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One of my favorite fresh fish, it has such a delicate, distinctive flavor, I am partial to just a quick broil, lemon, butter, S/P. I miss the days when we could just launch a boat, wet a line and bring home enough speck for dinner.
I had panic attacks for years that seemed to have no relation to outside stresses, diet, alcohol use anything I could figure out. I'd be reading a book, or driving, almost anything, and BAM, I'm having a full-blown panic attack.

Six years ago I started a new doctor, he changed several meds, but put me on duloxetine 60mg, have not had an attack since then.
He’s being treated for a form of lung cancer. It will be a few weeks before he can return, he’s had a tough go of it.

Daniel Whitmore, is he real or AI?

Posted by andouille on 2/6/26 at 11:00 pm
Daniel Whitmore is a conservative commentator on YouTube, he has come out of nowhere during the illness of Victor Hanson. He is slick, says just what you want to hear. What is creepy is that he has a sort of Max Headroom vibe about him.

I have not been able to find much information about him, has anyone else seen his spots?

re: Brasas Peru resturant closed

Posted by andouille on 2/2/26 at 9:09 pm to
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Early on, I attended some extremely enjoyable larger dinners there, with the table covered in paella and tapas in a way that reminded me of my time in Spain. But as time went on, my dinners there felt more and more like dinner at a restaurant in Baton Rouge.


I love paella, but I told the chef once, their soccorat game was weak.

re: 2026 Grammys Pearl Clutching Thread

Posted by andouille on 2/2/26 at 9:04 pm to
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unless they vote Republican
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I don't care who they vote for, just do what you're paid to do, that includes my plumber and his conspiracy theories or the gay pool guy and his movie reviews. I do kind of like the cleaning lady who works with her headset on, telling her friends about her sex life.
As I heard a very prominent member of BR law enforcement say, "if it wasn't for YBM's, we wouldn't even need police"
My brothers and sisters have nicer memories of my dad then I do, I was the kid with the smart mouth that would piss him off, my mom wouldn't let me go to school until the swelling went down.

But, he was a white-collar alcoholic, he bought a bunch of cheap property when most of Metairie was a swamp. One day I was with him, he was driving around to check on his 'lots'. We got to one and there was a fiberglass boat on a trailer in the middle of all the weeds. I have no idea why, but he said 'I told them sob's not to leave their stuff here.'

He gets a can of gas out of the trunk, pours it all over the boats and lights it. We then went to his best friend's house, I got out to see his boy who was my age, I heard my dad's friend say, 'I'll tell Coci, he'll take care of it.'
Bill Coci was Jeff Parish sheriff at the time. I wanted to ask why we couldn't have kept the boat to go fishing, but I knew better.

I'm sure there were really good times. My dad didn't finish HS, but made a good living and supported a lot of kids.
Get away as much as you can. In the old days, when I worked for the benefit of other people, they always called me for help whenever I took off. If you can get away, do it.
All musicians, even church organ players, are heroin addicts, meth heads or on crack, and they all hate Republicans, they even call us narrow minded.

Seriously, will not and never will, watch any award show. Just sing, dance, play ball or whatever it is you think you're good at, then cash the check and shut up.
Thanks a lot, you just made me spend 2 hours watching AB. He is very entertaining, the episode on b'fast noodles has a lot of his old schticks.

Thanks for the heads up.

re: Brasas Peru resturant closed

Posted by andouille on 2/2/26 at 6:24 pm to
I hate losing Solara, we had Friday lunch there often.

re: Recommend a good garlic press

Posted by andouille on 2/2/26 at 2:34 pm to
The best garlic press is one that stays in the drawer. Take a clove off the head, lightly crush with the side of your chef knife, the peel slides off easily, then give it another good whack with the knife side, a few knife strokes and you have minced garlic. Elapsed time <1 minute.

I have a really nice OXO garlic press in the drawer of misfit cooking tools, along with lettuce scissors, shrimp peelers etc..
On your rec, I'm going to buy at least one, maybe two refurb Dell micro workstations. Those has been my best performers, new or refurb,

Thanks

Need massage help.

Posted by andouille on 1/28/26 at 10:39 pm
I am in pain and a massage might help. The only happy ending I want is pain relief.

BR area please.
We were on a flight, even wearing headphones, his music was annoying my wife. As soon as the seat belt went off, she went over and said something to the guy, immediately he shut it down,. She told him his music was interfering with her husband's pacemaker,

I've never had a pacemaker. But he was a nice guy, he stopped by later to apologize and gave us tickets to a show.
Ida gave me a lot of experience, a tree fell on the house, $200K later we were all fixed up. If the damage is extensive, it is almost a full time job keeping up with it. Since I had a swimming pool involved, that complicated it by 2x. Here are some suggestions:

1. Read your policy carefully, this is crucial, if you don't know the rules, you can't play the game.

2. Document everything. Keep a phone log, set up a folder to put all the emails pertaining to the claim.

3. Setup a spreadsheet, either an Excel file or on paper if you don't have those skills.

4. Establish a good relationship with the adjuster, mine was a lady in Florida, demonstrate that you are working to mitigate the claim. Get 3 bids when possible, on major work.

5. Chose your General contractor carefully, he can make the process easy or difficult. That being said, the one I chose was not great, I had to watch every expense he claimed.

6. On your spreadsheet, match up the checks you get with the invoices you have open, not as easy as it sounds, my ins company would send me check with no reference on it to match, pulling teeth to get that information.

7. Don't sign releases, the claim isn't dome until you are made whole.


I'm sure I'm leaving out some important stuff, you can email me at syncloud357@gmail.com if I can be further assistance, Who is the ins carrier? I had Progressive, they were great to work with.
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I Really Thought This Would Be The Year For McMahon


Seriously??
Charlton Bajon, who own the drug store, is a nice guy and has some cool stuff there.
Manatees might work, safer and tastier, maybe.
Are the Brits running low on goats for those savages to screw?