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The way the two announcers were talking up the kicker before that last FG, I just knew he was going to "Doink" it, and he did.

The dreaded "Announcer's Curse" has struck again. :rotflmao:

re: Baking a King Cake

Posted by gumbo2176 on 1/11/26 at 12:30 pm to
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We have (ok my wife has) a from scratch cinnamon roll that we do every year for Christmas, considering repurposing for a king cake.



If you've ever had a Randazzo's King Cake, it is basically the same recipe as their great cinnamon rolls, so that sounds doable using your wife's recipe.

re: Whitetail deer hunts in Illinois.

Posted by gumbo2176 on 1/11/26 at 8:21 am to
A friend of mine, now deceased, once lived in Bloomington, IN. and I spent some time up at his place a few times over the years.

That state seems to be lousy with deer and several night rides with him into more rural areas was insane with the amount of deer seen at just about every turn in areas with open land.
If you are going to retrofit this in the area of the 30 in. stove, then you're going to probably have lower cabinets to address to make room for the new fit , upper cabinets to address to allow for a new exhaust hood, countertops and backsplash to deal with. You're probably talking about a couple extra grand above the cost of the stove just to make it fit if you have the skills to do it yourself.

Price goes up significantly if you have to hire that work out
For my wife-------a foot massager that you slip your feet into and it has a heating element, air that tightens the pressure on the feet that cycles on and off and a few dozen massaging balls that rotate and undulate on the soles of the feet. She uses it just about daily.

For me, 2 new tires for my motorcycle and a kit to rebuild its fuel pump to get it back on the road again.

re: Vegas is GOOD

Posted by gumbo2176 on 1/9/26 at 6:15 pm to
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If they get very close to 50/50 action then they nailed it.



That is the ideal situation for a bookie, to get equal action on both teams and they make bank on the "juice/vigorish" the bettors pay to make the bet.



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If the public bets 70% of one side of the line and the other side wins, that's just the public being dumb asses.



If a bookie has his bets that lopsided, he should lay some of it off to other bookies to get it closer to equal for both teams. Holding 70% of the bets on one team is them gambling those bettors will lose, but if they win, he's upside down for that game.
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I love both of those places, but I was thinking Bienville specifically.



Have you ever had their "Frenchaletta" po-boy? If not, it is a muffaletta on French bread and one of the favorites of the wife and I. We will split it since it is a pretty rich sandwich and I'll wash it down with one of their frozen mug beers and the wife usually gets a chardonnay.
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So what you’re saying is it’s totally inconclusive on whether it was the running that caused or added to your injuries?



No. What I'm saying is injuries are not level across the board where everyone gets hurt if doing the same things. Some of it comes down to genetics. Not all people are created the same in that aspect.

There's no doubt in my mind that all that running on hard surfaces contributed to what is going on in my life now. For the better part of several years I was hitting 30+ miles a week of ground pounding running.
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Liuzza’s



Which one? The one near the track or the one on Bienville in Mid-City?

Maybe both?????????? I frequent the one in Mid-City and love the big frozen mugs of ice cold beer.
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Would you say it was mostly from the runs or from the pounding?


A combination of both------and toss in genetics. I've had 2 rt. knee surgeries over the years and now they are saying I should consider a rt. knee replacement.

I've also had 2 major rt. ankle surgeries to correct damage with worn cartilage and onset arthritis in the joint. It certainly didn't help that I was born with a bad case of flat feet and that has come to haunt me the past 3 years.

It didn't help with all that running that it was done mostly on city streets before I switched off and started running on a track or atop the levee before they blacktopped it to become a bike path.

The guy I was running with is now 76 yrs. old and that SOB still gets on a treadmill for an hour at a time about 3 days a week and he has had no issues. As for me, I'm now 73, so a lot of injuries from my younger days have come home to roost.

re: Eight Cents worth of Bay Leaves?

Posted by gumbo2176 on 1/8/26 at 11:46 am to
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That's a good deal Mccormick will charge $6 for 10 bay leaves


And that is why I grow herbs in my garden. I was in Rouses yesterday and looked at the large plastic containers of Sweet Basil and Oregano and they were over $13 and $11 respectively.

I have a bay leaf plant in a large container and will pick them fresh when needed and if someone wants some, I'll pull off several dozen leaves, dry them a few days on a table and then bag them up to give out.

re: Letterman Jacket Cost

Posted by gumbo2176 on 1/8/26 at 10:26 am to
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I mean you get a lot of use out of it, so it's worth the cost. I'm 40 and I still rock mine regularly. Perfect segway to get to talk about my athletic accolades.


Telling anybody who will listen about your 4 touchdowns in one game when you were a teenager playing at Polk High Mr. Bundy. :rotflmao:

re: Happy Elvis' Birthday

Posted by gumbo2176 on 1/8/26 at 10:21 am to
At the rate he had gained weight, if he'd still be alive, he'd likely look like "Mr. Creosote" from the Monty Python days.

I remember the day his death was reported. I was driving home from a job and caught a light and just like the old days, they had a kid hawking newspapers at the light saying "The King is dead" and selling papers to people in cars.

The only other time I can remember that was when I was a kid and JFK was assassinated.
"The Battle of the Sexes" when Billie Jean King played Bobby Riggs in a tennis match. King was 29 when she played Riggs, age 55 in that match making that a 26 year age difference.

King won in 3 straight sets going 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 to take the $100K grand prize.

re: Happy Elvis' Birthday

Posted by gumbo2176 on 1/8/26 at 10:07 am to
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just ran into him at Walmarks, he was on the peanut butter aisle, hbd E!



If he didn't have bananas with it, he wasn't done shopping.
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And get run over by an OT’er in an F250!


Full disclosure, I like cycling.



I got into cycling in my early 50's and quickly decided that riding the bike paths on top of the levee of the Miss. River was the way to go.

The only real hazards faced was little old ladies walking their ankle snappers on 10 ft. leashes I had to be very aware of when passing.

I did hit the streets a few times and did some serious miles, but it was not worth it with vehicular traffic------Oh, and I was not one of those A-Holes that took up an entire lane just for the hell of it and never rode during peak traffic hours.
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Just do a weight lifting cardio circuit with an elliptical. Less pressure on your joints and you can get jacked and throw any “runner” through a window.


At one time in my life I was a pretty avid runner. That was back in my early 20's to late 20's. Me and a good friend of mine got to where a couple times a week we were doing 10 mile runs with 5 miles runs sprinkled between them. I'm now 73 and have shot knees and ankles I'm dealing with.

There's no doubt in my mind that those years of pounding during running has had an adverse effect on my joints.

You want to develop cardio without doing damage to your main joints-----take up cycling. Much easier on the joints and if you get serious enough you can cover a lot of ground in a short time.
Venezia and Mandina's in Mid-City

Frankie & Johnny's on Arabella St. uptown

Take 2 Viagra and call her in the morning.
Damn, that gal got rag-dolled and took a vicious azz whipping.

I bet next time the gal that got whipped will think twice about making that choice to force a confrontation.
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A $164 ticket seems a little steep, but glad to see someone is enforcing this.



And yet, somehow, your auto insurance company will find a way to increase your premiums even for going too slow on the interstate.

They are conscientious like that---------------------farging iceholes.