ChEgrad
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My grandfather would be remarried already, not dating. I think he did wait 9 months one time to remarry. May have been shorter the third time when he was in his 70s.
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re: Wilson Alexander moving on from the Advocate/Times Pic
Posted by ChEgrad on 3/25/26 at 11:22 am to ProjectP2294
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One time he missed a whole weekend series for a wedding or some shite
Have you ever missed work for a family event? This is not an unforgivable offense. In fact, it is often a good thing.
re: LSU Golf course is closing
Posted by ChEgrad on 3/25/26 at 9:27 am to ChestRockwell
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Terrible idea to build a new arena. Lsu has awful facilities for the students. Focus on that.
How so? The dorms/apartments are much better than when I went there. There was no Rec center when I went there. Everything is better than it was 40+ years ago.
And I think that is part of the problem. Kids don’t go to college for the education. They go for the lifestyle.
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suggest their filet topped with crabmeat and bearnaise sauce.
Friends just ate there and said the crabmeat was a bit off. Might ask about the quality of the crabmeat before ordering. He said they said go through a lot a crabmeat and it is more difficult this time of year to supply.
As someone else said their fried oysters added to a salad are great. Generally the best fried oysters in town.
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I agree but I feel like they are putting them in places just to do it now. Some are so small that the cars approaching ahead and on the right are basically on your left. Takes 2 seconds to circle the whole thing.
I don’t mind small ones - better than a stop sign.
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Engineering is full of Calculus in engineering classes, on top of 4 semesters of straight Calculus. I never used it once in my career. My boss got excited once because he thought calculus might apply to a plant problem. He was wrong.
I used calculus a good bit. And differential equations. Can’t say that I always remembered exactly how to integrate or solve, but the internet came through. Even cracked out my textbooks on occasion.
Now my job was on the technical side in R&D, so we were modeling processes and doing reaction engineering.
Quick glance inside my frost cloth and my tomatoes and squash I planted in early February look fine. Harvested some yellow squash yesterday - delicious. Some uncovered Asian chili pepper seedlings (volunteers) look fine so don’t know if I even need to cover the (mostly) pepper bed.
I’m 65. My dad died at 64 from brain cancer. Did everything right. Was always healthy. Until he wasn’t. I’ve realized it for quite a while now.
re: 2026 Spring Garden Thread
Posted by ChEgrad on 3/16/26 at 10:31 am to Mr Sausage
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Over the last few years, I have built those rows up with mushroom compost and topsoil all on top of black filter material.
You did not put the topsoil and compost directly on the sandy earth? According to many proponents of no-dig gardening adding compost and mulch directly on top of poor soil allows those materials to transform the soil underneath - taking poor soils and creating a rich, organic filled soil that holds moisture and filled with nutrients. Without digging and mixing.
Anyone here done exactly that and what were the results?
re: Explain to like I am 25 why all wars are wrong? Every war in the ME gets boo’d in here
Posted by ChEgrad on 3/15/26 at 7:48 pm to monsterballads
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Maybe you missed the last 50 years of history of wars in the Middle East?
There are two issues with wars in the Middle East:
1). They are fanatics eager to get to their virgins (or raisins depending on the translation you believe).
2) The west doesn’t fight to win and humiliate and subdue the enemy. You can’t win a war if the opponent doesn’t feel completely defeated.
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They were at 1000ft. Shook my house when they flew over.
Flew directly over my pier and beam house while I was on the back porch. Loud and shook my house quite a bit. Impresssive really.
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How long will a brisket keep in the fridge in the cryovac bag?
Some people just hold it for several weeks to over a month past the date on the package and claim it gets better.
re: New “scandal” just dropped: military budget included lobster for deployed troops, Ds upset
Posted by ChEgrad on 3/10/26 at 9:54 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I as unaware Hegseth was authorized to spend money on the ACA.
That said, the spend it or lose it needs to be done away with.
That said, the spend it or lose it needs to be done away with.
re: BR AC Companies
Posted by ChEgrad on 3/10/26 at 4:14 pm to MrBobDobalina
+1 for Capital City but I've also only used them for smaller repairs not a whole swap. I'm sure that's normal scope of work for them though
They did a whole system for me several years ago. Good to work with. Price was fair I believe.
When my heat went out during a big freeze and couldn’t get the boat in BR, they drove to Hammond to get the part and came back about 8 pm to fix my furnace.
They did a whole system for me several years ago. Good to work with. Price was fair I believe.
When my heat went out during a big freeze and couldn’t get the boat in BR, they drove to Hammond to get the part and came back about 8 pm to fix my furnace.
re: Will new St. Joseph Academy president continue pushing LGBTQ+ identities?
Posted by ChEgrad on 3/7/26 at 9:23 pm to Handsome Pete
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St. Joseph's was incredibly supportive and prepared my daughter for entrance exams and college waaay better than Catholic did for my son.
Well, this is the exception. Catholic produces many more National Merit Finalists than SJA. The CHS boys are much better at these tests than the girls at SJA.
The academic rigor at SJA has declined severely since my daughter graduated more than a decade ago. I know this is true because I know people who work/worked there and said so.
re: I’m cool with us fricking up iran but can we admit this is Israel’s war?
Posted by ChEgrad on 3/4/26 at 9:36 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
Iran had expanded to working with Venezuela. They were moving to interfering in our hemisphere. The takeout of Maduro and the attacking Iran is a move to make the US safer from terrorist forces. This is part of Trump’s plan to protect the US and its interests. Trump is not swatting flies like most presidents, he actually sees a bigger picture and is moving to implement that picture.
re: Favorite memories of NCAAT first weekend
Posted by ChEgrad on 3/3/26 at 1:38 pm to TexasTiger08
1986 first round at the PMAC. LSU beating Purdue and then Memphis. Was great to get to host. Made this poor student able to attend.
re: FedEx can EAD
Posted by ChEgrad on 2/28/26 at 11:57 pm to Traffic Circle
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Nextdoor loves this kind of shite.
I was reported on Nextdoor as a porch pirate for retrieving a package of mine delivered to the wrong house. I don’t have Nextdoor, but my neighbor down the street told me and defended my honor on the app.
re: The Trump Admin midterm strategy has been unveiled.
Posted by ChEgrad on 2/18/26 at 11:54 am to Bunkie7672
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Did anyone tell Trump about the housing affordability part? Because he just said the complete opposite last week.
Two parts to affordability: price and interest.
I think Trump wants to maintain prices and lower interest rates. I don’t know that this is the proper strategy - for my kid’s sake, I wouldn’t mind lower prices and lower interest rates. Doesn’t matter much to me either way since mine is paid for and I’m not moving. Hope to never buy another house.
re: Microsoft AI chief says in 5 years AI can do every white collar job.
Posted by ChEgrad on 2/17/26 at 9:38 am to Turnblad85
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for starters, an 8-hour work day means mean you actually work 8 hours. Not 3.5hrs and then dick-off the rest of the day.
I’ve never worked in the restaurant industry, but I know someone who does and has cooked/worked in Michelin restaurants. There is a lot of prep work that gets done before that 3.5 hours. And there is work after it. It is not an easy job.
The advent of computers has made engineers coming out of school somewhat illiterate in basic engineering principles. Students just don’t have the in depth understanding of topics they used to have.
This holds true for almost all subjects I would imagine. You don’t really learn when you are always using a computer. Sometimes pen and paper and a slide rule/calculator are superior.
This holds true for almost all subjects I would imagine. You don’t really learn when you are always using a computer. Sometimes pen and paper and a slide rule/calculator are superior.
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