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Gee Grenouille
| Favorite team: | Southern Miss  |
| Location: | Bogalusa |
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| Number of Posts: | 7746 |
| Registered on: | 7/21/2018 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: I am an engineer
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 3/4/26 at 9:12 am to LNCHBOX
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I love when people who have an engineering degree call themselves engineers. Unless you are a P.E., you aren't an engineer.
Factually incorrect, and I have a PE
PEs are the only engineers that put *E on their email sigs. For that reason, I am out.
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re: I am an engineer
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 3/4/26 at 8:03 am to RoosterCogburn585
I take more of an issue with the "administrative state" and the people who only work in that space. It doesn't matter how shitty the job is, as long as everybody stays within the "process", which for some people indemnifies them of all accountability. Both engineers and technicians can succumb to this industry ailment. I've been a technician for almost 20 years and fixed anything you can possibly think of. I've also got 3 college degrees, including an MBA. That MBA showed me the dark side, where all this admin nonsense generates from. I no longer blame engineers for the things I think they did wrong. We're all just trying to survive.
re: Property tax
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 3/1/26 at 6:31 pm to TheOcean
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Someone's got to pay for oweo to sit at home all day and shitpost
I won't defend Oweo, but that's not where Oweo gets his money, assuming he's on government assistance. Your property taxes are going to police, fire, etc. Some people just love that shite. Most small towns and cities in La could do without a police department and let the sheriff's office handle it. But oh hell no, we can't do that.
re: Dartmouth 0 @ LSU 3 Final
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 3/1/26 at 1:28 pm to friendlyobservation
at least they got the cool glasses on
re: Dartmouth 0 @ LSU 3 Final
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 3/1/26 at 1:19 pm to TheJuicey
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If this was an SEC opponent it would be one thing, but this is stupid
This is less of a thing than most sports. There are so many really good baseball players, because of a huge travel ball contingent, and so many NCAA baseball teams, everyone can field well. Hitting requires a lot more skill.
IMO
re: Northeastern 1 @ LSU 3 Final
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 2/28/26 at 3:30 pm to TigerLunatik
I bet those are nice
re: Northeastern 1 @ LSU 3 Final
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 2/28/26 at 3:08 pm to CheerWhine
Did I just see a hurst
re: LSU student supports higher standards
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 2/28/26 at 7:51 am to prplhze2000
That last guy gonna get raysussed for the donkey term.
also, ESPN football crowd view is gonna look a lot different in three years
also, ESPN football crowd view is gonna look a lot different in three years
re: Name of upcoming Iran operation
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 2/27/26 at 7:56 pm to scrooster
Operation Catherine Bell
re: Dartmouth 2 @ LSU 5 Final
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 2/27/26 at 7:47 pm to SlapahoeTribe
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Are you using dialup?
For whatever reason my tv offshore runs slow on live tv. So I let the game get about 10 minutes ahead. I’m not even sure if that helps lol
re: Dartmouth 2 @ LSU 5 Final
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 2/27/26 at 7:42 pm to MetArl15
I’m an inning behind because my WiFi is slow. What was jay upset about at the mound in the third inning
re: Seatbelt ticket
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 2/27/26 at 4:24 pm to JTM72
How about you worry about what you’re doing and not what everyone else is doing
re: How’s your 2026 going?
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 2/27/26 at 9:54 am to Bison
will know bonus amount Tuesday. That should get me down to nothing but a 50k mortgage as far as debt goes. I'm almost there.
re: Spain gives paid time off for period pains
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 2/27/26 at 9:47 am to SelaTiger
it just goes to show you that nothing will ever be enough
re: What is the most famous crime/murder in your area?
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 2/26/26 at 3:08 pm to yallgood
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Willie and Vaccaro killed Hathaway at Frickes Cave. Doesn't get any bigger than that around here.
Yeah, I guess parts of that got made into a movie so I guess it's the most well known one. Currently the Donna Arceneaux case gets a lot of attention. JD Youngin in Bogalusa was a pretty big deal to the black community. Oneal Moore, in Varnado or Angie, the deputy shot at killed for being black, was a big deal back in the day too.
re: Building permit expediters/consultants
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 2/26/26 at 12:38 pm to LSUengr
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They are a racket and if you are building near you in Bogalusa, you won't need one anyway. Permit office around there won't be like dealing with a more strict parish or city. Just hire a decent architect and they can handle the permitting. If you just hire a plan room or drafter, then you will have to handle permitting yourself.
Just like every OT thread about building a house, it's rocket science that only GCs can figure out in the OT's hivemind. It's always hilarious. If you set exepectations for yourself and your trades, you will be fine. Yes, your trades will abandon you at times because they have to service their bigger clients. So your build is not going to be as efficient as a regular builder. However, if you have held enough of their money, they will come back. Built 5 of my own houses and every house there is one trade that you end up getting crossways with and you have to find another.
Most GCs these days are simply schedulers. They don't know how to actually build anything. They have realtionships and stay current on the process where they build. They can't do plumbing, electrical, framing, trim, etc. My dad was a carpenter/cabinet builder when I was growing up, so I actually did a bunch of the actual work on my own houses. He built 4 of his own houses and helped me on all 5 of mine.
All of this is my experience. Someone saying there's no way my plumber DOESN'T work for GCs, or would prioritize them over me, just doesn't understand small towns, or at least where I'm at.
I'm not saying that what some of the GCs are posting here isn't true for them and their area. But I have personal relationships with the following
Plumber-best man in my wedding
HVAC- the plumbers first cousin and a lifelong friend
ELEC-Worked together when we were in school, still does work at my house, hang out periodically
Architect-lives around the corner from me
Concrete- owns the concrete plant, went to school with since 2nd grade, has a crew
Cabinets-went to school together, done 2 other houses for me
framing/siding/flooring/roofing/windows/insulation-went to church together our entire childhood, still does work for me
Materials-the two guys that own the lumberyard are personal friends, one a general contractor just for fun. They'd bring me a 1/2 plumbing fitting at 2 in the morning if I needed it. If I missed anyone I might need, these guys have someone.
Also, all of those people listed have issues with the permitting office. They just make shite up and it changes day to day, person to person. And none of them drop work to run to a GC and take are of them first. It's just not the business model for them. Mainly because the GC wants people they can use that way, and a guy with a solid business doesn't need their work.
I'm not saying there aren't places where a GC is needed. And if you don't know all these people I could see where you would need someone. But it really ain't that complicated when you have good people.
The problem is always the permit office. I'd rather hire someone that knows how the process works, with an understanding of the actual codes, than deal with them myself.
re: 700 trucking companies at same California address
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 2/26/26 at 5:24 am to kywildcatfanone
I’m to the point where I’m just gonna fly everywhere. If it’s over 6 hours I’ll take my chances in the friendly skies.
re: Building permit expediters/consultants
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 2/26/26 at 5:12 am to soccerfüt
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In many scenarios the folks at the building department are the enemy.
Do we live in the same parish?
re: Building permit expediters/consultants
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 2/26/26 at 5:10 am to Mariner
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Beware if you are subbing everything yourself:
The people I would hire don’t work for GCs. They’ve established their own businesses and don’t have to play circus monkey to keep work. Most of the GCs I know use subs that are new to the business and are trying to establish themselves, so they take the work they can get. If their service call business is good enough they eventually have enough work to keep them busy without having to work for GCs. But this probably all depends on where you are. The negative of it is you have to deal with the permitting office, which everyone, and I mean everyone, has an issue with. So I was looking for someone to deal with it for me. I’ve gotten some good advice here, sounds like expediter isn’t an option.
re: I always thought the Brian Kelly/cultural fit stuff was over blown
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 2/25/26 at 8:05 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Kelly was never really allowed full control of his program with Woodwards PR meddling. So he put it on auto-pilot. He had legit offense when he had terrible defense, and the opposite of that the next year. He was a mediocre defense away from Winning a natty with Daniels. The defensive problems got Woodward involved.
re: This plan would save social security *and* reduce elderly poverty. Your thoughts?
Posted by Gee Grenouille on 2/25/26 at 7:47 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I’ve paid the max into SS for at least the last 15 years, and will continue to do so for the next 15 years. Been working for 30 years, since I was 15. And now I have to share? Just give me back what me and my employers have put in. I’ll take it from here.
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