piratedude

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i thought it was simply some made up term used for laughs

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You have offended the Bawcomites.

in chambers for the "status conference" the other attorney informs the judge that her daughter was back from college and available for baby sitting judge's grandchildren. as we discussed custody/support in the case of the parents who got knocked up in high school, the judge says to me "oh, now i understand, your client (mom) is trash."

i asked for a continuance, told my client to hire judge's former campaign manager, and that attorney got everything i had previously requested in a 10 minute status conference 2 weeks later.

just one of many reasons i made it a point to stop going to that court.

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If you're in the Baton Rouge area, stay far away from Certified Alarms.

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if you're in Baton Rouge, i highly recommend Certified. I have had them for 15 years on my home/shop and about 10 at my rental. never a problem (except setting it on stay/instant when i leavce) and they have been great.

is it an exterior door with a threshold? if so, it is a bigger job.

if interior, pull the trim, remove the entire assembly, turn the assembly 180 degrees, level, shim and attach the frame to the structure, and replace the trim. If exterior, do the above, but remove the threshold, turn it 180 degrees, and reattach it to the frame. if the knob was on the left, and it swung inwards to the right, the knob will now be on the right and it will swing outwards to the left.


if you've never hung a frame and door assembly, you probably won't enjoy the task or the result.

i don't know how unique it is, but I claimed "Pop" when the first grands started showing up. everybody knows me as Pop, except the 5 year old I see the least. In books, he saw "grandpa" and wondered what that was. When they told him Grumpy (mom's side) and Pop (dad's side) were his grandpas, he decided that he wanted to call me Grandpa. I don't care what they call me, as long as they view me fondly.

I spent a weekend in Senoia GA recently, and it was anything but depressing. It is a quaint little town, that is fighting to remain quaint and little. We walked two blocks into the town square, had food at Brent and April's coffee shop, then went 2 more blocks down to the music festival. When the kids rode by on bicycles, everyone knew them. 21 year old me would not have liked it, but i would have loved to have raised kids there.

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do this the right way

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if not living in Louisiana, ignore this.

the chance of you finding a will online that would be effective in Louisiana is about as close to zero as you can imagine. there are 2 basic forms:

Notarial: contains specific attestation clauses and is signed before a notary and two witnesses. for God's sake, have a knowledgeable attorney draft it and act as notary.

Olographic: all handwritten by the person making the will, dated, contains something that sounds like a will (this is my will, at my death I leave x to y) signed at the end. Don't add anything (witnesses, notary, etc.) or you frick it up).

Stop what you're doing right now, write it on a blank paper, give it to the person you trust the most.

Need a horror story?: Nice guy, has some money, a business and land, has a 3rd wife he loves and that treats him like royalty and two sons from the 1st marriage that don't speak much. He's tight with a dollar and wants to leave everything to current wife. He owned all the big ticket items before he married 3, so not community property. he downloads an internet will and takes it to his friendly banker/notary. Banker/notary, is a fricking idiot, says "looks good to me." Not long after, he's killed in a car wreck.

Sons, one a lawyer, contest the will and its obviously invalid. Loving wife #3, who he loved very much, is out on her arse with nothing but her plasma cutter and maybe a welding machine that were gifts.

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My apologies for calling you a retard the other day

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You probably just thought he already knew it.

Wesley Penn. Young, former IT guy, so he doesn’t come with the “I’m special” stick up his arse. I’m 72 and he’s the 1st doc I’ve ever connected with. He’s a good guy and a very thorough doc. Assistants are top notch too

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I had noticed it went back up for some days but back down now

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the station on Government just east of Acadian went from $2.34 to $2.64 to $2.41 over the course of 2 days