blueridgeTiger

re: Louisiana Top 20 Largest Cities Challenge

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 8/5/26 at 3:20 pm to BayouNation

No Bogalusa! I'm not going to play this game.

re: Reuters: US has used "virtually all" of its precision strike missiles

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 8/4/26 at 4:28 pm to joshnorris14

The inventories were not at optimum levels before the Iran Offensive. I have a friend in the War Department who told me that since the Ukraine/Russian war, the military rarely uses live ammunition in training because so much has been shipped to Ukraine.

re: Student in hearing tells Tommy Robinson he's lucky Muslims haven't beaten him to death

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 8/3/26 at 3:54 pm to TrueTiger

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This is absolutely brilliant from Laurence Fox

Is this the same Laurence Fox who played Sergeant Hathaway in the Inspector Lewis series?

re: DoorDash launches in-house drone delivery program after FAA certification

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 7/30/26 at 3:16 pm to forkedintheroad

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More interested to see how drones get food at most restaurants. Fly through or pick up?

We had a pilot program here in Granbury Texas for several years. You'd place your order through an app. The delivery service would pick up the order at the restaurant. Put it in a container and the drone would deliver it to your front yard.

re: Prague Hotel Rec

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 7/30/26 at 3:03 pm to geauxpurple

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I have the perfect place. We stayed there last year.
Hotel Augustine.

We stayed there the year before last. If ever we get back to Prague, that's where we'll be. Fantastic hotel.

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re: Retiring early and living longer

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 7/30/26 at 3:01 pm to Cycledude

I retired at age 60. I'm now 85 and still seem to be doing okay.

re: I’ve personally never seen a war be won without boots on the ground

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 7/30/26 at 10:26 am to grizzlylongcut

The NATO Serbian campaign in 1999 was a victory and did not require boots on the ground.

re: Congratulations voters of Seattle

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 7/28/26 at 10:27 am to Geekboy

Asheville Police Chief also refuses to utter the word, "gang."

re: You hear a lot about "imposter syndrome" do any of you feel it at work?

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 7/27/26 at 5:31 pm to Slippy

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I have been faking it for 35 years.

I'm retired after 40 years on the job - I never felt I was on top of things, but I kept getting raises and promotions so somebody must have seen some value in my efforts.

re: Airfix P61 Black Widow - Build and Review

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 7/26/26 at 9:27 am to One72

Nice work putting that together.

:cool:

re: Give me your favorite movies set in or filmed in Louisiana

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 7/24/26 at 11:14 am to TexasTiger08

A spoof set in the 1930s about the Louisiana governor buying the best college team possible.

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re: Do you guys honestly like your job?

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 7/22/26 at 11:14 am to Uga Alum

I was a lawyer for 28 years before retiring in 2002. I worked in several areas of law. I was in-house at a major oil company right out of law school. I went into private practice with a large firm, then in private practice with a small, boutique firm (all the partners had major oil company experience). My last 15 years were in-house again, with heavy international travel.

I can't say I hated my job, but I never enjoyed the work nor looked forward to the next assignment.

I was a chemical engineer for five years before I went to law school. I loved what I was doing and, to this day, wonder why I chose to give it up.

re: Layover Hell

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 7/22/26 at 10:03 am to jfw3535

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My worst - eight at Heathrow.

Had one of those too. It was great. Took a taxi to Windsor Castle, toured the castle, had lunch in Windsor and got back to Heathrow with plenty of time left to get through security and get to our gate.

The desk kept telling us they would get us on an earlier flight. Never happened so we spent the entire eight hours in the Business Class club.

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re: Do you guys honestly like your job?

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 7/22/26 at 9:59 am to Uga Alum

I love my job. I'm retired, and if I do what I'm told to do, the boss-lady lets me sleep with her.

re: Layover Hell

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 7/21/26 at 4:56 pm to Slingscode

My worst - eight at Heathrow. Business Class lounge was a madhouse.

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re: Who here has changed their eating habits because of the Mexican poop lettuce scare?

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 7/20/26 at 3:27 pm to udtiger

I sit on the toilet when I eat my Taco Bell.

re: Chat GPT simply refuses to quote or read the Bible but buddist dhammapada is fine.

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 7/20/26 at 1:35 pm to Ailsa

ChatGPT is gay. I asked it to create a picture in a honky tonk dance hall. Prominently in the foreground of the image they made were two dudes dancing.

re: Is It Possible to Have Too Many Hobbies?

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 7/19/26 at 12:26 pm to shutterspeed

I'm retired and have several hobbies, each of which is more expensive than the last one. So far in retirement, I've taken up mountain trail hiking, travel, riding BMW motorcycles, keeping a classic Porsche running, writing novels, astronomy, astrophotography, stamp collecting, photography, Photoshop, and even more travel.