In Irwindale, the water came out looking like diluted milk ... and stayed that way several minutes later. It is an old rock quarrying town, so I suspect it was just rock debris suspended in the water.
In Mississippi, the water came out yellow for a few days before getting clear again. The same thing happened in #Baton_Rouge, but it was only one or two days and it only happened once.
@guizzy Yeah, I don't know if they got worse or I am just more aware. I agree that #KFC is near the bottom of the barrel in the quality of their food, the cleanliness of their restaurants, and the service they give.
Popeye's is better (but now that I've tasted the gas station chicken in #Baton_Rouge, #Popeyes is just a poor imitation). Better food quality, better service, better cleanliness.
#Burger_King, which has no concept of food quality, is consistently better than KFC.
If you like Popeye's fried chicken (the "spicy" version), you should try to visit Baton Rouge at least once. The gas station is across the street from the Greyhound bus station and it has the best tasting fried chicken that I've found.
Like most food in #Louisiana, it is salty. In this case, though, it isn't so salty that your mouth tingles or anything like that. You definitely do not want to make it your daily lunch or anything like that.
I don't currently have any specific plans to visit #Baton_Rouge, but I would like to go spend a week or so in Louisiana, including a day or two in #New_Orleans.
Think about that for a moment. In a government office in the US, handwashing rates were approximately the same as the global rate, which includes people in countries or areas where soap and running water are not available.
Seeing @moonman talk about a power outage at the casino reminds me of being in #Baton_Rouge, #LA, several years back. There was a big storm moving in (with tornadoes and everything) and lots of wind and rain, but it was drive to the casino or starve, so Mark and I met there, while S went to a different casino in another parish. We were already inside and eating when the power went out. It came back after 10-15 minutes, and they let us stay there and eat (but they were not serving new guests until power came back). After we finished, he went to play some slots and I started my trek back to the hotel. Power went out again before I got out of the building.
I hadn't taken my company cell phone with me, so when I got back, I found that management was freaking out about the storm and afraid that people may have been hurt or killed. One guy had gone to see a movie (on Christmas day, imagine that) and turned his phone off. They had called everyone at least twice (and they followed with another couple of calls after I got back to the hotel). It was probably almost 17:00 US-Central when the movie guy turned his phone back on and found that he had dozens of panicked messages.
Lesson learned: get something that tastes decent that you can eat in the room instead of going to hotel and casino banquets for holiday meals. The casino food was expensive and not very good. There was a huge quantity, but there's only so much one person can eat.
@kelbot If you happen to visit #Baton_Rouge, #LA, GameStop sent me to a locally-owned competing store named GameWare to get a used #PSP a few years ago after my old one's battery swelled up. I bought 2 PSPs and a #PSVita, but sent one PSP to my son. Pricing seemed high, but I was there and I want the systems right away.
Good morning and #TZAG, everyone.
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It is 57°F in #JCMO, 57°F in my #SoCal hometown, 55°F in #Baton_Rouge, 50°F in @mike's hometown, and 76°F in the San Juan metro. I'm on the 06:45 shuttle, heading for work.
Good morning and #TZAG everybody. It is just before 06:00 in #PR. 75F in San Juan, 35F in #JCMO Jefferson City #MO, 60F in Phoenix #AZ, 51F in #Baton_Rouge #LA, and 43F in my #SoCal hometown and 43F in @mike's hometown.
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More sleep but less rested for me. How are you?