Still protected:

"The MBTA also covers many species that are generally considered non-migratory resident birds, including jays and most species of woodpeckers."

:D

<prepares report to U.S. Fish & Wildlife service for violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act>

:D

This is why it's often a good idea to maintain a (minimum) 1500 mile buffer between oneself and ones's relatives. :D

Managed to fill this sucker up this past winter. It has settled back down, but it's really time to empty the bottom portion and dump it in the garden.

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This is where we've ended up - local skiing is becoming a smaller and smaller part of our ski season. During "prime time" we only hit Wanker Park once and Copper three times. But now that things...

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Glad I'm not the only one... :confused:

Fruita, CO

You appear to be spot-on, given the current evidence. :D

Isn't wildfire an issue down yonder?

Mmmm... Pepi's on a big powder day. :hunter:

My insurance co is covering my roof (just about 20y after they covered my roof the 1st time) due to a couple gnarly hailstorms last summer.

I'm getting stone-coated steel this time around. My...

Was he attempting to gain some kind of Instagram fame by doing something so dumb?

I guess it worked.

:fmicon:

So far in '23/'24 I've skied one ski:

188 Elan Ripstick 96 BE

Has been surprisingly versatile for me.

ETA: Coming off 190 Ranger 106's from 2016.

What is going on behind your new wife in that 2nd photo?? :D

I'd be interested why you think this? What sort of metrics lead you to this conclusion?

Or to the moon.

Nobody has any idea.

¯\_(?)_/¯

I will continue to monitor with a mixture of awe and indifference.

:D

It's ridiculous and embarrassing as well.

What happened??

He's in CO - he ain't gonna even have the opportunity to vote for her.

Watched a very well done German WWII miniseries recently: Generation War

Ug. Cholla. That stuff is the devil's work.

Did he take you down the Alleys and over to Gauthier? :FIREdevil

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It's like a lot of things in life, innit?

Should have ignored your stomach. :D

DJT down 64%+ since the March 27th high.

But it makes sense to discuss it and perhaps see different viewpoints on things.

The 22" at Copper should be sufficient... for awhile. :D

So... you first, Cap'n.

:fmicon: :D

But almost nobody would do that. And when a calamity came, they would be fucked.

I mean - this is *precisely* why insurance exists.

You can not like it, but... it's one of the prices of living...

And another 4" on the stake since the report. [emoji15]

"My advice for people who can’t afford a $200,000 mortgage on a home that is now valued at $1.4 million is to sell it and use the money they make on the sale to stay at hotels in Breckenridge when...

Apparently you've never lived near someone that treats their land like a dump?
...

Agreed - a very enjoyable series.

If you have a brokerage account somewhere (for retirement, perhaps?) it should be super-simple to get a MM account rolling...

I mean - I think I'd just put it in the trash, not flush it...

While I would agree with you in spirit... it still ain't worth the risk (for me).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLOyChP2AWA

It is.

Aye - but there's the rub, isn't it?

Most of the "cheap" cereal that *just* comes in a bag with no box has zip closures. Reward those companies. :D

Seems like a tax on financial transactions would also be some low-hanging fruit. Every credit card transaction, stock/bond/mutual fund/ETF transaction?

Disclaimer: I've not give much thought to...

Seems like a flat tax that only starts at a certain income threshold would be the ticket?

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Where was this?

Ouch. That hurts.

:fmicon: :D

This is kinda how I view it. Sure they aren't infallible, but I'm pretty sure they're better than 98% of the driving population. And only going to get better.

Self-driving is inevitable - and...