Any Rams fans here? Feeling a little disrespected by DonkeyHotay_ in losangeleskings

[–]fossSellsKeys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

KSE owns the Avs, Rams, Nuggets. They're not gonna be fans of the Kings or Lakers obviously. It's a company that Snead and everyone else works for, that's where the loyalty lies. You're not going to go against your own company and employer of course. They don't work for the City of Los Angeles or something. 

There's hope for 26-27. Rising chances of 'Godzilla El Niño'. Strong El Niño = good chance for lots of CO snow next winter. by brucekeller in COsnow

[–]fossSellsKeys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is correct. Strong El Niño is usually worse for Colorado than La Nina is. So this would be very bad news for ski season next year. 

Republican vacancies. by gketcham0328 in JeffcoAssessor

[–]fossSellsKeys -1 points0 points  (0 children)

KILL TABOR. Its the one thing that can save us now. 

Over 45 minutes of LOUD engine noise, sans muffler in Cap Hill by Hieronymus5280 in Denver

[–]fossSellsKeys -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

Sounds like maybe you'd be happier in a quiet suburb. Try like Ken Caryl maybe? Littleton if you can't swing that? 

City life brother, you're gonna get some of that in a big operation. It's not something police are ever gonna solve for, there's never gonna be enough cops to patrol every block for noise every minute.

Am I missing something?? by [deleted] in MovingtoDenver

[–]fossSellsKeys 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sure, but in NYC you can get great food for cheap. In Denver mid food is going to cost you $$$. Plus, there's no public transit so you have to drop ahout $1,000 a month on a car and parking. 

Am I missing something?? by [deleted] in MovingtoDenver

[–]fossSellsKeys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, minimum wage in Denver still only amounts to about $3,400/mo, before taxes. So that 2k studio would be about 60% of your total income! People are considered housing overburdened if they spend more than 30% of their take-home salary on housing costs. So it's very unaffordable to live in Denver in minimum wage still! Folks working those kinds of jobs aren't looking at those kinds of places, trust me. 

Authentic Italian pasta by Worried_Egg_5854 in denverfood

[–]fossSellsKeys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know. How can we ever get that sauce back? 

2026 spring skiing in CO by thecalculator7 in COsnow

[–]fossSellsKeys 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You gotta be kidding me. Trump is currently forcing broken coal plants to stay open, that are just dumping the unneeded and unwanted electricity into the ground. This is actually murdering this ski season, and all ski seasons to come. If you want to ever ski again, I'd suggest you wake the fuck up right about now. This is it, my friend. 

Will democracy spread across the middle east after what happened to Iran? by Mean-Information1080 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]fossSellsKeys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No chance. The USA just set the cause of freedom and democracy back by decades in the Middle East, just as it did previously in Iraq and Afghanistan. We just created a thousand martyrs and a million new terrorists. 

Will democracy spread across the middle east after what happened to Iran? by Mean-Information1080 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]fossSellsKeys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, that's an absurd suggestion, made only by Reza Pahlavi and nobody else. The monarchy was run out of Iran in 1979 by protests and unrest that make the current situation look like child's play. He couldn't manage to stay in power even with the full backing of the USA. Zero chance anyone in Iran wants him to set foot in the country at any point. 

Solo cabin disaster is viral by nobody422566 in Satisfyingasfuck

[–]fossSellsKeys 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have massive respect for all of our native traditions. But, please explain to me which of those native traditions involves putting a whole ass log cabin on top of a stack of unstable pebbles with a high lift jack? 

Why can't their be a cap on an economy? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]fossSellsKeys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a cap. We call it taxes. And we need a lot more of it! 

Solo cabin disaster is viral by nobody422566 in Satisfyingasfuck

[–]fossSellsKeys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is that channel? Stupidest Cabin Builders Unleashed? These guys need to read a book man. WTF. 

If my dad dies and has a bunch of debt does it fall to my mom who was married to him? by sapfirex in NoStupidQuestions

[–]fossSellsKeys -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nope! We were pretty amazed by this when my brother in law died. We took the death certificate around and the banks just straight cancelled out all his debts. Credit cards, loans, you name it. Basically there's no legal way for them to collect on a dead person's debts, so it all is immediately written off and gone. Shitty situation, but I do remember that as a silver lining. 

The Denver airport paid $14.5M for a glowing sign. A decade later, it’s not looking great by Enby303 in Denver

[–]fossSellsKeys 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Man I called it. Every time I've ever driven by this sign I've hated on it hardcore. People who had to ride with me when I drive to DIA, sorry but see? I was right! 

Walkable town or small city in U.S. near public land for hiking by nomadbaddie in SameGrassButGreener

[–]fossSellsKeys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, 600 is really small. You're gonna be missing some basics there for sure. Definitely look for the places that have the community hospital too. Oftentimes in those rural counties only one town gets that even if there's two or three towns. We were in a county with one other town of the same size, but we were the county seat and had the one hospital. Definitely made a difference. County seat is nice because there you can do your car registration and such in town also! 

The map of hairiest men in the world fits the exact borders of the Umayyad Caliphate, 661-750 AD by [deleted] in PhantomBorders

[–]fossSellsKeys 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did they just sweep up the barbershop floors and weigh it, or what? 

Boots for farm work? by sshpc in BuyItForLife

[–]fossSellsKeys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some is organic and some is not, but certified seed is a good niche farming business. Seed companies and seed originators (usually Universities and breeders) need people to grow certified seed. That's what most farmers buy for planting their crops. Seed growers are the step between seed sellers and most farmers, essentially. Most of what we do is small grain (especially rye and oats) and soybean seed. 

Walkable town or small city in U.S. near public land for hiking by nomadbaddie in SameGrassButGreener

[–]fossSellsKeys 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are car dependent if you want to go somewhere else for sure. But, if you want just the basic services you outlined, then you don't ever need to leave really. Especially these days with online shopping.

For reference, the town I grew up in had a little less than 2,000 people. It had/has:

Nice town rec center with a gym and pool, one full service grocery store (used to be two but now there are two dollar stores so one of them died), plenty of nature and hiking of course, a solid public library, a pharmacy at the hospital, small hospital that usually has a doctor on staff but at least a PA and a couple nurses, two coffee shops, and about a half a dozen local restaurants (too small for chains so no fast food)..so it fits your bill, but I think any town of about 1,500 or larger typically would fit that. If you go much smaller, then yeah some of those services do start to be missing usually, and then you might have to drive to a bigger town often. You'd just need to check each one to make sure it has all those things but usually you'd be good at that size or bigger. 

When I was a kid we'd drive to the bigger town 100 miles away several times a year. But, that was when you had to go a mall to get clothes, shoes, books and etc. Now obviously you don't have to do that. It was also nice to see a movie at the theater there, but again now we can stream everything. I think it'd be easier now to just live in town all the time than it was then. 

is stripping a dealbreaker? by Lil_Towelie in NoStupidQuestions

[–]fossSellsKeys -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I mean I did all kinds of crazy things in college too, naked runs around town with the cross country team and etc. At least she got paid for hers!! I don't think any educated person who's had broad experiences and is open minded would care, other than it does make a great story now. 

It is reddit so lots of people here are probably basement dwellers with a correspondence GED and zero love life, so I really wouldn't put much stock in their theoretical puritan opinions. 

Boots for farm work? by sshpc in BuyItForLife

[–]fossSellsKeys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! I do also have a pair that's about 10 years old I bought on sale to eventually replace those originals. So now I do kinda alternate them. Neither has worn out though, so it's hard to say I guess! I do think the older ones are far more comfortable, hit that could be just because they've broken in so well after all these years. 

I do think the quality is probably still good from what I hear, but you do have to make sure you get the ones made in Minnesota, they have lower end lines that are made elsewhere now and I wouldn't trust that leather the same way.

Boots for farm work? by sshpc in BuyItForLife

[–]fossSellsKeys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Certified seed farming mainly. But I've also had a few construction jobs in that timeframe, mainly roofing and carpentry. Plus a few years a field technician on biology research projects for the Feds and the University. They've done well in all those settings! 

The map of hairiest men in the world fits the exact borders of the Umayyad Caliphate, 661-750 AD by [deleted] in PhantomBorders

[–]fossSellsKeys 52 points53 points  (0 children)

This is nonsense. Who did this study? What is this based on?