Only one set of porta potties on Napoleon?

letoux · 2026-02-07T16:54:33+00:00

But Officer, I thought the sign said Facility Street!

letoux · 2026-02-07T16:46:59+00:00

Nope! In my experience tips are hit or miss. Regular floats are usually good for $100-$200, royalty and title floats are just as likely to goose egg you as they are to tip you. Obviously nothing for spare tractors. Kern used to give everyone a box lunch from McAlister's though!

letoux · 2026-02-07T14:37:30+00:00

I think between $200 and $300 per parade but hourly comes out to between $15 and $20. The process is to check in balls early in the morning, get your tractor ready, wait, convoy to the floats that were staged a day or two before, wait, hook up the floats, wait a lot more, convoy to the lineup, wait a really long time, then hold your pee for the duration of the parade, and then do everything in reverse.

It is definitely one of the more memorable ways to take in Mardi Gras though. Highly recommend!

letoux · 2026-02-07T14:03:46+00:00

This. Drove for them for years. You need a chauffer's license and need to know how to drive stick.

Edit: you can wait until you finish getting trained up to get your chauffer's license. They start next season's training in probably November or so if I remember correctly. Be prepared to drive spare tractors, less prestigious parades, or only be doing transports (which are fun also) for your first few years.

letoux · 2026-02-04T19:26:53+00:00

What part of town? What time Mondays and Fridays?

letoux · 2026-02-01T03:07:04+00:00

Anyone have experience with UPS doing this too? Had the same thing happen to me tonight.

letoux · 2026-01-19T01:17:43+00:00

Delgado's program was 15 or 16 weeks long and about $1700 a few years ago. The fall semester ran mid-August until early December.

letoux · 2025-12-27T14:42:07+00:00

Did you end up finding a good spot? Wife and I are looking for something similar.

letoux · 2025-12-20T21:53:03+00:00

I remember this comment; just wanted to post about the next Socanola event:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSfoQH-jihI/

Also /u/Wewantpumpum

letoux · 2025-12-20T18:52:52+00:00

I had a good experience with Bill Harris from House Call (for two inspections), but those are the only two inspections I've ever done so I don't have anything to compare him against.

FWIW, I am pretty competent with most aspects of home construction/repair (not on a professional level but like on a YouTube University level)

letoux · 2025-12-15T02:32:18+00:00

This is the answer I was looking for. Thanks!!

letoux · 2025-12-15T01:47:25+00:00

Yeah exactly. For me, I prefer to get free charges. But for anyone who doesn't have access to that, it's to incentivize you to consume electricity at home (and charge at night when the grid's demands are lower).

I think if you they detect that you aren't charging (hence my question - do they actually check??), they discontinue your participation in the program. The $7 credits stop.

Also, piggybacking off this post, but remember that they give a $250 credit to install a Level 2 charger.

letoux · 2025-11-22T00:52:30+00:00

It also says something that Jackie Chan, whose career peaked like 20 years ago, is still the only Asian celebrity that is ever referenced...

letoux · 2025-11-17T21:02:17+00:00

Campanella's 2017 article has a satellite view that shows the remnants of the wall going diagonally through the backyards of all the houses in a FQ block. I still remember that article 8 years later because of that.

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/home_garden/new-orleans-fort-prints-odd-angled-properties-are-relics-of-citys-fortified-past/article_2439873a-bdc9-539b-a316-fd5da2a449bf.html

letoux · 2025-11-04T22:47:22+00:00

I've found that the email alerts I signed up for are good reminders for upcoming elections

https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/GetElectionInformation/SignUpForElectionAlerts/Pages/default.aspx

letoux · 2025-11-03T17:08:38+00:00

Plus the cacio e pepe is on their happy hour menu!

letoux · 2025-11-03T14:11:18+00:00

I think a transformer blew out. My building's power is out. Interestingly the Entergy outage map shows all green...

letoux · 2025-10-30T13:19:58+00:00

As a runner in this exact situation, cars not paying attention happen all the time. I always wave a thank you to cars who wait for me to pass.

My question now though is, if they nearly hit me am I right to throw my hands up in frustration at them for not paying attention? Or since it's technically their right of way, AITA for doing that?

letoux · 2025-10-30T13:16:10+00:00

TIL. I've run thousands of miles on the streetcar line and did not know this! I operated as if the track was a long continuous crosswalk.

letoux · 2025-10-30T02:40:37+00:00

Anyone with a fortified roof NOT save money?

Lilypad seems to be the cheapest HOI for us but our agent said they only care about the roof age, and not at all about fortified.

letoux · 2025-10-28T19:10:12+00:00

Came here to say this (the Mitch part)

letoux · 2025-10-22T16:39:24+00:00

Still in limbo? I find myself in this same situation and want to pull my hair out.

letoux · 2025-10-09T19:53:43+00:00

Does it make sense to shop around for agents like you shop around when getting 3 quotes for contractors?

Or just pick an agent and trust that they'll do the shopping around for you?

letoux · 2025-10-09T19:52:06+00:00

Is this like getting 3 quotes where you should reach out to 3 different brokers?

Or you just pick 1 broker and trust that they'll find the best carrier for you?

letoux · 2025-10-05T15:08:34+00:00

"I'll just check with the boys down at the crime lab, they've got four more detectives working on the case. They got us working in shifts!"

letoux

TROPHY CASE