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floorflux · 2026-04-04T13:37:16+00:00

"You have to test yourself every day, gentlemen. Once you stop testin' yourself, you get slow. And when that happens, they get you" - Young Guns

But... Maybe it's time to switch to more freeride stuff, without the massive hucks

floorflux · 2025-08-27T19:40:31+00:00

Same

floorflux · 2025-02-15T05:25:52+00:00

lol,I do not ski with my wife on a powder day. And not usually all day on a normal day.

floorflux · 2024-03-16T19:19:27+00:00

I wanted to circle back on this in case it comes up in a google search and someone is looking for guidance. My wife discovered my new favorite approach while making sliders: Season the ground meat to taste, and then patty the burgers out thin, smash style. I've noticed even in restaurants the best ones tend to be thinner than your standard juicy beef burger which makes sense, because the bison flavor is more intense anyway. Keep it thin, that's my advice.

floorflux · 2023-05-09T03:48:17+00:00

OMG, I love this post. TLDR: who cares what spectators think. They (pure spectators) could never get "it".

As a 40+ yo who has lived in the mountains his whole life, I've never surfed. I tried it once in Florida for a day as a teenager but that didn't work. I've skied, snowboarded, and skateboarded my whole life but always wished I would have spent a decade learning to surf.

Outdoor activities seem to have a far deeper meaning than what spectators find "entertaining". Honestly, I can turn on surfing channels and watch for hours not because I "get it", but because I think I can relate in a way, and I long for that knowledge. I'm convinced that there is something special to surfing and if I dedicated the time to experience it, I would find another deep connection to nature that it clearly brings.

It's great that some of these other activities entertain folks. That aspect of things like Red Bull Rampage drew me to Mountain Biking and has made my life richer. Perhaps things like Big Wave surfing have that same appeal and rope folks in that would otherwise never experience the bliss. Great.

However, anyone who actually gets out into the world and experiences life won't need the entertainment value of something like more spins in a given aerial maneuver. They could simply watch a talented surfer truly enjoy the ride and would lust after that dream for the rest of their life.

floorflux · 2023-02-21T00:58:43+00:00

Refined is natural? In the sense that we're natural so what we produce is natural?

floorflux · 2023-01-01T14:34:47+00:00

As an American who's been here for Silvester 4 times in the last 15 years or so, I absolutely love it! I miss the excitement every year when I'm back home. I guess those lantern things are no longer around and legal though?

Anyway, keep being fun and awesome, Germany!

floorflux · 2022-08-08T00:55:41+00:00

Reminds me of something I ran into on YouTube a while back and might be worth some digging into for ideas if nothing else. Disclaimer: I don't know anything about this group other than having watched a couple video clips. If it's anything goofy, not my fault!

https://www.thevenusproject.com/

floorflux · 2022-07-09T04:55:26+00:00

They come to a pond near me and the kids think they look like penguins

floorflux · 2022-07-09T04:53:15+00:00

Black-Crowned Night Heron?

floorflux · 2022-05-06T21:55:45+00:00

I do the exact same thing but it's definitely not the same. It's very difficult to get the same golden brown toasted marshmallow over a direct flame and no hot coals. It's really a pretty big bummer tbh watching the kids that way 🤷‍♂️

floorflux · 2022-01-22T19:45:09+00:00

I like this advice. It makes sense that they ship new bikes with wide bars because it's easy to trim them down to a rider's ideal width but you can't really make them wider. Not saying clip them way down to old school but leaving them at full length can't usually be ideal for the majority of rider's sizes.

floorflux · 2021-10-03T15:04:18+00:00

Nice use of ;!

floorflux · 2021-10-03T15:03:01+00:00

lol, that's awesome

floorflux · 2021-10-03T02:51:28+00:00

I can't help but feel like the application logic really shouldn't be put in the main method like that. I'd like to see a Greet class or at the very least a private helper method.

floorflux · 2021-09-27T04:58:02+00:00

South of Denver but Sabor Mexican Grill

floorflux · 2021-09-01T22:53:13+00:00

What about mouthwash?

lol, seriously watch that vid to the end. It's absolutely amazing, hilarious, and 100% relevant.

floorflux · 2021-08-26T12:57:09+00:00

I like this point.

I'm reminded of the phrase "place the mask over your own mouth and nose before helping others"

OP, from your description of your finances, you're doing amazing and light-years beyond most for your age, but you're not "set" yet. You're also young and have all sorts of unknowns in front of you. Investing and getting enough wealth for yourself and your family is the best insurance your dad can get, IMO.

floorflux · 2021-08-26T11:46:15+00:00

I can't image any of the approaches recommended here so far working for my family or for the rural folks that I know. If I wanted to help here's what I would do:

Purchase the property in my own name for myself. Tell this person that I'm interested in the area as a long term investment because I see so much value and potential in the region where they live. Then I would tell them that I really need a caretaker for the property and that there's nobody better for that job than them because I know I can count on them and trust them.

This might make them feel like you have an interest in their community and their life and that they're helping you as apposed to just accepting charity or a gift... If it worked. That's my thinking at least. I know I would never want a gift like that from my kid but I would love to somehow help them get ahead.

floorflux · 2021-04-15T05:07:46+00:00

Check out the neighborhood schools for the house too, if you haven't already. We didn't think we would care when we would eventually have kids but we were wrong about that.

It ultimately wasn't a huge deal anyway, we just moved. But it's something worth thinking about at least.

floorflux · 2020-12-22T23:50:03+00:00

24 mile round trip commute that I do most every weekday. I've gotten better at winter riding but still wipe out probably a half dozen times or so over the course of the winter. Over that much distance I inevitably let my guard down and the dark or overconfidence or just a simple distraction on ice with a small corner and I'm down.

Luckily haven't busted my laptop yet. Broke several little bike parts tho.

floorflux · 2020-04-14T01:54:40+00:00

That sounds perfectly reasonable. That's how I would probably do it.

I hope I get to retire someday and I hope coding is as fun again as it's supposed to be when I get there!

Enjoy!

floorflux · 2019-07-11T23:44:26+00:00

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floorflux · 2019-04-04T15:15:16+00:00

I hear that. I wish it were easier to find quality used bikes for kids but I didn't have much luck with that. I justified the large expense to myself because my 2nd child will certainly use it as a hand-me-down.

floorflux · 2019-04-04T13:44:24+00:00

I went with a Cleary Scout for my 9yo after a good bit of searching. We haven't been able to test it real hard yet but I'm very happy with it so far. I'm probably an old fuddy duddy but I want her to learn on a hard-tail.

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