LSUShock
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| Registered on: | 6/2/2014 |
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re: Stanfield made that look easy!
Posted by LSUShock on 6/14/25 at 8:37 pm
Haha, this and eke laugh, but man can’t say I’ve ever been there.
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re: What's the Rant's opinion of Les Miles as a coach?
Posted by LSUShock on 6/13/25 at 10:53 pm
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2012 Alabama
One of the best nights in Tiger Stadium that wasn't.
I think you can only understand both the joy and agony of Les Miles if you were a die hard LSU fan from 2005-2016.
IMO, he squandered away the 2006 team which was actually better than the 2007 team. I think that was his inability as an X's and O's guy showing early and then being compensated for by talent.
Then the 2007 was the unforgettable year that should have been. Only 2 loss champion of the BCS area. Lucked his way into the Championship Coach realm.
The rest was just a roller coaster of shite QB's and a guy who refused to change. You knew you were not going to lose to many inferior teams, you got used to winning every opener and dominating OOC teams (til the end), you knew you were going to win most games in ridiculous ways, lose a few the same, and probably never get blown out.
Then you had to deal with the fact that Alabama became a machine and kind of the anti-Les with essentially the same talent year in and year out. And happened to beat us nearly every time.
Les was a "right place, right time" kind of hire at a place that was in a right place, right time stage.
Brian Kelly is just a more polished version of Les Miles with half the accomplishments.
re: Is there a world where LSU goes into Clemson and beats the brakes off of them?
Posted by LSUShock on 6/13/25 at 8:22 pm
Have you seen LSU beat the breaks off an equal or greater talented team the last 3 years?
Answer is emphatically no.
Answer is emphatically no.
re: CWS throwback question--Wichita State in the 90's
Posted by LSUShock on 6/12/25 at 8:33 am
My wife’s uncle is the WSU all time stolen base leader, a 2 time All American, and led the NCAA in hits in 1991. He was a local kid. Two of my high school baseball coaches played at WSU and then in the majors. They were both STL guys. Until about 2007, Gene didn’t miss on regional kids from midwestern towns who were great players. You’d get a kid from Independence, MO or Sand Springs, OK that would turn out to be a complete stud. Then mix in some good Wichita boys as well and that’s a recipe for good baseball.
Plus WSU had top notch facilities until about 2005 as well. The facilities are still impressive, but baseball is different now.
Crazy to think they kept their run going through the late 90s into the mid 2000s. They just couldn’t get passed the supers. I remember FSU and UC Irvine beating them both in recent years. I think they won game 1 in both those supers. One of the coolest sports moments I was at live was WSU beating Arizona with a walk off double in a regional around 2005 to play UCI. I think there was 10,000 people there. The support was awesome Gene’s whole tenure.
I went to Gene Stephenson baseball camp for years growing up. Would wear LSU stuff. He always gave me shite. My mom used to watch Brent Kemnitz kids. I had the 5 Advocate posters framed in my room. I walked in one night and he was drunk reading them. He said thanks for making me remember the 2 worst days of my baseball career. I still see him on occasion. We laugh about it.
Plus WSU had top notch facilities until about 2005 as well. The facilities are still impressive, but baseball is different now.
Crazy to think they kept their run going through the late 90s into the mid 2000s. They just couldn’t get passed the supers. I remember FSU and UC Irvine beating them both in recent years. I think they won game 1 in both those supers. One of the coolest sports moments I was at live was WSU beating Arizona with a walk off double in a regional around 2005 to play UCI. I think there was 10,000 people there. The support was awesome Gene’s whole tenure.
I went to Gene Stephenson baseball camp for years growing up. Would wear LSU stuff. He always gave me shite. My mom used to watch Brent Kemnitz kids. I had the 5 Advocate posters framed in my room. I walked in one night and he was drunk reading them. He said thanks for making me remember the 2 worst days of my baseball career. I still see him on occasion. We laugh about it.
re: Quick Paris Trip
Posted by LSUShock on 6/10/25 at 10:28 pm
I'll say this here until I die. Go to the back seafood market at Marché des Enfants-Rouges. It's incredible.
re: As of today, what is y’all’s confidence level vs Clemson week 1 ?
Posted by LSUShock on 6/5/25 at 2:49 pm
Until Brian Kelly wins a week 1 game against anyone, not very high.
re: Any Hotel recommendations in Paris
Posted by LSUShock on 5/30/25 at 1:30 am
Hoxton
re: LSU bar in Madrid
Posted by LSUShock on 5/30/25 at 1:30 am
Go hang with the locals at Mercardo de San Fernando. A great time on a Friday night!
re: What happened to all the tariff freak outs?
Posted by LSUShock on 5/21/25 at 12:12 am
90 Day Pause.
Down to 20% IEEPA + 10% + Section 301 (if applicable) + General Duty (if applicable).
So 30% minimum. 55% likely.
That's made it palpable.
Now everyone's ordering.
Ocean rates are about to 2x. Ports will be congested. Inland deliveries congested.
It's low enough for people to stomach unlike April 9-May 12
Down to 20% IEEPA + 10% + Section 301 (if applicable) + General Duty (if applicable).
So 30% minimum. 55% likely.
That's made it palpable.
Now everyone's ordering.
Ocean rates are about to 2x. Ports will be congested. Inland deliveries congested.
It's low enough for people to stomach unlike April 9-May 12
re: WMT says price hikes from tariffs coming this month
Posted by LSUShock on 5/15/25 at 11:17 am
It can be both. You’re at 55% if your goods are subject to the Section 301 Tariff (7.5-25% from Trump first term). Most people are subject to Section 301 for China imports, but not all depending on the HTS code. There are section 301 exclusions. The majority of those expire at the end of this month, so even more will be at the 55%.
re: WMT says price hikes from tariffs coming this month
Posted by LSUShock on 5/15/25 at 6:48 am
They're sure happy to start ordering again at the new 30% tariff.
I've been busy the past 3 nights.
Container Bookings Soar 277% out of China
I've been busy the past 3 nights.
Container Bookings Soar 277% out of China
Best Beach Resort/Club in Europe for Late September
Posted by LSUShock on 5/11/25 at 10:51 am
My SIL is getting married in September. Her and her fiance are going to use a trip they had already planned for their honeymoon. I told them it was a mistake to combine two types of trips into one, but that went in one ear and out the other.
They are landing at CDG on 9/20 and will have until 10/4 to get back to Paris.
I told them spend 3-4 days in Paris. 3-4 days in somewhere else in France/Spain, and 3-4 days in Mallorca or Sicily laying on the beach before getting back to Paris to depart.
Anybody have suggestions for good beach clubs/resorts?
They are landing at CDG on 9/20 and will have until 10/4 to get back to Paris.
I told them spend 3-4 days in Paris. 3-4 days in somewhere else in France/Spain, and 3-4 days in Mallorca or Sicily laying on the beach before getting back to Paris to depart.
Anybody have suggestions for good beach clubs/resorts?
re: For people who have been to Omaha, what else is there to do?
Posted by LSUShock on 5/11/25 at 10:48 am
Cottonwood Hotel is the shite in Blackstone district. Not convenient for anything Rosenblatt related, but it's awesome. Gets packed during the summer though because they sell day passes.
re: Non-touristy things you do on vacation
Posted by LSUShock on 5/5/25 at 8:24 am
Running. The best way to see a city quickly is to run it.
re: Paris restaurant recs?
Posted by LSUShock on 5/3/25 at 9:39 pm
I can't recommend the seafood bar at the back of the Le Enfants Du Marche enough. It was my favorite meal of the trip. Not cheap, but I'd go eat mussels and drink white wine there everyday of the week if I could.
We also did a private macaroon cooking class. The host was an old restaurant check near the Eiffel Tower. He recommended this place to us.
L'Abreuvoir
We also did a private macaroon cooking class. The host was an old restaurant check near the Eiffel Tower. He recommended this place to us.
L'Abreuvoir
re: Fairhope, AL
Posted by LSUShock on 4/27/25 at 10:07 pm
Nice recs. We're stopping in Fairhope for a night between Little Rock and Mexico Beach, FL next month.
re: Your IRL encounters with celebrities
Posted by LSUShock on 4/27/25 at 2:30 pm
Walked along side Dierks Bentley on Bourbon Street. Not sure anyone knew who he was but me.
Sat by Akon at JFK waiting for a flight out. He was bearing a teal blue suit and gloss white shoes.
Steve Aoki and I ran into one another walking into the AAdvantage lounge in DFW. I let him go first.
Tom Watson was eating dinner at a local restaurant after pheasant hunting in Kansas one table away from us.
Caddied in Barry Sanders' group once.
Drank vegas bombs with Rob Riggle and Paul Rudd at The Hawk in Lawrence, KS 2011.
Was on a flight during COVID with about 20 people on it. Chuck Liddell was one of them with his wife. He was wearing a shirt that said I'm carrying and had arrows pointing to his arms.
Sat by Akon at JFK waiting for a flight out. He was bearing a teal blue suit and gloss white shoes.
Steve Aoki and I ran into one another walking into the AAdvantage lounge in DFW. I let him go first.
Tom Watson was eating dinner at a local restaurant after pheasant hunting in Kansas one table away from us.
Caddied in Barry Sanders' group once.
Drank vegas bombs with Rob Riggle and Paul Rudd at The Hawk in Lawrence, KS 2011.
Was on a flight during COVID with about 20 people on it. Chuck Liddell was one of them with his wife. He was wearing a shirt that said I'm carrying and had arrows pointing to his arms.
re: The whiplash from China tariffs will be a bit like Covid shutdown according to this CEO
Posted by LSUShock on 4/25/25 at 3:14 pm
This means you were using the Matson express service where they own their own terminal. It's a good reliable service, but it comes with a cost.
Here's today's market rates SHA to LAX.
Standard Carrier: $2,400/40'
Matson: $8,100/40'
Here's today's market rates SHA to LAX.
Standard Carrier: $2,400/40'
Matson: $8,100/40'
re: The whiplash from China tariffs will be a bit like Covid shutdown according to this CEO
Posted by LSUShock on 4/25/25 at 3:35 am
Molson is a customer and a bit of an extremist, but he’s not wrong.
Relatively speaking ~70% of the US imports come from China. Of that 70%, 60% or so if all bookings since April 9 have been cancelled or postponed. Most of those cancellations are on post-production products. Those goods are done and ready for shipment, just sitting there. In line with his timelines, it will be May 9-June 9 when you start to see the impact of those goods not being where they intended to be.
I have a customer who imports 100s of containers of holiday decorations. His factory rep went to the manufacturer last week. He called back and said there are 1000s of containers worth of Walmart/Hobby Lobby/Target goods just sitting.
Aside from the inventory shortage, the bigger problem here is that once/if this resolves, everyone turns the faucet on at once. And the capacity is fixed, which means the carriers are licking their chops to charge everyone 3-5x normal ocean rates just like we saw 2020-2022. Vessels outside of LAX/LGB waiting again, the whole deal.
International supply chains run on fluidity and predictability. You stop the flow of goods for 6 weeks. It takes 5x that amount of time for the system to right itself. Even if the tariffs get resolved, the supply chain challenges are far from over.
And to everyone who always says, well that doesn’t affect me or my community, we buy local, I say go ask your local suppliers where they buy from. Everyone’s in bed with China even if you have a few degrees of separation directly. .
Relatively speaking ~70% of the US imports come from China. Of that 70%, 60% or so if all bookings since April 9 have been cancelled or postponed. Most of those cancellations are on post-production products. Those goods are done and ready for shipment, just sitting there. In line with his timelines, it will be May 9-June 9 when you start to see the impact of those goods not being where they intended to be.
I have a customer who imports 100s of containers of holiday decorations. His factory rep went to the manufacturer last week. He called back and said there are 1000s of containers worth of Walmart/Hobby Lobby/Target goods just sitting.
Aside from the inventory shortage, the bigger problem here is that once/if this resolves, everyone turns the faucet on at once. And the capacity is fixed, which means the carriers are licking their chops to charge everyone 3-5x normal ocean rates just like we saw 2020-2022. Vessels outside of LAX/LGB waiting again, the whole deal.
International supply chains run on fluidity and predictability. You stop the flow of goods for 6 weeks. It takes 5x that amount of time for the system to right itself. Even if the tariffs get resolved, the supply chain challenges are far from over.
And to everyone who always says, well that doesn’t affect me or my community, we buy local, I say go ask your local suppliers where they buy from. Everyone’s in bed with China even if you have a few degrees of separation directly. .
re: The whiplash from China tariffs will be a bit like Covid shutdown according to this CEO
Posted by LSUShock on 4/25/25 at 3:26 am
His timelines are estimates and on the high end, but they aren’t too far off base. I’m assuming he is referring more to when goods are finished in production to when they arrive at your door. If goods are ready today, they don’t just get on a boat and depart tomorrow. They have to meet cutoffs for weekly schedules. Usually adding 7-10 days from the true “cargo ready date”.
Then if it’s not one of a few main ports in China, the vessel operates on a string that makes port calls every few days along the way. The main voyage once departed trans-pacific is about 12-17 days depending on departure port. There’s no such thing as a fast boat, just a boat with fewer port calls and direct run to LAX. These usually only depart Shanghai or Ningbo. Get to LAX in 12 days, port at the Matson terminal (no waiting), unload next day, ship domestically a few days later. Cost is usually about 180% of standard ocean.
Then if it’s not one of a few main ports in China, the vessel operates on a string that makes port calls every few days along the way. The main voyage once departed trans-pacific is about 12-17 days depending on departure port. There’s no such thing as a fast boat, just a boat with fewer port calls and direct run to LAX. These usually only depart Shanghai or Ningbo. Get to LAX in 12 days, port at the Matson terminal (no waiting), unload next day, ship domestically a few days later. Cost is usually about 180% of standard ocean.
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