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The Rescuers

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The rescuers down under is one of my favorites from my childhood. I've "watched" it twice with my one year old already. We haven't made it to the original one yet but I liked that one too.

I've made it a point to introduce the old animated movies to my kid. Gives me some nostalgic feelings and they still seem to hold up IMO. He may not understand them yet but we will get there.

Be wary of the actual cost as well. Some pool service companies charge you a fee for cleanings (I've seen $150/week recently) PLUS chemicals. So you basically pay someone to do what you would already do. You're looking at like 4k+ for someone to clean your pool and check/add chemicals. Hard for me to swallow that if I have the time.

My advice, if you have a little experience keeping up with a pool, is to just do it yourself. Also I'd be sure what it means for the "plaster warranty" to void. If plaster damage is such a concern to your pool builder, maybe they should take over maintenance for the first month to ensure that their product performs as it should.

As another poster said, Trouble Free Pools is your friend.

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Sydney in The Bear

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I don't care what anyone says, she is the worst character on the show. I'd rather watch a spinoff of the Faks than her character.

I guess I'm not cultured enough to appreciate the "tormented genius" angle that they were forcing.

I'm surprised it got that far with a Musk owned business. We've done some work with Tesla and there are 10 levels of oversight for each step of the process. I'm told it's like that across all of those companies, but that doesn't seem to be true.

Turns a two week process into 2 months, but hey, the check clears.

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Aha moments are the best.

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A few years ago I realized I wasn't actually looking at the ball when I would swing. Immediate improvement. :lol:

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I'm in a weird spot right now.

Trying to not let my expectations get crazy high.

I feel that it is a certainty that the offense will be among the best in the conference.

I also feel that it is a certainty that our defense will be among the best in the conference.

This does not leave me much wiggle room for expecting anything less than a very very good football team. The Koolaid is just too damn good this August.

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SAME.

I go into each season trying to temper my expectations only to have face paint on at work on the first game week. I'm ready for the pain.

I'm not arguing that this could be a very bad idea. I'm just trying to think of an opinion besides everything will be the demise of LSU athletics.

This may be a way LSU can stay competitive financially in this new era. This could hold everyone (fans included) hostage. I don't have that answer. I do know that $20m+ football rosters every year are not sustainable by relying on Gordon and Graves.

The fact that we all need to come to grips with is that the LSU that we grew up with is never coming back. This is a business and is operated like so. LSU being one of the more profitable programs would be attractive to any PE firm with the capital to invest.

I'm not a financial sector SME by any means so please take my opinions with a grain of salt. I just try to think of all sides before I die on a hill. I reserve the right to lose my shite on this topic later on. :lol:

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Because their goal will be to maximize short term profits at the expense of everything else. It will start with support staff and go from there. They will not care about the brand, fan experience, or even on the field results if it increases profits.

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What if LSU is the "private equity" firm and is using athletic funds to buy pieces of other businesses to collect revenue. Does that change your opinion?

I only ask because the OP is generally vague. This would be a unique position for a PE firm to take. LSU athletics is a profitable business. I could see a firm injecting money in to take a piece of that pie. The question is what type of influence and how much did they buy?


ETA: Everyone wants to win championships, but without money in this NIL era you are destined to be behind.

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Let’s hope not.

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Why? I'm just playing devil's advocate here, not directly attacking you btw.

LSU athletics has to source the capital to be able to sustain the program at a high level. There's only so many times they can go to the donor trough. Looks like LSU is trying to be on the forefront of these opportunities to be able to generate enough revenue to be competitive across the athletic landscape. PE might be a suitable avenue. Those concerts in tiger stadium were a great way to inject capital into the program.

Just my opinion.


ETA: Private equity into LSU probably won't operate like your company being bought and sliced up for profit. Idk though

I used to love getting the 12 taco box (Cool ranch Doritos locos tacos - supreme) circa 2012ish. Was like $15 and I could go at midnight.

I think it's like $30 now. I was craving it a while back and after looking at the prices, we just got real restaurant food instead. :lol:

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Brittney Griner

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Is this the thread where we talk about how insane it was that we traded a russian arms dealer for *her*?