Canada, Denmark, Norway, Iceland 97% each. I love cold, dark, stormy weather, but I don’t think any of them would be easy for me to get accepted into.
Hurricane Sandy in Connecticut. My house caught on fire…twice…when a tree fell on some wires and caused power to backfeed into my home. Luckily I didn’t touch anything or I might not be here to tell the tale. It was supposedly put out once (fire was inside the walls), and I was allowed back to fetch a few essentials, but it filled up with smoke again because of a hot spot or something…and I had to convince dispatch to send a truck out a second time. I was displaced for three months and lost about 85% of my belongings. Luckily some VERY brave firefighters prevented my entire house from burning to the ground. 0/10 - do not recommend
I’ve also been in earthquakes, blizzards, and wildfires, but nothing comparable to that experience on a personal level.
I live in Denver, so Red Rocks is practically in my back yard, and this book is sitting on the couch next to me. I went to college with Matt & Trey…seriously, I had tears of joy watching that.
ETA: I highly recommend this book if you like looking at pretty pictures of electric basses, but be warned…bass buying addiction may ensue…
We’ve also got DTC for a tech-heavy defense and a lot of aerospace and military (Colorado Springs)…I’m liking the Final Boss idea.
I don’t disagree with the off-road vehicle comment, it’s the on-road vehicles that seem to be the problem here.
Colorado just sitting there watching? Along with a few other states…
Excellent - that’s a great place to start at least. Thank you!
The front kinda reminds me of a ski boot that you shove into a binding…downhill alpine mail slalom?!?!
I murdered a housefly today that has been taunting me for three days. Like with my bare hands. It’s the best thing I’ve done all week. I’m taking the rest of the week off.
Thank you for pointing that out about Schwab. Have you found an acceptable alternative yet? I would like to do the same.
My eye just started twitching remembering the amount of shitty ramen I survived on. If I was feeling really fancy on my trans-living-room jaunt, I might have indulged in some watered down powdered mashed potatoes.
lol - and now we sound like a community for Irish toasts! Sláinte!
And that largely works when you know the receiver has been brought up with the same social context and background for the expression, but relying on that can leave the door cracked for misinterpretation. Probably not a huge risk, but over time nuances can make a difference.
To your point adding “I hope…” makes a huge difference! I’m sure some would say that’s implied in “Have a great race,” but human brains aren’t always the best at picking up inferences, especially when stress is in the mix, so why not take a half second longer to make sure the underlying meaning is clear? (As you do!)
Linguistic psychology is some interesting stuff. Once you delve into it outside of English, that rabbit hole seems never ending…heck, even just sticking with English!
Wow, you weren’t kidding. They sound insufferable.
Two of this week's baguettes
I’m having fun tweaking things now, but I think I’ve got the basics mostly figured out. I’m in Denver, so the altitude and dryness play a role.
What puts beavers in the mood?
This one weird trick can help you exploit a beaver's natural instincts.
There’s a really cool set of experiments that have been done around this. It seems it’s the sound that compels them to build.