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captainahab
Favorite team: | Nicholls St. |
Location: | Highway Trio8 |
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Number of Posts: | 1600 |
Registered on: | 12/29/2014 |
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re: Robot trucks on I45 this year, more coming
Posted by captainahab on 5/1/24 at 11:31 am
[quote]Who will be held accountable for this level of tech going wrong?[/quote]
Had an interesting discussion with a State Farm agent a few months back and asked how "driverless" vehicles would be insured. He said a lot of the responsibility will shift to the tech companies that developed the sy...
re: Annual Gulf Shores/Orange Beach Good Eats Thread
Posted by captainahab on 4/29/24 at 8:28 am
[quote]We’ve been enjoying the Sloop under the bridge in Gulf Shores. Great Philly cheesesteak.[/quote]
Pro tip….get the stuffed “shrooms” and dunk the Philly in the sauce that the white cheese sauce the mushrooms are cooked in. ...
re: LA DOTD Agrees to Stop Stonewalling Ruston Buc-ees
Posted by captainahab on 2/13/24 at 11:46 am
[quote]Id imagine either hednerson or like gonzales-ish would be good candidates.[/quote]
I thought I read somewhere that their goal is to have a location every 100-150 miles along I-10. They have one at Baldwin Beach Express. They are putting one at the Menge exit near Gulfport. Working your way...
re: Help me take advantage of the dire situation car dealerships are seemingly in with EVs
Posted by captainahab on 11/27/23 at 1:24 pm
My wife mostly drives around town so starting to look at EV's. If I do bite the bullet, I am going to do a 3 year lease because I want everything to be under warranty while she is using it. No way would I keep one out of warranty - especially if it is not a Tesla.
BTW.....I think there are leas...
re: OT watch/space geeks: Apollo Ocean Recovery Rolex GMT
Posted by captainahab on 11/10/23 at 2:36 pm
[quote]On a side note, been on the hunt for the “Batgirl”. [/quote]
I have seen some on Chrono24. ...
re: Under current interest rates IDK how car dealers with lots of inventory survive.
Posted by captainahab on 10/28/23 at 11:13 am
[quote]And they may not be selling as many cars but they are still making bank on service.[/quote]
Read an article about dealerships/EV's/service revenue and it said that a lot of their service and warranty revenues are going to drop off as more EV's are sold - there are a lot less moving parts t...
re: Vader’s Model Desk: Panzerkampfwagen II
Posted by captainahab on 9/22/23 at 2:07 pm
Looks great!
Curious....what is your favorite type of model to build (tanks, planes, boats, etc.)? Looks like you lean toward tanks. I guess a better question to ask is if you could only build one, what would it be?
Thanks for sharing your work!...
re: St. John Parish has an awesome Parish President!
Posted by captainahab on 8/25/23 at 6:41 pm
Wedding ring in one picture but not the other. Interesting….....
re: Monthly mortgage payment based on a median existing home is now at a record $2,322
Posted by captainahab on 8/24/23 at 1:08 pm
[quote]It’s almost as if retired 75 year olds are out of touch.[/quote]
Im not retired or 75 but for the older people looking at various stats, it is confusing when people are saying "they cant afford xxxxxx".
From a thread earlier this week regarding car loans:
[quote]Today’s [b]average ne...
re: Michael Oher files lawsuit against the Tuohys (adoptive family)
Posted by captainahab on 8/14/23 at 3:37 pm
[quote]They made over $9mm off the movie if you just look at 2.5% of $390mm[/quote]
From the article:
[quote]The Blind Side, a Michael Lewis book that became he basis for an Oscar-winning film, grossed $309million. Oher alleges in the suit, the conservatorship enabled the Tuohy family to str...
re: Rust spot in pool
Posted by captainahab on 8/10/23 at 2:48 pm
[quote]Makaira Pools installed our pool in May 2022 and we have had nothing but issues since then. Both cosmetic and structural. They will not answer any of our calls, texts, or emails, so we're on our own apparently. [/quote]
Most of the time, I would advise against using attorneys but if you ar...
re: Mayor Broome’s Fund Raising Sponsors
Posted by captainahab on 8/9/23 at 6:21 pm
[quote]Because she is going to easily waltz into a 3rd term[/quote]
Yep but she has done a horrible job, she sued St George, she got booed off the podium at the LSU championship celebration, etc. Why publicly hook your wagon to that train when you are trying to sell Ford’s and Honda’s?...
Mayor Broome’s Fund Raising Sponsors
Posted by captainahab on 8/9/23 at 5:53 pm
Why would a business be associated with Mayor Broome’s re-election find raiser (Hollingsworth Automotive Group) given her track record? I guess I can understand CSRS (city contracts) but a car dealership?
[quote]Among others, members of the event’s host committee include Preston Castille, attorne...
re: John Deere/EGO Announcement
Posted by captainahab on 8/1/23 at 9:16 am
[quote]John Deere gas baws not going to like this thread.[/quote]
I was trying to figure out how sharing an article is getting me downvotes. Guess I now know why :lol:...
re: Is it hard to install your own sprinkler system?
Posted by captainahab on 7/31/23 at 3:19 pm
[quote]Piggybacking off this thread but does anyone know a reputable company in BR to do this?[/quote]
Pennington Lawn and Landscape
[link=(https://www.penningtonlawnbr.com/about-us.html)]LINK[/link]...
John Deere/EGO Announcement
Posted by captainahab on 7/31/23 at 3:06 pm
"John Deere has announced the signing of a strategic partnership with EGO and its parent company Chervon. Under the agreement, EGO’s lineup of over 70 battery-powered lawn care products will soon become available at John Deere dealers...."
"The company continues to innovate, introducing new techn...
re: Porsche fans - 9,971 miles - 26 days
Posted by captainahab on 7/28/23 at 8:30 am
Great read and thanks for sharing!
Question: Why the Montana Plates? I assume you are in/from Louisiana (username and Brian Harris License Plate Holder)?...
re: Open Pit Grill?
Posted by captainahab on 7/24/23 at 12:03 pm
Nice!
Thanks for the advice folks as I am going to go the Weber route with that accessory/attachment....
Open Pit Grill?
Posted by captainahab on 7/24/23 at 9:38 am
Over the weekend, I saw some show on TV and the guy was using an open pit grill. I then saw the Meat Church video posted on this board and he was using one as well. I have a BGE and gas grill but am now thinking of trying one of the following:
Old Country BBQ Pits Vaquero Open Fire Grill
[link...
re: Reviving iconic Baton Rouge brand names is a hot trend
Posted by captainahab on 7/23/23 at 10:28 am
[quote]EDIT: I remembered it was Round the Corner.
And what about the pizza place next to it?[/quote]
I am pretty sure you are thinking of Bono's (this was in the mid-late 1970's). It was where Roul's is (or right next to it....
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