Fishwater
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Carcosa |
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| Number of Posts: | 6019 |
| Registered on: | 8/18/2010 |
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Drone recs?
Posted by Fishwater on 11/15/25 at 12:25 pm
Looking for a nothing fancy drone to take sunset pictures with and of property. Nothing fancy or professional, but just for fun.
How far can these things fly and still be in range?
Thanks.
How far can these things fly and still be in range?
Thanks.
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Home interior design program?
Posted by Fishwater on 11/13/25 at 10:30 am
Looking for a program that can help my wife and I figure out furniture and cabinet placement in a home remodel. What are the good amateur programs for this?
Something where I can enter the dimensions of the room and then move furniture around.
Thanks.
Something where I can enter the dimensions of the room and then move furniture around.
Thanks.
re: Holy Crap - Charlotte, NC is kicking some butt
Posted by Fishwater on 11/6/25 at 11:05 am to TheePalmetto
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Louisiana residents talking trash about literally any other city in the US is hilarious, especially a city like Charlotte that is vastly superior to anything that’s ever been, is currently, or ever will be in the state of Louisiana lol.
Have you not read the 50 cent Shreveport thread?? You might eat yo words!! :lol:
(Before I answer - I am a tube amp snob.)
If you don't have a Princeton Reverb (tube not the tone master) get one! Classic amp that is a perfect pedal platform for home and can be miked at any gig.
The Tone master series amps are cool. Moddler amps that have a built in attenuator. If you go TM, why not go with a Deluxe?
I have a Princeton reverb tube amp and love it. Play it every night and believe me, it can be too loud for at home playing, so I have a Swartz's Night Light Jr between the power amp and the speaker to attenuate it. I also switched out the speaker for an alnico speaker and really opened up the amp, highly recommended.
What pedals do you have? For a tele I highly suggest the Wampler Belle (Nobles ODS-1 clone) and the Boss Blues Driver. Great pedals for the tones you are going for.
(My favorite pedal is the Feder MTG Tube Distortion. Has a tube in it and can be a boost all the way up to high gain lead tones!)
If you don't have a Princeton Reverb (tube not the tone master) get one! Classic amp that is a perfect pedal platform for home and can be miked at any gig.
The Tone master series amps are cool. Moddler amps that have a built in attenuator. If you go TM, why not go with a Deluxe?
I have a Princeton reverb tube amp and love it. Play it every night and believe me, it can be too loud for at home playing, so I have a Swartz's Night Light Jr between the power amp and the speaker to attenuate it. I also switched out the speaker for an alnico speaker and really opened up the amp, highly recommended.
What pedals do you have? For a tele I highly suggest the Wampler Belle (Nobles ODS-1 clone) and the Boss Blues Driver. Great pedals for the tones you are going for.
(My favorite pedal is the Feder MTG Tube Distortion. Has a tube in it and can be a boost all the way up to high gain lead tones!)
re: YouTube TV offering $10 / month discount for 6 months
Posted by Fishwater on 11/3/25 at 10:12 am to TulsaSooner78
Thank you, activated. YTTV is now as expensive as anything else. Shame.
re: How do your "friends" make sure their drugs aren't tainted with fentanyl?
Posted by Fishwater on 10/24/25 at 8:42 am to sidewalkside
I've asked clients this same question. They all answer that they use Fent test kits to test their supply before getting high. They also state they use the same dealer who test the supply and has always been reliable.
Test kit: LINK
(I had a client get busted with some coke years ago. The tested positive for fent by the cops and the state lab. Client had not dipped into the bag yet and the arrested saved the client's life.)
Test kit: LINK
(I had a client get busted with some coke years ago. The tested positive for fent by the cops and the state lab. Client had not dipped into the bag yet and the arrested saved the client's life.)
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link: LINK
A $7 million settlement reached in April 2023 marked the latest chapter in a sordid tale of mismanagement at Bi-State Jail (BSJ) in Texarkana, Texas, by former private operator LaSalle Corrections. But the family-owned prison profiteer, based in Ruston, Louisiana—which ended its contract to run BSJ in February 2021—has left a trail of death in other lockups, too.
Often using legal maneuvers and a confusing array of similarly named companies to avoid legal liability, the company generally insists on secrecy when it settles a claim brought by survivors of a deceased prisoner or detainee. However, the family of one victim at BSJ, Holly Barlow-Austin, insisted on reporting the $7 million they accepted to settle the lawsuit filed over her torturous death due to denied medical care, the largest jail death payout in Texas history.
Well, LaSalle just had a $42 million verdict reached against them yesterday. Woof.
Story: LINK
re: Plane crash in Ruston
Posted by Fishwater on 10/21/25 at 2:54 pm to BayouNation
Owner of the private jail in Jena. Flying back from Huntsville, TX where Texas has their state penitentiary there.
Flightaware also shows the plane descended town to 1,900 from 9,000 for the approach into Ruston. Then, things go weird. High rates of descent, then a 500 foot increase in altitude. Data stops at 1,700 feet.
With the circles, I'm wondering if the pilot was buying time or deployed the parachute and the winds took the plane for a ride.
Sad either way. Prayers for the family.
With the circles, I'm wondering if the pilot was buying time or deployed the parachute and the winds took the plane for a ride.
Sad either way. Prayers for the family.
re: Plane crash in Ruston
Posted by Fishwater on 10/21/25 at 2:41 pm to BayouNation
Flightaware shows the plane is owned by LaSalle Management Company, LLC out of Ruston.
Palm Beach, FL / The Breakers - great experience
Posted by Fishwater on 10/19/25 at 12:26 pm
Took the family to Palm Beach, FL recently and we stayed at The Breakers. Great experience. Wife had never been to Palm Beach or West Palm Beach. Palm Beach airport is so easy. One of my favorite airports.
The Breakers (we booked through AmEx travel) upgraded us to a massive suite on the ocean side. We took our one year old and the hotel provided a crib, baby proofed the room, and a teddy bear for our domestic terrorist. No charge for any of the kiddo stuff. Five plus pools, breakfast included, multiple restaurants. The Breakers does it right. We will go back.
Palm Beach is unique and cool. We loved the architecture and culture there.
The Breakers (we booked through AmEx travel) upgraded us to a massive suite on the ocean side. We took our one year old and the hotel provided a crib, baby proofed the room, and a teddy bear for our domestic terrorist. No charge for any of the kiddo stuff. Five plus pools, breakfast included, multiple restaurants. The Breakers does it right. We will go back.
Palm Beach is unique and cool. We loved the architecture and culture there.
Winterizing for sprinkler system on Gulf Coast?
Posted by Fishwater on 10/18/25 at 12:11 pm
My first year owning an in ground sprinkler system. We live on the Gulf Coast. Anything I need to do before the first freeze? (I realize our ground doesn't freeze during the winter) Do I need I need to drain the sprinkler system?
Thanks!
Thanks!
re: GMT
Posted by Fishwater on 9/25/25 at 6:29 am to Armymann50
:gmt:
Enjoying some coffee as this rain sets in off the Gulf.
Enjoying some coffee as this rain sets in off the Gulf.
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Do they have a mortgage? They don’t ’own’ anything.
What a dickhead you are. Clothing, personal items, food, etc. They own all of that. a-hole.
re: Life Could Always Be Worse
Posted by Fishwater on 9/22/25 at 9:49 am to The Cow Goes Moo Moo
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The three of them are standing in the street without shoes on, watching everything they own go up in flames.
Been there. Not a fun place to be, but I can tell you, even in those shoes (or lack there of), I've never felt like we have more than ever before. The friends, community, our church, coworkers, the City, etc helped us maintain and build back.
Someone needs to start a food train for the family. Not having to worry about meals is a huge relief.
Prayers for that family.
I also hope you got off the computer and went across the street to help that family and not merely watch.
re: Two random factoids that were seered into your brain in elementary school
Posted by Fishwater on 9/16/25 at 7:27 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Edwin Edwards was a good man.
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Delta airlines is from Monroe not Atlanta.
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Delta airlines is from Monroe not Atlanta.
re: If the Government stopped issuing marriage licenses
Posted by Fishwater on 9/7/25 at 12:00 pm to Boston Bob
Alabama did this.
You merely file a Marriage Certificate signed by both parties in the Probate Court now.
However, to obtain a divorce, you go through the same legal proceedings.
You merely file a Marriage Certificate signed by both parties in the Probate Court now.
However, to obtain a divorce, you go through the same legal proceedings.
What is Arkansas's self defense or stand your ground law?
Did the DA even prosecute the father?
You get a jury full of parents at the least, this guy would walk.
Did the DA even prosecute the father?
You get a jury full of parents at the least, this guy would walk.
re: TN trooper makes his 8th false DUI arrest
Posted by Fishwater on 9/3/25 at 4:06 pm to Dex Morgan
First off, the hands out and finger to nose is not one of the three standardized field sobriety test. If he is using this test, he needs to go back to the police academy. Well, really does not need to be in LEO.
re: 318 People: If you have local phone contacts that aren't in a 10 digit format, educate.
Posted by Fishwater on 8/25/25 at 7:20 am to YouKnowImRight
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Baton Rouge is such a slum that an entire section of town seceded .
New Orleans is a flood zone with alcoholics and trannies.
318 ain't so bad when you compare it to 225 and 504
The only decent parts of the 318 is Monroe, Lake Bruin, and Lake, D'Arbonne.
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