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BearSchlong

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  1. What we have here is a powerful recovery story baking in the oven. Perhaps not. All I know is I got a call from a sober friend yesterday afternoon - “be at the men’s meeting tonight, I have a newcomer who agreed to attend his first meeting.” Hell yea, I’m there.
  2. I recently had cataract surgery on both eyes. My first words when entering the house, post-op, were “Wow, interesting paint scheme. I like it.”
  3. My favorite gumbo eating vessel. From Nottoway Plantation in Iberville Parish.
  4. Username was established when I was a drunken troll high on Briles’ touchdown supply. Honestly I’m thinking about changing it.
  5. Fine. Make me do all the work. *married a Boudreaux, she actually does it all.
  6. Maybe that’s what has been missing in my life. I think I’ll try it.
  7. Last night I had dinner with a family friend who relocated his factory from IL to Indiana when Pence was governor, and served on his business development council. He and Pence became pretty good friends. I’m sure some preferential RE and Tax deals occurred. Pence was coming to do a press conference at the factory to tout economic resurgence and new jobs, and since they had renovated a dilapidated facility they gave it a thorough cleaning, pressure washing, painting, shined up the machinery, a lot of work. There were about 1,000 workers and a rough and tumble lot. Lots of ex-cons, but solid blue collar types - men’s men. About an hour before Pence and the press arrived, my friend had to get on the PA and tell his workforce “goddamit, everyone has 10 minutes to take down all the tits and ass pics at your station, and if I find out that any of you motherfuckers has said ‘fuck’ or ‘shit’ in front of the governor you will be on my permanent shit list.”
  8. Oooh, good one.
  9. This ol gal has seen some shit. Perfect day at the Sabine Jetty. She was so stunned and weary I had to chase her down and revive her but she’s good to go.
  10. Actually, I did too. But then again I was invited.
  11. Back when I lived in SA in my McMansion we lost one of three AC units. AHS wanted to replace it with a mismatched cheap unit. On the divorce thread I’ve chronicled my ex’s insanity but she harnessed it and unleashed it on the warranty company til they replaced both inside and outside components with top of the line Trane. What’s the statute of limitation on insurance fraud? I’ll tell that story about her one day.
  12. Mixed results but I keep one anyway. AHS. Hot water heater - fixed fast Dishwasher (Covid supply chain issues) - LG - diagnosed a faulty main board, had the part shipped to me, returned to install the part but ruled the part cost too much so took it away from me. Then they sent me a check for $900 and I bought a Bosch and installed it myself. AC - I called a local guy who showed up in 20 mins and told me my package unit was toast (older house, all the components are in one unit). AHS had a guy out in 48 hours who stripped and reconnected some wires, swapped out the capacitor, and had me running in an hour. Very knowledgeable tech, and he saved me $10k. He drove a 1996 F150 with over a million miles and was proud that he fixes everything himself. I think it’s a YMMV situation but for $100/month it’s worth it to me. And I’ll never buy an appliance from a company that makes TVs.
  13. Squaredancing. That was my takeaway.
  14. Pm me. I can have a team of engineers on-site next week. That’ll be $2MM.
  15. My grandparents (home builders) designed their empty nest home around a 25’ X 40’ atrium with a close able cover in case of freezes/extreme heat. Floor to ceiling interior glass with a bougainvillea tree in the interior garden. Huge master suite and a smaller bedroom for guests. I loved that house. I’ve considered buying it as my FIL lives 2 doors down* but my father told me it would be a massive maintenance money pit. Am in process of buying my now late Dad’s custom built home from my stepmom. It’s pretty neat, gas fireplace in the wall betweeen the master bedroom and bathroom and a two story detached garage with an upstairs apartment/office suite which is going to be my man cave. Plus an air conditioned tackle room/shop adjacent to the garage. My forever home. My stepbrother lives in a mid century with an enclosed sunken den with large wet bar adjacent to his family room which is adjacent to a formal living room. The cathedral windows are in the formal dining room. They’ve bought vintage furniture and lucite dining room chairs plus he is a talented artist so the decor is perfect. The home was originally commissioned by the local lumberyard owner so lots of cool trim and fixtures. An A frame next to a quiet lake is my idea of heaven though. Since I’ll never be able to easily afford a mid-century on a Florida Keys canal, which is my other dream home. My sister’s husband will inherit one so I’ll just be a frequent visitor. *my wife has ruled that we will never live within easy walking distance to her father.
  16. My sibling scrubber her CV of anything remotely associated with her work at the Clinton WH and Dennis Hastert hired her as associate parliamentarian, where she served for 9 years. This morning I asked her who would be the ultimate arbiter if the Rs attempted to renege on a rules agreement. The Supreme Court? “Fuck if I know. We are in completely unprecedented insanity. Probably?”
  17. Thank you. She is still in ICU at Houston Methodist but I’m hoping she gets a “bucket list” period of time to see everyone that matters. She is one of the nicest, sweetest, most loving humans I’ve ever met and is my wife’s best friend. She and her mom are close like I was with my dad before he passed. I would trade places with her if I could.
  18. Brain cancer… my MIL got the diagnosis today. If there is some nightmare fuel it is Glioblastoma. She is 70, and usually people in her family live to mid-late 90s. Average 5 year survival rate for this kind is 1%.
  19. “Nick Saban has pictures of those refs having sex with goats.”
  20. Here’s something to get us going for the fall. That Rabideaux sausage is perfect. Family reserve Tobasco is a game changer too.
  21. No I was merely pointing out that SEC officiating isn’t perfect. I’m a disinterested observer here.
  22. I think he was making a blanket statement, plus I usually stay out of football threads. I try to be a good non-horn guest here.
  23. My dog (checkbook) in this fight ain’t those tigers.
  24. SEC refs just gifted Mizzou a TD on a false start so obvious that the entire LSU defense stood up and pointed. Y’all should just go ahead and start the SEC refs thread now.
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