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Motownsix
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re: We are heading to Colorado next week and looking for advice
Posted by Motownsix on 7/18/26 at 5:06 pm to RockyMtnTigerWDE
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Winterpark has some summer activities like an alpine slide. Beautiful area throughout there
Winter Park has a very aggressive design to attract summer visitors. I’ll be between there and Boulder most of the summer.
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re: We are heading to Colorado next week and looking for advice
Posted by Motownsix on 7/18/26 at 5:04 pm to lighter345
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To piggy back on your thread, we are going to the Nederland area in a few weeks if anyone has any recs.
Chautauqua Park is just down the road from Nederland. The Flatiron Loop Trail is sort of moderate and a great view of the Flatirons up close. The Royal Arch Trail is a more challenging but also has great scenery.
Close by to both is the Flagstaff House Restaurant. Pretty upscale with a prefix menu with multiple courses. Fairly pricey and reservations recommended. Business casual attire. You can also go to the bar w/o reservation and order many menu items à la carte. Never had a bad experience there.
I can definitely give plenty of Boulder recs.
re: Southwest Airlines pre boarding may be broken again
Posted by Motownsix on 7/18/26 at 12:36 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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don’t get the infatuation with getting on a plane early. You now get an assigned seat. WGAF when you board to go sit in your cramped seat for this short flight, or if it’s after a bunch of the other people in this cattle haul?
Getting situated and that preflight cocktail. If it’s a big plane and takes a long time to board that pre flight cocktail can turn into two.
I’d rather be sitting down and enjoying a beverage as opposed to standing in line.
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Were people across Europe, India, China, Middle East, and South America wearing MJ jerseys 30 years ago?
Definitely in some places like London and Japan. Not so much in Belarus, Poland, Singapore. Even in those places where there was market penetration of merchandise it was very hard to actually watch a game. The jerseys got there before the sport or the league were popular.
re: Who's more famous at their peak Michael Jordan or Lionel Messi?
Posted by Motownsix on 7/18/26 at 12:29 pm to Jor Jor The Dinosaur
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What about the inner city black youth in Paris? London? Barcelona? Lagos? São Paulo?
In MJ’s day I’m not sure it would be possible to find any inner city black youth in Paris, London, or Barcelona. I was in all three places during the 80’s and 90’s. I recall seeing one black person in London and he played for Liverpool and the English National Team in the 80’s.
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Messi for reasons already outlined. Jordan was huge, but Messi has conquered ares of the globe Jordan couldn’t simply because of exposure and popularity of the worlds most popular (by far) sport.
The accessibility to watch sports has changed so much since MJ.
re: Who's more famous at their peak Michael Jordan or Lionel Messi?
Posted by Motownsix on 7/18/26 at 12:22 pm to FlyingTigerBo
Messi and it’s not even close.
Granted MJ was certainly the first U.S. athlete that really gained international fame outside a few Olympic sport athletes. Even in MJ’s prime not everyone in the world had access to his games. I was in Europe during a couple summers when the Bull’s won NBA championships and few Euros were paying much attention and it wasn’t easy to watch the games. I watched one game 7 at a Hooters in Amsterdam at 3am local time.
Granted MJ was certainly the first U.S. athlete that really gained international fame outside a few Olympic sport athletes. Even in MJ’s prime not everyone in the world had access to his games. I was in Europe during a couple summers when the Bull’s won NBA championships and few Euros were paying much attention and it wasn’t easy to watch the games. I watched one game 7 at a Hooters in Amsterdam at 3am local time.
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When the president you voted for is in charge, high gas prices are a minor inconvenience. When it’s someone you didn’t vote for, it’s a national disaster.
This!
The mental gymnastics it takes for these people to take to social media is at a high level.
re: Trump notifies Congress of new war against Iran
Posted by Motownsix on 7/13/26 at 11:57 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
That’s 14 wars Trump has ended by obliterating Iran 14 times.
It’s really hard to find anyone who is ex military and doesn’t collect disability. They all got something.
re: Note to self: stop picking the window seat on flights
Posted by Motownsix on 7/10/26 at 6:41 pm to Witty_Username
Who deliberately picks a window seat?
re: Rocky mountain national park ????
Posted by Motownsix on 7/8/26 at 11:06 pm to threeputt23
Going into the park requires reservations or getting there as the gates open. If you plan to drive in one side of the mountain and out the other most people do Estes to Grand Lake. If that is the desire no real planning is needed. If you wanted to leave the main road and hike, explore, or camp planning is needed. The options are a bit overwhelming.
I like Estes Park more than Grand Lakes because I feel like there are more things there and more to do. I’m going to The Stanley Hotel (The Shining hotel) for dinner this week. I’ll be going through to Grand County to do some stuff in Winter Park and then to Red Rocks for a show.
Plenty to do around there. Frontier Days in Wyoming is coming up soon. That’s really not far from Fort Collins. Frontier Days is pretty legit.
I like Estes Park more than Grand Lakes because I feel like there are more things there and more to do. I’m going to The Stanley Hotel (The Shining hotel) for dinner this week. I’ll be going through to Grand County to do some stuff in Winter Park and then to Red Rocks for a show.
Plenty to do around there. Frontier Days in Wyoming is coming up soon. That’s really not far from Fort Collins. Frontier Days is pretty legit.
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Culturally, the North is far more racist than the South
I’ve live/lived in 5 northern states and 2 southern states. I don’t find the north to be nearly as racist.
The more accurate description about some very white regions is that they are very supportive of minority causes and would tell the minorities that if they ever met any. I was probably 16 years old the first time I had an encounter with a black person.
re: Anyone else been disproportionately summoned to jury duty?
Posted by Motownsix on 7/8/26 at 10:34 pm to StringedInstruments
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Just got my third jury duty summons in 15 years. My wife has never been summoned.
My drivers license is in a place that has a small population but also has city, county, state, and fed courts. I get a summons for jury duty every 15 months. I only served on one jury for a Fed case. I typically get kicked off for various reasons.
re: How San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge works
Posted by Motownsix on 7/3/26 at 7:40 am to lsubatman1
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It skiped the part where it shoots up with meth in public and kises dudes in front of kids
Another person that hates America. I’ve been so SF a dozen times and never saw anything like what is being described. The Bay Area is pretty great.
re: What quintessentially American things blow the European mind?
Posted by Motownsix on 7/2/26 at 9:05 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Mass shootings. People in other countries ask about this all the time. They really don’t understand.
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MessageThe U.S. is Not a Country Anymoreby
I don’t get why so many conservatives hate America. Summer 2026 is such a great reminder of why our country is so great. The FIFA World Cup has thousands of people from multiple countries here celebrating our culture. They’re giving examples of how great things are here.
Maybe the people who hate America don’t really know America. Take NYC if you hate it now you never knew it to begin with. There’s probably more people born in the USA in NYC than ever before.
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“107 here, 103 there, actually temp is 97 and 95” “Orange warning” from ATL metro news.
I don’t understand why one week of weather temperatures have to be proof of weather change. If it’s 80 degrees in Wyoming on Christmas the left posts all over social media that it’s global warming. If it snows in Nashville in April the right goes all over social media claiming that global warming is a scam.
Like atheists in foxholes.
re: China eliminates 12k "Outdated" humanities and social science degree programs
Posted by Motownsix on 7/2/26 at 3:15 am to LemmyLives
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You do understand that reporters are dumb,
I couldn’t begin to discount the intellect of the journalism community. Sure my engineer friends may have superior abilities in some aspects, but my journalism/media friends tend to be very well read, more informed, better at critical thinking, and better writers.
I have mad respect for written word journalists.
re: Boomers and long-term impact on younger generations
Posted by Motownsix on 7/2/26 at 3:04 am to Chef Curry
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Not everyone on this site is an AARP member.
There’s really a generational disconnect. My grandparents call people born in 2005 millennials and my niece and nephews refer to people born in 1980 as boomers.
I did find it funny that my 7 year old nephew called Covid “Boomer Remover”
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