jtaylor996

It's not an attitude at all, it's a simple statement of fact. Maybe if Rocky Flats wasn't such a disaster in CO, we wouldn't be left holding the main nuke plant in the US. I still can't believe y'all let them get away with burying all that waste just 36" under the dirt and calling it a "nature preserve" now.

RPK79

Nuclear plant waste is pretty stable. As long as there is no chance of it contaminating ground water it's relatively safe. Burying it in a desert is perfectly reasonable.

LAJ

I'll be riding around it this evening. I like it, because I don't need a headlight.

If Colorado is such a disaster, why do you folks keep heading this way? Ski on your own hills, please. Hunt in your own backyard, if you would. We welcome the tourists, and of course, their dollars. The attitude? Not so much. As evidenced by this post I'm quoting.

WalksOn2Wheels

If it weren't for family in the area, I'd have already moved to Colorado. Should I vacation there, I doubt anyone would know I was from Texas minus the license plates.

EDIT: Some people from Texas don't believe I'm from Texas.

Velo Vol 

Westerners fighting over something other than water.

LAJ

Of course, you're more than welcome. Assimilate? Not necessary. Bloviate? Just don't.

LAJ

A guy named Buddy saying westerners are fighting. Now that's rich.

Velo Vol 

Wait, do you live in Texas?

Velo Vol 

Oh?

Velo Vol 

So tourists aren't cool anymore? Because the next county over they continue to build anything and everything to lure out-of-staters (including Texans) to come spend money.

Doug28450

I had a dog that brought the paper in every morning. I did not teach him to do it.

When I would go out in the morning to get the paper he would go with me. After about a week of this he grabbed the paper from my hand one morning and carried it to the door. After about a week of that, all I had to do was open the door in the morning, he would find the paper and bring it to me. One morning he had made a few trips around the neighborhood to deliver about a half dozen papers to my doorstep.

WalksOn2Wheels

That's the thing. It wouldn't be a matter of assimilation. I just wouldn't ever mention Texas unless someone asked. And even then I might hang my head a little.

I want to say more, but I can't think of a nice way to say it, so I guess I'll shut up now.

And when I do get there, I'll hit you up for a ride so you can drop me.

RUOkie

f4rrest

It was delivered to a warehouse in NJ already.

jtaylor996

Nuclear plants are one thing, but Rocky Flats was a weapons processing facility, which operated in secrecy without oversight for most of its' history. Somehow, they negotiated that they only needed to clean up the top 36" of soil in return for leaving all the contamination in place below that. Everywhere else in the US, like the Hanford site, they're digging and processing ALL of the contamination and returning things to nature.

That's why I don't get what's going on at Rocky Flats. Like, we need to clean up every scrap at a plant in the middle of nowhere, but for a heavily polluted site right next a metropolitan area it's ok to just leave it there? And hope that somehow nobody (or no animal) ever digs there for the next 30 millenia?

jtaylor996

I never said CO is a disaster, just that they're partly responsible for TX having all that nuke material. Seriously, I'm not the one with the attitude here. You're literally calling all 27 million Texans jerks and acting like you have the high ground.

RUOkie

The Kerr-McGee plant around here that processed yellow cake uranium was shut down in 1993. They are still working on cleaning the site. Anyone working within 1 mile of the plant has to be in full HAZMAT radiation suits and needs full decontamination every day when they go home.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoy...ls_Corporation

Velo Vol 

It's me. You got a problem with that?

Doug28450

The average elevation of Colorado is 6800'. The average elevation of Texas is 1700'. So, I believe he does have the high ground.

Doug28450

fixt

Trsnrtr

A vet once told me that you can break a dog to a newspaper but you can't break him to pee on just yesterday's paper.

RPK79

In CO you can legally take the high road.

Trsnrtr

I've never said that. I like Texans. Seriously.

Texans my be brash and braggarts but I travel a lot in this country and have found Texans to be the most friendly and generous people, bar none. Of course, most of my experience is with rural areas.

Velo Vol 

a+

LAJ

Deal. There is no worry you will get left behind, so don't sweat that. I ride in the manner I post..... Every so often I drope the hamer, otherwise, I'm a very casual rider that enjoys a bike ride as much as All Y'All.