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I had a big copperhead sunning itself by my shed a few years ago. It must have lived under the shed, but this tree root next to it was where it liked to soak up rays. After seeing it there a few times and thinking how to kill it (shot gun in the city, pistol bouncing back off the root etc) I decided to use the shove and just cut it's head off. I put on my boots, got my shovel and went for it. When I hit it the first time, about 20 baby snakes came flooding out of it. I guess the hit forced a premature birth. So now I have a half dead, pissed off mom snake and 20 squirming baby poison suckers to deal with. I still have nightmares. LOL. But I cut off 21 heads that day.
We know one of the kids that died in Ox. Stories we are hearing from my daughter is laced xanax
Pasta Garden was the best. We did not eat out much, but Pasta Garden, Ground Patti and R and K were the spots we did.

The folks who owned Danvers lived five or six house up the street from us. Good folks and good food.
Reports out of parents with kids at Ole Miss. Some kids from other schools who were in Ox for the weekend.
My daughter was close to one of the kids at Ole Miss. So sad. She has had a rough year with the kids from Mobile (fire, boat) and now this.

Thanksgiving in Nola

Posted by Dirtysouthdeacon on 9/15/26 at 10:17 am
My family (10 of us) will be in Nola for Thanksgiving week. Recs on a good buffet for Thanksgiving? Looking at RedFish and Court of Two Sisters. Would like a buffet with traditional and Nola options vs a three course dinner type of situation. Thanks.
If you are at a hotel, I would recommend Uber to and From. Especially if you are not familiar with that part of town. You can easily end up in a wrong lane that people wont let you out of and end up on one of four highways that you do not want to be on. Uber is pretty straight forward. Just do not fall for the fake Ubers after the game that will charge you twice as much.

There is plenty to eat and drink in the Battery. Depending on timing, you can get anything from upscale texmex to good pizza to a steak dinner.

The people watching is prime. You will see alot of skin. Some you want to see and some you cant unsee. Have fun, go Braves.
In February, late on a Sunday night, our little girl dog started acting strange and was hallucinating. She had a heart issue and we knew it would not be long, but we were not prepared for this. Right before midnight I called the closest emergency vet, told the kids we were leaving, and loaded up the dog with my wife holding her. We didn't get out of the driveway and she died in my wife's arms. She looked at me and said, I think she just died. So, I threw it in park and ran to the other side of the truck and she had, in fact, died. It was terrible. I went ahead and drove to the vet and they took her in for cremation. I do not envy you and godspeed.

re: Jost Van Dyke

Posted by Dirtysouthdeacon on 8/13/26 at 1:06 pm to
I will also arse that my 21 year old daughter had to come a few days later due to exams and she manueved St Thomas - ferry- customs- ferry to Tortola and had no issues. It is a bit of a hassle since you want to get to relaxing, but it not hard.
20M trust for each of my three kids. Leaves 200M. 25-30M initial splurge on intown house, beach/bay house, boat, new cars for wife, kids, me. Leaves 170M to live off interest and only take principal to help buy houses for the kids when they are ready for them. I am only living another 20 years max. I cant spend that in 20 years.

re: Jost Van Dyke

Posted by Dirtysouthdeacon on 8/12/26 at 12:32 pm to
We did the same. St Thomas, private boat, clear customs, and stayed on Tortola. Then ferry to JVD etc. Best trip I have done in a decade. Soggy Dollar is fun and you can get around to other spots by boat or cab or ferry.
One thing is for sure: HR is not there to help you or take care of you. There are there to protect the company. Do not believe a word they say.
I was with a group of guys and girls at a Allman Brothers concert in Atlanta. One of the girls had to pee and the line for the port o jons were ten deep, so she pulled up in a pile of tall grass behind a few cars. Well, she squatted down and then started screaming. She stepped in an ant pile and before she knew it there were all up her exposed legs and...We had to convince her to go to the first aid due to embarrassment, but she was glad she did. They let her shower off etc. She did not attend the show.
The OT needs more threads like this and we need a full report tomorrow. Godspeed.
Acqua Al 2 - Florence. Get the "special" pasta app of the day ( it is like 6 homemade pasta) and the blueberry filet entree.
Not as much fired, but I worked on the corporate side of a largeish recruiting agency. The company has an annual large conference that almost all the recruiters, sales folks, and management corporate folks attended. This company maily hires from SEC school kids coming out after 4 years looking for a job. It is basically a three day party for 20somethings. I think the year I left 26 were fired for various reasons including: hooking up in public, drugs in the open, naked on elevators/lobby, arrested, etc.
"Oh and ugh Mitch Kramer...Mitchy Mitchy Mitchy Mitchy"
My son is a rising 8th grader. He has 35-40 kids in his class playing travel ball still. There are likely 6-9 of those kids making the high school team (K-12 school). If you are on the fourth best travel team you are just supplementing the best team with financial resources. It is a joke. Yet all the D team parents think the new batting cage in the backyard will make the difference.
My wife and I are both always early and hate to be late. Problem is that my wife waits the exact number of minutes she needs to get ready before starting to get ready. So, that leaves all the other crap to me. Running to the store, dropping kids, getting a gift, etc. I guess it is better than being late.