I am not sure I would want to get that close to the rhino.

@jon-nyc said in For Horace: @Mik Really? Did you live there your whole childhood? No, just until I was 3. But we spent a lot of time there.

Handy with a hammer? Had a buddy who bought a house in the garden district within walking distance of LSU, for the purpose of renting out two bedrooms while his daughter lived in the third bedroom. House needed some TLC. He went in and fixed a few small things on the outside, then painted the exterior. Next, he tackled the kitchen, repainting the walls,cabinets and laying builder's quality ceramic tile on the floor. That was followed by some bathroom work I don't think was too expensive. Don't know what he did in the front room, but I know he painted the bedrooms after doing some sheetrock repair and then had FHA carpet (it was faster and cheaper) laid down. He sold the house after his daughter graduated. I don't think he made a huge profit, but his daughter's housing expenses in college were pretty low.

It’s time to wrap it up. Got rather ridiculous in the first half.

Nope. I was ready to head to the house. It is the season, though. They're nice and big this year. Several big boils have happened around here for one cause or another. The rice farmers should be happy, as they tend to make more money off of the crawfish than they make from their rice crop.

We seriously need to do two things: Congress needs to write and make less law. Congress needs to write better law. Law that is more succinct, with less loopholes and clearer meanings.

It’s hyperbole for sure

@Axtremus said in Adaptation Studies: @Aqua-Letifer, among TNCR regulars, it seems to me you are more likely to know about something like ... what do you think of it? It's something we covered a lot in my master's, with some emphasis on commercial application. I think as a "Study" it's bullocks. As a practice, it's very difficult. To create a good adaptation, you have to have developed sufficient sensibility in both the original medium, and in the one you intend to adapt it to. That's why "the book was better" is such a cliché. Back in the day, though, Disney were the undisputed masters at this.

For some people that may be true. It is pride month after all.

@jon-nyc said in Traffic Weavers: I confess, I'm a traffic weaver. I know it's not efficient, and that the gain isn't worth the risk. But it's just who I am.... It’s the cabs did that to you.

@jon-nyc said in Real time WWII: If I had time I’d make a Downfall parody called “Hitler finds out Taiwan Girl doesn’t remember the name of Downfall” But you got the name of the movie right!!!!

Scary stuff. Glad that it turned out okay. Hopefully I would react in the right way in a situation like that.

Sorry to hear that about your friends who are the couple. Sad news.

What is the "swamp". I hear you guys say this a lot but am not sure what it is. Is it refer to people who have worked in government a long time? If so, I don't think you want to get rid of experienced people just because they have been there a long time.