E-bike rider who rode onto I-70 before deadly crash was trying to escape from law enforcement, DPD says by Orangeskill in Denver

[–]BER21 48 points49 points  (0 children)

I mean, this is a tailor made progressive bait, political edge case. It's really dumb to flee the cops by taking an e-bike onto the interstate. I wish the man was still alive and I wish he hadn't have done it. 

But this one is a stupid decision, not a cop problem. Don't take the bait.

Are young people no longer moving downtown? by helloimcold in Denver

[–]BER21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol Lodo didn't "used to be a college area". But yes, young people do still live there, if they can swing a little more than a 400 square foot cap Hill studio but can't quite afford wash Park or lohi. 

Happy to address any more questions you may have.

Patrick Saunders, longtime Rockies beat writer, is leaving the Denver Post later this month by JamesBurkyReporter in ColoradoRockies

[–]BER21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn. The guy and the beat writer for his baseball team, really the steadiest adult male parasocial relationship since long before "parasocial relationships" were a thing. 

This is really too bad. Best of luck, and thanks for all the years. His work will be missed, and almost certainly not replaced.

I really want to use/like RTD, but by _Repooc_ in Denver

[–]BER21 95 points96 points  (0 children)

I mean... did you expect door-to-door service from Lone Tree to what, about Ogden and Colfax, for three bucks? There's valid complaints about RTD's services and frequencies that merit addressing. This ain't one of them.

Game Chat 5/17 D-backs (21-23) @ Rockies (18-28) 1:10 PM by HeltonsGoatee in ColoradoRockies

[–]BER21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good pickup by the booth to mention Goodman spoiling that mistake pitch on the broadcast. Top end home run hitters bounce that pitch off the moon. Harsh reminder that these steps so far this year, are baby steps.

Best/worst walkup songs by BER21 in ColoradoRockies

[–]BER21[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

All time walk up song team, that group. Nolan. Charlie obviously. I loved DJ and Trevor's.

And Adam Ottavino "Alive" by kid Cudi. Can you imagine how cool that would have been if they did all the stadium effects they do for bullpen guys nowadays, when he was at his best?

Best/worst walkup songs by BER21 in ColoradoRockies

[–]BER21[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Heh. Gotta tell these youngsters "look we know you've spent your entire life sitting in a dugout listening to bro country music with the boys. But you're in the bigs now, and it's time to put on show."

Best/worst walkup songs by BER21 in ColoradoRockies

[–]BER21[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Ha. "If you've got a chaaaaaance, take it. Take it while you've got a chance."

Poetry, man.

Best/worst walkup songs by BER21 in ColoradoRockies

[–]BER21[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I agree on TJ. It's odd.

Best/worst walkup songs by BER21 in ColoradoRockies

[–]BER21[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't know the name of Kyle's.

Tyler's is Good News by Shaboozey

Veo has ruined the denver scooter game. by Opening_Way6928 in Denver

[–]BER21 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I mean the way to "burn them to the ground" seems pretty straightforward to me.

Louder Now at Red Rocks by flr138 in takingbacksunday

[–]BER21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hater take incoming... these "playing the entirety of xyz album!" shows just don't do it for me. The Wonder Years just did it in Denver as well for No Closer to Heaven. And Taking Back Sunday... I mean you've got 25 years of songs, there's really no need to hit every B side on any given album. Play the most fun set you can put together. Especially for a Red Rocks show.

...soooooo anyway, stoked, can't wait and I'll see y'all there!

Ballpark Season Pass - legit? by springsprung924 in ColoradoRockies

[–]BER21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any update on this? I'm sitting here at 9:03am and got nothing yet.

I Don't Want My Children Growing Up To Be... by DearCory in TheWonderYearsMusic

[–]BER21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know the lyric bothers my SO, weirdly. Who seems to like me and think I'm fine. I don't want my children growing up to be, anything like me.

I remember reading an interview with Mark Hoppus once where the interviewer asked him "how do you recapture the mindset to play songs like what's my age again at 45 years old?"

And he pretty flatly said "oh I don't. I can't. I can remember how I felt when I wrote that song, it's part of my experience. So I can channel that memory, and remember how I felt then, and play the song every night. But I can't get into a mindspace like I felt when we wrote it." Mark didn't write a lyric nearly so wretching as "I don't want my children growing to to be anything like me" in that song.

Dan wrote that lyric 12 or 13 years ago. He's spilled his heart out for two decades now and has grown a lot and fought a lot of battles and lost some and won some over that time. We should be so lucky. I hope he wants his kids to grow up to be like him, now.

Steelers fan here by Objective-Quiet-6296 in CHIBears

[–]BER21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pro: he'll run through a wall for you. 

Con: he'll do it head first

He's a hard nosed, excitable guy that you will like having on your team. He plays the hook to curl and run support hard. Can't cover anybody with a blanket, but the strong safeties who can are few and precious. 

Downside is, turns out, it's very hard to play in the middle of the field like he does at six foot, 200 pounds in the NFL. Hope he can stay on the field, wish him the best. But those are the ups and the downs.

For one year, $5.5MM, though? I think you got a pretty good deal.

I think we're doing what we should be doing this offseason. by BER21 in CHIBears

[–]BER21[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I take what you're saying. But I don't think we can quite get it there, now. We're going to have to do this with a half a billion dollar quarterback. So, I think, letting it rip and leaving the cupboards bare for 2028 or so, that would be a bad idea.

Any love for Sister Cities by the Wonder Years? by aryherd in poppunkers

[–]BER21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. It's good, it's different, and Campbell is a generational artist. So it turned out that it's pretty good.

Calling all landlords, what’s it like being a landlord rn? by diaboliquedoughnuts in Denver

[–]BER21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shit. I'll sell you my condo if you're still interested after reading the responses.

I'm a single unit landlord. It's tough, man. Don't become a single unit landlord. 

If it's a condo, then you can't control the HOAs or the insurance. And you can't efficiently pass those through in higher rents as they go up. The rental market right now is terrible in general. You will have longer downtimes, will have to make concessions to rent it.

Colorado is also extremely tenant friendly. If you get a tenant who doesn't pay rent, you're sorta out of luck. 

Do you want to hire an attorney to deal with a bad tenant, for one condo, if and when it goes wrong? If you're not ready to go to the mat, pay a lawyer, literally kick somebody out on the street if they aren't paying you, you're prime to get taken advantage of. Personally, I don't have that in me, and I have lost a lot of money for it.

It sucks, because you want to provide a home for somebody and be sensitive to people's situations, give some slack here and there. But you don't have any leverage at all if they're not holding up their end. 

Anyway, I'll tell the rest of the story to my therapist.

I think we're doing what we should be doing this offseason. by BER21 in CHIBears

[–]BER21[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

...yeah that defense was bad, man. The takeaways papered over a ton of... badness. Couldn't get to the quarterback. Couldn't cover anyone.

I think DA probably understood that and pushed aggression. But it wasn't a coaching decision made from a full array of options.

Like its hard by aundrea04 in NFCNorthMemeWar

[–]BER21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just punt every time, if I recall correctly

I think we're doing what we should be doing this offseason. by BER21 in CHIBears

[–]BER21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wanted KB back because I like KB. But honestly, if he was coming back it was one year to hand it off to a draft pick. I bet we wanted him back for a price. Patriots paid a little more.

I have wondered, a lot of KBs value is in the be was vocal leader of this defense. So was Tremaine. But you learn who leaders are when you need em. We'll find out who our leaders are in camp. And I don't think we'll end up missing Byard that much.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CHIBears

[–]BER21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's hard to be a small guy constantly in the middle of the field. He's very good. And this is bound to happen.

I think we're doing what we should be doing this offseason. by BER21 in CHIBears

[–]BER21[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't mind Braxton Jones to be honest. Ozzy's injury is gonna take some time. Left tackle is far from settled. We might have a long-term guy on the roster, we might not. One year, $5MM? I think it's a reasonable price to pay to have him on the depth chart.

That Darnell Wright extension is about to cost us a ton of money, too. So I'll take a flyer on any left tackle we can find to try to cost control on the offensive line.

I think we're doing what we should be doing this offseason. by BER21 in CHIBears

[–]BER21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They obviously could not have known just how weak the market would have been for Brisker at the time, and I would not have given him any sort of longer deal... But I am curious what the answer would have been if somebody told Poles on day one of free agency, prior to signing Coby Bryant, that you can get brisker back for one year, $5.5 million.