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The Royal We

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  1. I’m not sure how someone bitching about getting a free old car ties in to the discussion here either, but his feelings don’t give a rip about your facts. Amirite?
  2. The disconnect between actual economic performance and how the economy FEELS to people is so confounding. Even among people on this thread who would probably say Biden has done a pretty good job with the economy. I guess everyone is just beaten down into a pulp by everyone around them constantly moaning about how shitty things really are? I certainly get that in my day to day, but I live in deep east Texas and am generally surrounded by people that I disagree with about pretty much everything related to current events/politics/economics, etc. Just a few: Higher than it's ever been, save the massive Covid stimulus. Wages for people at the bottom are increasing faster than for people at the top. How is the US doing against our peers? The price of eggs peaked in JAN of 2023. I'm not even an amateur economist, but it's hard to understand how the objective reality of the economy is so different than people's perception of it. Unless all the numbers are just made up and it's all a big conspiracy to trick people into thinking things are going okay under old Joey Two Scoops!
  3. That's kind of what I'm thinking too. And it does seem like it should be a requirement for rental companies to provide tires that are adequate for snow if renting out vehicles in the winter time. I know for damn sure they will come after the renters for the damages/loss of hire/diminution of value if a renter doesn't buy the Loss Damage Waiver and ends up in the ditch.
  4. Gunnison. Not nearly as many options there as in Denver.
  5. I just checked again and Hertz doesn't have any SUVs available and this is what Budget wants to charge for a week: GFY
  6. Well, it's from Turo - so it's an individual owner and not Hertz/Enterprise, etc. I think Hertz was the only outfit in town that even had a SUV available to reserve and it was outrageously expensive. I'm sure it will be fine and I'm overthinking it.
  7. Yes. And up the ~1/2 mile private road that leads to the house. (it's pretty steep) Think I'll be fine if it's plowed and I've got 4WD? Sorry for the noob question, just don't want to start the trip off with a big L if possible.
  8. Anyone have recs for some cheap emergency snow chains that I could travel with? I reserved a 4WD Ram via Turo because renting a big SUV in Gunnison was going to be close to $2k for a week. It looks like the truck has pretty new Goodyear Wrangler SR-A tires on it in the pictures, but those have terrible reviews online about their performance in the snow. There's a 4WD 4Runner I'll have access to once I get to the house in CB, but there's also a pretty steep road to get up to the house. These are probably not viable for a drive through a hairy mountain pass, but I'm thinking about 2 sets of these for the rear tires or something similar just in case there is fresh snow on the road up to the house. Or maybe I'm overthinking it and won't need anything at all. I know that road gets plowed after every significant snow so it might not be an issue in a 4WD truck. https://a.co/d/e8CA5nR
  9. It's looking better and better. I keep checking the web cam and wishing I was out there right now - there's no one there.
  10. So much this. Someone laying his ass out (Kermit Washington style) is the only way he stops being such a sorry POS. In that video above Draymon is choking Gobert out and KAT is just trying to wedge his hand in there, wtf? He should have had his nose broke right then.
  11. I still play some with my sons and nephew. We got a squad win earlier today and it's still pretty damn exciting when everyone is in the same room grinding for the W. The new Lego mode they added is not for me, but my younger son and his cousin love it. It's basically Minecraft but your character is a lego version of the skins you already have. They stayed up late last night building a massive castle together.
  12. I thought they were mostly undercover Antifa posing as MAGAts? Shouldn't we all want to LOCK THEM UP!?
  13. Just because we're bereaved doesn't doesn't make us saps! I guess they don't have Ralph's in Russia?
  14. Looking at the live cam it's snowing in CB too. Giggity.
  15. He can be a savage too. How’s that going for you, Ron? You’re down 41 points in your own state.
  16. Lift tickets and lessons for the kids are secured. I've been jogging/cycling/box jumps trying to get my old ass in better shape. These people cruising around out there today with no lift lines are living the dream: https://www.skicb.com/the-mountain/mountain-conditions/mountain-cams.aspx
  17. Holy shit. The BBs have spilled out of the box and are scattered across the floor. It’s glorious.
  18. "It's not hard." After all, who doesn't have 640,000 acres of wasteland just hanging out in their RE portfolio?
  19. It's a jet stream of bullshit.
  20. The power of the Surl knows no bounds.
  21. Have you seen these composting disposal systems? I need them to get a bit cheaper, but our house is on a septic system and I loathe cleaning out the drain screen that keeps all the junk from going into the septic. https://sepurahome.com/products/sepura
  22. My wife and daughter are massive T Swift fans. I'm not crazy about most of her music, but I went to the movie a few weeks ago because my daughter asked me to go. I left more impressed with her than I thought was possible. She's an impressive performer, business woman, human being, etc. that comes across as very confident and powerful while still having compassion and empathy for all the people around her. Some of the Swifties that are old enough to vote are the type of women who organize and are active politically already. (my wife is at least) They also have enough money to support candidates and causes financially as well. But getting the Swiftie machine spun up will bring a ton of new voters into the fray. The long and short of it is, small-faced Charlie poking this bear is one of the most self destructive things that the GQP could do going into '24. Maybe 2nd only to nominating Dotard as their POTUS candidate again.
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