Airfare and hotel rates are crazy high these days. It's like bidding out a new kitchen. Contractors throw out a high dollar figure and someone is going to say, "what the heck! do it!"

https://twitter.com/DarthPutinKGB/status/1526129036828758016/photo/1

Erdogan knows they have a lot of geopolitical power with the Bosporus. Not to mention sitting on the doorstep to the ME. I guess the Finnas and Swedes could be the founding members of the Northern...

Turkey looking to cock block Finland and Sweden from joining NATO. More probable that Erdogan wants to extort them for personal gain.

Things got sideways with Summit not spinning. I hung out at the top of Sunrise for a few minutes while a few Patrollers did an assessment. It looked like some choice spring corn. But it wasn't meant...

Some decent corn snow at Bachelor this morning. Didn't stick around too long. Snow got seriously grabby by 10am.

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Read an article this morning that indicated that the UA forces are now having trouble assimilating and learning the Western NATO weapon tech. Not that they can't assimilate and learn it. Just that...

So it was less an invasion and more so a special operation.

Well you get an F for not doing your homework. Congrats on getting the loan paid off.

When did a certain segment of America's population become pro Putin/Russian authoritarian supporters?

Pole, Peddle, Paddle on Saturday. Looks like a wet and soggy fun fest for those who enjoy that sort of thing.

Empty parking lot - Check

Conditions acceptable for skiing switch to the lot - Check

https://i.ibb.co/X8t3Bk9/Truck-5-12-2022.jpg

Proper signage to avoid confusion - Check
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USA human powered gravity defiance XC team training at Bachy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_CsbWDqlms

This is pretty damn morbid.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tall-person-russians-reveal-secret-102227444.html

Drove through there once. Ended up watching Penn and Teller drive by doing some skit with a car loaded on a trailer. Definitely a nice 'hood. No desire to live there though even if I could afford to.

That's a bummer. The painful fact that Skyliner has been down all season is a big let down and has put a lot of pressure on Pine. At least they had Red running on Sunday. There were a lot of out of...

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/die-under-mysterious-circumstances-nice-132324591.html

Maybe cede the bridge from Russia to Crimea. And by cede, I mean destroy.

That makes sense. I had a former co-worker who bought something similar back in the 70's in Orange County. Nice suburb in Orange county not too far from Newport. Close to LGB. I bet that house would...

He can still back out, no? Besides maybe the Russians will get him and he will be found dead of an apparent suicide.

Aren't there a few Ikon resort in Japan on the list? What's the flight time to Tokyo, 7 hours or so? :)

I would go with option A like most have said. Where you building? Big Island? That's the only place where there's more land being created these days. (Wouldn't want to build near any of those lava...

I'm always blown away how much Cali RE goes for. Somehow got on a Redfin chain for SoCal RE, and this gem came up. Even looking at the past sales history on this home is impressive.
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For some reason people were hiking. Maybe the secret is out.

https://i.ibb.co/ngkGnsv/Cone-Hike.jpg

Snowing at my place in Bend. Can't make it up this morning. Being a good son and having Mom and family over for brunch. Wasn't expecting snow for Mother's Day!

Maybe because humans have a need to dehumanize to deal with the mass killing of other human beings. Chinks, Gooks, Japs, Krauts. It's been going on for a very long time. I'm guessing the Romans had a...

Damn that first run down Grotto was money this morning... 2nd lap was very good too. The 3rd lap? Well, Pine shit a brick and left people hanging. I decided to go for a tour but made a hard left turn...

Did Sasquatch step on the Mt Bachelor snow stake? Or did one of you mags have one too many brewski's and accidentally fall on it?

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Either that, or everyone went to work today.

From this day forth, there shall be no more toys in Kharkiv.

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A great day in the office almost beats a bad day on the hill.

Yes, work is keeping me down in Bend.

I know a few who wished they had jumped into the market 3-4 years ago. But, you never know, they might be right in a year or 2.

XOM is by far my best performer. Up 135% from where I bought it. Plus the dividend will pay for about 4 months worth of gas...So, I have that going for me, which is nice.

Stay home.

Predawn/work assault on the ramparts of the Cinder Cone.

https://i.ibb.co/sKCShGf/Leeway.jpg
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4" or so of windbuff. Should be good day of Spring like conditions.
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Potential future avy dog;


https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/uh2e6k/puppy_helps_plant_potatoes_in_ukraine/

More sabotage, or Russian incompetence. Hard to tell the difference these days.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/explosion-russian-factory-produces-charges-141717440.html

As long as folks without kids get a credit on their tax returns, I'm good with this.

Clearly BTC is way undervalued.

No surprise that residential RE is taking a breather with the rise in mortgage rates;

Well, trickle down is bullshit. And I agree, it's bad policy to just forgive loans. There's not enough juice in the squeeze.

I guess if you have paid off your student loans you are doing okay. If you haven't paid off the student loans, you either just graduated or recently graduated in the past few years or you just might...

Looks like a mid-Winter storm in early May at Meadows.

My guess is that Putin has the surgeons family along with everyone who will be in the OR under house arrest until after the surgery. Putin dies on the operating table, everyone in the OR dies of some...

Doesn't even take into account the amount of military aid and humanitarian aid by other NATO and non-NATO countries. Putin's got a bargain basement war he is prosecuting. A lot of bang-bang for his...

Heavy wet cream. Sounds like a 60's rock band, but it was the conditions at Bachelor.

https://i.ibb.co/jRrHH08/4-30-22.jpg

Good times.

https://i.ibb.co/jLBFnv8/Thunderbird.jpg

It's like the bullshit forced gov't official exchange rates in the old Eastern Bloc countries back in the day. You were required to exchange X of Western currencies for each day you were in country....

People want to get out and travel this summer. So, I think they will bite the bullet and spend on gas.
Maybe airfare takes a dip as people start to get on planes and remember how bad it sucks being...

Wouldn't be surprised if China has made similar inquiries to snag some Russian engineers and scientists. After all the Russian military hardware tech they have stolen over the decades could use some...