[Rhodes22-list] NOLA - Still Political

[Herb Parsons]

Not much of a coffee drinker (though my wife is), could definitely talk over a bowl of gumbo.

We're not actually in New Orleans, our boat's in Slidell. We DID have it at Oak Harbor, until we had to move it for the renovations. It's in Bonfucha right now. We hpe to get it fixed back up soon, and moved back to Oak Harbor, but that's probably a few weeks out.

I'll try to remember to drop you  a line when we're headed that way.

Herb Parsons

S/V O'Jure
  1976 O'Day 25
  Lake Grapevine, N TX

S/V Reve de Papa
  1971 Coronado 35
  Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana Coast

>>> "Arthur H. Czerwonky" <czerwonky at earthlink.net> 7/12/2007 7:54 PM >>>
Herb,

Where do you park the boat in NOLA, I just imagine a likelihood of having stuff vanish, maybe even like a boat.  I have stayed on the base on the West Bank on my trips there recently and keep my eyes wide open 24/7.  I'd like to buy you a cup of java next trip if you are around - like I'm coming down Aug 12th I think.

Chow,
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Herb Parsons <HParsons at parsonsys.com>
>Sent: Jul 12, 2007 11:52 AM
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] NOLA - Still Political
>
>I go to the area for the food, the lake (Pontchartrain), to work on my boat (not NEARLY enough of that lately), and leave the politics alone. Trying to deal with the politics in NO (just about all of LA for that matter) is about like trying to play with rattlesnakes. Trying to do it long term is like trying to keep rattlesnakes as pets, and playing with them. Some can do it, I'll sail (and eat) instead.
>
>
>Herb Parsons
>
>S/V O'Jure
>  1976 O'Day 25
>  Lake Grapevine, N TX
>
>S/V Reve de Papa
>  1971 Coronado 35
>  Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana Coast
>
>>>> "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> 7/12/2007 10:25 AM >>>
>Herb,
>
>We've chased a couple of deals in NOLA, or followed a couple of primrose
>paths to deals in NOLA, but have chosen to stay in Mississippi.  A co-worker
>and his two brothers, also airline pilots, started a container company in
>NOLA and the MS Coast.  I thought about doing that but didn't  because we
>don't have the capital.  Being poor has its rewards!  They got busted for
>illegally dumping on what they thought was a FEMA approved dump site.  The
>Feds and locals watched them dump for about six months and then went in for
>the kill.  He thinks a competitor set him up.  Whatever the case, we don't
>know anything about NOLA but we know enough to stay-the-hell out.  I have
>yet to meet a single contractor that didn't get burned sooner or later in
>NOLA since Katrina.  We'll stick to what we know.
>
>Brad
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