Ask and you shall receive; a new [RANDOM THOUGHTS] fred

by **mickbayne** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 17:02:28

Any flexible spending account experts here? I just got off the phone with the benefits department here and I feel like my situation is too good to be true. My last day at this job is next Friday, 9/6. I have $300 in my FSA, but as of tomorrow I'll only have contributed $50 towards it via payroll deductions (our fiscal year is July 1 to June 30 and I've contributed $25 for each of July and August's paychecks). The benefits lady said as long as my claims are dated between July 1, 2013 and September 6, 2013 I can use the entire $300. She said this works out because so many people end up losing the money they contributed to their FSAs but did not use. Time to get some fancy new prescription glasses!

by **Bucky** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 17:06:11

it's TRUE!!

by **mickbayne** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 17:07:31

What a country!

by **Bucky** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 22:37:38

so the comedian/magician at the comedy stop in the Trop pulled me up on stage for his final bit tonight. he didn't know what he was in for. I heard people chanting my name by the time it was over. :lol:

by **CalvinBall** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 22:44:44

Bourbon street is somewhat horrifying. The strip clubs have what look to be 15 year old girls outside trying to get people to come in. The people who dress up are fucking weird. One guy was in a Homer costume, sitting on a trash can, grabbing his crotch, and giving people the finger. He had a tip bucket out like he expects money for that.

This place just isn't my scene I guess.

by **CalvinBall** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 22:45:01

Bucky wrote:so the comedian/magician at the comedy stop in the Trop pulled me up on stage for his final bit tonight. he didn't know what he was in for. I heard people chanting my name by the time it was over.

Go on

by **Bucky** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 22:45:29

BITE YOUR TONGUE

bourbon street is just about my favorite place on planet earth

by **Bucky** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 22:46:03

but i hear it's changed, tbf

haven't been there in about 10 years

by **Bucky** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 22:55:03

CalvinBall wrote:
Bucky wrote:so the comedian/magician at the comedy stop in the Trop pulled me up on stage for his final bit tonight. he didn't know what he was in for. I heard people chanting my name by the time it was over.

Go on

not much, I just played along and was very animated. He did a trick with toilet paper- he handed me my piece and I proceeded to blow my nose. "I'll do the jokes here" he admonished. Then the routine was a couple minutes long where I had to repeat his motions and then we broke into a square dance- I think he was pretty shocked that I followed right along.

by **CalvinBall** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 23:30:46

Bucky wrote:but i hear it's changed, tbf

haven't been there in about 10 years

Maybe. What did you like about it?

by **jamiethekiller** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 23:31:42

i didn't like bourbon street at all.

had an amazing night on magazine street at some shitty fucking dive that just had '70's country on the jukebox and a flyers pennant on the wall. frenchmen street was good, too. listened to an awesome blues band all night

by **702** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 00:50:51

I was just there for the Superbowl and it was a piece of shit. Hated Bourbon St.

by **Napalm** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 07:21:01

Bucky wrote:BITE YOUR TONGUE

bourbon street is just about my favorite place on planet earth

i must have missed that episode

by **Grotewold** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 08:45:34

Bucky wrote:BITE YOUR TONGUE

bourbon street is just about my favorite place on planet earth

I loved it for my bachelor party but don't feel a need to go back

by **Woody** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 09:17:36

Bucky wrote:
CalvinBall wrote:
Bucky wrote:so the comedian/magician at the comedy stop in the Trop pulled me up on stage for his final bit tonight. he didn't know what he was in for. I heard people chanting my name by the time it was over.

Go on

not much, I just played along and was very animated. He did a trick with toilet paper- he handed me my piece and I proceeded to blow my nose. "I'll do the jokes here" he admonished. Then the routine was a couple minutes long where I had to repeat his motions and then we broke into a square dance- I think he was pretty shocked that I followed right along.

/bucky

by **Bucky** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 09:23:40

'xactly!

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 09:31:57

702 wrote:I was just there for the Superbowl and it was a piece of #$!&@. Hated Bourbon St.

this is like saying Bob and Barbara's sucks cause you popped in at midnight on a Saturday when every frat boy is there. what city wouldn't suck while hosting the super bowl?

Bourbon Street wasn't my favorite thing about NO but I loved it. go on a normal weekend

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 09:32:17

I would give half a finger to see that bucky performance

by **Bucky** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 09:48:40

i'm scouring the web for bootlegs

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:44:06

jamiethekiller wrote:i didn't like bourbon street at all.

had an amazing night on magazine street at some shitty fucking dive that just had '70's country on the jukebox and a flyers pennant on the wall. frenchmen street was good, too. listened to an awesome blues band all night

I was on Bourbon Street last year, February 2012, and was shocked by how tawdry I thought it was. I thought there would be more than just low-rent strip joints.

Having said that, I had a few very fun nights in NO. Crazy town though. When I was there (for work), one of my co-workers who was stationed down there had just had a friend in to visit the week before. He made local headlines, because, while out on Bourbon Street one night, he got mugged by a group of girls with a gun (muggings are a daily occurrence in NO, evidently). They took his wallet and took off, after which he, being drunk and getting increasingly pissed about losing his wallet, decided to go after them, and successfully tracked them down, commandeered the gun, and held at least one of the girls until police could arrive. And he got his wallet back.

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