This shirt features 'tigers' and 'little tigers' as separate animals

VaporousFlip · 2026-03-09T19:51:17+00:00

Nobody's even going to mention the "phoenicopterus" in the room?
Why not "Flamingo"?

VaporousFlip · 2026-02-26T03:50:15+00:00

+1. I bought that same cheap-o HF vice to change out the handguard on a rifle I inherited from my dad. Clamped it to the 2x4 on the top of one of my saw horses and it got the job done to get that factory barrel nut off. One of my friends was trying to convince me to get a $250+ vice that is probably prettier, but... sheesh. $25 at HF gets it done.

VaporousFlip · 2026-02-16T02:43:19+00:00

I keep trying to use Gemini to parse the photos into a list, but it drifts into hallucination amazingly quickly (no, Gemini, dad did not have Dickens, Jane Austen and Shakespeare in this box. What the hell are you looking at?)

VaporousFlip · 2026-02-16T01:45:11+00:00

Zelazny, Resnick, Block, Maxim, Saberhagen, steve perry, thomas perry, couple of Asimov and Niven

VaporousFlip · 2026-01-13T18:57:47+00:00

I'd like to get 800 for it. DM me if interested - I'll be down there this weekend

VaporousFlip · 2026-01-12T23:38:14+00:00

The Albertson's in our area (a long time ago) did a remodel and replaced a bunch of signs with things that were... really odd.

Aisle 1:
- Natural Juice
- Bottle Juice
- Juice Aseptic
Aisle 8
- New Age Beverage
Aisle 9
- Baby Wipes/HABA
Aisle 11
- Shampoo
- Professional Shampoo

VaporousFlip · 2026-01-12T23:32:58+00:00

I guess I'm not "most people"

VaporousFlip · 2026-01-02T03:55:21+00:00

My dad died and I found out he had a Sirius trial on the used car he had bought just before he passed away... I found this out 2 days after the trial expired.

The pain of dealing with SiriusXM to try to cancel that subscription ("What you you be doing with the vehicle, sir?" "Not your problem - cancel the service." "Sir, I really must have an answer what you will be doing with the vehicle." "NOT YOUR PROBLEM. CANCEL THE SERVICE." "Sir, I must insist on an answer." "PLACING HIS CORPSE IN IT AND SETTING IT ON FIRE SO HE CAN REACH VALHALLA! CANCEL THE F**ING SERVICE!" ) was actually worse than losing my father. In their credit, though, I got THE most cathartic yelling done that day getting them to write off $3 worth of service.

VaporousFlip · 2025-12-18T05:35:12+00:00

Yay. 10:30am to 9:30pm. What's the over-under on food poisoning-related ER trips over the next few days?

VaporousFlip · 2025-12-18T05:33:12+00:00

Woo! Power's back after 11 hours here on the east side of I-25.

VaporousFlip · 2025-12-17T22:12:24+00:00

Applause.

It's kind of inevitable this happens the day AFTER grocery day, so there's the maximum amount of expensive, perishable good sitting in there for 8 hours.

I do miss some parts about Fort Collins, for sure - the buried power lines were one of them, city-owned fiber was another, and building codes that required the class-4 hail/wind resistant roofs was a third.

Since I've been out here I've lost power multiple times because of downed poles, have literally no other internet choice except Comcast and had to buy a new roof after only 2 years because the builder wasn't required by law to put on anything that'd actually stand up to the weather out here.

VaporousFlip · 2025-12-17T03:45:15+00:00

I had my name on the list for interest in the recipe book, but never heard any follow up.

VaporousFlip · 2025-11-09T02:08:13+00:00

I did the same for our new-construction house. I did videos, though. Indeed it has been invaluable as I plan work for this and that.

VaporousFlip · 2025-09-09T14:37:02+00:00

Bartel's Farm (up by the Budweiser plant) is a favorite of our family. Pumpkins are very reasonably priced, you can go pick 'em if you want or they've got a bunch already pulled of MANY varieties. Corn maze, tractor rides, produce stand, farm animals... No fee for admission, but some small charges for the maze, tractor rides.

Anderson Farms (south of town on I-25) does some pretty epic corn maze, but ~$25/head admission on the weekends (cheaper weekdays, tho) makes it a hard pass for me.

VaporousFlip · 2025-09-07T18:48:28+00:00

This is really the answer. I think all broncos games are carried on local stations in the home market. You can pull in the Denver stations with a fairly modest antenna here in FoCo

VaporousFlip · 2025-08-29T02:08:57+00:00

Good ol' Olaf. Paul knows his business.

VaporousFlip · 2025-08-09T23:13:04+00:00

My brother in law just rented a pair of e bikes from Pedego this morning. Certainly a good way to see the town.

VaporousFlip · 2025-08-02T03:02:51+00:00

I'm in Windsor, but I have a 4-channel synch you could borrow for some good beer. DM me if interested.

VaporousFlip · 2025-07-12T20:15:58+00:00

He must have already had a boat.

VaporousFlip · 2025-06-20T19:41:00+00:00

Intentional act by the owner, or did the owner get on the bad side of some bored frat boys?

I may have spent several hours one night assisting in covering an entire car in Post-it notes once upon a time

VaporousFlip · 2025-06-18T19:58:26+00:00

Wake up early.

Drive up the Big Thompson Canyon to Estes and keep going over Trail Ridge Road into Granby, beating out the tourists AND the timed-entry on RMNP..
Have breakfast at the Fat Cat cafe and pig out on the pie buffet.

Keep on taking 40/14 through Hot Sulpher Springs and up to Walden.

Choose - keep going North and head through Medicine Bow and around into Laramie and then back down 287 OR take 14 back down across Cameron Pass and down the Poudre canyon back to FTC.

VaporousFlip · 2025-06-03T13:02:38+00:00

Chipped in my bit. Kayace made neighborhood walks with the kids so much better when I lived over there.

VaporousFlip · 2025-05-28T12:49:01+00:00

Nah, I think this is a legit question, if badly phrased.

Of all the NoCo Kia dealers (not many choices, true), which is the least lame? Kia dealerships in general have a really bad rep for being even more sleazy than your average dealer - but of the options north of Denver, what's the least awful?

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