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Location:Colfax,La.
Biography:Married,retired RN,US Navy veteran
Interests:Hunting,fishing,tree farm
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Registered on:1/4/2019
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re: No dig fencing to keep dogs in yard

Posted by LSUA 75 on 4/24/26 at 9:39 pm to
At my old house I bought rolls of green vinyl wire,about 2 ft. wide,laid it out on ground with a few stakes to hold it down.Grass would go up through it,couldn’t tell it was there.

re: Baton Rouge long term outlook

Posted by LSUA 75 on 4/24/26 at 9:27 pm to
Ellick-1,972 violent crimes per 100,000 residents.
B.R.- 1,0004 violent crimes per 100,000 residents

So Ellick is worse than B.R..

It is gotten pretty bad last couple of years,thugs in cars shooting at each other on MacArthur Drive,at the traffic circle,on North Drive at entrance to Sam’s,all kinds of places..
I live in Grant Parish,very little crime here.People in Grant parish hate to go to Ellick.
Population of Ellick is dropping as people move to Woodworth area,Pineville and towards Deville area.
I see people I know from Ellick shopping at the Wal Mart in Pineville because they are afraid to go to the one in Ellick.

It’s sad to see,I grew up in Ellick during a time when nobody locked their doors to their house or cars,many people never took the keys out of their cars.
There are a lot of very good black people in Ellick but they keep pretty quiet about the crime problem.I guess they’re afraid of getting targeted by the thugs.
I don’t see the problem getting better,it’s just getting progressively worse.

re: Baton Rouge long term outlook

Posted by LSUA 75 on 4/24/26 at 9:26 pm to
Ellick-1,972 violent crimes per 100,000 residents.
B.R.- 1,0004 violent crimes per 100,000 residents

So Ellick is worse than B.R..

It is gotten pretty bad last couple of years,thugs in cars shooting at each other on MacArthur Drive,at the traffic circle,on North Drive at entrance to Sam’s,all kinds of places..
I live in Grant Parish,very little crime here.People in Grant parish hate to go to Ellick.
Population of Ellick is dropping as people move to Woodworth area,Pineville and towards Deville area.
I see people I know from Ellick shopping at the Wal Mart in Pineville because they are afraid to go to the one in Ellick.

It’s sad to see,I grew up in Ellick during a time when nobody locked their doors to their house or cars,many people never took the keys out of their cars.
There are a lot of very good black people in Ellick but they keep pretty quiet about the crime problem.I guess they’re afraid of getting targeted by the thugs.
I don’t see the problem getting better,it’s just getting progressively worse.
I live out in the country,have long driveway and plenty of parking between house and my shop and in front of it.
Grandkids come over and park right in front of the entrance to garage.So I can’t get in or out of my garage.
I raise hell,guess that’s why they call me Grumps.
Probably a poacher sold it to him.I found out about a guy once that was poaching deer and selling them to country grocery stores for $25.The store owners would grind them and mix it with ground beef.My source told me the guy killed 70 deer between Jan and July that year.I reported him,game wardens staked out his house and busted him about 3am when he came home.Had 4 does in his jeep.
I found out later he wasn’t prosecuted for the illegal deer.He was awaiting trial on a drug charge.DA moved up his trial date,guy pled guilty and went to prison for 2 years.
Real dirt bag.

“Not having a proper license would be a good reason not to cover damages/accident”

Yep.
I got burned on a deal like this.Guy had insurance,showed it to me.I didn’t think to ask about a license.He cut a tree,went the wrong way,hit the power line and jerked the electrical service off the house.Cost me a thousand or so to an electrician to repair.Insurance wouldn’t pay because he didn’t have a license.
I was worried that SWEPCO was going to charge me to restring the wire he took down but they didn’t.
I wonder how many cashiers are going to get shot.
“ imagine trying to take a dump after that”
He’ll be shifting in a bag(colostomy).

When I got stationed in Spain I couldn’t wait to go to a bullfight,went to one in Seville.
Was a miserable experience.Packed in like sardines,my knees in someone’s back,someone’s knees in my back.
Hot as hell,Spaniards weren’t big on deodorant,,overwhelming b.o. stench.
There are 6 seperate bulls and matadors,after the 2nd one I was rooting for the bull(not out loud).
One matador got his pants ripped halfway off,all I could do to not cheer for the bull.
I didn’t have a car then,rode a USO bus so I had no way to get back to the base or I would have left before it was over.
I have a relative that is a priest(millennial).He’s very conservative,loves Trump.
Not so fun fact-they hang rape these women before they hang them.
“Why are we not throwing thousands of people in jail”

Aren’t enough jails.Aren’t enough prosecutors,judges etc.To try and prosecute all these would overwhelm the system.
Sad but that’s the way it is.
“Why anyone would want to become a cop is beyond me”

I think that can be said about most any profession.
I was an ICU nurse 35 years,31 full time,4 part time.I got asked that question a lot.I can only say it suited me.

There are a lot of other jobs I would want no part of.If I had been an office worker in a cubicle all day I would have gone stark raving crazy.
Mechanic,plumber,welder,lawyer,teacher,restaraunt worker,on and on,lots of jobs I wouldn’t have wanted to do.

I have known a lot of cops,most are good people.There are bad apples in every profession.
Nurses- most are decent people.Drs- lots of good ones,some are horrible.

I spent 2 years on Navy Shore Patrol in Rota Spain,I enjoyed the freedom to ride around on patrol,breaking up fights,snatching up troublemakers and taking them back on base,such as that.
I hated dealing with auto accidents and domestic incidents.Those were main reasons I didn’t pursue law enforcement when I got out.

Good thing everybody doesn’t like all the same thing.

The pope must not be too smart.Sucking up to Muslims,they would happily cut his head off.
He needs to get a translation of the Koran.
2016 Prius-50mpg
2000 Highlander Hybrid-35 mpg( mostly Hwy)
2024 Honda Ridgeline-22 mpg (mixed)

re: Ford F150 or GMC Sierra 1500?

Posted by LSUA 75 on 4/18/26 at 4:56 pm to
Go test drive a Honda Ridgeline.Perfect,for light use,towing no more than 5,000 lbs.
Wine snobs are obnoxious but they don’t stink like cigar snobs.
I would think Congress would have to pass a law banning drug company ads on tv.
Would never happen,too many congressmen and senators get campaign donations from pharma.

re: Side hustle for W2 earners

Posted by LSUA 75 on 4/17/26 at 11:21 am to
“air conditioned cab or open cab?

Guy that has done some mulching jobs for me started with an open cab.
After he got into bumblebee and Yellowjackets a time or two he traded it for AC cab.
You posted the pre 1986 vaccine schedule and then the post 1986 schedule which has significantly increased the number of vaccines.”(Total through age 18 was often cited as 50-70+ doses ……….compared to roughly two dozen or fewer in the 1980’s”

The 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act granted vaccine manufacturers significant immunity from civil lawsuits regarding vaccine-related injuries or deaths.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recieves major funding from Merck,Moderna,Pfizer and Sanofi(vaccine manufacturers).

To become board certified as a pediatrician one must pass an examination administered by the American Board of Pediatrics(a seperate entity).
The AAP and ABP are seperate,distinct organazations that collaborate closely to set standards,educate pediatricians and maintain board certification.

Make sense now?
The Food Bank of Central Louisiana uses my church in Grant parish once a
month to distribute food to the poor.I have been going to help for a good many years now.
For many years a portion of the food was in boxes labeled as donated by Catholic Charities.
Couple years ago no more food from Catholic Charities,I can only assume they were spending their money helping illegal aliens invade the U S.

Pisses me off.
“Do you realize how many Catholics vote Republican?”

Do you realize how many Catholics vote for Democrats.I went to Catholic schools 12 years,also come from a large Catholic family many of which go to church faithfully,recieve communion,etc.
I never bring up politics or religion,don’t really Iike to discuss religion or politics.Invariably some of them will bring it up to me,usually to bash Trump.

The conversations always go the same way,”you vote for Democrats,the party that advocates for abortion,want to cut off little boys penises,etc.”
Then I ask them what kind of mental gymnastics they go through to vote for politicians that advocate for all sorts of perversions that the Catholic Church condemns.Then they start getting pissed,they can’t justify it.
Then I tell them “you are a cafeteria Catholic which is a nice word for hypocrite.”
They really get pissed off then the conversations always ends and they don’t speak to me anymore which is fine with me.

My background is I was a cradle Catholic,altar boy,12 years Catholic school,stationed in a Catholic country(Spain),worked in a Catholic hospital.
The hypocrisy I experienced in all the above soured me on the Catholic Church.There are hypocrites in every religion but what I experienced was off the charts.Besides,there were things I was taught I didn’t believe,had some bad experiences also.
Been Southern Baptist good many years now,feel much more comfortable.