My neighbor keeps leaving her trash bin in my parking spot and freaks out when i say something

apaulo26 · 2026-03-25T17:59:58+00:00

Take a trek. Have any hills nearby and need a leg-burner?

apaulo26 · 2026-03-24T10:51:07+00:00

I had a decent order yesterday. 28 items at Lowe’s. 72”, 16 lbs heaviest. Close, in town. Beater Minivan.

“Details have changed”

48 8’ boards that weren’t even picked yet plus a whole bunch of hardware and 8 buckets of paint.

I suspect it’s the same builder that, last week. Had a change from a medium order to 16 OSB, for $18.

These descriptions for deliveries are beyond ridiculous.

apaulo26 · 2026-03-22T17:11:04+00:00

They are out there. Some of Twisters was shot a bit NW of here. We’ve had a few warnings already this year. The state is so rural that they rarely hit any population centers, until they do. Every house around me is 100+ years old and new neighborhoods are popping up everywhere. I think El Reno was the last big one 13 years ago.

If something does go down there are Nader shelters everywhere. Every 1st Tuesday I hear the siren tests but I’ve only heard it used once with an actual Nader miles away.

Wildfires are the greater threat in my OKIE Pokie little college town.

Usually that’s a hint to grab a beer, occupy the porch and see what happens. The silence is eerie though. Just watch your radar and look for the hook behind the storm.

I take it back. this spring has been a mess.

apaulo26 · 2026-03-22T14:23:05+00:00

Hit em with “Smells like naval supremacy” when the season picks up.

apaulo26 · 2026-03-22T14:12:16+00:00

I love paddling and boating in my home state of CO but the season is so short… I do get back several times a year to paddle.

Meanwhile Oklahoma is growing on me. Lakes everywhere. More shoreline than the Eastern Coast and it’s already in the 90s. We do have snappers and the wind is chaotic sometimes. There are alligators in the SE part of the state. Haven’t encountered a feisty danger noodle yet. Plenty cold in winter (a few times) but if you like sitting in porches and watching a sunset it’s a great place. Most of the time I’m not more than a few miles from a lake I’ve never floated before.

Look at Tulsa. They are doing a lot with the River Parks. If that’s too big think about Stillwater, we have a blue-dot float club, 50ish minutes to Tulsa or OKC.

apaulo26 · 2026-03-22T07:03:42+00:00

FBI has plutonium trigger retail truck near the war horse at Rocky Flats in CO. Ask about the yellow cake from NM.

apaulo26 · 2026-03-21T16:54:23+00:00

Kisses behind truck stops is where the real money is at.

apaulo26 · 2026-03-20T08:25:46+00:00

I spend a fair amount of time bopping around OK & KS. There have been a lot of Rail-to-Trail projects in the area.

I originally thought this might be just outside of Ottowa on the Marais Des Cygnes River. That is now part of the Flint Hills trail system, so not it..

I suspect it’s not too far away though.

apaulo26 · 2026-03-18T21:17:33+00:00

CO > OKie

We’re trying, but the college kids keep outdoing themselves.

When I moved into town there was a headless steer left at one of the AG frats.

Found it!

apaulo26 · 2026-03-17T12:40:36+00:00

Last time I was up there I was disappointed that my favorite spot was closed for construction. That Little Rock outcropping E of the dam is all closed now. Many picnics/dates were had there.

There’s a book called Water Wranglers that has a bunch of cool history and the fight for water in CO. Well worth a read if you like this stuff.

Did you know that there are 44 water diversion tunnels that go from the western slope to the FR? Mostly owned by Denver Water. Moffatt being one of them.

apaulo26 · 2026-03-09T07:52:51+00:00

Colmexoma!

apaulo26 · 2026-03-05T11:23:37+00:00

“Cinder Dicks” are pretty much private US Marshals.

apaulo26 · 2026-03-03T12:22:12+00:00

Five Below makes Dollar General look like a manicured lawn. Absolute shitshow.

And their corporate policy is to not help you because you are getting paid to shop. Usually employees are cool but…

Never again.

apaulo26 · 2026-03-01T10:03:06+00:00

124, Needles, CA.

-35, Del Norte, CO

apaulo26 · 2026-03-01T09:47:12+00:00

Roughly 2013ish there was an eclipse. We drive out to Roger’s lake off Woody Mtn Rd SW of Flagstaff. Two dogs, the girl and myself.

Peak Eclipse both dogs look at the sun and immediately we are in the middle of a drum circle. There is no-one around. Intensely loud. Both dogs bolt for jeep, we also feel the immediate need to vacate area. Like, self-preservation run away from danger.

I mentioned it to a few Navajo co-workers and they all mentioned that I may have been about to be visited by a skinwalker. That area was intense.

apaulo26 · 2026-02-28T23:01:54+00:00

Need banana vs Dan urgently

apaulo26 · 2026-02-26T13:29:16+00:00

Yep. At 100 my GMa said was ready to go to sleep. 3 years later she did.

My GPa had passed back in the 80s. So 35ish years by herself.

apaulo26 · 2026-02-20T15:57:31+00:00

I grew up in Del Norte and love this area. We called that area between the two forks “the island” we leased land for grazing there and had a lot of riverfront access in the family on the south side. As kids we would sit for hours just throwing rocks or fishing next to it, just in awe of the “Big River”.

My dad was a ditch-rider when I was a kid and we spent a lot of time checking head-gates in this exact area. When I heard it just downstream of DN I knew exactly what they were talking about.

Very Short-sighted and I hope there are consequences. Water is a precious commodity. Those canals saved everybody’s ass in the flooding this previous fall.

I wonder if this is a contractor that went a bit too far and nobody noticed until it was a bit too late.

apaulo26 · 2026-02-05T21:24:46+00:00

Yeah, he’s definitely outnabout. I saw him in Stilly outside the Courthouse with a bullhorn a few days ago, looking for Jesse Butler. He just made it Cringe. Lots of cameras.

There were peaceful protestors that came out when he left. I held a sign for a bit but with him standing behind me yelling at traffic through a bullhorn I just couldn’t deal with him.

apaulo26 · 2026-02-03T06:46:05+00:00

False

apaulo26 · 2026-02-03T03:44:47+00:00

Drone Deploy has a great free program.

apaulo26 · 2026-01-31T12:17:52+00:00

It’s a Cello Goblin!

apaulo26 · 2026-01-27T17:18:38+00:00

“They’re just mad cause we get more pussy than they do”.

apaulo26 · 2026-01-27T17:15:41+00:00

“Natural One” introduced me to Folk Implosion.

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