carhartt
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re: Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange win $180 million settlement
Posted by carhartt on 5/9/24 at 1:42 pm
$75 a piece!!! ...
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re: City of Shreveport to shut off water to 3 apartment complexes next week
Posted by carhartt on 5/9/24 at 12:16 pm
[quote]Is Shreveport really behind Alex and Monroe?[/quote]
The bad part is if you took Shreveport out of the equation, this part of the state isn’t a bad place to live. The Bossier side of the river is much better. Unfortunately some of the rats from Shreveport are making their way across the ri...
re: City of Shreveport to shut off water to 3 apartment complexes next week
Posted by carhartt on 5/9/24 at 8:32 am
[quote]I'm not sure when they changed hands, but they went down fast.[/quote]
Post Investments bought them around 2010. They decided to go Section 8 with them in 2016 because the owner wanted the tax break. It’s been nothing but downhill ever since. ...
re: City of Shreveport to shut off water to 3 apartment complexes next week
Posted by carhartt on 5/9/24 at 7:54 am
[quote] Democratic mayor?[/quote]
Shreveport currently has its first Republican Mayor since somewhere around 2000. ...
re: City of Shreveport to shut off water to 3 apartment complexes next week
Posted by carhartt on 5/9/24 at 7:52 am
The crazy thing is this should have been expected to happen considering COVID rental rules. You let people not pay rent or utilities for two years? Did the government honestly expect certain individuals to willingly start paying when the payment suspension was ended? And expect them to pay back rent...
re: City of Shreveport to shut off water to 3 apartment complexes next week
Posted by carhartt on 5/9/24 at 7:42 am
[quote]I thought section 8 rent was paid to the landlord by the government?[/quote]
My wife used to be a property manager. She knows all about dealing with section 8. She said the government pays 40% of the rent and the property owner can’t evict if they take any of the section 8 payment for that...
re: City of Shreveport to shut off water to 3 apartment complexes next week
Posted by carhartt on 5/9/24 at 6:52 am
[quote]You can go a while with no electricity, eat packaged foods for weeks, but no running water and everything goes to shite in a day or two.[/quote]
One of the properties had people throwing rocks at firemen when they were responding to a call in the middle of the night a few months ago. There ...
City of Shreveport to shut off water to 3 apartment complexes next week
Posted by carhartt on 5/9/24 at 6:39 am
[link=(https://www.ktbs.com/news/city-of-shreveport-to-shut-off-water-to-3-apartment-complexes-next-week/article_647a3632-0d88-11ef-84ba-c3d69b7c130f.html)]City of Shreveport to shut off water to 3 apartment complexes next week[/link]
[quote]The City of Shreveport will cut off water service to th...
re: Weather Memes
Posted by carhartt on 5/8/24 at 1:10 pm
[img]https://www.snopes.com/uploads/2018/09/cooper.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i.imgflip.com/2hztxs.gif[/img]...
re: Is this a sign that people are just fed up with everything?
Posted by carhartt on 5/8/24 at 12:02 pm
I fricking hate Jason Aldean. ...
re: One Out of Every 24 New York City Residents Is Now a Millionaire
Posted by carhartt on 5/8/24 at 10:59 am
A millionaire in NYC is equal to a $200k-ionaire in Louisiana. ...
re: Anyone else not on speaking terms with a parent?
Posted by carhartt on 5/7/24 at 11:41 am
[quote]Drives six hours to see friends within an hour of our home, complains that i wont put three kids in the car and make that trip myself to see her..[/quote]
My mom did something similar. When I was stationed in Thailand, my Ex-wife, step daughter and I flew from Bangkok to Shreveport. My Mom...
re: Is anyone else not pushing their kids to attend college?
Posted by carhartt on 5/7/24 at 11:31 am
The military is a good option for someone that doesn’t want to go to college. Especially if you pick a Medical related career field. Most medical jobs carry over to the Civilian side very well. I work in a hospital. About 25% of my Department is Military trained with no college degree.
And no, I...
re: Anyone else not on speaking terms with a parent?
Posted by carhartt on 5/7/24 at 10:39 am
[quote]Depressing thread this is[/quote]
It is depressing. But it’s also very liberating. Coming to the decision to cut ties with a toxic family member is really hard to do. But once you do it and get over the initial heartache you feel like a weight has been lifted and you can actually enjoy liv...
re: Anyone else not on speaking terms with a parent?
Posted by carhartt on 5/7/24 at 10:24 am
Also, my Mom was almost giddy when my Grandma passed away because it meant she could use her inheritance to pay off her house. ...
re: Anyone else not on speaking terms with a parent?
Posted by carhartt on 5/7/24 at 10:15 am
I haven’t talked to my Mom in 10 years. I got tired of the woe is me, no one loves me narcissistic guilt trip BS that she’d throw at me every time I talked to her.
To give you an idea of her personality. My sister was in a really bad mountain biking accident and ended up in serious condition in ...
re: I got a highly accented Go Tigers at The Great Wall of China today
Posted by carhartt on 5/7/24 at 10:08 am
[quote]Nana Plaza, or Soi Cowboy ?[/quote]
I was at Siam Station going to MBK.
lol, don’t knock the Nana. It had great markets at night.
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re: High school reunion
Posted by carhartt on 5/7/24 at 8:34 am
I went to my 10th and 20th. We didn’t have a 30th. I probably wouldn’t have gone to it if we did. I’m to the point where I’m still friends with the ones that matter most and couldn’t really care less to see most of the other ones I don’t keep up with on social media. ...
re: Former Starbucks CEO says company needs to refocus on coffee as sales struggle
Posted by carhartt on 5/7/24 at 8:15 am
[quote]How fat are you[/quote]
So I’m fat because I don’t want to waste money on burnt shite coffee and I drink Dr Pepper?...
re: Louisiana peeps - if you could transplant your life elsewhere, would you (and where)?
Posted by carhartt on 5/7/24 at 7:47 am
Somewhere in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains where the cost of living isn’t ridiculous. ...
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