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re: What is the most famous crime/murder in your area?
Posted by gumbo2176 on 2/26/26 at 4:21 pm to MorbidTheClown
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Been a long time but the girl from our neighborhood was found behind a Church's Chicken either in or behind a dumpster. Was pretty shocking back then.
Is this the gal who worked at Church's Chicken on St. Claude and Caffin Ave. back in the late 60's or early 70's. If so, I was a friend of her brother and went to school with him at Chalmette High.
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I dont even care about precision.
I eyeball it.
Haven’t regretted it. Ever.
I've found the guy who doesn't build furniture and use expensive hardwoods to do so.
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Where I’m from would be this guy. There’s also a documentary on it called Bayou Blue
Ronald Dominique
I've seen a couple shows that profiled that guy and he was one sick puppy, but ingenious how he got so many young men incapacitated before killing them. Hell of a ruse he thought up and able to pull off time after time.
To look at the guy, he looked like he would be scared of his own shadow---and that's what made him so dangerous.
In New Orleans, I'd go with the UpStairs Lounge Fire that killed 49 people in the summer of 73. It was a popular gay bar in the French Quarter.
A guy named Roger Dale Nunez was questioned and thought to be the person who started the fire but the evidence was not strong enough to bring charges. He died by suicide in the fall of 74.
Nunez was known to have psychiatric issues and had been kicked out of the bar earlier the day of the fire.
In total, 49 men died from all walks of life with 2 of them never being identified.
A guy named Roger Dale Nunez was questioned and thought to be the person who started the fire but the evidence was not strong enough to bring charges. He died by suicide in the fall of 74.
Nunez was known to have psychiatric issues and had been kicked out of the bar earlier the day of the fire.
In total, 49 men died from all walks of life with 2 of them never being identified.
When I was in that 12-16 yr. old range, it was nothing for me to eat 6 hot glazed donuts with a glass of cold milk, and still want more but was run off so others could have some. As I got older I would eat 3 and feel bloated afterwards.
I haven't eaten a dozen donuts total in the past 20 years and really don't miss them.
I haven't eaten a dozen donuts total in the past 20 years and really don't miss them.
Just how many weird boxes can this one tick?
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When I was a kid, about 55 years ago, me and my family were at West End and saw a flat boat with about 15 sharks in it. They were all about three or four feet long and caught in the Lake. But I’ve never seen a live one in the Lake.
I'm 73 and spent a lot of time swimming in the lake as a kid. I can't remember anyone in our family having A/C to ward off the summer's heat and I wish I had a dollar for all the times me and some of my cousins would take busses to the lake and wind up swimming and tanning all day long.
I can only remember one time where we actually saw a small shark swimming near the seawall in the area we swam in, and it didn't stop us from getting back in the water.
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my biggest fear was always the handle breaking at the metal shaft going thru my hand.
And that is why I bought the all metal ones because I did have one of those plastic handle ones break and got lucky just to get some damage to my palm that didn't dig in too deep.
re: What Were You Doing On A Friday Night In High School?
Posted by gumbo2176 on 2/25/26 at 3:50 pm to lacajun069
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In the fall I was in Hoss Memphis stadium watch my Mighty John Ehret Patriots
That was also West Jeff's home stadium-----oh, and it's Hoss Memtsas, not Memphis.
Named after Harold "Hoss" Memtsas who was a standout football player in high school and college and eventually coached at Warren Easton, East Jeff and West Jeff.
re: One of the Biggest Open Secrets of Humankind
Posted by gumbo2176 on 2/25/26 at 3:07 pm to shutterspeed
There's a lot of things I find myself curious about, but other people's bowel movements don't even hit the list.
My high school days ended upon graduation in 1970. Friday nights in the fall were spent at Chalmette Stadium watching the Owls play football and then heading over to a friends house to shoot pool in their garage and drink a couple Carling's Black Label beers.
Other times during the year I would be hanging with friends or camping out along the Mississippi River batture with a couple of my cousins and spending most of the night fishing, building a big fire and enjoying our freedom from home.
Once I got a steady job, it was getting some sleep to wake up at 4:30 to be at work for daybreak in the summer months.
Other times during the year I would be hanging with friends or camping out along the Mississippi River batture with a couple of my cousins and spending most of the night fishing, building a big fire and enjoying our freedom from home.
Once I got a steady job, it was getting some sleep to wake up at 4:30 to be at work for daybreak in the summer months.
As long as there's a handful of people around, there's going to be a-hole people no matter the time of day, week, year or history.
re: Favorite frozen pizza from the grocery store?
Posted by gumbo2176 on 2/25/26 at 11:42 am to SpotCheckBilly
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I get the Kirkland cheese pizzas and add whatever topics I want.
Pepperoni is pretty much a go-to for pizzas we like most and the Kirkland ones do have a generous amount of sliced pepperoni on them.
I often make pizza for us and have bought sliced pepperoni in the stores to do so and it's crazy what it costs. The last time I got some from Rouses, an 8 oz. pack was over $5 out the door.
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. I've run plugs for a long time as well. Patches are better but plugs will hold a long time.
True story. A friend of mine came down from Indiana in early 06 after Katrina hit N.O. and stayed at my house from February until August and worked with a contractor friend of mine who wanted quality people.
When he showed up in his Dodge Ram pickup I handed him a plug kit with extra plugs and a battery powered compressor and told him he'd need it.
After a few months he probably had a dozen or more plugs in his tires due to all the crap in the streets due to all the demo that was going on as he made his way around town to jobs.
He actually drove that truck back up to Indiana with the plugged tires around Easter to spend some time with his family and bought a new set of tires while there. He told me the guys at the tire shop freaked out at the number of plugs he had in all his tires. The only time he ever had a flat was when he caught another nail or screw, not because plugs failed.
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plenty of that going on I'm sure, except the wives are seeking it out themselves
Yep, it's called Xanax and Ambien.
re: Martin Short's daughter Katherine has died by suicide
Posted by gumbo2176 on 2/24/26 at 5:06 pm to tiger rag 93
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Why have people started marking out letters in suicide (s*icide) when it’s still very clear what the word is? Is this a social media thing?
Yeah, it's an effort to stop the stampede before it starts for the weak minded soft people who seek out their "Safe Place" when they see a word that triggers their senses.
It's hard for me to fathom that some people can be that damn fragile.
My wife and her daughter were in San Francisco for 5 days recently and they grabbed a burger and fries at one of the In-n-Out locations and they both said they found it pretty good.
I've never eaten there and it's probably been at least 10 years since I've had a fast food burger from any outlet. When I did eat them several times a year, I preferred Burger King over all the others.
I've never eaten there and it's probably been at least 10 years since I've had a fast food burger from any outlet. When I did eat them several times a year, I preferred Burger King over all the others.
re: Favorite frozen pizza from the grocery store?
Posted by gumbo2176 on 2/24/26 at 4:31 pm to delta_zulu
We buy the Kirkland 4 pack of Pepperoni with the thin crust frozen pizzas and they are pretty good for a frozen pizza.
We do like to add a bit of thin sliced onion, bell pepper and mushrooms to the pizza then bake it.
We do like to add a bit of thin sliced onion, bell pepper and mushrooms to the pizza then bake it.
re: Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao 2 fight set in Sept 2026. Floyd unretires after 9 years
Posted by gumbo2176 on 2/24/26 at 4:28 pm to lsucoonass
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Why would Manny be broke considering his role in politics in Manila? With how much money he made along with his other endeavors I just don’t see how.
Manny if known to be incredibly generous with his money. I'd be willing to bet he's not broke, but he's probably not set for the rest of his life like he should be with all the money he's made over the years.
The good thing is, living in the Philippines is relatively cheap when compared to a lot of other countries, so there's that.
re: Tire repair kit
Posted by gumbo2176 on 2/24/26 at 3:35 pm to The Dunder Mifflin
I got one of those T-handle kits with the rasp like round tool to score the hole once the nail/screw is removed and the tool to insert the plug.
The kit came with the 2 T-handle tools, a dozen or so plugs and glue to use on the plugs if you feel it is needed.
The good thing was, the 2 T-handled tools are made of metal, not that plastic crap and I've had it since 05 after Katrina. I got it from an Auto Zone store.
Before that, I had gone through 2 of those sets with the plastic handles that broke when using them------don't waste your money on the cheap ones.
The kit came with the 2 T-handle tools, a dozen or so plugs and glue to use on the plugs if you feel it is needed.
The good thing was, the 2 T-handled tools are made of metal, not that plastic crap and I've had it since 05 after Katrina. I got it from an Auto Zone store.
Before that, I had gone through 2 of those sets with the plastic handles that broke when using them------don't waste your money on the cheap ones.
re: Supreme Rice (Crowley) question black residue
Posted by gumbo2176 on 2/24/26 at 10:47 am to 3BlockUber
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Their response was the rocks were natural with rice farming (maybe so) and they were safe to eat (I disagree)
You and I both. It doesn't take much of a rock to chip or break a tooth if bitten down on hard enough. NOBODY expects to find rocks in their cooked rice much less simply overlook it like it's normal.
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