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Gravitiger
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re: USPS should be required by law or EO to produce dashcam footage of "delivery attempts"
Posted by Gravitiger on 3/4/26 at 7:20 pm to forkedintheroad
Yes, let's impose more unnecessary expenses on USPS.
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re: Looking for some new stretching pre round
Posted by Gravitiger on 3/4/26 at 6:41 am to makersmark1
I have a short routine I do if I don't have time for the range. I saw it on YouTube or read it in a magazine many years ago. It's supposed to quickly activate all the important muscle groups, but I don't remember the science. Kind of hard to explain and can look a little goofy on the first tee, but whatever...
1) Grab your seven iron or whatever. Assume an athletic position--feet shoulder width apart, knees slightly bent. Extend the club in front of you with hands approximately shoulder width apart on the shaft. Flip right arm over left, make a full left shoulder/hip turn, and hold for a few seconds. Then repeat with left arm over right and turning right.
2) Find a tee marker/cart tire. Place toe on top with heel on ground and stretch. Move around to activate multiple leg muscles. Repeat with other foot.
3) This is the weird one that might get you strange looks, but the most helpful IMO...
Grab your seven iron in your right hand. Hold it by the clubhead with the butt of the grip pressed firmly to the ground a few inches to your right. Dip into a seated position, placing the right foot over the left knee, back straight, with increasing weight until you feel the pressure on your IT band/club shaft. Hold for a few seconds. Repeat with club on left side and left foot over right knee.
4) I also swing an orange whip.
1) Grab your seven iron or whatever. Assume an athletic position--feet shoulder width apart, knees slightly bent. Extend the club in front of you with hands approximately shoulder width apart on the shaft. Flip right arm over left, make a full left shoulder/hip turn, and hold for a few seconds. Then repeat with left arm over right and turning right.
2) Find a tee marker/cart tire. Place toe on top with heel on ground and stretch. Move around to activate multiple leg muscles. Repeat with other foot.
3) This is the weird one that might get you strange looks, but the most helpful IMO...
Grab your seven iron in your right hand. Hold it by the clubhead with the butt of the grip pressed firmly to the ground a few inches to your right. Dip into a seated position, placing the right foot over the left knee, back straight, with increasing weight until you feel the pressure on your IT band/club shaft. Hold for a few seconds. Repeat with club on left side and left foot over right knee.
4) I also swing an orange whip.
re: Using its Own Pizza Box as the Plate for a Frozen Pizza
Posted by Gravitiger on 3/1/26 at 11:36 am to soccerfüt
If your pan has any nonstick coating on it, you're gonna compromise that and potentially leech carcinogens.
Most frozen pizzas cook directly on the rack now, also.
Most frozen pizzas cook directly on the rack now, also.
re: LSU to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, President Wade Rousse confirms
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/27/26 at 6:34 pm to Riverside
quote:Triggering liberals is so much more important than simple good governance.
This will trigger some liberals bigly. Love it!
re: LSU to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, President Wade Rousse confirms
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/27/26 at 6:11 pm to wm72
quote:Ssshhh...Ain't nobody down with that real Jesus talk.
Or really put your money where your religion is and sell all that you have and distribute to the poor to have treasure in heaven.
re: LSU to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, President Wade Rousse confirms
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/27/26 at 3:33 pm to Cliff Booth
quote:It is extremely naive to think overtly religious groups with explicit religious agendas (according to their own faiths) aren't trying to take over our national and local governments. It's literally Project 2025 and beyond.
We don’t have an official state religion, like England, and neither entity is trying to control the other in any way. It is not an issue in this country.
People just love shouting out “separation of church and state” when they see something like a prayer at a football game. It has nothing to do with that.
It has been an issue for hundreds of years, because our founding fathers did a very poor job of writing the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, and how it balances with the Free Exercise Clause (almost as bad as they did with the Second Amendment).
I don't blame them, they weren't expert legislators, and many weren't even lawyers. They were also under a very real time crunch. Realistically, we don't know what they meant by it and any claimed originalist interpretation is nonsense.
Please read the Kennedy v. Bremerton School District decison in detail when you get a chance. Just came out a couple years ago and is directly on point--balancing the Free Exercise Clause and Establishment Clause, specifically in the context of coach-initiated, voluntary team prayer in public interscholastic sports.
I disagree with some of the Court's reasoning around "historical standards" but the ultimate conclusion is good IMO. It does leave some questions around coercion undecided, but it's way better than Lemon.
re: Savannah Guthrie’s mom missing - being held for ransom - suspect photos released
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/27/26 at 2:55 pm to schwartzy
quote:Can you clarify what you mean by this? These people are true evil, or those that killed them are?
I am starting to think the Deep State ma be sort of being this.
There is some true evil in this world that appears to be very targeted: healthcare CEO, Donald Trump, Charlie Kirk, Jeffrey Epstein, etc
Are the people who killed Kirk the same as those who killed Epstein? Are you saying those two people (Epstein and Kirk) have similar issues?
To clarify, who all has killed whom, and why? What is the Trump connection? I am very confused.
re: LSU to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, President Wade Rousse confirms
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/27/26 at 2:01 pm to Adam Banks
quote:Or help.
It ain’t gonna hurt.
But let's spend money on something that adds no value to higher education, the state is good at that. I'm sure some 18-year-old freshman will see this 11×14" laminated paper on the wall of their 500-person college algebra class and think to themselves, "Damn, I really need to honor my father and mother more." No, they will get torn down by belligerent left-wing assholes and have to be replaced every week.
Even if the posters themselves are "donated" (likely by the Murdoch family, who effectively run most Christian publishing firms and make tens of billions a year in Bible sales to institutions, unbeknownst to the public), there is a huge labor cost, taking Facility Services away from their normal jobs to put up posters in a thousand classrooms, then constantly replace them. LSU and ULL and LA Tech can absorb that, but Southern and Southeastern and UNO can't. It will eventually add up in deferred maintenance for the smaller public schools, which the state (i.e., LA taxpayers) will then pay even more for.
The LSU student body is relatively non-political and relatively conservative, compared to other flagships, especially outside the South. If this happened at a school where most students actually gave a political shite, there would be organized underground campus movements to remove the posters as soon as they were put up, and/or post "alternative" commandments on the public fora. That may still happen even at LSU, if you buy into the PT board conspiracies of widespread Soros-funded campus antifa orgs.
This is such a waste of time, energy, and money. Unless you're Governor Landry, in which case it serves a higher political end. Literally the only reason this is happening. He probably doesn't even personally believe in it--he just has no morals. JMO he's angling for a VP bid with Vance 2030. Trying to up his Project 2025 bona fides.
Neither he nor Vance has any actual consistent ideology. No conservative, or even classical liberal, true believers here. They are both political opportunists whose values coincide with whoever the "cool kid" is at the moment. Both quintessential manchurian puppet candidates, with terrifying skeletons in their closets that compromise them to corporate lobbyists and deep staters.
re: LSU to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, President Wade Rousse confirms
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/27/26 at 1:54 pm to schwartzy
quote:Muslims recognize the Ten Commandments, dumbass. They see Moses as one of the major prophets.
Society needs this as a whole. There is nothing wrong with it.
And if Muslims don’t like it, then leave. They need to assimilate to our culture, not the other way around
That you assume this is about Muslims shows a laughable degree of ignorance (and bigotry) on the subject.
Seriously, never post again without researching some basic understanding of the thread topic.
re: Everyone Hates Data Centers it is almost universal
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/25/26 at 12:09 am to UltimaParadox
Problem is China WILL build them then take over the world with superior tech infrastructure. That will eventually be the differentiator. They don't give a shite about the environment and by then it will be too late for us to catch up. Not to say individual communities shouldn't care, but as a relatively free society/economy who gives autonomy to local government, and actually cares a little about human rights, we are stuck between a rock and a hard place, policy-wise.
re: How many billionaires live in Louisiana?
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/25/26 at 12:01 am to armytiger96
quote:More importantly, were you able to buy a home at the right time. If you did, it's a source of growing wealth forever. If you didn't, good luck with that part-time post-retirement gig.
I would hope most college graduates are millionaires by the time they retire regardless of industry!
I know it's not close to being the case but it should be!
$300 a month over a 40 year career gets you there!
re: How many billionaires live in Louisiana?
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/24/26 at 11:50 pm to Fun Bunch
quote:People are not understanding the question. Family wealth =/= one person's wealth. How many individual Reillys are billionaires? "The family" doesn't count.
Glass is correct. The Reily family is in this category
re: World Cup games in Houston may increase
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/24/26 at 8:54 pm to UKWildcats
quote:Always love a good "Let me tell you how much I don't care about this" post.
My level of "give a damn" about soccer however, will not.
re: Other than a Lawyer or HR person who is someone I can talk to about Short Term Disability?
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/24/26 at 7:57 pm to Grinder
Good. That's the first thing. Again, I would suggest reading the policy very closely before contacting her employer.
I know you said you don't want a lawyer, but $500-1,000 for a couple hours consult may be worth it if she's really sick and you want to make sure it's all done right. These policies are pretty straightforward, but if you don't feel 100% comfortable after reading it, some things are worth outsourcing when you have so much going on.
It's also not the worst thing to go ahead and establish a legal relationship, if this could become a long-term thing and you expect issues with HR. Worst case is they hear your story and say you really don't need an attorney for this right now and then probably won't charge you for the initial.
Point being, no matter what, you want to have a confident opinion of how it works and what should be done before going to talk to them about it.
Source: former employer-side employment lawyer who does not trust HR staff to be competent and ethical. Also did a little insurance defense and don't trust them, either.
ETA: I am very sorry you are having to deal with this. I actually have some limited expert knowledge in this area, and I would still be totally freaked if my wife were seriously ill. I also hope for your and her sake this is not a government employer. They are the worst with HR stuff.
I know you said you don't want a lawyer, but $500-1,000 for a couple hours consult may be worth it if she's really sick and you want to make sure it's all done right. These policies are pretty straightforward, but if you don't feel 100% comfortable after reading it, some things are worth outsourcing when you have so much going on.
It's also not the worst thing to go ahead and establish a legal relationship, if this could become a long-term thing and you expect issues with HR. Worst case is they hear your story and say you really don't need an attorney for this right now and then probably won't charge you for the initial.
Point being, no matter what, you want to have a confident opinion of how it works and what should be done before going to talk to them about it.
Source: former employer-side employment lawyer who does not trust HR staff to be competent and ethical. Also did a little insurance defense and don't trust them, either.
ETA: I am very sorry you are having to deal with this. I actually have some limited expert knowledge in this area, and I would still be totally freaked if my wife were seriously ill. I also hope for your and her sake this is not a government employer. They are the worst with HR stuff.
re: How many billionaires live in Louisiana?
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/24/26 at 7:54 pm to glassman
quote:Is there one individual owner, or is that all the heirs combined? The family estate/trust being worth a billion dollars is very different than any individual heir having that kind of money after it's been split for 4-5 generations.
The company has been around for over a hundred years. They also have extensive real estate and stock portfolios. Easily a net worth of a billion.
re: Other than a Lawyer or HR person who is someone I can talk to about Short Term Disability?
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/24/26 at 7:45 pm to Grinder
Do you have her power of attorney? Her HR may or may not talk to you about this kind of thing without it.
re: Other than a Lawyer or HR person who is someone I can talk to about Short Term Disability?
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/24/26 at 6:48 pm to Grinder
Read your policy, then call the insurer.
re: What’s the longest Uber ride you have done?
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/23/26 at 3:34 pm to doublecutter
Liverpool to London. About 4 hours overnight. We missed the last train back after the British Open right before a national transit strike. Had a flight out of Heathrow the next morning. I think it was somewhere between 350-400 British pounds.
re: Astonishing Graphic - How couples met 1930 to 2024
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/23/26 at 3:24 pm to i am dan
quote:They survey a relatively small sample of people then generalize to the population. We have no idea if their sampling is any good, how they gathered data, etc.
How could they obtain the data for this?
Looking at who the author of the post is, he probably scraped it off the internet somewhere just to create a cool graphic.
re: The Alcohol Industry Lost $830 Billion In the Last 4 Years, Thanks Largely to Gen Z
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/22/26 at 7:01 am to AZTiger7072
quote:
I hire and fire dozens a year.
quote:Which one is it?
I don’t hire many of them.
re: I honestly thought this was a fake statistic, but it isn’t. Tokyo budget vs NYC budget
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/21/26 at 10:46 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
No doubt Tokyo astronomically more efficient than NYC. I'm not sure how Japanese federalism works compared to ours. Does the national government there foot a bigger or smaller portion of the bill?
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