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re: Key West do not miss

Posted by LSUfan4444 on 4/4/26 at 6:09 pm to
I wouldn’t rent a sail boat but you can rent a deck boat or pontoon easily.

re: Key West do not miss

Posted by LSUfan4444 on 4/4/26 at 7:13 am to
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Lattitides on SSK has ambience and the views,


For the same price you can rent your own boat for half a day, sail out with a a meal you bought on shore and have a better and more private experience IMO.

I also suggest the sea plane over to the dry tortugas. More expensive than the ferry but if you take the first trip of the day you will basically have the entire island with just you and the people who joined you on the plane before a few hundred arrive by ferry.
I am a pretty good open water swimmer, multiple Ironman (2.4 miles), well over a dozen Half Ironman (1.2 mile swim) and not just in lakes as a few of these were in rough, choppy water in the Gulf of America, Caribbean Sea, Indian Ocean, etc.

Anyway, I ended up in the 17th street canal once while playing in a volleyball tournament at Coconut Beach trying to help some kids who tried to take a Kayak out into the gulf on a windy day with like 3' chop. Kid was panicking and getting pulled out into the Gulf and the Coast Guard was called but I jumped in off the bridge to try to get him a life jacket and before I knew it I was getting sucked out to the gulf myself.

I didn't start to panic at first just figuring it would take me a while to swim back to the bank but I was not getting any closer and before I knew it I was passing underneath the bridge. I just kept thinking the coast guard is close, just stay afloat.

Thankfully there was enough people around watching and one of them had cut one of the crab traps that had been hanging from the bridge and moved it so I could grap the rope and I went by. I couldnt hear shite but I saw it and knew what they were doing.

I was able to grab the rope and get pulled back to the bank and seconds later the coast guard showed up and saved the kid.

At the time, I wasnt very scared but minutes later, seeing how terrified my wife was, the reality hit me how close it was to being the end.
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Get a letter from a doctor because of allergies you daughter needs a special off campus environment.


I'd rather send her to UF or USM.
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As a former student who lived on campus for three years, I think living on campus has many benefits. Campus has everything you need.


While may be true, it should not be required and living off campus has many benefits as well.

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I just don’t see the downside.



The requirement. Thats the downside. Let people make the best decision for themselves their family and their situation. Individual responsibilities with individual consequences and accomplishments.

And, the requirement is a a HUGE reason the cost went up in the first place.

Everything campus offers can still be offered if it wasn't required.
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If your student lives within 50 miles of campus,


She doesn't
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Why do the schools need to be responsible for housing?


Because they require it so they can jack up the rates and essentially just launder state money at an increased rate to pay themselves with their own money.

re: Ford f150 APIM

Posted by LSUfan4444 on 4/2/26 at 9:43 am to
I got rid of mine as soon as the APIM went out. It went out the same time a tire sensor went out and the horn stopped working (not a fuse). All about 6 months after it was parked next to a tree that was struck my lightning. with 125k miles and a $3 repair estimate (most of which was the APIM) I traded it in and moved on to something else. No way I was going to put that kind of money into a 8 year old truck knowing next up was likely the transmission.
Until / unless they drop the on campus living requirement for freshman, there is no shot in hell we are sending our daughter there.

re: Bourbon collection challenges

Posted by LSUfan4444 on 3/31/26 at 5:43 am to
The greatest Bourbon Challenge is collecting Bourbon but not talking about.
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Would make zero sense if they move forward with Lafayette location.


What about the 75 miles between the one in Pass Christian and Loxley?

re: TSA Question

Posted by LSUfan4444 on 3/30/26 at 8:49 am to
No, you do not need a boarding pass to go through TSA.

re: Zach Bryan Concert Info

Posted by LSUfan4444 on 3/28/26 at 1:12 pm to
Scratch that, apparently the crawfish and jambalaya is free. So, pre-admission, pre-crawfish and free jambalaya.

re: Zach Bryan Concert Info

Posted by LSUfan4444 on 3/28/26 at 12:49 pm to
And currently, there’s plenty of on street parking on campus so no need for parking passes if you can find a spot on the street.

re: Zach Bryan Concert Info

Posted by LSUfan4444 on 3/28/26 at 12:48 pm to
So a sponsor stepped up and paid for all the entry fees at walk-on’s for the crawfish bowl. It’s still a cash bar and you have to pay for the crawfish but there are no more $15 tickets needed. If you bought $15 tickets, when you get here they give you four $10 gift cards to cover what you spent.

re: Zach Bryan Concert Info

Posted by LSUfan4444 on 3/27/26 at 9:57 am to
We will be setting up a tailgate probably about 11:30 or so. Dropping things off, head to Walk Ons for a bit then back to tailgate about 3 / 3:30 and hanging there till 7:30 or so before heading in.
Venture over to the OT and you'll see the meaningless shite people care about. The world has turned into a 1980s womens hair salon where everyone has to have an opinion on something and everyone overvalues their opinion.
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This is accurate. Our coach next year was going to be Will Wade or Matt McMahon.


Yep, there is a reason no other name had been rumored or leaked.