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No reason it can’t be done except apathy.
Rental car companies seem to manage it in Europe. When I was looking last year every car out of Munich had winter tires, out of Milan it was a readily available option.
Not gonna happen here though - high proportion of “locals” don’t even run suitable tires so no way rental companies will until CDOT implement and enforce passenger vehicle tire restrictions.
I was out for a walk in my neighborhood last night. To me it seems like common courtesy to say "hi" to people you pass going the other way, but there were a couple people who neither replied nor even acknowledged I existed as far as I could tell. That just seems weird to me.
This is Utah right here. I don’t get it either. They literally look at me funny for saying hello to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Middle of nowhere UT on a dirt road a family of at least ten were pulled over and the parents were changing a tire. I stopped and asked if they were all good. Blank stares all around. Weird.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzzworthy
Prolly twenty% on my local walk/ride. I just figured that’s the way that amount of the population is, no big deal.
I think the fact that the rental companies move cars around the entire US so much makes it tough to dictate the tire requirements. It is also one of the reasons there are so many TX and FL plates in CO all the time and they all drive like morons because they are either tourist or worse yet, actual Texans.Quote:
Originally Posted by dcpnz
Not to mention the car rental market must have some pretty strong lobbying power.
https://ridemonkey.bikemag.com/image...es/xmooooh.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Name Redacted
This is probably the *core* reason.Quote:
Not to mention the car rental market must have some pretty strong lobbying power.
This is true, although I'm a little surprised some places don't retain "local" cars that are kept out of the national pool. Like, a car that you can rent at DIA that has to be returned to the same place, and is set up for winter driving.Quote:
Originally Posted by Name Redacted
Or maybe they do have that and I just don't rent enough cars to know about it.
Even better when it's people you see 2-3x a week while walking the dog. Say hi every time, get a weird uncomfortable look anytime. You mute or just rude?Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzzworthy
Jeezus, dude - you're French - you should know how this works.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boissal
Stop being friendly. That's not how it works. :D
Well, if you guys do threads, you’ll get posts from women saying that it’s basically all creepy, stalking men on every hike they go on.
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Originally Posted by skaredshtles
I installed the "Bouncer" ios app a few months ago and it has been pretty good.
Just added a bunch of keywords to the junk list like "trump" "biden" "actblue" "winred" etc. Only applies them to unknown senders so its not like I will miss texts from friends that happen to contain those words.
I must be on some list because I get a LOT of donation requests from candidates in random states I've never even been to...so I have to occasionally add new terms to the filter list, but otherwise it works pretty well.
It has filtered 204 texts since October 31st...
I call that the ‘Mormon Processing Delay’.Quote:
Originally Posted by Name Redacted
And it’s very, very much a thing.
And they're probably right. Last night a woman passed me jogging, but then stopped jogging and started walked when she was maybe 20 feet ahead of me. I turned at the next intersection just so I wasn't following right behind her.Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
Probably heard about your ski quiver and he’s jealous as shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Or his wife has been cheating.
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Yeah, I kinda do the same thing. I say hi to everybody, but I also don’t wanna be “that” guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Strange, I know nothing of this concept. Haven't spent much time around that population.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
The Utah thing is interesting to me because my perception is that LDS almost go out of their way to be pleasant and nice--at least outwardly.
Here’s an example, when trying to rent boots to an LDS family, maybe you ask one of the kids “what’s your shoe size?” Or “What’s your date of birth?” Or even “what’s your name?” And they freeze, blankly staring, as if this might be another language, or possibly a trick question that will land them in hell.
Not everyone, but frequent enough that’s it’s real.
We called those types ‘scoops’.
As in, god took a big scoop out of their brain before birth.
Yeah, I usually cross the street if I'm overtaking a woman, especially after dark. Feels shitty to have to do that, but I'm sure it feels much shittier to be a woman and have to worry about footsteps coming up behind youQuote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Oh you mean hypocrites. Nice to your face, almost disgustingly so. Then you find out their true selfs. 27 years of these people and I fucking hate them.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
It's not an issue in Sacramento--since the pandemic people cross the street to avoid sharing a sidewalk for a second or two, so saying hi is not an option. I guess no one got the memo.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
As a creepy old man I make it a point to not look at women when I do pass them on the sidewalk. I've passed my across the street neighbor a couple of times not realizing it's her until she says hi. She probably thinks I'm an asshole. There may be other reasons as well.
What is the critical mass of crowding where no one says hi? Somewhere less crowded than Manhattan I would think. On the Tour du Mont Blanc literally everyone says bon jour (even in Italy) and it's a pretty busy trail. Then there was the guy I hiked with in the Sierra who stopped and had a conversation with everyone we passed. Stood in the middle of the trail so they had no choice. Another busy trail so we're talking a dozen or more times a day. I never hiked with him again, although that may have been more to do with me arguing vociferously about which way was the right way and being wrong more than once.
Got an ear infection that took months to clear up. I have permanent hearing loss from it
They tried to get it back with a shit load of steroids but zero change
Fuck off
man, that really sucks dude.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGV_k9ajUqgQuote:
Originally Posted by dan_pdx
++vibes man - that shit happened to my wife about 5 years ago. Sucks. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by booner
I've walked the kids to school almost every day for the last 6 years. I find it's more of a generational thing than an LDS thing around me. The millenials won't even make eye contact, anyone Gen X or older remembers what it was to look someone in the eye when you greet them.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Just got back from the local market. Just because of this thread I said hi to a guy who was willing to share the sidewalk with a stranger. No response. Think I'll go back to being unsociable, which suits me better.
When was this? September ish? Something went around the northeast. My son down in MA had a weird ear infection, and I came down with it a few days later up here in VT. I got my hearing back, but it was not very good before either. However, it really fucked me up for a few weeks. I even had a dizzy spell that lasted a few hours. I could barely walk. Unfortunately this happened while I was out doing errands. I almost drove myself to the ER because I didn't want to be in a store and take a fall and have somebody call an ambulance. I made it home instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by booner
Fridge compressor crapped the bed last night.
LG must be having some real issues as we can’t get anyone until November 19 to replace it. Thankful for the beer fridge.
Best to have multiple fridges; we've had two of our three go toes up at the same time.
Anyone ever tried renting a fridge short term waiting for a repair. Is it worth it after delivery and haul away fees, etc.
god damn you fuckers are old
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Originally Posted by Name Redacted
I bet for most Mormons, asking them 'if they're all good', is a massive existential question and not one to discuss in front of the clan.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
God Knows.
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Next time, just ask 'what did you do to deserve this?'. That'll send 'em into orbit for a year.
Long week! Tell this story. Contacts ?! Wtf. Not the typical harmful substance that the doc prohibits !Quote:
Originally Posted by riser4
Apparently you didn't get the memo that appliances are disposable these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
I have never had a fridge die before I planned to replace it. I am hoping our current fridge is our forever fridge, given my age, but perhaps I'm being too optimistic. And no--I don't get memos since I retired.Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
That sounds lovely. I could do without most of the memos I get these days. Including appliance related memos.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
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This is how I read it. Sorry for realz though.Quote:
Originally Posted by booner
Heh, pretty much my first thought, but phrased more eloquently than I could have done.Quote:
Originally Posted by jm2e
Sorry though booner, that sucks ass.