OK, here goes.

I am 66.6 and just DGAF about skiing at my local resorts anymore. Yesterday brought a foot of new and reportedly excellent conditions.

OTOH, the entire vibe of such a day fills...

Yeah, I grew up with Ben Casey, Dr. Kildare, Marcus Welby, Joe Gannon etc.

It's not most doctors fault. But when insurance companies get involved with what is/is not a required procedure that it...

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bozeman/comments/1c6hz2f/big_skys_shedhorn_shutdown/

Mark is a good choice.

He just had that which has led to the biopsy decision.

Thx

In this age of having the "greatest healthcare in the world USA fuck yeah" a patient must be their own advocate. It is so FUCKING maddening.

Best wishes for a good outcome. I think I will not tell...

https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/slippery-slope-nick-bowlin-big-sky-montana-ski-town-private-equity/

BIL has elevated PSA and is schedule for the taking of samples from his Prostate. Involves a needle being inserted where I don't want to think about. Sister is kind of freaking.

Pure GOLD Jerry!

In another 15-30 years the A/C will be done by a single guy using a laptop and shooting a bunch of fixed blasting units.

Sounds horrible.

Nothing like working in terrible weather, heavy snow...

Doing avalanche control regularly was way more fun for me than skiing unless it was untracked and 12" +.

Is it risky? Sure. Did I have some close calls? Oh yeah and I lost a few friends who also...

https://youtu.be/Q8LgZCf8WyA

Thanks for the hard work Doug, you filled some mighty big shoes and now you leave an even bigger pair to fill.

Boomers (yes I am one) are only doing what our parents raised us to do, we are a product of our upbringing, no more, no less. Are some greedy assholes? Certainly. They are after all, human.

Please get in touch if you need anything WRG.

No right, no wrong. Just a matter of personal choice. I buy bags of shop rags at Costco and when they are soiled they get tossed.

All the oil?

Don't know about SRAM but a Shimano system has < 1 oz of fluid in the entire setup.

I used to have Hopes and swore off of DOT 5.1 after that experience.



Is all over the place the same as on a dirty rag, cause the mess was pretty minimal.:fmicon:

Missed that. It is stupid.

Probably so. Cutting spending will not do it alone.

That figure will vary quite a bit, state by state. Isn't FICA a combination of employee & employer contributions.





Other than the Fed and State requires them for 1099 income.

Marcel Ozuna.

He continues to amaze.
https://www.mlb.com/video/marcell-ozuna-homers-7-on-a-fly-ball-to-center-field-ronald-acuna-jr-scor

Yeah, I omitted that as well. But he probably has cases of XTR calipers in the van.

Death is OK?

I dunno, maybe so but I will reserve judgement for a while yet. Go ahead and then report back.

Just used this bleed method.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWBVDh1pTE

New to me but I really wish I had seen it a few years ago. Stupid easy.

And it is not just income taxes.

Property taxes here just took a big jump, for some, 50%.

But the wealthy and corporations got a reduction.

And then there is this:

https://www.competitivecyclist.com/b/park-tool-master-link-pliers?skid=PAR004Q-ONECOL-ONESIZ&CMP_SKU=PAR004Q&mr:referralID=NA&mr:device=c&mr:adType=plaonline&mr:ad=&mr:keyword=&mr:match=&mr:tid=&mr:pl...

Sounds to me like our system of assessing income taxes is tremendously fucked up.

Meh, I'm sending the Feds 12K and the State 1.5 K on Monday along with 7K in Q1 2024 estimated payments.

My fault, I underestimated how much business I was going to do in 2023 and exceeded my...

Never go in the kitchen. Don't care if its the corner diner or the best 5 star restaurant in town. You don't wanna know.

Before I discovered skiing and was living in Indianapolis I was into caving. That morphed into vertical caving; rappelling into underground pits to check them out and then ascending the rope back...

Yesterday was OK, but by 1:30 it was sticky or still frozen.

Bring on the normal wet April

Paris-Roubiax 2024 is available, or it was last night.

^^^ Way the eff OT, but maybe a great chance to discuss risk with your young rippers?

RIP to young skier.

FOAD to Butta

South arm of the Madison? if it is melted out to get there. 8-10 miles west of WYEL

Anybody??????

Hello?

Only if he brings a really big Bag-o-Dicks.

Stopped by PHQ today on the Dark side.

Word is HW will remain open til the end and the HW lift will remain operational and running. Lots of traffic from the top of 3rd fork to the Gum Wall. The...

Supposedly due to a new server.

And now this unless I go to advanced reply:

Except that I cannot post screen shots.......

Something about not having permission.

^^^ Sorry man.

Already questioning my decision to buy a pass at the local golf pasture. 4 times out on the Par 3 and my right shoulder is not impressed.

More like asshole.

The fuck you talking about?



https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/19/worlds-largest-oil-companies-have-made-281bn-profit-since-invasion-of-ukraine

Results vary.

I don't run a dropper post either.
To each, his own.

I'm going with, light, easy to adjust Hydro-disc brakes.

That, is NOT a rant.

Maybe learn how to shift properly?:fmicon:

You probably like Auto-transmissions too.:wink:

1x still sucks ass.

There is my rant. Fight me.

DIA and a short time between flights

From what I have seen, every shoulder surgery is more than kind of different. There are a shit load of moving parts in a shoulder that all need to function and function together.

IMO, PT, Sports...

Mostly recent because I used to never think about it but.

Being lower on the food chain than the very tip top, especially when swimming in the ocean.

Getting eaten by a shark.

Are you going to need a driver? I was warned not to drive one handed as the local cops like to write you for impaired driving.

I hired a student and paid them to drive me around for a few days...