Posts posted by Chewbacca
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4 hours ago, Hayduke said:
What are you using for that? I use FarOut to keep from getting off track in the North Woods on the Ice Age Trail, especially when there's logging. But it never occurred to me that I should have my wife track me when I'm hiking (generally with hiking buddies; actually, not being tracked is half the fun). Not even sure FarOut has the function of allowing others to track and haven't looked into different means. Planning to do about half of the John Muir Trail next summer and we'll need a resupply at Kearsarge, so we could use some kind of tracker to coordinate.
I guess he's off the trail now? How was it? Or are they taking their time?
He has a Garmin InReach Mini that can send waypoints as he goes (and can send/receive text messages), so he sends a pin of their campsite each night, but it can also do a live track, which he is doing now. He's about 1-2 miles from Crater Lake as I type this. Today is the last day.
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4 hours ago, Slacks said:
Similarly, one of his kids works for him... And yeah, I would love to hand a business over to my boys and tell them not to fuck it up and let it just be a lifestyle biz until it's time to sell.
When my business partners and I started our company 7 years ago, this was the goal. Then after a few years we realized the kids don't want to run our business. So we're going to get it as big as we can in the next few years and sell it. And then we can finance what our kids want to do.
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16 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:
You could have w just typed your last two words.
These people are incapable of any logic or reasoning. Truly, it is as beyond them as flapping their arms and flying.The funny part to me is that this (not releasing the files) is the least surprising thing he's done as President. I knew we were never gonna see them.
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How do these mouth breathers make it through the day alive? We've known Trump was involved with Epstein for a long, long time now. They were close fucking friends for years, for fuck's sake. We've also known that unredacted Epstein files were never going to be released because Trump is all over them.
Fucking idiots.
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1 minute ago, stc said:
my texan grandmother always said, "never ask anyone where they're from, if they're from texas they'll tell you, and if they're not you don't want to embarass them."
every time i go to colorado i take every single piece of texas clothing i own, because fuck you i'm from texas.
As long as you don't act like an entitled prick, I've got no issue with you. If you're the type to start telling locals how they should kiss your ass because without your money we wouldn't be able to live here, maybe visit Utah next time.
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Just now, Damor said:
He loves it, though it has its trade-offs of outdoor experiences vs usual college stuff. He'd spent so much time there growing up that it already felt like home. Doing their 5 year outdoor industry MBA. I think my younger son would love to go there as well, but "Wasted State" probably isn't the choice over the front range schools for pre-med.
And it's a great excuse to go visit up there. I'm more of a summer mountains guy than winter sports, and yeah, the fishing and river stuff is fantastic.
In the spirit of the thread, if anyone wants suggestions on some good places to stay in Gunni or Salida, feel free to PM. I'd rather not put them on blast, since I'd still like to be able to book them...I spent probably 6 months there right out of college, auditing a company that owned a ton of RV 'resorts' all over the western US. It's too bad the Steaming Bean is gone. Is Garlic Mike's still around? That used to be the best restaurant in town. Lots of dinners at Mario's and drinks on Thursdays at Timbers.
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@Damor how does your kid like Western? Tried to get my son to visit there but he had already visited Ft Lewis and had decided that was the place for him.
Gunnison is a cool town and they have great fishing right there.
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1 minute ago, crash_davis said:
Funny enough, a conversation I had with a couple from Denver said this very thing. They said a lot of people they meet who are from Texas will without asking tell them they are from Texas. They said it's like talking to vegans. Within the first 2 mins of talking to vegans, vegans will tell you that they are vegans.
Just tell her that everyone she tells that to now hates her, and by association you. 😁
My wife will get a laugh out of that. She did tell her mom that telling people she's from Texas is not doing her any favors.
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2 minutes ago, crash_davis said:
This is why I saw I'm from Austin, and not Texas. They hate me a little less.
Just don't be like my MIL, who is visiting us right now. Every fucking store we go in, she feels the need to tell everyone she talks to that she's from Texas. We can't figure out why she does that.
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29 minutes ago, Damor said:Maybe we need a thread about sending your kid to college in Colorado.
Seems like all of the schools up there (my older son goes to Western in Gunnison) are great about trying to get kids involved in getting outside, with organized trips and cheap equipment rental for camping, winter sports, hiking and climbing, etc. Some important advice we got for our older one is that it's vital they get out in the winter and do something -- those who hunker down in their dorms and play video games are the most prone to noping out and leaving. Probably true of students in general these days, but those not used to winter cold need to be actively aware of it.
My youngest is going to Ft Lewis in Durango in the fall. He grew up in CO and wanted a smaller school (knocking out DU/CU/CSU) that had a lot of outdoor options. And he didn't want to be too close to us (Winter Park) that knocked out a few more. But the outdoor programs these schools offer are amazing. Free equipment rentals to go camping or backpacking. Free season pass to Purgatory for freshmen students (they used to also have a free shuttle every weekend but apparently that got cut recently). Free bike and ski tuning equipment to use. He's going a week early for a rafting trip with other students.
And the faculty they can attract because they are in the mountains is impressive.
Kids that don't take advantage are nuts.
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1 hour ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:
After this upcoming year, OKC is going to have probably 170,000,000 tied up in 3 players. Gonna be interesting what happens to them after this upcoming year
Chet 5/250
Shai 4/284
JDub will be another rookie max extensionSame thing that happened to the Nuggets, Wolves and Celtics.
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