado season
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re: How much cultural overlap is there between East Texas and NW Louisiana?
Posted by Smoke Ring on 2/13/25 at 3:55 pm
1. East Texas has roads. Louisiana has roads. That's where the similarity ends with regard to roads -- an FM road in East Texas or a Ranch Road in West Texas is smoother and better painted than a state or US highway in Louisiana. I've never understood this because it's the same in Texas from Brownsville to Dalhart and Marshal to El Paso. And Texas doesn't even have a "road use tax" like LA -- where is THAT money going? :spank:
2. Gas stations are noticeably different. The "out in the middle of nowhere mega gas station" is a Texas thing. Lots of pumps, big bathrooms, 50 Lotto scratch-offs for sale, etc.
3. Mileage signs out in the middle of nowhere showing mileage to cities, towns, and "slow spots in the road" are ubiquitous on almost every turn-off in East Texas. Don't see them near as frequently in Louisiana.
3. Louisiana has much better seafood restaurants.
Thanks for attending my Tex talk.
2. Gas stations are noticeably different. The "out in the middle of nowhere mega gas station" is a Texas thing. Lots of pumps, big bathrooms, 50 Lotto scratch-offs for sale, etc.
3. Mileage signs out in the middle of nowhere showing mileage to cities, towns, and "slow spots in the road" are ubiquitous on almost every turn-off in East Texas. Don't see them near as frequently in Louisiana.
3. Louisiana has much better seafood restaurants.
Thanks for attending my Tex talk.
re: Would you visit Greenland if it became a US Territory?
Posted by Smoke Ring on 1/7/25 at 1:46 pm
LINK :cheers:
re: Multiple casualties on Bourbon Street after terrorist attack..
Posted by Smoke Ring on 1/1/25 at 6:54 pm
Looks legit :angry:
re: A Look At High School Baseball In Dallas - May 1972
Posted by Smoke Ring on 12/18/24 at 1:22 pm
That women is a meme waiting to be made :lol: :lol: :cheers:
re: Flying Ragged US Flags
Posted by Smoke Ring on 12/7/24 at 7:53 pm
re: Flying Ragged US Flags
Posted by Smoke Ring on 12/7/24 at 7:50 pm
Flying Ragged US Flags
Posted by Smoke Ring on 12/7/24 at 7:36 pm
Stop. I don’t care if it was Paw Paw’s. Get a new American flag to fly and properly retire your faded and tattered US flag whipping in the wind on your roadside pole. Just because Johnny Cash wrote a song about it doesn’t mean it’s right. Proudly display a new and colorful :usa:
re: Is Black Friday racist?
Posted by Smoke Ring on 12/2/24 at 11:59 am
Using a sale to get one's business "in the black" has little to nothing to do with blacks :doublebird: :cheers:
re: Ayahuasca Retreat...Has anyone here done this?
Posted by Smoke Ring on 11/20/24 at 9:50 am
Great way to get a baw demon-possessed :devil:
re: Anybody here play magic the gathering?
Posted by Smoke Ring on 11/15/24 at 12:39 pm
Only while listening to Rush :yack:
re: Just recently started listening to Joe Rogan
Posted by Smoke Ring on 11/15/24 at 9:23 am
Great recommendations here folks, thank you. :dude:
re: Just recently started listening to Joe Rogan
Posted by Smoke Ring on 11/15/24 at 9:23 am
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re: Annual inflation rate hit 2.6% in October
Posted by Smoke Ring on 11/13/24 at 10:08 am
When you hear inflation and a percentage rate, just imagine it as
Uncle Sam reaching into your bank accounts and taking that percentage of money away
because that's what inflation does to your purchasing power
stealth robbery :doublebird:
Uncle Sam reaching into your bank accounts and taking that percentage of money away
because that's what inflation does to your purchasing power
stealth robbery :doublebird:
re: Doctors just up and quitting
Posted by Smoke Ring on 11/8/24 at 10:07 am
Y'all need to read closer. There was more to it than "he can't feed his family"
re: Doctors just up and quitting
Posted by Smoke Ring on 11/7/24 at 11:30 am
It's not that he's not making enough money, he can't operate ethically AND profitably ... it's choose one and lose the other ....
Doctors just up and quitting
Posted by Smoke Ring on 11/7/24 at 10:56 am
I know two M.D.s that are in their early 50s who have walked away from medicine, and another internal medicine doctor who's been a buddy since childhood told me last night that he gave 120 days notice to his partnership last Friday.
Common reasons: they can't truly practice medicine, they can only operate like a rat in the maze that insurance gives them; burnout from seeing too many patients each day and only getting a couple of minutes with each; and basically not being able to make a profit unless the "fudge" (lie) on billing items.
My buddy has been tore up about it for two years, and says he can't go to hell for lying on billing just to feed his family, he'll find another line of work.
I think our healthcare system in the USA is about to take another big dip down over the next 5-10 years. :spank: :usa:
Common reasons: they can't truly practice medicine, they can only operate like a rat in the maze that insurance gives them; burnout from seeing too many patients each day and only getting a couple of minutes with each; and basically not being able to make a profit unless the "fudge" (lie) on billing items.
My buddy has been tore up about it for two years, and says he can't go to hell for lying on billing just to feed his family, he'll find another line of work.
I think our healthcare system in the USA is about to take another big dip down over the next 5-10 years. :spank: :usa:
re: Golden Triangle (Southeast Tx) best places for families
Posted by Smoke Ring on 11/6/24 at 2:30 pm
Good answer.
Stay away from Beaumont and Port Arthur. And if you go to the country, spend the money to make sure the house won't flood. Some homes in SETX should've never been built. :cheers:
Stay away from Beaumont and Port Arthur. And if you go to the country, spend the money to make sure the house won't flood. Some homes in SETX should've never been built. :cheers:
re: Are we starting to like Klein? What do we need to see to believe he’s the right guy?
Posted by Smoke Ring on 10/28/24 at 12:17 pm
coastAg brought up the great point that the "threat of dual QBs" was how Klein rolled last year with KSU. In the limited practice world of CFB, it puts quite the stress on a defense. :cool:
re: Finally, aTm gets the full SEC Shorts treatment (link inside).
Posted by Smoke Ring on 10/28/24 at 12:05 pm
They must have a TexAgs advisor
I feel seen :lol:
I feel seen :lol:
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