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10-24-22, 12:02 PM
#726
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I'm about due for a visit to FLDS country. I drove through it a couple weeks ago, but I'd like to spend a couple of nights. Unfortunately my favorite cheap motel (converted FLDS compound) in Hildale went out of business during Covid, so I'll have to search around for alternatives. Big news is there's a brewery in Colorado City now!!!
10-24-22, 12:11 PM
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Yeah, I wonder how their tourism attraction efforts are going. Hildale/Colorado City metro really gave off some weird vibes in 2019. Nearby trails are mindblowing, however.
View from the motel parking lot:
Zoomed in a bit:
Just up the road on Gooseberry Mesa:
View from the motel parking lot:
Zoomed in a bit:
Just up the road on Gooseberry Mesa:
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10-24-22, 12:42 PM
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Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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I used to be a snob - grind the beans and make the coffee after I got up. Nowadays I buy good **** preground and set it up the night before so I don't have to dick around while still barely conscious.
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10-24-22, 12:43 PM
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10-24-22, 12:59 PM
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10-24-22, 01:11 PM
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I remember an evening drinking Irish Coffee at the now-defunct Chelsea Pub in the Sunset district of SF. And I remember being wide awake drunk afterwards.
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10-24-22, 01:12 PM
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Jack and Coke is a classic combination. I prefer to use Diet Pepsi, however.
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10-24-22, 01:25 PM
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Back in high school energy drinks just started going main stream. Somehow we stumbled on Sparx, which was an energy drink malt liquor. I loved those things, I wonder how many years they took off my life.
10-24-22, 01:36 PM
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My wife’s Ultegra 12 speed cassette is about $120. Haven’t priced 12 speed chains, yet.
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10-24-22, 02:01 PM
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Speaking of coffee, my local roaster has 5 coffee plants that are over 10 years old and will produce their first crop of beans next May. He brought them home from Costa Rica on his honeymoon.
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10-24-22, 02:07 PM
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10-24-22, 02:09 PM
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You can grab a 12 speed YBN chain (not SRAM friendly) for $75. This is the other thing about SRAM- stupid proprietary chains.
10-24-22, 02:09 PM
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10-24-22, 02:15 PM
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10-24-22, 02:15 PM
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I also used to be a snob. Now I drink room temperature instant out of a plastic tumbler.
10-24-22, 02:16 PM
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10-24-22, 02:21 PM
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I wonder how he got them past TSA. Soil isn't allowed. TSA was more relaxed then maybe. Maybe they were even allowed to smile on occasion. International air travel sucks, if luggage is involved.
10-24-22, 02:22 PM
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10-24-22, 02:30 PM
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I’ve never seen coffee plants before. They’re taller than I am (170 cm).
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Spent the day being consult attending:
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10-24-22, 02:44 PM
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Operation Decaffeination continues apace; today was pure decaf (which at my strength may be a normal person's "one cup"). Not as bad as Saturday, honestly. I'll make it through without pills and then Saturday I will feel the luscious embrace of the goddess Arabica in her true form.
10-24-22, 02:52 PM
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Actually documentary footage:
10-24-22, 02:54 PM
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10-24-22, 03:50 PM
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10-24-22, 03:54 PM
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