LSUredleg
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Washington |
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| Occupation: | Department of Defense |
| Number of Posts: | 177 |
| Registered on: | 12/5/2007 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: Calistoga, CA restaurants
Posted by LSUredleg on 10/27/22 at 2:15 am
Although it looks like it has some recent bad reviews, we enjoyed the fried Brussels sprouts and steak frites at Evangeline (served with a good chimichurri sauce). Gott’s Roadside in St. Helena is great for lunch or a mid-afternoon bite (esp. after a few tastings)....
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re: What is the worst place you have ever been to
Posted by LSUredleg on 7/25/22 at 10:52 pm
[quote]Wasn’t a fan of Izmir, Turkey.[/quote]
Kemeralti, Alcanzak, plenty of good locations there. You shoulda got out more, Baw....
re: The forgotten French invasion of Germany in 1939
Posted by LSUredleg on 6/7/20 at 12:47 am
France is doing most of the fighting against ISIS and AQ affiliated extremists in Africa right now and is still one of probably three countries capable of global expeditionary operations. Probably not a popular opinion back home but they’re one of a few allies who continue to fight alongside of us a...
re: What if China is organizing all this?
Posted by LSUredleg on 5/30/20 at 8:05 am
We’ve been involved in Great Power Competition with China and Russia for decades. It’s only reached broad national awareness during the current administration. Russia and China, and to an extent North Korea, Iran, and Cuba, have been waging information operations and non kinetic activities to underm...
re: Best Governor of Louisiana in the past 50 years?
Posted by LSUredleg on 4/28/20 at 11:11 am
John McKeithen if we’re going by the 50 year window...he had two years left in his second term. ...
re: Who was the Unions greatest soldier?
Posted by LSUredleg on 4/5/20 at 11:07 am
Seconding Upton and adding Ranald S. McKenzie, John Gibbon, Nelson A. Miles, and A.P. Hovey for consideration. Not “Leaders” who are widely remembered at the operational level, but hard fighters who excelled at the tactical level and were the “go to” men when Hancock, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, etc....
re: The Unofficial 2020 Australian Open Thread
Posted by LSUredleg on 1/28/20 at 1:20 am
[quote]Federer paying off the ballkids to Tanya Harding Sandgren[/quote]
Nah more like great power competition from the DPRC against all things USA. ...
Free Ride to the Polls for Metro Area Louisiana Voters
Posted by LSUredleg on 11/16/19 at 2:42 am
[link=(https://www.knoe.com/content/news/Get-a-free-ride-to-the-polls-on-Nov-16-565005812.html)]KNOE “How to” for NAACP sponsored Uber rides to polling sites[/link]
Geaux Vote, Louisiana!
If you live in one of these cities take advantage. Awesome initiative by one of our state organizations to...
re: What’s up with Nola.com being behind a pay wall now?
Posted by LSUredleg on 10/21/19 at 4:28 am
So since I’ve been overseas I have kept up with Northeast Louisiana high school sports through KNOE.com; there might be alternatives through the television websites for you down there. For conservative political issues the Hayride covers the legislature pretty well. Dandydon used to post high school...
re: Oktoberfest Trip-any additional cities to see?
Posted by LSUredleg on 9/29/19 at 9:08 am
Volksfest in Stuttgart is second only to Munich in size and it’s 3 hours by train from there to Paris. Salzburg is also a cool town but it’s not known for any nightlife scene, plus it’s in the opposite direction. Bertchesgarten, Neuschweinstein, Linderhof, etc are cool destinations but you’d need to...
re: Muslim refugees starting to assimilate in Germany - contrary to conservative beliefs
Posted by LSUredleg on 12/18/18 at 3:07 pm
Nope- I’m living over here and have observed first-hand that is not the case. Most recent example I’ve seen is the immigrant men roaming around the Weinachmarkts (Stuttgart, Tübingen, Ulm) grabbing Gluhwein cups (€2 deposit at any stand) from unsuspecting people who set them down at the drink statio...
re: This is really cool - Veteran's Day
Posted by LSUredleg on 11/11/18 at 6:29 pm
[quote]If you happen to find yourself at the Regina Trench Cemetery,[/quote]
That’s still a bit of a hike north and west of here. We are mainly sticking to the 1st Army’s line of advance for the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. After today’s Armistice event we visited Vauquois Hill, near the big victory ...
re: This is really cool - Veteran's Day
Posted by LSUredleg on 11/11/18 at 3:45 pm
Nice! Just attended the centennial of the Armistice at the Meuse-Argonne cemetery in France. Did a walk of the SGT York trail, the “Lost Battalion” pocket, and Vauquois Hill where 4,000 men are still buried under the moonscape. I have to say, the French people who come to these places (more than you...
re: WWI and Tuchman's "The Guns of August" - read the opening paragraph
Posted by LSUredleg on 11/10/18 at 2:18 am
Great read. Just finished Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger (German first hand account of war on the Somme, Flanders, etc.) and got a sense that both sides lived in horror of the daily human and material costs of that war. Sad these leaders (i.e. cousins) couldn’t figure out how to avoid global conflic...
re: Eric London Caldwell Parish
Posted by LSUredleg on 10/28/17 at 10:54 pm
Yeah Potts was a beast. I was thinking more along the similarity that this kid is also flying under the radar of bigger schools. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the season plays out and what numbers he's able to put up. ...
re: Eric London Caldwell Parish
Posted by LSUredleg on 10/28/17 at 9:55 pm
Was told the kid is originally from Texas, and this Summer was doing a 500lb squat. Could be his generation’s Roosevelt Potts....
re: Can I sell expiring airline credits/vouchers?
Posted by LSUredleg on 7/13/17 at 5:14 am
You can donate them to the Fisher House; if you're unfamiliar with the foundation look them up. They do great things for the families of our Service Members who are wounded in combat. http://www.fisherhouse.org/programs/hero-miles/...
re: Best irons for mid-handicap?
Posted by LSUredleg on 7/2/15 at 8:42 am
Mizuno MP-64s. I'm playing at +7 right now and I can hit them well whether I am playing often or not. I agree with the previous poster who recommended you get fitted. If I'm not mistaken these are the same type Adam Scott was using when he first started out (and before his titleist endorsement)....
re: Italy travel advice
Posted by LSUredleg on 10/22/14 at 12:00 pm
Florence is worth it (recommend Attica Trattoria and a bistecca alla fiorentina while there), Siena (several agriturismos in area that you can base from), Montalcino, Montepulciano, and Orvieto (Umbria) are all worth visiting. There are bus tours for local wineries (DOCG) from Siena that you might ...
re: What parish did you grow up in?
Posted by LSUredleg on 8/30/14 at 1:26 am
Caldwell ...
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