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UpperWestside

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  1. There are so many instances where people still think they know better and will armchair QB it to death. Sometimes we get reminded that we as humans do not have all the answers and that Mother Nature is still a powerful force we cannot tame. These fires are a massive tragedy for all involved whether rich or poor. I believe the firefighters have done their absolute best to fight this incredibly massive fire. Hopefully we can come together and help out those in need who cannot afford to rebuild.
  2. I am going to give some props to The Bus here in Hawaii. @956 Worldwide would have been singing the Hallelujah Chorus today. I was coming back from shopping and someone’s phone had barely audible music coming out of it. That bus driver told them to turn it off immediately. It was beautiful. You can ride a bus here and hear next to nothing because the rules clearly state to not use your phone or play ANY music without headphones on. I love taking the buses here. The drivers are always so nice as well and it’s 80 a month to ride it. Still want to get a motorcycle, but man this is some really good public transit.
  3. January is a good time to go into Manhattan if you are driving. Some days it looks like a ghost town in the mid-town area without all the international tourists.
  4. I hope none of them show up for his funeral and that they leave the flags flying normally. The entire part of this country’s voters who didn’t vote for this orange clown should get a month to celebrate his demise.
  5. You’re still doing great though. Everything you do happens the way it’s supposed to. At least that is how I look at life. Great job aside you just seem to be enjoying life and that’s the most important thing.
  6. Where were you with the badgers? That's damn cool. South Park. There was an area not far from Hartsel that had them called Badger Basin on the northeast side of Spinney. The one causing the commotion was at Spinney as well. I was sitting in the General Store while it was having a field day. My high school mascot was a badger and I had first seen one in the 5th grade. Someone brought one to the atrium and it proceeded to destroy it. That was all it took for me to understand those were animals to just leave alone if I ever saw them again.
  7. Saw plenty of them where I was at. Watched one from afar one day while taking a break from fishing that was destroying everything nearby. Guessing a mother maybe defending her turf. Mountain lions I just took as part of the deal of living there. They would see me well before I saw them. Moose if I ever heard one rumbling somewhere in the forest I was out. No way no how was I getting caught trying to get clear of them. I always just tried to respect the wilderness and let it be. The bear thing though with Helo is funny. They are not looking to eat people. Just steer clear of mom when she has cubs and you’re good. I have no idea if he commutes back and forth. For all I know he moved up there. His house was pretty cool in Castle Rock though so who knows. Years ago I used to broadcast high school football games with his dad when I was in college. Might should call his dad and see how they’re all doing since his dad is nearing 80 now.
  8. If memory serves correct when I was last there years ago he was in a partnership running several Burger King locations. I am guessing he got out of that because I also saw he had some fast food place he opened in Utah I believe. I only saw the Boulder one because I saw him in a photo with Shedeur Sanders doing a merchandise signing/NIL thing I believe. I think his oldest is now a cheerleader at CU as well so maybe makes sense to have his restaurant there. He’s a smart guy insofar as running that kind of restaurant so I would gander he’s probably doing really well.
  9. This right here. Make sure you are on the right platform number or you’ll wind up going out east towards Amityville or Massapequa or some other random Long Island hamlet.
  10. The mentally broken are usually going to be found in the last car. That’s almost a guarantee from the extensive amount of time I spent on the subway.
  11. If someone would just bring it up publicly to Eric Adams I feel certain we could get him to say in a press conference that he’s a train expert and that he’ll get a direct line built in a year. Public transportation in the US, especially subways and trains, are really lacking to be kind. When I was leaving last month NYC was finally finishing the Q line to 125th. That’s been on the table for decades I believe. Whatever person got my apartment though will now be able to walk one block up to 106th and get on the train quickly. It’ll be working for someone I guess.
  12. Bullneck beat me to it. The E was an easy trip for 2.90 and the LIRR is quicker. Cost is negligible there as well. Better than the cab ride farce. I only did Uber when my mom came to visit since she needed to travel faster to where I lived.
  13. I always told people who were flying out of JFK to just take the subway and skip paying 80 plus dollars for a cab ride. You just had to plan ahead and you can save the money to waste on tourist trinkets and cheap clothing instead.
  14. This is probably the quickest and easiest to ride part of the system. I liked the LIRR when I had to ride it. Well the drunk train back to Long Island at 2am on Friday and Saturday was not so much fun, but I did not have to take it for a lengthy period of time. The Metro North was the best though. Easily the best of the public transportation I took. I spent one year living in Stamford and every morning I could take an express at 6am or so and be at Grand Central within 45 minutes. That was about a 35 mile or so train ride I believe. Pretty quiet going to and fro. The LIRR getting the connection now to Grand Central was pretty cool as well.
  15. I do not miss the subway rides in NYC. Some of the absolute rudest people I have ever encountered in my life ride those trains. No respect at all for their fellow riders. The homeless smoking in a car? Why not. Homeless guys pissing on the platforms no matter the time of day was normal. Police more interested in being on their phones than stopping fare evasion or evicting any of the other stuff mentioned was absolutely a daily occurence. Random clowns smoking weed whenever they feel like it? Sure. The buses were better only in the respect that you had no impromptu concerts or speakers blasting on them.
  16. Yep you would be dead within three days of living in the mountains. If you think black bears are scary, well, yeah that would not be in my top three things to avoid in the mountains. Black bears have no interest in attacking you unless you get between a mom and her cubs. Moose and badgers were far more of a concern to me when I’d set off hiking through a forest or wilderness area.
  17. Denver, but I lived up in the Rockies before and enjoyed the solitude of life in a very small town. I saw Denver maybe once between October-May. It was not worth trying to drive down there if there was any kind of snowstorm. As you want a city though I would say Denver. A childhood friend lives in Castle Rock last I checked and he owns a business in Boulder. He loves being near the mountains, but not so much on being in them.
  18. The country that would quietly be the happiest in this scenario would be Japan. Anyone that thinks they still wouldn’t want to stick it to China eight decades later does not need to do a whole bunch of reading (although I’d encourage reading up on their animosity towards communism) to know they’d enjoy joining in on the carnage.
  19. I was cool with the result either way, but yes if you’re going to run your mouth be sure to back it up when it matters most. Don’t go full Matt Hasselbeck against the Packers and declare victory at the OT coin toss. I would also add that anyone crying conspiracy about a loss is full of it. The Horns were better at almost every position. They should have won and they made plays in OT when they needed to. I am new to the ASU fanbase, but I am not new to listening to dumb conspiracy theories. You just take the loss and move forward and look towards next year. Dillingham gets that, but some of these fans who are new to winning do not.
  20. Miss my dogs right now, but they have to get all their shots updated before joining me on Oahu. I am glad they are getting to spend time with my young niece and nephew. Each one took one of them and gives it all of their attention. Pretty cool getting on FaceTime with my mom and watching them play with them. Both of them have a whole ton of patience and love to share with my girls. My nephew is getting ready to turn three and he tells me a few days ago “Thank you for bringing the dogs home.”
  21. I like to think I can relate to human beings in a peaceful way. I listen to folks every single day and sometimes I feel too much of people’s pain and suffering. My main mission in life is helping others on the road we all travel on and just listening to folks. I feel empathy for the people who are really going through it in life. I have studied enough history to know how being the opposite turns out for those who want to willingly do harm to others. With that said, the cretins at fox are scum. They are absolutely, positively the worst of the worst in our country. Day after day after pitiful day these traitorous clowns weaponize the masses with blatant lies and disinformation. To say I wish the worst upon them and anyone in their orbit is an understatement. How many of those 77 millions idiots that voted for the most hateful person to ever be our president watch the nightly propaganda shows? How many of them got brainwashed by that channel? Dwight Eisenhower is rolling over in his grave right now. I do not feel bad for the people that voted for that moron. They will get what’s coming to them. However, the greater sin is these scumbags leading people astray with lie after verifiable lie. They took many of our parents, brothers, sisters, friends and associates and completely brainwashed them with nothing but lies and telling them this orange buffoon is the only one that can save the country. I will forever be upset for what they did and there are not enough bad things that can happen to them to make up for the damage they have caused to the country and the world as a whole.
  22. Never forget that 77 million terrible human beings voted for this.
  23. I would wager he’d say it’s a country and have no idea where it is at on the map.
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