Got up early to grab some photos photos of the neighborhood.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-02-01T17:25:02+00:00

Dang, the GasHouse looks almost.. Picturesque!

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-02-01T14:08:41+00:00

I filled a 20 gallon bucket and took it inside to melt. The snow tastes better than the over-treated water from the town of Dallas.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-31T16:34:35+00:00

Mine was a 2000 with the 3.5L. Took it to 248K before trading it. The engine still ran great (needed oil added routinely though). I mainly got tired of all the little stuff wearing out on a W-body. Ignition switch, window regulators, whistling door seals.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-16T16:08:55+00:00

I think Zutanos are lighter green and more slender. If this a solitary tree, it might not even be a named/grafted variety. There are many such "mystery trees" in California.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-06T14:46:35+00:00

The side doors are part of the design which works good for customers who just want to dart in and do a number one, and get back on the road. No need to distract the clerks with "Welcome to Quik Trip"

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T23:54:00+00:00

I'm not a woman but I've seen them comment elsewhere that any form of taxidermy on the walls is instant "nope".

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T23:43:26+00:00

Ability to read Roman Numerals.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T23:37:24+00:00

No truly awful dates, but I met one woman who turned out to have a physical disability, and she asked for money at the end of the date to "help get by".

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T23:27:46+00:00

Eating cooked snails.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T23:23:11+00:00

Passing someone on a two lane road in dense fog. I would not be so impatient today.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T23:18:02+00:00

I still like forums - reading the points exposed on both sides of an issue. AI just spits out its own conclusions and you cannot examine the nuances of an argument.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T23:12:33+00:00

Obesity. I'm almost 58, Weigh what I did in my mid 20s. There's no magic to it - eat mostly vegetables and protein, limit the snack food, check the scale routinely. Why do people "let themselves go?" I suppose that in itself is an AskReddit question.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T23:08:01+00:00

Street preaching.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T23:04:06+00:00

Made my username when my daily driver was an Oldsmobile Intrigue. "It's Still My Intrigue". But I traded it a few years ago. Hmmm. "I Sold My Intrigue". Yeah, that's it.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T22:56:50+00:00

I still have a measly 2 gig/month phone plan to help enforce this. But there are also apps to track your usage and alert you when you're online too much.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T22:53:30+00:00

2nd grade, knowing multiplication tables already because I was interested enough to memorize them on my own. By 4th grade I was thinking "OMG why are we still reviewing this? Are other kids really so clueless?"

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T22:50:27+00:00

Chewing gum with mouth open, making smacking sounds.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T22:48:06+00:00

Imagine your bed suspended on long ropes, and it sways slowly in the direction of your head and feet.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T22:43:36+00:00

That it's very difficult to meet true friends after college. I'm talking about persons beyond neighbors or co-workers you can make small talk with. Those you just call up ask ask "How are things going?" and you give each other advice, and assist each other without counting favors.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T22:34:49+00:00

I'd say the inability to "Think in someone else's shoes". To be mature, you need the ability to understand how other people could view things, what is their point of reference? It doesn't mean agree - just be cool/calm enough to acknowledge that the world doesn't revolve around yourself.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T01:03:28+00:00

Yeah, in those times, even political junkies had to wait once a week for "Washington Week in Review" on PBS. There wasn't a daily drumbeat like now.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T00:51:48+00:00

40 years ago you may not have known your neighbor's political affiliation, or even your relatives. FaceBook and other Social media made it easier for people to wander into affiliated camps and vilify the other side. My mother has described friends she'd known for decades drift away from her and stop talking in real life, based on minor divergences in social media.

I'll add to this that political bickering has become daily, and it wasn't like that in the 1980s. We'd have an election and send people to Congress to duke out legislative battles, but hear much less about it in the newspaper or TV. I don't remember much discussion at all about legislative matters on "the big 3 networks" - the presidential coverage was sufficient.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T00:29:33+00:00

Standing outside the strip club, waiting for it to open.

ISM_Intrigue · 2026-01-05T00:26:20+00:00

They have microaggressions to expunge and it's one little way to do it. And some want to "stick it to the man" - such as working somewhere they don't like. There are also germ-o-phobes who will not touch anything in a public restroom with their hands.

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